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Extinct Boids

Autor Ralph Steadman, Ceri Levy
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 25 oct 2012
Cartoonist and national treasure Ralph Steadman's unique take on a variety of extinct birds ...
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781408178621
ISBN-10: 1408178621
Pagini: 240
Ilustrații: col. Illustrations
Dimensiuni: 245 x 350 x 28 mm
Greutate: 2.04 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția A & C Black
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Caracteristici

Accompanying text by Ceri Levy charts the course of the creation of the boids and their weird world

Notă biografică

Ralph Steadman was born in 1936. He began his career as a cartoonist, and through the years has diversified into many creative fields. Ralph collaborated with Dr Hunter S. Thompson in the birth of 'gonzo' journalism, with Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas; he has illustrated classics such as Alice in Wonderland, Treasure Island and Animal Farm, and written and illustrated his own books, which include Sigmund Freud, I Leonardo and The Big I Am. Steadman is also a printmaker, and has travelled the world's vineyards, culminating in his books The Grapes of Ralph, Untrodden Grapes and Still Life with Bottle. Ceri Levy is a film-maker, who started out making music videos before moving into the world of documentaries. His works include Bananaz, a film about the inner machinations of the group Gorillaz, and the forthcoming The Bird Effect; he is also co-curator of Ghosts of Gone Birds, and therefore a crucial cog in the boids' creation myth.

Cuprins

His Nibship in the MidshipHMS SteadmanitaniaGhosts of Gone BirdsSo I said, then he said, then.Japanese EgretGreat AukNorth Island Giant MoaChoiseul Crested PigeonBlack MamoGuadalupe CaracaraMauritius OwlRodrigues SolitaireOahu 'O'oJamaican Red MacawLiverpool PigeonPurple GallinuleSouth Telly ChatChatham RailNorth Island TakahePallas's CormorantDodoBlue SlutRodrigues Blue-black ThrostleLesser-blotted BitwingMauritius Night HeronMechanical Botanical SpuntImperial WoodpeckerMartinique Amazon ParrotKing Island ShtumOrange-beaked MwitHuiaRed-footed BoobyBonin Wood PigeonSt Helena Giant HoopoeRed-moustached Fruit DoveSnail-eating CouaUla-'ai-HawaneGreater AmakihiBiship's 'O'oHonduras Banana 'O'oHow a Bird is BornPale Blue PiddleCarolina ParakeetNorth Island PiopioSouth Island PiopioRed RailMoor PenNeedless SmutRéunion Sacred IbisQuinkSpundwick's FretCuban MacawLabrador DuckMauritius Blue PigeonDusky Seaside Sparrow Lord Howe SwamphenBar-winged RailNorfolk Island KakaEx-Stink BoidBlue LidwinkBlackened ThrontGould's EmeraldAldabra Brush WarblerStephens Island WrenGrand Cayman ThrushRobust White-eyeSplindwilfOrange-beaked One-wing JurassicAtitlán GrebeLaughing OwlDouble-banded ArgusLanai HookbillHumpbacked Blue MultYork Island FrightChatham Island BellbirdDieffenbach's RailLord Howe GerygoneRobust White-eyeGuam FlycatcherAldabra Brush WarblerBlue-winded GaspNew Zealand QuailWizened TwitWhite-winged SandpiperAuckland Island MerganserNasty TernGob SwallowOnce BitternLousy GrudgianMauritian ShelduckNew Zealand Little BitternColombian GrebeMascarene ParrotChannel-beaked Murdoch CuckooBroad-billed ParrotSpotted Wingless StrutMottled SplatwinkAngered Maggot SleetCrested HoneycreeperPueo'ApapaneMaui CreeperOmaoCommon 'AmakihiPalilaHawaiian I'iwiHawaiian Ariapola'auLanai Oloma'oGreater Koa FinchKona GrosbeakLanai Hookbill KioeaLaysan RailHawaiian RailBishop's 'O'oHawaiian CrowCanary Islands OystercatcherThe White-winged GonnerTanna Ground-doveSpittle's YerkNorthern Bald IbisLesser Peruvian Blue-beaked BlotswerveWhite-winged Feathered DinosaurTristan MoorhenHawaii MamoThe man who hated birdshitTahiti RailRéunion GallinuleWhite GallinuleGuadalupe PonceOceanic Eclectus ParrotKakawahieLesser-blotted KamaoGuadeloupe Amazon ParrotOahu Nukupu'uLesser 'AkialoaPurple SwamphenWhite GallinuleTahiti SandpiperYooo-eeee BluebreastDickie BirdNested Lemon TweetJail BirdYuleiptopede Nativitaurus Willychick TweetLong-legged ShortwingPassenger PigeonOrange ThronkPink Twisted ThrispBranch Fling SchwingPink Rotten ScrawlRandom Blotted SlumleySplattered ShagDesert BluebeakPink-headed DuckGiant Elephant BirdGreen TwotYellow TwetPink Twit'Smy EggAcknowledgements

Recenzii

Not since Adam named the beasts ... has anyone so enriched the language of ornithology as Mr. Steadman and his co-author, Ceri Levy, in Extinct Boids.
A characteristically madcap and often very funny voyage through the dark tale of extinction.
While Steadman gives us paintings of the dodo, the great auk and other familiar lost species in burning, unforgettable colours, we also find the nasty tern, the wizened twit, the dickie bird, the jail bird, and the lesser Peruvian blue-beaked blotswerve. The film-maker and conservationist Ceri Levy anchors it all in sanity with an appealing running commentary.
Every turn of the page reveals a bird brought to life in Steadman's inimitable style.
Ralph's remarkable paintings... pay a tribute to some of the most beautiful creatures ever to have lived.
Each species is splashed across the page in Steadman's unique style, accompanied by a witty and informative commentary by Levy.
The illustrator Ralph Steadman has used his weird imagination to conjure up colourful, faded feathered friends.
The national treasure that is Ralph Steadman utilises his trademark cartoon-style to document those "ghost birds" whose demise stands as an indictment of mankind's destructive tendencies.
A riotous flight of imagination with a serious message.