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Among the Islands: Adventures in the Pacific - Softcover

Flannery, Tim

 
9780802121820: Among the Islands: Adventures in the Pacific
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0802121829 ISBN 13: 9780802121820
Verlag: Grove Press, 2013

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Tim Flannery is one of the world’s most influential scientists, credited with discovering more species than Darwin. In Among the Islands Flannery recounts a series of expeditions he made at the dawn of his career to the strange tropical islands of the South Pacific, a great arc stretching nearly 4,000 miles from the postcard perfection of Polynesia to some of the largest, highest, ancient, and most rugged islands on earth.

Flannery was traveling in search of rare and undiscovered mammal species, but he found much more: wild, weird places where local taboos, foul weather, dense jungle, and sheer remoteness made for difficult and dramatic exploration. Among the Islands is full of fascinating creatures—monkey faced bats, giant rats, gazelle-faced black wallabies, and more—and the adventure of discovery. This is an idea read for anyone who has ever imagined voyaging to the ends of the earth to uncover and study the rare and the wonderful.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Tim Flannery is a scientist, explorer and conservationist. He has published more than 130 peer-reviewed scientific papers and many books including The Future Eaters and the international bestseller The Weather Makers, which has been translated into more than 20 languages. He was named Australian of the Year in 2007.

http://www.timflannery.com.au

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Verlag
Grove Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2013
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0802121829
ISBN 13 
9780802121820
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
256
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