Books
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On This Earth: Photographs from East Africa
Author: Nick Brandt
Publication date: August 2005 This is a vision of Africa quite unlike any that have come before: photographs of wildlife as Fine Art. Nick Brandt depicts the animals of East Africa with an intimacy and artistry unmatched by other photographers who choose wildlife as their subject. His first book of 3 to be published in the years to come. Great pictures of giraffes included. |
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A Shadow Falls
Author: Nick Brandt
Publication date: September 2009 In this second of three books, In A Shadow Falls, Nick Brandt continues his ambitious and ongoing photographic project to memorialize the vanishing natural grandeur of East Africa. Brandt's wide-screen panoramas of animals and landscapes capture an epic vision of Africa not seen before. |
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Die Giraffe
Author: Ingo Krumbiegel
Publication date: 1971 Only available in German this is a comprehensive study of giraffe biology, ecology, behaviour and distribution etc. Published in 1971, this recommended but rare book is now longer in print and only scarcely available in paperback. |
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Zarafa: The Giraffe Who Walked to the King
Author: Judith St George
Publication date: June 2009 The children's illustrated story of a Masai giraffe captured in the Sudan in 1826 and shipped to France for presentation to the French king, Charles X. |
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The Book of the Giraffe
Author: CA Spinage
Publication date: 1968 This 1968 book, still available by way of the second hand book market, was the first ever full length book dedicated to help people to reach a better understanding of this unique animal. It provides a comprehensive guide to man's relationship with the giraffe as well as its biology, ecology and behaviour. |