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This Week’s NonFiction Book:
Central
Park
in
the
Dark:
More
Mysteries
of
Urban
Wildlife
by Marie Winn
Central
Park
in
the
Dark
explores
a
natural
world
that
flourishes
in
the
midst
of
a
crowded
and
mechanized
city.
These
exuberant
essays
lead
the
reader
through
the
cycle
of
seasons
as
experienced
by
nocturnal
beasts
(raccoons,
bats,
black
skimmers),
insects
(moths,
wasps,
fireflies,
crickets),
and
other
denizens
of
the
park's
trees
and
swamps
and
thickets.
Alongside
a
cadre
of
amateur
and
expert
naturalists,
Marie
Winn
reveals
a
world
that
lies
hidden
in
the
dark
between
the
bright
lights
and
traffic
of
Fith
Avenue
and
Central
Park
West.
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