The jewel hunter / Chris Gooddie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gooddie, Chris.

Series:

WILDGuides Series

WILDGuides

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gooddie, Chris.

Rain forest animals.

Forest birds.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (361 p.)

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Old Basing, Hampshire : WILDGuides, 2010.

Language Note:

English

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. Dangerous situations, personal traumas, and logistical nightmares threaten The Jewel Hunter's progress. Will venomous snakes or razor-clawed bears intervene? Or will running out of fuel mid-Pacific ultimately sink the mission? The race is on. . . . If you've ever yearned to escape your day job, wondered what makes men tick, or simply puzzled over how to make a truly world-class cup of tea, this is a book for you.

Contents:

Front matter

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

Chapter 11. Who's the Daddy? Sabah, Borneo

Chapter 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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-299-05152-9

1-4008-4723-0

OCLC:

828794184