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(0)David Attenborough
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
312 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"Frozen Planet captures extraordinary views of vast frozen landscapes and animal behavior impossible to see from the ground, including the remote interior of the Antarctic continent and the migration of whales to the polar regions. The Frozen Planet team also takes us under the ice, into the heart of glaciers and inside volcanic ice-crystal caves."--P. [2] of jacket.
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
266 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
As a young man, Attenborough felt he was out there in the wild, experiencing the untouched natural world. But it was an illusion. The tragedy of our time has been happening all around us, barely noticeable from day to day: the loss of our planet's wild places, its biodiversity. Here he shares his witness statement from a lifetime of wisdom. And he offers a hopeful vision for the future: how we can work to restore the wonderful world we inherited....
Author
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
288 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
This illustrated book by veteran naturalist Sir David Attenborough offers a rare glimpse into the secret life of invertebrates, the world's tiniest - and most fascinating - creatures. Small by virtue of their lack of backbones, this group of living things plays a surprisingly large role in the evolutionary cycle, Attenborough points out. These diverse creatures (more than one million species are believed to exist) roamed the earth before us and will...
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (approximately 300 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Africa" is a six-part series that will amaze and awe with stunning photography and truly moving stories of survival on the continent with the most diverse animal life anywhere on our planet.
14) Frozen planet
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (approximately 300 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The Arctic and Antarctic remain the greatest wildernesses on Earth. The scale and beauty of the scenery and the sheer power of the elements, the weather, the rough ocean and the ice, is unmatched anywhere else on our planet. "Frozen Planet" tells the compelling story of animals such as the wandering albatross, the adelie penguin and the polar bear, and paints a portrait that will take your breath away, at a moment when, melting fast, the frozen regions...
Series
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Living in the depths of the New Guinean Rainforest are birds of unimaginable color and beauty. When Europeans first saw the plumes of these fabulous creatures in the sixteenth century, they believed they must be from heaven and called them Birds of Paradise. The people of New Guinea make even greater claims. They say the birds possess supernatural powers and magic. But to find these birds in New Guinea and to witness their extraordinary mating displays...
16) Our planet
Author
Publisher
Ten Speed Press, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
319 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"This striking photographic companion to the groundbreaking Netflix original documentary series, from the team that brought us the original 'Planet Earth' and 'The blue planet', takes you on a journey across the globe's different biological realms to present stunning visuals of nature's most intriguing animals in action, and environmental change on a scale that must be seen to be believed"--Page [2] of cover.
Publisher
BBC Studios
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (100 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Sixty-six million years ago, a gigantic asteroid slammed into Earth, wiping out the dinosaurs. There's strong evidence of the asteroid impact, but no fossils of a dinosaur killed in the event have ever been found. Now, at a dig site in North Dakota, scientists have uncovered a wealth of fossilized creatures that could reveal a more detailed picture of the devastating day the asteroid hit. Following a trail of remarkably well-preserved fossils, including...
19) Our blue planet
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First US edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations, color map ; 30 cm
Language
English
Description
"With all its variety, expanse and wonder, discover how much there is to love about Our Blue Planet. Our oceans are home to the greatest diversity of life on Earth and cover 71 percent of the planet. With so much to discover, this book introduces creatures beyond imagination"--
Pub. Date
2003
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Return to the water: With perfect streamlined bodies and great underwater speed, seals, dolphins, porpoises, and whales become the new hunters of the sea.
Life in the trees: A range of adaptations from suction feet to gripping tails to ultra-keen senses help the tree dwelling mammals to survive high above the ground.
