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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. Interesting overviews of visits to a couple of dozen islands - some well-known, others more obscure - with a great geographical balance. Each entry is thorough enough to show that the author did his homework on its background, incorporating those facts into his visit, while never really getting bogged down in detail. Highly recommended for serious travel lit buffs! ( ) sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
Leslie Thomas's odyssey is a vivid, personal account of the most fascinating islands at the furthest reaches of the globe- to islands as distant and diverse as Saint-Pierre et Miquelon off Newfoundland and Great Barrier Island off New Zealand, and to places more familiar by name, including Nantucket, Fair Isle, Tahiti, and Capri, this journey voyages to the world's smaller places. Descriptive, evocative and liberally sprinkled with anecdotes, the book weaves together a tapestry of impressions. Beachcombing for local legends, geography, colonial history and maritime lore, Thomas's search for the mystique of these islands gives the reader a unique insight into an extraordinary and beautiful world of islands. 'My World of Islandsreads as a paean to a past age... a reminder that the entire world has not yet been reduced to Frejus or Marbella' Times Literary Supplement No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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