Pete bethune (4 résultats)

Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. 1st Edition. Book has very minor creasing to the wraps. Contents are fine. No inscriptions. Environmentalist and anti-whaling campaigner Pete Bethune is now the world's most recognised eco-warrior. His boarding of the Shonan Maru #2 Japanese whaling vessel in the Southern Ocean to perform a citizen's arrest on the captain, drew worldwide attention earlier this year. For his 'crime', Bethune - one of the stars of Animal Planet's 'Whale Wars' - was imprisoned in Japan for four months before finally receiving a two-year, suspended sentence. Controver- sial, attention-seeking, forthright and driven.all these words have been used to describe Pete Bethune. What can't be denied, though, is that he is a man who is prepared to fight - quite literally - for his principles; principles which relate not just to the saving of the great whales of the Southern Ocean, but to the planet as a whole. Bethune has received much criticism for lashing his own government for their lack of action over Japan's annual whale hunt. But this, he believes is a small price to pay for spotlighting the plight of the whales. (Google Books).…

Super Octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.…

Soft cover. Etat : Near Fine. light crease to cover else fine.

Hodder Moa New Zealand 2010. First edition. Card covers, photographs, 320pp. A well read copy. Inscribed by the author verso front cover. Australian Tax on Low Value Imported Goods (LVIG) exempt.