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Spice
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2008; US$ 17.00A brilliant, original history of the spice trade?and the appetites that fueled it. It was in search of the fabled Spice Islands and their cloves that Magellan charted the first circumnavigation of the globe. Vasco da Gama sailed the dangerous waters around Africa to India on a quest for Christians?and spices. Columbus sought gold and pepper but found... more...
Teewinot
St. Martin's Press 2001; US$ 18.99Jack Turner grew up with an image of the Tetons engraved in his mind. As a young man, he climbed the peaks of this singular range with basic climbing gear friends. Later in life, he led treks in India, Pakistan, Nepal, China, Tibet, and Peru, but he always returned to the mountains of his youth. He continues to climb the Tetons as a guide for Exum... more...
Travels in the Greater Yellowstone
St. Martin's Press 2009; US$ 17.99Award-winning nature writer Jack Turner directs his attention to one of America?s greatest natural treasures: the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Comprised of two national parks, three national wildlife refuges, parts of six national forests, and eleven wilderness areas, Greater Yellowstone is a vast array of differing environments and geographies.... more...
A Political Companion to Henry David Thoreau
The University Press of Kentucky 2010; US$ 40.00The writings of Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) have captivated scholars, activists, and ecologists for more than a century. Less attention has been paid, however, to the author's political philosophy and its influence on American public life. Although Thoreau's doctrine of civil disobedience has long since become a touchstone of world history, the... more...
Spice: The History of a Temptation (Text Only)
HarperCollins Publishers 2012; Not AvailableAn essential history of a taste that shaped the world. more...
Awakening to Race
University of Chicago Press 2012; US$ 22.50The election of America’s first black president has led many to believe that race is no longer a real obstacle to success and that remaining racial inequality stems largely from the failure of minority groups to take personal responsibility for seeking out opportunities. Often this argument is made in the name of the long tradition of self-reliance... more...
Religion and the State
Anthem Press 2011; US$ 99.00This volume explores key issues in the modern tensions between state and religions by exploring a number of case studies from around the world. more...
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