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Buy Chased By Sea Monsters by Nigel Marven, Jasper James available and for sale on Brightsurf
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by Nigel Marven, Jasper James
| | List Price: | $25.00 | | Price: | $18.25 | | You Save: | $6.75 (27%) |  | | Available: | Usually ships in 24 hours | | | | | Sales Rank: | 90429 | | Studio: | DK ADULT | | | Binding: | Hardcover | | Number Of Pages: | 168 | | Publication Date: | February 02, 2004 | | Publisher: | DK ADULT |
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Product Description
Following the hugely successful Walking with Dinosaurs and Walking with Prehistoric Beasts, DK dives into the past to swim with prehistoric reptiles and mammals in Chased by Sea Monsters. Exploring the underwater world where he "encounters" amazing creatures, Nigel Marven presents a unique record of a lost world never revealed before now. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 16 reviews)
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"Chased By Sea Monsters - Prehistoric Predators of the Deep"! 
Chased By Sea Monsters - Prehistoric Predators of the Deep is the companion book to the BBC series of the same name. As in the programs, Nigel Marven is the presenter, taking us on a journey through the 7 deadliest seas of all time.
There are many photos from the series, and also plenty of new ones. Wonderful recreations of all the prehistoric creatures, they look completely real (even in the ones where Nigel is interacting with them, even holding them).
The book is written by both Nigel Marven and Jasper James. They split up the book about 50/50, although I must say it is hard to tell one from the other, so the book still flows smoothly.
The book follows the series very closely, but there are a few differences. In the series, Nigel goes through the seven deadliest seas, starting from the least and working his way up. In the book it's not the opposite, but still very different. The first chapter starts with the oldest ocean and works up to the most recent, instead of the most dangerous. I would have preferred they follow the series order, but it's only a minor complaint. Here is the books' content order; (also included are the authors of each chapter)
Foreword - Nigel Marven
Introduction - Jasper James
1. THE ORDOVICIAN - Jasper James
2. THE DEVONIAN - Nigel Marven
3. THE TRIASSIC - Nigel Marven
4. THE JURASSIC - Jasper James
5. THE CRETACEOUS - Jasper James
6. THE EOCENE - Nigel Marven
7. THE PLIOCENE - Nigel Marven
This is a very good book, and is a perfect companion to "Chased By Sea Monsters", highly recommended!
July 22, 2008 | |
Too Much Nigel 
The illustrations are wonderful, & some of the text is quite informative, but overall, there is just too much Nigel here. Too many photos of Nigel doing this & Nigel doing that (get the DVD if you really want to see all that much of Nigel). I was hoping for more animal illustrations & less photos of Nigel. Interesting animals are sometimes mentioned that aren't illustrated, which is somewhat frustrating. There's too much fiction & creative writing here, & too many photos of Nigel (did I already mention that?). Worth buying for the terrific animal recreations, but not enough of them.
November 11, 2007 | |
So Realistic, It's Scary!
I bought this book for my teenage son who has autism. He asked for this book. It's great! It coinsides with a program with the same name that has been shown on Discovery Channel. The book is a perfect companion to the program. It has awesome descriptions and "photos" of the prehistoric animals. It clarifies when each animal lived, and what the world looked like at that time. The fact that Nigel Marvin "went back in time" to study these monsters was awesome! Anyone who loves prehistoric animals has to have this book in their collection!
August 02, 2007 | |
Look's Good
I bought the book and it's on the shelf right now waiting to be read. I have already seen the program and it was excellent. I'm sure the book will be aswell. I bought the book because I saw the program and it made me want to buy the book. I at least recomend buying the film. My brother has read the book though and he said he really liked it. I think it would be a good idea to buy the book and see what it's like for yourself.
January 09, 2007 | |
Chased By Sea Monsters! 
Face-to-face with sharks that can bite whales in half? Swim with armor-plated fish so powerful that they can bite through chain mail? Dive into the midst of a feeding frenzy? Do all this and live to write about it?
This is the premise behind "Chased By Sea Monsters", the companion book to the Discovery Channel program. The series featured intrepid zoologist/time-traveler Nigel Marven swimming in the seven most deadly seas of the prehistoric age and encountering some of the most dangerous (and not-so-dangerous) sea monsters of those eras, such as the Jurassic and Devonian. Some of the creatures that Nigel encounters are the marine crocodile, the pack hunting mosasaur, the may-not-be extinct megalodon shark and the whale-eating prehistoric whale the basilosaurus.
The book is a word-for-word print version of the program though it also features a few more facts about some of the creatures. The book does not go into a lot of biological detail about the creatures but you do get a good feel for how they interacted and what they ate (or what ate them), and what climate conditions were like. The book does provide brief summaries of the creatures, giving the era they lived in, length, what they ate and the like.
If you would like to be "Chased By Sea Monsters" and get more of a feel for the marine reptiles of the dinosaur age, this is the book to have.
July 06, 2006 | |
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