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    The Snow Leopard

    Peter Matthiessen

    One September, the author set out with a field biologist to journey 250 miles through the Himalayas to the Crystal Mountain on the Tibetan plateau. They wanted to study the…

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    The Cloud Forest

    Peter Matthiessen

    The result is an incisive and marvellously well-observed journal by a born writer and naturalist, a voyage of exploration among the people, places and fading wildlife of this most exotic…

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    An African Trilogy: Sand Rivers , Tree Where Man Was Born , African Silences

    Peter Matthiessen

    This volume contains three pieces of travel writing by Peter Matthiessen, who joined a number of expeditions to Africa in the 1970s and 1980s - The Tree Where Man Was…

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    Bone by Bone

    Peter Matthiessen

    From his childhood in South Carolina, and the events which haunt him for the rest of his days, the narrative shifts to the wilds of the Florida Everglades. Here, Watson…

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    Peter Matthiessen and Ecological Imagination

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    Offers an ecocritical reading of the Watson Trilogy which draws together themes Matthiessen has been exploring both in his fiction and nonfiction. In this book, the study argues that his…

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    Blue Meridian: Search for the Great White Shark

    Peter Matthiessen

    Peter Matthiessen’s account of the 1969 expedition he was involved in to film the great white shark underwater.

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    In the Spirit of Crazy Horse

    Peter Matthiessen

    On a hot June morning in 1975, a shoot-out between FBI agents and American Indians erupted on a reservation near Wounded Knee in South Dakota. After eight years of court…

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    On the River Styx: And Other Stories

    Peter Matthiessen

    Peter Matthiessen’s stunning collection of short stories spans more than three decades of writing by one of the most acclaimed literary voices of our time.

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    Lost Man’s River: Shadow Country Trilogy (2)

    Peter Matthiessen

    In this darkly compelling drama of fathers and sons, land and rapacity, murder, honor, and revenge, an extraordinarily accomplished writer ( Philadelphia Inquirer ) returns to the primeval landscape of…

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    In Paradise: A Novel

    Peter Matthiessen

    The only writer ever to win National Book Awards for both fiction and non-fiction

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    Men’s Lives

    Peter Matthiessen

    Available for the first time in a text-only edition, Peter Matthiessen’s acclaimed Men’s Lives should enjoy the kind of success that greeted John McPhee’s Pine Barrens and William Warner’s Beautiful…

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    Under the Mountain Wall: A Chronicle of Two Seasons in Stone Age New Guinea

    Peter Matthiessen

    In the Baliem Valley in central New Guinea lived a Stone Age tribe which survived into the twentieth century - the Kurelu.

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    African Silences

    Peter Matthiessen

    This work examines the harsh political and economic realities that are ravaging Africa and its inhabitants, offering studies of the rare animals faced with extinction and the individuals working to…

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    Under The Mountain Wall

    Peter Matthiessen

    In the Baliem Valley in central New Guinea lived a Stone Age tribe which survived into the twentieth century - the Kurelu.

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    Lost Man’s River

    Peter Matthiessen

    When Watson’s son Lucius returns to the treacherous wilderness of the Everglades searching for the truth about his father’s death, the coast’s lawless inhabitants, alligator poachers and moonshiners hold close…

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    Far Tortuga: A Novel

    Peter Matthiessen

    Nine men aboard an old Caribbean schooner drift in search of the fishing grounds of their forefathers, to find only a modern world in which they have no place. This…

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    Killing Mister Watson

    Peter Matthiessen

    Now in paperback, Killing Mister Watson is the bestselling novel proclaimed by critics throughout the country as Peter Matthiessen’s masterpiece. Drawn from fragments of historical fact, it brilliantly depicts the…

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    Endocrine Disrupters: Hazard Testing and Assessment Methods

    Peter Matthiessen

    This book describes methodology and applications for endocrine disrupter toxicity testing, an issue of considerable urgency, because of international regulatory authorities currently considering such testing schemes.

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    Courage for the Earth: Writers, Scientists, and Activists Celebrate the Life and Writing of Rachel Carson

    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.

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    Shadow Country

    Peter Matthiessen

    This landmark one-volume reworking of Matthiessen’s Watson trilogy– Killing Mister Watson, Lost Man’s River, and Bone by Bone –reveals one of America’s finest writes at the peak of his career.

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    Shadow Country

    Peter Matthiessen

    A powerful, epic tale of America’s rise and descent, from the Civil War to the Great Depression.

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    Cloud Forest: A Chronicle of the South American Wilderness

    Peter Matthiessen

    For twenty thousand miles, Peter Matthiesen crisscrossed the South American wilderness writing a thrilling narrative, filled with observations and descriptions of the people and the fading wildlife of this vast…

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    Blue Meridian: The Search for the Great White Shark

    Peter Matthiessen

    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

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    The Snow Leopard

    Peter Matthiessen

    One September, the author set out with a field biologist to journey 250 miles through the Himalayas to the Crystal Mountain on the Tibetan plateau. They wanted to study the…

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    The Snow Leopard: (Penguin Orange Collection)

    Peter Matthiessen

    First published by Viking Press 1978, published in Penguin Books 1987.

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    At Play in the Fields of the Lord

    Peter Matthiessen

    At an outpost in the South American jungle, conflict erupts between two misplaced outsiders–Martin Quarrier, who has undertaken a mission to convert the local Indians to his own form of…

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    Sal Si Puedes (Escape If You Can): Cesar Chavez and the New American Revolution

    Peter Matthiessen

    In the summer of 1968 the author met Cesar Chavez for the first time. They were the same age: forty-one. The author lived in New York City while Chavez lived…

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    The Cloud Forest: A Chronicle of the South American Wilderness

    Peter Matthiessen

    Filled with observations and descriptions of the people and the fading wildlife of this vast world to the south, The Cloud Forest is Matthiessens incisive, wry report of his expedition…

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    The Door-Man

    Peter Matthiessen Wheelwright

    As seen in The New Yorker’s 2022 Briefly Noted books, by the author of As It Is On Earth 2013 recipient of The PEN/Hemingway Honorable Mention for Literary Excellence in…

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    Tides: The Science and Spirit of the Ocean

    Jonathan White

    A global journey through the science and wonder of the oceans

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    Homeopathy in Healthcare: Effectiveness, Appropriateness, Safety, Costs

    This volume includes the full Health Technology Assessment (HTA) report on effectiveness, appropriateness, safety and costs of homoeopathy in health care. The report was commissioned by the Swiss health authorities…

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    End of the Earth

    Peter Matthiessen,Stephen Byers

    The author recounts his voyage through the islands around Antarctica, describing the region’s wildlife as well as the region itself while sharing historical information about the pioneers and adventurers who…

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    Tides: The Science and Spirit of the Ocean

    Jonathan White

    A global journey through the science and wonder of the oceans

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    Sal Si Puedes (Escape If You Can): Cesar Chavez and the New American Revolution

    Peter Matthiessen

    First California paperback, 2000 –Title page verso.

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    In the Spirit of Crazy Horse: The Story of Leonard Peltier and the FBI’s War on the American Indian Movement

    Peter Matthiessen

    In June, 1975, a shoot-out between FBI and American Indians erupted near Wounded Knee. The confrontation ended with the death of three men and four Indians were charged with murder…

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    The Tree Where Man Was Born

    Peter Matthiessen

    From the daily lives of wild herdsmen and the drama of predator kills to the field biologists investigating Africa’s wild creatures and the anthropologists seeking humanity’s origins in the rift…

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    Shadow Country

    Peter Matthiessen

    Shadow Country is Peter Matthiessen’s epic reimagining of E. J. Watson, the legendary outlaw of the wild Florida frontier, who relentlessly drove himself toward his own violent end at the…

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    In the Spirit of Crazy Horse: The Story of Leonard Peltier and the FBI’s War on the American Indian Movement

    Peter Matthiessen

    In 1975, a fatal shoot-out between FBI agents and American Indians resulted in the deaths of two agents and the imprisonment of Leonard Peltier, a member of the American Indian…

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    At Play in the Fields of the Lord

    Peter Matthiessen

    Set in the South American jungle, this thriller follows the clash between two misplaced gringos, one who has come to convert the Indians to Christianity and one who has been…

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    The Cloud Forest: A Chronicle of the South American Wilderness

    Peter Matthiessen

    Filled with observations and descriptions of the people and the fading wildlife of this vast world to the south, The Cloud Forest is Matthiessens incisive, wry report of his expedition…

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    The Land’s Wild Music: Encounters with Barry Lopez, Peter Matthiessen, Terry Tempest Williams, and James Galvin

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    Profiles of four American writers showing how they interact with the landscapes they live and write in

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    Are We There Yet?: A Zen Journey Through Space and Time

    Peter Matthiessen,Peter Cunningham (Formerly University of Cambridge, UK)

    The journey of Buddhism over centuries, from India to China and then to Japan, is the stuff of mythology. But now, in our own time, we have witnessed and documented…

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    Birds

    Kathryn Dean

    A collection of paintings of birds by Canadian painter Robert Bateman.

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    Crackers in the Glade: Life and Times in the Old Everglades

    Rob Storter

    The largest remaining subtropical wilderness in the United States, the Everglades holds a unique place among all the world’s wetlands. This title provides an account of bygone days in the…

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    Freshwater Field Tests for Hazard Assessment of Chemicals

    Freshwater field tests are an integral part of the process of hazard assessment of pesticides and other chemicals in the environment

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    Selous in Africa

    Robert J Ross,Rolf Baldus,Walter Jubber,Walter Jubber,Peter Matthiessen

    The only photographic book on the largest wildlife area in Africa. Four years in the making, and including a great variety of wildlife, with brief but informative texts on the…

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    Derivation and Use of Environmental Quality and Human Health Standards for Chemical Substances in Water and Soil

    Summarizes knowledge on aquatic and terrestrial environmental quality standards and places it in a wider socioeconomic and regulatory context. This book explains how to derive environmental standards that are defensible…

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    Derivation and Use of Environmental Quality and Human Health Standards for Chemical Substances in Water and Soil

    Summarizes knowledge on aquatic and terrestrial environmental quality standards and places it in a wider socioeconomic and regulatory context. This book explains how to derive environmental standards that are defensible…

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