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Savage Shore: Life and Death with Nicaragua's Last Shark Hunters
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A compelling story of sharks, the men who hunt them, and a primeval world on the edge of destruction.
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Claude and Madeleine: A True Story
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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, ...
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The Plague Race. a Tale of Fear, Science and Heroism
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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 ...
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Plague: A Story of Science, Rivalry, and the Scourge That Won't Go Away
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"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 ...
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The Plague Race: a Scientific Odyssey
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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 ...
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The Lost Tribe
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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 ...
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Wild shore : life and death with Nicaragua's last shark hunters
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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.
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The Lost Tribe: A Harrowing Passage Into New Guinea's Heart of Darkness
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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.
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The Lost Tribe: A Search Through the Jungles of Papua New Guinea
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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 ...
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The Apricot Blooms in the Desert
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Papua & New Guinea in pictures : a book of elementary social studies.
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Thomas West of Barcom Glen : his life and times and family
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The Plague Race: A Tale of Fear, Science and Heroism
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An inspiring story of scientific endeavour and human bravery, "The Plague Race" is the story of one brave scientist who made an amazing discovery made in Hong Kong 100 years ago - during an outbreak of the plague that threatened to decimate the island and, from there, the world. A tense and frightening race was run in appalling conditions by two ...
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