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| Monkeys Are Made Of Chocolate: Exotic And Unseen Costa Rica | 
 enlarge | Author: Jack Ewing
Creator: Daniel Quinn
Publisher: Pixyjack Press
Category: Book
List Price: $18.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (6 reviews)
Sales Rank: 83465
Languages: English (Unknown), English (Original Language), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 210
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 9 x 5.8 x 0.6
ISBN: 0965809811
Dewey Decimal Number: 508.7286
EAN: 9780965809818
ASIN: 0965809811
Publication Date: February 15, 2005
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Product Description
Discover the mysterious and fascinating ways in which animals and plants?and people?interact with one another in the rainforests of Costa Rica. Author and naturalist Jack Ewing shares a wealth of observations and experiences, gathered from more than three decades of living in southwestern Costa Rica, home to some of the most prolific and diverse ecosystems on Earth. More than just a simple collection of essays, Monkeys are Made of Chocolate is a testament to the wonder of life in all its countless guises, as seen through the eyes of a man with a gift for subtle discernment and a natural flair for storytelling.
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 Great nature stories April 10, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I have to tell you that this was one of the very best nature books I have read in a long time. It has great stories, it is super-engaging, and it has a wonderful yet not overpowering environmental message.
A 'must' for any who plan on seeing the country and who want to know more of its wildlife and habitats June 24, 2006
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Most books on Costa Rica focus on travel tips, but MONKEYS ARE MADE OF CHOCOLATE: EXOTIC AND UNSEEN COSTA RICA takes a different turn, examine how animals, plants and people interact in that country and providing over thirty essays which come from a conversion of a cattle ranch into a popular eco-tourism destination. Stories and essays provide literally decades of observation of the Costa Rican natural environment and its management. A 'must' for any who plan on seeing the country and who want to know more of its wildlife and habitats.
Diane C. Donovan
California Bookwatch
 Costa Rica Wildlife February 25, 2006
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This book gives an excellent overall review of the Pacific rainforest and it's inhabitants in Pacific Costa Rica while encouraging the reader to contemplate preservation of the fragile ecosystems. Very readable. I recommend it to interested travellers to the region.
Read This, You'll Never Know How Much It Would Have Changed You If You Don't January 12, 2006
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
All I can say is: read it, you'll love it! (as well as learn more than you probably learn in a year of science class, change the way you think about the world, have a better understanding of what nature really is, be highly entertained, want to gather everyone you know and read them entire chapters [or the whole book!] be recomending this book like crazy...you get the idea)
Great Storyteller! June 5, 2005
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
This book is a series of easy-to-digest short stories and essays by a good storyteller. Some are lightweight and merely entertaining, some are likely to change your life. Over 30 years the author, who was born and raised on the midwest plains, gradually turned a typical Central America cattle ranch into a premier eco-resort. By simply being open to what the land and environment were trying to do, some amazing and highly encouraging lessons are taught. The environmental future shown here is lush, varied, and hopeful. This is a bright ray in a field that tends too much toward doom and gloom.
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