Living Planet

The Web of Life on Earth

De: David Attenborough

Narrado por: David Attenborough

The Sunday Times best seller

A new fully updated narrative edition of David Attenborough’s seminal biography of our world, 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 and volcano. These adaptations can be truly extraordinary: fish that walk or lay eggs on leaves in mid-air, snakes that fly, flightless birds that graze like deer and bears that grow hair on the soles of their feet.

In Living Planet, David Attenborough’s searching eye, unfailing curiosity and infectious enthusiasm explain and illuminate the intricate lives of the these colonies, from the lonely heights of the Himalayas to the wild creatures that have established themselves in the most recent of environments, the city. By the end of this book, it is difficult to say which is the more astonishing - the ingenuity with which individual species contrive a living, or the complexity of their interdependence on each other and on the habitations provided by our planet.

In this new edition, the author, with the help of zoologist Matthew Cobb, has added all the most up-to-date discoveries of ecology and biology. He also addresses the urgent issues facing our living planet: climate change, pollution and mass extinction of species.

©2021 David Attenborough (P)2021 HarperCollins Publishers Limited

David Attenborough is one of our most valuable natural resources

I’ve admired David Attenborough my entire life as have generations ahead of me. I hope that his legacy is one of conservation and protection. He paints a picture of how profoundly we can influence or surroundings for good or ill. This book is an ominous and pointed reminder of our responsibilities and our capacity for destruction. It is particularly well timed given current political climate.

The story is classic Attenborough

It sounded like he was on a speakerphone in a large room. It was hard to understand. He is elderly and I think it would have been better if he was on a mic close to his mouth. However, the story is classic David Attenborough So, I gave him all stars.

The way he tells his story

David Attenbough has the most remarkable voice, presentation and knowledge. I have listened to this at least twice maybe three times!

Easy to follow even without video

I love how Attenborough connects you to the natural world and teases the imagination of the natural world

This book should be a requirement for anyone living on earth

Absolutely astonishing, writing and read by, in my opinion ,one of the most brilliant and influential humans to which we have had the honour of sharing this beautiful place in space we call home.

David Attenborough thoughtful insights and narration

The subject and narration and story were exemplary of human understanding of the world we inhabit.

A treasure

He is just the best. This book painted a beautiful picture in my head. Thank you.