Roger Morgan-Grenville
Auteur de Shearwater: A Bird, an Ocean, and a Long Way Home
Œuvres de Roger Morgan-Grenville
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Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 20th century
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- UK
Membres
Critiques
Shearwater: A Bird, an Ocean, and a Long Way Home par Roger Morgan-Grenville
Cette critique a été écrite dans le cadre des Critiques en avant-première de LibraryThing.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.
Cette critique a été écrite dans le cadre des Critiques en avant-première de LibraryThing.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.
Cette critique a été écrite dans le cadre des Critiques en avant-première de LibraryThing.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.
Cette critique a été écrite dans le cadre des Critiques en avant-première de LibraryThing.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.… (plus d'informations)
Listes
Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 8
- Membres
- 75
- Popularité
- #235,804
- Évaluation
- 3.9
- Critiques
- 18
- ISBN
- 20
