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Vanishing Treasures: A Bestiary of Extraordinary Endangered Creatures
Katherine Rundell
4.21 AVERAGE
563 reviews for:
Vanishing Treasures: A Bestiary of Extraordinary Endangered Creatures
Katherine Rundell
4.21 AVERAGE
challenging
informative
fast-paced
Whenever we drive up to Flagstaff, Jesse and I pick a short audiobook. (We try to pick books G would also be interested in, but she's way more interested in watching her favorite scenes from her favorite movies, current viewing includes Pitch Perfect 1-3 and the Miles Morales movies, previously it was Hamilton...every day, all day.) Jesse drives and I am an excellent passenger that definitely stays awake the entire drive. Like with previous trips, I read along with the ebook while we listen.
Y'all. The audiobook is based on the British text, the ebook was an updated American version. There were some very interesting changes, like the obvious change from metric to whatever we use in the United States. The audiobook inclued nothing about "Noah's Ark" in the intro, but the text definitely did ("We are Noah's Ark in reverse..."). Then were were entire paragraphs removed about wolves in Scotland with added information about wolves in the USA. The Author's Note includes discussion of Keynes that the audiobook did not include in a note. Perhaps because of some page count restriction? Of course, I knew this was a possibility (it also happened with A Dictionary of Scoundrels), but I forgot. It made for a fun experience to share what was added with Jesse as I spotted the differences.
It's an interesting book about interesting animals that are (or were) on the brink of extinction thanks to the human inability to see a problem until it's too late (or to ignore the problem until all the books are burned, see Sibylline Books). Rundell discusses elephants, golden moles, swifts, Greenland sharks, wombats, bears, wolves, and more.
Y'all. The audiobook is based on the British text, the ebook was an updated American version. There were some very interesting changes, like the obvious change from metric to whatever we use in the United States. The audiobook inclued nothing about "Noah's Ark" in the intro, but the text definitely did ("We are Noah's Ark in reverse..."). Then were were entire paragraphs removed about wolves in Scotland with added information about wolves in the USA. The Author's Note includes discussion of Keynes that the audiobook did not include in a note. Perhaps because of some page count restriction? Of course, I knew this was a possibility (it also happened with A Dictionary of Scoundrels), but I forgot. It made for a fun experience to share what was added with Jesse as I spotted the differences.
It's an interesting book about interesting animals that are (or were) on the brink of extinction thanks to the human inability to see a problem until it's too late (or to ignore the problem until all the books are burned, see Sibylline Books). Rundell discusses elephants, golden moles, swifts, Greenland sharks, wombats, bears, wolves, and more.
This book is broken into little chapters about different animals that have or are facing extinction. Rundell does a great job of tying in facts about the animals along with stories throughout humankind. She addressed a lot of the preconceived notions we have about the animal- my favorite being the spider. 5/5 because this book deserves for awareness and everyone should read it! I will be using this for book club.
"The greatest lie that humans ever told is that the Earth is ours, and at our disposal. It's a lie with the power to destroy us all"
Found my favorite nonfiction read of the year. My god. To incorporate history and myths into each essay really makes it hit home how long these species have been here. I only wish they will be here long after us. At this rate. Thats a hard wish
Found my favorite nonfiction read of the year. My god. To incorporate history and myths into each essay really makes it hit home how long these species have been here. I only wish they will be here long after us. At this rate. Thats a hard wish
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fast-paced
Vanishing Treasures is a short and accessible non-fiction book. Weaving in endangered animals with stories in relation to humans, whether it is lore or history, serves as an introduction to these creatures. I wish I had different editions to see the illustrations and hear more narration from Katherina Rundell, but I liked it a lot.
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Format: Audiobook - Two Narrators
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racial slurs
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death
Racial slur is in the "Raccoon" chapter
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This has a lot of heart but is ultimately just 200 pages of random animal facts
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Beautifully written, learned a lot, and also humans are cruel to everything we share this planet with
Beautifully written, learned a lot, and also humans are cruel to everything we share this planet with
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-paced