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Tropic of Capricorn [Paperback]

Simon Reeve (Author)
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Publication Date: 5 Feb 2009

In Tropic of Capricorn, bestselling author Simon Reeve embarks on a 23,000-mile trek around the southernmost border of the tropics - a place of both amazing beauty and overwhelming human suffering. Heading east through Africa, Australia and South America, Simon encounters breathtaking landscapes and truly extraordinary people: from Bushmen of the Kalahari and Namibian prostitutes battling with HIV to gem miners in Madagascar and teenagers in the Brazilian favela once described as the most dangerous place on earth. It is a collection of daring adventures, strange rituals and exotic wildlife, all linked together by one invisible line.

Like the best travel writing, Tropic of Capricorn confronts important issues of our time - our changing environment, poverty, globalisation - by taking us on an unforgettable journey of discovery.

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  • Paperback: 400 pages
  • Publisher: BBC Books; Reprint edition (5 Feb 2009)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1846073863
  • ISBN-13: 978-1846073861
  • Product Dimensions: 12.7 x 2.4 x 19.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 58,242 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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"Like all the best travellers, Reeve carries out his investigations with infectious relish" (Daily Telegraph )

"Brilliant...a fascinating, illuminating journey...much more than a travelogue" (Daily Mail )

"A romping good travelogue" (Wanderlust )

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A remarkable journey to the forgotten corners of the world
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5.0 out of 5 stars A fascinating journey along the Tropic of Capicorn line 17 Sep 2008
By Daniel Storey
Format:Hardcover
No Longer can we travel around the globe and ignore the sight and sounds of everything that is happening around us.
Be it though climate change or human destruction the world is changing around us and this book highlights these issues.
In this book Simon Reeve takes you on a journey along the tropic of Capricorn line starting in Africa & finishing in Australia.
Simon journey doesn't just visit big well known towns and cities, most of the places he visits are well off the beaten track.
On the first part of his journey, Simon travels though Africa and finds out that some countries economies are booming due to trade from China but others are still suffering from murderous dictators and chronic lack of food and good medical facilities.
In Australia Simon discovers that the Aussies are not like the stereotypes some of us are make out.
Traveling though Western Australia and the Northern territory, Simon discovers that the Australian farmers and people living in the outback are suffering the most though change in the climate mostly due to the chronic shortness of rain and very hot temperatures.
On the final part of Simon's trip along the Capricorn line in South America, he finds out though the native people that their land is slowly but surly being destroyed due to massive deforestation and they are without help from the government in trying to protect their land.
The fact that Simon got though his journey successfully is remarkably considering how far he and the crew traveled but this just goes to show journeys like this can be achieved.
This book provides an insight into Simon's fascinating journey and one well worth reading and discovering about.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent reading to compliment the tv series 3 April 2008
By Mike Rose
Format:Hardcover
This is an excellent written account of the tv series.Simon goes into alot of detail of the four parts of his tropic of capricorn journey.I would fully recommend anyone who saw the series to read this book.For me the most disturbing parts were the aussie attitude to its first people,the aboriginals,and the soy plantations after deforestation in south america.I missed his first journey,equator,and I hope the BBC commission Simon to do another journey,next time being The Tropic of Cancer.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Tropic of Capricorn 28 May 2010
By Maureen Dorey
Format:Hardcover
What a super book! I didn't watch this series on TV and was unsure about buying it but absolutely no regrets. Am now waiting impatiently for the Tropic of Cancer book to be published.
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