Author: George K. Reid
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1582381305
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 163
Book Description
A handbook describing and illustrating some of the common animals and plants found in or near ponds, lakes, streams, and marshes.
Pondlife
Author: Al Alvarez
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408841010
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
From the author of The Savage God, a unique memoir of growing old, and a lesson in not going gently into that good night The ponds of Hampstead Heath are small oases; fragments of wild nature nestled in the heart of north-west London. For the best part of his life Al Alvarez – poet, critic, novelist, rock-climber and poker player – has swum in them almost daily. An athlete in his youth, Alvarez chronicles what it is to grow old with humour and fierce honesty – from his relentlessly nagging ankle which makes daily life a struggle, to infuriating bureaucratic battles with the council to keep his disabled person's Blue Badge, the devastating effects of a stroke, and the salvation he finds in the three Ss – Swimming, Sex and Sleep. As Alvarez swims in the ponds he considers how it feels when you begin to miss that person you used to be – to miss yourself. Swimming is his own private form of protest against the onslaught of time; proof to others, and himself, that he's not yet beaten. By turns funny, poetic and indignant, Pondlife is a meditation on love, the importance of life's small pleasures and, above all, a lesson in not going gently in to that good night. _____________________ 'A beautiful unfolding of a story, told in deceptively simple prose but with a great power to move' Sunday Times 'The adrenalin still flows in lively extracts' The Times 'A marvellous book... it has no business to be as invigorating and absorbing – its success is against the odds' Observer
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408841010
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
From the author of The Savage God, a unique memoir of growing old, and a lesson in not going gently into that good night The ponds of Hampstead Heath are small oases; fragments of wild nature nestled in the heart of north-west London. For the best part of his life Al Alvarez – poet, critic, novelist, rock-climber and poker player – has swum in them almost daily. An athlete in his youth, Alvarez chronicles what it is to grow old with humour and fierce honesty – from his relentlessly nagging ankle which makes daily life a struggle, to infuriating bureaucratic battles with the council to keep his disabled person's Blue Badge, the devastating effects of a stroke, and the salvation he finds in the three Ss – Swimming, Sex and Sleep. As Alvarez swims in the ponds he considers how it feels when you begin to miss that person you used to be – to miss yourself. Swimming is his own private form of protest against the onslaught of time; proof to others, and himself, that he's not yet beaten. By turns funny, poetic and indignant, Pondlife is a meditation on love, the importance of life's small pleasures and, above all, a lesson in not going gently in to that good night. _____________________ 'A beautiful unfolding of a story, told in deceptively simple prose but with a great power to move' Sunday Times 'The adrenalin still flows in lively extracts' The Times 'A marvellous book... it has no business to be as invigorating and absorbing – its success is against the odds' Observer
Pond Life
Author: Hiller Goodspeed
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781734324723
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781734324723
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Pond Life
Author: George K. Reid
Publisher: Golden Guides from St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 146686480X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
This eBook is best viewed on a color device. This guide describes and illustrates, in full color, the plants and animals that live in or near ponds, lakes, streams, and wetlands. It includes surface-dwelling creatures as well as those of open water, the bottom, and the shore and tells how various animals and plants live together in a community. Plus suggestions for: Where and when to look Observing and collecting specimens Making exciting discoveries
Publisher: Golden Guides from St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 146686480X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
This eBook is best viewed on a color device. This guide describes and illustrates, in full color, the plants and animals that live in or near ponds, lakes, streams, and wetlands. It includes surface-dwelling creatures as well as those of open water, the bottom, and the shore and tells how various animals and plants live together in a community. Plus suggestions for: Where and when to look Observing and collecting specimens Making exciting discoveries
Pond Life
Author: Barbara Taylor
Publisher: DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
ISBN: 9780789429704
Category : Desert animals
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Examines the variety of life found in a pond, including great diving beetles, frogs, and newts.
Publisher: DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
ISBN: 9780789429704
Category : Desert animals
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Examines the variety of life found in a pond, including great diving beetles, frogs, and newts.
Life in a Pond
Author: Carol K. Lindeen
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1515734633
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 25
Book Description
Explores how plants, insects, fish, birds, and other animals come together in ponds and make them their homes.
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1515734633
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 25
Book Description
Explores how plants, insects, fish, birds, and other animals come together in ponds and make them their homes.
Pond Life to Spot
Author: Katie NOLAN
Publisher: Usborne Mini Books
ISBN: 9781474975018
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
A handy mini spotters' guide to animals and plants found near water, with colourful illustrations and stickers. Ideal for days out near ponds, rivers and canals, this book helps identify 60 different plants and animals that live in and around water, with a detailed illustration and interesting facts for each one. The pond life is grouped by type, with pages for mammals, birds, amphibians, insects and plants. Children can keep track of the pond life they've spotted by adding the stickers to the chart at the back of the book. Charming illustrations will spark the interest of young nature spotters.
Publisher: Usborne Mini Books
ISBN: 9781474975018
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
A handy mini spotters' guide to animals and plants found near water, with colourful illustrations and stickers. Ideal for days out near ponds, rivers and canals, this book helps identify 60 different plants and animals that live in and around water, with a detailed illustration and interesting facts for each one. The pond life is grouped by type, with pages for mammals, birds, amphibians, insects and plants. Children can keep track of the pond life they've spotted by adding the stickers to the chart at the back of the book. Charming illustrations will spark the interest of young nature spotters.
Pond Life
Author: George K. Reid
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1582381305
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 163
Book Description
A handbook describing and illustrating some of the common animals and plants found in or near ponds, lakes, streams, and marshes.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1582381305
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 163
Book Description
A handbook describing and illustrating some of the common animals and plants found in or near ponds, lakes, streams, and marshes.
Pond-life
Author: T. Spencer Smithson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Algae
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Algae
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Marvels of Pond-Life
Author: Henry J. Slack
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3382131676
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1871. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3382131676
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1871. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.
Marvels of Pond-life
Author: Henry James Slack
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Freshwater animals
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Freshwater animals
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description