wyszukanych pozycji: 12
A Private Wilderness
ISBN: 9781517910969 / Miękka / 2024 / 376 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. |
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94,03 zł |
Wilderness Days
ISBN: 9780816679089 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. In the evocative words of one of America's best-loved nature writers, Wilderness Days brings together the essence of the magnificent wilderness with which he so deeply identifies. Sigurd F. Olson collects from his writings those moments that most vividly depict the turn of the seasons in the great woodlands and waters of the legendary Quetico-Superior region overlapping the Ontario-Minnesota border. In the evocative words of one of America's best-loved nature writers, Wilderness Days brings together the essence of the magnificent wildern... |
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73,12 zł |
Of Time and Place
ISBN: 9780816629954 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 188 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Of Time and Place is a legacy from one of the best-loved nature writers of our time. In this, his last book, completed just before his death, Sigurd F. Olson guides readers through his wide-ranging memories of a lifetime dedicated to the preservation of the wilderness. Like his other best-selling books, Of Time and Place is filled with beauty, adventure, and wonder.
Olson recalls his many friendships of trail and woods and portage, his favorite campsites, the stories behind the artifacts and mementos hanging in his cabin at Listening Point. Whether he is remembering canoe trips with his... Of Time and Place is a legacy from one of the best-loved nature writers of our time. In this, his last book, completed just before his death, Sigurd F...
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67,89 zł |
Spirit of the North: The Quotable Sigurd F. Olson
ISBN: 9780816639342 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 149 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Sigurd F. Olson was the most beloved wilderness advocate of his generation. His renowned writings, including the nature classics The Singing Wilderness and Listening Point, evoke the singular beauty and richness of the northern woods and lakes and reveal a philosophy of preservation that is as eloquent and relevant today as when he first wrote. The wilderness was the spring of happiness in Olson's life, and he devoted himself to the pursuit of sharing this magic with others and ensuring its future existence.
Revealing Olson's understanding and love of wilderness, Spirit of the North gathers... Sigurd F. Olson was the most beloved wilderness advocate of his generation. His renowned writings, including the nature classics The Singing Wildernes...
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The Meaning of Wilderness
ISBN: 9780816637096 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Sigurd F. Olson (1899-1982) was one of the greatest environmentalists of the twentieth century. A conservation activist and popular writer, Olson introduced a generation of readers to the importance of wilderness. He served as president of the Wilderness Society and the National Parks Association and as a consultant to the federal government on wilderness preservation and ecological problems. He earned many honors, including the highest possible from the Sierra Club, National Wildlife Federation, and Izaak Walton League. Olson is perhaps best known, though, for his many books that... Sigurd F. Olson (1899-1982) was one of the greatest environmentalists of the twentieth century. A conservation activist and popular writer, Olson i... |
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73,12 zł |
Listening Point
ISBN: 9780816629961 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Listening Point is about the spiritual human connection to the environment. "Each time I have gone there I have found something new which has opened up great realms of thought and interest", Sigurd F. Olson writes. "For me it has been a point of discovery and, like all such places of departure, has assumed meaning far beyond the ordinary". Considered by some to contain Olson's most vivid and moving passages, Listening Point is the nature lover's companion for hearing the depth and beauty of the great outdoors.
Listening Point is about the spiritual human connection to the environment. "Each time I have gone there I have found something new which has opened u...
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67,89 zł |
A Private Wilderness: The Journals of Sigurd F. Olson
ISBN: 9781517910952 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 376 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. |
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125,39 zł |
Runes of the North
ISBN: 9780816629947 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. In Runes of the North Sigurd F. Olson explores the haunting appeal of the wilderness. He recounts how the legends of the northern vastness of Canada and Alaska have influenced him, weaving the tales and myths with his own stories and experiences as an explorer, writer, grandfather, and biologist. Now available in paperback for the first time, Runes of the North is a mystical and reflective guide to the northern wilderness written with a oneness and communion with nature that is unique to Olson's pen. It is a work filled with beauty, wisdom, and renewal.
In Runes of the North Sigurd F. Olson explores the haunting appeal of the wilderness. He recounts how the legends of the northern vastness of Canada a...
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67,89 zł |
Lonely Land
ISBN: 9780816629978 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The Lonely Land is a tribute to the unspoiled beauty of the deep wilderness and the rugged individuals past and present who take up a canoe paddle to explore it.
The Lonely Land is a tribute to the unspoiled beauty of the deep wilderness and the rugged individuals past and present who take up a canoe paddle to ...
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67,89 zł |
Open Horizons
ISBN: 9780816630370 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 246 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Sigurd Olson's love affair with the wilderness began in a stream near his house in Wisconsin -- he caught his first trout there with a tamarack wand, black thread, and a grasshopper as bait. Open Horizons is his autobiography, and in it he recounts a life lived on and for the land, from the wonder of boyhood fishing expeditions to decades-long conservation battles.
Writing always with the sensitive, lyric prose that characterizes his works, Olson recalls his pioneering youth on a remote Wisconsin farm, his summers as a wilderness canoe guide, and his thousands of miles of travel through the... Sigurd Olson's love affair with the wilderness began in a stream near his house in Wisconsin -- he caught his first trout there with a tamarack wand, ...
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67,89 zł |
Reflections from the North Country
ISBN: 9780816629930 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Written in the last years of his life, Reflections from the North Country is often considered Sigurd Olson's most intellectually significant work. In an account alive with anecdote and insight, Olson outlines the wilderness philosophy he developed while working as an outspoken advocate for the conservation of America's natural heritage.
Based on speeches delivered at town meetings and government hearings, this book joins The Singing Wilderness and Listening Point as the core of Olson's work. Upon its initial publication in 1976, Reflections from the North Country, with Olson's unique... Written in the last years of his life, Reflections from the North Country is often considered Sigurd Olson's most intellectually significant work. In ...
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67,89 zł |
The Singing Wilderness
ISBN: 9780816629923 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. As meaningful today as it was when Sigurd F. Olson wrote it, The Singing Wilderness is an essential antidote to the trials of modern life. This unique volume, beautifully illustrated by Francis Lee Jaques, will be a welcome addition to any nature lover's bookshelf or backpack.
As meaningful today as it was when Sigurd F. Olson wrote it, The Singing Wilderness is an essential antidote to the trials of modern life. This unique...
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67,89 zł |