wyszukanych pozycji: 9
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All the Wild That Remains: Edward Abbey, Wallace Stegner, and the American West
ISBN: 9780393352375 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Archetypal wild man Edward Abbey and proper, dedicated Wallace Stegner left their footprints all over the western landscape. Now, award-winning nature writer David Gessner follows the ghosts of these two remarkable writer-environmentalists from Stegner's birthplace in Saskatchewan to the site of Abbey's pilgrimages to Arches National Park in Utah, braiding their stories and asking how they speak to the lives of all those who care about the West. These two great westerners had very different ideas about what it meant to love the land and try to care for it, and they did so in... Archetypal wild man Edward Abbey and proper, dedicated Wallace Stegner left their footprints all over the western landscape. Now, award-winning nat... |
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72,18 |
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Under the Devil's Thumb
ISBN: 9780816519248 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 230 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) David Gessner first moved to Colorado in the wake of a bout with cancer. In Under the Devil's Thumb, this young New Englander takes readers on a joyous quest to discover the mysteries of the western landscape and the landscape of the soul as well. In the West Gessner began to rewrite his life. Under the Devil's Thumb is a story of rugged determination and sweat, as well as humor, adventure and hope. In and around his new hometown of Boulder, Colorado, Gessner hiked hard and ran alongside flooded creeks. He found that the West was a place of stories stories that grow out...
David Gessner first moved to Colorado in the wake of a bout with cancer. In Under the Devil's Thumb, this young New Englander takes rea...
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87,21 |
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Ultimate Glory: Frisbee, Obsession, and My Wild Youth
ISBN: 9780735210561 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) A story of obsession, glory, and the wild early days of Ultimate Frisbee. David Gessner devoted his twenties to a cultish sport called Ultimate Frisbee. Like his teammates and rivals, he trained for countless hours, sacrificing his body and potential career for a chance at fleeting glory without fortune or fame. His only goal: to win Nationals and go down in Ultimate history as one of the greatest athletes no one has ever heard of. With humor and raw honesty, Gessner explores what it means to devote one's life to something that many consider ridiculous. Today, Ultimate is...
A story of obsession, glory, and the wild early days of Ultimate Frisbee. David Gessner devoted his twenties to a cultish sport called Ult...
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cena:
91,22 |
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Leave It as It Is: A Journey Through Theodore Roosevelt's American Wilderness
ISBN: 9781982105051 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) |
cena:
76,02 |
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Soaring with Fidel: An Osprey Odyssey from Cape Cod to Cuba and Beyond
ISBN: 9780807085790 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 289 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) A Book Sense Notable Title
"As Gessner pursues the ospreys] down the Eastern Seaboard and even into Cuba with a BBC documentary team at his heels, a lively tale of fish-eating raptors, broken embargoes and a nail-biting race to the finish line ensues . . . Gessner finds his Mecca not in the thrilling launch or triumphant end of his own 7,000-mile migration, but in the living done in between." Jennifer Winger, "Nature Conservancy Magazine" "An engaging, lyrical guide to osprey migration, Cuba, and a common humanity." "Orion Magazine" "Gessner's finest book, unpredictable in the... A Book Sense Notable Title
"As Gessner pursues the ospreys] down the Eastern Seaboard and even into Cuba with a BBC documentary team at his heels... |
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118,05 |
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The Prophet of Dry Hill: Lessons from a Life in Nature
ISBN: 9780807005989 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) |
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76,02 |
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A Traveler's Guide to the End of the World: Tales of Fire, Wind, and Water
ISBN: 9781948814812 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) |
cena:
83,43 |
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The Book of Flaco: A Parable of the Urban Wild
ISBN: 9781958888476 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) |
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94,84 |
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Return of the Osprey: A Season of Flight and Wonder
ISBN: 9781501783746 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) |
cena:
83,43 |