Flights of Fancy

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"One of the best non-fiction writers alive today." —Steven Pinker
"It is richly illustrated, expensively weighty and just, well, smells good… Although the style is plain, Dawkins’s prose feels as if it were cut with a laser…. Dawkins has always been an extraordinarily muscular, persuasive thinker. What feels new here is that he writes with such charm and warmth. Genial Uncle Richard, for me, is the most likeable Dawkins yet." —Sunday Times "Written with all the clarity and elegance of which Dawkins is a master. It should have a place in every school library – especially in the library of every 'faith' school." —Philip Pullman, on The God Delusion

Now in paperback

Richard Dawkins explores the wonder of flight. A book for ages 8-80 about flying – from the mythical Icarus, to the sadly extinct but magnificent bird Argentavis magnificens, to the British Airways pilots of today.Richard Dawkins is one of the world's most eminent writers and thinkers; has 2.9 million followers on Twitter; and sold millions of copies of his previous books worldwide.

Lucid and accessible and can cross over to YA or children's market – the perfect gift for inquiring minds, particularly ages 11-16.

60 integrated color photos