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Book Review

The Hummingbirds’ Gift:

Wonder, Beauty,
And Renewal On Wings

By Nils A. Shapiro

How Does One Describe
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size, slender book with its
elegantly designed cover
– a volume so perfectly
suited to its subject: the
jewels of the skies, the
tiniest birds in the
world.
And when I the beautiful writing style in which she describes her Readers of this column will remember reviews of
noted the name Sy adventuresome experiences. These include being chased several of Montgomery’s books, among them: The Soul
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them international swimming with piranhas, electric eels and dolphins in the
bestsellers about the Amazon, visiting with octopuses in the ocean, and more. Book Review on page 19
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