Images of spacious beaches, muddy river banks, crystal clear waterfalls, and lush jungles adorned with tropical blooms and prehistoric plants will stay in the reader's mind for a long time to come. This exquisite book, brilliant in color and enchanting in subject, takes readers on a personal journey through the jewelled treasure that is Costa Rica.
The book is a magnificent illustrated testimony to Costa Rica's fragile beauty and is packed with stunning photographs from Costa Rica that represent 13 years of field work by the author. It plays a key role in the movie's plot and appears in scenes filmed both in the US and in Costa Rica. Costa 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.