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Latest titles in this series which looks at the natural history of individual creatures, along with the cultural history and associations which humans have attached to them. The books are illustrated, and provide a fascinating and enlightening read.
Synopsis
In Vulture, Thom van Dooren counters the common association of the vulture with death and putrefaction, offering a concise and enlightening new history of this previously much-misunderstood bird.