John Lewis-Stempel

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John Lewis-Stempel is a British nature writer, farmer, and author who is one of the most acclaimed nature writers working today. He farms in Herefordshire and has won the Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing twice. The Curious Life of the Cuckoo is a natural history of one of Britain's most fascinating and controversial birds — the brood... parasite whose extraordinary life cycle has fascinated and appalled humans for centuries. Lewis-Stempel's other books include Meadowland, The Running Hare, and Woodston. His writing combines deep natural history knowledge with lyrical prose. His audiobooks and books offer listeners and readers beautiful, deeply knowledgeable nature writing — prose that celebrates the British countryside with the authority of a working farmer and the soul of a poet. Read more Show less