Description
Product ID: | 9781846073861 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | Tropic of Capricorn |
Authors: | Author: Simon Reeve |
Page Count: | 400 |
Subjects: | Memoirs, Memoirs, Travel writing, Travel writing, Tropics |
Description: | Select Guide Rating In Tropic of Capricorn, bestselling author Simon Reeve embarks on a 23,000-mile trek around the southernmost border of the tropics - a place of both amazing beauty and overwhelming human suffering. In Tropic of Capricorn, bestselling author Simon Reeve embarks on a 23,000-mile trek around the southernmost border of the tropics - a place of both amazing beauty and overwhelming human suffering. Heading east through Africa, Australia and South America, Simon encounters breathtaking landscapes and truly extraordinary people: from Bushmen of the Kalahari and Namibian prostitutes battling with HIV to gem miners in Madagascar and teenagers in the Brazilian favela once described as the most dangerous place on earth. It is a collection of daring adventures, strange rituals and exotic wildlife, all linked together by one invisible line. |
Imprint Name: | BBC Books |
Publisher Name: | Ebury Publishing |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2009-02-05 |