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Sharks and People: Exploring Our Relationship with the Most Feared Fish in the Sea
Thomas P. Peschak
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Description for Sharks and People: Exploring Our Relationship with the Most Feared Fish in the Sea
Hardcover. At once feared and revered, sharks have captivated people since our earliest human encounters. Along with photographs, this book tells the compelling story of the natural history of sharks. It also presents photographs that capture the relationship between people and sharks around the globe. Num Pages: 256 pages, 188 colour plates. BIC Classification: PSVW1; WNCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 271 x 327 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1898.
At once feared and revered, sharks have captivated people since our earliest human encounters. Children and adults alike stand awed before aquarium shark tanks, fascinated by the giant teeth and unnerving eyes. And no swim in the ocean is undertaken without a slight shiver of anxiety about the very real - and very cinematic - dangers of shark bites. But our interactions with sharks are not entirely one-sided: the threats we pose to sharks through fisheries, organized hunts, and gill nets on coastlines are more deadly and far-reaching than any bite. A contributing photographer to National Geographic, Thomas P. Peschak ... Read more
At once feared and revered, sharks have captivated people since our earliest human encounters. Children and adults alike stand awed before aquarium shark tanks, fascinated by the giant teeth and unnerving eyes. And no swim in the ocean is undertaken without a slight shiver of anxiety about the very real - and very cinematic - dangers of shark bites. But our interactions with sharks are not entirely one-sided: the threats we pose to sharks through fisheries, organized hunts, and gill nets on coastlines are more deadly and far-reaching than any bite. A contributing photographer to National Geographic, Thomas P. Peschak ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226047898
SKU
V9780226047898
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Ref
99-1
About Thomas P. Peschak
Thomas P. Peschak is a fellow of the International League of Conservation Photographers and a contributing photographers to National Geographic Magazine. He has won multiple World Press Photo and BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year awards. His other books include Currents of Contrast, South Africa's Great White Shark, Wild Seas, Secret Shores of Africa, and Lost World.
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