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Time Planet Earth: An Illustrated History

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Planet Earth: An Illustrated History is a stunningly beautiful coffee table book, featuring full-color photography of Earth's environment and biosphere - from a grizzly bear about to catch a salmon mid-leap to penguin parents protecting their chicks to the leaping courtship of European hares and much more. The reader-friendly text describes the wonders of nature, some dazzling, some harsh, as well introducing one to the geology and climatology of the planet. An educational and informative text, enthusiastically recommended as a gift book for nature or wildlife photography lovers as well as for public library collections.

Not so much 'An Illustrated History,' as an eye-catching pictorial of the physical nature of our home and as an introduction to the diversity of life that it tenuously supports. I gave it as a gift to my daughter to share with her first grade daughter. It was a gift that returned to me many times over when I saw them sitting on the sofa side-by-side, enthusiastically engaged in exploring the wonders of the book together. The book is almost as beautiful as my memory of that special scene.

I first heard about this book on one of the network morning shows, which I was watching in HD, and the pictures looked amazing -- bright and vibrant, with subjects that were interesting, quirky and fun. The reality is that although the subjects really are interesting, quirky, and fun, the colors in the actual book are dull and lifeless, not the high gloss, vibrant colors I expected from the HDTV pictures.

This book is so beautiful and informational it is amazing I am going to give it to my 12 year old grandchild for Christmas and I know the whole family will love it

I absolutely loved this book. Stunning photography and an extremely interesting read for anybody. There is tons of jaw dropping and mind blowing information contained in this book that will leave you in awe of our planet.

Great book quite large in size has become a well looked at coffee table book