{"product_id":"9781555848217","title":"Chasing Kangaroos: A Continent, a Scientist, and a Search for the World's Most Extraordinary Creature","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe internationally acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eThe Weather Makers\u003c\/i\u003e crafts a love letter to his native land and one of its most unique inhabitants: the kangaroo.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Drawing on three decades of travel, research, and field work, Tim Flannery shows us how the destiny of the extraordinary kangaroo is inseparable from the environment that created it. Along the way he uses encounters with ancient aboriginal cultures, eccentric fossil hunters, farmers, scientists, kangaroo advocates, and kangaroo hunters, to explore how Australia’s deserts and rain forests have shaped human responses to the continent—and how kangaroos have evolved to handle the resulting challenges. Ultimately, \u003ci\u003eChasing Kangaroos \u003c\/i\u003eis a captivating blend of memoir, travel, natural history, and evolutionary science—and further proof of Flannery’s “offhand interdisciplinary brilliance” (\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Absorbing, funny, and wonderfully learned.” —Bill Bryson, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e–bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eA Walk in the Woods\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Grove\/Atlantic, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47133442736368,"sku":"9781555848217","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781555848217_p0.jpg?v=1763757211","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781555848217","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}