Wild Thoughts from Wild Places
In this collection of "Natural Acts" columns from the pages ofOutsidemagazine, wide-ranging ecojournalist David Quammen turns his attention to all manner of earthly matters:  the physics of flowing water and the thrills of kayaking, the evolution of supercoyotes, and the lives of  famous naturalists (Charles Darwin, Gilbert White). Above all, Quammen celebrates the joys of life in the  outdoors, especially in his favorite haunts in the mountains and trout streams of Montana. "We never  know what he have lost, or what we have found," he writes. That may be, but in these pages you'll  know that you have found a lively intelligence and wonderful natural history writing.