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Birds of Paradise: Revealing the World´s Most Extraordinary Birds
Tim Laman
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Description for Birds of Paradise: Revealing the World´s Most Extraordinary Birds
Hardback. Inform and enthral the book-buying public with images of astonishing beauty, solid yet approachable natural history, and a National Geographic message of conservation. This book is destined to be the popular book to reveal the exotic birds on earth. Num Pages: 228 pages, 336 Colour Photographs; 2 Maps. BIC Classification: WNCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 313 x 258 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1830.
Birds of Paradise is destined to be the first-ever popular book to reveal the most exotic birds on earth. Photographer and National Geographic grantee Tim Laman and co-author Edwin Scholes (ornithologist/leading authority) traveled to the most remote parts of the New Guinea wilderness - the only place these birds occur - to photograph and study their "secret" lives. The authors' documentation of the appearance, displays, and behaviors of these 39 species of birds has taken years of dedicated fieldwork. This high quality, large-format photography book will inform and enthrall the book-buying public with images of astonishing beauty, solid yet approachable ... Read more
Birds of Paradise is destined to be the first-ever popular book to reveal the most exotic birds on earth. Photographer and National Geographic grantee Tim Laman and co-author Edwin Scholes (ornithologist/leading authority) traveled to the most remote parts of the New Guinea wilderness - the only place these birds occur - to photograph and study their "secret" lives. The authors' documentation of the appearance, displays, and behaviors of these 39 species of birds has taken years of dedicated fieldwork. This high quality, large-format photography book will inform and enthrall the book-buying public with images of astonishing beauty, solid yet approachable ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
National Geographic Society
Number of pages
228
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
228
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9781426209581
SKU
V9781426209581
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-40
About Tim Laman
TIM LAMAN is a field biologist and wildlife photojournalist affiliated with the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University. A fellow of the International League of Conservation Photographers, he has photographed 20 articles for National Geographic magazine. EDWIN SCHOLES, an ornithologist and biodiversity video curator at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, has studied the birds of paradise ... Read more
Reviews for Birds of Paradise: Revealing the World´s Most Extraordinary Birds
"No group of birds in the world is more beautiful and more intriguing to science than the birds of paradise. Surprisingly, no book showing them displaying in the wild has been done before. But to gain such perspectives and develop such a wonderful collection of pictures has taken years. The result is truly breathtaking."
Sir David Attenborough, filmmaker and creator ... Read more
Sir David Attenborough, filmmaker and creator ... Read more