In the Heart of the Amazon

Rezensionen / Stimmen

'Here at last is the book so many who have enjoyed natural history television programmes have been waiting for, told by one of the master practitioners' - Sir David Attenborough 'Imagine sitting down to supper and being entertained by the extraordinary adventure stories of a man who has experienced firsthand the sort of phenomena that even Hollywood has difficulty dreaming up. Nick Gordon's first book... has that effect: it is a candid, amusing and sometimes horrifying account of more than ten years spent in the Amazonian forests as a wildlife film maker... The accounts are so frank and illuminating that they will carry you to the very heart of the experience... Whether you are a naturalist, photographer, anthropologist, avid television viewer or adventurer (in spirit or in practice), this is a book for you. And for anyone who has ever fancied themselves a wildlife film maker, it is a must.' - New Scientist 'Mr Gordon quite literally lives in a hut in the Amazonian rainforest. Snorting dodgy ground-up seeds with the local shaman; building an artificial tarantula habitat in order to film the furry monsters making spidery love or killing and eating a two-foot snake - all in a day's work for Gordon, a wildlife cameraman. One to curl up on the sofa with.' - The Guardian 'One of the great adventurers and story-tellers among wildlife filmmakers' - Survival Anglia