| Sanctuary: Global Oases of Innocence | 
 enlarge | Authors: Michael Tobias, Jane Morrison
Publisher: Council Oak Books
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 263500
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 360
Shipping Weight (lbs): 6.4
Dimensions (in): 12.2 x 11.3 x 1.5
ISBN: 1571782141
Dewey Decimal Number: 333.95416
EAN: 9781571782144
ASIN: 1571782141
Publication Date: September 1, 2008
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Product Description
Foreword by the Queen of Bhutan.
Featuring over twenty sanctuaries in twenty countries, including public and private, ancient and new, this book celebrates the sheltering of innocence in all its forms, animal, plant, insect, and human with stunning photography and intimate, lyrical prose. These pockets of Eden preserve and protect what is most precious to us and to the Earth. Sanctuaries include:
- The Iberian Wolf Sanctuary in Portugal
- Brigitte Bardot's sanctuary La Mare Auzou in France
- Gut Aiderbichl in Austria
- Bear Refuge Alertis, Rhenen in Holland
- Bialowieza National Park in Poland
- Other remarkable places in the United States, Suriname, South Africa, Namibia, Yemen, Bahrain, Dubai, India, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Borneo, Japan, and Bhutan
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Beautifully and dramatically illustrated November 10, 2008
An awareness of environmental issues is now universal throughout first world and third world countries around the globe. That awareness of the diversity, beauty, and utility of what we humans must rescue, preserve and protect has now been beautifully and dramatically illustrated through the publication of "Sanctuary: Global Oases Of Innocence". The collaborative work of Michael Tobias (President of the Dancing Star Foundation, a nonprofit organization to global diversity conservation, animal protection, and environmental education) and Jane Gray Morrison (the Executive Vice President of the Dancing Star Foundation), "Sanctuary" is a 338-page compendium of full color photography showcasing twenty-four sanctuaries located throughout twenty different countries. Some of them are in private hands, others are public preserves, all of them are presented with an informed and informative text of description and explanation. Along with stunningly beautiful images of the flora and fauna. "Sanctuary" is a seminal and superbly produced volume of work that is enthusiastically recommended for personal, academic, and community library Environmental Studies and Photographic Studies collections and supplemental reading lists.
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