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The Polar Bear Waltz and Other Moments of Epic Silliness: Comic Classics from Outside Magazine's "Parting Shots" (Outside Books)

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Creator: Hampton Sides
Publisher: W. W. Norton
Category: Book

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

6 reviews
Sales Rank: 588106

Media: Paperback
Edition: 25 Anv
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 96
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 8.1 x 0.4

ISBN: 0393323986
Dewey Decimal Number: 779.97965
EAN: 9780393323986
ASIN: 0393323986

Publication Date: November 4, 2002
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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
The most hilarious, whimsical outdoor moments captured on film, from twenty-five years of living Outside.

Short of near disaster or the sublime, what are our most memorable outdoor moments made of? The totally surprising, sometimes bizarre oddball moments that catch our psyches off guard and strike our funny bones to the core. Call it the wild side factor.

The editors of Outside proudly present outstanding images gleaned from 300 issues of their back-page "Parting Shots" photo feature. It's their way of celebrating the pratfalls and singular coincidences of an outdoor life—the comic circumstances of relatively tame mammals (us) spending more and more time closer and closer to large, wild animals. These images are a rare chance to look into the wide world outside and laugh at both ourselves and that infinitely wondrous, entertaining three-ring circus we call the universe. 67 four-color photographs.

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5 out of 5 stars

Epic laughs ensue April 22, 2005
4 out of 4 found this review helpful

This is a collection of photos from the "Parting Shot" page of Outside Magazine. Each of the photos is real, and works with the themes of Outside Magazine. (It's an outdoor adventure magazine. So expect extreme sports, animals, and a quirky look at stuff.)

Even if you never look at Outside Magazine, and even if you'll never think of yourself as an outdoor adventurer, these are wonderful pictures. Visitors grab it and giggle just as they do with our collection of Charles Addams cartoons -- and for much the same reason. These photographs run the gamut from beautiful to frightening to charming, but most are laugh-out-loud funny.

The reprints are a high enough quality that you can count on leaving this book out for years of enjoyment. Bring a smile to your face, and look at this book. Give a smile, and show someone else this book.

5 out of 5 stars

Captivating Moments of Beauty and Silliness April 30, 2004
9 out of 9 found this review helpful

'The Polar Bear Waltz' is a wonderful book taken from the best of the popular "Parting Shot" feature in 'Outside' magazine, which monthly showcases a wild, wonderful, beautiful, funny, or just plain quirky shot taken by a top rate nature photographer.

The book contains a brief introduction and the remainder is the beautiful photographs, with photography information yet no captions to allow the reader to mentally construct their own. The photos are breathtaking, many involving animals, many human interest shots, or even an occasional landscape. My favorites have to be the 'polar bear waltz' photo by Frans Lanting in Hudson Bay, Canada (p.77), the 'smiling saguaro' by Joe McDonald taken in Arizona (p. 79), the 'north pole' shot by Per Breihagen (pp. 72-73), and the 'whimsical ostrich' shot by Kevin Horan taken in Addington, Oklahoma (p.45). All of the shots in this book are great, but perhaps the most touching is the photo from Mount Elbert, Colorado by Dave Showalter on September 16, 2001 (p.96), surely one of the most inspiring photographs I have ever seen.

This is a beautiful and affordable book of some of the most truly amazing and stunning, sometimes playful, sometimes serious, but always magnificent photographs that I have ever seen. I recommend it to anyone.

3 out of 5 stars mostly human   December 31, 2003
16 out of 20 found this review helpful

Althou there are some "silly" animal shots, most are humans, especially skier and other atheletes. Don't buy it for the animal lover.

5 out of 5 stars Great pictures, and funny too   January 3, 2003
13 out of 15 found this review helpful

I bought this book for my brother for Christmas. After he opened it, it went around the whole house and everyone loved the pictures. This is a great coffee table book and one that can be enjoyed over and over.

5 out of 5 stars How to stuff a wild stocking   November 30, 2002
14 out of 18 found this review helpful

Simply a great gift book for anyone who loves wild places, adventure, the absurdity of life, and a good laugh.