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Roger Morgan-Grenville

Författare till Shearwater: A Bird, an Ocean, and a Long Way Home

7 verk 75 medlemmar 18 recensioner

Verk av Roger Morgan-Grenville

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Födelsedag
20th century
Kön
male
Nationalitet
UK

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I’m absolutely in love with this book. The topic has the potential to veer toward boring but the author is funny and anecdotal and made the topic of a seabird completely enjoyable.
 
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fields.steph | 16 andra recensioner | Feb 20, 2022 |
Shearwater is a marvelous memoir of the authors fixation on a bird he first saw as a youth, and later spent a year following across the globe. Both a travelogue and a personal exploration with good natural history nestled in between. I may have seen shearwaters before and not known it, but shortly after finishing this I was on a whale-watch boat off Cape Cod and there was a shearwater, behaving just as described! I was meant to read this- which I received as an Early Reviewer copy.
 
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Helenoel | 16 andra recensioner | Nov 22, 2021 |
My only previous experience with Shearwater was with the band by that name. A shearwater is a seabird known for its ability to skim the water. This is a naturalist’s memoir of his experience with and fascination for these birds. This will be delightful for all those who enjoy natural history.
 
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varielle | 16 andra recensioner | Sep 30, 2021 |
I really didn't know anything about birds before I read this book. And honestly if I was sitting in science class learning about the Manx Shearwater, I would have been so bored. But Morgan-Grenville has converted me to a huge fan of Shearwatwrs! They are so amazing that I fell head-over-heels for them the same way the author did as a kid and thoroughly enjoyed learning about the animals as much as I enjoyed reading about the author's life. Not only a great story but so well-written; I underlined so many great lines! His writing style is absolutely poetic.… (mer)
 
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Gwnfkt12 | 16 andra recensioner | Jul 28, 2021 |

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Statistik

Verk
7
Medlemmar
75
Popularitet
#235,804
Betyg
3.9
Recensioner
18
ISBN
20

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