The Dun Cow Rib
A Very Natural Childhood
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Saul Reichlin
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John Lister-Kaye
About this listen
John Lister-Kaye has spent a lifetime exploring, protecting and celebrating the British landscape and its wildlife.
Lister-Kaye's joyous childhood holidays - spent scrambling through hedges and ditches after birds and small beasts, keeping pigeons in the loft and tracking foxes around the edge of the garden - were the perfect apprenticeship for his two lifelong passions: exploring the wonders of nature and writing about them.
Warm, wise and full of wonder, The Dun Cow Rib is a captivating coming of age tale by one of the founding fathers of nature writing.
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- amazoncustomer
- 23-04-24
Beautiful
This was a beautifully written book! Listening to it was delightful, fascinating and moving. I was completely drawn into another life in another time.
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- Anna Ashton
- 25-01-24
Thoroughly enjoyable
What a delightful book and so well narrated. I now need to listen to Ring of Brightwater.
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- Harry
- 04-06-24
Beautifully written
A book which takes you back in time and reminds you of the beauty and awe of nature and wildlife.
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- Amazon Customer
- 17-07-23
Wonderful
It is difficult to say how much I enjoyed this wonderful book. Totally engrossing, moving and evocative. I laughed and cried, was inspired and transported.The enjoyment of the story was enhanced by the perfect narration.
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- Rob Mellowship
- 23-06-20
A dream completed
As someone far nearer to the end of life than the beginning, this book was a real joy to listen to. For many years my wife and I had a dteam of visiting Aigas. It looked like, for many years, a dream that would not be fulfilled. With the pressures that come with a young family and the life of a parochial ministry, a visit was always just out of reach. Some 10 years ago I had reason to exchange emails with Sir John and told him of that dream, his reply was “Keep focused on that dream and one day it will come true.” It finally did come true when my wife and I retired and we received (albeit from ourselves) a present of a five week tour of the Highlands which included a three day stay at Aigas. It was so much more than we even dreamed of. One of the highlights for ourselves was an over supper conversation with Sir John and Mark Cocker. Listening (my eyesight is no longer up to reading, nowadays) to this book completed our dream and brought about a much deeper understanding of Sir John’s. life and the life of Aigas. A read that is both humerous and heartbreaking at times, also a greater understanding of the passion of Sir John’s development as one of the leading conservationists of our time.
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- mark f.
- 02-07-20
recommended
lovey story of a bygone age very well narrated and anti climax now I have finish it.
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- Amazon Customer
- 26-02-24
Excellent book
I thoroughly enjoyed all aspects of the book, from the readers voice to the wonderful journey of life and dedication that was experienced. I would thoroughly recommend this book.
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- J. Felmingham
- 19-07-24
A most enjoyable listen
This is my favourite listen so far (of about 20 books), the narrator was so soothing to listen to & the story of his life engaging. I am interested in conservation & wildlife & from the UK, so it was a meaningful listen for me.
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- bridget jones
- 03-05-24
Brilliant , informative well read
Beautiful book , different and wonderful to listen to . Really enjoyed listen long journeys to scotland
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- Amazon Customer
- 24-07-24
Glorified snobism and monotonous narration (sorry)?
Positives: passionate account of a time gone by with a love for nature
Negatives: for a modern mind I am somewhat repelled by the exclusive and snobbish nature revealed in the people in this story. It is perhaps reflective of the reality of upper class thinking at the time, but it appears to glorify it. Additionally, personally I found the story very slow and the narration a little on the monotonous side, sorry. Stopped listening to the book after over 3hrs.
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