Birds of the World
Published on 1. June 2005
Book
Hardback
318 pages
978-0-8109-5889-0 (ISBN)
Description
Building on more than twenty years' experience travelling and photographing in some of the world's remotest places, Gilles Martin offers in his new book a magnificent photographic collection of some of the most charismatic birds on the globe. Through this book, the reader is invited to plunge into the incredibly rich universe of our feathered friends. Here one can admire the capacity of emperor penguins for survival, applaud the artistic talents of Oceanic birds of paradise, learn how to identify a variable buzzard or distinguish a tree pipit from a meadow pipit, and much more. With nearly ten thousand species scattered throughout five continents, bird societies swarm with diversity. We have long been fascinated by birds' ability to fly, but they possess a multitude of other faculties of which many people are unaware. Birds of the World is structured around twelve major themes that enable readers to observe birds' evolution, migration, survival, and perception of the world. Myriam Baran-Marescot's text provides all the information and advice required for observing, identifying, and protecting birds. The result is a thrilling and informative journey into the vast avian world.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Abrams
Target group
Interest Age: From 13 years
ISBN-13
978-0-8109-5889-0 (9780810958890)
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Person
Gilles Martin is an independent photographer living in Touraine, France. Nature is his favourite subject, and his images explore every aspect of nature in all its richness, from the tiniest, virtually invisible animal to the blue whale weighing 140 metric tons. For some years now Martin has travelled extensively in order to accomplish a project that constitutes a first in nature photography: the creation of a "Planetary Photographic Noah's Ark," a visual census that reveals the beauty and vulnerability of the animal world. Its mission is to raise consciousness regarding the extremely fragile balance of the world's ecosystems and the obligation incumbent upon us all to conserve the extraordinary biodiversity that surrounds us. Learn more about him and his work at www gilles-martin.com. Myriam Baran-Marescot is an ethnologist, naturalist, and author specializing in animal behaviour. Her work on ape behaviour was published in Maman-Singe following the inauguration of the first European Program of Simian Aid for Quadriplegics. She has also written extensively about horses, in 100 Chevaux de Legende and for various documentary films. A contributor to the Encyclopedia Universalis and to a number of scientific and naturalist periodicals, she has also written documentaries for French television.