Creatures of the Kingdom: Stories of Animals and Nature Handpicked from Michener’s most popular books, these mini-masterpieces are imbued with the music of the spheres and the heartbeat of creation. Michener burrows deep into the secret lives of animals and the hidden world of nature.In s
| TITLE | : | Creatures of the Kingdom: Stories of Animals and Nature |
| AUTHOR | : | |
| RATING | : | 4.87 (995 Votes) |
| ASIN | : | 0345483030 |
| FORMAT TYPE | : | Paperback |
| NUMBER of PAGES | : | 320 Pages |
| PUBLISH DATE | : | 1995-04-18 |
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In sixteen wonderful stories, Pulitzer Prize–winning author James A. Michener burrows deep into the secret lives of animals and the hidden world of nature. Here he sheds light on nature’s most awesome and beguiling handiwork, from the sublime shaping and reshaping of earth’s lands and seas to a ridiculous armadillo’s assault on a bit of Texas real estate that paid off handsomely. Handpicked from Michener’s most popular books, these mini-masterpieces are imbued with the music of the spheres and the heartbeat of creation.
Praise for Creatures of the Kingdom
“Creatures of the Kingdom contains the dramatic elements of a life—the wonder of birth, rites of passage, lots of conflict, much of it physical and bloody, and death. As characters in a James Michener novel, a beaver can know lon
Editorial : If you know James Michener solely for his entertaining, exhaustively researched epic novels, the short essays in Creatures of the Kingdom may come as a surprise, though all but one are excerpted from five of his most popular works. Mostly tales of animal life told in a strong narrative voice from the animal's anthropomorphized point of view, these 16 pieces evince a clear affection for their subjects and are told with an essential goodwill that is reminiscent of James Herriot. Good tales on their own (each piece stands alone and is not hampered by being taken out of context), the stories selected for this anthology also serve to showcase the gentle humor that infuses Michener's body of work, but which is generally overshadowed by the sheer weight of information and ideas in cumbrous books that could easily double as doorstops. By contrast, Creatures of the Kingdom clocks in
rocked my whole world when I first picked one up. I loved the emphasis on meaning and not on posessions. I was so inspired and got so many excellent ideas. Certainly Schwartz knew the original tale and chose to gooify it into a book that talks directly to the reader (who is apparently a blond male) in a voice that does not mention anything but sweetness and light. . This was a very interesting and eye opening book. Every page seems to have practical advice that keeps me jumping back and forth between the book and my computer to put the principles into practice. I knew I was in trouble when I began reading it aloud to my son: each sentence had a dying fall, and the wit was strained, not spontaneous and fetching. Although I do think this could have been better and even more helpful if the advice had been gender and sexuality neutral, with a few specific sections for women or non-straight p
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