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""Shortlisted for the Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize"" ""A fascinating, important, and timely book about a major icon of extinction.""---Mark V. Barrow Jr., Science ""An engaging book.""---Tom Tierney, New Scientist ""The Last of its Kind is a slow-moving thriller, a murder-mystery where we know from the outset who did it.""---Surekha Davies, Times Literary Supplement ""[A] moving and well thought out tale. . . . This book is an important part of an innocent species' life.""---Deb Hirt, Muskogee Phoenix ""Much has been written about the demise of the Great Auk . . . and this work by Gísli Pálsson is an important addition to the body of work on this iconic and enigmatic species. It is scholarly and well-presented.""---David Gascoigne, Travels with Birds ""Pálsson affectionately profiles Wolley and Newton and thereby gives readers a colorful view of what ornithology and natural history was like in the decades immediately before the publication of Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species.""---Steve Donoghue, Open Letters Review ""[An] engaging story.""---Andrew Robinson, Nature ""Through a combination of scientific analysis, personal narratives, and ecological insights, Pálsson crafts a gripping story that underscores the urgent need for conservation efforts to protect endangered species.""---John Hague, The Grebe ""[A] thoughtful and melancholy account.""---Liam Shaw, London Review of Books ""Remarkable.""---Rob Hume, BirdGuides ""Wonderful.""---John Miles, Birdwatching

"""[A] moving and well thought out tale. . . . This book is an important part of an innocent species' life.""---Muskogee Phoenix, Deb Hirt"

"""[A] moving and well thought out tale. . . . This book is an important part of an innocent species' life.""---Muskogee Phoenix, Deb Hirt ""Much has been written about the demise of the Great Auk . . . and this work by Gísli Pálsson is an important addition to the body of work on this iconic and enigmatic species. It is scholarly and well-presented.""---David Gascoigne, Travels with Birds"

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Gsli Plsson is professor emeritus of anthropology at the University of Iceland. His books include The Human Age, Down to Earth, and The Man Who Stole Himself.

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