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    Life on Earth
    Life on Earth
    Life on Earth
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    Life on Earth

    Written by David Attenborough

    Narrated by David Attenborough

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    A new edition of David Attenborough’s groundbreaking Life on Earth.

    Winner of Best Non-Fiction Audiobook at the New York Radio Awards 2019.

    Shortlisted for Best Audiobook at the Specsavers National Book Awards 2018.

    Shortlisted for Futurebook of the Year at the Futurebook Awards 2018.

    The nation’s greatest voice, David Attenborough, reads a brand-new edition of Life on Earth, now available as an audiobook for the first time.

    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 from the whole range of organisms that have ever lived on this planet. Attenborough’s perceptive, dynamic approach to the evolution of millions of species of living organisms takes the reader on an unforgettable journey of discovery from the very first spark of life to the blue and green wonder we know today.

    Now, 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. This special anniversary edition provides a fitting tribute to an enduring wildlife classic, destined to enthral the generation who saw it when first published and bring it alive for a whole new generation.

    This audiobook includes wildlife sounds from BAFTA Award winning sound recordist, Chris Watson, who has worked extensively with David Attenborough on his BBC projects. A soundscape appears at the beginning of each chapter to provide a fully immersive experience of the habitat and some of the species described. A full list of the tracks, as they appear in the audiobook, is available below.

    • Prologue – Acacia scrubland dawn chorus in the Masai Mara, Kenya, featuring White-browed Robin-chat.
    • Chapter One, The Infinite Variety – Tropical rain forest in Panama with the calls of Montezuma oropendola.
    • Chapter Two, Building Bodies – Fish and crustaceans recorded underwater on a coral reef off Seligan island, Borneo.
    • Chapter Three, The First Forests – Geysir and geothermal activity at Haukadalur hot springs in Iceland. This track also features the Strokkur geysir erupting.
    • Chapter Four, The Swarming Hordes – Evening insect chorus in the Conkouati forest reserve, Republic of Congo.
    • Chapter Five, The Conquest of The Waters – Ocean currents through sea kelp recorded at a depth of 8m, Moray Firth, Scotland.
    • Chapter Six, Invasion of The Land – Reed frog chorus at sunset, Amboseli National Park, Kenya.
    • Chapter Seven, A Watertight Skin – Seawash around basking marine iguanas, Isla San Cristóbal, Galapagos.
    • Chapter Eight, Lords of The Air – Springtime dawn chorus with nightingale, Hambleton wood, Rutland Water nature reserve, UK.
    • Chapter Nine, Eggs, Pouches and Placentas – forest chorus along riverside platypus territory, Queensland, Australia.
    • Chapter Ten, Theme and Variation – Common Pipistrelle bats echolocating after sunset, Holystone woodland, Northumberland.
    • Chapter Eleven, The Hunters and The Hunted – Spotted hyena contact calls at midnight in the Masai Mara, Kenya.
    • Chapter Twelve, A Life in The Trees – Black howler monkeys calling across the tree canopy at sunrise in Belize.
    • Chapter Thirteen, The Compulsive Communicators – Street market, Ramnagar, Uttarakhand, Northern India.
    • Epilogue – Beach habitat in mangroves with Gre
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins Publishers
    Release dateSep 20, 2018
    ISBN9780008296360
    Author

    David Attenborough

    David Attenborough is one of the world’s leading naturalists and broadcasters. His distinguished career spans more than fifty years, and his multi-award winning films and series have been broadcast around the world.

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    • 5/5
      Wirklich begeisternd der David Attenborough. Ein Buch das seinen einzigartigen Stil zum Ausdruck bringt
    • 5/5
      I love anything that David does. He has a captivating voice and love learning all the little bit of info. Very relaxing book, a pleasure
    • 5/5
      Simply amazing, perfect bed time story, calming and relaxing voice!