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Sharks! : predators of the sea / Piero and Alberto Angela, Alberto Luca Recchi.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Angela, Piero, 1928-2022
- Angela, Alberto, 1962- author.
- Recchi, Alberto Luca, 1955- author, photographer.
- Standardized Title:
- Squali. English
- Language:
- English
- Italian
- Subjects (All):
- Sharks.
- Sharks--Pictorial works.
- Sharks--Popular works.
- Genre:
- Popular works.
- illustrated books.
- Illustrated works
- Popular works
- Illustrated works.
- Penn Provenance:
- Teacher, Stuart (donor) (Running Press copy)
- Physical Description:
- 137, [3] pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
- Distribution:
- Philadelphia : Imprint of Running Press,
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : [Published by] Courage Books, 1997.
- Contents:
- The Predators of the Sea. The attack; "White death"
- Anatomy of a Murderer. What is a shark?; An oversize liver; Jet or pump-action?; Hydrodynamics; Turbo; A swimming mouth; From egg to umbilicus
- The Seven Senses. Long-distance sensing; Shark eyes; Electric smell; The body tongue
- Prey. Ambush on the high seas; A stomach of iron
- Sharks and People. Sharkphobia; Protecting people; A predator in danger
- Once Upon a Time. Distant origins; What remains.
- Notes:
- Originally published: 1997 by Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, S.p.A., 1997.
- "All the photographs in this book, including those on the cover, by Alberto Luca Recchi."--Title page verso.
- "Text by Piero and Alberto Angela and Alberto Luca Recchi. Art Director: Giorgio Seppi. Design: Roberta Merlo. Editor: Adriana Savorani. Cover: Cristina Bazzoni"--Title page verso.
- Includes bibliographical references (page 138) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Running Press Collection copies 1 & 2 presented to the Penn Libraries in 2008 by Stuart "Buz" Teacher.
- Running Press copies have dustjackets retained.
- Running Press copies are "1" printing.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Angela, Piero, 1928- Squali. English. Sharks!
- ISBN:
- 0762403543
- 9780762403547
- OCLC:
- 39909396
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