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Product Description Cool Creatures, Hot Planet: Exploring the Seven Continents follows Marty and Deb Essen on a three-and-a-half-year-long adventure to some of the wildest places on all seven continents. The American couple began crisscrossing the globe with the simple intention of searching for rare and interesting wildlife. When their travels coincided with the U.S. invasion of Iraq, the added element made them unwitting ambassadors for peace. Their experiences--from amusing to life threatening--changed their lives forever. This is not your average travelogue. Marty Essen has written a book that entertains, informs, and poignantly reminds us that we all share a small planet. ★ Features 85 color photos. ★ The stage show version of Cool Creatures, Hot Planet: Exploring the Seven Continents , "Around the World in 90 Minutes," has been a hit on college campuses for 14 years and counting! Locations visited include: Belize, Peru (the Amazon Rainforest), Argentina, Australia (Queensland), Canada (Alberta, British Columbia, Yukon Territory, and Northwest Territories), Antarctica, Europe (Spain, France, Switzerland, and Andorra), Malaysia (Borneo), and Africa (Zimbabwe). ◆ Winner: 2009 Green Book Festival Award for Animals ◆ Winner: 2007 Benjamin Franklin Award for Travel/Essay ◆ Winner: National Indie Excellence 2007 Book Award for Travel/Essay ◆ Winner: Best Books 2006 Book Award for Travel/Essay ◆ Winner: Bronze 2006 ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Award for Travel/Essay ◆ Winner: Bronze 2007 IPPY Award for Travel/Essay Important: Encante Press, LLC has updated the cover of Cool Creatures, Hot Planet: Exploring the Seven Continents. To be guaranteed this beautiful second edition cover, please buy the book "Shipped and Sold by Amazon." Books sold by any other seller, whether "new" or used, will most likely have the old cover. From the Publisher Winner: Green Book Festival Award for Animals Winner: Benjamin Franklin Award for Travel/Essay Winner: National Indie Excellence Book Award for Travel/Essay Winner: Best Books Book Award for Travel/Essay Bronze: ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Award for Travel/Essay Bronze: IPPY Award for Travel/Essay Finalist: Nautilus Award for Animals/Nature Minneapolis Star-Tribune Top-10 "Green" Book From the Author Writing Cool Creatures, Hot Planet: Exploring the Seven Continents was quite the experience! I devoted each chapter to a different continent, plus Central America. My process for creating the book was to go on an adventure; write the chapter; and then head out again. In all, my travels spanned three-and-a-half years, and my writing and research time totaled more than twelve thousand hours. Here's where I went during my travels: Peru (the Amazon Rainforest), Argentina, Australia (Queensland), Canada (Alberta, British Columbia, Yukon Territory, and Northwest Territories), Antarctica, Europe (Spain, France, Switzerland, and Andorra), Malaysia (Borneo), and Africa (Zimbabwe). Since I was essentially writing the book "live," one of my trepidations was that a trip might turn out to be boring. If that happened, would I have to subject my readers to a snoozer of a chapter? Fortunately, something exciting and magical happened on every adventure! Something else magical has happened: Cool Creatures, Hot Planet has become a book with a life of its own. After the print edition came out in 2007, it won six national awards. That led to a live, multi-media version of the book, called Around the World in 90 Minutes. I have been performing Around the World in 90 Minutes at colleges and other venues since 2007. My show is still going strong. If I'm in your area, I hope you will check it out--you'll have a blast. Finally, December 2012 marked the release of Cool Creatures, Hot Planet on Kindle. A Kindle release wasn't part of the plan, but after purchasing a Kindle Paperwhite for myself, I fell in love with the format. I found that I could read much longer without eyes
