Kenn Kaufman, Author, Marie Winn, Author, Ann Zwinger, Author Stackpole Books $18.95 (192p) ISBN 978-0-8117-0027-6
Over a dozen first-rank birding writers and ornithologists, including Paul A. Johnsgard and James Gorman, contribute a quirky piece of material each to build this prose nest. They take a sidelong view of themselves as well as their subjects in ...
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Marie Winn, Author . Farrar, Straus & Giroux $25 (304p) ISBN 978-0-374-12011-5
What happens when curiosity about Central Park fauna trumps fear of the dark? The charm of Winn's wildlife accounts—besides its descriptions of the nighttime habits of New York City screech owls, bats and slugs—is its depiction of...
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Marie Winn, Author Pantheon Books $24 (304p) ISBN 978-0-679-43997-4
New York's Central Park, although located in the heart of Gotham, is one of the prime birding areas in the country, with about 190 species observed by a dedicated band of nature lovers whom Winn knows as the ""Regulars,"" being one herself. A nature
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Marie Winn, Author Penguin Books $7.95 (224p) ISBN 978-0-14-008895-3
Ten years after the appearance of The Plug-In Drug, Winn carries on her crusade to alert America to the detrimental effects that watching hours of televisionany program, ""good'' or ``bad''has on a child's social and intellectual development. An...
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