RAPTOR: A JOURNEY THROUGH BIRDS
Book ID/图书代码： 12844015B84638
English Summary/英文概要： RAPTOR: A JOURNEY THROUGH BIRDS is a story of how raptors and the landscapes they live in have possessed the author. This book takes a bird of prey and, chapter by chapter, looks at the biology and history of the bird as well as their relationship to man, allowing Macdonald to also look at the history, ecology and geology of the land.
Yet what makes this book really work is his special relationship with the birds themselves and his desire to look at life from their perspective.
“My eyes are always quivering for birds of prey. I have always been turned to their presence.”
Macdonald’s great grandfather was Seton Gordon who managed to take some outstanding photographs of huge raptors in the 1920’s despite being handicapped with a camera of the time which was the size of the average rucksack. His great grandson follows the fifteen species of British predatory birds with the same dogged determination, from the rugged shores of Orkney islands through Welsh valleys to the meadows outside his own home.
The birds illuminate the land for him; they are the thing he is searching for but also serve to guide him through their world. He wants to see with their eyes, to try and see the land in the same way that the bird sees it, follow them on their journeys. Fortunately, he does not forget to take the reader with on this avian expedition.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 《猛禽：鸟类王国历险》讲述了各种肉食鸟类以及它们所寓居的环境是如何深深地吸引了本书作者。本书以抑制肉食鸟为例，一章章深入探究其生物特性和历史因素，以及其余人类的关系，从而麦克唐纳德还得以一窥该片土地的历史、生态以及地缘学相关知识。
然而真正让本书特别的却是作者与鸟儿们之间的特殊关系以及其从鸟儿们的视角去看待其生活的强烈渴望。
“我总是会在看到鸟儿们捕食的瞬间目不转睛，心旷神怡。仿佛我已置身于它们的面前。”
麦克唐纳德的曾祖父塞顿•戈登曾在20世纪20年代曾尝试拍摄有关于大型肉食鸟的精彩照片，尽管当时他所手持的相机几乎有一个普通帆布背包一般的大小。他的曾孙如他一般，坚定不移的追寻着15种英国肉食鸟类，从奥克尼群岛崎岖的海边到威尔士的峡谷，再到其自家门外的草原区域。
对他而言，鸟儿们的存在点亮了这一整片土地；它们是他所寻觅的一切，但同时也是引导他探寻世界的向导。他渴望通过它们的双眼看待世界，去尝试像鸟儿们一样去观察这片土地，跟随它们踏上同一段旅程。幸运的是，他不忘带领读者们与他一同分享这段鸟类探险之旅。（DC）
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About the Author/作者介绍： 詹姆斯•麦克唐纳德•洛克哈特是一名副编辑，Archipelago杂志常规撰稿人和安东尼•哈伍德有限公司的文学负责人。《猛禽：鸟类王国历险》荣获有2011年皇家文学学会杰瑞伍德奖非小说奖及Authors’ Foundation 罗格•迪金奖。James Macdonald Lockhart is an associate editor of, and regular contributor to, Archipelago Magazine and a literary agent at Antony Harwood Limited. Raptor: A Journey Through Birds received The Royal Society of Literature Jerwood Award for Non-Fiction in 2011 and the Authors’ Foundation Roger Deakin Award in 2011.
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