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The Wasting of Borneo : Dispatches from a Vanishing World

The Wasting of Borneo : Dispatches from a Vanishing World Hardcover - 2017

by Alex Shoumatoff

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Beacon Press, 2017. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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  • Title The Wasting of Borneo : Dispatches from a Vanishing World
  • Author Alex Shoumatoff
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 224
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Beacon Press, Boston, MA
  • Date 2017
  • Features Bibliography
  • Bookseller's Inventory # G0807078247I3N10
  • ISBN 9780807078242 / 0807078247
  • Weight 0.95 lbs (0.43 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.1 x 6.2 x 0.9 in (23.11 x 15.75 x 2.29 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Southeast Asian
    • Topical: Ecology
  • Library of Congress subjects Ethnology, Voyages and travels
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2016019720
  • Dewey Decimal Code 915.983

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Citations

  • Booklist, 04/01/2017, Page 19
  • Kirkus Reviews, 02/15/2017, Page 0
  • Publishers Weekly, 02/13/2017, Page 0

About the author

Alex Shoumatoff has been a staff writer for the New Yorker, and a contributing editor for Vanity Fair, Outside, Conde Nast Traveler, Travel & Leisure, Esquire, and Onearth, and he has written more than 120 long magazine pieces. His previous books include The Mountain of Names, In Southern Light: Trekking Through Zaire and the Amazon, African Madness, and The World Is Burning. In 2001 he founded DispatchesFromTheVanishingWorld.com to raise consciousness about the planet's fast-disappearing biocultural diversity.