9780691194998-0691194998-A Lifetime in Galápagos

A Lifetime in Galápagos

ISBN-13: 9780691194998
ISBN-10: 0691194998
Author: Tui De Roy
Publication date: 2020
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Format: Hardcover 240 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780691194998
ISBN-10: 0691194998
Author: Tui De Roy
Publication date: 2020
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Format: Hardcover 240 pages

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A Lifetime in Galápagos (ISBN-13: 9780691194998 and ISBN-10: 0691194998), written by authors Tui De Roy, was published by Princeton University Press in 2020. With an overall rating of 3.9 stars, it's a notable title among other Nature & Wildlife (Photography & Video) books. You can easily purchase or rent A Lifetime in Galápagos (Hardcover) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Nature & Wildlife books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $5.76.

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A beautifully illustrated and deeply personal chronicle of De Roy's lifelong connection with these spectacular islands

Tui De Roy was a year old in 1955 when her family left Europe, boarding a banana boat bound for the Pacific to lead a different sort of life in Galápagos, one of self-sufficiency and living close to nature. She grew up on the islands and returned to them often over the next five decades. Discovering photography at a young age, she has dedicated her life to recording the islands' natural history in infinite detail. A Lifetime in Galápagos is De Roy's intimate portrait of one of the most spectacular places on Earth, presenting the wildlife and natural wonders of Galápagos as you have never seen them before.

Featuring hundreds of breathtaking color photos, this stunning book guides you into labyrinthine mangroves to observe nesting herons, to misty cloud forests to glimpse flycatchers and orchids, high onto erupting volcanoes, and into the ocean to swim with hammerhead sharks. De Roy's lens provides up-close encounters with orca and sperm whales, colonies of iguanas, and the giant tortoises of Alcedo Volcano. She paints unforgettable portraits of her childhood in Galápagos--the islands at night under the stars of the Milky Way, sea lions at play and on the hunt, the diverse birdlife of Galápagos, and much more.

Blending striking images with vivid prose, A Lifetime in Galápagos also discusses the threats that global warming and other environmental challenges pose to the archipelago's unique wildlife and fragile habitats.

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