Gaping Gill: 150 years of exploration

History

Beck, Howard M

Europe

R. Hale

Howard Beck is no ordinary travel writer. When visiting a country, he immerses himself totally in his experiences, taking his readers to new levels of awareness. In this earthy narrative he introduces the reader to a rugged land of 10,000 colorful tribes, a weird and wonderful bestiary, and an adventurous author whose culinary bent finds him dining on python, rat, bat, parrot, and insect pupae. Adventures in a land described as "like every place you've never been" see Howard one moment standing on the country's highest mountains, the next exploring the mysterious world beneath the jungle in search of the planet's deepest cave. His travels with a "tea-towel map," described with down to earth and often amusing clarity, will have the reader warming to tales of archery contests with wild tribesmen, the discovery of macabre burial sites, sorcery in the dead of night, and of being invited to live with a tribe in the land of Laughing Death, where the deceased are exhumed and eaten as a mark of respect. Lavishly illustrated, this is a book to inspire adventurers and travelers alike, whether aspiring or of the armchair variety.

Papua New Guinea: Tales from a Wild Island

Travel

Australia & South Pacific

Robert_Hale

<i>Wild Flowers of Yorkshire</i> provides a comprehensive guide to the wide range of wild flowers most likely to be found in the largest county of Britain, together with some of the rarer species. Lavishly illustrated with stunning color photography throughout, the book is a perfect guide for the amateur botanist exploring the region. Flowers are arranged according to color, making the book easy to use out in the field.

Wild Flowers of Yorkshire

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Gardening & Landscape Design

The Crowood Press

Bronte Country

Leeming, Glenda

Warner, Simon

Grange Books

Beneath the Cloud Forests: A History of Cave Exploration in Papua New Guinea

Africa

Speleo Projects

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