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Don’t miss I♡Radio’s latest “Very Special Episodes” podcast, “The Other James Bond.” It’s based on my book, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘑𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘉𝘰𝘯𝘥 from Schiffer Publishing, and it’s first-rate. The real Bond, a Philadelphia ornithologist, was famous for...
Imagine my surprise when I stumbled upon Emmet Blake’s classic The Birds of Mexico in the used-book section of a birder’s gift shop. First edition, in very good cdition, with dust jacket. Blake was a Bond contemporary and one of...
My new book, The Peregrine Falcon, is here. This spring, I’m giving several talks and a launch event — free and open to the public. The book, published by Schiffer, is 244 pages, with 90 awesome images (most are in color). List...
I am pleased to report that The Peregrine Falcon arrives on April 28 from Schiffer Books, the folks who did such a beautiful job with my illustrated biography of the real James Bond. The 240-page book is a deep dive...
Carroll Tyson, the real James Bond’s uncle, was a noted artist, and his portfolio of 20 fine-arts prints of the birds of Mount Desert Island is still prized and highly collectible. A print of Tyson’s Great Grey Owl, for instance,...
Wonder why the colophon for lan Fleming Publications features a bird, and what kind of bird it is? For the answers, look no farther than For Your Eyes Only, arguably the best short story in the 1960 compilation of the...
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