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The Making of a Tropical Disease: A Short History of Malaria (Johns Hopkins Biographies of Disease) 37 reviews
Randall M. Packard
The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007
Proof that health care nowadays is only for those who can afford it while the poor die like dogs
read this book and realize what globalization does to our world.
to our soul
read this book and realize how wrong we have become
this book is proof positive
you don't like Michael Moore's Sicko (Special Edition)
read this book instead and learn what our economic structure does to poor populations
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Tropical Plants of Costa Rica: A Guide to Native and Exotic Flora 5 reviews
Willow Zuchowski
Cornell University Press, 2007
A very handy plant guide for visitors to Costa Rica
I picked up a copy of this guide (published in San Jose by Zona Tropical) at La Selva last year and consider it a worthy addition to the small library I carry in Costa Rica. I would recommend it as the most useful single volume work on Costa Rican plants.
The guide is aimed at the amateur rather than the professional botanist: photographs are the prime means of identification, plants are ...
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The Fruit Hunters: A Story of Nature, Adventure, Commerce, and Obsession15 reviews
Adam Leith Gollner
Scribner, 2008
Delicious
This is such a great book. Gollner never takes his subject matter quite too seriously - a must if you're writing about a topic so obscure. His descriptions of the fruits he encounters are truly creative - he manages to weave the English language in such a way as to convey the impossible -the taste of exotic fruits to readers who've never heard of, much less sampled them. Without the haughty ...
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Tropical Modern1 review
Raul A. Barreneche
Rizzoli, 2003
Tropical Modern 100%
Beutiful Book!
This is one of the few books that could be judged by its cover. It's 100% Tropical Modern. Good pictures, fair enough text. My only cons is not with the book but with the fact that despite that I love Modern Architecture it might not be the best approach for all tropical areas because of the accelerated deterioration and high-maintenance caused by the weather at this latitudes.
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Nest in the Wind: Adventures in Anthropology on a Tropical Island, Second Edition4 reviews
Martha C. Ward
Waveland Press, 2004
Personal touch
This book is an ethnography of the people of Pohnpei. The author accompanied her husband to Pohnpei during the 1970s and they lived there together for several years. In the 1940s, army doctors had noted that the people of Pohnpei all had quite low blood pressure. Ward and her husband were the anthropologist components of a team that was trying to determine whether the initial blood pressure ...
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Reef Fish Identification - Tropical Pacific11 reviews
Gerald Allen, Roger Steene, ...
New World Publications, 2003
Excellent reference for identification of my species in Pacific area
Easy to use and identify your photographs, particularly for an experienced diver used to identifying many types of fishes
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Oxford Handbook of Tropical Medicine (Oxford Handbooks Series)11 reviews
Michael Eddleston, Robert Davidson, ...
Oxford University Press, USA, 2008
great resource!
I used this book on a medical humanitarian mission to Africa because I didn't want to lug my huge textbooks around. It was the perfect size to fit in my carry on and fanny pack. The material was clear, concise, and up to date. I used it every day of my trip, and would recommend it to physicians or other health care professionals.
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Earth User's Guide to Permaculture 2nd Edition4 reviews
Rosemary Marrow
Simon & Schuster Australia, 2007
Excellent starting point for permaculture newbies
I stumbled across the Earth User's Guide to Permaculture when I was searching for good books on the topic as I was looking for material to help start our permaculture garden, and the good reviews I read online convinced me to buy it. And am I glad I did!
I only had a very general idea about permaculture, and most of it was "theoretical". There's a plethora of free information available online ...
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Tropical Garden Design 13 reviews
Made Wijaya
Periplus Editions, 2004
A Dreamers Dream
This is the book that you will pick up and read over and over again as it inspires you to turn your own place into a tropical paradise. This is one of my very favorites in my personal library and I just wish there were more like it. Not a "how to" but a wonderful book for daydreams. A combination of good writing and gorgeous photographs...always a winner!
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Field Guide to Wilderness Medicine4 reviews
Paul S. Auerbach, Howard J. Donner, ...
Mosby, 2008
Field Guide to Wilderness Medicine
This is an excellent condensed version of the full text. It is the only medical field guide I have found that is written for a medical doctor instead of an EMT or paramedic in an austere environment. I am a physician in a military special operations unit and carry it on all deployments, whether in the U.S. or other countries. It is the perfect size to carry with my field gear and trauma ...
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Modern Tropical Garden Design1 review
Made Wijaya, Tim Street-Porter (introduction)
Periplus Editions, 2007
greatest book on tropical modern garden design, I have ever seen
I love it. Absolutely inspiring for everybody who loves tropical gardens. The best book on garden design I have ever seen. There are a lot of striking photos with many new and really modern ideas.
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Paradise by Design: Tropical Resorts and Residences by Bensley Design Studios1 review
Bill Bensley
Periplus Editions, 2008
Paradise by Design: Tropical Resorts and Residences
This is a fabulous book! I just finished reading it cover to cover and I am amazed at the quality of design and how great the photos are! Well worth the money as this Mr Bensley is a true artist. The designs are inspirational and truely maxamilist....minimalisism is boring!
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Bali Living: Innovative Tropical Design
Gianni Francione, Masano Kawana, ...
Periplus Editions, 2008
From the author of the bestselling Bali Houses comes an inspirational new look at Balinese modern architecture and design. Bali Living is a unique selection of private homes, rental properties, restaurant and wedding facilities, a sports complex and villas. Traditional Balinese compound architecture is evident throughout, but most of the buildings included are contemporary structures that reinterpret old forms and materials in new and ...
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Bali Modern: The Art of Tropical Living3 reviews
Gianni Francione, Luca Invernizzi Tettoni
Periplus Editions, 1999
There's no place like Bali...
Many westerners have set up homes in Bali, which have long been a magnet for western culture-hound. Here,writer and photographer showcase what the island's most inspiring examples of contemporary residences, shops, restaurants and of course the beautiful resorts that Bali is renowned. The work is well researched, featuring architectural and interior detailing of cross cultural legacy and an ...
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Bayou of Pigs: The True Story of an Audacious Plot to Turn a Tropical Island into a Criminal Paradise
Stewart Bell
Wiley, 2008
The story of how a criminal Shangri-La almost happened In 1981, a small but heavily armed force of misfits from the United States and Canada set off on an unlikely mission: to invade the impoverished Caribbean island of Dominica, overthrow its government in a coup d'etat, and install a new bought-off prime minister. For two years, the gangleaders recruited manpower, wooed investors, forged links with the mob, stockpiled weapons, and ...
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Landscaping With Tropical Plants (Sunset Series)9 reviews
Monica Moran Brandies
Leisure Arts, 2004
Great buy for the Tropical Gardener
If you're like me, you prefer beautiful tropical landscape images over reading text about gardens. This book does an excellent job of that, particularly for the price. I regularly purchase books on tropical gardening, and what I don't want is another listing of plants, I can get that from the mail order catalogues. I like to see images of tropical environments that I can consider recreating, ...
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Tropical Nature: Life and Death in the Rain Forests of Central and South America26 reviews
Adrian Forsyth, Ken Miyata
Touchstone, 1987
Excellent Tropical Overview
This book is well written and easy to read and understand. The literary quality is not lost in the scientific terminology. A must read prior to a trip to the tropics. A good written explanation of why we should save the tropical forests.
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Tropical Rain Forest2 reviews
Donald M. Silver
McGraw-Hill, 1998
Great, whether you get to the rain forest or not
The One Small Square series is wonderful: the concept is that you take a hypothetical square foot of an environment- woods, seashore, arctic tundra, rainforest, etc.- and explore it at all levels, from underground to the sky. Each book is extensively illustrated with all of the inter-connected layers of life- from fungus to megafauna- in the Square. On the margin of most of the 2-page spreads are ...
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Sippin' Safari: In Search of the Great "Lost" Tropical Drink Recipes... and the People Behind Them13 reviews
Jeff Berry
SLG Publishing, 2007
essential book from quintessential Tiki expert!
I laughed, I cried, I made a Mai Tai.
Phil Greene
Museum of the American Cocktail
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Growing Plumerias in Hawaii and Around the World9 reviews
Jim Little
Mutual Publishing, 2006
A wonderful journal on Plumeria (Frangipani) by Mr. Little
I finished this book the very same day I received it! This is how intoxicating the flow of information inbued in me from Mr. Jim Little's first ever published book on Plumerias. I adore it! But I have to admit, the Plumeria (Frangipani) tree is my most favorite tree in the world; I own over eight of them!
All of the details concerning grafting (asexual propagation), protecting from frost, ...
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