{"product_id":"the-book-of-deadly-animals-isbn-9780143120742","title":"The Book of Deadly Animals","description":"Whether at a zoo, on a camping trip, or under our bedsheets, we are surrounded by animals. While most are perfectly harmless, it's the magnificent exceptions that populate \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Deadly Animals\u003c\/i\u003e. Award-winning writer Gordon Grice takes readers on a tour of the animal kingdom—from grizzly bears to great white sharks, big cats to crocodiles. Every page overflows with astonishing facts about Earth's great predators and unforgettable stories of their encounters with humans, all delivered in Grice's signature dark comic style. Illustrated with awe-inspiring photographs of beasts and bugs, this wondrous work will horrify, delight, and amaze. \u003cbr\u003e“Did he say \u003ci\u003erepugnatorial gland\u003c\/i\u003e? What a wealth of information Gordon Grice is, and what a fine, beguiling writer. This book is a must for anyone even remotely thinking of getting a monkey, a sea lion, or, heaven forbid, a dog.” — \u003cb\u003eDavid Sedaris\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“When it comes to the most deadly animals on the planet it is best to be prepared! Forewarned is forearmed!” — \u003cb\u003eBear Grylls, host of \u003ci\u003eMan vs. Wild\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“I read with my dog in my lap and my heart in my throat. It’s a wonderful, slightly terrifying, utterly captivating encounter with the animal world—not quite like anything I’ve ever read before.” — \u003cb\u003eElizabeth Gilbert\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“A fresh, strange, and wonderful new voice in American nature writing.” — \u003cb\u003eMichael Pollan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Gordon Grice writes about animals with a wit that relies on tone of voice, his ironically exact diction and an instinct for analogy … he has a scholar’s precision and a fourth-grader’s enthusiasm.” — \u003cb\u003eMichael Sims, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“To weave the facts so artistically together as Mr. Grice has done takes considerable talent and a keenly felt interest.” — \u003cb\u003eMeredith Greene, \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Grice tempers his book with grim humor, a genuine enthusiasm for the subject, and fascinating trivia (Herman Melville’s Moby Dick was based on an actual whale named Mocha Dick that terrorized the South Pacific). A gifted writer, Grice’s relentlessly detailed descriptions of the effects of spider and snake bites, as well as the outcome of tangling with pencil catfish or alligators, may make this rough going for the easily squeamish, but those with a fascination for wildlife will find this an informative and dramatic study.” — \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Taps nicely into our enduring, awed fascination with nature’s predators and the popularity of TV shows such as \u003ci\u003eThe Crocodile Hunter\u003c\/i\u003e. . . . Grice has been dubbed ‘the Stephen King of nature writers.'” — \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Bookseller\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eGordon Grice\u003c\/b\u003e has written for \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker, Harper's  Magazine, Discover\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e. His first book, \u003ci\u003eThe Red  Hourglass: Lives of the Predators\u003c\/i\u003e, won a Whiting Writers' Award and  was named one of the Best Books of the Year by the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles  Times\u003c\/i\u003e and the New York Public Library. He lives in Wisconsin.","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303116886245,"sku":"NP9780143120742","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780143120742.jpg?v=1767738460","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-book-of-deadly-animals-isbn-9780143120742","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}