These dispatches from the wind and salt-blown islands at 62 degrees north offer delicious escapism. The Land of Maybe is a beautiful evocation of landscape and nature, as well as a portrait of a community which maintains a deep connection with its past.
Historical diving bells, Greek sponge divers, world war two frogmen and record-setting breath hold divers compete for space with sharks, turtles, dolphins and sea slugs. From Ireland to Florida, Papua New Guinea to Vienna and the Bahamas to Seychelles, this title provides a view from a glass bottomed boat - on an unfamiliar destination.
'A simultaneously hilarious and heart-breaking portrait of a poor white family life in the twilight of apartheid' Richard E. Grant
Ecott escorts readers on a whimsical journey that chronicles the incredible power of one velvety brown, long, and slender bean, which has become endangered in the wild and the world's most labor-intensive agricultural crop.
Unter der Oberfläche der Meere verbirgt sich eine andere Welt: Geheimnisvoll, fremdartig und von berückender, eigenwilliger Schönheit. Tim Ecott kennt und liebt diese Welt. Er erzählt von der Faszination des Tauchens ebenso wie von den schönsten und berühmtesten Revieren der Welt und den großen Helden aus der Geschichte des Tauchens.