Zusatztext 2016 Notable Book Zusammenfassung Finalist for the National Book Award for Nonfiction New York Times Bestseller Starred Booklist and Library Journal Editors' Spring Pick A Huffington Post Notable Nonfiction Book of the Year One of the Best Books of the Month on Goodreads Library Journal Best Sci-Tech Book of the Year An American Library Association Notable Book of the Year Sy Montgomery's The Soul of an Octopus does for the creature what Helen Macdonald's H Is for Hawk did for raptors. New Statesman ! UK One of the best science books of the year. Science Friday ! NPR Another New York Times bestseller from the author of The Good Good Pig ! this fascinatingtouchinginformativeentertaining ( Daily Beast ) book explores the emotional and physical world of the octopusa surprisingly complex! intelligent! and spirited creatureand the remarkable connections it makes with humans. In pursuit of the wild! solitary! predatory octopus! popular naturalist Sy Montgomery has practiced true immersion journalism. From New England aquarium tanks to the reefs of French Polynesia and the Gulf of Mexico! she has befriended octopuses with strikingly different personalitiesgentle Athena! assertive Octavia! curious Kali! and joyful Karma. Each creature shows her cleverness in myriad ways: escaping enclosures like an orangutan; jetting water to bounce balls; and endlessly tricking companions with multiple sleights of hand to get food. Scientists have only recently accepted the intelligence of dogs! birds! and chimpanzees but now are watching octopuses solve problems and are trying to decipher the meaning of the animal's color-changing techniques. With her joyful passion for these intelligent and fascinating creatures ( Library Journal Editors' Spring Pick)! Montgomery chronicles the growing appreciation of this mollusk as she tells a unique love story. By turns funny! entertaining! touching! and profound! The Soul of an Octopus reveals what octopuses can teach us about the meeting of two very different minds. Informationen zum Autor Sy Montgomery is a naturalist! documentary scriptwriter! and author of twenty acclaimed books of nonfiction for adults and children! including the National Book Award finalist The Soul of an Octopus and the memoir The Good Good Pig ! a New York Times bestseller. The recipient of numerous honors! including lifetime achievement awards from the Humane Society and the New England Booksellers Association! she lives in New Hampshire with her husband! border collie! and flock of chickens. ...

2016 Notable Book

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Sy Montgomery is a naturalist, adventurer, and author of more than thirty acclaimed books of nonfiction for adults and children, including The Hummingbirds’ Gift, The Hawk’s Way, the National Book Award finalist The Soul of an Octopus, and most recently, Of Time and Turtles, which was a New York Times bestseller. The recipient of numerous honors, including lifetime achievement awards from the Humane Society and the New England Booksellers Association, she lives in New Hampshire with her husband, writer Howard Mansfield, and a border collie.

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Originally published: New York: Atria Books, 2015.

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Finalist for the National Book Award for Nonfiction *New York Times Bestseller Starred *Booklist and Library Journal Editors’ Spring Pick A *Huffington Post Notable Nonfiction Book of the Year One of the Best Books of the Month on *Goodreads Library Journal Best Sci-Tech Book of the Year An American Library Association Notable Book of the Year

“Sy Montgomery’s The Soul of an Octopus does for the creature what Helen Macdonald’s H Is for Hawk did for raptors.” —New Statesman, UK

“One of the best science books of the year.” —Science Friday, NPR

Another New York Times bestseller from the author of The Good Good Pig, this “fascinating…touching…informative…entertaining” (Daily Beast) book explores the emotional and physical world of the octopus—a surprisingly complex, intelligent, and spirited creature—and the remarkable connections it makes with humans.

In pursuit of the wild, solitary, predatory octopus, popular naturalist Sy Montgomery has practiced true immersion journalism. From New England aquarium tanks to the reefs of French Polynesia and the Gulf of Mexico, she has befriended octopuses with strikingly different personalities—gentle Athena, assertive Octavia, curious Kali, and joyful Karma. Each creature shows her cleverness in myriad ways: escaping enclosures like an orangutan; jetting water to bounce balls; and endlessly tricking companions with multiple “sleights of hand” to get food.

Scientists have only recently accepted the intelligence of dogs, birds, and chimpanzees but now are watching octopuses solve problems and are trying to decipher the meaning of the animal’s color-changing techniques. With her “joyful passion for these intelligent and fascinating creatures” (Library Journal Editors’ Spring Pick), Montgomery chronicles the growing appreciation of this mollusk as she tells a unique love story. By turns funny, entertaining, touching, and profound, The Soul of an Octopus reveals what octopuses can teach us about the meeting of two very different minds.