| Description |
1 online resource (344 pages, 80 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps |
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Cover; Dedication; Title; Copyright; Contents; Glossary; Chapter 1: Quitting the Day Job. High Wycombe, UK; Chapter 2: The Storm Before the Calm. Southern Thailand; Chapter 3: Dry Country Blues. Central, Northern Thailand; Chapter 4: Missing in Action. Luzon, The Philippines; Chapter 5: Jeepneys and Jeopardy. Mindanao, The Philippines; Chapter 6: The Swimming Pool Trail. Southern Vietnam; Chapter 7: One Cup of Tea? Northeast India; Chapter 8: Rusty's Return. Peninsular Malaysia; Chapter 9: The Toktor Will See You Now. Southwest Sumatra; Chapter 10: The Eight Colour Bird. Taiwan |
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Chapter 11: Who's the Daddy? Sabah, BorneoChapter 12: The Famous Five. Sabah, Borneo; Chapter 13: The Heart of Darkness. Southwest Uganda; Chapter 14: Mad Dogs and Englishman. Halmahera, Sulawesi, Peleng; Chapter 15: The Mysterious Mr. Klau. Bali, Sumba, West Timor, Flores; Chapter 16: Billabongs and Bowers. Northern Australia; Chapter 17: Strange Days. Manus; Chapter 18: Adrift in Time. The Solomon Islands; Chapter 19: A Rare Bird Indeed. Sri Lanka; Chapter 20: And the First Shall Be Last. Zambia; Acknowledgements; The Treasure Chest |
| Summary |
A tale of one man's obsession with rainforest jewels, this is the story of an impossible dream: a quest to see every one of the world's most elusive avian gems--a group of birds known as pittas--in a single year. Insightful, compelling, and laugh-out-loud funny, this is more than a book about birds. It's a true story detailing the lengths to which a man will go to escape his midlife crisis. A travelogue with a difference, it follows a journey from the suburban straitjacket of High Wycombe to the steamy, leech-infested rainforests of remotest Asia, Africa, and Australia. Danger |
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Print version record |
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Gooddie, Chris -- Travel -- Asia
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Bird watching -- Asia
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Pittidae.
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NATURE -- Animals -- Birds.
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NATURE -- Birdwatching Guides.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- Ornithology.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Personal Memoirs.
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Bird watching
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Pittidae
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Travel
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| SUBJECT |
Asia -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85008613
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| Subject |
Asia
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781400847235 |
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1400847230 |
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