Wild Things, Wild Places: Adventurous Tales of Wildlife and Conservation on Planet Earth
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Authors: |
Alexander, Jane |
Publisher: |
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group |
BISAC/Subject: |
BIO026000, SCI020000, SCI088000 |
ISBN: |
9780385354370, Related ISBNs: 0385354363, 0385354371, 073528699X, 0735287007, 0804173737 |
Classification: |
Non-Fiction |
Number of pages: |
352, |
Audience: |
General/trade |
Synopsis: In Wild Things, Wild Places actress, author, and conservationist Jane Alexander offers a moving first-hand assessment of what is being done to help the planet’s most at risk animals. In short reflections on her travels to some of the most remote and forbidding areas, she describes the ways in which human incursions into the natural world are destroying wildlife around the globe. With a clear eye and a keen grasp of the issues, Alexander highlights the remarkable work being done in the fields of science and conservation, and introduces readers to the field biologists, zoologists, environmentalists, and conservationists—the “prophets in the wilderness”—who have committed themselves to this essential effort. Inspiring and enlightening, Wild Things, Wild Places is a deeply personal look at the changing face of wildlife on planet Earth.
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