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Being CaribouFive Months on Foot with an Arctic Herd
by Karsten Heuer
“Being Caribou is one of the best, most evocative, and hard hitting accounts of man’s inhumanity toward life, and of the need for reconciliation between man and the rest of animate creation, I have ever encountered.” Farley MowatMore Details... Shopping for PorcupineA Life in Arctic Alaska
by Seth Kantner
From the celebrated author of Ordinary Wolves, a stunning collection of writing and photographs on life in Alaska.More Details... Winter CreekOne Writer's Natural History
by John Daniel
Winter Creek is John Daniel's disarmingly honest story of his
restless youth, looking for meaning in drugs and an active outdoor life
in the West.More Details... At the End of Ridge RoadThe Credo Series
by Joseph Bruchac
One of America’s best storytellers tells his own. Tracing his
progression from a child in the Adirondacks to self-confessed "nature
nut" to jock to acclaimed writer—Native American author Joe Bruchac
blends narrative with history to describe his belief in the vital
importance of stories for himself and the world.More Details... Bird Songs of the MesozoicA Day Hiker’s Guide to the Nearby Wild
by David Brendan Hopes
What do you think about when you hike? A flavor of both the world and
mind, David Brendan Hopes blends art, biology, literature, science,
gardening, opera, and much more to express the nature of his city home.
With accounts ranging from backyards to highway ditches to the shoulder
of Mount Pisgah—Hopes challenges the idea that wild experience can only
be found in wilderness areas.More Details... Common SenseGreat Ideas
by Thomas Paine
"The book that created the modern United
States, Paine's incendiary call for Americans to revolt against British
rule converted millions to the cause of independence and set out a
vision of a just society."More Details... Cross-PollinationsThe Marriage of Science and Poetry
by Gary Paul Nabhan
The cross–pollination of science and literature engenders unlikely
thoughts and ideas that are essential to the health of nature and
culture. In this book ethnobiologist and writer Gary Paul Nabhan
explains how his interdisciplinary approach to life and work—combining
a passion for science and a love of literature—has led him to
discoveries that would be otherwise inaccessible.More Details... Letters from the EarthUncensored Writings
by Mark Twain
Mark Twain at his satirical best, writes in the voice of the devil on a visit to earth, revealing his "sharp, witty, imaginative, complex, and wildly funny" view of humanity.More Details... On the IceAn Intimate Portrait of Life at McMurdo Station, Antarctica
by Gretchen Legler
Negative 120 degree weather. Canned food that dates back at least a
decade. Wind storms powerful enough to lift a human off the ground.
Extremely unfashionable clothing. Welcome to Antarctica, the farthest
away place in the world.More Details... |
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