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    Wade Davis

    '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…

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    River Notes

    Wade Davis

    From bestselling author, long-time former National Geographic Explorer, and anthropologist Wade Davis comes the story of America’s Nile: how it once flowed freely and how human intervention has left it…

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    Magdalena: River of Dreams

    Wade Davis

    From the bestselling author and winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize- the epic story of Colombia’s Rio Magdalena and of the country’s past, present and future

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    Shadows in the Sun: Travels to Landscapes of Spirit and Desire

    Wade Davis

    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…

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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…

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    The Missing of the Somme

    Geoff Dyer

    Republished to mark the centenary of the Battle of the Somme, Geoff Dyer’s classic book is ‘the great Great War book of our time’ (Observer).

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    Into The Silence: The Great War, Mallory and the Conquest of Everest

    Wade Davis

    WINNER OF THE 2012 SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE A monumental work of history, biography and adventure - the First World War, Mallory and Mount Everest ‘The price of life is death’…

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    The Wayfinders

    Professor Wade Davis, PhD

    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…

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    Native Hoops: The Rise of American Indian Basketball, 1895-1970

    Wade Davies

    The Native American passion for basketball extends far beyond the Navajo, whether on reservations or in cities, among the young and the old. Why basketball - a relatively new sport…

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    River Notes: A Natural and Human History of the Colorado

    Wade Davis

    Plugged by no fewer than twenty-five dams, the Colorado is the world’s most regulated river, providing most of the water supply of Las Vegas, Tucson, and San Diego, and much…

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    Healing Ways: Navajo Health Care in the Twentieth Century

    Wade Davies

    Since the end of World War II, Navajo healing traditions have slowly been integrated into the Western medical institutions that serve the Dine. The history of Western medical care on…

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    Passage of Darkness: The Ethnobiology of the Haitian Zombie

    Wade Davis

    Passage of Darkness: The Ethnobiology of the Haitian Zombie

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    The Wayfinders: Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World

    Wade Davis

    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…

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    One River: Explorations and Discoveries in the Amazon Rain Forest

    Wade Davis

    In 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…

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    Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory, and the Conquest of Everest

    Wade Davis

    In 1924, two men set out from a camp perched on a Mt. Everest ice ledge. Col. George Mallory was Britain’s finest climber. Sandy Irvine was a young Oxford scholar…

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    Magdalena: River of Dreams: A Story of Colombia

    Wade Davis

    This is a Borzoi Book –Copyright page.

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    Native Hoops: The Rise of American Indian Basketball, 1895-1970

    Wade Davies

    The Native American passion for basketball extends far beyond the Navajo, whether on reservations or in cities, among the young and the old. Why basketball - a relatively new sport…

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    Magdalena

    Wade Davis

    From the bestselling author and winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize- the epic story of Colombia's Rio Magdalena and of the country's past, present and future

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    Earth Is My Witness: The Photography of Art Wolfe

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    Linguist on the Loose: Adventures and Misadventures in Fieldwork

    Lyle Campbell

    Lyle Campbell’s linguistic fieldwork has taken him to numerous countries, sometimes in challenging circumstances. Written with humour, heart, and a clear dedication to endangered languages and their speakers, his vivid…

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    Linguist on the Loose: Adventures and Misadventures in Fieldwork

    Lyle Campbell

    Lyle Campbell’s linguistic fieldwork has taken him to numerous countries, sometimes in challenging circumstances. Written with humour, heart, and a clear dedication to endangered languages and their speakers, his vivid…

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    Cowboys of the Americas

    For more than a decade, photographer Luis Fabini immersed himself in cowboy culture as he traveled through North and South America. This stunning collection of photographs from those travels reveals…

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    Earth Is My Witness

    Art Wolfe

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    Light at the Edge of the World: A Journey Through the Realm of Vanishing Cultures

    Professor Wade Davis, PhD

    In this major new work, renowned anthropologist and bestselling author Wade Davis explores and reveals the awe-inspiring wealth of human diversity and makes an impassioned case for preservation of Earth’s…

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    Tasting Light: Ten Science Fiction Stories to Rewire Your Perceptions

    A mind-bending science fiction anthology from ten top YA authors perfect for fans of Black Mirror, Lauren James and Femi Fadugba’s The Upper World.

    >> Unique, brilliant, and brimming with…

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    Ride Collector: Maine to Mississippi in 5 Days, 25 Rides, & $4.40

    Wade C Davis

    In late summer 1993, I set out from Bar Harbor, Maine on an 1800 mile hitchhiking odyssey. (I was headed home to coastal Mississippi to surprise my mom on our…

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    American Indian Sovereignty and Law: An Annotated Bibliography

    American Indian Sovereignty and Law: An Annotated Bibliography covers a wide variety of topics and includes sources dealing with federal Indian policy, federal and tribal courts, criminal justice, tribal governance…

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    The Mythic Modern: Architectural Expeditions into the Spirit of Place

    Travis Price,Wade Davis,Stanley Ira Hallet

    Depicts a number of design/build projects carried out by Travis Price in landscapes as diverse as Machu Picchu and Italy, Nepal and Ireland, and the Amazon, and Finland.

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    Roger Davis, Loyalist (Edition1)

    Mary Hazelton Wade

    Mpuke, Our Little African Cousin, is a classical and a rare book, that has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we…

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    Les Soldats de l'Everest: Mallory, La Grande Guerre Et La Conquete de l'Himalaya

    Professor Wade Davis, PhD

    Puissant et profond, emouvant et haletant, un chef-d'oeuvre de litterature, d'histoire et d'esperance. The Times Magnifique… Impressionnant… Un recit saisissant. The ObserverLe 6 juin 1924, 7 000 m d'altitude: deux…

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    Tracks in the Amazon: The Day-to-Day Life of the Workers on the Madeira-Mamore Railroad

    Gary Neeleman,Rose Neeleman

    Never-before-published photos highlight the captivating tale of building a railroad in the harsh conditions of the Amazon

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    We Are Still Here - American Indians since 1890

    P Iverson,Wade Davies

    In addition to revisions and updates, the second edition of We Are Still Here features new material, seeing this well-loved American History Series volume maintain its treatment of American Indians…

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    Davy Crockett from A to Z

    William Chemerka

    Details the life of Davy Crockett, his life on the frontier, accomplishments as a soldier, and career as a politician, described through the letters of the alphabet. Includes timeline.

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    Football, Culture and Power

    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…

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    Football, Culture and Power

    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…

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    Into Africa

    Frans Lanting

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    Vine of the Soul: Medicine Men, Their Plants and Rituals in the Colombian Amazonia

    Richard Evans Schultes,Robert F. Raffauf

    This is the story of a time that was - a time when Amazon Indian was free to roam the forest and rivers. The story is told through over 160…

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    U.S. V. Uvalde County U.S. Supreme Court Transcript of Record with Supporting Pleadings

    Wade H McCree,Jeffrey A Davis

    The Making of Modern Law: U.S. Supreme Court Records and Briefs, 1832-1978 contains the world’s most comprehensive collection of records and briefs brought before the nation’s highest court by leading…

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    The Sacred Headwaters: The Fight to Save the Stikine, Skeena, and Nass

    Wade Davis

    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…

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    The Declaration of Interdependence: A Pledge to Planet Earth-30th Anniversary Edition

    David Suzuki,Tara Cullis

    Calling all people to become stewards of the earth, this exquisite edition is a heartfelt plea for the planet’s preservation.

    The Declaration of Interdependence - both an enlightening creed and…

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    Patrick Suppes, Economics, and Economic Methodology

    This collection recognizes Suppes’s contributions to economics and economic methodology with a symposium of papers that examine, build on, and/or assess Suppes’s research in these areas. It was originally published…

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