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Deserts of the earth : extraordinary images of extreme environments / text and photographs by Michael Martin ; foreword by Michael Asher ; specialist articles by Klaus Giessner, Ulrich Wernery, Stefan Dech ; [English translation from the German Die Wüsten der Erde by David H. Wilson].
LIBRA - Special QH88 .M35 2004
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Martin, Michael, 1963-
- Language:
- English
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Deserts.
- Desert ecology.
- Deserts--Pictorial works.
- Genre:
- Pictorial works.
- Illustrated works.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 371 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 31 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Thames & Hudson, 2004.
- Contents:
- The deserts of Asia
- The deserts of Australia
- The deserts of America
- The deserts of Africa
- Desert landscapes
- Life and survival in the desert
- Exploring the desserts.
- Notes:
- Original edition originally published as Die Wüsten der Erde in Germany in 2004 by Frederking & Thaler Verlag GmbH, Munich.
- Includes index.
- Local Notes:
- Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.
- ISBN:
- 0500511942
- 9780500511947
- OCLC:
- 57490076
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