The Secret Life of WombatsWhitley Award winner for Best Popular Zoology Book. With his usual brilliance James Woodford, bestselling author of The Wollemi Pine, explores the wombat's bizarre evolutionary history and perilous future: a mere 65 northern hairy-nosed wombats remain in the wild. But this book also tells the extraordinary story of Peter Nicholson, a schoolboy from Timbertop who in the 1960s learned more about the secret lives of these animals than anyone before him. This is popular science writing at its best: an irresistible subject in the hands of an irrepressible author. 'Woodford has done the research, he has read widely, spoken with the major wombat pundits and with the lay observers. He has travelled to gain direct experience of all species...I know more about wombats than I did, and retain some stark images which I hope never to lose.' Sunday Age |
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... Sydney Morning Herald on science. THE WOLLEMI PINE A fascinating mix of detective story , scientific and human drama ... an engrossing read for layperson alike . Australian Geographic mystery expert and James Woodford ... has the ...
... bestseller The Wollemi Pine. His second book The Secret Life of Wombats was the 2002 winner of the Whitley Award for Best Popular Zoology Book. He lives in Sydney. THE SECRET LIFE OF WOMBATS JAMES WOODFORD t TEXT PUBLISHING.
... Sydney. He spent his weekends at places such as Palm Beach, collecting butterflies and beetles. There was always a little specimen bottle in his pocket; a butterfly net and magnifying glass would be close at hand. On holidays he even ...
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