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2) Deadline artists--scandals, tragedies, and triumphs: more of America's greatest newspaper columns
Publisher
Overlook Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
399 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Great newspaper writing combines the urgency of news with the precision of poetry. It is history written in the present tense, and a new generation deserves access to the best of the past. Following the breakout success of the first compilation, in this fresh Deadline Artists collection, America's greatest journalists take on the stories of scandal, tragedy, triumph, and tribute that have defined the spirit of their age. Walk with Jack London in the...
7) Any day
Author
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Pub. Date
[1997]
Physical Desc
xiii, 250 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Author
Publisher
The University of Tennessee Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xvi, 341 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Immersed in a world of sprawling concrete and hyper-advancing technology, we can begin to see the natural landscape as a thing of the past. All the more reason, suggests Bob Collier, a self-professed nature lover, to set out on the often-unrecognized bridge that still connects human beings with their natural surroundings. In Wonderful Weeds and Various Varmints, readers encounter a myriad of stories as if on a leisurely stroll through the seasons....
Publisher
Liveright Publishing Corporation
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
xi, 435 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Modern Ethics in 77 Arguments explores long-standing ethical and moral issues in light of our most urgent dilemmas. Divided into twelve sections, the book opens with a series of broad arguments on existence, human nature and morality. Indeed, "big" questions of the human condition are explored by some of our best-known and most accomplished living philosophers: What is the meaning of our existence? Should we really "do what we love"? How should we...
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xviii, 350 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Breathtaking tales of climbers and hunters, runners and racers, winners and losers by the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter. New York Times reporter John Branch's riveting, humane features on ordinary people doing extraordinary things at the edges of the sporting world have won nearly every major journalism prize. Sidecountry gathers the best of Branch's work for the first time, including classic pieces like "Snow Fall," about skiers caught in an avalanche...
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