{"product_id":"wild-fire-the-splendours-of-indias-animal-kingdom","title":"Wild Fire","description":"\u003cp\u003eDeveloped and edited by Valmik Thapar, one of our foremost wildlife experts, the book is divided into three sections.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe first section, \u003cem\u003eThoughts from Elsewhere\u003c\/em\u003e, written by Thapar, takes the reader on a quick tour of the country's natural heritage in the twenty-first century. It provides an overview of mammalian distribution, the characteristics of individual species, the evolution of the country's wildlife habitats, threats to the environment and much else besides.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe second section, \u003cem\u003eThe Wildlife Chronicles \u003c\/em\u003ecollects the finest accounts of India's animals from the first century onwards. It has stories about the great predators tigers, leopards, snow leopards, lions, golden cats and others; magnificent herbivores like the elephant, rhino, wild ox and the various species of deer and antelope. Contributors to this section include travellers, hunters, writers, photographers and naturalists such as Pliny the Elder, Ibn Battuta, Babur, Akbar, François Bernier, Isabel Savory, Jim Corbett, George Schaller, Kenneth Anderson, M. Krishnan, E.R.C. Davidar, Peter Jackson and Ruskin Bond. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe third section, \u003cem\u003eWild Fire\u003c\/em\u003e, contains a selection of some of the finest photographs ever taken of India s mammals.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Valmik Thapar","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44964152639535,"sku":"9789383064687","price":1499.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0743\/6428\/9071\/files\/9789383064687.jpg?v=1771317825","url":"https:\/\/lunabooks.in\/products\/wild-fire-the-splendours-of-indias-animal-kingdom","provider":"Luna Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}