ISBN: 9780811214070 - andes rising (13 risultati)

Hardback. Condizione: Good. A new American novel-about an ornothologist, a physicist, and a rabbi-that takes us deep into the heart of the Colombian Andes. In Andes Rising the reader is confronted with a mystery. What happened to Thomas Cooper? A scientist who had worked on the Manhattan Project and attended the disarmament conference following World War I, he had quit his job, left his family, and gone off to Colombia, South America, on an ornothological project undertaken by the Peace Corps. His family and friends have lost all trace of him. Finally his mother persuades her rabbi to go down to Colombia and find out if Thomas is dead or alive. What the rabbi eventually finds is Thomas's journal filled with notes about his bird studies, ruminations about life (to which the rabbi sometimes responds), and pages from the work of Chapman, the early 20th-century ornothologist who collected specimens for the Museum of Natural History. Flashing through all is a rare tanager with turquoise markings. The director of the project wants Thomas to bring in specimens of this bird. If what is being prepared is another extermination, Thomas writes, I am not going to abet it by pushing another bird to extinction. But is he slowly going mad? Does he die in the avalanche, or is he somewhere among the birds of the Andes.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardback. Condizione: Good. A new American novel-about an ornothologist, a physicist, and a rabbi-that takes us deep into the heart of the Colombian Andes. In Andes Rising the reader is confronted with a mystery. What happened to Thomas Cooper? A scientist who had worked on the Manhattan Project and attended the disarmament conference following World War I, he had quit his job, left his family, and gone off to Colombia, South America, on an ornothological project undertaken by the Peace Corps. His family and friends have lost all trace of him. Finally his mother persuades her rabbi to go down to Colombia and find out if Thomas is dead or alive. What the rabbi eventually finds is Thomas's journal filled with notes about his bird studies, ruminations about life (to which the rabbi sometimes responds), and pages from the work of Chapman, the early 20th-century ornothologist who collected specimens for the Museum of Natural History. Flashing through all is a rare tanager with turquoise markings. The director of the project wants Thomas to bring in specimens of this bird. If what is being prepared is another extermination, Thomas writes, I am not going to abet it by pushing another bird to extinction. But is he slowly going mad? Does he die in the avalanche, or is he somewhere among the birds of the Andes.…

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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. First Edition. First edition/First printing. Rem. mk. on the lower edges, else fine.

hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Andes Rising - Novel This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping.…

Hardcover. Condizione: As New. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDLiterature & Fiction. Fine in Fine dust jacket. First edition.

Hardcover. Condizione: As New. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDNear fine in near fine dust jacket. First edition.

Hardcover. Condizione: As New. Condizione sovraccoperta: As New. First Edition. As New in As New DJ. One ripple from glue to front paste-down paper.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good.

Hardcover. Condizione: Like New. Like New. First Edition. Publisher: New Directions, 1999.FINE hardcover book in FINE dust-jacket. Pristine. As new. Unread. First Edition, First Printing. All of our books with dust-jackets are shipped in fresh, archival-safe mylar protective sleeves.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. Second edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. Hardcover and dust jacket, both a very nice clean copy, like new.

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