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Book Review

The Backyard Book Chronicles After an excellent and informative foreword by the Chronicles is dated Sept. 16, 2017; the last is dated
renowned ornithologist David Allen Sibley, who explains Dec. 15, 2022.
By Nils A. Shapiro why birdwatching has become such a popular activity That is a period of just over five years in which Amy
Nils began his career throughout the U.S., followed by the author’s preface Tan, and we readers along with her, learn so much and feel
as marketing director for a in which she describes a childhood and personal life
major book publisher. He interests that have led to this new book, the first entry in Book Review on page 21
has since edited the authors’
manuscripts’ for more than
20 published books, written
more than 200 book reviews,
served as publisher of several
million-plus circulation
national magazines, created
the official yearbooks for
teams in Major League Baseball, the National Football
League, National Basketball Association and National
Hockey League, and “retired” as president of a successful
telecommunications company.
It was a wonderful surprise—and coincidence—when a
copy of this book arrived at my home one Monday as a gift
from my two daughters, Brett
and Hillary. Just a day earlier
I had noted The Backyard
Book Chronicles at the top of
the Sunday New York Times Palm Beach County’s Premier Destination
nonfiction bestseller list, and
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“Book of the Year.”
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ten earlier books include
the novel, The Joy Luck the clock with restored eyesight that
Club, which became an
international bestseller and the inspiration for the hit motion
picture of the same title. matches your active lifestyle.
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schedule it for review in my column, thanks to my daughters’
thoughtfulness, a clear indication that they are very much
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already in my hands. And now, as I have just turned the last
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• the very concept of the book—a day by day dated journal
of the author’s experiences watching and inter-acting with
the natural lives of the wide variety of bird species that visit
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her home’s backyard in the San Francisco Bay area;
• the author’s writing skills that reflect the wide range
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