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At the Water´s Edge: A Walk in the Wild
Sir John Lister-Kaye
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Description for At the Water´s Edge: A Walk in the Wild
Paperback. Sir John Lister-Kaye encourages us to look in close detail at the nature around us Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: WND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 22. Weight in Grams: 226. A Walk in the Wild. 320 pages. Sir John Lister-Kaye encourages us to look in close detail at the nature around us. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: WND. Dimension: 197 x 126 x 22. Weight: 226.
For the last thirty years John Lister-Kaye has taken the same circular walk from his home deep in a Scottish glen up to a small hill loch. Each day brings a new observation or an unexpected encounter - a fragile spider's web, an osprey struggling to lift a trout from the water or a woodcock exquisitely camouflaged on her nest - and every day, on his return home, he records his thoughts in a journal.
Drawing on this lifetime of close observation, At The Water's Edge encourages us to look again at the nature around us, to discover its wildness for ourselves and to respect and protect it.
Product Details
Publisher
Canongate Books
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847674050
SKU
V9781847674050
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99-99
About Sir John Lister-Kaye
Sir John Lister-Kaye is one of Britain's best-known naturalists and conservationists and the author of eight books on wildlife and the environment. He has served prominently in the RSPB, the Nature Conservancy Council, Scottish Natural Heritage and the Scottish Wildlife Trust. In 2003 he was awarded an OBE for services to nature conservation. He lives with his wife and family among the mountains of the Scottish Highlands, where he runs the world-famous Aigas Field Centre.
Reviews for At the Water´s Edge: A Walk in the Wild
John Lister-Kaye is one of the most joyful, inspirational naturalists I know. This wonderful collection of wildlife encounters will make anyone want to pull on their boots and re-discover the world on our doorsteps.
Kate Humble A book of land-knowing by someone who has spent a gentle lifetime learning the languages of animals. With an untameable enthusiasm and generosity of spirit, Lister-Kaye translates those languages into a kind of inter-species friendship
Jay Griffiths, author of Wild: An Elemental Journey Dedicated conservationist Lister-Kaye has spent much of his life in solitary contemplation of his environment . . . This is a quiet but rousing call to action for anyone who loves the natural world and wants to help preserve it.
Sunday Telegraph
I'd put it in the hands of anyone who ever enjoyed a day out in the fresh air, even those who don't think they like the countryside: they've got to be seduced by this prose
Claire English
BBC Radio Scotland
A thoughtful analyst of the evolutionary interplay between human being and animal.
The Times
Every word of John Lister-Kaye's At the Water's Edge sounds with a long, close knowledge of place, with a profound appreciation and anticipation of each small change brought by the progression of a day or of a season. Beautifully observed and rich in description, the book sounds too with an urgent voice, warning of what will be lost to us should we continue to take too little action to protect the natural world
ESTHER WOOLFSON
author of CORVUS
Kate Humble A book of land-knowing by someone who has spent a gentle lifetime learning the languages of animals. With an untameable enthusiasm and generosity of spirit, Lister-Kaye translates those languages into a kind of inter-species friendship
Jay Griffiths, author of Wild: An Elemental Journey Dedicated conservationist Lister-Kaye has spent much of his life in solitary contemplation of his environment . . . This is a quiet but rousing call to action for anyone who loves the natural world and wants to help preserve it.
Sunday Telegraph
I'd put it in the hands of anyone who ever enjoyed a day out in the fresh air, even those who don't think they like the countryside: they've got to be seduced by this prose
Claire English
BBC Radio Scotland
A thoughtful analyst of the evolutionary interplay between human being and animal.
The Times
Every word of John Lister-Kaye's At the Water's Edge sounds with a long, close knowledge of place, with a profound appreciation and anticipation of each small change brought by the progression of a day or of a season. Beautifully observed and rich in description, the book sounds too with an urgent voice, warning of what will be lost to us should we continue to take too little action to protect the natural world
ESTHER WOOLFSON
author of CORVUS