A Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book PrizeNational BestsellerWinner of the National Outdoor Book AwardLonglisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in NonfictionA New York Times Notable BookOne of TIME's 100 Must Read Books of the YearOne of The Washington Post's 50 Notable Nonfiction Books of the YearOne of Smithsonian Magazine's 10 Best Science Books of the YearOne of Publishers Weekly's Best Nonfiction Books of the YearA New York Times Editor's ChoicePart H Is for Hawk, part The Soul of an Octopus, The Book of Eels is both a meditation on the world's most elusive fish--the eel--and a reflection on the human conditionRemarkably little is known about the European eel, Anguilla anguilla. So little, in fact, that scientists and philosophers have, for centuries, been obsessed with what has become known as the "eel question" Where do eels come from? What are they? Are they fish or some other kind of creature altogether? Even today, in an age of advanced science, no one has
“Run salmon run, beneath the moon and sun. The salmon story circles, run salmon run.”Dive into the world of salmon in this lyrically written and beautifully illustrated children’s book. The story foll
