Curious Encounters of the Human Kind - Indonesia
True Asian Tales of Folly, Greed, Ambition and Dreams
Published on 1. November 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
156 pages
978-2-940573-04-2 (ISBN)
Description
Why do prominent modern Indonesian sultans continue love affairs with the Mermaid Queen? Why is the island of Flores Ground Zero for Hobbit sightings? How does a Papuan hunter juggle the four religions which want a piece of his soul? Why did a now-neglected spice cause historic mayhem among greedy Europeans? Why does it make good business sense to make friends with the dragon princess? Why is discovering a new species almost as good as sex? What is the allure of Waltzing Banana Island? Can an elderly village woman armed with just a broom and gumption kill giant mosquitoes ‘til they’re dead?
This is Indonesia as you’ve probably never imagined, full of curious people, startling happenings, and unexpected moments of humanity and introspection, giddiness and solemnity, avarice and ambition.
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Language
English
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Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
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Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 133 mm
Thickness: 9 mm
Weight
184 gr
ISBN-13
978-2-940573-04-2 (9782940573042)
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Paul Spencer Sochaczewski has written Share Your Journey, the five-book series Curious Encounters of the Human Kind, An Inordinate Fondness for Beetles, The Sultan and the Mermaid Queen, Soul of the Tiger (co-authored with Jeff McNeely), and other acclaimed books and some 600 bylined articles in leading international publications. He has lived and worked in more than 80 countries, including long stints actively involved in nature conservation in Southeast Asia. He created and was director of WWF's global campaigns to protect tropical forests and biological diversity, helping to put these issues on the public agenda. He has other accomplishments that are mostly of such a dubious level of achievement that they are best left hidden from the general public ... although he is rather proud of the tomatoes he grows, his spaghetti carbonara and Indonesian fried rice, and his stubborn insistence on carrying his golf clubs.