The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke21 reviews Rainer Maria Rilke Vintage, 1989 a lifeline + I love this translation + brilliant + The angel of the word!             The Geography of Nowhere: The Rise and Decline of America's Man-Made Landscape49 reviews James Howard Kunstler Free Press, 1994 Superb Diagnosis of the dysfunctional American land use situation + An Excellent Overview of America's Growth Culture + A life-changing book + A few oddities, but good.             Galen Rowell: A Retrospective16 reviews Sierra Club Books, 2006 Must own for any fans of Galen or the outdoors + Galen Rowell Unplugged + Galen Rowell was the man + Photography at its best.             Voyage of the Narwhal: A Novel75 reviews Andrea Barrett W. W. Norton & Company, 1999 An Adventure in Ice and Honor + A good historical adventure + Good adventure! Voyage of the Narwahl surely has its barely plausible moments, particularly the key plot twist after Erasmus Darwin Wells has returned to Philadelphia from the doomed Narwahl. And there are any number of times when I felt Wells and most of the other characters deserved nothing so much as a few ...             Beyond: Visions Of The Interplanetary Probes11 reviews Michael Benson Harry N. Abrams, 2003 Breathtaking photos of our Solar System + good pics + Beautiful Book + Look At the Stars & What Do You See? + Gorgeous!!! Nothing Comparable.             The Places In Between142 reviews Rory Stewart Harvest Books, 2006 A man and his dog in the mountains + Not a Smooth Read + Rory, Babur and Babur There is a lot to admire about this book. It is extremely well written, involving, respectful, and informative about the mountainous highlands of Afghanistan and the people who live there. The men that Rory Stewart meets shed much needed light on a much misunderstood area of the world. I am ...             Coming into the Country27 reviews John McPhee Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1991 Gets better with each read! + McPhee on Alaska + A Wonderful Relic + First Class + A trip around Alaska in the 70's             Desert Solitaire119 reviews Edward Abbey Ballantine Books, 1985 One of the great man in nature books + Must reading + Fantastic Book + A classic... + Rough, tough, smart and a damn excellent read!             Being Dead: A Novel111 reviews Jim Crace Picador, 2001 "You're dead. That's it. Adieu. Farewell." + Alive + Morbidly fascinating What Jim Crace has written here is an ode to mortality and decomposition--a prose poem at once lyrical and earthy. Joseph and Celice--or to be precise, their corpses--lie unceremoniously on a beach after being bludgeoned to death by a deranged homeless man. In chapters not meant for the queasy, ...             The Abstract Wild17 reviews Jack Turner University of Arizona Press, 1996 Must reading if you consider yourself an "environmentalist" + Intense, passionate, provacative. + A Compelling Read + an exact and perfect plea             Into the Wild1170 reviews Jon Krakauer Anchor, 2007 cpbks + Absoultly Amazing + Into the Wild + Provoking + Excellent story with one irritating quirk.             The Spell of the Sensuous: Perception and Language in a More-Than-Human World41 reviews David Abram Vintage, 1997 mind magic + Something to consider + Wonderful, Wonderful + Changed my thoughts, my feelings, and my life. + A New Appreciation of Nature             The Mountains of California5 reviews John Muir BiblioBazaar, 2007 Muir, from Shasta to San Diego, but mostly in the Sierras. + Sensuous detail and immediacy + What inspiration... + the world of muir             A Language Older Than Words66 reviews Derrick Jensen Chelsea Green, 2004 An incredible wake-up call + A Call to Rethink Language + Deeply Radical Elegantly Written Heartfelt + Horror and hope             The Places In Between142 reviews Rory Stewart Harvest Books, 2006 A man and his dog in the mountains + Not a Smooth Read + Rory, Babur and Babur There is a lot to admire about this book. It is extremely well written, involving, respectful, and informative about the mountainous highlands of Afghanistan and the people who live there. The men that Rory Stewart meets shed much needed light on a much misunderstood area of the world. I am ...             A Language Older Than Words66 reviews Derrick Jensen Chelsea Green, 2004 An incredible wake-up call + A Call to Rethink Language + Deeply Radical Elegantly Written Heartfelt + Horror and hope             Desert Solitaire119 reviews Edward Abbey Ballantine Books, 1985 One of the great man in nature books + Must reading + Fantastic Book + A classic... + Rough, tough, smart and a damn excellent read!             Coming into the Country27 reviews John McPhee Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1991 Gets better with each read! + McPhee on Alaska + A Wonderful Relic + First Class + A trip around Alaska in the 70's             Voyage of the Narwhal: A Novel75 reviews Andrea Barrett W. W. Norton & Company, 1999 An Adventure in Ice and Honor + A good historical adventure + Good adventure! Voyage of the Narwahl surely has its barely plausible moments, particularly the key plot twist after Erasmus Darwin Wells has returned to Philadelphia from the doomed Narwahl. And there are any number of times when I felt Wells and most of the other characters deserved nothing so much as a few ...             Galen Rowell: A Retrospective16 reviews Sierra Club Books, 2006 Must own for any fans of Galen or the outdoors + Galen Rowell Unplugged + Galen Rowell was the man + Photography at its best.