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The Story of Birds

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The Story of Birds

Di: Steve Brusatte
Letto da: Patrick Lawlor
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 THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES & NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

'Steve Brusatte has a rare gift for bringing the distant past vividly and fascinatingly to life' - Bill Bryson


'One of the stars of modern palaeontology' – National Geographic
'An unqualified success from beginning to end' – New Scientist
'An enjoyable tour of evolutionary science' – Financial Times
'[This] origin story of birds is exciting . . . natural history writing at its best' – Times Literary Supplement
'A delight . . . unflaggingly fascinating' – The Sunday Times
'A gifted writer . . . Brusatte makes us look anew at these feathered beasts' – The Times, Best Summer Books
'Soaringly brilliant' – Alice Roberts

A New Scientist and Times most anticipated book of 2026, from the bestselling author of The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs.

Billions of birds share the planet with us. With their flamboyant plumage and joyous dawn serenades, many of them are impossible to miss. But how did they get here, how did they break the bounds of Earth and begin to fly, and how does their legacy shape our world?

In delightfully energetic prose, expert palaeontologist Steve Brusatte takes us through their 150-million-year history, from their origins among small carnivorous dinosaurs to the 10,000-plus species that thrive today. Along the way, we meet fantastic birds from all around the world, some known only through fossils. There are elephant birds that stand as high as a basketball hoop and lay eggs as big as watermelons; demon ducks that weigh more than cows; aeroplane-sized seabirds that soar the world’s thermals; and predatory penguins the size of gorillas.

Lively, majestic and full of wonder, The Story of Birds will ensure you never see birds the same way again.


'Steve Brusatte tells the amazing story of birds with enthusiasm and brio' – Henry Gee

'An eye-opening tour into the amazing world of birds' – Venki Ramakrishnan

*The Story of Birds was no. 10 on the New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction best seller list for the week ending May 2, 2026.

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Brusatte is at the top of his game . . . This excellent book captures not just the extraordinary heritage of the birds, but the sheer wonder of their existence
Expertly traces the story of how feathers, wings and egg-laying evolved, what happened when birds took flight and how they developed keen senses and diversified into the range of birds we know today
Excellent and sometimes startling . . . combine[s] a rigorous account of the science with a readable narrative . . . an unqualified success from beginning to end
[An] enjoyable tour of evolutionary science
Steve Brusatte has a rare gift for bringing the distant past vividly and fascinatingly to life (Bill Bryson, Sunday Times #1 bestselling author of A Short History of Nearly Everything)
Soaringly brilliant . . . a fascinating, scintillating flight through the history and biology of some of the most incredible creatures on our planet . . . a tour de force (Alice Roberts, Sunday Times bestselling author of Crypt)
The palaeontologist and author of the thoroughly enjoyable The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs turns his attention to our feathery friends and their deep past. Even stranger than you imagined
Steve Brusatte takes us on an eye-opening tour into the amazing world of birds, from their origins as the living descendants of dinosaurs to their remarkable cognitive and navigational skills. A thrilling addition to his hugely successful earlier books, The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs and The Rise and Reign of the Mammals (Venki Ramakrishnan, Nobel Prize-winning author of Why We Die)
An authoritative and endlessly illuminating journey through the evolution of birds -- from their dinosaur roots in the Triassic to the hummingbird at your feeder. As one of the world's top paleontologists, as well as one of the finest science communicators working today, no one is better positioned to tell this epic and surprising story than Steve Brusatte. An instant classic. Anyone interested in the story of life on Earth needs this on their bookshelf (Peter Brannen, author of The Story of Co2 is the Story of Everything)
Brusatte weaves cutting-edge science and vivid storytelling to give us a breathtaking account of one of evolution's greatest survivors (Neil Shubin, author of Your Inner Fish)
What a sensational book! Crisp, gripping, science writing at its very best. If you love birds, you will love this captivating story of how they came to be (Jennifer Ackerman, author of The Genius of Birds)
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