Last Chance to See
"Very funny and moving...The glimpses of rare fauna seem to have enlarged [Adams'] thinking, enlivened his world; and so might the animals do for us all, if we were to help them live."THE WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLDJoin bestselling author Douglas Adams and zooligist Mark Carwardine as they take...
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"Very funny and moving...The glimpses of rare fauna seem to have enlarged [Adams'] thinking, enlivened his world; and so might the animals do for us all, if we were to help them live."THE WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLDJoin bestselling author Douglas Adams and zooligist Mark Carwardine as they take off around the world in search of exotic, endangered creatures. Hilarious and poignant--as only Douglas Adams can be--LAST CHANCE TO SEE is an entertaining and arresting odyssey through the Earth's magnificent wildlife galaxy.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780345371980 (0345371984)
ASIN: 345371984
Publish date: October 13th 1992
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Pages no: 256
Edition language: English
Both funny and informative but at times Adams seemed to get bogged down in the descriptions about the inconveniences (all human caused of course) they experienced while travelling rather than the descriptions about the animals themselves.
It's by Douglas Adams and if you look through my what-I-read lists, then this review is not going to present anything new about my love of Adams.It's a bit more somber than his usual, but still contains some of his best descriptions and observations. His adoration (or otherwise) of animals truly mak...
It's by Douglas Adams and if you look through my what-I-read lists, then this review is not going to present anything new about my love of Adams.It's a bit more somber than his usual, but still contains some of his best descriptions and observations. His adoration (or otherwise) of animals truly mak...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9T1vfsHYiKY
Last Chance to See by Douglas Adams and Mark Carwardine isn't sci-fi or fantasy. In fact it isn't even fiction, but since I've been on a Douglas Adams kick lately I decided I wanted to give this book a chance. The book basically details the travels of Douglas Adams and Mark Carwardine around the pla...