June 2010 Promotions
SAE has five copies of
Along the River that Flows Uphill
to give away!
“Five out of five stars. The authors relate their adventures along the mysterious Casiquiare river in vivid detail, including a brush with a tribe of Yanomami Indians and a potentially dangerous confrontation with FARC guerrillas. Their reflections on the sights, wonders, and wistful beauties of a little-travelled path make for an unforgettably vivid travelogue.” – Midwest Book Review.
To get your hands on one of these fantastic books, just send an email with your name, address and the answer to the question below to magazine@saexplorers.org
Q: What is the Yanomami word for the headman of a village?
(Clue: read the extract from the book featured in this edition)
Fine print: Prize includes postage. Competition opens 1 April 2010 and closes 27 June 2010. Five winners will be chosen at random and notified by 30 June 2010 via email. Winners are responsible for providing their full address.
About the book
In 2005, authors Richard Starks and Miriam Murcutt were commissioned by ‘Geographical’ (the magazine of Britain’s Royal Geographical Society in London) to write an article about a strange river in Venezuela called the Casiquiare.
This river – once the source of great controversy – is like no other on the face of the planet, since it joins two otherwise separate river systems, the Orinoco and the Amazon, by apparently flowing up and over the watershed that divides them. Rivers should not be able to do that.
In their book, Along the River that Flows Uphill, the authors recount the story of their journey along the Casiquiare, including a brush with Yanomami Indians and a confrontation with FARC guerrillas.
A bit about the authors
Richard Starks has worked as a writer, editor and publisher of newsletters and magazines. He has had five other books published, and has also written for television. Miriam Murcutt is a writer, editor and former marketing executive in the travel and publishing industries. Along the River that Flows Uphill is the second book the authors have written together (their first being Lost in Tibet - a true-life adventure set in pre-Chinese Tibet). The authors can be contacted through their website: http://alongtheriverthatflowsuphill.com.
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