L'écriture de Marie Winn explore la relation complexe entre l'humanité et le monde naturel, en particulier à travers le prisme de la nature et de l'observation des oiseaux. Sa prose se caractérise par une observation fine et une profonde appréciation des complexités de l'environnement. Winn explore les liens profonds qui nous unissent à la terre, soulignant souvent la beauté et l'émerveillement souvent négligés qui nous entourent. Sa perspective encourage les lecteurs à s'engager de manière plus réfléchie avec leur environnement.
A true-life mystery of a pair of red-tailed hawks who, in the spring of 1992, built a nest on a high ledge of a building on New York City's Fifth Avenue. It chronicles the adventures not only of the hawks, but also of Central Park's other wildlife residents and of the birdwatchers.
PALE MALE'S STORY--A True Wildlife Drama in Central Park
This updated edition reflects on significant developments and insights gained over a decade. It revisits key themes and arguments, incorporating new research and perspectives that enhance the original content. Readers will find fresh examples and updated statistics that illustrate the evolution of the subject matter. This edition not only serves as a retrospective but also as a guide for future exploration, making it relevant for both new and returning readers.
" Mendelssohn est sur le toit, la dernière œuvre de Jiri Weil, traite aussi des Juifs et des nazis, et la plupart des lecteurs considèrent qu'il s'agit, après Vivre avec une étoile (10/18, n° 2764), de son meilleur livre. Un SS a pour ordre d'enlever parmi les statues de musiciens qui ornent le toit de l'Académie de musique de Prague, celle de Mendelssohn, compositeur juif. Incapable de la reconnaître, il décide d'ôter celle qui possède le plus gros nez. Il s'avère que c'est celle de Wagner. C'est ainsi que le roman commence. " Philip Roth " Il faut lire et faire lire le Mendelssohn de Jiri Weil. Ce n'est pas seulement un témoignage poignant porté par une qualité d'écriture rare. C'est aussi une belle leçon d'humanité au sein d'un monde qui s'en trouve trop souvent dépourvu. " Edgar Reichmann, Le Monde
This account of one man’s tempestuous relationship with the hawk he trained is at once a comedy of errors, a classic of nature writing, and one of the best glimpses into the world of falconry. The predecessor to Helen Macdonald’s H is for Hawk, T. H. White’s nature writing classic, The Goshawk, asks the age-old question: what is it that binds human beings to other animals? White, the author of The Once and Future King and Mistress Masham’s Repose, was a young writer who found himself rifling through old handbooks of falconry. A particular sentence—“the bird reverted to a feral state”—seized his imagination and he immediately wrote to Germany to acquire a young goshawk. Gos, as White named the bird, was ferocious and free, and White had no idea how to break him in beyond the ancient of depriving him of sleep. Slowly man and bird entered a state of delirium and intoxication, of attraction and repulsion that looks very much like love. White kept a daybook describing his volatile relationship with Gos—at once a tale of obsession, a comedy of errors, and a hymn to the hawk. It was this that became The Goshawk, one of modern literature’s most memorable and surprising encounters with the wilderness—as it exists both within us and without.
Exploring the influence of electronic media on children's perceptions of reality, Marie Winn examines the effects of television on familial relationships and child development. This updated classic addresses contemporary issues, including the impact of computers, video games, and control devices like the V-Chip. It also covers topics such as programming for infants, the relationship between television and physical health, and strategies for managing media consumption in the household.
