Author: BANGS, RICHARD
Title: Islands of fire, islands of spice : exploring the wild places of Indonesia / R. Bangs, C. Kallen
Description: San Francisco : Sierra Club Books 1988.Fine cloth copy in a near-fine. very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw. now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight. bright. clean and strong. Copy is not price-clipped. Physical description: xi. 226 pages. [2] pages of plates : color illustrations ; 31 cm. Notes: Includes index. Summary: From rafting wild rivers in Sumatra to tribal dances in Borneo. photographs and narratives chronicle the authors' journeys to eight of Indonesia's island regions. revealing the cultural and environmental diversity of the world's fifth-largest nation. which encompasses some 13.000 islands. Teeming cities. soaring rain forests. rare species of wildlife. and peoples who are modern-day survivors of the Stone Age form the back drop for the exploration and adventures of Richard Bangs and Christian Kallen. Bangs and Kallen inpendently visited areas to the West and East of Bali. the archetypal paradise located almost dead centre in the Indonesian Archipelago. Subject: Places & peoples: general interest ; Travel writing. Indonesia - Natural history - Description and travel. NATURE / General. Genre: Text. Illustrated. ISBN: 0871567989. Weight in Kg appr.:

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