De la mano de Bernd Heinrich, uno de los mejores científicos contemporáneos, llega esta recopilación de artículos y trabajos dedicados a la observación de la naturaleza. Estos recogen sus fascinantes...

Ina book destined to become a classic, biologist and acclaimed nature writer Bernd Heinrich takes readers on an eye-opening journey through the hidden life of a forest.

The surprising, rich life of tree swallows in nesting season—with Heinrich’s beautiful illustrations and photographs—by the acclaimed naturalist.Heinrich is sparked one early spring day by a question:...

“Each new page [is] more spellbinding than the one before—this is surely one of the most interesting books I’ve ever read.”—Elizabeth Marshall Thomas, author of The Hidden Life of Dogs When Bernd Heinrich...

When award-winning writer and biologist Bernd Heinrich became the unwitting -- but doting -- foster parent of an adorable gosling named Peep, he was drawn into her world. And so, with a scientist's training...

Although Gerd Heinrich, a devoted naturalist, specialized in wasps, Bernd Heinrich tried to distance himself from his "old-fashioned" father, becoming a hybrid: a modern, experimental biologist with a...

Depuis l'enfance, Bernd Heinrich court dans la nature et observe les animaux. Devenu un zoologiste reconnu, il rassemble tout ce que le règne animal lui a appris et se lance un défi impossible, gagner...

An award-winning, much-loved biologist turns his gaze on himself, using his long-distance running to illuminate the changes to a human body over a lifetimePart memoir, part scientific investigation, Racing...

“Bernd Heinrich is one of our greatest living naturalists in the tradition of Gerald Durrell….A national treasure.”—Los Angeles Times Summer World is an intimate, accessible, and eloquent illumination...

The story and science of how animals find their way home. Home is the place we long for most, when we feel we have travelled too far, for too long. Since boyhood, acclaimed scientist and author...

“One of the most interesting discoveries I’ve seen in animal sociobiology in years.” —E.O. WilsonWhy do ravens, generally understood to be solitary creatures, share food between each other during winter?...

From flying squirrels to grizzly bears, and from torpid turtles to insects with antifreeze, the animal kingdom relies on some staggering evolutionary innovations to survive winter. Unlike their human...

Heinrich involves us in his quest to get inside the mind of the raven. But as animals can only be spied on by getting quite close, Heinrich adopts ravens, thereby becoming a "raven father," as well as...

Kohlhaas é um comerciante de cavalos que vive na Alemanha, no século XVI. Sua vida é pacata e próspera, até que lhe acontece uma grande desgraça: um homem poderoso, o barão Wenzel von Tronka, se apodera...

L'action se passe en Italie du Nord, au siècle dernier. Une jeune veuve, lors de l'assaut donné à la citadelle que commande son père, est violée par un officier qui profite de son évanouissement. Quand...

La marchesa d’O…, madre di due figli da poco rimasta vedova, risiede nella fortezza assediata di M…, nell’Italia settentrionale. Qualche mese dopo, nuovamente incinta, mette un annuncio su un giornale...

Dramaturge et nouvelliste allemand, Heinrich von Kleist (1777-1811) eut aussi une activité de journaliste. C’est dans les Berliner Abendblätter, qu’il fonda en 1810, que fut publié Sur le théâtre de marionnettes.Ce...

Heinrich von Kleist (1777-1811) ne fut pas seulement un brillant dramaturge et nouvelliste, à qui l'on doit, notamment, Penthésilée et La Marquise d'O. Il fut aussi cette intelligence fulgurante qui sut...

En 1808, sous le choc de l’équipée napoléonienne qui, en traversant l’Europe, défait le saint Empire romain germanique, Kleist publie en feuilleton l’une de ses plus beaux romans courts, Michael Kohlhaas....