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The Secret Life of the Owl

Nature Writing
By: John Lewis-Stempel(Author)
88 pages, b/w illustrations
Publisher: Doubleday
The Secret Life of the Owl
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There is something about owls. They feature in every major culture from the Stone Age onwards. They are creatures of the night, and thus of magic. They are the birds of ill-tidings, the avian messengers from the Other Side. But owls – with the sapient flatness of their faces, their big, round eyes, their paternal expressions – are also reassuringly familiar. We see them as wise, like Athena's owl, and loyal, like Harry Potter's Hedwig. Human-like, in other words.

No other species has so captivated us.

In The Secret Life of the Owl, John Lewis-Stempel explores the legends and history of the owl. And in vivid, lyrical prose, he celebrates all the realities of this magnificent creature, whose natural powers are as fantastic as any myth.

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Biography

John Lewis-Stempel is a writer and farmer. His many previous books include The Wild Life: A Year of Living on Wild Food, Meadowland, which won the 2015 Thwaites Wainwright Prize, and The Running Hare. John writes for Country Life and won the BMSE Columnist of the Year Award in 2016. He lives on the borders of England and Wales with his wife and two children.

Nature Writing
By: John Lewis-Stempel(Author)
88 pages, b/w illustrations
Publisher: Doubleday
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