Homo Delphinus, The Dolphin Within Man

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This book holds appeal for divers, laymen, romantic, and dolphin lovers alike, regarding man's spiritual connection to the sea.

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Water World.......2004-09-10

I first heard of the late Jacques Mayol from the now classic cult movie "The Big Blue". Judging by this encyclopedic work, the real Jacques Mayol was a more interesting character than his celluloid image. "Homo Delphinus" is clearly a work of love and a beautiful book. It is published in a large glossy format with stunning photos. It is difficult to classify the book as it is a combination of science, semi-science, ecology, philosophy and mysticism. Mr. Mayol is successful in producing a touching work that summarizes his life long romance with the aquatic world and his hopes and visions for the future.
As I said, the book is encyclopedic - Mr. Mayol covers a wide range of topics- and this is also one of the weaknesses of the book. At times I felt that the author was rambling a bit. Perhaps a good editor would have helped Mayol be more focused.
The translation is not always smooth. From the book itself it is unclear if the translation was done from the original French, the Italian version or both.
I was very interested to read that Mayol did not take kindly to the fact that freediving has become a type of extreme sport. He feels that this is dangerous and misconstrues the real spirit of apnea diving.
I would recommend this book to anybody interested in the oceans, marine mammals or diving.
If I could, I would have rated the book 4 1/2 stars.

Disappointing.......2002-03-22

I am a great admirer of Mr. Mayol. Since a child I felt always impressed about his contributions to science and conservationism. However, I just felt so disappointed when I read Homo Delphinus. Through it, he tries to cover many topics, but in such a superficial way that it made me anxious for not getting into any point at all. And his theory about the "homo delphinus" is only a collection of cliches and general thoughts.
With respect to the book itself, it lacks the quality of modern books and the photography has been poorly incorporated.
I am sure many people will love this book, but I expected far more from such a remarkable man as Jacques Mayol.

A MUST.......2002-01-01

Being a diver and a fan of the sea, having met Jacques Mayol the guru of breath-hold dives in Oct 2001 in Elba and upon learning that this famous book was now available in English, the next day I procured one from this site. Having since learnt of Jacques's passing on the 22nd of Dec 2001 I feel that anyone who dives or simply loves the sea and its creatures should get hold of this very remarkable book - before it goes out of production.
A fantastic book with lots of beautiful photographs that takes the reader through Jacques' early life, his reactions in the form of questions and answers to the movie "The Big Blue" and his techniques on apnea, his travels and inventions and his views on the purity of the ocean and man's endeavour to demolish anything remotely beautiful. A fantastic book to have and to keep for future generations of a man who seems to much prefer living with the creatures of the sea than with homo sapiens on land.

interaction between one man and the sea.......2000-04-19

Jacques Mayol launches first book in the United States

Idelson-Gnocchi Publishing is pleased to announce the release of Jacques Mayol's first book published in the United States, "Homo Delphinus - The Dolphin within Man". This large format, gorgeously photographed volume, is the culmination of a lifetime of personal oceanic experiences by Jacques Mayol, easily one of the most accomplished free divers of his or any other generation.

Jacques Mayol, holder of a dozen world breathhold diving records, was the first man to descend to 100 meters (330 feet), a feat he accomplished in 1976. He followed this with yet another record breaking drop to 105 meters (346 feet) at the age of 56. A Frenchman born in China, Jacques Mayol now splits his time between homes on the island of Elba in Italy, the island of South Caicos in the Turks & Caicos and a full life in Japan. He is a practitioner of Yoga, Zen and other Oriental life philosophies, essential disciplines he incorporates into his free diving practices.

Homo Delphinus demonstrates an exceptional personal vision of the interaction between one man and the sea. It also provides a superb explanation of how the separate disciplines of science and philosophy come together to allow these extraordinary free diving explorations of the ocean. This theme goes hand in hand with Jacques' deep abiding love for the ocean and it's inhabitants, particularly dolphins. He spends much of the book exploring both the affection and the similarities existing between man and dolphin, a heartfelt search for "the dolphin dormant in all of us".

The adventures in Jacques' life were chronicled in the landmark Luc Bresson film 'The Big Blue'. He has been the subject of numerous national and international broadcast interviews and print features. Jacques is also one of the world's leading authorities on 'apnea', a phenomenal physical discipline which reduces heart rate and respiratory functions, thus

allowing him to perform his remarkable diving feats. Free diving aficionados worldwide recognize and thank him for his insight, his developments of the sport and for his accomplishments. At 72 years of age, Jacques still revels in the ocean, swimming and diving virtually every available day.

Idelson-Gnocchi Publishing is based in Napoli, Italy where it has been publishing specialized Scientific Publications since 1908. The company now has offices in both Italy as well as in Florida.

Exciting........2000-04-19

"how exciting it was to read about how it felt to come up from a dive, to have his own experience written down on the page, just the way he experienced".

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Plants, Man and Life
Edgar Anderson
Manufacturer: Dover Publications
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ASIN: 0486441938

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A distinguished botanist examines the long history of human and plant interactions in this innovative ecological survey. His reader-friendly narrative recounts the tangled and continuing history of weeds and cultivated plants around the world, from garden-variety flowers and vegetables to sources for poisons and drugs. 16 black-and-white illustrations.

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If your'e interested in plants at all..........2002-01-31

This modest little book fired my imagination when I first read it in high school some twenty years ago. The chapter dealing with pre-Columbian agruculture is beautifully and lovingly writen. I intend to read this again and hope others will discover this gem as well.

Chelated Mineral Nutrition in Plants, Animals, and Man

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Chelated Mineral Nutrition in Plants, Animals, and Man

Manufacturer: Charles C. Thomas, Publisher Ltd
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Ecology and Man in Mexico's Central Volcanoes Area (Geobotany)

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Ecology and Man in Mexico's Central Volcanoes Area (Geobotany)
Gerrit W. Ed. Heil
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This book shows numerous methodologies for collecting, processing and analyzing data from natural area, illustrating it in applications to Mexico's Iztaccíhuatl-Popocatépetl National Park. The book is written for ecologists, geographers, graduate biology students and natural resource managers. It therefore responds directly and primarily to their viewpoints and objectives. However, since ecosystem management and decisions about natural-area preservation take place within socioeconomic and political environments that are dynamic and plural, conflicts with those objectives are sure to arise. Therefore, the last chapter goes beyond managers' objectives and viewpoints per se to explore and respond to potential conflicts.
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The Ecology of Tropical Forest Tree Seedlings (MAN AND THE BIOSPHERE)

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The Ecology of Tropical Forest Tree Seedlings (MAN AND THE BIOSPHERE)

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This is a detailed technical reference text on the ecology of tropical forest tree seedlings, especially concerning the exploitation of natural forests and production of tropical hardwood timber. It contains 13 original contributions by world-class experts presenting new data and research along with reviews and analyses on tropical forest tree seedling demography, morphology, and physiology, and on their responses to the availability of resources such as light, nutrients, and water.

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FLOWERING OF MAN PB ABR EDN
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Forest Biodiversity Research, Monitoring and Modeling: Conceptual Background and Old World Case Studies (MAN AND THE BIOSPHERE)

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Forest Biodiversity Research, Monitoring and Modeling: Conceptual Background and Old World Case Studies (MAN AND THE BIOSPHERE)

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The first of two volumes documenting the latest findings on forest biodiversity, this book presents original, new contributions by some three hundred scientists from over forty countries. Researchers from the massive Smithsonian/MAB Biological Diversity Program cover the feasibility of using long-term inventory plots as a framework for monitoring multi-layer vegetation, socioeconomic applications of research results, and promotion of multidisciplinary research and training. The book is in five main sections covering first the methodology for forest monitoring and modeling and then the results of research from Europe, Africa, Australia, and Asia/Pacific.

How Plants Are Trained to Work for Man: Flowers (How Plants Are Trained to Work for Man)

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How Plants Are Trained to Work for Man: Flowers (How Plants Are Trained to Work for Man)
Luther Burbank
Manufacturer: University Press of the Pacific
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This is volume seven of an eight-volume set.

How Plants Are Trained to Work for Man: Fruit Improvement (How Plants Are Trained to Work for Man)

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How Plants Are Trained to Work for Man: Fruit Improvement (How Plants Are Trained to Work for Man)
Luther Burbank
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This is volume three of an eight-volume set.

How Plants Are Trained to Work for Man: Gardening (How Plants Are Trained to Work for Man)

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How Plants Are Trained to Work for Man: Gardening (How Plants Are Trained to Work for Man)
Luther Burbank
Manufacturer: University Press of the Pacific
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This is volume five of an eight-volume set.

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Good map, with room for improvement on the supplemental material.......2006-05-31

Like the other entries in the Trails Illustrated series, this map combines topographical maps, updated information about trails and campgrounds, and background information about the park. It's essential for planning your hikes, though at a relatively large scale.

Great Smoky Mountains NP is a complicated place, with a high trail density. This map helps you navigate part of this, color-coding different types of backcountry campgrounds such as shelters, reservation-required, and no-reservation sites.

Oddly, horse-only sites are not coded separately. Horse-only and mixed horse/hiker trails are both dashed orange lines, which makes it hard to distinguish them although they are of (slightly) different widths. The result is that some hikers may be surprised by the horse traffic on their itineraries.

However, the high trail density means that there are a large number of possible itineraries, combining pieces of trails into short or long day hikes, short or long overnights, and so forth. Unlike many other maps in the series, this map provides relatively little guidance in selecting trails -- you are more or less on your own. There are a lot of entry points into the park, and some trail suggestions organized by entry would have been helpful.

The map also fails to control one of the challenges of the park's spatial layout. The park is a long oval, and the map organizes this by putting the "west side" on one side of the map, the "east side" on the other. This uses the map space efficiently, and would be useful for Appalachian Trail hikers, who usually go from west to east. However, many day hikers will stay in a base on either the *north* side (Tennessee) or the *south* side (North Carolina), and the major highway through the park falls more or less on the boundary between the east and west sides.

This means that many day hikers will have to flip back and forth between the front and back of the map. Backpackers doing most out-and-backs or loop hikes may also find frustrations here, since they are likely to begin at low elevation, hike up to the crest, and then come back down -- again, their mental space is organized north/south while the map is organized east/west.

Of course, I don't have any brilliant solutions to this problem, but then, I'm not a mapmaker, either.

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Well Done!!.......2003-07-16

Well written and incredible drawings. Anybody who likes to move around in something with a motor will love this book. Of course most kids who love cars grow up into adults who love cars. I enjoyed this book as much as my 13 year old son.

Excellent!.......2003-07-16

This is a great little book. Like a lot of guys, I love fast cars and this book was a pleasure to read and study with. Lots of practice and my techniques have improved greatly. This book is well worth the modest cover price.

i wish i could give it zero stars!!.......2001-09-13

Just with all of Hart's books this book cover is misleading.You look at the cover and think I'm really going to learn something and you read the book and get disappointed.He only shows the finnished step.He doesn't show the steps on how to get to the finnished step.Instead of describing how he draws it he gives you a history on each car.I'm sorry but telling a person the car history doesn't show them how to draw the car.I'm starting to think that Hart's books aren't very good.

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How to Draw Planes, Trains and Boats
Barbara Soloff Levy
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An easy-to-follow guide for beginning artists shows how to create 30 different forms of transportation by combining circles, cubes, squares, and rectangles. Step-by-step illustrations help create everything from a canoe and antique locomotive to an ocean liner and a seaplane. Also provides young artists with a basic understanding of shape, form, and dimension.

How to Draw Airplanes (Kid's Guide to Drawing)

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How to Draw Airplanes (Kid's Guide to Drawing)
Laura Murawski
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Another installment in the popular kids' "How To Draw" Series by Kidsbooks, Inc. Includes tracing paper.

Hot Wings (How to Draw (Boston, Mass.).)

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Karen McKee , and Georgene Griffin
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How to Draw Airplanes
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A handy "Aviation Art " primer - drawing aircraft in pencil.
A handy "Aviation Art " primer - drawing aircraft in pencil.

How to Draw Airplanes
James Dunavent
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill/TAB Electronics
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A handy "Aviation Art " primer - drawing aircraft in pencil........1999-07-03

Occasionally turns up for sale used. Good chance someone can track one down for you if you are patient. This is a friendly little softcover book- almost a booklet. 92 pages, landscape format- approx 8 inches by 5 inches. Mostly text, with many small sketches. The book has plenty of sound pointers to steer you clear of the common mistakes. The whole thrust is to help you enjoy sketching airplanes and cloudscapes in pencil. I wish it had been published in hard cover. I want my copy to be around for a long time.

Cam Martin

A handy "Aviation Art " primer - drawing aircraft in pencil........1999-07-03

Cam Martin

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How To Draw Airplanes (Modern Aircraft Series)
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