{"product_id":"the-bedside-book-of-beasts-a-wildlife-miscellany-9780385665162","title":"The Bedside Book of Beasts: A Wildlife Miscellany","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis stunning companion to the internationally bestselling Bedside Book of Birds explores the relationship between predators and their prey.  The intricate  complex connection between the hunter and the hunted has defined animal life on Earth throughout time. In The Bedside Book of Beasts  Graeme Gibson gathers from all eras and cultures works of art and literature that capture the power  grace  and inventiveness of both predators and their natural prey. Here are myths  fables  poetry  generous excerpts from nature and travel writing  journals  sacred texts  and works of fiction. There are vivid descriptions of noteworthy predators  including the big cats  bears  wolves  but also the small but voracious praying mantis. Gibson also brings to life the experiences  strategies  and emotions of vulnerable prey  and paints intriguing portraits of such legendary evil beasts as the Minotaur  Grendel  and the Biblical Leviathan. All of this is enhanced by a breathtaking array of art  both traditional and contemporary  as well as scientific  religious  and mythological drawings  paintings  and woodcuts.  In The Bedside Book of Beasts Gibson evokes a profound sense of the eternal  often unsettling  connection between the human animal and the free  untamed beasts of the wilderness.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45666059550773,"sku":"ByrdShop_0385665164","price":84.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780385665162.jpg?v=1782417334","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-bedside-book-of-beasts-a-wildlife-miscellany-9780385665162","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}