When Claude Peri and Madeleine Bayard meet in Indochina in the 1930s, they fall immediately and passionately in love. They are soulmates, and not only lovers: each works as a spy for the French government. Claude travels alone through Hitler's Germany (where he is invited to dinner with Hermann Goering), the Middle East, India and Thailand. Then, ...
Edward Marriott first heard of the Liawep tribe in 1993, when their "discovery" by a missionary hit the international headlines. Unable to believe that anyone could still be living in the Stone Age conditions described in the reports, he set out to find the Liawep himself. Banned by the Papua New Guinea government from visiting them, he assembled ...
This is the story of how one brave scientist unlocked the mystery at the heart of this most feared of diseases. This discovery was made in Hong Kong at the beginning of the 20th century, during an outbreak that threatened to decimate the island and, from there, the world. A tense and frightening race was run in appalling conditions by two rival ...
"You thought the bubonic plague had gone the way of powdered wigs? Try again: It could happen anytime. Edward Marriott's dramatic, gripping new book gives you yet another thing to worry about." --"New York" Plague. The very word carries an unholy resonance. No other disease can claim its apocalyptic power: it can lie dormant for centuries, only ...
A modern take on that universally fascinating subject - plague As Ed Marriott discovered while researching this brilliant new book, plague is a powerful subject. As well as being a seriously nasty disease, it has its own fascinating history and mythology, and is virulent not only in its epidemics, but also in its fear factor. In PLAGUE, Marriott ...
An account of the author's travels up the course of the San Juan river, from the East Coast of Nicaragua to Lake Nicaragua, to meet the fishing communities whose lives are led by their proximity to the bull shark. An exploration of a little-known region, as well as of our fascination with sharks.
Marriott tells of his harrowing passage into New Guinea's jungle of Papua in search of a newly discovered tribe known as the Liawep, living in Stone Age conditions. After assembling a ragtag patrol and venturing illegally into the wilderness, nothing could have prepared Marriott for what he found. Map.
This is a true account of the author's search for - and discovery of - a "lost tribe" in Papua New Guinea. The author relates his tale of how he journeyed through jungle and up mountain to visit the Liawep tribe, who had had their first contact with the outside world only one year before,in the form of a missionary. He then describes how he was ...
We guarantee every item's condition, as described on Alibris. If you are not satisfied that an item is as described, return your purchase for a refund.
