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Overview""You'll initially find it hard to believe that these pictures are real-but they are. These are the most beautiful photographs of the world's most beautiful birds. The birds' behavior, richly described in the text, is as remarkable as their appearance. This is a book like no other book."" --Jared Diamond, ornithologist and author ofGuns, Germs, and Steel Eight years. Eighteen expeditions. Fifty-one field sites. Thirty-nine unique species of birds-of-paradise, all photographed in the wild for the first time in history. ""We turned our passion for science, photography, and media documentation into a comprehensive vision to share an unparalleled treasure of Earth's biodiversity with the world,"" write biologists and explorers Tim Laman and Edwin Scholes. These treasures are the spectacular birds-of-paradise, native only to the remote New Guinea region but known the world around for their brilliant colors, otherworldly plumes, and elaborate courtship dances. Now, for the first and perhaps only time, all 39 species of these extraordinary birds are showcased together through the revealing words and exclusive photographs in this landmark book. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Tim Laman , Edwin Scholes , Tim LamanPublisher: National Geographic Society Imprint: National Geographic Society Dimensions: Width: 31.20cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 25.80cm Weight: 1.837kg ISBN: 9781426209581ISBN 10: 1426209584 Pages: 228 Publication Date: 23 October 2012 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsReviewsNo group of birds in the world is more beautiful and more intriguing to science than the birds of paradise. Surprisingly, no book showing them displaying in the wild has been done before. But to gain such perspectives and develop such a wonderful collection of pictures has taken years. The result is truly breathtaking. <br>--Sir David Attenborough, filmmaker and creator of Life on Earth <br> <br> <br> You'll initially find it hard to believe that these pictures are real--but they are. These are the most beautiful photographs of the world's most beautiful birds. The birds' behavior, richly described in the text, is as remarkable as their appearance. This is a book like no other book. <br> --Jared Diamond, ornithologist and author of Guns, Germs, and Steel No group of birds in the world is more beautiful and more intriguing to science than the birds of paradise. Surprisingly, no book showing them displaying in the wild has been done before. But to gain such perspectives and develop such a wonderful collection of pictures has taken years. The result is truly breathtaking. <br>--Sir David Attenborough, filmmaker and creator of Life on Earth <br> <br> You'll initially find it hard to believe that these pictures are real--but they are. These are the most beautiful photographs of the world's most beautiful birds. The birds' behavior, richly described in the text, is as remarkable as their appearance. This is a book like no other book. <br> --Jared Diamond, ornithologist and author of Guns, Germs, and Steel<br> <br> The resulting extremes of color, form and behavior are beautifully documented in Schole's new book , co-authored with photographer Tim Laman. -Sciencefriday.com<br><br> The exhibit Birds of Paradise at the National Geographic museum in Washington, along with a book by Tim Laman and Edwin Scholes, offers research, photographs and video of the 39 species of the bird... - The Wall Street Journal No group of birds in the world is more beautiful and more intriguing to science than the birds of paradise. Surprisingly, no book showing them displaying in the wild has been done before. But to gain such perspectives and develop such a wonderful collection of pictures has taken years. The result is truly breathtaking. <br>--Sir David Attenborough, filmmaker and creator of Life on Earth <br> <br> You'll initially find it hard to believe that these pictures are real--but they are. These are the most beautiful photographs of the world's most beautiful birds. The birds' behavior, richly described in the text, is as remarkable as their appearance. This is a book like no other book. <br> --Jared Diamond, ornithologist and author of Guns, Germs, and Steel<br> <br> The resulting extremes of color, form and behavior are beautifully documented in Schole's new book , co-authored with photographer Tim Laman. -Sciencefriday.com No group of birds in the world is more beautiful and more intriguing to science than the birds of paradise. Surprisingly, no book showing them displaying in the wild has been done before. But to gain such perspectives and develop such a wonderful collection of pictures has taken years. The result is truly breathtaking. --Sir David Attenborough, filmmaker and creator of Life on Earth You ll initially find it hard to believe that these pictures are real but they are. These are the most beautiful photographs of the world s most beautiful birds. The birds behavior, richly described in the text, is as remarkable as their appearance. This is a book like no other book. --Jared Diamond, ornithologist and author of Guns, Germs, and Steel The resulting extremes of color, form and behavior are beautifully documented in Schole's new book, co-authored with photographerTim Laman. Sciencefriday.com The exhibit Birds of Paradise at the National Geographic museum in Washington, along with a book by Tim Laman and Edwin Scholes, offers research, photographs and video of the 39 species of the bird The Wall Street Journal Author InformationTIM LAMAN is a field biologist and wildlife photojournalist affiliated with the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University. A fellow of the International League of Conservation Photographers, he has photographed 20 articles for National Geographic magazine. EDWIN SCHOLES, an ornithologist and biodiversity video curator at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, has studied the birds of paradise for more than a decade and is a leading authority on their behavior and evolution. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |