Touching the Earth

Roberta Bondar's voyage as an astronaut aboard the space shuttle Discovery was the realization of childhood dream for the Canadian scientist and doctor. In this wonderful book, she shares her remarkable journey, providing us with an opportunity to feel connected with our planet in a very special way.
Touching the Earth is an amazing visual and written testament to the beauty and variety of Earth. From breathtaking photographs of the planet taken from space - including some never-before-published NASA images - to her own stunning photographs of life on Earth, Dr. Bondar contrast her two views of "home," Her powerful message of hope for our environment will change the way you think about humanity's relationship with the planet.

Biographies & Memoirs

Bondar, Roberta

Professionals & Academics

Key Porter Books

It is the great Canadian clichŽ to rhapsodize over our northern landscape as stunningly beautiful, richly varied and deeply reflective of the drama of four distinct seasons. Yet there is a compelling reality behind the myth: it is, quite simply, true. Never has this truth been more perceptively recorded than in the careful, superbly crafted, large-format photographs of Roberta Bondar. One of Canada's great scientists and first astronauts, she has travelled the length and breadth of the country from Haida Gwaii to Terra Nova, Ellesmere Island to Point Pelee, capturing some 10,000 images of Canada's finest natural landscapes. This little book is a love letter to Canada, combining forty new images with the words of distinguished Canadians. There are eloquent contributions from Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Susan Aglukark, Oscar Peterson, Bryan Adams, Douglas Coupland, Iona Campagnolo, Gordon Pinsent, Pam Wallin, Deepa Mehta, Paul Gross and Peter Gzowski and many more, all accompanying images resonant with their sentiments. The result is an elegant, full colour, beautifully designed and inspirational volume that conveys something fresh and memorable about the place we call Canada. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Canada

D&m Adult

With more than 10,000 copies sold, Passionate Vision endures as a pictorial collection that leads us on a journey from Gwaii Haanas in the west to Terra Nova in the east, Point Pelee in the south to Quttinirpaaq in the north. Dr. Roberta Bondar-one of Canada's most celebrated explorers-presents an exquisite photographic portrait of forty-one national parks, revealing the essence of Canada's rugged, intricate and fragile natural endowment.
More than 100 full-colour photographs plus six stunning images from space are interwoven with lyrical quotations about the land by explorers, poets, ecologists and naturalists and short captions about the diversity of the country's natural areas. Ann Thomas, Curator of Photography at the National Gallery of Canada, situates these images in the long tradition of landscape photography with a brief essay. To this narrative, Dr. Bondar adds her own story: her vision of blending interests in science and photography and her unique perspective of Canada, a largely unexplored and delicate wilderness within a wider universe.

Passionate Vision: Discovering Canada's National Parks

Arts & Photography

Photography & Video

Douglas & McIntyre, Ltd

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