Plundering Paradise e-bog
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Mention the Galpagos Islands to almost anyone, and the first things that spring to mind are iguanas, tortoises, volcanic beaches, and, of course, Charles Darwin. But there are people living there, too -- nearly 20,000 of them. A wild stew of nomads and grifters, dreamers and hermits, wealthy tour operators and desperately poor South American refugees, these inhabitants have brought crime, crowd...
E-bog
78,54 DKK
Forlag
HarperCollins e-books
Udgivet
13 oktober 2009
Længde
368 sider
Genrer
Creative writing and creative writing guides
Sprog
English
Format
epub
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9780061749568
Mention the Galpagos Islands to almost anyone, and the first things that spring to mind are iguanas, tortoises, volcanic beaches, and, of course, Charles Darwin. But there are people living there, too -- nearly 20,000 of them. A wild stew of nomads and grifters, dreamers and hermits, wealthy tour operators and desperately poor South American refugees, these inhabitants have brought crime, crowding, poaching, and pollution to the once-idyllic islands. In Plundering Paradise, Michael D'Orso explores the conflicts on land and at sea that now threaten to destroy this fabled "e;Eden of Evolution."e;