Archipelago: Portraits of Life in the World's Most Remote Island Sanctuary

by Susan Middleton and David Liittschwager

Book Overview

For this project, Middleton and Liittschwager gained unprecedented access to photograph on and around these protected islands that are otherwise completely off-limits to people. Home to nearly seventy... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0792241886
• ISBN13: 9780792241881
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: National Geographic Society
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 5.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.3" x 11.0" x 12.0"

Customer Reviews

fantastic journey

this book is beautiful and impressive in every way. It inspires me to protect the planet and all its creatures.

Exquisite look at hidden world

The northwest Hawaiian islands, stretching all the way to Midway are rarely visited because of their remoteness and fragility. This beautiful book gives a comprehensive tour of the area. The coffee table format allows the strange lands and creatures to be seen at their best. The authors' skill and dedication to their topic shows clearly in both photos and text. Recommended for all nature lovers.

5 for the Book, 3 for the Shipping

Like the other reviewer, my book was improperly shipped, this time in a box too large so it sloshed around on its journey, getting dinged in the process. However, the book itself is magnificent. It is a gorgeous, comprehensive collection of images detailing the flora and fauna of the Northwest Hawaiian Islands. This thriving Archipelago is beautiful in every sense of the word, and the intimate portraits that Middleton and LIttschwager have painstakenly produced of these creatures are superb. This is a jewel of a book, for photographic as well as conservationist reasons.

Another exceptional collection of images and information

Such beautiful work is a treasure and an education all at once. It's a rare treat to be able to see in such intimate detail those creatures who have lived and may perish without our ever having known them except for the work done here. This book, and the entire body of the Liittschwager/Middleton collaboration is a must-have for every conservationist, every school.