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Excellent...A fine playground for [Fortey's] characteristic blend of wide-ranging curiosity, deft observation, and deep research. -- Wall Street Journal Fascinating...Fortey creates an astounding portrait of multilayered life in one relatively restricted space...[and] conveys unforgettably the staggering variety and abundance of the whole natural world. -- New York Times Book Review Narrator Michael Page's precise, stately, and almost courtly British accent perfectly suits Fortey's observations....Page encapsulates the author's slightly professorial but enthusiastic tone--liberally sprinkled with sly humor...It's all absolutely charming...Listen and be inspired to go outside and explore. Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award. -- AudioFile [Fortey's] remarkable scientific knowledge, intense curiosity, and love of nature mean entries erupt with the same richness and variety as the woods they describe. -- Guardian (London)

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Richard Fortey was a senior paleontologist at the Natural History Museum in London. He was Collier Professor in the Public Understanding of Science and Technology at the Institute for Advanced Studies at the University of Bristol in 2002. In 2003, he won the Lewis Thomas Prize for Writing About Science from Rockefeller University. He has been a Fellow of the Royal Society since 1997 and was elected as a Fellow in the Royal Academy of Literature in 2009. Michael Page has been recording audiobooks since 1984 and has over two hundred titles to his credit. He has won numerous Earphones Awards and the prestigious Audie Award for best narration. As a professional actor, he has performed regularly since 1998 with the Peterborough Players in Peterborough, New Hampshire. He is a professor of theater at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

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