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Strange and Wonderful is an accessible read for scholars interested in a broad range of topics: classics, art history, social history, history of science, and the developing field of animal studies. Better still, the author's prose is clear and highly engaging. -- Bruce Boehrer, Florida State University Like the historical representations of exotic animals and plants that it evocatively describes, Strange and Wonderful makes visible the essential connections between humanity and nature. The book shows that a desire to know and, often, control unfamiliar parts of the natural world has long motivated rulers, scholars, entrepreneurs, and artists. -- Melissa Eppihimer, University of Pittsburgh

Strange and Wonderful is an accessible read for scholars interested in a broad range of topics: classics, art history, social history, history of science, and the developing field of animal studies. Better still, the author's prose is clear and highly engaging. -- Bruce Boehrer, Florida State University Like the historical representations of exotic animals and plants that it evocatively describes, Strange and Wonderful makes visible the essential connections between humanity and nature. The book shows that a desire to know and, often, control unfamiliar parts of the natural world has long motivated rulers, scholars, entrepreneurs, and artists. -- Melissa Eppihimer, University of Pittsburgh

Strange and Wonderful is an accessible read for scholars interested in a broad range of topics: classics, art history, social history, history of science, and the developing field of animal studies. Better still, the author's prose is clear and highly engaging. -- Bruce Boehrer, Florida State University Like the historical representations of exotic animals and plants that it evocatively describes, Strange and Wonderful makes visible the essential connections between humanity and nature. The book shows that a desire to know and, often, control unfamiliar parts of the natural world has long motivated rulers, scholars, entrepreneurs, and artists. -- Melissa Eppihimer, University of Pittsburgh

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Karen Polinger Foster specializes in the art and archaeology of the Bronze Age Aegean, with particular interests in interconnections with Egypt and Mesopotamia. She is Lecturer of Near Eastern Languages and Civilization and History of Art at Yale University. She is the author or co-author of numerous books, including Civilizations of Ancient Iraq (2009), co-authored with Benjamin R. Foster, received the 2010 Felicia A. Holton Book Award from the Archaeological Institute of America.

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