The Sunday Times bestseller by David Attenborough, who marks his 100th birthday this year - a deeply personal account of his love of the natural world, and the devastating changes to it he's witnessed first hand.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 place...

A new, beautifully illustrated edition of David Attenborough’s groundbreaking Life on Earth.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 li...

Gezien bij RTL Late Night: 'Schitterend boek!'Sir David Attenboroug, de bekendste bioloog ter wereld'Onmogelijk om weg te leggen.' The TelegraphVijftig jaar geleden veranderde Sir David Attenborough de manier waarop we naar de natuur kijken voorgoed. In een tijd waarin de natuurdocumentaire nog niet bestond moest de man, die later Planet Earth zou maken, alles in de praktijk bedenken. In d...

The Sunday Times BestsellerA 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, and often whole communities adapt to make the most of ice cap and tundra, forest and plain, desert, ocean and volcano. These adaptations can be truly...

In dit autobiografische boek van Sir David Attenborough (Life, Planet Earth, Blue Planet) neemt de filmmaker je mee in zijn wereld – en de planeet van ons allemaal. Voor het eerst beschrijft hij op geheel eigen wijze de belangrijkste momenten in zijn leven als bioloog. Hoe hij oog in oog stond met wilde dieren en zijn leven wijdde aan het vastleggen van de natuur in al haar schoonheid en diversiteit. Ook vertelt Attenborough over de verwoestende veranderingen die hij in al zijn jaren met e...

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, ...

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 Attenborough on the TV series, The Trials of Life, upon which this book is based.This is the third and last of Sir David’s great natu...

Brought to you by Penguin.See the world. Then make it better.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 b...

Sir David Attenborough op z'n best: humoristisch, warm en charmantIn 1954 kreeg David Attenborough een geweldig aanbod: hij mocht de wereld rond om zeldzame en moeilijk te vangen dieren te vinden voor de collectie van de dierentuin in Londen en om deze expedities voor de BBC te filmen. Het tv-programma Zoo Quest was niet alleen een begin van een opmerkelijke carrière, maar veranderde ook voorgoed de manier waarop we naar de natuur keken.Na het succ...

A fully updated new edition of David Attenborough’s bestselling classic.BIRDS. 11,000 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 d...

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, et cela s’est produit au cours de ma seule existence. De même qu’après Tchernobyl la ville ultramoderne de Prypiat est devenue inhabitable et fut désertée en l’espace de quarante-huit heures, il ne sera plus possible de vivre sur notre planète si nous épuisons ses écosystèm...

A fully updated new edition of David Attenborough’s bestselling classic.BIRDS. 11,000 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 d...