{"product_id":"bird-life-paperback-by-len-howard","title":"Bird Life Paperback by Len Howard","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eVintage Classics\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2026-05-26)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e416\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9781784879365\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e340.2\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e19.68 x 12.8 x 2.72\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEnchanting and fascinating, discover the extraordinary world of Britain's ordinary garden birds, related.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the late 1930s, Len Howard packed up her life in London, bought a plot of land in Sussex and built herself a little house there. This was to be Bird Cottage, a place where the doors of the house were open to the birds of the garden – great tits, blue tits, robins, blackbirds, willow warblers and many others. Len lived the rest of her life alongside her bird neighbours, with some sleeping in her bedroom and many flitting in and out all day long.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis edition contains the two books she wrote about the birds, \u003ci\u003eBirds as Individuals\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLiving with Birds\u003c\/i\u003e. They are studies not just of bird behaviour but of their character, intelligence, singing voices, likes and dislikes. Enchanting, life-enriching, revelatory and completely original, this is a gorgeous evocation of a life lived in intimate contact with nature and a book about birds unlike any other.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWITH AN INTRODUCTION BY STEPHEN MOSS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCONTAINS \u003ci\u003eBIRDS AS INDIVIDUALS\u003c\/i\u003e AND \u003ci\u003eLIVING WITH BIRDS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eBirds as Individuals\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘A unique, engaging and elegant insight into the lives of our precious and magical songbirds’ Arthur Parkinson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘It impressed and moved me very much’ Steven Lovatt, author of \u003ci\u003eBirdsong in a Time of Silence\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003eLen Howard (1894-1973) was a British naturalist and musician best known for her studies of birds, published as \u003ci\u003eBirds as Individuals \u003c\/i\u003e(1952) and \u003ci\u003eLiving with Birds \u003c\/i\u003e(1956).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn her early life, Howard pursued a career in music in London, giving music lessons, organising concerts for the children of the poor and playing the viola professionally in an orchestra under Malcolm Sargent. In 1938, she purchased a plot of land outside the village of Ditchling, Sussex, and built the house she called Bird Cottage. There she developed an intimate and unusual relationship with the wild birds in the area, providing food (including her own war rations), chasing away predators, tending to damaged nests, and allowing the birds to fly and roost throughout her home. Her musical training gave her a unique insight into the diverse character of birdsong. Howard died at Bird Cottage in 1973.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46524303507617,"sku":"BBSNIJ9781784879365","price":30.39,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9781784879365.jpg?v=1780993365","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/bird-life-paperback-by-len-howard","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}