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| Life: A Journey Through Time | 
| Author: Frans Lanting
Creator: Christine Eckstrom
Publisher: Taschen
Category: Book
List Price: $59.99
Buy Used: $5.46
You Save: $54.53 (91%)
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Avg. Customer Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 83590
Format: Illustrated
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 303
Shipping Weight (lbs): 8.5
Dimensions (in): 14.5 x 11.7 x 1.6
ISBN: 3822839949
Dewey Decimal Number: 770
EAN: 9783822839942
ASIN: 3822839949
Publication Date: September 10, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: USED HARDCOVER, SHELF DUST AND WEAR, DUST JACKET BENT AND SLIGHTLY TORN (SJ) ISBN 3822839949
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Thought provoking January 12, 2007
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Apart from displaying superb pictures, Frans Lanting's book is a stirring philosophical essay on our planet and life contained within it. This is not just another coffee table book, but one that has to be read and looked at repeatedly, and made a present of to one's close friends and relatives.
A Journey Through Time January 11, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Great photography! Also an interesting geologic history. A great dollar value to get all these great pictures in a large format book for such a reasonable price.
Amazing quality for the price November 7, 2006
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
The author worked many years on this book. The pictures are simply amazing and cover the seven continents and 4.5 billions years. The author followed a mixed scientific/artistic approach and documented some selected life evolution lilestones through his pictures. For example, the very first picture representing the Big Bang is a zooming-in movement on the center of petrified wood in Arizona. The visual effect is great and to the point. The texts of the pictures (on separate pages - to make sure the pictures can be fully appreciated) is also very well crafted with a nice touch of poetry.
The book contains a fair number of references.
The binding of the book is also made with quality in mind. I don't suspect the pages will detach from the binding like some other similar books of this size.
Overall, I am really impressed. Actually, I wonder how they can make books of such quality at this price point. I paid lower quality books at twice the price. A bargain.
(This review is for the french version of this book, printed in Italy)
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