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The New York Pigeon reveals the unexpected beauty of the omnipresent pigeon as if Vogue devoted its pages to birds, not fashion models. In spite of pigeons'' ubiquity in New York and other cities, we never really see them closely and know very little about their function in the urban ecosystem. This book brings to light the intriguing history, behaviour, and splendour of a bird so often overlooked. While The New York Pigeon is primarily a photography book, it also tells the five-thousand-year story of the feral pigeon. Why are pigeons so successful in cities and not in the countryside? Why do they have such diverse plumage? How have pigeons adapted to survive on almost any food? Why are pigeons able to fly up to 500 miles per day but rarely do? How did Harvard psychologist B.F. Skinner teach pigeons to do complicated tasks, from tracking missile targets to recognizing individual human faces? Why can pigeons see in the ultraviolet light spectrum, and why is half of their brain used for

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Join the jubilant journey of fatherhood with a crew of animal dads—and their kids!—engaging in everyday activities which mirror readers'' interactions with their father figures. Emily Snape reminds us that Dads come in every shape and size and they may seem as different as can be, but there are two truths for all dads that hold true: you love your dad and your dad loves you.Dads celebrates the vast spectrum of fatherhood with illustrations of animal paternal figures and their families. There are loud and quiet dads, careful and courageous dads, sporty and trendy dads... depicted as gorilla dads, rhino dads, lion dads, dog dads, squirrel dads, octopus dads, even shark dads—to name a few! Each page expresses the joys, trials, humor, concerns, and hope of parenthood. The compare-contrast format sets a rhythm that builds to a meaningful, uplifting conclusion: that love is what each of these dads have in common.

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