Planet Earth: As You've Never Seen It Before

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Our planet is powered by the oceans, entangled in plants, and home to animals of every colour, shape and size. Earth is a big topic, and getting a handle on our planet's complexity and variability can seem daunting.

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But our home has fit that familiar description for only the past 400 million years or so—a mere 8 percent of its changeable history. Franklin Harris of Splice Today wrote, "Coming nine years after Lindsey's book, the movie version of The Late Great Planet Earth was late to its own party".Billion Years from Stardust to Living Planet (Viking-Penguin, 2012), which explores the intricate co-evolution of the geosphere and biosphere. Matt's recent landmark shows include Cities: Nature's New Wild for the Natural History Unit, and Super/Natural for Disney + and National Geographic, executive produced by James Cameron. Based on over 150 of Tim’s stunning photographs that he took on board the international space station, many of which have not been seen before, this lavish collection showcases the beauty of earth from above, and is the perfect visual time capsule of Tim’s remarkable trip, which captured the imaginations of millions of children and adults across the world. Watch orcas sneak up on bowhead whales while they're relaxing in the spa, meet a Greenland shark that is easily 250 years old, and witness the polar bears who are finding their food closer and closer to humans. Andy Knoll’s Life on a Young Planet and David Beerling’s The Emerald Planet celebrate the 4-billion-year co-evolution of Earth and life from the perspective of paleontology.

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Within this role, Michael works as an executive producer on many BBC titles and is responsible for bringing new and pioneering stories about the natural world to global audiences. Michael's recent series include the record-breaking Planet Earth II, winner of 4 BAFTAs and 2 Emmys, followed by the ground breaking animal behaviour series Dynasties.Marc Jacobson wrote in The Village Voice, "Therein lies the major fault of The Late Great Planet Earth. His lucid, compelling case that “the present is key to the past” greatly influenced many subsequent discoveries, including Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution. Understanding Earth is a classic, covering the basics of geology, geophysics and environmental science with stylish prose, classy illustrations and the insights of two great scientist educators (earlier editions were championed by Frank Press and Ray Siever, who began the franchise). Venture to the bottom of the ocean where creatures beyond your wildest imagination live in the dark. Some day I hope to watch a four-hour VTR tape of A-bomb explosions on a seven-foot TV screen as I drink beer.

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You'll travel around the globe, from massive caves to the depths of the ocean, and from snowy mountaintops to magnificent desert plains. The title of the book is inspired by Tim’s famous ‘wrong number’ dialled from space, when he accidentally misdialled a woman from the space station and inquired, ‘Hello, is this planet Earth?Unlike billions of other worlds in the Milky Way, 71 per cent of our Blue Planet is covered by ocean. With episodes from life’s enigmatic origins, to scrappy contentious black smudges that might or might not be the remains of cells to some of the most exquisite and revealing microfossils on Earth, Life on a Young Planet takes its readers on a unique journey. Produced in collaboration with BBC Earth, this stunning book is perfect for young readers who are curious about our natural world.

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Harvard geobiologist Knoll vividly captures the dynamic field of Precambrian paleontology in this unique, zippy read. The book includes breath-taking aerial photos of cities illuminated at night, the northern lights and unforgettable vistas of oceans, mountains and deserts. This is our Green Planet: a hidden world where plants care for other plants and can smell, taste, touch, hear and even .Dive under the ice ceiling and learn to swim with the seal pups, take to the skies with frozen flamingos, and settle in for a snooze with a windy walrus.