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1	Coming Into the Country more books like this by John McPhee Originally appearing in The New Yorker, this colorful natural history of Alaska illuminates lesser-known aspects to Native Alaskan culture and provides insight into the state's perpetual debates between conservationists and industrialists. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.45! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Stalking the wild asparagus. more books like this by Euell Gibbons Euell Gibbons was one of the few people in this country to devote a considerable part of his life to the adventure of "living off the land." He sought out wild plants all over North America and made them into delicious dishes. His book includes recipes for vegetable and casserole dishes, breads, cakes, muffins and twenty different pies. He also ... see all copies from $4.50! new only from $12.74! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	The Control of Nature more books like this by John McPhee Concentrating on three contemporary stories of peoples battling against the earth and its elements, this book examines humankind's attempts to tame the forces of nature. see all copies from $2.49! new only from $9.23! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Annals of the Former World more books like this by John McPhee Grounding scientific explanation in accessible, often humorous prose, this multilayered travelogue explores the diversity of America's geology and culture. McPhee unravels the mysteries of the country's geological timeline and reveals the quirks and motivations of his fellow travelers--preeminent geologists investigating the earth's history ... see all copies from $6.95! new only from $12.04! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Uncommon Carriers more books like this by John McPhee McPhee, in prose distinguished by its warm humor, keen insight, and rich sense of human character, looks at the people who drive trucks, captain ships, pilot towboats, drive coal trains, and carry lobsters through the air: people who work in freight transportation. see all copies from $3.50! new only from $6.17! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Basin and range more books like this by John McPhee The first of John McPhee's works in his series on geology and geologists, "Basin and Range "is a book of journeys through ancient terrains, always in juxtaposition with travels in the modern world--a history of vanished landscapes, enhanced by the histories of people who bring them to light. The title refers to the physiographic province of the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.08! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Levels of the game more books like this by John McPhee This account of a tennis match played by Arthur Ashe against Clark Graebner at Forest Hills in 1968 begins with the ball rising into the air for the initial serve and ends with the final point. McPhee provides a brilliant, stroke-by-stroke description while examining the backgrounds and attitudes which have molded the players' games. see all copies from $2.00! new only from $8.33! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Pine Barrens more books like this by John McPhee Most people think of New Jersey as a suburban industrial corridor between New York and Philadelphia. Yet in the low center of the state is a near wilderness, larger than most national parks, which has been known since the seventeenth century as the Pine Barrens. see all copies from $2.25! new only from $6.35! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	Encounters with the Archdruid more books like this by John McPhee The narratives in this book are of journeys made in three wildernesses - on a coastal island, in a Western mountain range, and on the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon. The four men portrayed here have different relationships to their environment, and they encounter each other on mountain trails, in forests and rapids, sometimes with reserve, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Rising from the Plains more books like this by John McPhee Bestselling author McPhee takes us on another exciting geological excursion with this engaging account of life--past and present--in the high plains of Wyoming. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.49! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Assembling California more books like this by John McPhee At various times in a span of fifteen years, John McPhee has made geological field trips in the company of Eldridge Moores, a tectonicist at the University of California at Davis. The result is Assembling California, a cross-section in human and geologic time, from Donner Pass in the Sierra Nevada through the golden foothills of the Mother Lode ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.57! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	The John McPhee Reader more books like this by John McPhee "The John McPhee Reader," first published in 1976, is comprised of selections from the author's first twelve books. In 1965, John McPhee published his first book, "A Sense of Where You Are"; a decade later, he had published eleven others. His fertility, his precision and grace as a stylist, his wit and uncanny brilliance in choosing subject matter ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Looking for a Ship more books like this by McPhee McPhee writes about the 42-day voyage of a merchant ship, from Charleston, South Carolina to the west coast of South America. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Table of Contents more books like this by John McPhee "Table of Contents "is a collection of eight pieces that range from Alaska to New Jersey, describing, for example, the arrival of telephones in a small village near the Arctic Circle and the arrival of wild bears in considerable numbers in New Jersey, swarming in from the Poconos in search of a better life ("Riding the Boom Extension," "A Textbook ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	A Sense of Where You Are: Bill Bradley at Princeton more books like this by John McPhee First published in 1965, this title deals primarily with Bill Bradley's basketball career at Princeton University in the early 1960s. The star player and Rhodes scholar later joined the New York Knicks, and won a U.S. Senate seat in 1979. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.20! \| signed copies \| SVS
16 view cover	Pieces of the Frame more books like this by John McPhee "Pieces of the Frame" is a gathering of memorable writings by one of the greatest journalists and storytellers of our time. They take the reader from the backwoods roads of Georgia, to the high altitude of Ruidoso Downs in New Mexico; from the social decay of Atlantic City, to Scotland, where a pilgrimage for art's sake leads to a surprising ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	In Suspect Terrain more books like this by John McPhee From the outwash plains of Brooklyn to Indiana's drifted diamonds and gold, John McPhee's" In Suspect Terrain" is a narrative of the earth, told in four sections of equal length, each in a different way reflecting the three others-- a biography; a set piece about a fragment of Appalachian landscape in illuminating counterpoint to the human history ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	The Ransom of Russian Art more books like this by John McPhee A report on the plight of dissident artists in the Soviet Union, and an American professor who smuggled their work abroad. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	La Place de La Concorde Suisse more books like this by John McPhee "La Place de la Concorde Suisse" is John McPhee's rich, journalistic study of the Swiss Army's role in Swiss society. The Swiss Army is so quietly efficient at the art of war that the Isrealis carefully patterned their own military on the Swiss model. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Survival of the Bark Canoe more books like this by John McPhee In Greenville, New Hampshire, a small town in the southern part of the state, Henri Vaillancourt makes birch-bark canoes in the same manner and with the same tools that the Indians used. "The Survival of the Bark Canoe "is the story of this ancient craft and of a 150-mile trip through the Maine woods in those graceful survivors of a prehistoric ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.35! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Bark Canoes and Skin Boats of North America more books like this by Edwin Tappan Adney, Howard I Chappelle, John McPhee (Foreword by) The bark canoes of the North American Indians, particularly those of birchbark, were among the most highly developed manually propelled primitive watercraft. Built with Stone Age tools from available materials, their design, size, and appearance were varied to suit the many requirements of their users. Even today, canoes are based on these ancient ... see all copies from $7.38! new only from $11.97! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Giving Good Weight more books like this by John McPhee "You people come into the market--the Greenmarket, in the open air under the down pouring sun--and you slit the tomatoes with your fingernails. With your thumbs, you excavate the cheese. You choose your stringbeans one at a time. You pulp the nectarines and rape the sweet corn. You are something wonderful, you are--people of the city--and we, who ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.10! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Oranges more books like this by John McPhee First published in 1966 and now in the PENGUIN MODERN CLASSICS series, this book gives both a history of humanity's love for the fruit and a wonderful picture of Florida, a state transformed from dreary barrenness to one vast orange grove by the world's insatiable demand for orange juice. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Irons in the Fire more books like this by John McPhee Essays by McPhee on such diverse issues as cattle-branding in Nevada, tire dumps, a blind writer with a talking computer, and an auction of exotic cars. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	The Founding Fish more books like this by John McPhee The American shad--a species beloved of sportsmen since George Washington--provides the remarkable focus of this book, its every specimen carrying its autobiography within its scales and coursing through the water routes of U.S. political history. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.80! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS

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