{"product_id":"spell-of-the-tiger-isbn-9781603580595","title":"Spell of the Tiger","description":"From the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Soul of an Octopus\u003c\/i\u003e and bestselling memoir \u003ci\u003eThe Good Good Pig\u003c\/i\u003e, a book that earned Sy Montgomery her status as one of the most celebrated wildlife writers of our time, \u003ci\u003eSpell of the Tiger\u003c\/i\u003e brings readers to the Sundarbans, a vast tangle of mangrove swamp and tidal delta that lies between India and Bangladesh. It is the only spot on earth where tigers routinely eat people—swimming silently behind small boats at night to drag away fishermen, snatching honey collectors and woodcutters from the forest. But, unlike in other parts of Asia where tigers are rapidly being hunted to extinction, tigers in the Sundarbans are revered. With the skill of a naturalist and the spirit of a mystic, Montgomery reveals the delicate balance of Sundarbans life, explores the mix of worship and fear that offers tigers unique protection there, and unlocks some surprising answers about why people at risk of becoming prey might consider their predator a god.\"Clear, emotionally telling and always right to the point, her accounts of the other forms of life are without peer.\"\u003cb\u003e—Farley Mowat, author of \u003ci\u003eNever Cry Wolf\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eResearching articles, films, and her twenty-one books for adults and children, bestselling author Sy Montgomery has been chased by an angry silverback gorilla in Rwanda, hunted by a tiger in India, and swum with piranhas, electric eels, and pink dolphins in the Amazon. Her work has taken her from the cloud forest of Papua New Guinea (for a book on tree kangaroos) to the Altai Mountains of the Gobi (for another on snow leopards.) Her books for adults include \u003ci\u003eThe Soul of an Octopus\u003c\/i\u003e (a National Book Award finalist), \u003ci\u003eThe Good Good Pig, Birdology, Spell of the Tiger, Journey of the Pink Dolphins, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Walking with the Great Apes\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in New Hampshire with her husband, the writer Howard Mansfield, their border collie, Thurber, and their flock of free-range laying hens.","brand":"Chelsea Green","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48233571483877,"sku":"NP9781603580595","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781603580595.jpg?v=1767737064","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/spell-of-the-tiger-isbn-9781603580595","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}