How wild is wilderness and how wild are our experiences in it, asks Jack Turner in the pages of The Abstract Wild. His answer: not very wild. National parks and even so-called wilderness areas fall far short of offering the primal, mystic connection possible in wild places. And this is so, Turner avows, because any managed land, never mind what it ...
Jack Turner writes knowledgeably and entertainingly about the spice trade, reaching back to Magellan and Vasco da Gama and forward to today, and the ritual grinding of pepper offered by your waitperson. In between, he looks at magic, sex, religion, haute cuisine, and much more.
Acclaimed nature writer Jack Turner visits one of America's greatest natural treasures: comprised of two national parks, three national wildlife refuges, parts of six national forests, and eleven wilderness areas, the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem is a vast and dense array of environments and geographies. In a series of essays, he explores this ...
Drawing upon fields as disparate as anthropology, art history, and agriculture, Shepard, a pioneer in the field of human ecology, forges new ways of thinking about interactions between humans and the environment in this collection of essays.
The must-have book for all futures traders In Fundamental Analysis, the legendary Jack D. Schwager has produced the most comprehensive, in-depth book ever written on the use of fundamental analysis for futures trading. In what is destined to become the bible of the futures industry, Schwager has poured out insights gathered during his long career ...
Global warming and the environment have become a vital issue and throughout the world, governments are seeking ways to finance a greener policy. In November 2000, over 60,000 representatives from governments, environmental groups, industry and media will come together at the COP6 talks in the Hague to discuss how this policy can be achieved. These ...
This is a book about a mountain range, its climbs, its weather and the glory of the wild. It is also about a small group of climbers, nomads, who inhabit the Teton Range each summer, who know it as intimately as it will ever be known. TEEWINOT is a remarkable account of what it is like to live and work in these spectacular mountains. It has ...
The must-have book for all futures traders In Fundamental Analysis, the legendary Jack D. Schwager has produced the most comprehensive, in-depth book ever written on the use of fundamental analysis for futures trading. In what is destined to become the bible of the futures industry, Schwager has poured out insights gathered during his long ...
The mysterious and timeless world of the desert Southwest is vividly brought to life in these rare, hand-tinted photographs from the historic Rainbow Bridge/Monument Valley Expedition of 1933-38.
The must--have book for all futures traders In Fundamental Analysis, the legendary Jack D. Schwager has produced the most comprehensive, in--depth book ever written on the use of fundamental analysis for futures trading. In what is destined to become the bible of the futures industry, Schwager has poured out insights gathered during his long ...
The writings of Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) have captivated scholars, activists, and ecologists for more than a century. Less attention has been paid, however, to the author's political philosophy and its influence on American public life. Although Thoreau's doctrine of civil disobedience has long since become a touchstone of world history, ...
A history of the trade that controlled the world and left an indelible impression on our taste buds; a sweeping story of avarice, ingenuity, and exploration, spanning the globe and the centuries in its epic reconstruction of this magnificent obsession. Spices: for centuries the staple of cuisine, remedies and ritual, they have commanded the ...
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