03903nam 2200637 a 450 991078628360332120230725035244.01-299-05152-91-4008-4723-010.1515/9781400847235(CKB)2670000000333395(EBL)1113404(OCoLC)828794184(SSID)ssj0000870457(PQKBManifestationID)11501128(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000870457(PQKBWorkID)10818528(PQKB)11722373(MiAaPQ)EBC1113404(DE-B1597)447475(OCoLC)922658010(OCoLC)999360828(DE-B1597)9781400847235(Au-PeEL)EBL1113404(CaPaEBR)ebr10653094(CaONFJC)MIL436402(OCoLC)828029191(EXLCZ)99267000000033339520130213d2010 uy 0engurnn#---|u||utxtccrThe jewel hunter[electronic resource] /Chris GooddieCourse BookOld Basing, Hampshire WILDGuides20101 online resource (361 p.)WILDGuidesDescription based upon print version of record.1-903657-16-4 Front matter --Contents --Glossary --Chapter 1. Quitting the Day Job. High Wycombe, UK --Chapter 2. The Storm Before the Calm. Southern Thailand --Chapter 3. Dry Country Blues. Central, Northern Thailand --Chapter 4. Missing in Action. Luzon, The Philippines --Chapter 5. Jeepneys and Jeopardy. Mindanao, The Philippines --Chapter 6. The Swimming Pool Trail. Southern Vietnam --Chapter 7. One Cup of Tea? Northeast India --Chapter 8. Rusty's Return. Peninsular Malaysia --Chapter 9. The Toktor Will See You Now. Southwest Sumatra --Chapter 10. The Eight Colour Bird. Taiwan --Chapter 11. Who's the Daddy? Sabah, Borneo --Chapter 12. The Famous Five. Sabah, Borneo --Chapter 13. The Heart of Darkness. Southwest Uganda --Chapter 14. Mad Dogs and Englishman. Halmahera, Sulawesi, Peleng --Chapter 15. The Mysterious Mr. Klau. Bali, Sumba, West Timor, Flores --Chapter 16. Billabongs and Bowers. Northern Australia --Chapter 17. Strange Days. Manus --Chapter 18. Adrift in Time. The Solomon Islands --Chapter 19. A Rare Bird Indeed. Sri Lanka --Chapter 20. And the First Shall Be Last. Zambia --Acknowledgements --The Treasure ChestA tale of one man's obsession with rainforest jewels, this is the story of an impossible dream: a quest to see every one of the world's most elusive avian gems--a group of birds known as pittas--in a single year. Insightful, compelling, and laugh-out-loud funny, this is more than a book about birds. It's a true story detailing the lengths to which a man will go to escape his midlife crisis. A travelogue with a difference, it follows a journey from the suburban straitjacket of High Wycombe to the steamy, leech-infested rainforests of remotest Asia, Africa, and Australia. Dangerous situations, personal traumas, and logistical nightmares threaten The Jewel Hunter's progress. Will venomous snakes or razor-clawed bears intervene? Or will running out of fuel mid-Pacific ultimately sink the mission? The race is on. . . . If you've ever yearned to escape your day job, wondered what makes men tick, or simply puzzled over how to make a truly world-class cup of tea, this is a book for you.Rain forest animalsForest birdsRain forest animals.Forest birds.598.822Gooddie Chris1484191MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910786283603321The jewel hunter3702741UNINA