ATLAS OF REMOTE ISLANDS: Fifty Islands I Have Never Set Foot On and Never Will
Language: English
Published by Penguin Books, New York, 2010
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Uncle Peter's Books, Clunes, NSW, AustraliaUncle Peter's Books
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Condition: Used - Fair
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"Pingelap: Caroline Islands (Micronesia) Even the pigs on this island are black and white. It is as if they have been made specially for the seventy-five people of Pingelap who see no colour: not the fiery crimson of the sunset, not the azure of the ocean.a tiny mutation in chromosome number eight and Typhoon Lienkieki are responsible." Hardback, no dustwrapper. Head and tail of spine and board edges lightly bumped and rubbed. Binding is neat and tidy. Pages and page ends are lightly thumbed. Gently handled, this book is in good condition. *We always describe the faults of our books meticulously; they usually present better than they sound.
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- Title
- ATLAS OF REMOTE ISLANDS: Fifty Islands I Have Never Set Foot On and Never Will
- Author
- SCHALANSKY, Judith
- Publisher
- Penguin Books, New York
- Publication year
- 2010
- Condition
- Fair
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 014311820X
- ISBN 13
- 9780143118206
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Item weight
- 499 grams
- Dimensions
- 116.84 millimeters width by 213.36 millimeters height by 17.78 millimeters depth
- Seller catalogs
- Reference
There are still places on earth that are unknown. Visually stunning and uniquely designed, this wondrous book captures fifty islands that are far away in every sense-from the mainland, from people, from airports, and from holiday brochures. Author Judith Schalansky used historic events and scientific reports as a springboard for each island, providing information on its distance from the mainland, whether its inhabited, its features, and the stories that have shaped its lore. With stunning full-color maps and an air of mysterious adventure, Atlas of Remote Island is perfect for the traveler or romantic in all of us.
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Uncle Peter's Books
Clunes, NSW, Australia
AbeBooks seller since January 5, 2012
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Uncle Peter's Books is a general secondhand bookshop located in the village of Clunes, which is located between Lismore and Byron Bay in northern New South Wales. Uncle Peter's Books has been in business since January 1997. The shop holds about 25,000 books across a range of categories. There is a large fiction section, arranged alphabetically by author, which includes crime fiction, science fiction and literature, paperbacks and hardbacks, first editions and reading copies. Other categories include Art, Architecture, Photography, Craft, Australiana, Biography, History, Science, Technical, Health, Travel, Antarctic, Aviation, Mountaineering, Cooking, Sport, Military, Reference, True Crime, Philosophy, Animals, Gardening, Myths, New Age, Children's, Poetry, Drama, Humour, and Classics.…
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