Eye of the Shoal: A Fishwatcher's Guide to Life, the Ocean and Everything
Autor Helen Scalesen Limba Engleză Paperback – 3 mai 2018
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781472936813
ISBN-10: 1472936817
Pagini: 320
Ilustrații: Colour section plus black and white illustrations throughout
Dimensiuni: 135 x 216 x 24 mm
Greutate: 0.4 kg
Ediția:Export/Airside
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Sigma
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1472936817
Pagini: 320
Ilustrații: Colour section plus black and white illustrations throughout
Dimensiuni: 135 x 216 x 24 mm
Greutate: 0.4 kg
Ediția:Export/Airside
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Sigma
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Caracteristici
Beautifully
written
by
a
rising
star
of
narrative
nature
writing,
author
of
BBC
Radio
4
Book
of
the
WeekSpirals
in
Time-
one
ofThe
Times,The
GuardianandThe
Economist's
books
of
the
year.
Notă biografică
Helen
Scales
is
a
marine
biologist,
diver,
surfer,
broadcaster
and
writer
who's
spent
hundreds
of
hours
underwater
watching
fish.
A
familiar
voice
for
the
oceans,
she's
pondered
the
mysteries
of
the
deep
sea
with
Robin
Ince
and
Brian
Cox
on
BBC
Radio
4'sThe
Infinite
Monkey
Cageand
donated
an
imaginary
tank
of
seahorses
toThe
Museum
of
Curiosity.
She's
a
regular
writer
for
BBC
Focus
and
BBC
Wildlife
magazines.
Among
her
radio
documentaries
she's
explored
the
dream
of
living
underwater
and
followed
the
trail
of
endangered
snails
around
the
world
and
back
again.
Helen's
recent
book,Spirals
in
Time,
is
aGuardianbestseller.
It
was
shortlisted
for
the
Royal
Society
of
Biology
book
prize,
picked
as
a
book
of
the
year
byThe
Economist,Nature,The
Timesand
theGuardianand
was
BBC
Radio
4's
Book
of
the
Week.@helenscales
/
helenscales.com
Recenzii
Scales'sgenuine
appreciation
and
awe
for
fish
are
contagious.
She
continually
entices
the
reader
by
introducing
exciting
aspects
of
fish
in
each
chapter.
Adelightfulbook that provides a welcome invitation to enter the amazing world of fish.
Anengagingand informative bouillabaisse.
A sprawling, ambitious underwater journey studded with fascinating tidbits.
This aquarium of a book is aneloquentreminder of how remarkable [fish] are.
Enthrallingand thought-provoking
Helen Scales invites us to dive below the waterline as she reveals the hidden butgloriouslives of fish going about their ratherfascinatingbusiness.
Eye of the Shoalisa book brimming with wonders. Shimmering colours, otherworldly abilities, and compelling dramas flood every page, as the masterful Helen Scales brings us eye-to-eye with the world of fishes - creatures who are at once thrillingly strange and startlingly ubiquitous. Whether you snorkel or scuba, whether you meet fish in a tank or on TV,this book is new portal to see our blue planet with new eyes, one that will make you love our world and its creatures all the more.
Eye of the Shoalis like a beautiful glass bottomed boat thatreveals this mysterious realm with joyful passion and perfect clarity. You couldn't have a more knowledgable guide on board than Helen.
Eye of the Shoalis an absorbing account of the least understood area of our planet.Helen brings the depths to life, not only with wondrous accounts from her extensive travels, but also by introducing us to some magnificently improbable characters (both human and piscine), and by astonishing us withmind-blowing facts on every page.
Thisfantastic and timely bookwill change your perspective on your pet goldfish, a fishmonger's window display, a darting flash of silver glimpsed from a boat and the colourful world of a coral reef.A must-readfor anyone interested in life on Earth.
If you already love fish wherever they swim, you'll be astonished by so many new discoveries in these pages.If you don't love fish - you surely will.'
Adelightfulbook that provides a welcome invitation to enter the amazing world of fish.
Anengagingand informative bouillabaisse.
A sprawling, ambitious underwater journey studded with fascinating tidbits.
This aquarium of a book is aneloquentreminder of how remarkable [fish] are.
Enthrallingand thought-provoking
Helen Scales invites us to dive below the waterline as she reveals the hidden butgloriouslives of fish going about their ratherfascinatingbusiness.
Eye of the Shoalisa book brimming with wonders. Shimmering colours, otherworldly abilities, and compelling dramas flood every page, as the masterful Helen Scales brings us eye-to-eye with the world of fishes - creatures who are at once thrillingly strange and startlingly ubiquitous. Whether you snorkel or scuba, whether you meet fish in a tank or on TV,this book is new portal to see our blue planet with new eyes, one that will make you love our world and its creatures all the more.
Eye of the Shoalis like a beautiful glass bottomed boat thatreveals this mysterious realm with joyful passion and perfect clarity. You couldn't have a more knowledgable guide on board than Helen.
Eye of the Shoalis an absorbing account of the least understood area of our planet.Helen brings the depths to life, not only with wondrous accounts from her extensive travels, but also by introducing us to some magnificently improbable characters (both human and piscine), and by astonishing us withmind-blowing facts on every page.
Thisfantastic and timely bookwill change your perspective on your pet goldfish, a fishmonger's window display, a darting flash of silver glimpsed from a boat and the colourful world of a coral reef.A must-readfor anyone interested in life on Earth.
If you already love fish wherever they swim, you'll be astonished by so many new discoveries in these pages.If you don't love fish - you surely will.'