Suddenly, we are at the very heart of one of nature's most awesome and potent forces, learning the language of the cottonwoods, the salmon, and the haunting dance of the great blue herons. For his extraordinary genius at capturing the raw beauty and power of the wilderness, renowned naturalist, Edward Abbey, has proclaimed Barry Holstun Lopez "an artist in language - a first-rate American writer."

River Notes the Dance of the Herons

Science & Math

Lopez, Barry Holstun

Nature & Ecology

Avon/Books

From the back cover:Sensitive and lyrical... a magic evocation - Publishers WeeklyYou walk through the dust of the desert floor in a silence so vast you can hear a man breathe at twenty yards. The desert - where the sun rises and sets, turning green to blue and red to gold: where ancient caves and strange formation, wide open spaces and limitless sky, the wind, the raven, the rattlesnake, and the coyote play parts in a land of breathtaking loneliness and endless fascination.

Desert Notes: Reflections in the Eye of the Raven

From the American Book Award-winning author of Arctic Dreams comes a timeless, intoxicating collection of evocative stories. In these exquisite tales, an explorer goes mad when faced with the disappearance of a river; blue herons descend upon Manhattan; a lonely desert hermit clears a path for a secret celestial wind; and more.

Winter Count

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

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Of Wolves and Men

Biological Sciences

J.M. Dent and Sons

The author allows us to share moments of intense personal experience as man tries to come to terms with the Earth's landscape, and with his own existance.

Desert Notes/River Notes

Bt Bound

History

Scribner

A free-lance writer and photographer invites the reader to walk with him through the desert where life is clear and elemental

Desert Notes: Reflections in the Eye of a Raven

Literature & Fiction

ANDREWS MCMEEL PUB.

A scientist sees wild animals in empty urban spaces . . . A gravely ill woman weaves her desires into luminous cloth . . . An anthropologist seeks redemption in the bush, but is thwarted by an aboriginal people's indifference to natural violence. In twelve transcendent and affecting short fictions, National Book Award-winning author Barry Lopez demonstrates once again his respect for disparate ways of knowing and being, and his sense of the magic and marvelous strangeness of the real world.

Field Notes: The Grace Note of the Canyon Wren

Northsound Music Group Inc

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River Notes the Dance of the Herons

Desert Notes: Reflections in the Eye of the Raven

Winter Count

Of Wolves and Men

Desert Notes/River Notes

Winter Count

Desert Notes: Reflections in the Eye of a Raven

Field Notes: The Grace Note of the Canyon Wren