Cara Giaimo: Atlas Obscura: Wild Life, Gebunden
Atlas Obscura: Wild Life
- An Explorer's Guide to the World's Living Wonders
- Publisher:
- Workman Publishing, 09/2024
- Binding:
- Gebunden
- Language:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9781523514410
- Item number:
- 11770415
- Weight:
- 1378 g
- Format:
- 273 x 184 mm
- Thickness:
- 36 mm
- Release date:
- 17.9.2024
- Series:
- Workman Adult
- Note
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Caution: Product is not in German language
Blurb
From the bestselling authors ofAtlas Obscura andGastro Obscuracomes a nature book like no other---a dazzling, over-the-top collection of the world's most extraordinary wild species that takes you to all seven continents and beyond. It's more than a field guide--it's an adventure. * National Bestseller * Named a Best New Book by BookRiot, New York Post and more * Named a Best White Elephant Gift Under $30 by Taste of Home.
From the curious minds of Atlas Obscura, authors of #1 New York Times bestselling Atlas Obscura and Gastro Obscura, comes an unputdownable celebration of the world's living wonders.
- Learn how dung beetles navigate by the stars, and trees communicate through their roots.
- Meet one of the strongest animals in the world: the puny peacock mantis shrimp.
- Pay your respects to a 44, 000 year old shrub, float along flying rivers, and explore a garbage dump overseen by endangered storks.
- Examine old examples of bird song notation written on sheet music.
- Also, first person interviews: hear from a honey hunter and his avian partners, a scientist working to find the world's only ocean-dwelling insects, and an offshore radio DJ who is at the heart of the local fishing community.
Featuring over 500 extraordinary plants, animals, and natural phenomena, with illustrations and photos on every page, the book takes readers around the globe---from Antarctic deserts to lush jungles, and into the deepest fathoms of the ocean and the hearts of our densest cities. Teeming with detail and wildly entertaining, Wild Lifereinvigorates our sense of wonder, awe and amazement about the incredible creatures we share our planet with.
Biography (Joshua Foer)
Joshua Foer ist in Washington, D.C. geboren und studierte Wissenschaftsjournalismus in Yale. Er arbeitet als freier Journalist u.a. für die New York Times, Washington Post und Slate. Er ist der jüngere Bruder der erfolgreichen Autoren Franklin Foer und Jonathan Safran Foer. Als Joshua Foer die USA Memory Championships als Journalist begleitete, konnte er beobachten, dass nicht besondere Gedächtnisgaben ausschlaggebend für den Erfolg der Wettkämpfer waren, sondern ihre Techniken des Memorierens. So kam ihm die Idee, selbst sein Gedächtnis zu trainieren und an den Championships teilzunehmen - und er gewann.
