Author


Roberta Bondar has authored numerous books, articles and essays touching on a wide variety of scientific and popular subjects. The following is a small sampling of her better-known published works.


Landscape of Dreams

Canada - Landscape of Dreams
An elegant love letter to Canada, combining the images of Roberta Bondar and text by some of the country's most distinguished artists, writers, entertainers, thinkers and personalities.


50 full-colour photographs
Softcover 9" x 9" (25.4 cm x 27.9 cm)
112 pages, printed on acid free paper
Introduction by Dr. Roberta Bondar
Published in Canada by Douglas and McIntyre, 2006
(Hard cover edition published 2002 sold out)
ISBN 978-1-55365-182-6

$19.95CAD + S&H Autographed 


Passionate Vision

Passionate Vision: Discovering Canada's National Parks

Foreword by the Rt. Hon. Pierre Elliott Trudeau. More than 100 photographs, including six stunning images from space, both of familiar places and little-known wilderness, are interwoven with words about the land by explorers, poets, ecologists and naturalists such as Rachel Carson, Ansel Adams and Wade Davis.


100 full-colour photographs
Softcover 10" x 11" (25.4 cm x 27.9 cm)
176 pages, printed on acid free paper
Introduction by Dr. Roberta Bondar
Published in Canada by Douglas and McIntyre, 2008
(Hard cover edition published 2000 sold out)
ISBN 978-1-55365-379-0

$39.95CAD + S&H Autographed 


The Arid Edge of Earth

The Arid Edge of Earth
In conjunction with major international exhibitions, Roberta's latest photographic essay uncovers the Arctic North, the shadows of the Grand Canyon, the burning sands of the Sahara, and many more extreme environments accompanied by her commentary on capturing the Earth.


25 black and white, 48 full colour photographs
Softcover 10.5" x 4.5" (26.7 cm x 19.0 cm)
88 pages, printed on acid free, 50% recycled content paper
Introduction by Dr. Roberta Bondar
Published in Canada by Roberta Bondar Astronaut Enterprise, 2006
ISBN 0-9780508-0-0

$29.95CAD + S&H Autographed 


Touching the Earth

Touching the Earth
Touching the Earth is an amazing visual and written testament to the beauty and variety of our planet. Dr. Bondar contrasts her two views of "home", with photographs from space and her early photography from its surface, accompanied by text of her journey and reflections on our environment.


95 colour, 2 black and white plates
Softcover 9" x 9.3", (22.8 cm x 23.6 cm)
144 pages on recycled, acid-free paper
Published in Canada by Key Porter Books
ISBN 1-55013-657-7

$20.00CAD + S&H Autographed 


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Latest Writings


pdf Tree Portraits pdf Wanting to Dream
pdf Down to Earth pdf Driving Through Chaos
pdf Bondar Vision pdf Reality Sucks Energy Big Time
pdf The Art of Adapting Kodak eMagazine
pdf Wobblers are for the Birds: Reality Check  
pdf Almost Home  

BONDAR FAST FACTS

• Won public elementary school oratorical contest at age of 12
• Research assistant in Insect Genetics for six summers
• Honors Student in Professional Nature Photography
• Toastmasters Award
• Private Pilot's License - Fixed Wing - Age 22
• Logged time in Hot Air Balloons, T-33, T-38, F-18
• Parachute and SCUBA training
• Water Survival Training
• Kept caterpillars in the bathroom Age 17
• Won Science Fair Award in Biology
• Constructed plastic model rockets Age 8
• Owned first camera Age 11
• Designed new techniques for color photography for the microscope (some years later!)
• First person to photograph the high Arctic with medium format panoramic camera
• First person to photograph the Libyan Sahara and UNESCO World heritage Sites with a medium format panoramic camera
• First person to photograph all of Canada's National Parks
• Cited as Personality of the Year 1992 by LaPresse, Montreal
• Has been bestowed with 24 Honorary Doctorate degrees