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Nell'autunno del 1973 l'autore, in compagnia dello zoologo e naturalista George Schaller, percorse a piedi più di 250 miglia nel cuore della regione himalayana del Dolpo, l'ultimo baluardo rimasto dell'autentica civiltà tibetana. I due viaggiatori cercavano il leopardo delle nevi dell'Asia del nord, una creatura così poco avvistata da essere diventata quasi mitica. Pubblicato per la prima volta nel 1978, è il racconto di un viaggio avventuroso...

Our greatest modern nature writer in the lyrical tradition." --The New York Times Book Review"Matthiessen is a great travel companion. . . . His knowledge of plants, animals and people is breathtaking." --The Boston GlobePerhaps no writer has better articulated our relationship to the environment than Peter Matthiessen. From Wildlife in America to Men's Lives, his work has captured the wonder of the natural world--and the horrors of resource e...

In this magnificent novel, which is the conclusion to the celebrated Watson trilogy, E.J. Bone by Bone confronts not only the racism, brutality and entrepeneurial greed of the American South at the turn of the century but also the paradox at the heart of human nature: our capacity for fierce love, compassion and unspeakable violence.

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During the 1970s and 1980s, Peter Matthiessen took part in a number of expeditions to Africa, witnessing first-hand the continent's many and diverse peoples and wildlife.

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Mehr als zwei Jahrzehnte reiste Johannes Matthiessen permanent durch die Welt, um mit Jugendlichen in sozialen und ökologischen Brennpunkten mit landschaftsbezogener Kunst die Erde zu heilen. Dann, plötzlich und völlig unerwartet, traf ihn mit 64 Jahren wie ein Hammer die Diagnose - Multiples Myelom - unheilbarer Knochenmarkkrebs. Ganz langsam musste er - durch Ohnmacht, Hoffnung und Verzweiflung hindurch - lernen sich ganz neu zu verstehen, n...

Inspireret af lutheranske skoletanker fra Tyskland bestemte det barnløse par Herluf Trolle og Birgitte Gøye i maj 1565, at deres gods Herlufsholm - det tidligere Skovkloster fra 1135 - skulle blive en skole. I sine første 400 år var Herlufsholm derefter en kostskole for drenge. I 1966 åbnedes Skolen for dagelever af begge køn, og fra 1985 kunne også piger blive kost-elever. I dag har Herlufsholm mere end 600 elever ligeligt fordelt mellem dren...

A classic work of nature and humanity, by renowned writer Peter Matthiessen (1927-2014), author of the National Book Award-winning The Snow Leopard and the new novel In Paradise National Book Award-winning author Peter Matthiessen takes readers on an expedition to find the most dangerous predator on Earth-the legendary great white shark. On a trek that lasts 17 months and takes him from the Caribbean to the whaling grounds off South Africa, an...

A classic work of nature and humanity, by renowned writer Peter Matthiessen (1927-2014), author of the National Book Award-winning The Snow Leopard and the new novel In Paradise Peter Matthiessen crisscrossed 20, 000 miles of the South American wilderness, from the Amazon rain forests to Machu Picchu, high in the Andes, down to Tierra del Fuego and back. He followed the trails of old explorers, encountered river bandits, wild tribesmen, and th...

A remarkable firsthand view of a lost culture in all its simplicity and violence by renowned writer Peter Matthiessen (1927 to 2014), author of the National Book Award-winning The Snow Leopard and the novel In Paradise. In the Baliem Valley in central New Guinea live the Kurelu, a Stone Age tribe that survived into the twentieth century. Peter Matthiessen visited the Kurelu with the Harvard-Peabody Expedition in 1961 and wrote Under the Mounta...

An "indescribably touching, extraordinarily intelligent" (Los Angeles Times Book Review) chronicle of a fatal gun-battle between FBI agents and American Indian Movement activists by renowned writer Peter Matthiessen (1927-2014), author of the National Book Award-winning The Snow Leopard and the novel In Paradise On a hot June morning in 1975, a desperate shoot-out between FBI agents and Native Americans near Wounded Knee, South Dakota, left an...

In a malarial outpost in the South American rain forest, two misplaced gringos converge and clash in this novel from the National Book Award-winning author. Martin Quarrier has come to convert the elusive Niaruna Indians to his brand of Christianity. Lewis Moon, a stateless mercenary who is himself part Indian, has come to kill them on the behalf of the local comandante. Out of this struggle Peter Matthiessen creates an electrifying moral thri...

An adventure story and a deeply considered meditation upon the sea itself.

Courage for the Earth" is a centennial appreciation--for environmentally critical times--of Rachel Carson's brave life and transformative writing, from renowned authors, activists, and scientists.

L'americano Clements Olin, docente universitario e poeta di origini polacche, partecipa a un ritiro spirituale che si tiene ad Auschwitz cinquant'anni dopo i mostruosi eventi che ne hanno inciso il nome nella storia. Olin torna in quella Polonia che gli diede i natali, portando con sé amare riflessioni sul proprio presente, vaghi dubbi sul futuro e un vergognoso segreto del passato. Ma nulla di quanto ha dentro è sufficiente a prepararlo al tu...

Peter Matthiessen was a naturalist, explorer and writer. His works of fiction include At Play in the Fields of the Lord, Far Tortuga and the acclaimed 'Watson Trilogy'. His explorations resulted in many fine works of non-fiction, among them The Snow Leopard, The Cloud Forest and The Tree where Man was Born. He died in 2014, aged 86.

What entitles you to claims about your perceivable environment? Matthiessen suggests that it is neither your experience, nor the reliability of your cognitive processes, but rather your being in the right kind of perceptual situation.

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