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20 produkter
Ultimate Glory
Frisbee, Obsession, and My Wild Youth
E-bok, 2017
213 kr
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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 …
Soaring with Fidel
An Osprey Odyssey from Cape Cod to Cuba and Beyond
Häftad, 2008
344 kr
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Under the Devil's Thumb
Häftad, 1999
246 kr
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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. …
Leave It As It Is
A Journey Through Theodore Roosevelt''s American Wilderness
Ljudbok, 2020
377 kr
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Bestselling author David Gessner’s wilderness road trip inspired by America’s greatest conservationist, Theodore Roosevelt, is “a rallying cry in the age of climate change” (Robert Redford). “Leave it as it is,” Theodore Roosevelt announced while viewing the Grand Canyon for the first time. “The …
Quiet Desperation, Savage Delight
Sheltering with Thoreau in the Age of Crisis
E-bok, 2021
139 kr
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"A powerful and timely book from one of the most provocative and engaging voices in contemporary environmental writing." —MICHAEL P. BRANCH, author of How to Cuss in Western When the pandemic struck, nature writer David Gessner turned to Henry David Thoreau , the original social distancer, for …
A Traveler's Guide to the End of the World: Tales of Fire, Wind, and Water
Häftad, 2023
276 kr
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Traveler's Guide to the End of the World
Tales of Fire, Wind, and Water
E-bok, 2023
129 kr
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Bestselling author David Gessner asks what kind of planet his daughter will inherit in this coast-to-coast guide to navigating climate crisis. The world is burning and the seas are rising. How do we navigate this new age of extremes? In A Traveler''s Guide to the End of the World , David Gessner …
Book of Flaco
The World's Most Famous Bird
Inbunden, 2025
293 kr
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The story of Flaco, the Eurasian eagle-owl who escaped from Central Park Zoo and captured the hearts and imaginations of millions of followers around the world, with 32 pages of stunning color photographs.This is a parable of freedom, wildness, and our urban ecosystems. Flaco has been dubbed “the …
Book of Flaco
The World''s Most Famous Bird
E-bok, 2025
159 kr
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The story of Flaco, the Eurasian eagle-owl who escaped from Central Park Zoo and captured the hearts and imaginations of millions of followers around the world, with 32 pages of stunning color photographs. This is a parable of freedom, wildness, and our urban ecosystems. Flaco has been dubbed “the …
Book of Flaco
The World's Most Famous Bird
Häftad, 2026
179 kr
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The story of Flaco, the Eurasian eagle-owl who escaped from Central Park Zoo and captured the hearts and imaginations of millions of followers around the world, with 32 pages of stunning color photographs.This is a parable of freedom, wildness, and our urban ecosystems. Flaco has been dubbed “the …
Leave It As It Is
A Journey Through Theodore Roosevelt's American Wilderness
Häftad, 2021
270 kr
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Leave It As It Is
A Journey Through Theodore Roosevelt''s American Wilderness
E-bok, 2020
199 kr
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Bestselling author David Gessner’s wilderness road trip inspired by America’s greatest conservationist, Theodore Roosevelt, is “a rallying cry in the age of climate change” (Robert Redford). “Leave it as it is,” Theodore Roosevelt announced while viewing the Grand Canyon for the first time. “The …
All The Wild That Remains
Edward Abbey, Wallace Stegner, and the American West
Inbunden, 2015
204 kr
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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 …
All The Wild That Remains
Edward Abbey, Wallace Stegner, and the American West
Häftad, 2016
158 kr
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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 …
My Green Manifesto
Down the Charles River in Pursuit of a New Environmentalism
Häftad, 2011
135 kr
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In My Green Manifesto, David Gessner embarks on a rough-and-tumble journey down Boston's Charles River, searching for the soul of a new environmentalism. With a tragically leaky canoe, a broken cell phone, a cooler of beer, and the environmental planner Dan Driscoll in tow, Gessner grapples with …
Tarball Chronicles
A Journey Beyond the Oiled Pelican and Into the Heart of the Gulf Oil Spill
Häftad, 2012
146 kr
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Winner of the 2013 ASLE Book Award Winner of the Reed Award for the Best Book on the Southern Environment 2011 Named a Top Book from the South 2011 by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution A San Francisco Chronicle Gift Book Recommendation for 2011 A Southern Independent Booksellers Bestseller "For …
Sick of Nature
Häftad, 2005
187 kr
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David Gessner's Return of the Osprey is "among the classics of American nature writing," said the Boston Globe. So why does this critically acclaimed nature writer now declare himself to be "sick of nature"? In diverse, diverting, and frequently hilarious essays, Gessner wrestles with father …
