Birdwatchingwatching: One Year, Two Men, Three Rules, Ten Thousand Birds - Couverture rigide

Horne, Alex

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1905264526 ISBN 13 : 9781905264520

Editeur : Virgin Books, 2009

Synopsis

A HUMOROUS TALE OF FATHER-VERSUS-SON COMPETITIVE TWITCHING, CELEBRATING A NATIONAL OBSESSION

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Alex Horne is a stand-up comedian. He won the Chortle Award for 'Best Breakthrough Act' in 2004 and in 2003 he was nominated for the Perrier Award at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. His show 'Birdwatching' appeared at the 2007 Edinburgh Fringe and his follow-up show, 'Wordwatching' appeared at the festival in 2008. He has written and performed with Craig Charles on ITV and Steve Coogan's Baby Cow Productions for BBC3.

www.alexhorne.com

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

'My dad is a birdwatcher.
That's a sentence I've struggled to come to terms with for the last twenty years of my life. My dad watches birds, often for hours at a time. Why?'

In a bid to discover the secrets of the birding fraternity, Alex Horne challenged his dad to a year of competitive (h)ornithology. Would he emerge unscathed? Or would he too become a birder?

This is Birdwatchingwatching, a hilarious true story about fathers and sons, the birds (not the bees), and the eccentricities of two very different species.

À propos de la deuxième de couverture

Alex Horne isn't a birdwatcher. His dad is. But with the prospect of fatherhood looming on his own horizon, Alex was in need of some paternal advice. His dad was happily birding his way through retirement, which left only one option: Alex would have to give the hobby a second chance. So he challenged his father to a 'Big Year' in which they would each try to spot as many species as possible.

The rules were simple:
The birds had to be wild, free and alive;
They had to actually see the birds; and
They could travel anywhere in the world in the process.

The one who saw the most birds over the course of 365 days would be declared the winner. Along the way, Alex would try to finally understand why his dad did what he did, pick up a few titbits of fatherly advice and perhaps even 'get into' birdwatching himself.

Could Alex spy more birds than his dad? Would he learn to love birdwatching too? And how did Bahrain, Birdworld and Bill Oddie all get involved?

This is the charming tale of a father and son, of manliness, obsession, families and friendship, and the very funny twists and turns of a year-long bird-race.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Virgin Books
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1905264526
• ISBN 13: 9781905264520
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 384
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible