I bought an old copy of "Darwin's Journal of researches" aka "The Voyage of the Beagle for a student as a graduation gift.
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If a book is well known and popular it's often not hard to buy and old copy like this and bring it back to life.
This book is called "researches" but it's really just a young Darwin goggling at every creature he sees and getting excited by nature over and over. It's delightful to read even after all these years. You can practically see him bouncing up and down with excitement gushing about each more strange and unexpected adaptation he encounters.
It's not dry AT ALL.
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It’s a good-looking book. I decided to leave the pages uncut for the student to open.
@futurebird It's beautiful
They're gonna love it so much !
When I was a teenager I found a 19th century edition of Victor Hugo's Toilers of the Sea at a flee market, a beautiful tall red leather-bound book including the author's illustrations. It was the same price as a new paperback edition of the novel and way more exhilarating to read (if less practical). Still one of the most cherished books in my personal bookshelves to this day.
