Play Audiobook Sample
Birds by the Shore: Observing the Natural Life of the Atlantic Coast Audiobook
Play Audiobook Sample
(0.00) - 0 listener ratings
Quick Stats About this Audiobook
Total Audiobook Chapters:
Longest Chapter Length:
Shortest Chapter Length:
Average Chapter Length:
Audiobooks by this Author:
Publisher Description
From the bestselling author of The Genius of Birds, the revised and reissued edition of her beloved book of essays describing her forays along the Delaware shore
For three years, Jennifer Ackerman lived in the small coastal town of Lewes, Delaware, in the sort of blue-water, white-sand landscape that draws summer crowds up and down the eastern seaboard. Birds by the Shore is a book about discovering the natural life at the ocean's edge: the habits of shorebirds and seabirds, the movement of sand and water, the wealth of creatures that survive amid storm and surf. Against this landscape's rhythms, Ackerman revisits her own history--her mother's death, her father's illness and her hopes to have children of her own.
This portrait of life at the ocean's edge will be relished by anyone who has walked a beach at sunset, or watched a hawk hover over a winter marsh, and felt part of the natural world. With a quiet passion and friendly, generous intelligence, it explores the way that landscape shapes our thoughts and perceptions and shows that home ground is often where we feel the deepest response to the planet.
Download and start listening now!
"A lyrical meditation on the scientific and philosophical meaning to be found in one short stretch of Delaware coastline… Poetic, precise, intelligent, thoughtful. A lovely book."
— Kirkus
Quotes
-
“A joy to read.”
— Washington Post -
“Ackerman’s deeply personal take on the world around her constitutes nature writing at its best.”
— Philadelphia Inquirer -
“Full of the kind of fascinating detail that makes good nature writing as engaging as any fiction.”
— Smithsonian magazine -
Arresting and provocative… A joy to read
— The Washington Post -
Ackerman’s glimpses of the Delaware shore are full of the kind of fascinating detail that makes good nature writing as engaging as any fiction.
— Smithsonian Magazine -
Like walking along an ocean beach with a knowledgeable, articulate friend, reading this personalized natural history is a restorative experience.
— Publisher’s Weekly, Starred Review -
Serene and loving, Ackerman’s deeply personal take on the world around her constitutes nature writing at its best.
— The Philadelphia Inquirer -
A celebration of finding a home, wherever that may be.
— People
Birds by the Shore Listener Reviews
Be the first to write a review about this audiobook!
About Jennifer Ackerman
Jennifer Ackerman has been writing about science and nature for more than three decades. The Genius of Birds was named one of the best nonfiction books of 2016 by the Wall Street Journal, a Best Science Book by NPR’s Science Friday, and a Nature Book of the Year by the London Sunday Times. The Bird Way: A New Look at How Birds Talk, Work, Play, Parent, and Think was a finalist for the PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award. Her articles and essays have appeared in National Geographic, the New York Times Magazine, Scientific American, and many other publications. She is the recipient of numerous awards and fellowships, including a National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship in Nonfiction.