Islands of Promise

Author/Contributor(s):	Vallette, Philippe
Publisher:	Actes Sud
Date:	04/30/2013
Binding:	Hardcover
Condition:	NEW

Full of sumptuous color photographs, this fascinating volume takes a broad overview of islands as geological and cultural entities, approaching them from every angle: as isolate ecologies, as mini-states, as outposts, as land with a special relationship to water and marine life, as victims of global warming and as "laboratories for evolution."