Of Time And Turtles Mending The World Shell By Shattered Shell By Sy Montgomery

Of Time and Turtles

The Good Good Pig

"In loving yet unsentimental prose, Sy Montgomery captures the richness that animals bring to the human experience. Sometimes it takes a too-smart-for-his-own-good pig to open our eyes to what most matters in life.” —John Grogan, author of Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World’s Worst Dog A naturalist who spent months at a time living on her own among wild creatures in remote jungles, Sy Montgomery had always felt more comfortable with animals than with people. So she gladly opened her heart to a sick piglet who had been crowded away from nourishing meals by his stronger siblings. Yet Sy had no inkling that this piglet, later named Christopher Hogwood, would not only survive but flourish—and she soon found herself engaged with her small-town community in ways she had never dreamed possible. Unexpectedly, Christopher provided this peripatetic traveler with something she had sought all her life: an anchor (eventually weighing 750 pounds) to family and home. The Good Good Pig celebrates Christopher Hogwood in all his glory, from his inauspicious infancy to hog heaven in rural New Hampshire, where his boundless zest for life and his large, loving heart made him absolute monarch over a (mostly) peaceable kingdom. At first, his domain included only Sy’s cosseted hens and her beautiful border collie, Tess. Then the neighbors began fetching Christopher home from his unauthorized jaunts, the little girls next door started giving him warm, soapy baths, and the villagers brought him delicious leftovers. His intelligence and fame increased along with his girth. He was featured in USA Today and on several National Public Radio environmental programs. On election day, some voters even wrote in Christopher’s name on their ballots. But as this enchanting book describes, Christopher Hogwood’s influence extended far beyond celebrity; for he was, as a friend said, a great big Buddha master. Sy reveals what she and others learned from this generous soul who just so happened to be a pig—lessons about self-acceptance, the meaning of family, the value of community, and the pleasures of the sweet green Earth. The Good Good Pig provides proof that with love, almost anything is possible.

烏龜的修復時光

即使被車撞、被輾過、被虐待，在看似毫無希望的情況下，烏龜都有可能活下來。 我們不放棄任何一隻烏龜！ 當賽．蒙哥馬利與麥特．派特森來到烏龜救援聯盟時，迎接他們的是許多看似毫無希望的烏龜。他們被車碾過、被盜獵者攻擊，被污染至生病，連獸醫都認為只能安樂死。但烏龜救援聯盟創辦人娜塔莎．諾威克與艾莉西亞．貝爾的座右銘是：「我們永遠不放棄任何一隻烏龜！」 對烏龜來說，一切都很緩慢，他們緩慢地呼吸（在寒冷的海域中，欖蠵龜可以憋氣7小時），心臟緩慢地跳動（巴西龜的心跳可以慢至一分鐘一下），使他們在艱難情況下仍有機會撐過。然而，他們康復的速度也一樣緩慢。 請翻開本書，放慢腳步，讓我們一同進入「烏龜時間」，見證他們從恐龍時代活到現在，在這充滿機器、盜獵者與污染的當代，修補自己，創造生命的奇蹟。 紐約時報暢銷作家、美國國家圖書獎入圍著作《章魚的內心世界》作者，賽．蒙哥馬利，感動人心最新製作！ 兩棲爬蟲萬事屋 徐偉傑 專業審訂 野灣野生動物保育協會 推薦 附上台灣烏龜救援資訊列表！ 本書榮獲： - 《紐約時報》暢銷書 - Amazon編輯推薦及年度最佳書籍 - 美國獨立書商暢銷書 - 《華盛頓郵報》年度最佳非小說類書籍 「賽．蒙哥馬利以她能力的顛峰，以壯麗而本質的方式，向我們展現，即便是難以想像能聯繫的動物，我們仍能深深聯繫彼此。」 ──艾咪．那祖庫瑪塔多（Aimee Nezhukumatathil），《奇蹟世界：對螢火蟲、鯨鯊與其他驚奇的讚歌》（World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments）作者 「《烏龜的修復時光》是一本奇蹟之書，對人類與海龜都是如此。我們每個人如此幸運，能與海龜及賽．蒙哥馬利共享這個地球。」 ──沙賓娜・因布勒（Sabrina Imbler），《光能觸及到多遠：十種海洋生物的生命》（How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures）作者 「我們總是低估爬蟲動物，特別是行動緩慢的那種。但正如賽．蒙哥馬利所釐清，動物不需快才能讓人著迷。」 ──法蘭斯．德瓦爾（Frans de Waal），《你不知道我們有多聰明：動物思考的時候，人類能學到什麼？》作者