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33 produkter
Into The Silence
The Great War, Mallory and the Conquest of Everest
Av Wade Davis
Häftad, 2012
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (3)
221 kr
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**Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Winner of Winners Award**A monumental work of history, biography and adventure - the First World War, Mallory and Mount Everest - now serialised in the BBC R4 documentary The Crowning of Everest.'The price of life is death'For Mallory, as for all of his …
Magdalena
River of Dreams
Av Wade Davis
Häftad, 2021
171 kr
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A captivating new book from Wade Davis - winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize for Into the Silence - that brings vividly to life the story of the great Río Magdalena, illuminating Colombia's complex past, present, and future.For Wade Davis, Colombia was the first country that captured his heart and …
Wayfinders
Av Wade Davis
Häftad, 2009
256 kr
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Every culture is a unique answer to a fundamental question: What does it mean to be human and alive? In The Wayfinders, renowned anthropologist, winner of the prestigious Samuel Johnson Prize, and National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Wade Davis leads us on a thrilling journey to celebrate the …
Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory, and the Conquest of Everest
Av Wade Davis
Häftad, 2012
284 kr
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Magdalena
River of Dreams: A Story of Colombia
Av Wade Davis
Häftad, 2021
211 kr
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A captivating new book from Wade Davis--award-winning, best-selling author and National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence for more than a decade--that brings vividly to life the story of the great Río Magdalena, illuminating Colombia's complex past, present, and future Travelers often become …
Passage of Darkness
The Ethnobiology of the Haitian Zombie
Av Wade Davis
Häftad, 1988
531 kr
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In 1982, Harvard-trained ethnobotanist Wade Davis traveled into the Haitian countryside to research reports of zombies--the infamous living dead of Haitian folklore. A report by a team of physicians of a verifiable case of zombification led him to try to obtain the poison associated with the …
Passage of Darkness
The Ethnobiology of the Haitian Zombie
Av Wade Davis
E-bok, 2000
520 kr
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In 1982, Harvard-trained ethnobotanist Wade Davis traveled into the Haitian countryside to research reports of zombies — the infamous living dead of Haitian folklore. A report by a team of physicians of a verifiable case of zombification led him to try to obtain the poison associated with the …
Clouded Leopard
A Book of Travels
Av Wade Davis
E-bok, 2007
132 kr
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'It is a violent overture, like the opening notes of an opera about war, a war between humans and the land.'For many years and through many of the world's most remote regions, Wade Davis has travelled in search of the rare places where cultural diversity survives, untainted by the influences of …
Ethnopharmacologic Search for Psychoactive Drugs (Vol. 2)
Proceedings from the 2017 Conference
Av Benjamin De Loenen, Wade Davis m. fl.
E-bok, 2019
208 kr
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A defining scholarly publication on the past and current state of research with psychedelic plant substances for medicine, therapeutics, and spiritual uses. Certain plants have long been known to contain healing properties and used to treat everything from depression and addiction, to aiding in on …
Football, Culture and Power
Av David J. Leonard, Kimberly B. George m. fl.
Häftad, 2018
795 kr
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What does it mean when a hit that knocks an American football player unconscious is cheered by spectators? What are the consequences of such violence for the participants of this sport and for the entertainment culture in which it exists? This book brings together scholars and sport commentators to …
Football, Culture and Power
Av David J. Leonard, Kimberly B. George m. fl.
Inbunden, 2016
2516 kr
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What does it mean when a hit that knocks an American football player unconscious is cheered by spectators? What are the consequences of such violence for the participants of this sport and for the entertainment culture in which it exists? This book brings together scholars and sport commentators to …
Football, Culture and Power
Av Wade Davis, Kimberly B. George m. fl.
E-bok, 2016
831 kr
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What does it mean when a hit that knocks an American football player unconscious is cheered by spectators? What are the consequences of such violence for the participants of this sport and for the entertainment culture in which it exists? This book brings together scholars and sport commentators to …
Football, Culture and Power
Av Wade Davis, Kimberly B. George m. fl.
E-bok, 2016
831 kr
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What does it mean when a hit that knocks an American football player unconscious is cheered by spectators? What are the consequences of such violence for the participants of this sport and for the entertainment culture in which it exists? This book brings together scholars and sport commentators to …
One River
Av Wade Davis
E-bok, 2010
222 kr
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The story of two generations of scientific explorers in South America—Richard Evans Schultes and his protégé Wade Davis—an epic tale of adventure and a compelling work of natural history. In 1941, Professor Richard Evan Schultes took a leave from Harvard and disappeared into the Amazon, where he …
Into The Silence
The Great War, Mallory and the Conquest of Everest
Av Wade Davis
E-bok, 2011
170 kr
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**Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Winner of Winners Award**A monumental work of history, biography and adventure - the First World War, Mallory and Mount Everest - now serialised in the BBC R4 documentary The Crowning of Everest.'The price of life is death'For Mallory, as for all of his …
One River
Explorations and Discoveries in the Amazon Rain Forest
Av Wade Davis
E-bok, 2014
133 kr
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From the author of INTO THE SILENCE, winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-FictionIn 1941, Richard Evans Schultes took a leave of absence from Harvard University and disappeared into the Northern Amazon of Colombia. The world’s leading authority on the hallucinogens and medicinal plants of the …
Serpent and the Rainbow
Av Wade Davis
E-bok, 2010
196 kr
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A scientific investigation and personal adventure story about zombis and the voudoun culture of Haiti by a Harvard scientist. In April 1982, ethnobotanist Wade Davis arrived in Haiti to investigate two documented cases of zombis—people who had reappeared in Haitian society years after they had been …
Magdalena
River of Dreams
Av Wade Davis
E-bok, 2020
108 kr
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A captivating new book from Wade Davis - winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize for Into the Silence - that brings vividly to life the story of the great Río Magdalena, illuminating Colombia's complex past, present, and future.For Wade Davis, Colombia was the first country that captured his heart and …
Magdalena
River of Dreams
Av Wade Davis
Ljudbok, 2020
210 kr
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Brought to you by Penguin. A captivating new book – from the winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize for Into the Silence – that illuminates Colombia''s complex past, present, and future through the story of the great Río Magdalena. Travellers often become enchanted with the first country that captures …
Light at the Edge of the World
A Journey Through the Realm of Vanishing Cultures
Av Wade Davis
Häftad, 2007
210 kr
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Sacred Headwaters
The Fight to Save the Stikine, Skeena, and Nass
Av Wade Davis
E-bok, 2011
437 kr
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In the rugged northern Rocky Mountains lies a spectacularly beautiful valley, known to the Native peoples as the Sacred Headwaters. There, on the edge of the Spatsizi Wilderness, the Serengeti of North America, three of the continent''s most important salmon rivers—the Stikine, the Skeena, and the …
Shadows in the Sun
Travels to Landscapes of Spirit and Desire
Av Wade Davis
Häftad, 2010
321 kr
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Wade Davis has been called 'a rare combination of scientist, scholar, poet and passionate defender of all of life's diversity'. In "Shadows in the Sun", he brings all of those gifts to bear on a fascinating examination of indigenous cultures and the interactions between human societies and the …
Beneath the Surface of Things
New and Selected Essays
Av Wade Davis
E-bok, 2024
198 kr
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“Wade Davis is a true wayfinder, and these essays offer new insight into his visionary approach to culture, landscape, and the planet he loves as fiercely as any writer working today.”—John Vaillant, author of Fire Weather A timely and eclectic collection from one of the foremost thinkers of our …
Beneath the Surface of Things
New and Selected Essays
Av Wade Davis
Inbunden, 2024
262 kr
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“Wade Davis is a true wayfinder, and these essays offer new insight into his visionary approach to culture, landscape, and the planet he loves as fiercely as any writer working today.”—John Vaillant, author of Fire WeatherA timely and eclectic collection from one of the foremost thinkers of our …
River Notes
A Natural and Human History of the Colorado (Revised Edition)
Av Wade Davis
Häftad, 2023
188 kr
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At a time when the Colorado River and all those who depend on it are in peril, this urgent book offers "both a love song and a paean of regret to America's most spectacular river" (Denver Post) and "a plea to save [it] before it’s too late" (The Wall Street Journal).From bestselling author, …
River Notes
Drought and the Twilight of the American West — A Natural and Human History of the Colorado
Av Wade Davis
E-bok, 2023
205 kr
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At a time when the Colorado River and all those who depend on it are in peril, this urgent book offers "both a love song and a paean of regret to America''s most spectacular river" ( Denver Post ) and "a plea to save [it] before it’s too late" (The Wall Street Journal). From bestselling author, …
Beneath the Surface of Things
New and Selected Essays
Av Wade Davis
Häftad, 2025
184 kr
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“Wade Davis is a true wayfinder, and these essays offer new insight into his visionary approach to culture, landscape, and the planet he loves as fiercely as any writer working today.”—John Vaillant, author of Fire WeatherA timely and eclectic collection from one of the foremost thinkers of our …
Lost Amazon
The Pioneering Expeditions of Richard Evans Schultes
Av Wade Davis
E-bok, 2023
133 kr
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Explore the uncharted Amazon with acclaimed botanist and pioneering Amazonian explorer, Richard Evans Schultes, guided by an intimate narrative that supplements his photography of indigenous tribes, hallucinogenic plants, stunning vistas, and much more.
Passage of Darkness
The Ethnobiology of the Haitian Zombie
Av Wade Davis
E-bok, 2000
520 kr
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In 1982, Harvard-trained ethnobotanist Wade Davis traveled into the Haitian countryside to research reports of zombies — the infamous living dead of Haitian folklore. A report by a team of physicians of a verifiable case of zombification led him to try to obtain the poison associated with the …
Ethnopharmacologic Search for Psychoactive Drugs (Vol. 1 & 2)
50 Years of Research
Av Dennis McKenna, Ghillean T. Prance m. fl.
Inbunden, 2018
1042 kr
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A defining scholarly publication on the past and current state of research with psychedelic plant substances for medicine, therapeutics, and spiritual uses.Certain plants have long been known to contain healing properties and used to treat everything from depression and addiction, to aiding in on …
