THE DANGEROUS WORLD OF BUTTERFLIES: THE STARTLING SUBCULTURE OF CRIMINALS, COLLECTORS, AND CONSERVATIONISTS
Book ID/图书代码： 05170008B27305
English Summary/英文概要： War weary after writing a book about Iraq and psychologically fatigued by a career of reporting bad and sad news, Peter Laufer jokingly said his next book would be about butterflies and flowers, simple analogies for peace and love. The result: an invitation to a butterfly preserve in Nicaragua where he soon discovered the behind-the-scenes world of collectors, criminals, and cops obsessed with one of nature’s most compelling miracles. The Dangerous World of Butterflies chronicles Laufer’s adventures within the butterfly industry and the butterfly underground. He examines the allure of butterflies and recounts the constant role they have played throughout history and across cultures in mythology and art. But his research takes an unpredictable turn into the high-stake realms of organized crime, ecological devastation, species depletion, the integrity of museum collections, and chaos theory.
Along with beauty and renewal, the butterfly has become an unwitting symbol for greed and vanity. Laufer’s ever-expanding journey of discovery throughout the Americas and beyond offers a rare look into a theater of intrigue, peopled with quirky and nefarious characters—all in pursuit of these delicate, beautiful creatures.
Read this book, and your garden—and the world—will never quite look the same.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 本书作者彼得·罗佛从事灾难新闻报道工作，并撰写了有关伊拉克战争的书籍。这一切早已令他身心力竭。在近日的采访中，他诙谐地称自己将出版一部有关花与蝴蝶的作品，因为它们分别象征着爱与和平。因此，他应邀前往尼加拉瓜的蝴蝶自然保护区进行研究，并在游访中发现了涉及生态自然的标本采集者、警察和罪犯的惊人内幕。
《彩蝶危机》讲述了作者对于蝴蝶走私业及地下工厂的所见所闻和亲身经历。同时也描绘了蝴蝶的魅力所在及其在古代神话艺术中的重要影响。本书将读者引入一个离奇的世界，那里充满了犯罪集团的罪恶勾当，发生着生态毁灭和物种灭绝，揭示了博物馆藏品及混沌理论的真实面目。
蝴蝶享有美丽和重生，已不觉然成为贪婪与虚荣的化身。书中记录了作者在美洲和其他地区的深入探索历程，揭示了鲜为人知的阴暗勾当，揭开了那些贪婪捕捉美妙生物的嘴脸。
翻开此书扉页，另眼观察世界。(SJN)
Awards/获奖情况：“[A] compelling, all-angles examination. . . . Laufer delivers an absorbing science lesson for fans of the colorful bugs.” ---Publishers Weekly "...Laufer’s The Dangerous World of Butterflies packs real entertainment wallop in a book filled with informed tidbits custom-designed for cocktail hour." ---P. Joseph Potocki, The Bohemian
"A charming . . . meditation on butterflies and the people who love them." ---Kirkus
"Like The Orchid Thief, The Dangerous World of Butterflies takes us deep into the dark heart of obsessed collectors and the passionate activism of people working to repopulate species like the Palos Verdes blue. Worlds within worlds: Laufer, a veteran reporter on cultural and political borders, understands how these worlds cross and collide. His book is a Venn diagram of the beautiful and bizarre." ---Los Angeles Times
“一部扣人心弦的巨作，全方位解析大自然。罗佛给蝴蝶爱好者上了精彩生动的一课。”——《出版者周刊》
“一部引发让蝴蝶爱好者深思的魅力巨作。”——克卡司
“《彩蝶危机》中处处可见作者的亲身体验，符合读者口味，带来刺激的阅读享受。”——约瑟夫·波特其
“同《兰花大盗》一样，《彩蝶危机》给读者揭示了贪婪的蝴蝶采集者的丑陋内心，阐述了竭力保护蓝蝴蝶等珍稀物种的激进者言行。书中刻画了一界中界，作者作为一个资深的政治、文化事件报道者，以老练的文笔描绘了各个小世界的交叉与冲击。本书可谓美丽和离奇的完美结合体。”——《洛杉矶时报》
About the Author/作者介绍： Peter Laufer, P.h.D., is the author of more than a dozen books that deal with social and political issues, including Mission Rejected: U.S. Soldiers Who Say No to Iraq, Wetback Nation: The Case for Opening the Mexican-American Border, and Iron Curtain Rising: A Personal Journey through the Changing Landscape of Eastern Europe. He is the coanchor of The Peter Laufer Show on radio station Green 960 in San Francisco. More about his books, documentary films, and broadcasts, which have won the George Polk, Robert F. Kennedy, Edward R. Murrow, and other awards, can be found at peterlaufer.com.
本书作者，彼得·罗佛，博士，多次出版以社会，政治主题的书籍。编写了著名的《拒绝服从——不愿去伊拉克打仗的美国士兵》、《解除美墨分界线之案》、《拉开铁幕——亲历欧洲东部巨变之旅》等作。任旧金山《彼得·罗佛秀》节目主持。作者出版的书籍、纪录片、广播节目分别荣获多个奖项，详情登陆作者个人网站。
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