The publication of this richly illustrated book is a welcome event for scientists, writers, photographers, and armshair travelers, since here, for the first time in book form, are reproduced more than 300 color photographs by Tui De Roy Moore, the only photographer who has had access to the Galapagos since childhood. For more than ten years she has concentrated on capturing the most unusual and revealing aspects of the islands - views that have eluded photographers with limited time and access to remote areas. Here we can see large groups of wild tortoises atop the volcano Alcedo, the nesting albatross on Hood Island, and such rarely seen species as the flightless rail, the Galapagos owl, and the woodpecker finch. Mrs. Moore was able to film eruptions of the volcano on Fernandina Island and to spend hours waiting for the perfect shot of a Galapagos hawk circling the smoldering caldera. She has also recorded a battle between bull sea lions, albatrosses in courtship display, and the flowering of endemic plants never even seen by tourists. Her text, which encompasses the latest scientific theories about the formation of the Galapagos, the evolution of its wildlife, and her own observations about its ecology and conservation, is another unique feature of this remarkable book.

Galapagos: Islands Lost in Time (A Studio book)

Travel

Tui De Roy Moore

South America

A Studio Book: The Viking Press

As every reader of Durrell knows, his writing is steeped in the living experience of the Mediterranean and especially the islands of Greece. This text weaves together evocative descriptions, history and myth (including flowers and festivals) with his personal reminiscences.

The Greek Islands (A Studio Book)

LAWRENCE DURRELL

Europe

An extraordinary collection of pictures taken in America by the "supreme poet of the color camera". From land, water, and sky Haas--an Austrian originally, who shot for Life and other publications--provides unique glimpses of this vast country's natural phenomena, man-made creations, and people, what Haas likes to call "living Americana." Oversized cloth-bound hardback in dust jacket. 144 pages; 105 full-page or full-spread color photographic plates; 13.5 x 9.5 inches.

In America

Haas, Ernst

James Dean Revisited

A close friend of Dean, who travelled across the country with the young actor in 1954 presents one hundred twenty-five previously unpublished photographs and relates their intimate and provocative conversations

Arts & Photography

Stock, Dennis

Photography & Video

Nantucket

David Plowden

Patricia Coffin

The Painter's Craft: An Introduction to Artists' Methods and Materials [A Studio Book]

The Painter's Craft: An Introduction to Artists' Methods and Materials [A Studio Book]

Mayer, Ralph

Stars of the Twenties

Mary Dawn Earley

See the best price to sell, buy or rent books by the A Studio Book: The Viking Press publisher. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors with a single search.

Books by A Studio Book: The Viking Press