Birds Britannica.

COCKER, MARK and MABEY, RICHARD.

ISBN 10: 0701169079 / ISBN 13: 9780701169077

Edité par Chatto & Windus, London, 2005

A propos de cet article

Dustwrapper, 4to, pp.x, 518. More than 400 colour photographic illustrations by Chris Gomersall featuring over 350 species in detail. Companion to " Flora Britannica " by Richard Mabey, and with the same approach to the natural and cultural history of British birds. Slight edge wear to dustwrapper in places, with a very small creased split to rear top edge near spine. There is also a bit of a bump to the book cover lower edge under the wrapper, not affecting the wrapper and thus not visible. Contents clean and tight. At least VG in dustwrapper. Very heavy book, when wrapped appropriately it weighs c2900g thus exceeding the 1000g default for the automatic postage quotation - the extra postage will be requested at time of order if to be sent by UK post or overseas, quote can be given in advance if requested.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Birds Britannica.
• Éditeur: Chatto & Windus, London
• Date de parution: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0701169079
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780701169077
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Illustrateur: Chris Gomersall
• Édition: First Edition
• État de l'article: Very Good
• État de la jaquette: Very Good

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Synopsis

The British love their birds, which are inextricably entwined with every aspect of their island life. British customs, more than 1,000 years of English literature, the very fabric of society, even the landscape itself, have all been enhanced by the presence of birds. Now, at last, here is a book which pays tribute to the remarkable relationship forged between a nation and its most treasured national heritage.

Birds Britannica is neither an identification guide nor a behavioural study (though both these subjects enter its field), it concentrates on our social history and on the cultural links between humans and birds. It includes observations and experiences from more than 1,000 naturalists and bird lovers. These contributions from the public touch on aviation ecology; the lore and language of birds; their myths, the art and literature they have inspired; birds as food; and the crucial role they play in our sense of place and the changing seasons.

The book has taken eight years to research and write, and has been assembled by a team which includes some of the finest writers and image-makers of British wildlife. On one level, it is a remarkable collection of humorous stories, field observations and tales of joy, wonder and occasional woe; on another, it is a nationwide chronicle. Scholarly and wide-ranging, a mix of the traditional and the contemporary, Birds Britannica is a comprehensive record of birdlife in the early years of the twenty-first century.

À propos de l?auteur

Mark Cocker is one of Britain's foremost writers on nature and contributes regularly to the Guardian, the Times Literary Supplement, as well as BBC Radio Four. His six other books deal with modern responses to wilderness, whether found in landscape, human societies or in other species, including a biography, Richard Meinerzthagen, shortlisted for the Angel Prize. He recently won a Winston Churchill Travel Fellowship to study the cultural importance of birds in West Africa.

Richard Mabey is 'Britain's greatest living nature writer' (The Times) and the force behind the Britannica series. Among his acclaimed publications are Food for Free, Gilbert White (Whitbread Biography of the Year) Nature Cure, Beechcombings and Flora Britannica, which won the British Book Awards' Illustrated Book of the Year and the Botanical Society of the British Isles' President's Award. He also collaborated with Peter Marren on Bugs Britannica.