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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 770
EAN: 9780714848587
ISBN: 0714848581
Label: Phaidon Press Inc.
Manufacturer: Phaidon Press Inc.
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 232
Publication Date: 2008-04-02
Publisher: Phaidon Press Inc.
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Summary: Postcards are not really postcards
Comment: The photographs are stunning but it's not worth buying the postcard version of these if your intent is to USE them as postcards. This is because these (as well as many other postcards from this publisher) are the non-standard size of 6" x 6". They cannot be handled as normal postcards by the USPS and cost more than a first-class envelope to send and will have to be sorted and processed by hand rather than by machine. If you're only looking for small cardstock version of the images this is a fine choice.
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Summary: Earthsong Review
Comment: The book has the most amazing photographs that truly celebrate the Earth. I would highly recommend this work of art. It's spectacular and I'm certainly glad I purchased it.
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Summary: Absolutely striking photographs
Comment: Edmaier takes us to a variety of isolated and relatively unpopulated areas for some terrific aerial photos of our planet. We see water, ice, tundra, glaciers, sandy deserts, volcanoes, coasts, grassland, and forests. And Jung-Huettl's descriptions of what we are seeing are nicely done.
The overall effect is eerie, as if the Earth were uninhabited (by our species, at least) and we humans were looking the place over and trying to decide if we wanted to visit it, live there, or try someplace else.
In any case, the photographs are marvellous and show plenty of detail. If I were writing a book on planetary science, I'd want to use a couple of these photos for the section on our little world.
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Summary: Disappointing - especially from Phaidon publishing
Comment: I was really looking forward to receiving and reading this book - I had looked at it in the stores but it was plastic wrapped and, therefore, I could not see what was inside. However, once I had received it from Amazon and opened it, my eager anticipation gave way to annoyance and disappointment. The photographs of the earth from above are, indeed, spectacular and of the highest quality, BUT Edmaier has used (or appears to have used) the same (or variations of the same) photographs over and over again - even though the book is supposed to have four distinct themes, Aqua, Barren, Desert and Green. I own several books published by Phaidon and have been impressed beyond expectation with every one of them - not this time. I considered the book price to be reasonable until I opened it - now I feel as if I have been ripped off! With over 220 pages, I expected in the region of 150-200 different photographs. Yes, the photographs are different but most of them are just different views of the same subject - not what I expected at all. Overall, a nice coffee table book, but far too expensive for what you actually get. Very disappointing!
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Summary: Great coffee-table viewing
Comment: This is a beautiful book--incredible photography, carefully printed. There is a printing flaw on page 26.
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Art meets science and earth in EARTHSONG, a spectacular collection of breathtaking aerial photographs of the earth's surface, available in paperback for the very first time. The book is divided into four chapters or 'zones': Aqua, Green, Desert, and Barren. The photographs are accompanied by text offering the geographical context and explaining the importance of climate and the impact of humans on the environment. EARTHSONG features photographs from around the world, from the Bahamas to Iceland, New Zealand to North America, and Europe to Alaska. It includes a wide variety of subjects, from bubbling mud pools, volcanic eruptions, coral reefs, and deserts to eroded canyons and arctic glaciers. By celebrating the earth's natural beauty, EARTHSONG documents the threatened wild landscapes of our planet and is ideal for those interested in preservation and environmental issues as well as photography.
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