Still Water

The Deep Life of the Pond

John Lewis-Stempel

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Black Swan
05 March 2020

Conservation of wildlife & habitats; The countryside, country life; The Earth: natural history general

The final book in the exquisite quartet from Britain's bestselling natural history writer - and 'finest living nature writer' The Times - explores a year in the life of a farm pond.

The Times and Irish Independent- BEST NATURE BOOKS OF THE YEAR

Great nature writing needs to be informative, detailed, accurate, lyrical, and, above all, to instil a sense of gratitude and wonder. John Lewis-Stempel succeeds in all these things triumphantly. From amorous toads to the eye-popping mating habits of water boatmen, a magical celebration of pond life by one of our finest, most evocative nature writers.'

Daily Mail

Ponds- small bodies of water, both naturally formed and artificial, home to wondrous, multitudinous life-forms. Ponds define our childhood- frogspawn, goldfish, feeding the ducks, but also our village life, our farms, our landscape. And they are multi-layered - from

carp circling the bottom to water boatmen, coot, and birds dragonflies overhead. In Still Water, John immerses himself in the murky depths, both literarily and figuratively,

to explore the still waters of the British countryside through each month of the year.

By: John Lewis-Stempel
Imprint: Black Swan
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 127mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 209g
ISBN: 9781784162429
ISBN 10: 1784162426
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 05 March 2020
Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , ELT Advanced , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

John Lewis-Stempel is a farmer and 'Britain's finest living nature writer' (The Times). His books include the Sunday Times bestsellers Woodston, The Running Hare and The Wood. He is the only person to have won the Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing twice, with Meadowland and Where Poppies Blow. In 2016 he was named Magazine Columnist of the Year for his column in Country Life. He farms cattle, sheep, pigs and poultry. Traditionally.

Reviews for Still Water: The Deep Life of the Pond

"A beautifully written celebration of one of the natural world's most fertile founts of biodiversity and artistic inspiration ... A call to arms. * BEST NATURE BOOKS OF THE YEAR, 2019, The Times * The master of nature-writing takes readers through the changing life of a pond season by season. * Radio Times * Great nature writing needs to be informative, detailed, accurate, lyrical, and, above all, to instil a sense of gratitude and wonder. John Lewis-Stempel succeeds in all these things triumphantly. From amorous toads to the eye-popping mating habits of water boatmen, a magical celebration of pond life by one of our finest, most evocative nature writers. * Daily Mail * One of England's most noted nature writers ... Still Water is a scintillating mirror of ourselves. -- Derek Turner * BOOK OF THE WEEK: The Lady * UK farmer and nature writer John Lewis-Stempel has won much acclaim for his perfectly observed reflections on pastoral habitats and their residents. Still Water explores ""the deep life"" of ponds with characteristic wit and beauty from the two-time Wainwright Prize winner. -- Hilary A White * Irish Independent *"