Masterworks of Man & Nature: Preserving Our World Heritage

By Mark Swadling

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0646053760
• ISBN13: 9780646053769
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: World Heaitage Pub
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 4.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 12.5" x 1.5" x 9.8"

Customer Reviews

Strange and compelling - a unique book

This is a very beautiful book. It abounds with treasuered monuments and the marvels of nature across the globe. It is a book for conservationists, sponsered by UNESCO and as such it takes a turn that most books of its kind do not.What struck me immediately about this book was that the pictures are "different". After a few minutes I realized why. These pictures succeed in making all of these glorious sights somehow more real, more tangible and infinitely more accessible. Sometimes the traditional view is taken from another angle and it shows the section of the building that is crumbling. Often there are people photographs where it's uncommone to see them. Overall, the color is softer, more human than most large picture books and the result is a very beautiful book.The book is divided by country with informative text in each section. Bear in mind that I bought this as a picture book. Yet I found myself reading the text over and over. Each item is explained with its location, a description, and its significance, but that is such a dry way to explain this book. The book has history and life on every page. UNESCO is dedicated to saving so many things. I will try just to list some of the gorgeous items in these pages: Machu Piccu, Iguazu Falls, Lord Howe Island, The Mausoleum of the first Qin Emperor, Mon St. Michel, Tikal, Ellora Caves, Darien National Park in Panama, Chan Chan, Auschwitz, Tower of Elem, Garajonay National Park, Carthage.This is a very stirring book. I wish I could do it justice