Anderson Dorian
Anderson Dorian - Birding Under The Influence Cycling Across America In Search Of Birds And Recovery - Paperback
Anderson Dorian - Birding Under The Influence Cycling Across America In Search Of Birds And Recovery - Paperback
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Description: What an incredible story! Dorian's adventure is an inspiration for birders and non - birders alike. David Lindo author of The Urban Birder At a personal and professional crossroad a man resets his life and finds sobriety love and 618 bird species cycling his way to a very Big Year. In Birding Under the Influence Dorian Anderson a neuroscience researcher on a pressure - filled life trajectory walks away from the world of elite institutions research labs and academic publishing. In doing so he falls in love and realises he has freed himself to embrace his lifelong passion for birding. A North American Big Year a continent - spanning adventure in which a birder attempts to see as many species as possible in twelve months is a massive undertaking under any circumstances. Breaking the record on a bicycle takes another degree of obsession. And doing all that while sustaining sobriety? That's next level altogether. As Dorian pedals across the country describing the birds he sees he confronts the challenges of long - distance cycling: treacherous weather punctured tires speeding cars and injury. He encounters eccentric characters blistering blacktop dreary hotel rooms snarling dogs and an endless sea of smoking tailpipes. He also confronts his past struggles with alcohol drugs and risky behaviours that began in secondary school and followed him into adulthood. Birding Under the Influence is a candid honest look at Dorian's double life of academic accomplishment and addiction. While his story of recovery is simultaneously poignant and inspiring it is ultimately his love of birds and nature that provides the scaffolding to build a new radically different life." An uplifting and hopeful memoir and social commentary about healing Birding Under the Influence is an interesting exploration of the extreme ends that one man went to to overcome his twin demons of alcohol and drug addiction by redirecting his addictive Type - A personality into more healthy pursuits . It also provide's an interesting glimpse into regional American subcultures." Forbes
Title: Birding Under The Influence Cycling Across America In Search Of Birds And Recovery
Author(s): Anderson Dorian
Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing Co
Barcode: 9781645022237
Pages: 272 Pages
Publication Date: 11/2/2023
Category: Travel Writing
Description: What an incredible story! Dorian's adventure is an inspiration for birders and non - birders alike. David Lindo author of The Urban Birder At a personal and professional crossroad a man resets his life and finds sobriety love and 618 bird species cycling his way to a very Big Year. In Birding Under the Influence Dorian Anderson a neuroscience researcher on a pressure - filled life trajectory walks away from the world of elite institutions research labs and academic publishing. In doing so he falls in love and realises he has freed himself to embrace his lifelong passion for birding. A North American Big Year a continent - spanning adventure in which a birder attempts to see as many species as possible in twelve months is a massive undertaking under any circumstances. Breaking the record on a bicycle takes another degree of obsession. And doing all that while sustaining sobriety? That's next level altogether. As Dorian pedals across the country describing the birds he sees he confronts the challenges of long - distance cycling: treacherous weather punctured tires speeding cars and injury. He encounters eccentric characters blistering blacktop dreary hotel rooms snarling dogs and an endless sea of smoking tailpipes. He also confronts his past struggles with alcohol drugs and risky behaviours that began in secondary school and followed him into adulthood. Birding Under the Influence is a candid honest look at Dorian's double life of academic accomplishment and addiction. While his story of recovery is simultaneously poignant and inspiring it is ultimately his love of birds and nature that provides the scaffolding to build a new radically different life." An uplifting and hopeful memoir and social commentary about healing Birding Under the Influence is an interesting exploration of the extreme ends that one man went to to overcome his twin demons of alcohol and drug addiction by redirecting his addictive Type - A personality into more healthy pursuits . It also provide's an interesting glimpse into regional American subcultures." Forbes
Title: Birding Under The Influence Cycling Across America In Search Of Birds And Recovery
Author(s): Anderson Dorian
Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing Co
Barcode: 9781645022237
Pages: 272 Pages
Publication Date: 11/2/2023
Category: Travel Writing
