Pond Life

Author : Al Alvarez
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1408841010
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pondlife written by Al Alvarez and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-02-14 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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

Author : Hiller Goodspeed
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781734324723
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pond Life written by Hiller Goodspeed and published by . This book was released on 2021-05 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : George K. Reid
Publisher : Golden Guides from St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 146686480X
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pond Life written by George K. Reid and published by Golden Guides from St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2014-02-25 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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

Author : Carol K. Lindeen
Publisher : Capstone
ISBN 13 : 1515734633
Total Pages : 25 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Life in a Pond written by Carol K. Lindeen and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2016-08 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores how plants, insects, fish, birds, and other animals come together in ponds and make them their homes.

Author : Barbara Taylor
Publisher : DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
ISBN 13 : 9780789429704
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pond Life written by Barbara Taylor and published by DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley). This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the variety of life found in a pond, including great diving beetles, frogs, and newts.

Author : Katie NOLAN
Publisher : Usborne Mini Books
ISBN 13 : 9781474975018
Total Pages : 26 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pond Life to Spot written by Katie NOLAN and published by Usborne Mini Books. This book was released on 2021-03-04 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : James Kavanagh
Publisher : Nature Activity Book
ISBN 13 : 9781583555828
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pond Life written by James Kavanagh and published by Nature Activity Book. This book was released on 2016-02-16 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designed to complement the curriculum for grades 3-5, the Pond Life Nature Activity Book features dozens of nature-related games, quizzes and classroom activities that encourage interest and engage children in nature and the natural sciences.

Author : George K. Reid
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1582381305
Total Pages : 163 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pond Life written by George K. Reid and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2001 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A handbook describing and illustrating some of the common animals and plants found in or near ponds, lakes, streams, and marshes.

Author : T. Spencer Smithson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pond-life written by T. Spencer Smithson and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Henry J. Slack
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3382131676
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Marvels of Pond-Life written by Henry J. Slack and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-03-11 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.