The Trials of Life, David Attenborough
The Trials of Life, David Attenborough
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The Trials of Life

Author: David Attenborough

Narrator: David Attenborough

Unabridged: 10 hr

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/10/2022

Synopsis

The third and final updated edition of David Attenborough’s classic trilogy. covered evolution, , ecology, and now tackles ethology, the study of how animals behave. ‘This is, quite simply, the best thing I’ve ever done.’ Sir David Attenborough on the TV series, , upon which this book is based. This is the third and last of Sir David’s great natural history books based on his TV series and competes his survey of the animal world that began with and continues with . In , Sir David showed how each group of animals evolved. In he looked at the way they have adapted to the whole range of habitats in which they live. Now, in , he completes the story by revealing how animals behave – and why.

About David Attenborough

David Attenborough is one of the world’s leading naturalists and broadcasters. His distinguished career spans more than fifty years, and his multi-award winning films and series have been broadcast around the world.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Pramod on September 25, 2015

David Attenborough, a man with an insatiable passion to witness, wonder and study our fascinating living planet, made natural history approachable for layman through a series of highly informative and engaging documentaries and companion books, of which the ‘Life’ trilogy, I consider as my favorite.......more

Goodreads review by Greg on November 16, 2011

A short review, a longish aside with some personal ramblings and pictures of animals! I really really liked this book. I thought about giving it five stars, but because I'm class-ocentric and I enjoyed Life of Mammals better, I felt my star ratings should show this distinction. Currently, or as curre......more

Goodreads review by Trish on March 28, 2023

You bet I had to get the signed edition (consolation prize for not having been at the flagship store of Waterstones last year when Sir Attenborough was there in person). This subject is not new. There is a documentary series with several seasons that the international treasure presented many many yea......more

Goodreads review by Manuel on March 24, 2025

ENGLISH: Complementing one of the television series about the lives of animals that made David Attemborough famous, this book can be read separately from the series and is very interesting, with 12 chapters (one for each episode of the series) that deal with issues vital to many animals: finding foo......more

Goodreads review by Mark on May 30, 2021

Much like Attenborough's wonderful TV shows which cover an abbreviated version of the companion series, his book is a thoughtful and interesting series of vignettes detailing selected animals. He has broken down the book into 12 chapters and uses an amazing variety of animals to illustrate the chapt......more

Quotes

Praise for the New Edition of Life on Earth: ‘It does not disappoint. The new Life on Earth is as glorious as the first’ Guardian ‘A beautiful and wide ranging work. The breadth of natural history covered is extraordinary and mesmerising. Life on Earth is still breathtakingly rich, and we would know far less about it were it not for Attenborough’s wonderful skills of communication over the years: our cultural and scientific lives would be poorer without him’ New Scientist ‘This natural history masterpiece offers a spectacular snapshot of a once-wild planet’ New Scientist Praise for David Attenborough: ‘A marvellous book … unputdownable … utterly engaging’ ‘An elegant and gently funny writer’ ‘His writing is as impressive and as enjoyable as his TV programmes and there can be no higher praise’ ‘A great educator as well as a great naturalist’ Barack Obama ‘Sir David is a wizard of television, and, like Gandalf or Dumbledore, he has a near-magical gift for combining warmth and gravitas . . . the man who, for me, exemplifies the best in British broadcasting’ Louis Theroux ‘When I was a young boy I used to love turning on the television and watching David's programmes and really feeling like I was either back out in Africa or I was learning about something magical and almost out of this planet’ HRH Prince William

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