The Jewel Hunter The Jewel Hunter
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The Jewel Hunter

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Beschreibung des Verlags

A tale of one man's obsession with rainforest jewels, this is the story of an impossible dream: a quest to see every one of the world's most elusive avian gems--a group of birds known as pittas--in a single year.

Insightful, compelling, and laugh-out-loud funny, this is more than a book about birds. It's a true story detailing the lengths to which a man will go to escape his midlife crisis. A travelogue with a difference, it follows a journey from the suburban straitjacket of High Wycombe to the steamy, leech-infested rainforests of remotest Asia, Africa, and Australia.

Dangerous situations, personal traumas, and logistical nightmares threaten The Jewel Hunter's progress. Will venomous snakes or razor-clawed bears intervene? Or will running out of fuel mid-Pacific ultimately sink the mission? The race is on. . . .

If you've ever yearned to escape your day job, wondered what makes men tick, or simply puzzled over how to make a truly world-class cup of tea, this is a book for you.

GENRE
Wissenschaft und Natur
ERSCHIENEN
2013
15. Februar
SPRACHE
EN
Englisch
UMFANG
358
Seiten
VERLAG
Princeton University Press
ANBIETERINFO
OpenRoad Integrated Media, LLC
GRÖSSE
11,1
 MB
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