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Complete article: seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/artsentertainment/2002094736_giftbook21.html
Indulge readers on your list with books they will treasure
Seattle Times, WA - 7 hours ago
... but this is a fascinating look at some of the specimens in Harvard's natural history museum, including butterflies collected by writer Vladimir Nabokov and a ...
Sunday, November 21, 2004 - Page updated at 12:00 A.M.
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Indulge readers on your list with books they will treasure
By Mary Ann Gwinn
Seattle Times book editor
This the second of six stories devoted to gifts: books, CDs, videos and DVDs. Look for future installments in this spot on Sundays through Dec. 19.
A new collection of Sherlock Holmes, a paean to snowflakes, the story of the bicycle — there's something in this list of gift books for every eccentric on your holiday list. The following list includes top picks in the areas of history, the natural world, literature, humor, religion and the small-is-beautiful "stocking stuffer" category.
THE NATURAL WORLD
"The Rarest of the Rare: Stories Behind the Treasures at the Harvard Museum of Natural History," text by Nancy Pick, photographs by Mark Sloan, introduction by Edwar O. Wilson (HarperResource, 178 pp., $22.95). Okay, maybe it does have a dead bird on its cover (the sole surviving specimen of the Lewis & Clark expedition — a black, or Lewis, woodpecker), but this is a fascinating look at some of the specimens in Harvard's natural history museum, including butterflies collected by writer Vladimir Nabokov and a painting of a ruffed grouse mysteriously backdated by John James Audubon.
Mary Ann Gwinn: 206-464-2357 or mgwinn@seattletimes.com
