Rob Hume is a respected birdwatching professional. He has worked for Europe's leading bird charity, the RSPB, for 23 years, and for a good deal of that time he has been editor of its members' magazine, Birds. (Birds has a readership of 1.8 million.) Rob grew up in the 1950s, and Life With Birds tells the story of how he came to love birds and birdwatching. The book takes us through his boyhood and teens, when his passion for birding took him on many birdwatching holidays, and it includes his years at the RSPB. As well as ...
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Rob Hume is a respected birdwatching professional. He has worked for Europe's leading bird charity, the RSPB, for 23 years, and for a good deal of that time he has been editor of its members' magazine, Birds. (Birds has a readership of 1.8 million.) Rob grew up in the 1950s, and Life With Birds tells the story of how he came to love birds and birdwatching. The book takes us through his boyhood and teens, when his passion for birding took him on many birdwatching holidays, and it includes his years at the RSPB. As well as writing with insight, affection and passion about birds, Rob also paints pictures of a lost rural England and a changing countryside. His gentle humour and wisdom permeate every page, making the book a must-read for everyone who cares about birds, conservation and the countryside. Rob has travelled all over the world watching birds, and he includes his reflections and memories of birds from places as far afield as the US, Israel and Africa.
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Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Please expect some creasing to the spine and/or minor damage to the cover. Grubby book may have mild dirt or some staining, mostly on the edges of pages. Aged book. Tanned pages and age spots, however, this will not interfere with reading.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 750grams, ISBN: 9780715321812.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. Outline: -Rob Hume is a respected birdwatching professional. He has worked for Europe`s leading bird charity the RSPB for 23 years and for a good deal of that time he has been editor of its members` magazine Birds. (Birds has a readership of 1.8 million. ) Rob grew up in the 1950s and Life With Birds tells the story of how he came to love birds and birdwatching. The book takes us through his boyhood and teens when his passion for birding took him on many birdwatching holidays and it includes his years at the RSPB. As well as writing with insight affection and passion about birds Rob also paints pictures of a lost rural England and a changing countryside. His gentle humour and wisdom permeate every page making the book a must-read for everyone who cares about birds conservation and the countryside. Rob has travelled all over the world watching birds and he includes his reflections and memories of birds from places as far afield as the US Israel and Africa.; He has also met and worked with the leading names and personalities in the world of conservation and the book is peppered with anecdotes about notable people such as Sir David Attenborough Sir Patrick Moore and Sir Peter Scott. As well as being a best-selling author (his birding books for other publishers are massive critical and commercial successes) Rob is also an accomplished artist and his illustrations bring a powerful additional quality to the book. -> the publisher of this LARGE HARDBACK book is David & Charles The date of this copy is 2005 booksalvation have grade it as Very Good and it will be shipped from our UK warehouse This book is from the Series. Shipping is Free for UK buyers and at a reasonable charge for buyer outside the UK.
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New in New jacket. Rob Hume, the editor of the RSPB's magazine, Birds, tells the story of how he came to love birds and birdwatching. His humor and wisdom, and his beautiful artwork, permeate every page.
