Australia (Countries of the World)

by KelvinAitken (Author)

• Used

  Hardcover
  2002

  $4.44

  It is the world's smallest continent, but also its largest island - an immense land of physical contracts and opposing human cultures, ancient and modern. This full colour book is a photographic tour of the scorching deserts dominated by strange shapes and unreal colours, the strange and unique animals that defy theories of evolution, and the rain forests, waterfalls, salt lakes and coral reefs. Plus: the great open modern cities, the breathtaking architecture, the cosmopolitan culture and the aboriginal traditions.

• Used

  Hardcover
  2008

  $3.25

  Australia is a dream, a fantastic myriad of colours that blend together to create a patchwork of landscapes, people, images and moments.This book takes the reader on a splendid adventure, a sensory experience of feelings and emotions. Along a path that winds deftly and seamlessly from earth to water and back, Australia's natural environment unfolds in an interplay of hues and forms, little by little revealing its endless variation.The country is depicted in all its bold reddish tints: the unbounded stretches of the Outback; the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park and its evocative monoliths rising dramatically in the middle of nowhere; the striking shades of the rock; and the sands of boundless deserts all remain in memory.The colours guiding this Australian journey are also reflected in the people who live here: from the Aborigines, the island's native inhabitants, who still believe in magic, dreams and legends, to the various ethnic groups that immigrated here in different periods, establishing highly diverse lifestyles that range from the heroism of the Flying Doctors to the beach culture of the surf-following crowd.