Books + marmot

Whatever you hunger for - art, architecture, cuisine, snow - youbetter pack a big appetite when you come to Austria. Symphonies in aViennese concert hall, spotting marmots on the Alpine trails, heavenlycakes and a kitschy Sound of Music tour - you'll be popping your dirndlwith pleasure. Full-colour highlights section New Walking chapter with 12 routes for all fitness levels Keepin' it green - sustainable travel options and listings The pick of Austria's accommodation Less
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From the under-snow tunnels of Arctic lemmings to the egg nests of the bizarre Australian echidna, from the Pacific waters inhabited by sea otters and whales to the subways of major cities, this extraordinary and attractive book brings us into the homes and lives of some of earth's most fascinating animals. Published in conjunction with a ten-part television series that will air on the Discovery Channel, The Life of Mammals brings us nose-to-nose with mammals in all of their beauty and immense variety. Renowned naturalist, writer, and filmmaker David Attenborough treks across every continent and kind of terrain to introduce us to such unusual and evolutionarily successful creatures as the Patagonian opossum, the Canadian pygmy shrew, the Alpine marmot, and the Malaysian sun bear. We meet slow-moving algae-covered sloths. We enter a pack of African wild dogs, seeing how their division of labor enables them to provide protection and food to pups, mothers, and old dogs. We learn about the navigation systems o... Less
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