A Life on Our Planet
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4.8 • 43 Ratings
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- $19.99
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- $19.99
Publisher Description
Brought to you by Penguin.
See the world. Then make it better.
I am 93. I've had an extraordinary life. It's only now that I appreciate how extraordinary.
As a young man, I felt I was out there in the wild, experiencing the untouched natural world - but it was an illusion. The tragedy of our time has been happening all around us, barely noticeable from day to day - the loss of our planet's wild places, its biodiversity.
I have been witness to this decline. A Life on Our Planet contains my witness statement, and my vision for the future - the story of how we came to make this, our greatest mistake, and how, if we act now, we can yet put it right.
We have the opportunity to create the perfect home for ourselves and restore the wonderful world we inherited.
All we need is the will to do so.
© David Attenborough 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
A definitive living history of our planet, David Attenborough’s landmark natural science book has been revised and updated for its 40th anniversary. Taking us through millions of years of evolution and adaptation, the British naturalist distils his vast subject matter into clear narratives. As with the original TV version and his many documentaries since, Attenborough reads the audiobook with a warm blend of authority, empathy and wonder, whether he’s turning his gentle focus to plants, animals or humans. A whole-hearted celebration of life itself, Life on Earth is more enlightening than ever.
Customer Reviews
Truthful, honest and real. And thoroughly terrible.
Nothing new here.
Attenborough has lost his love for humanity, and extols the wishes and whims of a man facing his own mortality through the lens of a life well lived.
He departs from inviting us all into the glorious splendours of our planet, and instead casts judgment upon the rest of us left behind to clean up the environmental messes that his generation created.
This terrible tome would have carried more weight 60 years ago had he had the courage then to speak as freely as he does now.
He has lived a life of largesse, at the expense of everything he casts judgment upon in this woeful deconstruction of the human condition. Yet somehow, he is above it all and absolved of all sins he accuses of all others.
There are teenagers with louder and prouder voices now.