I bought this because it was pretty. The author takes us on a whirlwind tour across the world, highlighting one bird in each major city that has, despite all the odds, thrived. Each gets one page, and the facing page is a watercolour of the bird, done by Marc Martin, and each is astonishingly wond...
*I was offered a copy of this book from the author or publisher for review. A book full of wormhole stories. Each is different in the worlds they create and characters that interact. There is a story here for everyone. After each story is a quick interview with the author. One question is on where t...
An odd comet is visible through telescopes and scientist Neal Danielson is intrigued. His calculated predictions of how the comet will break up turn out correct. However, there are pieces that enter the atmosphere, each one crashing into an ocean at different points around the globe. With a small co...
ABR's full Fear the Sky audiobook review and many others can be found at Audiobook Reviewer.A great book that trips over itself.Mankind is infiltrated by powerful, greedy aliens who are going to wipe humankind off the planet so they can use it for themselves. However, they need to do this subtlety a...
A beautifully written book about a year in an English villiage and the wildlife he encounters month by month.
Not too bad but not outstanding either. Split into four sections on garde, sea wetland and country has has an brief history of how the public responded to our feathered friends. Has some details of how the RSPB started, and some of the the parliamentary acts have evolved
Brett Westwood presents a series to help listeners identify different species.Brett is joined by keen bird watcher Stephen Moss in the Forest of Dean. With the help of wildlife sound recordist Chris Watson, they identify some classic woodland birds, including nuthatches and tree-creepers.