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Amazon: An Extraordinary Journey Down The Greatest River On Earth [Hardcover]

Bruce Parry (Author), Jane Houston (Collaborator)
4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)

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Publication Date: 9 Oct 2008

Explorer Bruce Parry is embarking on yet another epic journey: down the Amazon - the world's greatest river, its largest forest, the most bio-diverse habitat on the planet and home to some of the last uncontacted tribes left on Earth. It's one hell of a trip, as Parry travels over 6,000 kms by foot, light aircraft and boat to meet and live with tribesmen, coca growers, loggers and illegal miners.

Written in diary form, Amazon gives a rare insight into the ways of life that have existed since the dawn of time and are about to disappear forever.

Illness, accidents, and all manner of unforeseen mishaps test Parry's strength every step of the way, but fans will know from Tribe that this man's thirst for new experiences, and his amazing resilience, knows no boundaries. Armchair travel and adventure doesn't get any better than this.

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Praise for Tribe:

'A fascinating companion piece to Bruce's brilliant TV series. Written with all the fizzing enthusiasm of the show . . . An absolute must-read.' News of the World

'I don't know anyone who hasn't fallen for the honey-stealing, boar-spearing, goatherding, frog-poison-resisting, hard-partying world-saver Bruce Parry (also increasingly known as 'lovely Bruce')' Sunday Times

About the Author

Bruce Parry started out his adult life as a Royal Marines officer. He then worked as an expedition leader, and now combines his love of the outdoors and film with his award-winning documentaries.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Bravo Bruce 29 Oct 2008
By Zoe Tull
I dont usually buy books that accompany a TV series or film, thinking of them as quite frivolous marketing ploys, however I was given this as a gift and have definitely reassessed my opinion.

The book is an insightful accompaniment to the show, delving deeper into the characters that we meet only briefly on screen.The photography provides candid shots of both Bruce,the landscape and the indigenous tribes he meets.

I would highly reccomend this book for anyone who has an interest in the enviroment and what is happening in the Amazon. It is also a great Christmas present for any fans of the charming Mr Parry!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Bruce rocks! 10 Oct 2008
By Laurence Brown
In his inimitable style Bruce is bringing attention to one of the biggest scandals in the modern world, no less than the destruction of the most important habitat on our planet. It's something our generation will go down in history for and nobody is doing anything to stop it. More power to Bruce for showing how even some of the people destroying the forest are just trying to survive. We won't begin to tackle this issue until we appreciate that there are no easy answers (if you want a good summary of why the Amazon and other environments are so precious I'm a big fan of Bruce's other book Serious Survival as well).
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5.0 out of 5 stars Food for thought 24 Oct 2008
By Fetska
This, perhaps unsurprisingly for followers of the series is an intelligent and thought provoking counterpart to the BBC series and another addition to the canon of admirable work Parry is undertaking. This is beautifully produced full of sumptuous photos but it does not shirk the harder issues tackled in the show. He has a knack of managing to raise awareness of all important issues without patronising or preaching. Buy. And buy Bruce's wonderful charity album too as well - might go some way to helping the human casualties of amazon exploitation - tribes.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars The realities of life on the Amazon 26 July 2011
By Peter Durward Harris #1 HALL OF FAME TOP 10 REVIEWER
Although this book was published in support of a TV documentary series, I didn't see the series as I have no TV, and might not have watched it anyway even if I did. So when I saw this book at a bargain price, I wasn't sure what to expect. I correctly assumed that it was about a journey along the Amazon in which the author discussed what he saw, but I wrongly expected that the actual journey would be an important part of the book, and there would be plenty of details about that. In fact, the whole journey had been meticulously planned in advance and the author knew what he was looking for, so the journey itself was incidental. Instead, what we get is a close look at various tribes that live there, how they lead their lives and how some are adapting to change while others have been driven deep into the forest to avoid contact with the outside world, at least for the time being.

The journey begins at the officially recognized source of the Amazon, although the river isn't actually called the Amazon at that stage. It takes the author and his crew three months to reach the point at which the word Amazon is applied. By that time, a vast number of tributaries have converged on each other. Still, the source looks quite spectacular, with water gushing out of the side of a cliff at a very high altitude.

The author and his production team illustrate with words and pictures the contrasts between those areas that were unspoiled at the time and those areas that have been affected by modern civilization. Affected sometimes means devastated, but it isn't always like that. Conservation projects have met with varying degrees of success, as at least some of the locals have learned to control fish stocks.... Read more ›
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4.0 out of 5 stars fabulous pictures, little depressing but enlightening overall 7 Nov 2010
By Mr. M. Jones
Good points: Not too much reading (more pictures than text). Fabulous pictures, revealing lifestyles a world away from ours. Very fair - gives voice to all sides in the stories - tribes, loggers, miners, cowboys, businessmen, scientists - and so gives an impression of context. In diary form, so the realities of travel come through - illnesses, tiredness, silliness and sad times. There are several points and groups that provide hope for the future. An interesting read even without the TV series.
Bad points: too much emphasis on humans, and very little on the actual Amazon forest or its wildlife (I didn't see the TV series so didn't know what to expect). A little depressing as the scale of the damage in the Eastern Amazon becomes apparent, because of past policies now running amok.
Overall: enlightening, as it gives an insight into different sides and the complications of reality over rhetoric.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Not bad.. 6 Jun 2011
By Ste to the J
Explorer Bruce Parry heads on an epic 6000km journey down the great River Amazon, giving an insight into the lives of people who live and work along its banks. With lots of photos and written in a diary entry format.

This is a good light read but is sadly nothing spectacular. There is a lot of scope for depth and discussion of the plight of all the peoples living around the Amazon, from tribes who have their homes and livelihood affected by new hydro-electric dams to the farmers caught between law enforcement and drug barons. These issues and others are glossed over to the point where one begins to wonder: exactly why write a book about these topics if they aren't going to get much of a mention?

The main problem being the format for the book. Whereas Michael Palin(for example) excels in the diary format because he tends to have a short muse on the topical issues, Parry is aiming for so much more but fails due to the very nature of the book structure. What he attempts to cover in a short space is to the detriment of the warmth and humour of the aforementioned Mr Palin.

With Television being dumbed down the way has been in recent years, presumably the attitude has been adopted that the public wouldn't get anything that is to insightful and complex, so what we get in reality are Bruce's (very) short views on big and important topics, that have ramifications not just for the people of the Amazon but also world-wide.

Still it is a good primer for people who want a fair view of what is going on along the Amazon (although it could do with a decent map), definitely a springboard for those wanting to go on to a more substantial book about the same subjects.

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