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OurPlanet

AlastairFothergill and Keith Scholey

BANTAMPRESS

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hisstunningcoffeetablebook

isbrimmingwithawe-inspiring

imagesofnature,plantandanimal

lifeandenvironmentalchange.SirDavid

Attenborough’sforewordisaninspiringcall

foraction.Heassertsourperilousplanethas

createditsowntippingpointinthistimeof

climatechangethatscientistscalltheAnthropocene,orhuman

geologicalepoch.AcompaniontotheNetflixdocumentaryseries,

the bookgoesintoevenmoredepthandpresentsacompelling

caseforwhyweshouldactnowtopreserveourplanet,allthewhile

celebratingthebeautyofnaturefromwildebeestmigrations across

the Serengeti to the penguin colonies of Antarctica.

PHOTO: HUGH PEARSON

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