{"product_id":"costa-rica-a-journey-through-nature-9781554074310","title":"Costa Rica: A Journey through Nature","description":"\u003cp\u003eCosta Rica: A Journey through Nature is a hard cover coffee-table book that is prominently featured in the new motion picture \"The Librarian\" (to be released in 2013) starring Oscar-winning actress Marcia Gay Harden. It plays a key role in the movies plot and appears in scenes filmed both in the US and in Costa Rica.  The book is a magnificent illustrated testimony to Costa Ricas fragile beauty and is packed with stunning photographs from Costa Rica that represent 13 years of field work by the author.  This exquisite book  brilliant in color and enchanting in subject  takes readers on a personal journey through the jewelled treasure that is Costa Rica. Images of spacious beaches  muddy river banks  crystal clear waterfalls  and lush jungles adorned with tropical blooms and prehistoric plants will stay in the readers mind for a long time to come.  The book is organized by region -- the Central Divide  Guanacaste  the Central Pacific  the Osa Peninsula  the North Caribbean and the South Caribbean. It closes with a discussion on conservation and responsible tourism. Like an informed tour guide  the extended captions provide interesting facts and valuable context  all from the perspective of the author \/ photographer. Highlights on the journey include Arenal  one of the worlds most active volcanoes  Tortuguero National Park  where a lone jaguar trots across the sand  giant tree ferns -- evolutionary relics that predate flowering plants - in the Monteverde Cloud Forest Preserve  a blood-scarlet passion flower emerging through leaf litter  a partially submerged crocodile  its riveting stare fixed on the photographer and poison arrow frogs  vividly painted in deadly reds  blues and greens. Overflowing with brilliant page-filling photographs and informative text  this book is as close as one can get to Costa Rica without a passport.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45646897676341,"sku":"ByrdShop_1554074312","price":34.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781554074310.jpg?v=1781680742","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/costa-rica-a-journey-through-nature-9781554074310","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}