Living Planet: The Web of Life on Earth [SIGNED]

David Attenborough

ISBN 10: 0008477825 / ISBN 13: 9780008477820

Published by William Collins, London, 2021

About this Item

Dust jacket: Unclipped. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Fine. Book: First printing (signed edition). Unread copy in first class condition throughout. Signed by the author to panel on front free endpaper. Overall book condition is Fine. Please Note: This is a heavy item and international postage will be more than the standard rate for non-European destinations. Actual Royal Mail postage costs are: USA £20.50; Oceania £26.00; Rest of World £25.00. A postage supplement will be requested after the order has been placed. Size: 6.25 x 9.5 inches (16 x 24 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: xviii, 302.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Living Planet: The Web of Life on Earth [SIGNED]
• Publisher: William Collins, London
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0008477825
• ISBN 13: 9780008477820
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author
• Seller catalogs:
  • Signed Copies & Rarities
  • Natural History

About this title

Synopsis

The Sunday Times Bestseller

A new, fully updated narrative edition of David Attenborough’s seminal biography of our world, The Living Planet.

Nowhere on our planet is devoid of life. Plants and animals thrive or survive within every extreme of climate and habitat that it offers. Single species, and often whole communities adapt to make the most of ice cap and tundra, forest and plain, desert, ocean and volcano. These adaptations can be truly extraordinary: fish that walk or lay eggs on leaves in mid-air; snakes that fly; flightless birds that graze like deer; and bears that grow hair on the soles of their feet.
In The Living Planet, David Attenborough’s searching eye, unfailing curiosity and infectious enthusiasm explain and illuminate the intricate lives of the these colonies, from the lonely heights of the Himalayas to the wild creatures that have established themselves in the most recent of environments, the city. By the end of this book it is difficult to say which is the more astonishing – the ingenuity with which individual species contrive a living, or the complexity of their interdependence on each other and on the habitations provided by our planet.
In this new edition, the author, with the help of zoologist Matthew Cobb, has added all the most up-to-date discoveries of ecology and biology, as well as a full-colour 64-page photography section. He also addresses the urgent issues facing our living planet: climate change, pollution and mass extinction of species.

About the Author

David Attenborough is one of the world’s leading naturalists and broadcasters. His distinguished career spans more than fifty years, and his multi-award winning films and series have been broadcast around the world.