ATTENBOROUGH DAVID

(P/B) The Trials of Life
The third and final updated edition of David Attenborough's classic Life trilogy. Life on Earth covered evolution, Living Planet , ecology, and now The Trials of Life tackles ethology, the study of how animals behave. 'This is, quite simply, the best thing I've ever done.' Sir David Attenborough on the TV series, The Trials of Life, upon which this book is based. This is the third and last of Sir David's great natural history books based on his TV series and competes his survey of the animal world that began with Life on Earth and continue...
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Η ΖΩΗ ΣΤΟΝ ΠΛΑΝΗΤΗ ΜΑΣ
Είμαι 94 χρόνων. Έζησα μια πραγματικά απίστευτη ζωή. Και μόνο τώρα είμαι σε θέση να εκτιμήσω πραγματικά πόσο συγκλονιστικά ήταν αυτά που έζησα. Όταν ήμουν νέος, πίστευα ότι περιπλανιόμουν σε έναν άγριο, παρθένο φυσικό κόσμο - αλλά όλο αυτό δεν ήταν παρά μια ψευδαίσθηση. Η τραγωδία του καιρού μας εκτυλίσσεται ολόγυρά μας και μετά βίας μπορούμε να τη διακρίνουμε. Ο πλανήτης μας στερείται την άγρια φύση του και η βιοποικιλότητά του εκφυλίζεται. Υπήρξα μάρτυρας αυτής της παρακμής. "Η ζωή στον πλανήτη μας" είναι η μαρτυρία μου, αλλά και ένα όρα...
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(P/B) LIFE ON EARTH
Updated edition of David Attenborough's groundbreaking Life on Earth. David Attenborough's unforgettable meeting with gorillas became an iconic moment for millions of television viewers. Life on Earth, the series and accompanying book, fundamentally changed the way we view and interact with the natural world setting a new benchmark of quality, influencing a generation of nature lovers. Told through an examination of animal and plant life, this is an astonishing celebration of the evolution of life on earth, with a cast of characters drawn ...
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(P/B) A LIFE ON OUR PLANET
See the world. Then make it better. I am David Attenborough. At time of writing, I am 93 years old. I've had an extraordinary life. It's only now that I appreciate how extraordinary. As a young man, I felt I was out there in the wild, experiencing the untouched natural world - but it was an illusion. The tragedy of our time has been happening all around us, barely noticeable from day to day - the loss of our planet's wild places, its biodiversity. I have been witness to this decline. A Life on Our Planet contains my witness statement, and ...
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(H/B) THE TRIALS OF LIFE
This is the third and last of Sir David's great natural history books based on his TV series and competes his survey of the animal world that began with Life on Earth and continues with Living Planet. In Life on Earth, Sir David showed how each group of animals evolved. In Living Planet he looked at the way they have adapted to the whole range of habitats in which they live. Now, in Trials of Life, he completes the story by revealing how animals behave - and why. (From the publisher)...
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(H/B) A LIFE ON OUR PLANET
'I am 94. I've had an extraordinary life. It's only now that I appreciate how extraordinary. As a young man, I felt I was out there in the wild, experiencing the untouched natural world - but it was an illusion. The tragedy of our time has been happening all around us, barely noticeable from day to day - the loss of our planet's wild places, its biodiversity. I have been witness to this decline. A Life on Our Planet is my witness statement, and my vision for the future. It is the story of how we came to make this, our greatest mistake - ...
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(P/B) ADVENTURES OF A YOUNG NATURALIST
In 1954, a young television presenter was offered the opportunity of a lifetime - to travel the world finding rare and elusive animals for London Zoo's collection, and to film the expeditions for the BBC. His name was David Attenborough, and the programme, Zoo Quest, not only heralded the start of a remarkable career in broadcasting, but changed the way we viewed the natural world forever. Written with his trademark wit and charm, Zoo Quest is not just the story of a remarkable adventure, but of the man who made us fall in love with the na...
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