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Horizon by Barry López (2019, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-100394585828
ISBN-139780394585826
eBay Product ID (ePID)23038303603
Product Key Features
Book TitleHorizon
Number of Pages592 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicNatural History, Industries / Hospitality, Travel & Tourism, Personal Memoirs, Essays & Travelogues, Essays
Publication Year2019
IllustratorYes
GenreNature, Travel, Science, Biography & Autobiography, Business & Economics
AuthorBarry López
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.8 in
Item Weight34.7 Oz
Item Length9.5 in
Item Width6.7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2018-033323
Dewey Edition23
Reviews"A celebration and investigation of the impulse to explore, Horizon is itself an exploration--of both the human and inhuman worlds. In his intensity, his clarity, and his capacity for wonder, Barry Lopez is unmatched." --Elizabeth Kolbert "An essential voice in American writing. Barry Lopez's stories of inquiry and discovery are gloriously riveting, bringing the reader into a research boat, an archaeological site, a night-tent conversation, water forty feet under the edge of an ice shelf. At each place where he turns his eye and mind, something is learned of existence's richness and meaning. A master work. This book is a map to treasures everywhere buried." --Jane Hirshfield "Nobody journeys like Barry Lopez. He's humble, he's ethical, he's honest, he's curious, he's doubtful, he's properly sad and he's wild. He wakes us up to the worth and the mystery of the world. His great affection for humanity comes up from every patch of earth he visits. This is an epic book that goes from pole to pole, and yet manages to make a distinct 'everywhere' out of each little patch he visits. A glorious book, gloriously told." --Colum McCann "A winning memoir . . . Lopez has made a long career of visiting remote venues such as Antarctica, Greenland, and the lesser known of the Galapagos Islands. From these travels he has extracted truths about the world . . . The author's chapter on talismans--objects taken from his travels, such as 'a fist-size piece of raven-black dolerite'--is among the best things he has written. But there are plentiful gems throughout the looping narrative, its episodes constructed from adventures over eight decades. . . . Exemplary writing about the world and a welcome gift to readers." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "No one has worked harder to make sense of our present civilization than Barry Lopez, and in these chronicles we get to share the travels that helped shape his extraordinary mind and heart. A great gift to us all." -- Bill McKibben "The world is vast, and so are the heart and the curiosity of Barry Lopez. His voice is incomparable and necessary. No one else alive, to my knowledge, thinks so carefully about the moral dimensions of landscape." -- David Quammen, "Barry Lopez is a straight-up magnificent writer. To read Horizon is to be transported to wondrous landscapes far beyond the pale, and thereby obtain an astounding perspective on our increasingly uncertain future. Lopez expresses faith that our species can avert annihilation by investing ''more deeply in the philosopher''s cardinal virtues'': courage, justice, reverence, and compassion--virtues this book possesses in abundance." --Jon Krakauer "A celebration and investigation of the impulse to explore, Horizon is itself an exploration--of both the human and inhuman worlds. In his intensity, his clarity, and his capacity for wonder, Barry Lopez is unmatched." --Elizabeth Kolbert "A huge-hearted, wise and sorrowful book by the Philosopher-King of Gaia. A masterpiece." --Joy Williams "Riveting, seductive, and beautifully written. I don''t know of any other writer who so mesmerizingly, so seemingly effortlessly, weaves together art, science and poetry--I found myself underlining sentences on every page. Barry Lopez is one of my literary heroes." --Andrea Wulf "Nobody journeys like Barry Lopez. He''s humble, he''s ethical, he''s honest, he''s curious, he''s doubtful, he''s properly sad and he''s wild. He wakes us up to the worth and the mystery of the world. His great affection for humanity comes up from every patch of earth he visits. This is an epic book that goes from pole to pole, and yet manages to make a distinct ''everywhere'' out of each little patch he visits. A glorious book, gloriously told." --Colum McCann "An essential voice in American writing. Barry Lopez''s stories of inquiry and discovery are gloriously riveting, bringing the reader into a research boat, an archaeological site, a night-tent conversation, water forty feet under the edge of an ice shelf. At each place where he turns his eye and mind, something is learned of existence''s richness and meaning. A master work. This book is a map to treasures everywhere buried." --Jane Hirshfield "No one has worked harder to make sense of our present civilization than Barry Lopez, and in these chronicles we get to share the travels that helped shape his extraordinary mind and heart. A great gift to us all." -- Bill McKibben "The world is vast, and so are the heart and the curiosity of Barry Lopez. His voice is incomparable and necessary. No one else alive, to my knowledge, thinks so carefully about the moral dimensions of landscape." -- David Quammen "I am astonished by this book, and delighted by its deep musicality. The scope and depth of Horizon are staggering--it is symphonic in scale and tone, and as contrapuntal as a Bach fugue." --John Luther Adams, Pulitzer-Prize winning composer "Revelatory. . . Attentive in the world, rigorous on the page, morally inquisitive and bracingly candid, Lopez is a writer of conscience who illuminates the nexus between natural and human history. In his most encompassing, autobiographical, passionately detailed, and reflective book--a life''s travelogue--he shares memories, stories, observations, concerns, condemnations, and hope. ''Each place on earth goes deep,'' writes Lopez, as does he. He poses tough questions, and shares wisdom, all while looking to the horizon, ''the sill of the sky, separating what the eye could see from what the mind might imagine.''" --Donna Seaman, Booklist (starred review) "A winning memoir . . . Lopez has made a long career of visiting remote venues such as Antarctica, Greenland, and the lesser known of the Galapagos Islands. From these travels he has extracted truths about the world . . . The author''s chapter on talismans--objects taken from his travels, such as ''a fist-size piece of raven-black dolerite''--is among the best things he has written. But there are plentiful gems throughout the looping narrative, its episodes constructed from adventures over eight decades. . . . Exemplary writing about the world and a welcome gift to readers." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review), "Barry Lopez is a straight-up magnificent writer. To read Horizon is to be transported to wondrous landscapes far beyond the pale, and thereby obtain an astounding perspective on our increasingly uncertain future. Lopez expresses faith that our species can avert annihilation by investing 'more deeply in the philosopher's cardinal virtues': courage, justice, reverence, and compassion--virtues this book possesses in abundance." --Jon Krakauer "A celebration and investigation of the impulse to explore, Horizon is itself an exploration--of both the human and inhuman worlds. In his intensity, his clarity, and his capacity for wonder, Barry Lopez is unmatched." --Elizabeth Kolbert "A huge-hearted, wise and sorrowful book by the Philosopher-King of Gaia. A masterpiece." --Joy Williams "Riveting, seductive, and beautifully written. I don't know of any other writer who so mesmerizingly, so seemingly effortlessly, weaves together art, science and poetry--I found myself underlining sentences on every page. Barry Lopez is one of my literary heroes." --Andrea Wulf "Nobody journeys like Barry Lopez. He's humble, he's ethical, he's honest, he's curious, he's doubtful, he's properly sad and he's wild. He wakes us up to the worth and the mystery of the world. His great affection for humanity comes up from every patch of earth he visits. This is an epic book that goes from pole to pole, and yet manages to make a distinct 'everywhere' out of each little patch he visits. A glorious book, gloriously told." --Colum McCann "An essential voice in American writing. Barry Lopez's stories of inquiry and discovery are gloriously riveting, bringing the reader into a research boat, an archaeological site, a night-tent conversation, water forty feet under the edge of an ice shelf. At each place where he turns his eye and mind, something is learned of existence's richness and meaning. A master work. This book is a map to treasures everywhere buried." --Jane Hirshfield "No one has worked harder to make sense of our present civilization than Barry Lopez, and in these chronicles we get to share the travels that helped shape his extraordinary mind and heart. A great gift to us all." -- Bill McKibben "The world is vast, and so are the heart and the curiosity of Barry Lopez. His voice is incomparable and necessary. No one else alive, to my knowledge, thinks so carefully about the moral dimensions of landscape." -- David Quammen "I am astonished by this book, and delighted by its deep musicality. The scope and depth of Horizon are staggering--it is symphonic in scale and tone, and as contrapuntal as a Bach fugue." --John Luther Adams, Pulitzer-Prize winning composer "A winning memoir . . . Lopez has made a long career of visiting remote venues such as Antarctica, Greenland, and the lesser known of the Galapagos Islands. From these travels he has extracted truths about the world . . . The author's chapter on talismans--objects taken from his travels, such as 'a fist-size piece of raven-black dolerite'--is among the best things he has written. But there are plentiful gems throughout the looping narrative, its episodes constructed from adventures over eight decades. . . . Exemplary writing about the world and a welcome gift to readers." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
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Table Of ContentAuthor's Note Prologue Introduction: Looking for a Ship 1. Mamaroneck 2. To Go/To See 3. Remember 4. Talismans CAPE FOULWEATHER Coast of Oregon Eastern Shore of the North Pacific Ocean Western North America SKRAELING ISLAND Mouth of Alexandra Fjord East Coast of Ellesmere Island Nunavut Canada PUERTO AYORA Isla Santa Cruz Archipiélago de Colón Eastern Equatorial Pacific JACKAL CAMP 267 Turkwel River Basin Western Lake Turkana Uplands Eastern Equatorial Africa PORT ARTHUR TO BOTANY BAY State of Tasmania Northern Shore of the Southern Ocean Southeastern Australia ---------------- State of New South Wales Western Shore of the South Pacific GRAVES NUNATAKS TO PORT FAMINE ROAD Queen Maud Mountains Central Transantarctic Mountains Northern Edge of the Polar Plateau Antarctica ---------------- Brunswick Peninsula Shore of the Strait of Magellan Southern Chile Notes Selected Bibliography Scientific Binomials Overview Maps Acknowledgments Index
SynopsisONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: THE NEW YORK TIMES * NPR * THE GUARDIAN From pole to pole and across decades of lived experience, National Book Award-winning author Barry Lopez delivers his most far-ranging, yet personal, work to date. Horizon moves indelibly, immersively, through the author's travels to six regions of the world: from Western Oregon to the High Arctic; from the Galápagos to the Kenyan desert; from Botany Bay in Australia to finally, unforgettably, the ice shelves of Antarctica. Along the way, Lopez probes the long history of humanity's thirst for exploration, including the prehistoric peoples who trekked across Skraeling Island in northern Canada, the colonialists who plundered Central Africa, an enlightenment-era Englishman who sailed the Pacific, a Native American emissary who found his way into isolationist Japan, and today's ecotourists in the tropics. And always, throughout his journeys to some of the hottest, coldest, and most desolate places on the globe, Lopez searches for meaning and purpose in a broken world., A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK From pole to pole and across decades of lived experience, National Book Award-winning author Barry Lopez delivers his most far-ranging, yet personal, work to date. Horizon moves indelibly, immersively, through the author's travels to six regions of the world: from Western Oregon to the High Arctic; from the Gal pagos to the Kenyan desert; from Botany Bay in Australia to finally, unforgettably, the ice shelves of Antarctica. Along the way, Lopez probes the long history of humanity's thirst for exploration, including the prehistoric peoples who trekked across Skraeling Island in northern Canada, the colonialists who plundered Central Africa, an enlightenment-era Englishman who sailed the Pacific, a Native American emissary who found his way into isolationist Japan, and today's ecotourists in the tropics. And always, throughout his journeys to some of the hottest, coldest, and most desolate places on the globe, Lopez searches for meaning and purpose in a broken world., ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: THE NEW YORK TIMES - NPR - THE GUARDIAN From pole to pole and across decades of lived experience, National Book Award-winning author Barry Lopez delivers his most far-ranging, yet personal, work to date. Horizon moves indelibly, immersively, through the author's travels to six regions of the world: from Western Oregon to the High Arctic; from the Gal pagos to the Kenyan desert; from Botany Bay in Australia to finally, unforgettably, the ice shelves of Antarctica. Along the way, Lopez probes the long history of humanity's thirst for exploration, including the prehistoric peoples who trekked across Skraeling Island in northern Canada, the colonialists who plundered Central Africa, an enlightenment-era Englishman who sailed the Pacific, a Native American emissary who found his way into isolationist Japan, and today's ecotourists in the tropics. And always, throughout his journeys to some of the hottest, coldest, and most desolate places on the globe, Lopez searches for meaning and purpose in a broken world.
LC Classification NumberPS3562.O67H67 2019
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- Dec 24, 2019
Barry's Horizon for all of us
From someone who has been in the midst of man as part of nature for a long time as witnessed by his winning of the National Book Award for his title, Arctic Dreams, Barry Lopez has written this sort of autobiography packed with invaluable insights for all of us as a very compelling and fluid read. If someone has any interest in Barry Lopez and his works, this book is probably the most informative and at the same time a good orientation to his ways of knowing.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
