Islands Beyond the Horizon

Islands Beyond the Horizon
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 255
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ISBN-10 : 9780199606498
ISBN-13 : 0199606498
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Book Synopsis Islands Beyond the Horizon by : Roger Lovegrove

Download or read book Islands Beyond the Horizon written by Roger Lovegrove and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-09-13 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Renowned naturalist Roger Lovegrove has travelled to the world's remotest islands, from the South Seas to the Arctic Circle. They are beautiful, dangerous, and inspiring. Here he tells the story of twenty; each a self-contained habitat with a delicately-balanced ecosystem, and each its tales of humans who have settled, despoiled, or cared for them.


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