02439nam 2200541 a 450 991045273780332120200520144314.01-78023-053-21-299-19104-5(CKB)2550000001006002(EBL)1127632(OCoLC)828792661(SSID)ssj0000907568(PQKBManifestationID)12446898(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000907568(PQKBWorkID)10898062(PQKB)10032481(MiAaPQ)EBC1127632(Au-PeEL)EBL1127632(CaPaEBR)ebr10660898(CaONFJC)MIL450354(EXLCZ)99255000000100600220130222d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrIslands[electronic resource] from Atlantis to Zanzibar /Steven Roger FischerLondon Reaktion Books20121 online resource (338 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-78023-032-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Islands Cover; Imprint page; Contents; Preface; 1. . . . of Stone and Sand; 2. . . . of Ferns and Feathers; 3. . . . of First Footprints; 4. . . . of Tin and Tans; 5. . . . of First Nations; 6. . . . of Moons and Sixpence; 7. . . . of Palettes and Pipes; 8. . . . of theMind; 9. The Last Isle; References; Select Bibliography; Acknowledgements; Photo Acknowledgements; IndexWhen Lost's Oceanic Airlines Flight 815 crashed, the survivors found themselves on a seemingly deserted island. In Defoe's novel, Robinson Crusoe spends twenty-eight years on a remote tropical island near Trinidad, while in the movie Castaway Tom Hanks survives over four years on a South Pacific island. And Jurassic Park kept its dinosaur population confined to an island off the coast of Central America. Islands often find themselves at the center of imagined worlds, secluded and sometimes mystical locales filled with strange creatures and savage populations. The cannIslandsElectronic books.Islands.909.0942Fischer Steven R481741MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452737803321Islands2144522UNINA