Alan Burdick's articles and essays have appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Best American Science and Nature Writing, Harper's, GQ, Natural History, and Discover, where he is a senior editor. He lives with his wife in New York City. He is the author of Out of Eden.
"A terrific piece of ecological reporting . . . I love its dispassionate tone and broad, ultimately sanguine perspective." --Adrian Higgins, The Washington Post"Graceful and inviting." --Richard Conniff, The New York Times Book Review"One of the most comprehensive and readable accounts of the phenomenon." --Bill McKibben, The Boston Globe"It's a wonderful book. . . [Alan Burdick] writes with graceful simplicity." --Richard Seven, The Seattle Times"Highly readable and thought-provoking." --Allan Watt, New Scientist"His tour through the burgeoning discipline of invasion ecology is nuanced, judicious and often delightful; in the finest tradition of science writing." --Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com"Burdick has a gift for compacting large quantities of time into a handful of trim, lovely sentences. . .This is what good books are about." --Anthony Doerr, The Boston Globe
What is home? One way that humans define home is through their physical environment, especially the unique flora and fauna that surround them. In this investigation of ecological invasions-which challenge that uniqueness-Burdick, a senior editor at Discover magazine, describes a "creeping sense of sameness," the homogenization of nature, as alien invaders, both plants and animals, follow in the wake of humans traveling around the globe. Burdick acknowledges that ecological invasion has been written about a lot, but he finds a way to make the topic fresh and compelling, traveling around the world to track the accidental import/export of tree snakes from Australia to Guam, for instance. Along the way, readers meet the scientists who are trying to address this problem. Much more engaging and nuanced than other recent titles, e.g., Jason Van Driesche's Nature Out of Place, this is highly recommended for academic libraries, particularly undergraduate collections, and public libraries. [See Prepub Alert, LJ 1/05.]-Marianne Stowell Bracke, Univ. of Arizona Libs., Tucson Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.
"A terrific piece of ecological reporting . . . I love its dispassionate tone and broad, ultimately sanguine perspective." --Adrian Higgins, The Washington Post"Graceful and inviting." --Richard Conniff, The New York Times Book Review"One of the most comprehensive and readable accounts of the phenomenon." --Bill McKibben, The Boston Globe"It's a wonderful book. . . [Alan Burdick] writes with graceful simplicity." --Richard Seven, The Seattle Times"Highly readable and thought-provoking." --Allan Watt, New Scientist"His tour through the burgeoning discipline of invasion ecology is nuanced, judicious and often delightful; in the finest tradition of science writing." --Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com"Burdick has a gift for compacting large quantities of time into a handful of trim, lovely sentences. . .This is what good books are about." --Anthony Doerr, The Boston Globe
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