The Human, the Orchid, and the Octopus: Exploring and Conserving Our Natural World

Schiefelbein, Susan; Cousteau, Jacques; McKibben, Bill [Introduction]; McKibben, Bill [Foreword];

ISBN 10: 1596914173 / ISBN 13: 9781596914179

Editore: Bloomsbury USA, 2007

Codice articolo 1596914173-3-21220608

Riassunto:

Finally available in the U.S., the last book by the legendary explorer, activist, filmmaker, and oceanographer offers a profound, lyrical, and passionate call for action to preserve our world, its wildlife, and its natural wonders for future generations, looking at the impact of human action on our precarious environment.

Informazioni sull?autore:

Jacques Cousteau (1910–1997) was world renowned as an ocean explorer, filmmaker, educator, and environmental activist. He won three Oscars and the Palme d'Or for his films, was nominated for forty Emmys during the run of his TV series The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau, and wrote or coauthored more than seventy five books, including The Silent World, which has sold five million copies in twenty two languages. As director of the Oceanographic Institute of Monaco and a member of the advisory committee of the IAEA, he was active in the conservation and anti-nuclear-proliferation movements. Susan Schiefelbein has won the National Magazine Award and the Front Page Award for her cover stories on social issues. A former editor at the Saturday Review, where she first worked with Cousteau, she went on to write the narration for many of his documentary films, including winners of the Peabody and the Ace. She lives in Paris.

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Titolo: The Human, the Orchid, and the Octopus: ...
Casa editrice: Bloomsbury USA
Data di pubblicazione: 2007
Legatura: Hardcover
Condizione: Good