Nature's Paradise

IN RECENT YEARS MANY ADMIRABLE BOOKS HAVE BEEN INSPIRED BY THE WILDLIFE AND SCENERY OF AFRICA, BUT HERE IS ONE THAT STANDS SUPREME. AS A PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDY OF A SPECTACULAR CONTINENT IT IS UNSURPASSED. AS A BRILLIANT EXPOSITION OF THE WAY IN WHICH THE MAMMALS, BIRDS, INSECTS, FISH AND RETILES OF AFRICA ARE DEPENDENT ON THEIR HABITAT AND ON EACH OTHER IT IS FASCINATING AND UNIQUE. DES BARTLETT HAS UNRIVALLED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE AS A PHOTOGRAPHER OF WILDLIFE AND IS AN EXCELLENT FIELD NATURALIST. RECORDS FOR POSTERITY THE NATURAL TREASURES OF ONE OF THE AREAS OF THE WORLD WHERE WILDLIFE IS STILL TRULY WILD-A RECORD OF TREASURES AS PRECIOUS AND IMPORTANT AS THE GOTHIC CATHEDRALS, PAINTINGS AND SCULPTURES OF EUROPE. THIS VOLUME HAS SEVEN SECTIONS DEVOTED TO DIFFERENT TYPES OF HABITAT-THE CORAL REEF, THE DRY THORNBUSH COUNTRY, OPEN BUSH AND WOODLAND, THE PLAINS, THE LAKES, THE FORESTS, AND THE MOUNTAINS NEAR THE EQUATOR. IN AN EIGTH SECTION THE AUTHOR ILLUSTRATES THE VARYING CONSEQUENCES, SOME OF THEM DISASTROUS, THAT FOLLOW NATURAL AND HUMAN INTERFERENCES WITH THE HABITAT UPON WHICH THE ANIMALS PRECARIOUSLY DEPEND FOR THEIR EXISTENCE. EVERY CHAPTER IS INTRODUCED BY A FOUR-PAGE COMMENTARY, AND FULL CAPTIONS ACOMPANY THE PHOTOGRAPHS. WITH ITS LAVISH PRODUCTION THIS MAGNIFICENT BOOK, WHICH IS TO BE FOLLOWED BY OTHER ON AFRICA, AMERICA AND AUSTRALIS, IS ONE THAT WILL APPEAL TO THE WIDEST GENERAL PUBLIC AS WELL AS TO ANYONE WHO HAS A SPECIAL OR SPECIALIST INTEREST IN NATURAL HISTORY, PHOTOGRAPHY OR THE AFRICAN CONTINENT.
ASIN: B000PYITKO
VSKU: RDV.B000PYITKO.A
Condition: Acceptable
Author/Artist:Jen and Des Bartlett
Binding: Hardcover
Note: Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.
Condition Notes: This book is a well used but readable copy. Integrity of the book is still intact with no missing pages. The dust jacket is missing. May have notes or highlighting. Cover image on the book may vary from photo. Ships out quickly in a secure plastic mailer.