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Pounce
(Hardcover)
Seth Casteel
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R434
R395
Discovery Miles 3 950
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Photographer Seth Casteel's underwater photographs of dogs and
babies have captivated an international audience. Now, Seth has
found the perfect way to capture our other best friends: cats! A
beautiful, funny gift book with more than 80 previously unpublished
photographs, Pounce reveals adorable cats and kittens as they
pounce and jump through the air, arms outstretched - all in
Casteel's signature up-close, mid-action style.
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Palm
(Hardcover)
Fred Gray
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R574
R414
Discovery Miles 4 140
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The extraordinary palm: diverse, prolific, essential, symbolic and
often sacred, exotic - and at times erotic - exploited and
controversial. The signature plant of the tropics and subtropics,
these record-breaking botanicals produce the world's biggest and
heaviest seed, the longest leaf and the longest stem. Over
thousands of years, palms sustained rainforest communities and were
bound up with the development of ancient civilizations. They gained
mystical and religious meanings and became a plant of abstractions
and fantasies, a symbol of being at leisure, away from civilization
and closer to nature - and at times of danger and devastation. In
the nineteenth century capitalism used palm products to lubricate
industry and cleanse empires. Iconic palm houses put on show this
exceptional vegetative performer. Far from its natural homelands,
it nowadays clothes and glamorizes an astonishing diversity of
landscapes. Today oils from palms are consumed daily by millions of
people worldwide. The plant is embedded in modern consumer
societies, but mired in environmental controversy over the
destruction of rainforests. In Palm Fred Gray portrays the cultural
and historical significance of this iconic and controversial plant
over thousands of years. Superbly illustrated, this lively and
engaging book is the first of its kind.
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