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Author : Robert N. Linrothe
Publisher : Serindia Publications, Inc.
Page : 103 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Art
ISBN : 1932476075
Author : Phil Gregory
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2020-02-25
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780691202143
First published in the United Kingdom by Helm/Bloomsbury in 2019.
Author : Robert Clark
Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 179 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2016-04-12
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9781452148922
The award-winning National Geographic photographer captures the stunning variety and mystery of bird feathers in this acclaimed monograph. Robert Clark’s fascinating and brilliantly colorful images reveal the beauty and myriad functions of a seemingly simple thing: the bird feather. Each exquisitely detailed close-up is paired with informative text about the utility and evolution of the feather it depicts, making this handsome marriage of art and science the ideal gift for bird lovers, natural history buffs, and photography enthusiasts. “Art meets science in a poetic celebration of Earth’s astonishing diversity. Feathers is an intensely beautiful visual taxonomy and a photographic love letter to this poetic feat of evolution.” —Brain Pickings
Author : Kirk Wallace Johnson
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2018-04-24
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781101981627
As heard on NPR's This American Life “Absorbing . . . Though it's non-fiction, The Feather Thief contains many of the elements of a classic thriller.” —Maureen Corrigan, NPR’s Fresh Air “One of the most peculiar and memorable true-crime books ever.” —Christian Science Monitor A rollicking true-crime adventure and a captivating journey into an underground world of fanatical fly-tiers and plume peddlers, for readers of The Stranger in the Woods, The Lost City of Z, and The Orchid Thief. On a cool June evening in 2009, after performing a concert at London's Royal Academy of Music, twenty-year-old American flautist Edwin Rist boarded a train for a suburban outpost of the British Museum of Natural History. Home to one of the largest ornithological collections in the world, the Tring museum was full of rare bird specimens whose gorgeous feathers were worth staggering amounts of money to the men who shared Edwin's obsession: the Victorian art of salmon fly-tying. Once inside the museum, the champion fly-tier grabbed hundreds of bird skins—some collected 150 years earlier by a contemporary of Darwin's, Alfred Russel Wallace, who'd risked everything to gather them—and escaped into the darkness. Two years later, Kirk Wallace Johnson was waist high in a river in northern New Mexico when his fly-fishing guide told him about the heist. He was soon consumed by the strange case of the feather thief. What would possess a person to steal dead birds? Had Edwin paid the price for his crime? What became of the missing skins? In his search for answers, Johnson was catapulted into a years-long, worldwide investigation. The gripping story of a bizarre and shocking crime, and one man's relentless pursuit of justice, The Feather Thief is also a fascinating exploration of obsession, and man's destructive instinct to harvest the beauty of nature.
Author : Pamela Swadling
Publisher : Sydney University Press
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2019-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781743325469
The natural resources of New Guinea and nearby islands have attracted outsiders for at least 5000 years: spices, aromatic woods and barks, resins, plumes, sea slugs, shells and pearls all brought traders from distant markets. Among the most sought-after was the bird of paradise. Their magnificent plumes bedecked the hats of fashion-conscious women in Europe and America, provided regalia for the Kings of Nepal, and decorated the headdresses of Janissaries of the Ottoman Empire. Plumes from Paradise tells the story of this interaction, and of the economic, political, social and cultural consequence for the island's inhabitants. It traces 400 years of economic and political history, culminating in the 'plume boom' of the early part of the 20th century, when an unprecedented number of outsiders flocked to the island's coasts and hinterlands. The story teems with the variety of people involved: New Guineans, Indonesians, Chinese, Europeans, hunters, traders, natural historians and their collectors, officials, missionaries, planters, miners, adventurers of every kind. In the wings were the conservationists, whose efforts brought the slaughter of the plume boom to an end and ushered in an era of comparative isolation for the island that lasted until World War II.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1869
Category : Electronic
ISBN : HARVARD:32044107163131
Author : Frederick Augustus Porter Barnard
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1784 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1876
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
ISBN : PRNC:32101078163316
Author : Mary Kirby,Elizabeth Kirby
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1885
Category : Birds
ISBN : OCLC:64613040
Author : Tim Laman,Edwin Scholes
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Birds of paradise (Birds)
ISBN : 9781426209581
In this dazzling photo essay, Laman and Scholes present gorgeous full-color photographs of all 39 species of the Birds of Paradise that highlight their unique and extraordinary plumage and mating behavior.
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1498 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1921
Category : Tariff
ISBN : HARVARD:HX7E2M
Author : Sir David Attenborough,Errol Fuller
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 437 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2012-08-30
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780007487622
Drawn from Paradise is David Attenborough’s journey through the cultural history of the birds of paradise, one of the most exquisite and extravagant, colourful and intriguing families of birds.
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 878 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1922
Category : Tariff
ISBN : UCAL:B5143265
Author : Doug Macdougall
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2019-08-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780300232059
A gripping tale of exploration aboard H.M.S. Challenger, an expedition that laid the foundations for modern oceanography From late 1872 to 1876, H.M.S. Challenger explored the world's oceans. Conducting deep sea soundings, dredging the ocean floor, recording temperatures, observing weather, and collecting biological samples, the expedition laid the foundations for modern oceanography. Following the ship's naturalists and their discoveries, earth scientist Doug Macdougall engagingly tells a story of Victorian-era adventure and ties these early explorations to the growth of modern scientific fields. In this lively story of discovery, hardship, and humor, Macdougall examines the work of the expedition's scientists, especially the naturalist Henry Moseley, who rigorously categorized the flora and fauna of the islands the ship visited, and the legacy of John Murray, considered the father of modern oceanography. Macdougall explores not just the expedition itself but also the iconic place that H.M.S. Challenger has achieved in the annals of ocean exploration and science.
Author : Mary Kirby
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1875
Category : Exotic birds
ISBN : OXFORD:590565479
Author : David Brewster
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 786 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1830
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
ISBN : CHI:17197225