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| Vanishing Act | 
| Author: Art Wolfe
Creator: Barbara Sleeper
Publisher: Bulfinch
Category: Book
List Price: $50.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 277256
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 144
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4.1
Dimensions (in): 13.9 x 12.2 x 0.9
ISBN: 0821257501
Dewey Decimal Number: 591.472
EAN: 9780821257500
ASIN: 0821257501
Publication Date: November 1, 2005
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Condition: Ex-library w/usual library markings, but still in great shape. No highlights or underlining. Binding and text in great shape.Ships in 24 hours. Delivery confirmation on all domestic orders. Free upgrade to first class on most CD's, DVD's, VHS. Satisfaction guaranteed at thebookforest.
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Product Description
The worlds preeminent nature photographer creates magical images of wildlife in camouflage. In this astonishing new book, legendary wildlife photographer Art Wolfe turns to one of natures most fundamental survival techniques: the vanishing act. His portraits show animals and insects relying on deception, disguises, lures, and decoys to disappear into their surroundings and so confuse the eye of the predator. In a world where nothing is as it appears to be, a lion blends into the tall grass in the late afternoon sun, a harp seal disappears against his snowy backdrop. Pastel orchids can suddenly morph into predatory praying mantises; lizard heads become tails. What at first appears to be a torn and decomposing leaf on a forest floor in Peru suddenly sprouts legs and starts walking: it is a leaf-mimic katydid. Spotting each hidden animal amid Wolfes clever compositions is both a fun and informative game. At a time when many species are performing permanent vanishing acts due to habitat loss and human encroachment, this book showcases the beauty and evolutionary brilliance of animal behavior and artfully illustrates the tenacious will to stay alive in an eat-or-be-eaten world.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 8 more reviews...
Awesome Book January 15, 2008
Bought this for a Christmas and everyone wanted to look through it before I gave it away. It is great fun for all ages!!!
This coffee-table book is fabulous. January 1, 2008
I purchased this book as a gift for my elderly grandma. Both she and the rest of my family enjoy looking through the beautiful photos to spot the camouflaged animals.
The Best! June 5, 2007
0 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is such an amazing and wonderful book of photos taken by Art Wolfe. "Vanishing Act" refers to the natural camouflage of living beings as they blend into their environment, as a means of self-preservation.
Honestly, I have had to look at some of the pictures 3 or 4 times before I could locate the animal, insect, bird, etc. that was lurking there. There is a "cheat sheet" in the back of the book, but I am determined to locate these creatures without resorting to outside help.
It is so amazing that I could look at a large picture 3 or 4 times and not see what I was looking at; however, once you see it clearly you can't understand how you could have missed it in the first place. Isn't nature grand? I have two of Art Wolfe's works hanging on my walls and they are the first things commented on by any visitor to my home.
Buy this book!
Fantastic nature photographs... March 9, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
A mezmerizing coffee table book. It's almost a puzzle to find the incredible creatures in the photos that have natural camouflage. Large format views with lots of detail. A nature lover's must-have.
Astonishing Vanishing Act January 27, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This photography/nature/evolution/puzzle book was simply astonishing. Everyone I've shown it to, from 8-80, has been both amazed by the photographs and thoroughly enjoyed reviewing it. When I brought it to work, a common response was, "Very cool ... Can I borrow this book overnight to show my husband/wife?" I need to e-mail Art Wolfe to ask him if I could represent him on his next creative effort. That way his work will achieve wider distribution and recognition.
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