Isabelle's Bat: A Journey Through Africa and the Caribbean
()
About this ebook
Isabelle has bought a bat in the market and she is trying to remember how her mother used to cook them. This poses a problem for the author, who is working in Madagascar to protect the same animals that Isabelle likes to eat. The adventures of thirty years of living and working in Africa and the Caribbean are recounted in this amusing and highly original series of true stories by Martin Bush, who tells of his adventures with lemurs, bats, centipedes, and butterflies in Madagascar. We meet Isabelle, who eats bats and prefers lemurs in a pot; Mickey the Bamboo lemur, who likes to sit on your head; the magical but slightly alarming Aye-Aye, with its witch's finger; and last, but certainly not least, we learn of the medicinal properties of certain bodily fluids. Not all the tales are amusing; several are dramatic. The author was wounded by a terrorist attack in Khartoum, survived a home invasion in GuineaConakry, and describes what he witnessed in Haiti during the 2010 earthquake.
The author also recounts his years as a teenager at school in England, where he was responsible for a famous graffiti on the wall of his school—still remembered to this day—and his first teaching positions in Canada, the USA, and Trinidad, the most memorable of which was working with Dr. Erich Farber, a brilliant professor of solar energy at the University of Florida.
Martin Bush has led development projects in Djibouti, Sudan, Guinea, Egypt, Madagascar, and Haiti since 1988. His technical background in natural resources management, conservation, and climate change, coupled with a compelling and amusing writing style, make this book a one-of-a kind account by someone who not only wanted to explore the world, but sought ways to help solve its environmental problems as well.
All the events described in this book are true. A few names of friends and family who did not want to be identified have been changed.
Martin J. Bush
Martin Bush has led development projects in Africa and the Caribbean for 25 years. His academic qualifications are in chemical engineering and fuel technology, but after a brief spell teaching at the University of the West Indies in Trinidad (UWI) and the Universities of Waterloo and Calgary in Canada, his interests shifted towards renewable energy, natural resources management, and climate change.Martin Bush has a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering and fuel technology from the University of Sheffield, UK; a PhD in chemical engineering from the same university; and an MSc in Protected Landscape Management from the University of Aberystwyth in Wales, UK. His first job in Africa was working in Djibouti leading the team that wrote the first national energy plan for that country. This work was followed by contracts in Sudan, Guinea, Madagascar, Egypt, and Haiti, where he was living when the devastating earthquake struck in January 2010. He now lives in Brossard, Quebec, just across the St. Lawrence river from Montreal.
Related to Isabelle's Bat
Related ebooks
Africa in the 20th Century Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMarklesparkle's Chronicles: 30 stories from 50 years off the beaten track Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Last Rhino Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Better Life: An Italian Immigrant's Journey Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTwenty Years in South Africa: An Immigrant’s Tale Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMiddleburg: Going to School in Apartheid South Africa Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTravels with High Frequency Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFeed the World: Birhan Woldu and Live Aid Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe world in a backpack: fun and hardship in Australia, South Africa, and the Fiji Islands. Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDon't Stand Under the Pili Nut Tree Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWake Up Time Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsIn Gondar Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Silent Sunset: A Daughter's Memoir Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Bathtub in Our Garden Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsOur Marriage in Saint Peter's Basilica Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPacific Voyage on a Chinese Junk Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMadame Langlois' Legacy Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Ultimate Island Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Claws of Africa Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAfrican Son Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsChocolate Islands: Cocoa, Slavery, and Colonial Africa Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Adventures of Dofesaba Ii 2018: “From West to East Via the Canals Du Midi” Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsStories From Puglia: Two Californians in Southern Italy Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGus the Traveler Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Sea Was Kind Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Kenyan Photo Safari Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFinding Edwin: An Explorer's Tale Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAmong the Nootka: The True Adventure of John R. Jewett Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsOld Japan: Secrets from the Shores of the Samurai Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRacket Boy: Where's My Country? Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Personal Memoirs For You
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Diary of a Young Girl Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, HER Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Dry: A Memoir Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression – and the Unexpected Solutions Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Stolen Life: A Memoir Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Glass Castle: A Memoir Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I'm Glad My Mom Died Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Bad Mormon: A Memoir Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Child Called It: One Child's Courage to Survive Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Mommie Dearest Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: the heartfelt, funny memoir by a New York Times bestselling therapist Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Just Mercy: a story of justice and redemption Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Taste: My Life Through Food Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Man of Two Faces: A Memoir, A History, A Memorial Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Yes Please Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Mediocre Monk: A Stumbling Search for Answers in a Forest Monastery Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Becoming Sister Wives: The Story of an Unconventional Marriage Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Stash: My Life in Hiding Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Solutions and Other Problems Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5My Story Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Why Fish Don't Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Whiskey in a Teacup: What Growing Up in the South Taught Me About Life, Love, and Baking Biscuits Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Son of Hamas: A Gripping Account of Terror, Betrayal, Political Intrigue, and Unthinkable Choices Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Becoming Free Indeed: My Story of Disentangling Faith from Fear Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Billion Years: My Escape From a Life in the Highest Ranks of Scientology Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Related categories
Reviews for Isabelle's Bat
0 ratings0 reviews