Alfie and Me: What Owls Know, What Humans Believe SFF_Gift_Guide and a scientific backbone

and a scientific backbone

What brings the Earth to life

Structured like an old-school mix-tape

Includes nonfiction back matter with historical photos and facts about World War II and the Holocaust

from bryologists to those interested in natural history and the environment

Alfie and Me: What Owls Know, What Humans Believe SFF_Gift_Guide and a scientific backboneA Scientific American Best Staff Read of 2023 "Irresistible." People A moving account of raising, then freeing, an orphaned screech owl, whose lasting friendship with the author illuminates humanity's relationship with the world. When ecologist Carl Safina and his wife, Patricia, took in a near death baby owl, they expected that, like other wild orphans they'd rescued, she'd be a temporary presence. But Alfie's feathers were not growing correctly,