Douglas Adams was born in 1952 and educated at Cambridge. He
was the author of five books in the Hitchhiker’s Trilogy,
including The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy; The
Restaurant at the End of the Universe; Life, the Universe and
Everything; So Long, and Thanks for All the
Fish; and Mostly Harmless. His other works
include Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency; The Long
Dark Tea-Time of the Soul; The Meaning of
Liff and The Deeper Meaning of Liff (with John
Lloyd); and Last Chance to See (with Mark Carwardine).
His last book was the bestselling collection, The Salmon of
Doubt, published posthumously in May 2002.
Mark Carwardine is a zoologist, an outspoken
conservationist, an award-winning writer, a BBC radio and TV
presenter, a widely published wildlife photographer, a bestselling
author, a wildlife tour operator and leader, a lecturer, and a
magazine columnist. He co-presented the popular BBC TV
series Last Chance to See with actor and
comedian Stephen Fry, in which the unlikely duo followed in the
footsteps of Carwardine’s original travels with Douglas Adams.
Carwardine has written more than fifty books, including Field
Guide to Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises; Mark Carwardine’s Guide to
Whale Watching in North America; Mark Carwardine’s Guide to Whale
Watching in Britain and Europe; Extreme Nature; The Guinness Book
of Animal Records; Mark Carwardine’s Ultimate Wildlife Experiences;
The Shark-Watcher’s Handbook; and On the Trail of the
Whale.
“Lively, sharply satirical, brilliantly written . . . shows how
human care can undo what human carelessness has wrought.”—The
Atlantic
“These authors don’t hesitate to present the alarming facts: More
than 1,000 species of animals (and plants) become extinct every
year. . . . Perhaps Adams and Carwardine, with their witty science,
will help prevent such misadventures in the future.”—Boston Sunday
Herald
“Very funny and moving . . . The glimpses of rare fauna seem to
have enlarged [Adams’s] thinking, enlivened his world; and so might
the animals do for us all, if we were to help them live.”—The
Washington Post Book World
“[Adams] invites us to enter into a conspiracy of laughter and
caring.”—Los Angeles Times
“Amusing . . . thought-provoking . . . Its details on the heroic
efforts being made to save these animals are inspirational.”—The
New York Times Book Review
"Lively, sharply satirical, brilliantly written . . . shows how
human care can undo what human carelessness has wrought."-The
Atlantic
"These authors don't hesitate to present the alarming facts: More
than 1,000 species of animals (and plants) become extinct every
year. . . . Perhaps Adams and Carwardine, with their witty science,
will help prevent such misadventures in the future."-Boston Sunday
Herald
"Very funny and moving . . . The glimpses of rare fauna seem to
have enlarged [Adams's] thinking, enlivened his world; and so might
the animals do for us all, if we were to help them live."-The
Washington Post Book World
"[Adams] invites us to enter into a conspiracy of laughter and
caring."-Los Angeles Times
"Amusing . . . thought-provoking . . . Its details on the heroic
efforts being made to save these animals are
inspirational."-The New York Times Book
Review
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