Lev Parikian Livres

See the British year afresh as we follow twelve months via the traditional Japanese calendar of seventy-two seasons: revealing the beauty of small and subtle changes with joy and verve.

It's often said that the British are a nation of nature lovers; but what does that really mean? Lev Parikian is on a journey - from pavement to garden from wildlife reserve to far-flung island - to discover the quirks, habits and foibles of how we experience nature. Open a window, hear the birds calling and join him.

is the story of that year, a story about birds, family, music, nostalgia, the nature of obsession and obsession with nature. It's a book for anyone who has ever seen a small brown bird and wondered what it was, or tried to make sense of a world in which we can ask, What's that bird?' and What's for lunch?' and get the same answer.

What if readers had the power to choose what their favourite author writes about? Conductor and birdwatcher Lev Parikian responds to his readers' requests with this collection of witty, fascinating essays on music, birds, the art of the sandwich, and much more

A 'gentle and enormously enjoyable' (Metro) memoir detailing conductor Lev Parikian's attempt to spot 200 birds in a year

A celebration of the miraculous phenomenon of flight through fourteen species and across millions of years – from pterosaurs to dragonflies, butterflies to albatross.