
Around the World in 80 Birds
Paperback
Mike Unwin(Author)
Laurence King Publishing
1st Edition
Published on 3. April 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-1-3996-1070-4 (ISBN)
Description
Paperback-Ausgabe unseres Erfolgstitels
Zeigt heimische Gartenvögel, tropische Schönheiten und faszinierende Raubvögel
Beeindruckende ornithologische Zeichnungen
Die Paperback-Ausgabe unseres Erfolgstitels: Dieses außergewöhnliche Buch erzählt die Geschichten von 80 Vögeln aus der ganzen Welt: vom geselligen Webervogel in Namibia, der in der Wüste riesige Gemeinschaftsnester baut, bis hin zur Streifengans in China, die in 9.000 m Höhe zweimal im Jahr den Himalaya überquert. Viele der Vögel tauchen in Sagen und Mythen auf, einige sind Nationalembleme, und andere haben wissenschaftliche Entdeckungen inspiriert oder Schutzprojekte angestoßen. Jeder von ihnen hat eine Geschichte, die unsere Verbundenheit mit ihnen erzählt. Nicht nur die spannenden Vogel-Fakten werden euch begeistern, auch die beeindruckenden Illustrationen lassen euch sicher zu (Hobby-) Ornitholog*innen werden!
Reviews / Votes
From Madagascar and the helmet vanga to the Galapagos Islands and the courtship rituals of the male blue-footed booby (think dad dancing, but with big, blue, webbed feet), Unwin introduces a dazzling array of our feathered friends. I'm very taken with Australia's southern cassowary, a 'living dinosaur', weighing 154lb and not to be trifled with. Ryuto Miyake's illustrations bring it all alive * SAGA magazine * Wildlife author Mike Unwin takes a world tour of 80 birds with exquisite illustrations from Tokyo-based Ryuto Miyake. Inspiring myth, national pride or scientific revelation, each bird has a story to tell, from the sociable weaver bird that constructs towering multi-nest 'apartment blocks' in the Namibian desert to the bar-headed goose, whose epic, twice-yearly trans-Himalayan journey makes it one of the world's highest-flying migrants * NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC * So engagingly written that, by bird two, I was absorbed ... The book is full of nuggets about birds' places in the human psyche ... Japanese artist Ryuto Miyake's illustrations are a delight * COUNTRY LIFE *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Orion Publishing Co
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
(Hobby-) Ornitholog*innen
Illustrations
130 farbige Illustrationen
Dimensions
Height: 228 mm
Width: 149 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
570 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-3996-1070-4 (9781399610704)
Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Mike Unwin is an award-winning writer of popular natural history books for adults and children. He writes for The Daily Telegraph, The Times, BBC Wildlife, Travel Africa, as well as the RSPB and WWF. Also a widely published photographer, his travels have taken him to every continent in search of its birds and other wildlife. Ryuto Miyake is an illustrator and graphic designer based in Tokyo. Miyake prefers traditional drawing styles, using acrylic gouache applied with a thin brush on stretched-out watercolour paper, but his detailed illustrations have a contemporary look. His clients include Gucci, Toyota, Frieze and Bottega Veneta.