{"product_id":"better-living-through-birding-notes-from-a-black-man-in-the-natural-world-paperback-1","title":"Better Living Through Birding: Notes from a Black Man in the Natural World - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChristian Cooper\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER - Central Park birder Christian Cooper takes us beyond the viral video that shocked a nation and into a world of avian adventures, global excursions, and the unexpected lessons you can learn from a life spent looking up.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Wondrous . . . captivating.\"--Ed Yong, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eAn Immense World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eWashington Post \u003c\/i\u003eand Chicago Public Library\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eBest Book of the Year - \u003c\/b\u003eLonglisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eChristian Cooper is a self-described \"Blerd\" (Black nerd), an avid comics fan and expert birder who devotes every spring to gazing upon the migratory birds that stop to rest in Central Park, just a subway ride away from where he lives in New York City. While in the park one morning in May 2020, Cooper was engaged in the birdwatching ritual that had been a part of his life since he was ten years old when what might have been a routine encounter with a dog walker exploded age-old racial tensions. Cooper's viral video of the incident would send shock waves through the nation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eBetter Living Through Birding\u003c\/i\u003e, Cooper tells the story of his extraordinary life leading up to the now-infamous incident in Central Park and shows how a life spent looking up at the birds prepared him, in the most uncanny of ways, to be a gay, Black man in America today. From sharpened senses that work just as well at a protest as in a park to what a bird like the Common Grackle can teach us about self-acceptance, \u003ci\u003eBetter Living Through Birding\u003c\/i\u003e exults in the pleasures of a life lived in pursuit of the natural world and invites you to discover them yourself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEqual parts memoir, travelogue, and primer on the art of birding, this is Cooper's story of learning to claim and defend space for himself and others like him, from his days at Marvel Comics introducing the first gay storylines to vivid and life-changing birding expeditions through Africa, Australia, the Americas, and the Himalayas. \u003ci\u003eBetter Living Through Birding\u003c\/i\u003e recounts Cooper's journey through the wonderful world of birds and what they can teach us about life, if only we would look and listen.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristian Cooper\u003c\/b\u003e is a science and comics writer and editor and the host and consulting producer of \u003ci\u003eExtraordinary Birder\u003c\/i\u003e on National Geographic. One of Marvel's first openly gay writers and editors, Cooper introduced the first gay male character in \u003ci\u003eStar Trek\u003c\/i\u003e, in the \u003ci\u003eStarfleet Academy\u003c\/i\u003e series, which was nominated for a GLAAD Media Award. He also introduced the first openly lesbian character for Marvel and created and authored \u003ci\u003eQueer Nation: The Online Gay Comic.\u003c\/i\u003e Based in New York City, he is on the board of directors for NYC Audubon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 432\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.88 x 9.25 x 6.13 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 19, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLarge Print:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48890476560536,"sku":"9780593910825","price":41.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/8830\/4024\/files\/K3LBYDP3NO9780593910825.webp?v=1776657112","url":"https:\/\/thepinkflamingobooks.myshopify.com\/products\/better-living-through-birding-notes-from-a-black-man-in-the-natural-world-paperback-1","provider":"The Pink Flamingo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}