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The trials of life : a natural history of animal behaviour

by David Attenborough

The companion volume to the television programme, this book forms the final instalment in a landmark natural history trilogy, following Life on Earth and The Living Planet.

Accession 21693 ISBN 0002199122 Publisher William Collins, Sons, & Co.
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