Description
About the Author
Vernon R. L. Head is chairman of BirdLife South Africa, one of Africa's biggest and most influential conservation organizations. Vernon was born in Cape Town (South Africa) in 1967. He grew up in a bungalow near the sea. He studied architecture, winning national and international awards for design and creative thinking. When not working on environmental matters, he is either designing special buildings, or traveling the world looking for the rarest birds. This is his first book.
Reviews
"Watching wild birds upon the land, inside a cloud or deep within an ocean is to see differently. There is something about the movement of these creatures that connects us to a primordial past of answers. Such is the language of feathers. And it is this way of seeing that proffers stories coming from birds, each one made and told in glorious diversity of thought, each one an instruction, a message or an idea, like the new songs trees make every time the wind moves between leaves. In our frenetic world of walls - the high borders of sovereignty and greed; the low boundaries of misunderstanding and misguided aspirations - are to be found the freedoms that come on wings beyond walls. This very personal collection of tales is important: an offering of moments in Nature that we hope will inspire contemplation. Perhaps it is time to slow down for a minute, searching for a pause in the day, time to listen ... time to look." - Vernon RL Head
Book Information
ISBN 9781431425792
Author Vernon R.L. Head
Format Hardback
Page Count 192
Imprint Jacana Media
Publisher Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd
Weight(grams) 500g
Dimensions(mm) 215mm * 144mm * 15mm