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| The Smaller Majority | 
| Author: Piotr Naskrecki
Publisher: Belknap Press
Category: Book
List Price: $24.95
Buy New: $14.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 285576
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 288
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.8
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 9.2 x 0.9
ISBN: 0674025628
Dewey Decimal Number: 590
EAN: 9780674025622
ASIN: 0674025628
Publication Date: October 31, 2007
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| Customer Reviews:
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Tiny Magnificence! January 18, 2006
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
Professor Naskrecki has something to teach us all with this gorgeous "bug" book. His macro photography of the insect and animal world truly captures a beauty that we rarely can appreciate. Printed using a gorgeous 6 color hexachrome process, the photos within it's 278 pages jump forth with vivid and lush clarity.
It is obvious a lot of love went into the making of this book. To get shots of a pygmy chameleon, he spent a week hiking, canoeing and hacking through the jungle just to reach the place where they lived. Was it worth all that effort? Most definitely. This is one book that should appeal to everyone for the beauty of the photos alone, no matter if you may be squemish over the subject matter. His personable writting style only adds to the appeal.
Pick this one up!
delightful book for nature lovers of any experience level January 15, 2006
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This book is fantastic! First and foremost it's a photo book full of beautifully detailed photos of katydids, frogs, spiders, worms, lizards, ants, and other smaller creatures. The species selection shows off how wonderfully diverse our planet is and will please any nature lover.
Beyond the stunning 400+ photographs the author also provides tidbits of fascinating information. Since so many species are covered there's no way to give a comprehensive overview of them all, but there is enough to whet your appetite for more. In that regard I think this book would make a perfect gift to stimulate an interest in nature for a younger reader.
I love this book and can't recommend it enough.
WOW! Wonderful Stunning Photographs! December 25, 2005
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Being an obessed Macro photographer I love looking at pictures. ANY kind. I had recived this book as a wonderful gift from my aunt. It makes you realize there are smaller things out there to take photographs of. After going through the entire book and drooling over the photographs for over an hour I wanted to grab my camera and go look for bugs just like those! You can probably find similar bugs in your own backyard!
As a macro photographer I found this book inspiring and makes me less afraid of spiders that's for sure! 400 up-close and personal photographs of all types of bugs. You will not be disappointed with this book. The photographs and information on the bugs and creatures is fasinating and entertaining to read!
Beautiful November 7, 2005
15 out of 16 found this review helpful
Naskrecki, with his wise words and great pictures shows the incredible beauty of smaller animals and their significance in the biodiversity realm. Amazing, up close photos with text that will pique basic interest as well as inform those who are scientifically bent. Great for the young ones too.
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