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Still Water

The Deep Life of the Pond

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Yazan: John Lewis-Stempel
Seslendiren: Leighton Pugh
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Random House presents the audiobook edition of Still Water by John Lewis-Stempel, read by Leighton Pugh.

The Pond. Nothing in the countryside is more humble or more valuable. It’s the moorhen’s reedy home, the frog’s ancient breeding place, the kill zone of the beautiful dragonfly. More than a hundred rare and threatened fauna and flora depend on it.
Written in gorgeous prose, Still Water tells the seasonal story of the wild animals and plants that live in and around the pond, from the mayfly larvae in the mud to the patrolling bats in the night sky above. It reflects an era before the water was polluted with chemicals and the land built on for housing, a time when ponds shone everywhere like eyes in the land, sustaining life for all, from fish to carthorse.
Still Water is a loving biography of the pond, and an alarm call on behalf of this precious but overlooked habitat. Above all, John Lewis-Stempel takes us on a remarkable journey – deep, deep down into the nature of still water.

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A beautifully written celebration of one of the natural world's most fertile founts of biodiversity and artistic inspiration ... A call to arms.
The master of nature-writing takes readers through the changing life of a pond season by season.
Great nature writing needs to be informative, detailed, accurate, lyrical, and, above all, to instil a sense of gratitude and wonder. John Lewis-Stempel succeeds in all these things triumphantly. From amorous toads to the eye-popping mating habits of water boatmen, a magical celebration of pond life by one of our finest, most evocative nature writers.
One of England's most noted nature writers ... Still Water is a scintillating mirror of ourselves. (Derek Turner)
UK farmer and nature writer John Lewis-Stempel has won much acclaim for his perfectly observed reflections on pastoral habitats and their residents. Still Water explores "the deep life" of ponds with characteristic wit and beauty from the two-time Wainwright Prize winner. (Hilary A White)
Lewis-Stempel is a superb observer… he also has an original turn of phrase; colourful, but not overwrought…by the end he has shown with some flair that in the pond there are wondrous, multitudinous life forms. And curious cruelties
Britain's finest living nature writer
Lewis-Stempel sees and hears things others will never see and hear, and he can write about them as no one else can.
‘Lewis-Stempel vividly evokes a world of pond skaters and whirligig beetles, and — the most astonishing — dragonflies. Like so much in nature, the humble pond is a place for both simple pleasures and profound reflections.'
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Very much enjoyed this audiobook about ponds and will be checking out his other books. Well narrated.

Lovely audiobook about ponds!

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So much information. Had to keep winding back. Good narration, perfect for listening before sleep.

Love this book

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I'm mad about all nature so I knew I'd enjoy the description of the watery creatures but wondered what there was to say to make a whole book on the subject. I was taken on a journey to other countries and the past . nicely read and full of information, it took me back to days of minnows in jam jars and shadowy depths

still waters run deep

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A brilliant dive into ponds and their history with comparisons between the aquatic habitats in Britain and France at various times of year. Great insight into how the use of ponds has changed and how and why they were created.

Fascinating insight into ponds

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Thoroughly enjoyed listening to this audiobook. Wonderfully informative whilst also engaging the listener. I have had a pond most of my life but still I learned so much from this book.

A wonderful examination of the life in ponds

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