Gooddie The Jewel Hunter

Course Book
ISBN: 978-1-4008-4723-5
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 57, 344 Seiten

Reihe: WILDGuides

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Gooddie, Chris

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Tierkunde / Zoologie Wirbeltiere (Vertebrata) Vögel (Ornithologie)
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Biographien & Autobiographien: Historisch, Politisch, Militärisch
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften, Biologie: Sachbuch, Naturführer

Inhaltsverzeichnis

FrontMatter, pg. 1
Contents, pg. 7
Glossary, pg. 8
Chapter 1. Quitting the Day Job. High Wycombe, UK, pg. 13
Chapter 2. The Storm Before the Calm. Southern Thailand, pg. 20
Chapter 3. Dry Country Blues. Central, Northern Thailand, pg. 39
Chapter 4. Missing in Action. Luzon, The Philippines, pg. 57
Chapter 5. Jeepneys and Jeopardy. Mindanao, The Philippines, pg. 71
Chapter 6. The Swimming Pool Trail. Southern Vietnam, pg. 88
Chapter 7. One Cup of Tea? Northeast India, pg. 103
Chapter 8. Rusty’s Return. Peninsular Malaysia, pg. 123
Chapter 9. The Toktor Will See You Now. Southwest Sumatra, pg. 147
Chapter 10. The Eight Colour Bird. Taiwan, pg. 169
Chapter 11. Who’s the Daddy? Sabah, Borneo, pg. 189
Chapter 12. The Famous Five. Sabah, Borneo, pg. 208
Chapter 13. The Heart of Darkness. Southwest Uganda, pg. 228
Chapter 14. Mad Dogs and Englishman. Halmahera, Sulawesi, Peleng, pg. 249
Chapter 15. The Mysterious Mr. Klau. Bali, Sumba, West Timor, Flores, pg. 278
Chapter 16. Billabongs and Bowers. Northern Australia, pg. 293
Chapter 17. Strange Days. Manus, pg. 304
Chapter 18. Adrift in Time. The Solomon Islands, pg. 313
Chapter 19. A Rare Bird Indeed. Sri Lanka, pg. 324
Chapter 20. And the First Shall Be Last. Zambia, pg. 330
Acknowledgements, pg. 341
The Treasure Chest, pg. 345

Über Autor(innen)

Chris Gooddie set fire to a carefully constructed career ladder and warmed his hands over the flames. Then he went traveling all over Asia and beyond in pursuit of the world's most beautiful birds, the pittas.