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1	Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's more books like this by John Elder Robison add to wishlist Look Me in the Eye" is the moving, darkly funny story of growing up with Aspergers at a time when the diagnosis simply didnt exist. A born storyteller, Robison takes readers inside the head of a boy who teachers and other adults regarded as defective. Its a strange, sly, indelible account; sometimes alien yet always deeply human. see all copies from $5.03! new only from $8.72! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	In the Ghost Country: A Lifetime Spent on the Edge more books like this by Peter Hillary, John Elder add to wishlist Renowned explorer Hillary pens this account of the fateful 1998 trek he undertook to reach the South Pole. IN A GHOST COUNTRY revisits that strange land he and his teammates entered when delirium set in, snow blindness hypnotized, and ghosts from the past seemed to rise up out of the cruel and haunting landscape of the South Polar Region. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.48! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Spirit and Nature: Why the Environment is a Religious Issue: An Interfaith Dialogue more books like this by Steven C Rockefeller (Editor), John C Elder (Editor) add to wishlist 'These essays illuminate the spiritual dimension of our ecological crises with wisdom and depth. In addition, they constitute a substantive contribution to ecologizing religion, one of the crucial tasks of our time.' -Charlene Spretnak see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.95! \| SVS
4	Nature Writing: The Tradition in English more books like this by Robert Finch (Editor), John Elder (Editor) add to wishlist The first anthology to represent the full range of nature writing's rich and flourishing tradition, from lyrical essays to thoughtful encounters with new ethical and ecological concerns. see all copies from $17.99! new only from $25.72! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Reading the Mountains of Home more books like this by John Elder add to wishlist This memoir is set in the mountains of Vermont near Middlebury College, where the author teaches English and environmental studies. He points out that this part of New England is in the 1990s much wilder than it was in the 19th century, when Vermont was a fast-growing, booming place. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	The Norton Book of Nature Writing, College Edition more books like this by Robert Finch, John Elder add to wishlist W. W. Norton is pleased to announce that The Norton Book of Nature Writing is now available in a paperback college edition. see all copies from $40.61! new only from $45.04! \| SVS
7	Handbook of Statistical Analysis and Data Mining Applications more books like this by Robert Nisbet, John Elder, Gary Miner add to wishlist "The Handbook of Statistical Analysis and Data Mining Applications" is a comprehensive professional reference book that guides business analysts, scientists, engineers and researchers (both academic and industrial) through all stages of data analysis, model building and implementation. The Handbook helps one discern the technical and business ... see all copies from $59.98! new only from $59.98! \| SVS
8	American Nature Writers more books like this by John Elder add to wishlist From "Walden" to "Arctic Dreams," nature writing is a powerful American literary tradition. The essays in the set combine biography, criticism, and in some cases, interviews to tell the story of each author. This set includes 70 biographical/critical essays on such writers as Rachel Carson, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Barry Lopez, Henry David Thoreau, ... see all copies from $1.99! first editions
9	The Return of the Wolf: Reflections on the Future of Wolves in the Northeast more books like this by Rick Bass, John Elder (Editor), Bill McKibben add to wishlist Leading naturalists and writers respond to the possible return of the wolf to the Northeast. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.35! \| first editions
10	Pilgrimage to Vallombrosa: From Vermont to Italy in the Footsteps of George Perkins Marsh more books like this by John Elder add to wishlist The pivotal figure in John Elder's latest book - itself a combination of environmental history, travel writing, literary criticism, and memoir - is the nineteenth-century diplomat and writer George Perkins Marsh, generally regarded now as Americais first environmentalist. Like Elder, Marsh was a Vermonter, and his diplomatic career took him for ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Family of Earth and Sky more books like this by John C Elder (Editor), Hertha Dawn Wong (Editor) add to wishlist A gathering of responses to nature from the oral traditions of Africa, Asia, Europe, Australia, and the Americas. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.84! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	The Height of Our Mountains: Nature Writing from Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains and Shenandoah Valley more books like this by Professor Michael P Branch, Professor Daniel J Philippon, John Elder (Foreword by) add to wishlist "The height of our mountains", wrote Thomas Jefferson in his "Notes on the State of Virginia", 'has not yet been estimated with any degree of exactness'. In this sweeping anthology of nearly four centuries of nature writing from the Blue Ridge Mountains and Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, Michael P. Branch and Daniel J. Philippon take the full ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $27.25! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13	Following the Brush: An American Encounter with Classical Japanese Culture more books like this by John Elder add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $13.95! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Ents, Elves, and Eriador: The Environmental Vision of J. R. R. Tolkien more books like this by Matthew Dickerson, Jonathan Evans, John Elder (Foreword by) add to wishlist Though not often recognized as environmental or agrarian literature, the writings of J. R. R. Tolkien demonstrate a complex and comprehensive ecological philosophy. The ecology of Middle-earth portrayed in "The Hobbit", "The Lord of the Rings", and "The Silmarillion" brings together three potent and convincing elements of preservation and ... see all copies from $18.33! new only from $35.00! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	The Political and Institutional Effects of Term Limits more books like this by Marjorie Sarbaugh-Thompson, Richard Elling, John Strate add to wishlist Discontent with politics and politicians has led to calls for term limits in the belief that new faces would bring new perspectives and the influence of monied special interests would decrease. This innovative volume examines the effects of term limits by combining statistical analysis of the effects of terms limits on electoral competition, ... see all copies from $15.33! new only from $32.40! \| SVS
16 view cover	John Woo: Interviews more books like this by John Woo, Robert K Elder (Editor) add to wishlist First discovered by Western audiences through his Hong Kong films "The Killer" and "Hard Bolled", Woo introduced the world to a new brand of psychologically frenzied action film. After relocating to the US in the early 1990s, Woo produced a trilogy of hard-charging action films - "Broken Arrow", "Face Off", and "Mission Impossible 2" - that were ... see all copies from $4.20! new only from $16.07! \| SVS
17	Bowels of the Earth more books like this by John W. Elder add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
18	Following the Brush more books like this by John Elder add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $32.98! \| signed copies
19 view cover	Frog Run: Words and Wildness in the Vermont Woods more books like this by J Elder add to wishlist The North Woods tradition of making maple syrup serves as an illuminating backdrop for John Elder's reflections on nature, literature, playfulness, and fatherhood, as he builds a sugaring house with his sons. see all copies from $3.54! new only from $8.55! \| first editions \| SVS
20	Nature/Walking CL more books like this by Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, John Elder (Photographer) add to wishlist see all copies from $9.99!
21 view cover	Family of Earth and Sky: Indigenous Tales of Nature from Around the World more books like this by John C Elder (Editor), Hertha Dawn Wong (Editor) add to wishlist A gathering of responses to nature from the oral traditions of Africa, Asia, Europe, Australia, and the Americas. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $43.95! \| first editions \| SVS
22	Trading in Santa Fe: John M. Kingsbury's Correspondence with James Josiah Webb, 1853-1861 more books like this by John M Kingsbury, Jane Lenz Elder (Editor), David J Weber (Editor) add to wishlist In 1853 the fabled Santa Fe trade drew a young Bostonian, John Kingsbury, to the dusty capital of America's newly-acquired New Mexico Territory. Junior partner of the prominent mercantile firm of Webb & Kingsbury, he remained in Santa Fe until 1861 and the outbreak of the Civil War. During his eight-year tenure, Kingsbury sent regular reports to ... see all copies from $6.30! new only from $60.11! \| signed copies \| first editions
23 view cover	The Roots of Appalachian Christianity: The Life and Legacy of Elder Shubal Stearns more books like this by John Sparks, Elder add to wishlist An account of religion in central and southern Appalachia. It focuses on Shubal Stearns, an influential early Baptist leader who did much to spread Christianity in the region. The author explores the disputes, theologies and personalities that pushed Stearns to prominence. see all copies from $20.49! new only from $28.22! \| SVS
24 view cover	Imagining the Earth more books like this by John Elder add to wishlist This text explores the way in which our attitudes toward nature are mirrored in, and influenced by poetry. It illustrates how poetry can identify, interpret and celebrate issues related to nature and our place in it, with examples from poets such as T.S. Eliot and Robinson Jeffers. see all copies from $9.89! new only from $16.84! \| SVS
25 view cover	Behavior Change and Public Health in the Developing World more books like this by John P Elder add to wishlist Focusing on universal public health issues, this book explores what can be done and what the future holds. It introduces students and practitioners to behaviour change theories and applications. It details experiences of sucessful programmes for the prevention and control of the world's biggest killers: malnutrition; respiratory infections; ... see all copies from $8.49! new only from $74.17!

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