Posts Tagged ‘Nature’

The Serengeti

Published September 27th, 2011

The Serengeti
Kindly contributed by Boyd Norton, author of the just released Serengeti, The Eternal Beginning. Interwoven with Norton’s striking photographs of the landscapes, birds and mammals of the Serengeti are tales of favorite places and moments over the last twenty-five years exploring the plains of East Africa. He writes in an essay on predator and prey:
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Serengeti

Published September 20th, 2011

Serengeti
Featuring 250 color photographs and Boyd Norton’s firsthand accounts from his travels in Serengeti National Park, Kenya’s Masai Mara, and Ngorongoro Crater, this striking book is the culmination of a decades-long career in East Africa. Chosen as one of the “40 Most Influential Nature Photographers” in 2010, the roving Norton has worked in the Rocky
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Biologists in Galapagos

Published August 30th, 2011

Biologists in Galapagos
Recommendations for the scientifically minded visitor to the Galapagos: Michael Jackson’s Galapagos, A Natural History is still the best single reference, not at all insulting to the scientifically literate; Tui de Roy corrals dozens of scientists currently working in Galapagos for her illustrated, authoritative overview Galapagos, Preserving Darwin’s Islands (it is a good single reference
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Paramaribo, Suriname

Published August 3rd, 2011

Paramaribo, Suriname
Kindly contributed by John Gimlette, author of Wild Coast, Travel’s on South America’s Untamed Edge. “If I were to design the perfect city, it would be white and have a river running through it. There’d be plantations and fruit trees all around, and little canals would come seeping through the center. There’d be no business
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