Last Places on Earth

Last Places on Earth
Author: Eric Meola
Publisher: Graphis Press
Total Pages: 234
Release: 2004
Genre: Art
ISBN:

Photographer Eric Meola masterfully blends portraits and landscapes in this exploration of the disappearing beauty of various cultures, customs, ceremonies, and wildlife in remote areas of the world.

The Last Place on Earth

The Last Place on Earth
Author: Carol Snow
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2016-02-23
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 162779039X

"Daisy's best friend Henry has mysteriously disappeared, leaving behind only a cryptic note"--

The World Without Us

The World Without Us
Author: Alan Weisman
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 436
Release: 2008-08-05
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9780312427900

A penetrating take on how our planet would respond without the relentless pressure of the human presence

The Last Places on Earth

The Last Places on Earth
Author: Gary Mancuso
Publisher: Great Lands Publishing Company, LLC.
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2014-01-16
Genre: Voyages and travels
ISBN: 9780991227105

Gary Mancuso has seen how fast the world's biological and cultural diversity is being obliterated by rapid globalization. In 2005, He saw the earth reaching a major turning point, when the last remnants of primal humanity and nature would soon be gone. So, in a life-changing gamble, he set off on a six-year journey to see the earth's remaining wildernesses. This intensely personal account of Gary's journey includes feasting with New Guinea's former cannibals, hunting with Pygmies in the Congo Basin, and attending a Madagascan highland death ritual with an exhumed corpse as the guest of honor. The Last Places on Earth: Journeys in Our Disappearing World is a timely and powerful reminder that the wonderment and mystery that we humans naively assumed would always be there is dying fast.

My Favorite Place on Earth

My Favorite Place on Earth
Author: Jerry Camarillo Dunn
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2009-04-21
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 1426204361

See the world through the eyes of some of the most celebrated and admired people of our time in this engaging new travel book. Award-winning author and National Geographic Traveler writer Jerry Camarillo Dunn takes you on a remarkable journey with such amazing and diverse figures as Sandra Day O’Connor and the Dalai Lama, actors Robin Williams and Morgan Freeman, astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Sally Ride, explorer Jean-Michel Cousteau, real estate mogul Donald Trump, entertainer Jerry Seinfeld, food guru Alice Waters, and author Tony Hillerman. His simple question to these people: What is your favorite travel discovery? The answers are both surprising and engaging—ranging from Bali Indonesia to a well-used bench at San Francisco’s Crissy Field, from the Hopi Mesas in Arizona to the Old City of Jerusalem. In page after page, celebrated contributors describe the special appeal of each place—be it the amazing beauty, or the character of the people, or simply the hushed joy of solitude. To enhance the stories further, Dunn scoured the files of National Geographic to create sidebars full of intriguing information about each place—and even steers you to websites that tell how you can visit them yourself. But the real allure is the entertaining narrative, inviting readers to experience the excitement of traveling with these celebrated personalities to their favorite places on Earth. For a complete list of contributing authors and more information, visit the author's website at www.myfavoriteplacenatgeo.com.

Geronimo Stilton Graphic Novels Vol. 18

Geronimo Stilton Graphic Novels Vol. 18
Author: Geronimo Stilton
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 60
Release: 2016-11-29
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1629916943

It's a race to the bottom of the world when Geronimo and his friends Petunia, Benjamin, Trap, and Bruce join explorer Roald Amundsen’s expedition to reach the South Pole in 1911. From Norway, through Portugal, and then straight on to the Bay of Whales in Antarctica. They’ll have to evade the sneaky sabotage of the Pirate Cats to make sure Amundsen is the very first person to reach the Pole!

Scott and Amundsen

Scott and Amundsen
Author: Roland Huntford
Publisher: Penguin Adult HC/TR
Total Pages: 728
Release: 1980
Genre: Explorers
ISBN:

Examines the differences in the two men's approaches to the discovery of the South Pole. A eulogy of Roald Amundsen and a debunking of R.F. scott. Well researched, but unduly biased.

Wilderness

Wilderness
Author: Russell A. Mittermeier
Publisher: Conservation International
Total Pages: 573
Release: 2002
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9789686397697

Continuing the work it began in Hotspots, Conservation International identifies thirty-seven vital wilderness areas around the world, including tropical rainforests, arctic tundra, deserts, and wetlands, using more than five hundred stunning color photographs to illuminate the rich diversity of each region.