How Long to Read Belau

How Long Does it Take to Read Belau?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 26 minutes to read Belau by Douglas Faulkner

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Well known photographer and writer Douglas Faulkner, was born on October 13th 1937. At age five he went to Florida with his parents, and took his first swim in the ocean with his father. At fourteen he SCUBA dived off the Florida Keys. In 1962 he took his first underwater photograph. Out of his efforts have come six books, among them, The Hidden Sea, This Living Reef, Dwellers in the Sea and Living Corals. Photographer, Ernst Haas, wrote: Faulkner is our only Orpheus who brings back songs from the underworld. All four of the above mentioned books contain images that attest to the beautiful marine life of Belau. This Living Reef which took 7 years to complete is entirely about the islands and reefs of Belau, an archipelago at the western edge of Micronesia in the Pacific Ocean. Of all the years of his underwater work, Faulkner considers Belau to be the pinnacle of his efforts. All the more so because his love of the islands, the reefs and the people of Belau overflowed into his oral petitions presented before the Trusteeship Council of the United Nations in New York. In the early 70s Faulkner knew of a huge oil transhipment facility proposed for Belau which would be a way station for oil shipped from Iran to Japan. Such a facility would destroy the beautiful reefs of Belau, and the land and the culture as well. At the same time the United States wanted the rights to revamp Belaus islands and reefs to fit them to an intended military base. Faulkner knew his work was nearly done there and he could have walked away from Belaus future problems. He could have gone on to other untouched realms of beauty, but he decided to stand and fight for Belau, (now the Republic of Palau.) Douglas Faulkner decided to publish his petitions in BELAU The Promised Land because they show the will of the artist to defend what he loves. It does the environment little good to be shown as the beauty it is if no one defends that beauty. If people are only content to look at the beauty in pictures, and not the beauty around them; soon that beauty of everyday life will disappear. A picture may be worth a 1000 words, but sometimes it needs those 1000 words to defend its right to exist. The same holds true for what they depict. BELAU The Promised Land were those 1000 words that put the United Nations and America on notice. Douglas Faulkner decided to publish BELAU The Promised Land because he did not want his ideas about massive development versus the environment to lie buried in the files of the United Nations. His last petition before the United Nations Trusteeship Council was presented in 1987, and the world and Belau which is a small part of that world still faces destruction. He believes that only if mankind sees that it is to its own best interest not to destroy the beauty of the planet, will the planet and mankind survive.

How long is Belau?

Belau by Douglas Faulkner is 144 pages long, and a total of 36,576 words.

This makes it 49% the length of the average book. It also has 45% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Belau Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 19 minutes to read Belau aloud.

What Reading Level is Belau?

Belau is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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