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Birders
Mark Cocker
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Description for Birders
Paperback. "Birders" are a community of obsessional people, almost all male, who sacrifice most of their spare time, sometimes their chances of a partner or family, even occasionally their lives, for birds. This is the story of that community, of its characters, its equipment and its adventures. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: WNCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 174.
Since 1972 Mark Cocker has been a member of a community of obsessional people, almost all male, who sacrifice most of their spare time, a good deal of money, sometimes their chances of a partner or family, even occasionally their lives, to watch birds.
Birders is the story of this community, of its characters, its rules, its equipment and its adventures - many of which are hilariously funny, Birders is also a work of love - the story of what birds can do to the human heart.
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099289548
SKU
V9780099289548
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-2
About Mark Cocker
Mark Cocker is an author and naturalist whose thirteen books include works of biography, history, literary criticism and memoir. His book Crow Country was shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize in 2008 and won the New Angle Prize for Literature in 2009. With the photographer David Tipling he published Birds and People in 2013, a massive survey described by the ... Read more
Reviews for Birders
At last! An up to date examination of what makes birders tick. And about time too! Wonderfully written
Bill Oddie
A natural history version of Fever Pitch... Reading it may even make you want to try out this strangely addictive past time for yourself
Guardian
Intensely readable, very funny and highly enlightening
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Bill Oddie
A natural history version of Fever Pitch... Reading it may even make you want to try out this strangely addictive past time for yourself
Guardian
Intensely readable, very funny and highly enlightening
... Read more