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Avian Illuminations: A Cultural History of Birds by Boria Sax
49.99 AUD
Category: Animals
An exquisitely illustrated journey through the complex and crucial relationship between humans and birds. Avian Illuminations examines the many roles birds have played in human society, from food, messengers, deities, and pets, to omens, muses, timekeepers, custodians, hunting companions, decorative mot ...Show more
Crow by Boria Sax
24.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History | Series: Animal
This classic Reaktion title, now available in B-format, is a survey of crows, ravens, magpies, and their relatives in myth, literature, and life. It ranges from the raven sent out by Noah to the corvid deities of the Eskimo, to Taoist legends, Victorian novels, and contemporary films. It will be of inte ...Show more
Enchanted Forests The Poetic Construction of a World Before Time by Boria Sax
49.99 AUD
Category: Culture Ideas Politics
Linking literature, philosophy, art, and personal experience, a moving exploration of the wooded landscape's power. In 1985 Boria Sax inherited an area of forest in New York State, which had been purchased by his Russian, Jewish, and Communist grandparents as a buffer against what they felt was a hostil ...Show more
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