Among The Islands

Download or read book Among The Islands written by Tim Flannery and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2012-10-30 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twenty-five years ago, a young Australian museum curator named Tim Flannery set out to research the fauna of the Pacific Islands. Starting with a survey of one of the most inaccessible islands in Melanesia, the young scientist found himself ghost whispering, snake wrestling and Quadoi hunting in search of a small bat that turned out not to be earthshatteringly interesting. With accounts of discovering, naming and sometimes eating new mammal species; being thwarted or aided by local customs; and historic scientific expeditions, Flannery, now one of the world’s top environmentalists, takes us on an enthralling journey through some of the most diverse and spectacular places on earth.

Download or read book Journal of a Cruise Among the Islands of the Western Pacific written by John Elphinstone Erskine and published by . This book was released on 1853 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Journal of a Cruise Among the Islands of the Western Pacific, Including the Feejees and Others Inhabited by the Polynesian Negro Races, in Her Majesty's Ship Havannah written by John Elphinstone Erskine and published by . This book was released on 1853 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Journal of a Cruise Among the Islands of the Western Pacific, Including the Fujees and Other Inhabited by the Polynesian Negro Races, in Her Majesty's Ship Havannah written by John-Elphinstone Erskine and published by . This book was released on 1853 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Journal of a Cruise Among the Islands of the Western Pacific ... by John Elphinstone Erskine written by John Elphinstone Erskine and published by . This book was released on 1853 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Journal of a voyage up the Mediterranean principally among the islands of the Archipelago, and in Asia Minor written by Charles Swan and published by . This book was released on 1826 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Among the Children of the Sun written by Marvin W. Hunt and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2012-11-01 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marvin Hunt's remarkable Among the Children of the Sun takes readers to an island nation that millions of people visit yearly, but few actually know much about. Bypassing the well-known resorts of Nassau and Freeport, he concentrates on life in the other islands of the Bahamas—the Family Islands. Hunt explores the geology of these islands; the racial, social and political history of the nation; its storied history as an eighteenth-century haven for pirates; its customs, its food and music; its religious traditions; and the challenges it faces as an emerging nation, in a lively narrative, reminiscent of Paul Theroux, that spans fifteen years of travel. Richly detailed, full of lively encounters with people and places, Among the Children of the Sun does what no other book about the Bahamas has done: take readers beyond the name tags and smiling faces of those who service the tourist industry, into their real lives, conveying the triumphs and tragedies of ordinary people living in an extraordinary landscape. It is a work of self-discovery, too, as the author comes to terms with his own evolving life.