At last! An up to date examination of what makes birders tick. And about time too! Wonderfully written

A natural history version of Fever Pitch... Reading it may even make you want to try out this strangely addictive past time for yourself

Intensely readable, very funny and highly enlightening

With a mixture of well-chosen anecdotes and self-deprecating humour, Cocker succeeds in making event he most hardened cynic appreciate his passion. Birders is a stylish work in a long tradition of fine writing on the subject

The best account yet of the "tribe" and its wonderful, unworldly passions

An excellent account of neuroscience today

An elegantly written and cogent guide to contemporary ideas about how and why the brain works

Rose has a subtle mind, a prose style of great clarity and a civilised and compassionate approach to what neuroscience tells us about human nature