Endangered: Wildlife on the Brink of Extinction

Features

• Cover Type: Hard Cover with 192 pages
• Published by: Firefly Books October 1, 2006
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 1554071836
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-1554071838
• Book Dimensions: 11.1 x 9.4 x 1.1 inches
• Weighs: 3 pounds

Product Review
Explores extinction and how it progresses reviews the actions that people can take now to stem the tide of destruction. (Science News 20070106)

Balances encyclopedia coverage with a style that is engaging and easy to read up to date and relevant. (Jorie M. Favreau, Paul Smith's College Science Books and Films 200707)

Best Books 2007, Junior High & Young Adult, Zoological Sciences (Science Books & Films 200706)

[Gives] readers a sense of awe and appreciation for the world's biodiversity. up to date and relevant. An excellent.addition. (Jorie M. Favreau, Paul Smith's College Science Books and Films 200703)

Compelling visually appealing as well as intellectually stimulating timely and relevant. (Kim Zach VOYA 200709)

Easy to read and enlightening. A valuable and educational resource book. (Wildlife Activist 20061209)

The photographs of this book can compete with the electronic distractions of the internet. (Tom Scott, Environmental Science, Policy & Management, University of California at Berkeley The Quarterly Review of Biology 20061210)

Full of lovely photographs. (Globe and Mail 20061224)

McGavin tells us [that] without radical changes the next great extinction event will be caused by our careless ways. (Jodi DeLong Halifax Chronicle Herald 20070211)

Much more than just a picture book looks at how various creatures live, why each is threatened what might be done. (Richard Helm Edmonton Journal )

An eye-catching overview [that] deftly looks at the different types and scales of extinctions and their consequences. (The Midwest Book Review: The Bookwatch )

Product Description


A gorgeously illustrated book on endangered species and the opportunities to save them.

Earth has seen at least five great extinction periods, each wiping out up to 95 percent of all living species. They involved massive volcanic eruptions, disastrous meteor strikes and rapid climatic changes. The main point of Endangered is that the sixth great extinction will be the result of humankind's abuse of the environment.

Featuring more than 400 photographs, this book details the plant and animal species that are either endangered or so severely threatened that they soon will be. The authors offer a thoughtful celebration of nature's diversity not scaremongering -- and a plea to rein in current behaviors that negatively affect the planet. Their proposals form a reasoned and hopeful guide to a future world that will be safe for all species. Creatures profiled include marsupials, monkeys, sea turtles, birds of prey, and butterflies and moths.

The extraordinary imagery and the compelling and objectively presented information make Endangered essential reading for anyone interested in natural history. (20080201)

Reader Reviews
ENDANGERED: WILDLIFE ON THE BRINK OF EXTINCTION by George C. McGaven is the kind of book which has dual appeal: to public libraries seeking an eye-catching overview for general-interest patrons, and to high school and college-level libraries interested in debating the progress and effects of extinction. McGavin is the Acting Curator of Entomology at Oxford University's Museum of Natural History and has researched the world on the topic - so drawing upon his considerable expertise, ENDANGERED is more than a simple rehash of extinction theory as he deftly examines the different types and scales of extinctions and their consequences.