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Books narrated by Philharmonic Orchestra

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    Peter and the Wolf

    Prokofiev’s modern classic retold by Sir David Attenborough

    by David Attenborough, Sergei Prokofiev ...
    Narrated by David Attenborough, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra ...

    Unabridged

    27 min

    Prokofiev's timeless classic, brought to you by Sir David Attenborough and the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Yan Pascal Tortelier."If a wolf should come out of the forest, then what would you do?"These are the words of Peter's grandfather from Prokofiev's much loved musical fairy tale, Peter and the Wolf, which here is wonderfully narrated by Sir David Attenborough. This story ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • Drawn from Paradise

    The Natural History, Art and Discovery of the Birds of Paradise with Rare Archival Art

    by David Attenborough, Errol Fuller ...
    A magnificently illustrated celebration of the birds of paradise and the myths and history surrounding them, from the beloved BBC host.The sixteenth-century Europeans gave them the name birds of paradise—birds so beautiful that they must have come from paradise. Originally, they were thought not to have legs and therefore never to touch the earth. Still very rarely encountered, even in their ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Beastly Journeys: Unusual Tales of Travel with Animals

    by David Attenborough, Dervla Murphy, Mark Shand, Hilary Bradt, Jennifer Barclay ...
    David Attenborough, Dion Leonard (Finding Gobi), Dervla Murphy and Brian Jackman are just four of the authors whose work features in this new anthology from Bradt focusing on true stories about travelling with animals. In Beastly Journeys, there are 46 tales of extraordinary animal travel experiences, from hilarious holidays with pets to journeys on which wild animals somehow came along for the ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Trials of Life

    A Natural History of Animal Behaviour

    by David Attenborough ...
    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 ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Life on Earth

    by David Attenborough ...
    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 ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Living Planet

    The Web of Life on Earth

    by David Attenborough ...
    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 ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Life of Birds

    by David Attenborough ...
    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 ... Read more

    $24.99 CAD

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    The Power and Beauty of Noticing

    by Lili Taylor ...
    **FINALIST FOR THE GOTHAM BOOK PRIZE • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Eye-opening essays about searching for peace in the cacophony of birds and discovering a world of meaning in small moments—from award-winning actor Lili Taylor.“By turns introspective, inquisitive, and funny, the book is a love letter to nature and the solace it can provide.”—The New Yorker**A NEW YORKER AND LIBRARY JOURNAL BEST BOOK OF ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

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  • Birdland

    A Journey Around Britain on the Wing

    by Jon Gower ...
    A joyous celebration of Britain’s rich bird lifeIn Birdland, journalist and lifelong birder Jon Gower explores our intimate connection with the bird life around us. From the symphonic song of the wren to the clack of a puffin’s beak and from epic migrations to sunset murmurations, birds are commonplace miracles. No wonder they have inspired our artists, writers and songwriters. Whether rare or ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Birds, Sex and Beauty

    The Extraordinary Implications of Charles Darwin's Strangest Idea

    by Matt Ridley ...
    "[An] intriguing philosophical journey into a critical issue within evolutionary theory that for too long has remained unresolved." —Wall Street JournalMatt Ridley is one of our finest science writers. This book is a treat for bird lovers and evolutionary biologists alike.” —Richard Dawkins, author of The Genetic Book of The Dead and The God DelusionThe New York Times bestselling ... ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

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  • Why Nobody Understands Quantum Physics

    The bestselling guide to our universe

    by Frank Verstraete, Céline Broeckaert ...
    The international bestseller‘Ambitious . . . pleasingly full of cutting-edge topics’ – New ScientistQuantum physics is the cornerstone of our world. Yet, at the same time, it’s one of the hardest subjects for ordinary mortals to grasp.In Why Nobody Understands Quantum Physics, a husband-and-wife duo – renowned physicist Frank Verstraete and writer Céline Broeckaert – demystifies the essential ... Read more

    $14.39 CAD

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  • Bird Life

    The Extraordinary World of Ordinary Birds with an introduction by Stephen Moss

    by Len Howard ...
    Enchanting and fascinating, discover the extraordinary world of Britain's ordinary garden birds, related.In the late 1930s, Len Howard packed up her life in London, bought a plot of land in Sussex and built herself a little house there. This was to be Bird Cottage, a place where the doors of the house were open to the birds of the garden – great tits, blue tits, robins, blackbirds, willow warblers ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD