Rosamund Young

Con este libro, descubrimos que las vacas aman, juegan, desarrollan vínculos y amistades con otras vacas y con humanos para toda la vida.Las vacas son capaces amar, se divierten practicando todo tipo de juegos y establecen lazos de amistad y vinculos profundos que duran toda una vida. Tienen sus preferencias. Se enfurruñan y guardan rencor. Pueden ser de lo mas vanidosas. Algunas son muy agiles a la hora de aprender y otras son cortas de entendimiento. Las hay orgullosas, timidas, amables y creativas de formas inesperadas. En resumen: nuestras amigas son tan variadas como los humanos. Y aunque la gran parte de su dia consiste en comer, siempre sacan tiempo para actividades extracurriculares, como el babysitting, jugar al escondite, recolectar moras o pelearse con un arbol.Todas estas caracteristicas y comportamientos han sido observados, documentados, interpretados y ahora relatados por Rosamund Young segun su propia experiencia al frente de su granja familiar en Worcestershire, Inglaterra. En ella, las vacas, ovejas, gallinas y cerdos tienen completa libertad de movimiento y no hay separaciones entre crias y madres. Encuentran ayuda cada vez que la buscan y sus dietas son complementadas con hojas, brotes, flores y hierbas.Con mucho humor y sabiduria, de una forma calida y repleta de anecd...

ROSAMUNDS LATEST BOOK THE WISDOM OF SHEEP& OTHER ANIMALS IS AVAILABLE FOR PREORDER NOW***A Sunday Times bestseller******A Times Book of the Year 2017***WITH A FOREWORD BY ALAN BENNETTA lovely, thoughtful little book about the intelligence of cows. James Rebanks, author of The Shepherds LifeCows are as varied as people. They can be highly intelligent or slow to understand, vain, considerate, proud, shy or inventive.Although much of a cows day is spent eating, they always find time for extra-curricular activities such as babysitting, playing hide and seek, blackberry-picking or fighting a tree.This is an affectionate record of a hitherto secret world.

FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE SECRET LIFE OF COWSElegiac, funny, warm and wise, The Wisdom of Sheep will delight country folk and city dwellers alike. KATHERINE MAYA wonderful antidote to the hectic pace of modern life. JAMES OSWALDWe talk about people behaving like sheep, which assumes that sheep all behave in the same way. That has not been my experience.Some are affectionate, others prone to head-butting. Some are determinedly self-sufficient, others seek our help when they need it. And some can be trusted to lead the flock home. They are as individual as we are.Farm animals are familiar to us from childhood stories, but little did we know that their inner lives are full of complexity, deep bonds and family dramas. Rosamund Young has been an organic farmer for over forty years and this is her record of a life at the beck and call of the animals while observing and preserving the abundant wildlife at Kites Nest Farm. It is a story of joy, discovery, cooperation and sometimes heartbreak. We learn about sheep growing old disgracefully, the intelligence of supposedly bird-brained hens, conversations between cows and why you should never send a text whilst milking . . .Delightful. ALAN BENNETT, ON THE SECRET LIFE OF COWS

****A Sunday Times bestseller******A Times Book of the Year 2017***WITH A FOREWORD BY ALAN BENNETT'A lovely, thoughtful little book about the intelligence of cows.' James Rebanks, author of The Shepherd's LifeCows are as varied as people. They can be highly intelligent or slow to understand, vain, considerate, proud, shy or inventive.Although much of a cow's day is spent eating, they always find time for extra-curricular activities such as babysitting, playing hide and seek, blackberry-picking or fighting a tree.This is an affectionate record of a hitherto secret world.

A Sunday Times bestseller******A Times Book of the Year 2017***WITH A FOREWORD BY ALAN BENNETT'A lovely, thoughtful little book about the intelligence of cows.' James Rebanks, author of The Shepherd's LifeCows are as varied as people. They can be highly intelligent or slow to understand, vain, considerate, proud, shy or inventive. Although much of a cow's day is spent eating, they always find time for extra-curricular activities such as babysitting, playing hide and seek, blackberry-picking or fighting a tree.

Elegiac, funny, warm and wise, The Wisdom of Sheep will delight country folk and city dwellers alike.' KATHERINE MAY'A wonderful antidote to the hectic pace of modern life.' JAMES OSWALDWe talk about people behaving like sheep, which assumes that sheep all behave in the same way. That has not been my experience.Some are affectionate, others prone to head-butting. Some are determinedly self-sufficient, others seek our help when they need it. And some can be trusted to lead the flock home. They are as individual as we are.Farm animals are familiar to us from childhood stories, but little did we know that their inner lives are full of complexity, deep bonds and family dramas. Rosamund Young has been an organic farmer for over forty years and this is her record of a life at the beck and call of the animals while observing and preserving the abundant wildlife at Kite's Nest Farm. It is a story of joy, discovery, cooperation and sometimes heartbreak. We learn about sheep growing old disgracefully, the intelligence of supposedly 'bird-brained' hens, 'conversations' between cows and why you should never send a text whilst milking . . .

Elegiac, funny, warm and wise, The Wisdom of Sheep will delight country folk and city dwellers alike.' KATHERINE MAYWe talk about people behaving like sheep, which assumes that sheep all behave in the same way. That has not been my experience. Some are affectionate, others prone to head-butting.Some are determinedly self-sufficient, others seek our help when they need it. And some can be trusted to lead the flock home. They are as individual as we are.Farm animals are familiar to us from childhood stories, but little did we know that their inner lives are full of complexity, deep bonds and family dramas. Rosamund Young has been an organic farmer for over forty years and this is her record of a life at the beck and call of the animals while observing and preserving the abundant wildlife at Kite's Nest Farm. It is a story of joy, discovery, cooperation and sometimes heartbreak.We learn about sheep growing old disgracefully, the intelligence of supposedly 'bird-brained' hens, 'conversations' between cows and why you should never send a text whilst milking . . .

"Les vaques poden estimar, jugar, establir vincles i forjar amistats que duraran tota la vida. Poden enfadar-se, ser rancunioses, poden ser molt llestes i n''hi ha que són, sí, realment molt taloses. Totes aquestes caracteristiques han estat observades, documentades i interpretades per Rosamund Young bo i tenint cura del ramat de la granja familiar a Kite''s Nest de Worcestershire, Anglaterra. Young ofereix una visio fascinant d''un mon secret, el de les vaques, els porcs i les gallines.Un petit i delicios fenomen internacional que demostra que, ironicament, un ramat feliç produeix carn i llet de millor qualitat."

Na granxa de Kites Nest, en Worcestershire, todas as vacas vagan libremente. Todas teñen nome e caracteres marcados. Coma as persoas, as vacas aman, xogan, establecen vencellos e forman amizades para toda a vida, pasan o do, gardan rancor, teñen preferencias e poden ser vaidosas.Rosamund Young relata neste libro as suas observacions a fronte da granxa familiar durante corenta anos. Con humor e sabedoria, a autora desvela un mundo secreto dunha especie tan proxima coma descoñecida.