About this title: This collection of essays by Terry Tempest Williams includes some that are new, some that are reprinted. The latter include the author's very personal "Desert Quartet." All the selections revolve around Williams's burning interest in preserving the deserts of the American West.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Pantheon
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780375420771ISBN:0375420770
Description: Good in Good jacket. First Edition. 16-V Ex-library. Books rated "Good" may have some notes, underlining, or highlighting. These books also may contain the previous owner's name, stamp, sticker, or gift inscription, or may be library discards. read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Very Good. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. 0375420770 Former library item may have library binding and show stamps, stickers or other marks. Items not meeting quality expectations may be returned. Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Vintage Books USA
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780375725180ISBN:0375725180
Description: Fine. No dust jacket as issued. Clean text. Tight binding. Very nice copy. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 288 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Date Published: 2002-10-08
ISBN-13:9780375725180ISBN:0375725180
Description: New. New Book. There is slight time wear. Otherwise looks new. Free tracking # included! International buyers are welcome. We ship every business day. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Pantheon Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780375420771ISBN:0375420770
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. Ex-Library. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. BP1-DJ is mylar protected. DJ has couple of labels on the back and one on the spine, inside flaps adhered to the fixed endpapers, and light shelf wear otherwise very good. Book has library stamping on the top and bottom and loose endpaper, label on the copyright page, cardholder adhered to the back loose endpaper, and light shelf wear otherwise very good. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Pantheon
Date Published: 2001-09-11
ISBN-13:9780375420771ISBN:0375420770
Description: Very Good in Very Good-/ Good + jacket. Very Good +/ Near Fine Condition. Binding tight, pages clean. DJ slightly wrinkled at bottom of spine. Very nice copy! read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Pantheon Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780375420771ISBN:0375420770
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780375725180ISBN:0375725180
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Edition: Later printing
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage Books, New York
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780375725180ISBN:0375725180
Description: As NEW. "In this potent collage of stories, essays, and testimony, Williams makes a stirring case for the preservation of America's Redrock Wilderness in the canyon country of southern Utah. " New book with no flaws. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Vintage Books
Date Published: 2002-10-01
ISBN-13:9780375725180ISBN:0375725180
Description: NEW. Softcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780375725180. read more
Edition: First edition.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Vintage Books USA
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780375725180ISBN:0375725180
Description: Fine. No dust jacket as issued. Signed by author. personal inscription ("for you dear Shirley") with thanks and reminiscence by author, signed and dated 27 Sep. 03, Salado (Texas) 288 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Pantheon Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780375420771ISBN:0375420770
Description: As New in As New jacket. As New in As New dj; hardcover, stated first ed.; fine inside and out, including pictorial dj. Explores the author's love of and commitment to the desert of the American West, esp. the redrock desert of southern Utah. read more
"In her typically eloquent plea for love and protection of the American West wilderness, Terry Tempest Williams states, "The eyes of the future are looking back at us and they are praying for us to see beyond our own time. They are kneeling with hands clasped that we might act with restraint, that we might leave room for the life that is destined to come" (215). What a quotation! I can see this chiseled in stone in the offices of the Senate and House of Representatives. If only, our lawmakers and advocates would take this beautiful statement seriously! Speaking of U.S. law, Williams includes at the back of this book a detailed description of America's Redrock Wilderness Act of 2001 with all of its provisions for protection of wilderness areas of the Great Basin. She also includes an astonishingly long list of specific areas that beg protection from developers and others who would exploit the land for personal gain. "Only a few generations ago, Utah was settled on spritual grounds. It is ironic that now Utah must be protected on spiritual ground for the generations to come . . . Wilderness reminds us what it means to be human, what we are connected to rather than what we are separate from" (75). I will ever be grateful to Williams for her beautifully written admonishments for the preservation of our wilderness areas. This book, as well as her other, are truly a gift."
"We read this powerful book in my reading group..... sadly I got distracted somehow and could not remember the author's name although the subject matter has impacted me greatly in the years since I read it. Williams' name never came back to me until recently when it came up in, of all places, a memorial service for my cousin.... Suddenly I had the link back to RED. I WILL finish at some point.
I am a devout believer in the importance of leaving places UNTOUCHED, UNCOMPROMISED, UNADULTERATED in ANY way by human beings. THE IMPORTANCE OF WILDERNESS for its own sake is what she writes about with passion and insistence. In this world where we impose ourselves on everything, with a human-based rational for doing so, no matter what the consequences, I whole-heartedly agree with her. STAY AWAY! LEAVE WILDERNESS ALONE. NO PEOPLE, NO ROADS, NO RECREATION, NO DEVELOPMENT OF ANY KIND. We MUST stop imposing our will on the planet. Otherwise nothing will survive."
"Terry Tempest Williams, quite bluntly, is a heroine of mine. I loved Refuge, and--being a Utah desert-lover myself--loved this book just as much. Her passion is palpable, and her arguments in favor of conservation and wilderness are eloquent and beautiful, if not irrefutable (in my opinion)."
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