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The Netherlands Antilles comprises three main islands off the coast
of northern Venezuela. These are Aruba, Curacao and Bonaire . They
are major tourist destinations, especially popular with divers, and
also attract many visitors from Holland and elsewhere. The colour
plates are based on the bestselling Birds of Northern South
America, but many new images have been painted specially for this
book. The authoritative text highlights the key features needed to
identify each species in the field, and the plates illustrate every
distinct plumage and race. This will be the first ever
comprehensive field guide dedicated to the birds of the region.
The book is an account of a journey using local service buses from
Lands End in the deepest south west of England up to John O'Groats
in the far north east of Scotland. With the issue of free bus
passes to all British citizens over the age of sixty, the author
decided to maximise the use of his in undertaking this 1,230 mile
trip. By way of being different, the author decided to take with
him, his dog Archie, a Jack Russell / cairn terrier cross, as he
too enjoys travelling. The book is not just a travel log across and
up the length of Britain, but includes much historical and general
information of towns and cities visited with time taken at the
various stop-over points to look around and explore. In addition to
the exploits of the author's dog, the book contains his thoughts
and observations during the journey. Some of these are referred to
as "Rants" made on the author's own admission as being a "grumpy
old man". The detailed planning and preparation of the trip is
explained that deliberately took in many historic towns and cities.
From Penzance, the route traverses England through Exeter, Bath
Oxford, Leicester, Lincoln and then across the Humber and up the
east coast by Scarborough, Durham, Newcastle and onto Berwick
before crossing the border into Scotland. From here on, the bus
journey followed the east coast through Edinburgh, over the Firth
of Forth to Perth, Dundee, Aberdeen, Inverness, Dornoch and Wick
before reaching their final destination at John O'Groats. The book
has been written in a light vein and contains an element of humour.
Hopefully, the reader will become a little more knowledgeable about
this historic and beautiful island of ours by the end. It is
certainly true that "travel does broaden the mind".
The defining moments of the tumultuous second half of the twentieth century captured in riveting photographs.
Collected here are the Pulitzer Prize-winning photographs (updated to include winners through 2003)—pictures that influenced our thinking in times of crisis and sometimes stirred us to action. Among them are Joe Rosenthal's World War II photograph of the raising of the flag over Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima, commemorating the more than 6,000 marines who died in the battle for that small Pacific island, and Robert Jackson's photograph of Jack Ruby killing Lee Harvey Oswald, recalling the anguish of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. The pictures document that we have lived in a violent age, showing the brutalities of war, racism, and despotism. But the Pulitzer photojournalists also recorded tender and compassionate moments, as in Brian Lanker's pictures of joyous parents at the birth of their child, or Scott Shaw's photographs of the rescue of a little girl trapped in a well. In coming centuries, these indelible images will inevitably be used to illustrate the triumphs and tragedies of our era. 85 duotone and 37 color photographs.
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