Bibliograph

At the water's edge, a personal quest for wildness, John Lister-Kaye

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At the water's edge, a personal quest for wildness, John Lister-Kaye

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

At the water's edge

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

John Lister-Kaye

Sub title

a personal quest for wildness

Summary

For the last thirty years John Lister-Kaye, one of Britain's best-known nature writers, has taken the same circular walk from his home deep in a Scottish glen up to a small hill loch. Each day brings a new observation or an unexpected encounter - a fragile spider's web, an osprey struggling to lift a trout from the water or a woodcock exquisitely camouflaged on her nest - and every day, on his return home, he records his thoughts in a journal. Drawing on this lifetime of close observation, John Lister-Kaye's new book encourages us to look again at the nature around us and to discover its wildness for ourselves. It also forges wonderful connections between the most unlikely subjects, from photosynthesis and the energy cycle to Norse mythology, to weasels and perfume and to the over-population of our planet. At the Water's Edge is a lyrical hymn to the wildlife of Britain, and a powerful warning to respect and protect it

Target audience

adult

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