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No one knows when Hòn Non Bô., or Vietnamese miniature landscape art, began, but creating a scenic landscape in miniature has been a special pastime for Vietnamese people for hundreds of years. The duplication of nature in an artfully reduced scale is now appreciated by many Westerners as well. Lít Phan and Buller's unique new book is a comprehensive and exciting introduction to this elaborate natural art form that is akin to—but different in essential ways from—the more familiar art of bonsai.
The book begins with an introduction to the scenic highlights of the landscape and unique geography of Vietnam. Subsequent chapters provide historical details on cultural and philosophical traditions of Hòn Non Bô., followed by in-depth information of both an aesthetic and practical nature on how to create elegant and meaningful examples of miniature landscapes. The detailed text is complemented by fine color photos documenting the creative process and providing excellent samples of finished work. Both inspirational and practical, this handsome book is sure to introduce many new devotees to the art of Hòn Non Bô.
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The book that we have been waiting for.......2002-09-14
The amount of work that has gone into this excellent book shows clearly in the clear writing and great images throughout. Not everything is Bonsai now, we are learning about other cultures, and their path to what we find is a mutual interest. This is not a book about Vietnamese Bonsai at all but a book about creating landscape in miniature. Popular for many centuries but little know outside its home, Hon Non Bo is exciting in concept and immensely pleasurable in developing. Not difficult as an art form but does need this book to explain to you how to get started and how to develop your understanding of this ancient art. I enjoyed the book and found myself reaching for it a number of times this year. I recommended it to all my classes, friends and students.
Produced by one of the worlds leading Horticultural publishers, Timber Press, the guiding hand of the editor is apparent in the demand for concise and clear explanation throughout the book that reflects the quality of the rest of their excellent publications. The task was very well achieved by Lew Buller who developed and wrote the book over many years with one of Americas leading exponents in this art, Lit van Phan.
You really do need this on your bookshelf although I have a feeling it will rarely stay there.
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A luxurious tour of the Mediterranean's finest villa gardens, captured in all their beauty in 200 photographs from the archives of COUNTRY LIFE.
For over a century, COUNTRY LIFE magazine has been influential in the world of British garden design; however, it has also showcased fine gardens abroad, particularly those of the Mediterranean region. In this handsome volume, the gardens of 35 glorious locations are presented in 200 photographs; accompanying the images are the stories behind each garden's creation and development. We visit the grand private residences of Greece, Spain, and Italy, as well as the iconic gardens of the French Riviera—including Villa Maryland on Cap Ferrat, La Leopolda at Beaulieu, Edith Wharton's own villa garden at Hyères, and Auguste Renoir's home at Cagnes-sur-mer. The book also takes us, uniquely, to the fabled colonial and Arabic gardens of Algeria—long out of bounds to present generations—which the author revisited and re-photographed in 2005. A stunning survey of Mediterranean treasures for all garden lovers. Kathryn Bradley-Hole is the Gardens Editor of COUNTRY LIFE. Her previous book was the highly praised
Lost Gardens of England.
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Celebrated landscape architect Jean Mus designs gardens that reflect his extraordinary abilities as both an artist and a horticulturalist. Mus's lavish installations display a rich spectrum of Mediterranean influences, incorporating pottery, slate walkways, sleek water channels, and Mediterranean flora. In Mediterranean Gardens, Mus invites the reader to explore twenty of the exclusive gardens that have made him famous. Dane McDowell guides us across the artist's verdant landscapes throughout southern France and into Greece and Portugal. She divulges the stories behind Mus's gardens and peppers the text with technical and reflective anecdotes from the designer himself. The sublime photographs of Vincent Motte provide inspiration to gardeners, Mediterranean buffs, and landscape designers alike.
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For centuries, the Mediterraneans have taken full advantage of a landscape abundant with fresh herbs to create their vibrant, colorful cuisine. With The Mediterranean Herb Cookbook, James Beard Award-winning author Georgeanne Brennan brings the intoxicating tastes and aromas of the Mediterranean right into your kitchen via easy-to-follow instructions on growing, storing, and, most of all, cooking delicious dishes with more than twenty-five popular herbs. From arugula to angelica, basil to borage, Brennan offers 120 healthy, imaginative recipes--including dozens of her favorite sauces, marinades, herbal vinegars, and flavored oils--inspired by such countries as Italy, France, Greece, and North Africa. No matter where you live, you, too, will be enchanted by the simple delights of cooking with herbs in the casual, relaxed Mediterranean style.
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now for something completely different..........2002-09-07
I want to take a moment here to thank Georgeanne Brennan. With her "Mediterranean Herb Cookbook" she has done us all a favor.
Being a connoisseur of sorts when it comes to cookbooks (at least the ones the library allows me to get my hands on), I must start by saying how spotty most cookbooks are. Rarely do you come across a book that can handle putting two good recipes on opposing pages, much less giving you consistent ones throughout.
Yet Mrs. Brennan has done just that--her Mediterranean Herb Cookbook is filled with consistently great recipes. Not only that, there are a whole lot of recipes to choose from. From entrees, breads, and salads to drinks, marinades and spice mixtures--this book has it all.
If this is not enough, Mrs. Brennan provides information about the herbs themselves--their characteristics, how to grow them, how to dry and store them. This book is packed with great stuff!
In a book so filled with treasures, it is hard to pick a favorite recipe. Yet I believe that the Rosemary-Walnut Flatbread, if it has not become a favorite, will at least become a staple in my repertoire. It is an excellent variant on traditional flatbread (I used black walnuts and it was amazing).
I give "The Mediterranean Herb Cookbook" my full recommendation.
now for something completely different..........2002-09-07
I want to take a moment here to thank Georgeanne Brennan. With her "Mediterranean Herb Cookbook" she has done us all a favor.
Being a connoisseur of sorts when it comes to cookbooks (at least the ones the library allows me to get my hands on), I must start by saying how spotty most cookbooks are. Rarely do you come across a book that can handle putting two good recipes on opposing pages, much less giving you consistent ones throughout.
Yet Mrs. Brennan has done just that--her Mediterranean Herb Cookbook is filled with consistently great recipes. Not only that, there are a whole lot of recipes to choose from. From entrees, breads, and salads to drinks, marinades and spice mixtures--this book has it all.
If this is not enough, Mrs. Brennan provides information about the herbs themselves--their characteristics, how to grow them, how to dry and store them. This book is packed with great stuff!
In a book so filled with treasures, it is hard to pick a favorite recipe. Yet I believe that the Rosemary-Walnut Flatbread, if it has not become a favorite, will at least become a staple in my repertoire. It is an excellent variant on traditional flatbread (I used black walnuts and it was amazing).
I give "The Mediterranean Herb Cookbook" my full recommendation.
What could be better than fresh food enhanced with herbs?.......2002-08-14
Georgeanne Brennan lives a charmed life with homes in both the US and Provence, France. She teaches regional cooking in France, emphasizing what is in season. This cookbook celebrates all our favorite herbs: Lavender, Rosemary, Mint, Oregano, Thyme and more. Luscious recipes for every course and helpful instructions for making simple dishes elegant are indicative of Ms. Brennan's expertise.
Whether you want to serve a stylish main course like Halibut Kabobs with Winter Savory and Lemon or a fun sweet like Apple Crumble with Lavender, the four recipe sections--Small Dishes, Salads and Soups, Main Courses, Breads and Sweets, and Basic Herbal Recipes--will provide ample selections. In Basic Herbal Recipes, Herb Blends like herbs de Provence, Herb Butters, Sauces, Marinades, Beverages, Oils and Vinegars are included (over 50 recipes in this section alone).
Everything you need to know about Herbs.......2000-07-06
Although this book is identified as a cookbook it contains much more than basic recipes. This book is targeted to the cook who not only wanders the supermarket aisles hoping to find fresh herbs but also the cook who grows his/her own herbs. Drawing the reader in with beautiful photographs this cookbook includes a section with a description of herbs divided into the categories of green herbs and woody herbs. I found the hints for what flavors the herb complements and how to prepare the herbs especially helpful. In addition to basic recipes for appetizers, main courses, and desserts, this cookbook also included a section for sauces, herb marinades, herb-flavored oil and vinegars, and beverages. The last part of the book is devoted to tips on growing herbs. This section provides a range of information - from ease of starting from seed to preferred growing conditions. This contains just the right amount of information for a cook to get started on an herb garden without overloading the reader with detailed gardening instructions.
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- Painterly writing and practical advice make this gorgeous for gardeners
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Since the early 1990s Leila Hadley has tended to her paradise-like garden at her house on Fishers Island, on Long Island Sound. Here she shares her experiences of seaside gardening and offers a personalized how-to book. Written in a user-friendly format full of her trials and triumphs, this book also serves as a comprehensive and practical guide for beginner and advanced gardeners alike. Starting with nothing, Leila Hadley built an all-organic garden and bird sanctuary that defies the most difficult gardening conditions. Beautifully illustrated with color photographs, the book includes maps and charts on annuals, perennials, indoor and outdoor planting, and how to keep a coastal garden thriving even in those long winter months. The book also contains substantial information for gardening in other regions and climactic conditions. The ultimate book for creating and cultivating a garden and deriving joy and satisfaction in the process, A Garden by the Sea is destined to become a gardening classic.
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Sand Management.......2005-12-19
Between sand on the one hand and clay on the other, there's the world of workable dirt. Lifelong gardener Leila Hadley has worked them all. But the soil that's the most challenging is the type she's working around her and her husband's island home off the coast of Connecticut.
The author knew she was in trouble when she saw all the purple clover and Queen Anne's Lace on Fisher's Island. For both grow well in poor soil. What was even more troublesome were all the acquaintances, experts and garden help who said "No way!" to all her gardening plans. If she listened to them, how could she ever hope for A GARDEN BY THE SEA?
For example, she was told she wouldn't be able to grow roses. She was also told she couldn't win against burning windswept salt spray, fog, noon heat, rabbits, rocky sandy soil, and wind. She was told too nothing would grow along an ugly concrete boulder and seawall or on south-facing rocky bluffs. And she was told to leave things as they were in areas overgrown with poison ivy and oak; and with wild blackberry, bramble, raspberry, and rose.
But Hadley says gardening is part wishful thinking: "Projects one would like to do if one had more time or more help or more money or more space or more energy." It's also part courageous "convictions."
Time, space, money, help and energy aren't problems for Hadley. Neither is sticking to her beliefs. Ever since she was little, she always had a garden. She was raised on good gardening guidelines set out by English experts Gertrude Jekyll and Vita Sackville-West. So by experience and training, she knew she had a winning plan.
First, start small and simple, with a soil test. Set up a compost pile. Be sure to mulch. Plant creeping juniper to keep the area weed-free, along with lavender to improve the soil. First work with vines, shrubs, lettuce and herbs. Then go for whatever color, feel, look and smell fits with your house and grounds. For her, outdoors these would be daffodils, hydrangea, iris, marsh mallows, passionflower vines, pelargoniums and pinks. Indoors, these would be bamboo, chrysanthemums, daisies, Dieffenbachia, English ivy, ficus, palms, peace lilies, philodendron and Schefflera. Throughout, stay true to organic, non-toxic, healthy, environmentally friendly gardening without chemical sprays, herbicides or pesticides.
The book is well written and nicely organized, with many beautiful photos. It clearly shows how worthwhile it is to follow the three r's of advanced master gardening. Good land care use means reduced use of pesticides and hazardous materials. They're unhealthy for all of us. They're hard to get rid of. Good land care use also means reusing and recycling. For example, compost and mulch of grass cuttings and leaves make better-quality soil with enough water in it for thirsty roots.
Painterly writing and practical advice make this gorgeous for gardeners.......2005-08-22
Like all the best gardening books, Hadley's blooms with the personality of its author. A visual writer with an uncommon ability to recreate personal vistas of beauty in the mind's eye of her reader, Hadley has lived and gardened all over the world.
Her current garden, on five acres of secluded beachfront property at her home on Fisher's Island, off the Connecticut coast, includes nature walks and is strictly organic. "I thought a seaside garden should look and be simple, easy, harmonious with sea and sky, serene, tranquil....It hadn't occurred to me that this might not always be as simple nor as easy a project as I imagined."
Luckily for Hadley, who grew up with gardeners and governesses, help is affordable. But even if you don't have someone to pick up the slack on weeding, planting, pruning and deadheading, there's much to enjoy in this lovely, well-organized and practical book. Hadley offers advice on salt and drought tolerant plants, on coping with pests like rabbits and deer, learning from mistakes, and attracting birds and butterflies.
Roughly organized by season, she discusses her favorite plants in detail, including sources for plants, bulbs and seeds. There are entire chapters devoted to daffodils and tulips, irises, hydrangeas, geraniums and pelargonium, pinks, marsh mallows, passionflower and other vines, annuals and fruits.
Other chapters discuss "The Cutting Garden," "The Autumn Garden," "The Winter Scene," houseplants and volunteers.
Hadley opens her flower chapters with exuberant descriptions of what she likes about these favorites. "the daffodils, like a waving river of flowers along the western edge of the driveway, look as though they had just been painted. Their clean, shining brightness, the scent of young leaves and damp spring earth, everything glowing and blowing, hint at the bliss of May and the hope and magic of summer ahead."
She goes on to describe the work in loving detail, from how many bulbs to buy ("Think wheelbarrowsful.") when and how to plant them (clumps of odd numbers in a diamond shape work best for her) to choosing colors, height, extending flowering and interplanting with astilbe or day lilies to hide bedraggled post-bloom foliage.
Although her chapter on pests neglects the bane of my existence, woodchucks, she does offer numerous non-toxic ideas for ridding the garden of rabbits ("Best of all solutions to the rabbit problem, I've found, is to focus on plants rabbits dislike."), raccoons, rats and mice, ants, slugs, aphids, mosquitoes, crab grass and poison ivy (full strength vinegar poured over the whole plant) and more. While many solutions will be familiar, others may not. I'd never heard of cornmeal for combating fungus, for instance, or Mosquito Magnets, which trap mosquitoes by mimicking human breath.
You won't always agree with her, of course. She has banished daisies from her garden as "killers and dangerously invasive," but I've found that these problems are (mostly) solved by yanking them out before they are quite done flowering. And masses of daisies definitely offer the "incandescent radiance" she so values in her dream garden.
"My dream garden is both a white garden and a moon garden, a garden of annuals and perennials the color of snow, cream, ivory, and milk, with flower textures delicate as tissue paper, soft as velvet, smooth as silk, sleek as satin. Consider beds of creamy white roses, clusters of lilies, carpets of white violets, clematis blossoms."
The crisp, brilliant photographs are nearly as elegant as the prose, offering atmospheric views of rambling hillsides at dawn, bordered walkways, glimpses of house between masses of blooms, architectural line and ornamental accents, and close ups of her favorite varieties.
Hadley, author of the memorable travel memoirs, "Give Me the World," and "A Journey with Elsa Cloud," in addition to the series, "Fieldings Guide to Traveling with Children in Europe," has produced a joyful, intense and elegant garden book, which will be enjoyed again and again and all through the winter.
There is wisdom within these pages.......2005-07-27
This was a very informative read. I have gotten so many great ideas and will be using many of them in my own coastal garden. This is much more than a typical gardening how-to book. There is so much wisdom here and also some interesting facts. Organic gardening is my first love and I was pleased to see Ms. Hadley insist on it in her own garden. A Garden by the Sea reads like a story as well as a great resource for gardening information. I agree with the other reviews here, it is like talking with a friend. This book has become a treasured addition to my library.
Great guide for seacoast gardening.......2005-04-23
Very helpful guide which includes many ideas on how to create and maintain a garden on the sea or exposed to a lot of wind. I like the fact that it suggests all non-pesticide solutions for pests, fertilizing, etc.
So Much More than a Gardening Book.......2005-04-22
It is always so satisfying to discover a book that treats its subject in a way to make it interesting to any and all readers: Simon Winchester's book The Professor and the Madman about the birth of the Oxford English Dictionary; Dava Sobel's book on Longitude; Andrew Solomon's The Noonday Demon on depression - the list is long and always growing. Happily, Leila Hadley's book, A Garden by the Sea, easily secures a place on my short list of nonfiction books that stretch well beyond their topics, captivating the general reader and gardener alike.
I have two black thumbs, yet continue to use them to turn the pages of A Garden by the Sea, marveling at Ms. Hadley's descriptions of her beloved garden, her unusual life and travels, and the changing seasons as viewed from the shores of the Northeastern seacoast.
There is plenty of practical knowledge about how to cultivate an organic seaside garden: climate maps, Latin names of plants, planting depths, garden pests, seasonal considerations, etc., but it is her ruminations away from the hardcore information that make me want to take trowel and hoe in hand.
My favorite chapter is about her Dream Garden, which encompasses a white garden and a moonlit garden: "The attraction of a white garden is that it gleams in the evening. . . lovely by day, pale-petaled scented flowers become magical by starlight, especially with a birdbath to reflect moonbeams, and the light of pierced brass Moroccan lanterns. "
I have become inspired to green my thumbs and find a patch of soil, even if it's just off my Manhattan apartment's fire escape, and grow my "jungle of blue morning glories in terracotta pots on a New York trelllised balcony . . . no larger than a bath mat." And eventually, as Hadley cheerfully prophesizes, create my own "thing of beauty that's a job forever."
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Of Basic Importance to Gardening in a Tropical Climate........2001-08-12
This book deserves five stars because it is the only gardening book extant that covers issues and concerns important and specific to Caribbean gardening. Had Mrs. Bannochie lived to see her book published, it is quite probable that it would have been far more comprehensive.
Chapter Two is invaluable for providing information on how to propagate specific climate appropriate plants. Chapter Four continues in the same vein, providing a comprehensive listing of tried and true favorites and pointers on how to grow them. My only criticisms are that the photographs (plates) in the center of the book are not of better quality and larger, that the tables at the end of the book fail to evaluate soil type on all the islands, and that there are so few diagrams or illustrations generally. Of course these paltry concerns may be remedied in a future revision. It is apparent that the co-author, Marilyn Light, faced a significant challenge in completing the book, and she is to be complimented for remaining true to Bannochie's vision.
Bannochie's writing style can be compared to having a conversation with an experienced, hands-on gardener while she strolls with you through her garden pointing out her favorite plants. Thus, I believe that one can actually sense which parts of the book were written by Marilyn Light after Bannochie's untimely death.
My copy of this book was lost or water damaged when my home was destroyed by hurricane on two different occasions. That I searched for and purchased it three times, is an indication of how important a reference it is for obtaining a general knowledge of not just Caribbean gardening, but gardening in any similar tropical climate.
Of Basic Importance to Gardening in a Tropical Climate........2001-08-12
This book deserves five stars because it is the only gardening book extant that covers issues and concerns important and specific to Caribbean gardening. Had Mrs. Bannochie lived to see her book published, it is quite probable that it would have been far more comprehensive.
Chapter Two is invaluable for providing information on how to propagate specific climate appropriate plants. Chapter Four continues in the same vein, providing a comprehensive listing of tried and true favorites and pointers on how to grow them. My only criticisms are that the photographs (plates) in the center of the book are not of better quality and larger, that the tables at the end of the book fail to evaluate soil type on all the islands, and that there are so few diagrams or illustrations generally. Of course these paltry concerns may be remedied in a future revision. It is apparent that the co-author, Marilyn Light, faced a significant challenge in completing the book, and she is to be complimented for remaining true to Bannochie's vision.
Bannochie's writing style can be compared to having a conversation with an experienced, hands-on gardener while she strolls with you through her garden pointing out her favorite plants. Thus, I believe that one can actually sense which parts of the book were written by Marilyn Light after Bannochie's untimely death.
My copy of this book was lost or water damaged when my home was destroyed by hurricane on two different occasions. That I searched for and purchased it three times, is an indication of how important a reference it is for obtaining a general knowledge of not just Caribbean gardening, but gardening in any similar tropical climate.
Challenges and Opportunities.......2000-03-02
Iris Bannochie was one of the most influential horticulturalists in the Caribbean. This book contains vast amounts of information on plantings in general, specific plants, soil maintainence, pests and recommended plants for various settings and purposes.
This book was written toward the end of Mrs. Bannochie's lifetime of gardening in the Caribbean and contains many, many seemingly insignificant details that are gold to the tropical gardener. Upon her death, she bequeathed her home to the Nation of Barbados, and the site is now the famous Andromeda Gardens.
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Baensch Marine Atlas Vol. 2
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While the Marine Atlas Volume 1 dealt with anemones (Anthozoa) and crustaceans (Decapods), Volumes 2 and 3 present us with additional invertebrates. However, due to the scope of the subject, only a representative number of invertebrates can be presented, even though these two volumes (2 and 3) together consist of more than 1.300 pages. Approximately 1,000 species of anemones and about 10,000 species of crustaceans are known. All of them will never be photographed. The invertebrates in the following two volumes were selected on the basis of their abundance in nature, the depths at which the organisms occur (up to 120 feet, corresponding to the diving range of novices), and on the possibility of actually maintaining most of these species in an aquarium. We have chosen representatives from every class to give readers interested in marine biology an overview of the multitude of organisms in our seas. No other book concerning invertebrates has dealt so exhaustively with the husbandry of these beauties, and very few, if any, books provide such expansive information. With over 670 photos (+ more than 500 in Volume 3) and explicit textual information, the reader is introduced into a multitude of marine organisms.
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a "coffee table" book for shell lovers..........2005-07-21
this book comes up in Amazon's search engine as a shell craft book. That is misleading, and if you buy it for that reason you will be dissappointed. The author does include a few blurbs about shell crafts and recipes. BUT, the vast majority of the book is a mid size, watercolor art book of various shells the author admires. The art work is lovely, and would be appreciated by a shell collector-but as pretty as the book is-content wise it's not more than just "eye candy".
So, if you're looking for shell crafts, education, or a shell guide-I'd say skip it. If you are looking for a lovely gift for the shell collection in your life then pick it up.
3.5 stars.
Neptune's Garden-Shells A to Z.......2000-03-15
A beautifully illustrated book. A wonderful gift for an artist, a child, or seashore lover.
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The Octopus's Garden: Hydrothermal Vents and Other Mysteries of the Deep Sea (Helix Books)
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Scientist and adventurer.......2006-10-21
Of course, science is itself an adventure, but Van Dover went far beyond the usual. Among other things, she became one of the few dozen people on earth rated to pilot Alvin, the deep-sea submarine. That elite group is almost as small as the cadre of space shuttle pilots, and Van Dover was the first woman to enter that group.
This isn't directly about her science or her adventure, though. It's a bit harder to nail down, but I think it answers a question that many people don't think to ask of scientists: why do you do it? The pay isn't great, the bureaucracy can be crushing, and the rigors of career-building often conflict with family-building. And, I hate to say it, but it's not always a friendly world for a woman - especially the hairy-chested world of piloting the deep-sea submersibles. Some abstraction like "love of knowledge" can't really explain why someone does it.
Van Dover conveys parts of it, though. Science, if you're doing it right, gives a daily experience of awe that defies description. There's an added excitement in the physical challenge of deep sea exploration, and a marvellous freedom in stepping outside the map of what is known. She manages to convey that about as well as words can hope to. Sometimes, her writing doesn't rise to the level of her inspiration. That might be asking too much of any mere mortal, though. She does well enough, and speaks clearly to a non-scientific reader about what it is that keeps her going.
//wiredweird
Chorus of Tubeworms.......2006-09-19
Although no longer in print, I found a used copy of this captivating book. Join oceanographer Cindy Lee Van Dover, pilot of the Alvin, on an adventure to the deep-sea floor. The book is rich in detail with evocative black and white drawings. Especially enjoyable is the chapter: "A Chorus of Tubeworms" - "crimson plumes bloom atop long white tubes that emerge from cracks in glossy black lava...each worm a prize specimen arranged in a formal garden."
Now available in paperback!.......2001-11-24
This is an excellent book on deep sea exploration! If you can find it, the hardcover version is definitely a keeper for future reference. In response to the review above...I believe that "Deep-Ocean Journeys" by Cindy Lee Van Dover is the paperback version of "Octopus's Garden" ("Deep-Ocean" is still available in-print). Also, if you enjoyed this book, read William Broad's "The Universe Below".
great book on the deep sea.......2001-03-01
Too bad this book out of print! It is a neat little book on deep sea life, not just (but mainly) hydrothermal vent life. Very readable and while not too technical was very informative, with nice black and white illustrations. It added a very human touch to deep sea exploration, but was professional at the same time.
It is truly an amazing world beneath the surface of the sea, which by some counts makes up something like 97 percent of the biosphere of this planet. Great books help bring this alien but important realm to life. Recommended.
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