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Describe your latest book/project/work. I've been studying the life and work of photographer W. Eugene Smith for 13 years. My first book (Dream... Continue »
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    The Jazz Loft Project: Photographs and Tapes of W. Eugene Smith from 821 Sixth Avenue, 1957-1965

    Sam Stephenson and W. Eugene Smith
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Watching, from the Edge of Extinction

by Beverly Pet Stearns

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In this mesmerizing series of interviews with dedicated people who work to save endangered species throughout the world, an alarming truth emerges: the obstacles of human politics, greed, corruption, folly, and hypocrisy can present as much danger to a species' survival as biological causes. The dramatic lessons of this book shed new light on the problems of declining species and offer hope that we may yet change their fate.
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ISBN:
9780300076066
Other:
Stearns, Beverly Peterson
Author:
Stearns, Stephen C.
Author:
Stearns, Stephen
Author:
Stearns, Beverly Peterson
Publisher:
Yale University Press
Location:
New Haven, CT :
Subject:
Environmental Science
Subject:
Environmental Conservation & Protection
Subject:
Nature conservation
Subject:
Ecology - Ecosystems
Subject:
Endangered species
Subject:
Environmental Conservation & Protection - Endangered Species
Subject:
Nature conservation -- Case studies.
Subject:
Endangered species -- Case studies.
Subject:
Extinction
Subject:
Life Sciences - Ecology - Ecosystems
Subject:
Environmental Conservation & Protection - General
Subject:
Extinction (Biology) -- Case studies.
Publication Date:
March 1999
Binding:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
288
Dimensions:
8.48x5.83x1.08 in. 1.06 lbs.
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