Nocturne

A Journey in Search of Moonlight

Attlee, James

A unique travelogue records the author's search for true moonlight throughout the world, seeking places of sanctuary from light pollution in such locales as a Buddhist full-moon ceremony in Japan, a beach in northern France, the Arizona desert and a lunar eclipse atop the snowbound Welsh hills

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ISBN: 9780226030968
Pagina's: 309
Verschenen: 01-01-2011
NUR: 510

Druk: 1
Uitvoering: Hardback
Taal: Engels
Uitgever: Univ of Chicago Pr

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