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David Attenborough reads his own bestselling memoir 'An enthralling autobiography from one of the linchpins of television' Good Book Guide David Attenborough is the acknowledged voice of nature, loved and revered worldwide for his groundbreaking wildlife documentaries. Over the course of his...

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...

The Sunday Times Bestseller A new, fully updated narrative edition of David Attenborough’s seminal biography of our world, The Living Planet. Nowhere on our planet is devoid of life. Plants and animals thrive or survive within every extreme of climate and habitat that it offers. Single species...

A new, beautifully illustrated edition of David Attenborough's groundbreaking Life on Earth. David Attenborough's meeting with gorillas was one of the most unforgettable moments for millions of television viewers. With Life on Earth, Attenborough created a book and TV series that became a...

Birds. Over 9,000 species, the most widespread of all animals: on icebergs, in the Sahara or under the sea, at home in our gardens or flying for over a year at a time. Earthbound, we can only look and listen, enjoying their lightness, freedom and richness of plumage and song. David Attenborough has been watching and learning all his life. His classic book, now fully updated with the latest discoveries in ornithology, is a brilliant introduction to bird behaviours around the world: what they do and why they do it.

I am 93. 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.

David Attenborough first appeared in front of a television camera in the 1950s when, together with London Zoo's Curator of Reptiles, Jack Lester, he persuaded the BBC to mount and film an animal-collecting expedition. The result was Zoo Quest. Specially recorded for audio, David Attenborough's early adventures are sometimes life-threatening, often hilarious and always totally absorbing. The warmth and enthusiasm that have made him a broadcasting legend are instantly apparent here as he recounts this magical journey.

Gavin has been a wildlife photographer for over 30 years. During that time he's lurked in the shadows of some of the world's remotest places in order to capture footage of the animal kingdom's finest: prides of lions, silverback gorillas, capuchin monkeys, brown bears, grey whales, penguins, mosquitoes - you name it he's filmed it.

David Attenborough discusses his life and achievements in this collection of BBC radio and TV interviews.

Collected together for the very first time, this is the complete Series 1 and 2 of Life Stories, written and presented by Sir David Attenborough. One of the nation's most popular presenters, Sir David examines 40 marvels of the natural world from his extraordinary and pioneering experiences...

** THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ** 'Gripping... the wildlife is so fantastical that the images on the page feel like works of the imagination.' Evening Standard 'THIS IS THE STORY OF OUR OCEAN AND WE MUST WRITE ITS NEXT CHAPTER TOGETHER. FOR IF WE SAVE THE SEA, WE SAVE OUR WORLD. AFTER A...

"If a wolf should come out of the forest, then what would you do?" These are the words of Peter's grandfather from Prokofiev's much loved musical fairy tale, Peter and the Wolf, which here is wonderfully narrated by Sir David Attenborough. This story introduces children to the magic of an orchestra through the tale of a clever young boy who, with the help of some animal friends, outwits a very hungry wolf.

To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the book’s first publication, David Attenborough has revisited Life on Earth, completely updating and adding to the original text, taking account of modern scientific discoveries from around the globe....

Brought to you by Penguin. This is our Blue Planet: a beautiful blue marble suspended in a sea of stars. Unlike billions of other worlds in the Milky Way, 71 per cent of our Blue Planet is covered by ocean. It's home to the greatest diversity of life on Earth but is our least explored habitat...

La véritable tragédie de notre époque se déroule sous nos yeux, à l'échelle de la planète tout entière : la disparition de notre milieu naturel. Notre mode de vie actuel précipite la biodiversité vers un déclin certain. David Attenborough, grand producteur de films naturalistes à la BBC, nous livre son témoignage et sa vision de l'avenir. Comment nous en sommes arrivés là et comment, si l'on agit maintenant, il est encore temps de sauver la vie sur Terre. Le livre a fait l'objet d'une adaptation filmée diffusée sur Netflix.

1954-ben az ifjú David Attenborough-nak káprázatos alkalmat kínált az élet: világ körüli útra indulhatott, hogy ritka és különleges állatokat gyűjtsön a Londoni Állatkert számára, és minderről filmeket készítsen. Ez a hangoskönyv a Guyanában tett gyűjtőútról számol be, e távoli vidék hihetetlen szépségeiről és mesés állatvilágáról.

Az élő bolygó az Élet a Földön után a szerző könyvtrilógiájának második része. A Földön mindenütt van élet. A sarkvidéken és a sivatagban, sőt még a vulkáni bazalt kietlen lejtőin is. A könyv első hat fejezete, melyet hangoskönyvünk bemutat jelenünk égető kérdéseiről szól: a klímaváltozásról, a környezetszennyezésről, eltűnő állatfajokról.

Nur zwei große Lebensräume unserer Erde sind scheinbar über lange Zeiträume hinweg gleich geblieben: der Dschungel und das Meer. Doch selbst die Landmassen, auf denen der Urwald liegt, haben sich aufgrund der Kontinentalverschiebungen verändert, und die Aufspal­tung und Verschmelzung der Kontinente hatten Auswirkungen auf die Ausdehnung der warmen, flachen Küstenmeere.

Hangoskönyvünkben a szárazföld meghódításától egészen a Homo sapiens megjelenéséig követhetjük bolygónk élővilágának történetét. - Mi emberek vagyunk a legnagyobb hatalmú faj, amely valaha is élt ezen a Földön, de ez a hatalom felelősséget is jelent. A mi feladatunk, hogy gondját viseljük a bolygónak és a rajta élő minden teremtménynek.

Dél-Amerika geológiai történetének jóvoltából sok furcsa állat fennmaradt itt, a szavannákon például a tatuk rokonai, a több mint négy méter hosszúságú Glyptodonok legelésztek. A tatuk a hajdani Glyptodon egyedül fennmaradt rokonai. Ha őket nézzük, valójában összekötő kapcsot, hidat látunk a történelem előtti korok primitív bestiái felé, és mindenekelőtt ez az, ami az én szememben olyan izgalmassá és különlegessé teszi őket.