Tropic of Capricorn - Softcover

Reeve, Simon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1846073782 ISBN 13: 9781846073786

Publisher: BBC Books, 2008

Synopsis

In "Tropic of Capricorn", Simon Reeve sets out on a global adventure through ten countries following the line of the Southern Tropic: Namibia, Botswana, South Africa, Mozambique, Madagascar, Australia, Chile, Argentina, Paraguay and Brazil. Travelling through breathtaking landscapes, home to an abundance of unique and spectacular flora and fauna, Simon witnesses some of the most striking natural wonders on Earth - from the shifting sands of the Namibian desert to the gigantic waterfalls of Iguzu in Brazil. But it is the people that inhabit these lands that intrigue him the most.Simon delves deep into cultures where often startling traditions are still practiced today, such as the use of gang rape as a punishment for breaking aboriginal law in Australia. He grapples with the turbulent histories that remain etched on the people and the places they inhabit, and with the wide-ranging tensions that shape the identity of these vastly disparate countries, all linked by an invisible line. From the impact of German colonialism in Namibia and diamond mining and civil war in Botswana, to Nazi war criminals in mysterious Paraguay and a controversial nuclear power station built on an earthquake fault line in Brazil, Simon writes about the important issues that are happening today and reveals parts of our world little understood or known about - until now.

About this title

About the Author

Simon Reeve, author and broadcaster, has travelled the world for a series of television documentaries, including the BBC series Equator and Places That Don't Exist. His first book, The New Jackals: Ramzi Yousef, Osama bin Laden and the future of terrorism, was a New York Times bestseller and the first in the world on bin Laden and al Qaeda. His second book, One Day in September: the story of the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre, was adapted for screen and won an Oscar for best feature documentary.

Edition details

• Publisher: BBC Books
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1846073782
• ISBN 13: 9781846073786
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320