Disappearing Destinations by Kimberly Lisagor

Disappearing Destinations by Kimberly Lisagor

A beautiful and memorable look at some of the most gorgeous endangered places on the planet.

Machu Picchu is a mesmerizing, ancient Incan city tucked away in the mountains of Peru, but it is rapidly being worn down by the thousands of feet treading across its stones. Glacier National Park is a destination long known for the stunning beauty of its ice floes, but in our lifetimes it will have no glaciers due to global warming. In the biobays of Puerto Rico swimmers can float in a sea shimmering with bioluminescent life, but sediment being churned up by development is killing the dinoflagellates that produce the eerie and beautiful glow. And in the Congo Basin of Africa, where great apes roam freely in lush, verdant rainforests, logging is quickly destroying the vast life-giving canopies. These places-along with many others across the globe-are changing as we speak due to global warming, environmental degradation, overuse, and natural causes.

From the Boreal Forests in Finland to the Yangtze River Valley in China, 37 Places to See Before They Disappear is a treasure trove of geographic wonder, and a guide to these threatened destinations and what is being done to save them.

Heather Hansen is the oldest of five children born in California. She'd always wanted to be a writer, and in seventh grade, she created her first book, a murder mystery in the style of Agatha Christie. However, she was never able to figure out who the killer was, so the book ran on for hundreds of pages, introducing new people only to have them killed off in the most terrible ways her twelve-year-old imagination could come up with. Her teacher was both impressed and appalled by her performance. Heather graduated from California State University Fullerton with a degree in English and has traveled the world with her retired marine spouse.

Okinawa, Japan, is her favorite place they've lived, where she had her pick of ramen, Japanese curry, and sushi every day. They now live in Las Vegas with their two teenagers and three dogs, where she spends her days writing and eating Nutella with a spoon. Her debut novel is The Broken Light.

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ISBN 13	9780307277367
ISBN 10	0307277364
Title	Disappearing Destinations
Author	Kimberly Lisagor
Series	Vintage Departures
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2008-04-08
Number of pages	400
Prizes	Winner of Colorado Book Award (Creative Nonfiction) 2009
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.