×


 x 

Shopping cart
20%OFFEd Gillespie - Only Planet: A Flight-Free Adventure Around the World - 9780957157385 - V9780957157385
Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.

Only Planet: A Flight-Free Adventure Around the World

€ 19.99
€ 15.96
You save € 4.03!
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for Only Planet: A Flight-Free Adventure Around the World Hardcover. .
In an inspirational tale of global adventure Ed Gillespie takes anything but a plane to circumnavigate the world. Cargo ships to camels, hitch-hiking to hovercrafts. Playing table tennis with heavyweight Ukrainian boxers. Border arrests and drug searches. Communing with a Costa Rican jungle sloth. Illustrated with dramacic photography, Ed's journey brings to vivid life the joys, and challenges, of slow, low carbon, overland travel. En route Ed realises that staying grounded in an age of climate change may lead us to rediscover the pleasures of what real travel is all about. Through the journey and adventure he ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Wild Things Publishing Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Bath, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780957157385
SKU
V9780957157385
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-2

About Ed Gillespie
Born in Norfolk and trained as a marine biologist Ed concluded he was going to spend the rest of his life saying 'if you don't stop catching all the fish, there won't be any fish'. So he co-founded Futerra, a communications company with a mission to make sustainable development so desirable it becomes normal. Ed has worked all over the ... Read more

Reviews for Only Planet: A Flight-Free Adventure Around the World
Allow the world's flaws and beauty to seep into your soul...integrating considered and informed views on climate change, globalisation and society's role in shaping the future, with charm, wit and cultural context. THE INDEPENDENT, JUNE 2014 With wit, welly and wisdom, Ed reveals the fine-grained texture of the world at ground level. Required reading for the ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for Only Planet: A Flight-Free Adventure Around the World


Subscribe to our newsletter

News on special offers, signed editions & more!