books by Peter A Menzel (evolution material kinabalu)

books by Peter A Menzel

books:

Material World: A Global Family Portrait

55 reviews
Peter Menzel, Charles C. Mann

Sierra Club Books, 1995

Material World...
This is a great book and it came in two days - way earlier than we anticipated! Good shape , great product!

What the World Eats

2 reviews
Peter Menzel, Faith D'Aluisio

Tricycle Press, 2008

Rutgers University Project on Economics and Children
What the World Eats may have a simple premise, but its images and lessons are as sophisticated as they are influential. As its premise, the book offers a glimpse of the food expenditures and eating habits of twenty-five households in twenty-one countries of different degrees of economic development around the world. Menzel and D'Aluisio photographed and observed each household as it acquired ...

Hungry Planet: What the World Eats

43 reviews
Peter Menzel

Ten Speed Press, 2007

Outstanding
Hungry Planet is a moving look at what families of the world live on...it combines incredible photography, well chosen statistics and outstanding commentary to clearly portray the diversity and real life economic situations of our fellows on planet earth. I love this book for the way it influences my children to see compassionately and with greater gratitude (and me too!)

Robo sapiens: Evolution of a New Species

16 reviews
Faith D'Aluisio

The MIT Press, 2000

Nothing quite like it
They can climb stairs, juggle balls, open a door, smile engagingly, hear and see, swing like a monkey, crawl like a crab and swim like a fish. Who? Why the robots, of course. This startling picture book explores the amazing scope of robot capabilities. The photographs of the robots and their creators provide a unique picture of the dawn of these intelligent machines. The narratives are brief ...

People and Possessions: Postcard Book
Peter Menzel

New Internationalist Publications Ltd, 2002

In 1993, a team of photojournalists set out to portray average families in each of 30 countries around the world. From Bhutan to Bosnia, from Mongolia to Mali, and from the United States to Uzbekistan, each photographer moved in with a crefully-chosen family for a short period and got to know them before taking a portrait of them outside their house, surrounded by all their possessions. This postcard book brings together these global family ...

Women in the Material World

15 reviews
Faith D'Aluisio, Peter Menzel

Sierra Club Books, 1998

Women's work
A sequel to the authors' successful, "Material World: A Global Family Portrait," which interviewed 30 "statistically average" families from around the world and photographed them surrounded by all their worldly goods, "Women In The Material World," by Faith D'Aluisio and Peter Menzel, revisits 21 women from these families. With interviews conducted by women over a period of days, even weeks, and ...

Man Eating Bugs: The Art and Science of Eating Insects

14 reviews
Peter Menzel, Faith D'Aluisio

Ten Speed Press, 1998

pass the grubs
A feast (or just a snack) of insects sounds almost revolting unless of course you deep fry them or place them in lollipops or my favorite barbecued. Whats not to love about straight from the earth cuisine which is actually considered delicacies in many countries. Menzel demonstrates that every continent gets enjoyment from tasty insect treats. But because Menzel is such an amazing photographer, ...