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Tweet of the Day: A Year of Britainˊs Birds from the Acclaimed Radio 4 Series
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Description for Tweet of the Day: A Year of Britainˊs Birds from the Acclaimed Radio 4 Series
Paperback. A beautiful and imaginative guide for the armchair naturalist that everyone will want to own. Num Pages: 448 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; WNCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 35. Weight in Grams: 320.
Imagine a jazz musician, improvising on a theme. Then imagine that he is able to play half a dozen instruments - not one after another, but almost simultaneously, switching effortlessly between instruments and musical styles with hardly a pause for breath. If you can countenance that, you are halfway towards appreciating the extraordinary song of the nightingale . . . Wherever we are, there are birds. And wherever there are birds, there is birdsong. It's always a pleasure (and a relief) to hear sounds which prove the world's still spinning: whether it's the sighing of migrating redwings ... Read more
Imagine a jazz musician, improvising on a theme. Then imagine that he is able to play half a dozen instruments - not one after another, but almost simultaneously, switching effortlessly between instruments and musical styles with hardly a pause for breath. If you can countenance that, you are halfway towards appreciating the extraordinary song of the nightingale . . . Wherever we are, there are birds. And wherever there are birds, there is birdsong. It's always a pleasure (and a relief) to hear sounds which prove the world's still spinning: whether it's the sighing of migrating redwings ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
320g
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781473639300
SKU
V9781473639300
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-2
About Paperback
Brett Westwood (Author) Brett Westwood is an award-winning producer, presenter and naturalist. He presented the radio series of Natural Histories. His other acclaimed radio series range from Tweet of the Day (winner of Best Radio Series 2014) to Brett Westwood's Diaries. He is also a consultant for Springwatch and Autumnwatch. Stephen Moss (Author) ... Read more
Reviews for Tweet of the Day: A Year of Britainˊs Birds from the Acclaimed Radio 4 Series
Entertaining and often beguiling . . . The lively writing, enlightening anecdotes and frequent bursts of humour make this the ideal source of conversation topics if you run out of things to say while visiting the relatives
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