books about: caledonia (boat-hitching herpetofauna fundamentals)

books about: caledonia

books:

The Herpetofauna of New Caledonia (Contributions to herpetology)
Aaron M Bauer

Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, in cooperation with the Institut de recherche pour le deÃ??veloppement, 2000

Comprehensive coverage of the amphibians and reptiles of New Caledonia. 47 maps, 63 figures, 189 color photographs of animals and habitats.

Homage to Caledonia: Scotland and the Spanish Civil War
Daniel Gray

Luath Press Ltd, 2009

The Spanish civil war was a call to arms for 2,300 British volunteers, of which over 500 were from Scotland. The first book of its kind, 'Homage to Caledonia' examines Scotland's role in the conflict, detailing exactly why Scottish involvement was so profound. The book moves chronologically through events and places, firstly surveying the landscape in contemporary Scotland before describing volunteers' journeys to Spain, and then tracing their ...

Legend of the Celtic Stone (Caledonia Series, Book 1)

15 reviews
Michael Phillips

Bethany House Publishers, 1999

Incredible!
I am always on the look out for good Scottish historical novels and a love of that land has been ingrained in me since I was a child. While browsing the shelves at B&N one day, looking for something entirely different, I stumbled upon this jewel of Scottish history. The cover and title snagged my attention and I only had to read 3 sentences to get completely drawn in. Unable to put it down, I ...

Vanuatu & New Caledonia (Multi Country Guide)

2 reviews
Jocelyn Harewood

Lonely Planet, 2009

re: New Caledonia only
i've used this book for visiting New Caledonia only. i've been to NC five or six times for work so i have gotten to know the area pretty well and my feeling about this book is that it just doesn't have a whole lot of content. i realise however that one of the problems is that Noumea has changed dramatically in the past 5 years and to be fair this is the best book available, as far as i know. ...

Adrift in Caledonia: Boat-Hitching for the Unenlightened
Nick Thorpe

Little Brown and Company, 2006

One clear morning in May, Nick Thorpe left his Edinburgh flat, ducked off the commuter route and hitched a ride aboard a little white canal boat, heading west towards the sea. It was the first mutinous step in a delightful boat-hopping odyssey that would take him 2500 miles through Scotland's canals, lochs and coastal waters, from the industrial Clyde to the scattered islands of Viking Shetland. Writing with characteristic humour and candour, ...

Lonely Planet New Caledonia

1 review
Leanne Logan, Geert Cole

Lonely Planet Publications, 2001

This book is the best I have found about New Caledonia
This book is the best I have found about New Caledonia. It is so hard for Americans to find good accurate info on New Caledonia but this book does it all. I knew more about some places than many of the locals. It helped me understand where I was going and helped me better integrate into the society there. Wonderful book. I am a lonely planet person now. :-)

O Caledonia.

1 review
Elspeth Barker

Dtv, 1997

very magical book
This book is amazing, and magical, and one of my favorite books since I first read it over a decade ago. It is both haunting and humorous. To be honest, I don't normally write reviews. I am writing this one both because of how much I have loved this book, and how much I am surprised that it hasn't been the subject of countless reviews.

An Ancient Strife (Caledonia Series, Book 2)

5 reviews
Michael Phillips

Bethany House Publishers, 2000

Ex-pat Scot dicovers his history
I moved to USA 3 years ago, having always considered myself a realitically patriotic Scot. Scottish Nationalism, however, was not my preferred political outlook and I remain unconvinced of its longterm benefit to either Scotland or Britain as a whole. However, that in no way hindered me from becoming completely absorbed in this tale of modern political intrigue mixed with raw historical drama. ...

American Map Central Vermont: Southern Caledonia & Washington Counties: Street Map

Hagstrom Map Co., 2007

From Caledonia to the Pampas: Two Accounts by Early Scottish Emigrants to the Argentine
Iain A. D. Stewart

Tuckwell Press, Ltd., 2000

Although relatively few Scots ventured to the former Spanish and Portuguese dominions of Latin America, their cultural and economic importance to these emerging nations often belied their numerical deficiency. This text contains two records of Scottish Argentinian experience: William Grierson's "The Voyage of the Symmetry" and "Faith Hard Tried: the Memoir of Jane Robson".

Caledonia County (Images of America (Arcadia Publishing))
Dolores E. Ham

Arcadia Publishing (SC), 2000

At the top of Vermont is a region known as the Northeast Kingdom. It is composed of three counties, and one of those counties is Caledonia. Images of America: Caledonia County presents the history of this area, taking you back to rural America as it used to be, with its slower pace of life unimpeded by hectic aspects of modern times. ÝÝInside Caledonia County are more than 200 stunning scenes from all 17 of the countyís towns. Represented in ...

The Palms of New Caledonia / Les Palmiers de Nouvelle-Caledonie

1 review
Donald R. Hodel

Kampon Tansacha Nong Nooch Tropical Garden, 1998

A very usefull introduction to New Caledonia's Palms
This book introduce the actually known palm species of New Caledonia. The pictures are amazing and the written part of the book is very well documented. I recommend this book to everybody who have an interested in tropical palms. It is also important document for conservationist and botanist.

Caledonia's Last Stand: In Search of the Lost Scots of Darien
Nat Edwards

Luath Press Limited, 2007

The history alone could not explain the colonys disastrous outcome; you really had to stand on the shore of Punta Escoces to realize that the Scots were bound to disaster the moment they chose the site to bear the name Caledonia. The bay was a beautiful, deadly trap. On 2 November 1698 a fleet landed on the Isthmus of Darien to create a colony and launch a new Scottish trading empire. Eighteen months later, the colony had seen the loss of ten ...

Sputnik Caledonia

1 review
Andrew Crumey

Picador USA, 2008

Two halves do not make a whole
Two almost but not quite parallel universes pass within hailing distance, with the village of Kenzie, Scotland at the point of closest approach. (Why did they test the Concorde over Scotland? In case it crashes!) One universe is the one we live in. The other is a clone that started to diverge when an accidental drowning in 1860 took a different outcome. This snowballs into huge historical ...

The Fundamentals of New Caledonia

2 reviews
David Nicol

Luath Press Ltd, 2003

Seth Franzmann is a phoney reviewer
Seth Franzmann has written a review of `The Fundamentals of New Caledonia,' where he says my novel is about the Polynesian island of New Caledonia. In fact my novel is about a seventeenth century Scottish colony in Central America. Evidently Seth Franzman has not read this novel. David Nicol - author of `The Fundamentals of New Caledonia.' Here are some real reviews and comments on THE ...