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Barbara Allen - Lost Animals, Disappearing Worlds, Inbunden

Inbunden, Engelska, 2025

Lost Animals, Disappearing Worlds

Stories of Extinction

Av Barbara Allen

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Beskrivning
This book presents thirty-one extinct species through the personal perspectives of those animals. This intimate approach not only highlights each species but explores the broader implications of losing a species forever. How do we honour such a loss? Can we grieve for species we never knew? These animals range from the well-known passenger pigeon, thylacine and great auk, to lesser-known creatures like the Arabian ostrich, Saint Helena earwig and Bramble Cay melomys. These poignant portraits tug on the heartstrings and aim to inspire readers to protect vulnerable and endangered species today, motivating them to play a positive role in conserving our planet’s biodiversity.
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2025-06-16
  • Mått: 156 x 234 x 27 mm
  • Vikt: 722 g
  • Format: Inbunden
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 248
  • Förlag: Reaktion Books
  • ISBN: 9781836390459
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Barbara Allen is a minister in the Uniting Church in Australia. Her books include Pigeon (2009), Animals in Religion (2016) and Pelican (2019), all published by Reaktion Books.

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This is the sort of book you’d prefer didn’t have so many pages – the more there are, the less full our world is of great species. Those that have sadly gone from our lives should, and do, make us think harder about saving the rest, though – the book covers well known species like Dodo and Great Auk, as well as the likes of Spectacled Cormorant, with only seven stuffed specimens and two incomplete skeletons left on the planet. Other losses covered here include Heath Hen, Arabian Ostrich and Ivory-billed Woodpecker. There are many more lost species in here which we should never forget.

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