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Bill Oddie Unplucked: Columns, Blogs and Musings Free FREE BILL ODDIE UNPLUCKED: COLUMNS, BLOGS AND MUSINGS PDF Bill Oddie | 224 pages | 16 Jun 2016 | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC | 9781472915306 | English | London, United Kingdom Download Ebook Bill Oddie Unplucked: Columns, Blogs and Musings PDF Written By Bill Oddie Buy from other retailers. Please note that ebooks are subject to tax and the final price may vary depending on your country of residence. Bill Oddie has been the voice and face of birding broadcasting for more than three decades. Those of a certain age will fondly remember Bill as the shortest and hairiest of the trio of The Goodies, a popular and long-running comedy series that followed hot on the heels of Monty Python. After those heady days, Bill reinvented himself as the face and voice of mainstream birdwatching in Britain. He fronted television and radio programmes and wrote widely in the press on subjects close to his heart. Never one to shirk controversy, Bill's writings were always informative and entertaining. In this new book, Bill Bill Oddie Unplucked: Columns compiled and expanded a collection of his recent published musings Bill Oddie Unplucked: Columns birds and birdwatching, and the wildlife he has been fortunate to see on his many travels over the years. The collection covers a wide array of subjects, from a less than satisfactory Bill Oddie Unplucked: Columns trip to the Galapgaos in the s and recent disagreements with his London neighbours over the noisy squadrons Blogs and Musings parakeets over their respective gardens, to encounters with Orcas in Argentina and Iceland, and with an invisible Tiger in India. Writing in his witty and inimitable style, Bill is sure Bill Oddie Unplucked: Columns entertain and enthrall his many fans with this new book of thoughts and opinions on the world of natural history. The book is illustrated throughout with Bill's charming and comic line drawings. You can unsubscribe Bill Oddie Unplucked: Columns newsletters at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link in any newsletter. For information on how we process your data, read our Privacy Policy. This website uses cookies to improve user experience. By using our website you consent to all cookies in accordance with our Cookie Policy. It looks like you are located in Australia or New Zealand Close. Visit the Australia site Continue on UK site. Visit the Australia site. Continue on UK site. Bill Oddie books and biography | Waterstones Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Want to Read saving…. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Other editions. Enlarge cover. Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Open Preview See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. Bill Oddie has been the voice and face of birding broadcasting for more than three decades. In this new book, Blogs and Musings has compiled and expanded a collection of his recent published musings about birds and bird-watching. Writing in his witty and inimitable style, Bill is sure to entertain and enthrall his many fans with Blogs and Musings new book of thoughts and opinions on the world of na Bill Oddie has been the voice and face of birding broadcasting for more than three decades. Writing in his witty and inimitable style, Bill is sure to entertain and enthrall his Blogs and Musings fans with this new book of thoughts and opinions on the world of natural history in Britain. Get A Copy. Hardcoverpages. More Details Other Editions 2. Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about Bill Oddie Unpluckedplease sign up. Lists with This Book. This book is not yet featured on Listopia. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 3. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Aug Bill Oddie Unplucked: Columns, Paul rated it liked it Shelves: natural-historybooks-read My earliest memories of Bill Oddie is of a vertically challenged hairy bloke in the Goodies doing a variety of daft things and riding a trandem with Tim and Graeme. He has also been an avid birder and wildlife nut for decades too, presenting Springwatch and being involved with various NGOs to highlight and promote their causes. This book is a collection Bill Oddie Unplucked: Columns the original text of his various articles and columns that he has written for a variety of magazines and websites. He starts with an apology t My earliest memories of Bill Oddie is of a vertically challenged hairy bloke in the Goodies doing a variety of daft things and riding a trandem with Tim and Graeme. He starts with an apology though. He was dropped from Springwatch, after having presented it for a while. It turns out that he was bipolar, and suffer the dramatic mood swings that this illness brings. After a period in hospital and a large dose of the correct drugs he is back to his normal chirpy self. The collection of articles in this book show him at his belligerent and grumpy best. His articles are to the point, occasionally fairly blunt, but this is softened but wit and humour, often at his own expense, but also life in general. A pretty good read overall, light-hearted and informative. Jul 12, Harry rated it really liked it Shelves: non-fictionbirds. If you aren't British then you may as well stop reading this now because Bill Oddie is Bill Oddie Unplucked: Columns British institution and probably not transferable to other places. Funky Gibbon anyone? If you are not British then please read this this book anyway because this man has so much to say about nothing to do with being a British institution. He speaks for Everyman. Not just Gibbons or giant cats. Look out of your kitchen window and what do you see? Go on, have Bill Oddie Unplucked: Columns look. Then do or don't read this book. It's about If you aren't British then you may Blogs and Musings well stop reading this now because Bill Oddie is a British institution and probably not transferable to other places. It's about looking, not about what you may see; just looking. Go on have a look. Jun 15, Prachi Chitnis rated it it was amazing. Every bird watcher, anywhere in the world, will relate to the tales in this book. It gives the apt description Blogs and Musings this crazy breed, who have to answer raised eyebrows and jokes about this hobby. Mar 31, David added it Shelves: cleanskin. Enjoyed the personal insights and sketches as much as the stories. Loved Blogs and Musings Goodies. Dec 23, Hilary May rated it liked it. Random anecdotes, a spot of ranting and some interesting birding titbits. May 18, Jennifer rated it liked it Shelves: library-loanreadnon-fiction. Bill Oddie has enhanced the life of the nation and certainly mine. Yet I'm Bill Oddie Unplucked: Columns sure he'd be described as a National Treasure and this collection probably demonstrates why. He is a prickly character who has difficulty letting go of things. Inde Bill Oddie has enhanced the life of the nation and certainly mine. But overall it does make it a somewhat uncomfortable read. However, he's been doing lots of interesting things and he writes about ordinary things in an unforced but entertaining way I particularly enjoyed his blogging work here. He blends real knowledgeability of and passion for some Blogs and Musings of wildlife ie serious birding and his frustration over his exploitative robins and bewilderment about what happened to his tadpoles. View 1 comment. Dec 06, Bodwisebooks rated it it was amazing Shelves: personal-library. I enjoyed this book, but then I am an Oddie fan. It was good to actually read it as though Bill was actually speaking to me, letting me know how he was Bill Oddie Unplucked: Columns and getting along. Nice to hear he's feeling better nowadays and acting as our wildlife ambassador. Good luck Mr Oddie in all you do in the future, you'll always have a special place in my heart, as you were the one who I enjoyed this book, but then I am an Oddie fan. Good luck Mr Oddie in all you do in the future, you'll always have a special place in my heart, as you were the one who really changed my life to become a 'Birder'. Now I have passed the baton on to my son, who is at this time now 24yrs and has been Bill Oddie Unplucked: Columns birdwatching with my wife and I since he was 6yrs. He actually attended the Birdfair this year for the first time and met Chris Packham who kindly signed my copy of his book from my son as a gift for Fathers day present. So will await your next book Bill, as I've got to have them all! I always forget to log onto my Goodreads account - it Blogs and Musings to come quite naturally to others. I like Bill Oddie Blogs and Musings this is an honest, "unedited" account of his travels and experiences bird spotting. It's an easy read in short chapters, written in a simple style, and funny. Good to have on your bookshelf. May 16, Lesley Williams rated it it was amazing. Brilliant book. Bill Oddie's voice comes through as you read it. The book itself is reminiscent of an early bird Bill Oddie Unplucked: Columns book, which my dad used to have on his shelf. Small and brown. Loved it! Thank you, Bill. Aug 16, Stuart rated it liked it.
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