Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #142375 in Books
• Published on: 2002-03
• Binding: Paperback

Customer Reviews

Interesting little book
Looking at the two negative reviews (not counting the would-be funny one) I am rather surprised by them. Perhaps the problem is the title which suggests you will be getting a down to earth practical handbook about keeping ducks instead of a rather nice little book with plenty of useful information but also material for those who already are interested in and enjoy learning a bit about ducks. It's not (as suggested) full of anecdotes about the author's ducks, although it has a chatty style a bit like someone writing you a letter. It does tell you how to get going in an informal way, how to look afer your ducks, tells you various types of ducks and their characteristics, and gives attractive pictures. Sure, it's not an encyclopedia of duck keeping but for me it made an extremely nice and very acceptable gift, and I would recommend it for this purpose.

Astonishing work of unbelievable beauty
Few books transcend the bounds of the quotidian and have the potential to transmute lives.

This book is in a category of its own.

Consider this the "Tao of the Anatidae". Tucked away in it's fabulously exquisite pages of hand-laid paper are gems of rare beauty. The illustrations (drawn with a fastidious eye and imported Mongolian calligraphic brushes, I believe) will not fail to make all but those with a heart of stone weep at the portrayal of the timeless essence -- the very soul -- of every duck depicted. The full, glorious flowering of every member of the family Anatidae is transmuted to two-dimensions and preserved for all eternity here.

While the illustrations may astound you, the author's dazzling word-portraits of her treasured ducks and how they have affected her mind, body and soul will affect you no less deeply.

If you love ducks, you simply must buy this. In fact, you should buy several copies for yourself and each of your friends. You will doubtless soon wear them out with constant perusal.

Seek and you shall find. All the secrets life are concealed within these seemingly humble few pages.

Deserves no stars -- rubbish vanity publishing
This book is prettily packaged trivia: 30-odd pages of twittering twaddle about the author's darling ducks enlivened only by reasonably competent line drawings of the fowl.

There is minimal useful information here. Nor is there much amusement to be found in the few thousand words. In short, you can be assured that buying this glorified leaflet will prove as much a waste of your money as it was of mine.