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Swarovski crystal galapagos tortoise in excellent condition never been touched with out gloves on all comes in original box,bags and all signed read more
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galapagos blue-ray film with david attenborough in as new condition real bargain
5 €
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Condition: goodbinding: paperbackauthors: john hickmanlist price (msrp)product category: books
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These two wet suits were purchased for a one week trip to the galapagos and have been hardly worn since so are in excellent conditionboth the blue and red wet suits are the same size - men’s m/l but one was worn by and both are here modeled by a 6ft tall woman! we also have 2 pairs of gul slipper shoes to go with the wet suits (see separate product or ask for details)smooth-skin chest and back£12 each or both for £20 read morethe features are: titanium double lined neoprene which reflects heat back in100% d-flex panels for durabilityflatlock durable seam constructionlong sturdy back zip and velcro adjustable neck
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Lopez also probes the long history of humanity's quests and explorations, including the prehistoric peoples who trekked across skraeling island in northern canada, the colonialists who plundered central africa, an enlightenment-era englishman who sailed the pacific, a native american emissary who found his way into isolationist japan, and today's ecotourists in the tropicshe is also the greatest travel writersee oxfam website for delivery information read moretaking us nearly from pole to pole - from modern megacities to some of the earth's most remote regions - and across decades of lived experience, barry lopez gives us his most far-ranging yet personal work to date, in a book that describes his travels to six regions of the world: from western oregon to the high arctic; from the galápagos to the kenyan desert; from botany bay in australia to finally, unforgettably, the ice shelves of antarcticahorizon is a revelatory, epic work that voices concern but also hope - a book that makes you see the world differently, and that is the crowning achievement by one of america's great voices an astounding new memoir' sunday times'horizon is magnificent; a contemporary epic' robert macfarlane, author of underlandfrom the author of the classic arctic dreams comes a vivid recollection of his travels around the world and the encounters that have shaped an extraordinary lifethroughout his journeys - to some of the hottest, coldest, and most desolate places on the globe - and via friendships with scientists, archaeologists, artists and local residents, lopez searches for meaning and purpose in a broken worldoxfam shop brentwood 'the greatest nature writer in the world
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Contents - five days at jerusalem; sicily as it is; china (pages ), cochin china and japan; islands of the indian and eastern seas; up and down the amoor; from asia to america; vancouver island; from the atlantic to the pacific; cremation ghats at calcutta; cuba and the cubans; to cuba and back; the search for the franklin expedition; dalmatia; galapagos archipelago; coral islands; maldiva islands; society islands; mount athos and its monasteries; the great plains of north america; travel and sporting adventures in south africa; the steppes of russia and the caucasus; morocco or maroccofold out plate showing jerusalem from the mount of olives; illustrated title page with vignette of the great eastern laying the atlantic cable; plain text title page; xii pages of preface, contents and illustrations; 820 pagesour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethis is the first series, so presumably more were planned or actually publishedvery good condition with both boards firmly attached and no pages loose or missingthere are 72 full pages plates in this book, together with innumerable woodcut illustrations in the text, and of course the six coloured maps of asia; china and the indo-chinese states; north america; south america; turkey in europe and greece; and africacatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablei have here for sale a book entitled all round the world: an illustrated record of voyages, travels and adventures, in all parts of the globe, edited by wf ainsworthare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiquarter bound in brown buckram on maroon buckram hardboards, with five raised bands on the spine, and gilt letteringpublished in by william collins of london and glasgowplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitewith 200 illustrations after drawings by gustave dore, berard, lancelot, jules noel and other eminent artists, and six finely engraved full coloured maps
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Nor does gibson forget the fascination they hold for science, as the galapagos finches did for darwinwhether as the christian dove, or quetzalcoatl the aztec plumed serpent or in plato s vision of the human soul growing wings and feathers, religion and philosophy have looked to birds as representatives of our better selves that part of us not bound to the earthwith the passion of a birdwatcher and hoarder of words, gibson has spent fifteen years collecting the literary and artistic forms our affinity for birds has taken over the centuriesbirds have ever been the symbols of our highest aspirationsbirds appear again and again in mythology and folk tales, and in literature by writers as diverse as ovid, thomas hardy, kafka, thoreau and tsee oxfam website for delivery information read morefrom the book: "stevenson remembered the story of a monk who had been distracted from his copy-work by the song of a birdhe went into the garden to listen more closely, and when he returned, after what he thought were only a few minutes, he discovered that a century had gone by, that his fellow monks were dead and his ink had turned to dustas divine messengers, symbols of our yearning for the heavens, or avatars of glorious song and colour, they have stirred our imaginations from the moment we first looked into the skythey've been omens, allegories, disguises and guides; they've been worshipped, eaten, feared and lovedbirds figure charmingly and tellingly in the work of such nature writers as gilbert white, peter matthiessen, farley mowat and barry lopezoxfam bookshop knutsford in this stunning assemblage of words and images, novelist and avid birdwatcher graeme gibson has crafted an extraordinary tribute to the venerable relationship between humans and birdswas the same true of time in hell, stevenson asked himselfthe song of the bird had given him a taste of paradise, where an instant is as a hundred years of earthly timegorgeously illustrated, woven from centuries of human response to the delights of the feathered tribes, the bedside book of birds is for anyone who is aware of birds, and for everyone who is intrigued by the artistic forms that humanity has created to represent its soul
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From the tip of south america and the galapagos islands to australia and tahiti; darwin set out to study geology, but ended up finding the information that would lead to this theory of evolution by natural selectiona naturalist's voyage around the world follows charles darwin over his almost five year journey around the world, in which he studied animals, plants geology, and much moreoxfam shop scarborough a book which is in great condition for its age, the pages are slightly coloured but has no effect on the readingsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe cover has some creases and marks at the side but isn't very noticeable
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All books are in very good clean conditionan impressive selection of children’s nonfiction books, around 20£5 cash on collectionthis is a real bargaincollection includes: record breakers, fantastic sea creatures, animal hunters, living history of britain, 3 dinosaur books, aztecs and incas, galapagos, nursery rhymes, 6 books from tell me about it series
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