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Other Oceans
ISBN: 9780824825102 / Angielski / Miękka / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Millions of people visit aquariums each year. These showplaces are invaluable educational tools and, more importantly, provide a window into a mysterious world that few of us will ever experience firsthand. But that world is increasingly threatened by human misuse--by pollution, over-fishing, global warming. Accompanying the waste and devastation is a global trend toward building bigger, more fantastic aquariums. Marvels of architecture and engineering, these artificial oceans seem to be our way of preserving the sea even as we destroy it. The stunning black and white duotones... Millions of people visit aquariums each year. These showplaces are invaluable educational tools and, more importantly, provide a window into a myst... |
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53,50 zł |
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The American Rockies : Photographs by Gus Foster
ISBN: 9780826330192 / Angielski / Miękka / 80 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "The American Rockies" presents an extraordinary visual diary of Gus Foster's Rocky Mountain odyssey with his panoramic camera. Foster climbed the major peaks along the backbone of the continent from the Canadian border to the border with Mexico, photographing the spectacular landscape sometimes at greater than 360 degrees. As James Enyeart writes in "A Traveler's Notebook" "A lifetime of travel places Gus Foster in a succession of artists who have gained insight and inspiration from the exotic and unfamiliar." Foster's panoramic photographs enable even the armchair traveler to experience... "The American Rockies" presents an extraordinary visual diary of Gus Foster's Rocky Mountain odyssey with his panoramic camera. Foster climbed the ... |
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72,96 zł |
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The Sagebrush Ocean, Tenth Anniversary Edition: A Natural History of the Great Basin
ISBN: 9780874173437 / Angielski / Twarda / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Noted writer and photographer Stephen Trimble mixes eloquent accounts of personal experiences with clear explication of natural history. His photographs capture some of the most spectacular but least-known scenery in the western states. The Great Basin Desert sweeps from the Sierra to the Rockies, from the Snake River Plain to the Mojave Desert. "Biogeography" would be one way to sum up Trimble's focus on the land: what lives where, and why. He introduces concepts of desert ecology and discusses living communities of animals and plants that band Great Basin mountains from the exhilarating...
Noted writer and photographer Stephen Trimble mixes eloquent accounts of personal experiences with clear explication of natural history. His photograp...
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165,50 zł |
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Moose Views
ISBN: 9780882405872 / Angielski / Miękka / 32 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Moose show up in the oddest places in the North, in children's inflatable swimming pools, peeking through living room windows, even at McDonald's drive-ups. The comical nature of Alaska's lumbering ""Official Land Mammal"" has long made it one of the ""must-sees"" high on every visitor's wish list. Its popularity is even more evident in gift stores chock-full of souvenirs for the moose-obsessed, from moose-adorned T-shirts and cabin furnishings, to moose-dropping necklaces and swizzle sticks. MOOSE VIEWS captures moose meanderings through the human world in hilarious photographs and...
Moose show up in the oddest places in the North, in children's inflatable swimming pools, peeking through living room windows, even at McDonald's driv...
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46,07 zł |
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Favorite Songbirds
ISBN: 9780887401510 / Angielski / Miękka / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. After the strong success of Roger Everett's first book Wading and Shore Birds, we are pleased to offer this new collection: Favorite Songbirds. With over 100 full-color photographs of exquisite beauty, Roger offers images of the birds we know and love the best: cardinals. chickadees, goldfinches, robins, and orioles. These are the birds that inhabit our yards and neighborhoods. Their songs please our ears, their color pleases our eyes. They are also favorite subjects of painters and carvers who will welcome this new collection of clear, accurate images. Whether you are a birder, a carver, or...
After the strong success of Roger Everett's first book Wading and Shore Birds, we are pleased to offer this new collection: Favorite Songbirds. With o...
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61,44 zł |
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The Prairie Dog
ISBN: 9780896724556 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Black-tailed prairie dogs once played a vital role in the vast grasslands ecosystem of the Great Plains of North America. The burrows of these little digging rodents aerated and watered the deep soil and provided a home to many other animals as well. Prairie dog feeding habits controlled invasive vegetation and opened the prairie to the plants preferred by buffalo and pronghorn antelope. The prairie dogs themselves were a food source for many other animals, among them hawks, rattlesnakes, badgers, coyotes, and black-footed ferrets.In more than one hundred beautiful and charming color...
Black-tailed prairie dogs once played a vital role in the vast grasslands ecosystem of the Great Plains of North America. The burrows of these little ...
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77,84 zł |
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The Prairie Dog: Sentinel of the Plains
ISBN: 9780896724563 / Angielski / Twarda / 133 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Black-tailed prairie dogs once played a vital role in the vast grasslands ecosystem of the Great Plains of North America. The burrows of these little digging rodents aerated and watered the deep soil and provided a home to many other animals as well. Prairie dog feeding habits controlled invasive vegetation and opened the prairie to the plants preferred by buffalo and pronghorn antelope. The prairie dogs themselves were a food source for many other animals, among them hawks, rattlesnakes, badgers, coyotes, and black-footed ferrets.In more than one hundred beautiful and charming color...
Black-tailed prairie dogs once played a vital role in the vast grasslands ecosystem of the Great Plains of North America. The burrows of these little ...
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165,50 zł |
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Born to This Land
ISBN: 9780896724921 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 2004 Will Rogers Medallion for Outstanding Achievement in the Publishing of Cowboy PoetryJourneying into the rugged breaks that skirt the eastern rim of the Llano Estacado West Texas ranch country at once attractive and repellent to the uninitiated Steagall and Hagler prove unequivocally that verse and image are kindred spirits. According to B. Byron Price, director of the Charles M. Russell Center for the Study of Art of the American West, they have succeeded in unifying poetry and photography, allowing us to understand and interpret the essence of a solitary land and its proud inhabitants....
2004 Will Rogers Medallion for Outstanding Achievement in the Publishing of Cowboy PoetryJourneying into the rugged breaks that skirt the eastern rim ...
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141,12 zł |
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Wildflowers of the Pacific Northwest
ISBN: 9780944197585 / Angielski / Twarda / 136 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Although justly renowned for its luxuriant coastal rainforest, the Pacific Northwest also sustains an array of wildflower habitats ranging from mountains to deserts to river canyons."Wildflowers of the Pacific Northwest" invites you to become part of this fascinating world.
Although justly renowned for its luxuriant coastal rainforest, the Pacific Northwest also sustains an array of wildflower habitats ranging from mounta...
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134,32 zł |
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On Ancient Wings: The Sandhill Cranes of North America
ISBN: 9780975496404 / Angielski / Twarda / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Rising from sandbars on the Platte River with clarion calls, the sandhill crane (Grus canadensis) feels the urgency of spring migration. Elegant, noble, and spiritual, the sandhill crane is one of the most ancient of all birds. More than a half-million strong, flying in squadrons, these majestic creatures point northward to their Arctic and sub-Arctic breeding ranges. Theirs is an epic story of endurance through the ages.With 153 stunningcolor photographs, On Ancient Wings presents sandhill cranes in their wild but increasingly compromised habitats today. Over the course of five...
Rising from sandbars on the Platte River with clarion calls, the sandhill crane (Grus canadensis) feels the urgency of spring migration. Elegan...
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172,94 zł |
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Nature Photography and Other Images
ISBN: 9781418401481 / Angielski / Miękka / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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188,64 zł |
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Gunflint Critters and Other North Wood Wonders
ISBN: 9781418493226 / Angielski / Miękka / 116 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The best way to describe GUNFLNT CRITTERS AND OTHER NORTH WOOD WONDERS or what was the inspiration behind it is instant love! In 1999 in spite of the 'Mother Nature Blow down welcome committee' and being stranded on the Gunflint Trail for 3 hours. The smell, the beauty, the serenity and wilderness enticed me with a desire to spend more time on the Gunflint and explore its roughed ness. As more photos were taken of different animals, plants and places I wanted to share these experiences with others who may never have the opportunity to visit this area and a guide for those who want to explore...
The best way to describe GUNFLNT CRITTERS AND OTHER NORTH WOOD WONDERS or what was the inspiration behind it is instant love! In 1999 in spite of the ...
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182,93 zł |
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The Scenic Route: The Scenic Route
ISBN: 9781599265322 / Angielski / Miękka / 68 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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109,71 zł |
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Pets
ISBN: 9781904587033 / Angielski / Twarda / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The perfectly unique gift book for every pet owner and for anyone who loves animals.
The perfectly unique gift book for every pet owner and for anyone who loves animals.
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61,44 zł |
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Wildlife
ISBN: 9781919734132 / Angielski / Twarda / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Presents a collection of wildlife photographs that represents the author's work over two decades and thousands of miles travelled on six continents, as he sought to capture on film some of the world's striking animals. This is a glimpse into the lives of creatures living in the remote regions of the earth.
Presents a collection of wildlife photographs that represents the author's work over two decades and thousands of miles travelled on six continents, a...
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191,96 zł |
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Michigan : Our Land, Our Water, Our Heritage
ISBN: 9780472116416 / Angielski / Twarda / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Michigan was once covered with vast, unbroken forests of pine and hemlock mixed with birch and poplar, and oak savannas marched as far as the eye could see. But in the process of settling the state and exploiting its natural resources, we have drained wetlands, dammed rivers, and cut all but a few remnants of the virgin forests, leaving that untouched Michigan hard to imagine now. Yet important steps are being taken to protect Michigan's natural beauty, and the fact that we are able to enjoy our state today depends on the work of The Nature Conservancy and the various land conservancies... Michigan was once covered with vast, unbroken forests of pine and hemlock mixed with birch and poplar, and oak savannas marched as far as the eye c... |
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140,92 zł |
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Nature Photography: Insider Secrets from the World's Top Digital Photography Professionals
ISBN: 9780240810164 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Have you ever wondered what it is that professional photographers do day in and day out that enables them to take consistently compelling images? Or thought that unravelling the insider secrets of the professionals could inspire you? This book takes a contemporary and innovative approach to revealing the day-to-day habits of the world's most successful wildlife, landscape and macro photographers, divulging the core skills and techniques through which they excel. This book is crammed full with expert advice taken from the world's leading pros directly from the field. It will empower the...
Have you ever wondered what it is that professional photographers do day in and day out that enables them to take consistently compelling images? Or t...
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145,98 zł |
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"the Comeback Kids" Book 2, the Southern Sea Otter
ISBN: 9780979481550 / Angielski / Miękka / 60 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. During the fur trade of the 18th and 19th centuries the southern sea otters were hunted for their rich, thick coats of fur; and they were hunted to near extinction. Today there are only about 2200 southern sea otters left off the central California coast, and there used to be 16,000 to 20,000 of them However, with our help their numbers can and will grow In January 1977 the US Fish and Wildlife Service placed sea otters on the Endangered Species list. Now they are protected by both state and federal law. The current surviving population of southern sea otters descended from a single group...
During the fur trade of the 18th and 19th centuries the southern sea otters were hunted for their rich, thick coats of fur; and they were hunted to ne...
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94,69 zł |
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Egg & Nest
ISBN: 9780674031722 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The photographs of Rosamond Purcell capture the intricacy of nests and the aesthetic perfection of bird eggs. Alongside Purcell's photographs, is an engaging history of egg collecting, the provenance of the specimens in the photographs and the biology, conservation, and ecology of the birds that produced them.
The photographs of Rosamond Purcell capture the intricacy of nests and the aesthetic perfection of bird eggs. Alongside Purcell's photographs, is an e...
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184,21 zł |
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Greg Lasley's Texas Wildlife Portraits, 42
ISBN: 9781603440578 / Angielski / Twarda / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Experience the wildlife of Texas, up-close and personal, through the eyes of one of the country's most talented nature photographers. Where else can you look a coyote in the eye while it licks its chops? Spy the long tongue of a Nine-banded Armadillo as it drinks? Watch a rare Blue-faced Ringtail dragonfly eating its prey? Glimpse a Sanderling's feet spread midair as it scurries down the beach? See an American White Pelican's pouch turned inside-out as it yawns? Award-winning photographer Greg Lasley has been taking pictures of wildlife for thirty years, and although he has photographed...
Experience the wildlife of Texas, up-close and personal, through the eyes of one of the country's most talented nature photographers. Where else can y...
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121,64 zł |