Albatrosses
Their World, Their Ways
Published on 20. June 2008
Book
Hardback
232 pages
978-0-7136-8812-2 (ISBN)
Description
Albatrosses are highly threatened and in the public eye; they are the ultimate seabirds, living almost their entire lives at sea. The RSPB currently has a big campaign to help save them. This book is both an authoritative book covering all the world's species and a beautiful work of art to admire. It is illustrated with 300 breathtaking colour photographs from an award-winning photographer. The text comprises a series of essays by leading experts in the field and a systematic section that gives identification, behavioural and distributional information for each of the world's 22 species.
Reviews / Votes
'a significant and beautiful book about a charismatic family' BBC Wildlife (Summer 2008) 'The hundreds of photographs are luminous...the book is a lovely haunting way into the life of this most noble of bird families' The Times (July 17th 2008) "A welcome addition to the library of any seabird enthusiast" Galapagos News, Autumn/Winter 2008 "A beautifully illustrated and sensitive portrayal of the plight of this magnificent seabird and icon of the ocean." WDCS 'This book is by far the most spectacular book on this amazing group of seabird yet published.' Seabird (2009)More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Illustrations
300 colour photos
Dimensions
Height: 296 mm
Width: 235 mm
Weight
1778 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7136-8812-2 (9780713688122)
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Persons
Tui de Roy is a leading photographer with several books and awards to her credit Mark Jones is a renowned albatross academic Julian Fitter is the author of Galapagos Wildlife who has studied the Galapagos Albatross and other species.