Beaches
by Gideon
Bosker, Lena
Lencek
The authors of The Beach: The History of Paradise on
Earth, the best-selling history of everyone's favorite place, are back
with a breathtaking visual companion. From moody, craggy coastlines to
serene swathes of turquoise water and white sand, Beaches is an
astounding photographic survey of the ineffable allure of paradise on
earth. This spectacular collection of images from renowned
photographers, including Robert Misrach, Joel Meyerowitz, and Art Wolff,
stirs the spirit, capturing the mutable beauty of sand, sea, and sky.
Throughout, concise and poetic pieces of historic and scientific lore
unveil little-known facts and curiosities. With an astonishing range of
vision, Beaches evokes the idiosyncratic beauty of the world's most
stunning coastlines.
About the Author
Gideon Bosker and Lena Lencek have collaborated on a number of books,
including The Beach and Making Waves. Lenek is a professor
of Russian and the humanities at Reed College, and Bosker, a physician,
is an assistant clinical professor of medicine at Yale University School
of Medicine. They live in Portland, Oregon.
Click here
to learn more about this book
Click here for
more Books on Oceans and Wetlands
Click
here for Ecological Philosophy Books
