Автор: Gimlette John Название: The Elephant Complex: Travels in Sri Lanka ISBN: 0345806999 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780345806994 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 1571 р. Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка.
Описание: -Brilliant.- --The Daily Telegraph No one sees the world quite like John Gimlette. In Elephant Complex, he ventures into Sri Lanka, a country only now emerging from twenty-six years of civil war. Beginning in the exuberant capital, Colombo, Gimlette ventures out in all directions: to the dry zones where the island's 5,800 wild elephants congregate around ancient reservoirs; through cinnamon country with its Portuguese forts; to the -Bible Belt- of Buddhism; then up into Kandy, the country's eccentric, aristocratic Shangri-la. In the course of his journey, Gimlette meets farmers, war heroes, cricketers, terrorists, a former president, survivors of great massacres--and perhaps some of their perpetrators. That's to say nothing of the island's beguiling fauna: elephants, crocodiles, snakes, storks, and the greatest concentration of leopards on Earth. Here is a land of beauty and devastation, a place at once heavenly and hellish--all brought to vibrant, fascinating life here on the page.
Автор: Gimlette John Название: Elephant Complex ISBN: 178206799X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781782067993 Издательство: Hodder Рейтинг: Цена: 2358 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: A Spectator Book of the Year 2015. From Ceylon to the Tamil Tigers, the first in-depth account of Sri Lanka by an award-winning travel writer.
Автор: Gimlette John Название: Elephant Complex ISBN: 1782067973 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781782067979 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 824 р. Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка.
Описание: From Ceylon to the Tamil Tigers, from elephant sanctuaries to indigenous tribes, this is one of the first in-depth accounts of Sri Lanka, by an award-winning travel writer
Автор: Gimlette John Название: Wild Coast: Travels on South America`s Untamed Edge ISBN: 0307473627 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780307473622 Издательство: Random House (USA) Цена: 1659 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana are among the least-known places in South America: nine hundred miles of muddy coastline giving way to a forest so dense that even today there are virtually no roads through it; a string of rickety coastal towns situated between the mouths of the Orinoco and Amazon Rivers, where living is so difficult that as many Guianese live abroad as in their homelands; an interior of watery, green anarchy where border disputes are often based on ancient Elizabethan maps, where flora and fauna are still being discovered, where thousands of rivers remain mostly impassable. And under the lens of John Gimlette--brilliantly offbeat, irreverent, and canny--these three small countries are among the most wildly intriguing places on earth. On an expedition that will last three months, he takes us deep into a remarkable world of swamp and jungle, from the hideouts of runaway slaves to the vegetation-strangled remnants of penal colonies and forts, from "Little Paris" to a settlement built around a satellite launch pad. He recounts the complicated, often surprisingly bloody, history of the region--including the infamous 1978 cult suicide at Jonestown--and introduces us to its inhabitants: from the world's largest ants to fluorescent purple frogs to head-crushing jaguars; from indigenous tribes who still live by sorcery to descendants of African slaves, Dutch conquerors, Hmong refugees, Irish adventurers, and Scottish outlaws; from high-tech pirates to hapless pioneers for whom this stunning, strangely beautiful world ("a sort of X-rated Garden of Eden") has become home by choice or by force. In Wild Coast, John Gimlette guides us through a fabulously entertaining, eye-opening--and sometimes jaw-dropping--journey.
Автор: Gimlette John Название: Wild Coast: Travels on South America`s Untamed Edge ISBN: 0307272532 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780307272539 Издательство: Random House (USA) Цена: 2675 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Gimlette John Название: Panther Soup: Travels Through Europe in War and Peace ISBN: 0307277917 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780307277916 Издательство: Random House (USA) Цена: 1566 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Gimlette, John Название: Panther Soup ISBN: 0091921384 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780091921385 Издательство: Random House - Penguin Рейтинг: Цена: 2468 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Beginning in Marseille and ending in the Austrian Tyrol, this title travels through some of the spectacular landscapes in the world, and through cities that have risen from cinders. It explores old camps and drinking dens, delves into the murky sub-culture of the war, and visits towns reeling from the trauma.
Автор: Gimlette, John Название: Theatre of fish ISBN: 0091795192 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780091795191 Издательство: Random House - Penguin Рейтинг: Цена: 2208 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: At the heart of the book, however, are the present-day inhabitants of these shores. Descended from last-hope Irishmen, outlaws, navy deserters and fishermen from Jersey and Dorset, these `outporters` are a warm, salty, witty and exuberant breed.
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