{"product_id":"elephant-reflections-9780520253773","title":"Elephant Reflections","description":"\u003ci\u003eElephant Reflections \u003c\/i\u003ebrings award-winning wildlife photographer Karl Ammann's gorgeous images together with a revelatory text by writer Dale Peterson to illuminate one of nature's greatest and most original works of art: the elephant. The photographs move from the purely aesthetic to the informative, depicting animals who are at once enigmatic, individual, mysterious, elusive, and iconic. In riveting prose, Peterson introduces the work of field scientists in Africa and explains their recent astonishing discoveries. He then explores the natural history and conservation status of African elephants and discusses the politics of ivory. \u003ci\u003eElephant Reflections \u003c\/i\u003eis a book that could change the way the world thinks about elephants while we still have some measure of control over their fate.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKarl Ammann \u003c\/b\u003ehas photographed wildlife throughout Africa, India, and Southeast Asia. His remarkable work has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Magazine, Outdoor Photography, Natural History, African Geographic, \u003c\/i\u003eand elsewhere. \u003cb\u003eDale Peterson \u003c\/b\u003eis the author or editor of fifteen books, including the recent \u003ci\u003eJane Goodall: The Woman Who Redefined Man. \u003c\/i\u003eAmmann and Peterson's previous collaboration, \u003ci\u003eEating Apes \u003c\/i\u003e(UC Press), was named a Best Book of the Year by \u003ci\u003eThe Economist \u003c\/i\u003eand the \u003ci\u003eGlobe and Mail, \u003c\/i\u003eand a Top Science Book of the Year by \u003ci\u003eDiscover \u003c\/i\u003emagazine.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50412582764818,"sku":"9780520253773","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_fe92c4ee-9325-4729-893a-b43b01bd3c3b.jpg?v=1729317860","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/elephant-reflections-9780520253773","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}