Teaching a Stone to Talk: Expeditions and Encounters by Annie Dillard library Zommer's illustrations are a hive

Zommer's illustrations are a hive of subterranean activity

including the New York Times best-seller The Sibley Guide to Birds

"This should live on the nightstand

--The Boston Globe

-- Tara Nolan

Teaching a Stone to Talk: Expeditions and Encounters by Annie Dillard library Zommer's illustrations are a hive"A collection of meditations like polished stones painstakingly worded, tough minded, yet partial to mystery, and peerless when it comes to injecting larger resonances into the natural world." Kirkus Reviews Here, in this compelling assembly of writings, Pulitzer Prize winning author Annie Dillard explores the world of natural facts and human meanings. Veering away from the long, meditative studies of Pilgrim at Tinker Creek or Holy the Firm, Annie