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Good Breeding | 
 enlarge | Author: Yann Arthus-bertrand
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
Category: Book
Buy Used: $53.34
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Avg. Customer Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 899082
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 179
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.6
Dimensions (in): 12.2 x 10.6 x 0.8
ISBN: 0810941325
Dewey Decimal Number: 636.00222
EAN: 9780810941328
ASIN: 0810941325
Publication Date: September 1, 1999
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Condition: Hardcover. Small tears in dust jacket.
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Product Description
An Abrams favorite, now available in a new, fun format! When Yann Arthus-Bertrand's astonishing book of photographs of domestic livestock and their breeders first appeared in 1999, The New York Times Book Review hailed this remarkable treasure as "a curiously appealing blend of art with kitsch...drama tinged with comedy." Now this wonderfully whimsical book is being rereleased in a fun new format.
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 Wish I had gotten the large version January 21, 2008
Lovely wonderful book; the whole family loved to look at it over the holidays. Appeals to everone.
farm animals as supermodels January 5, 2008
The photography is so well done the animals become supermodels. I can flip through this book again and again. You won't become an expert in animal husbandry by reading the book but you may develop a true appreciation for the beauty of a champion bull.
Love it August 14, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I gave this book to my Dad for Father's Day, years ago. Whenever I go to his house, it's there and I have to look through it again. Get a hardcover copy if you can ... it will wear out otherwise. :-)
I never tire of looking at this book April 15, 2006
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I'm not from a rural background, nor do I have any experience of animal husbandry, nor do I even have much interest in photography, but when I first saw this book in a store it simply drew me in.
Inside you will find page after page of superbly composed, full-colour photographs of various livestock breeds pictured with owners, owners' children or handlers from all over Europe, even some from as far away as Argentina. On some pages you will see soft-haired, placid sheep, on others tall and elegant horses, plump pigs whose faces almost seem to show amusement, graceful, homely-looking cows, on some occasions even goats or donkeys. Yet my personal favourites are the pictures of prize bulls. These handsome creatures seem to exude power, yet starkly defy their fearsome reputation as they stand patiently with their handlers, some of whom are just tiny children.
Yann Arthus-Bertrand's photographic juxtapositions of animal and master are often endearing, sometimes humourous, but crucially they are never, however often you happen to glance at them, dull. This book is not just a portfolio. Look through it and it will warm your heart.
 loooooong wait October 25, 2005
0 out of 10 found this review helpful
ordered this book a loooong time ago---have yet to receive it--- when i do receive it i will rewrite a review
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