books by Barry Lopez

books by Barry Lopez

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Barry Lopez

Barry Lopez

Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), 1998

A Story to Share Again and Again
I have given more copies of Crow and Weasel away than any other book in recent years. It is the most beautiful portrait of male friendship available in any genre for children or adults. I most often give copies to young men facing some important transition in their ...

About This Life: Journeys on the Threshold of Memory

Barry Lopez

Vintage, 1999

Excells all
This book is full of beautiful imagry, a must for people who crave to go places and see things. His essays/memoirs excell above all others. The writing reflects his thoughts so vividly you would swear you were there. If you like reading about far away places and the ...

Vintage Lopez

Barry Lopez

Vintage, 2004

Good
Stories are told to entertain and/or enlighten. His formulation makes it seems as if art is some sort of laxative. He also subscribes to the rather noxious idea that art is about truth, and that there exists some sort of sacred trust, or the like, between writers and ...

Desert Notes/River Notes

Barry Lopez

Quill (HarperCollins), 1990

River Notes
I am a big fan of the old slim version of River Notes. It has such a beautiful flow, like rivers. I have lived all my life near rivers. My soul belongs to them. I am so greatful for this writing. Lopez takes you down this path that borders on lunacy, but having ...

Giving Birth to Thunder, Sleeping with His Daughter

Barry H. Lopez

Harper Perennial, 1990

Intelligent Design, Coyote-style
For those people who are still trying to decide between evolution and intelligent design, here is yet another creation story to ponder (or add to the curriculum), this one involving Coyote, who "was not necessarily a coyote, nor even a creature of strict physical ...

Home Ground: Language for an American Landscape

Trinity University Press, 2006

Home Ground
Word lovers, geography and ecology buffs, this is for you... I initially found this book as suggested reading for those wanting to explore ideas about "a sense of place". Specifically, how this "sense" can become a kind of spiritual practice, enriching our lives and ...

The Future of Nature: Writing on a Human Ecology from Orion Magazine (The World As Home)

Milkweed Editions, 2007

The western mindset is arguably one of the greatest threats to the world?s ecological balance. Corporatism and globalization are two of the obvious villains here, but what part does human nature play in the problem? Since its inception in 1982, Orion magazine has been a forum for looking beyond the effects of ecological crises to their root ...

Arctic Dreams

Barry Lopez

Vintage, 2001

Filling and fulfilling
I bought this book while in the tourist center at McKinley National Park in Alaska because of the chapter on Polar Bears (someone at the desk recommended it to me). I have found this book to be amazing. This is one of the most rewarding books I've ever read. It's ...

Of Wolves and Men

Barry Lopez

Scribner, 1979

I wish I could give it all the stars in the sky...
This book should be required reading for everyone. Lopez, a superior author in his own right, created THE classic book on wolf behavior and on the relationship between wolves and humans from ancient to modern times. The first few chapters deal with wolf biology and ...

Crossing Open Ground

Barry Lopez

Vintage, 1989

At the edge of the senses.
"I live in a rain forest in western Oregon, on the banks of a mountain river in relatively undisturbed country, surrounded by 150-foot-tall Douglas firs, delicate deer-head orchids, and clearings where wild berries grow" (p. 148), Barry Lopez writes in this collection ...

Winter Count

Barry Lopez

Vintage, 1999

For Two Stories...
It seems an earlier reviewer had the same feelings as I about this book; I would just say - buy it for 'The Woman Who Had Shells' and 'The Orrery'. Both are twists of simple, magical stuff.

Rediscovery of North America

Barry Lopez

Vintage, 1992

Very poignant in today's world of rapid development
Extremely good prose. A poignant testimony to the loss of the Earth's resources in the face of historical and current development. Highly recommend adding this to your book collection if you have any affinity to the natural world.

Rick Bartow: My Eye
Rebecca J. Dobkins, Rick Bartow

Hallie Ford Museum of Art, 2002

Rick Bartow (b. 1946) is a Native American artist who lives and works on the Oregon coast, yet has built a remarkable web of connections with other artists and art traditions around the world. The book includes pastel drawings, paintings, and mixed media sculptures that reveal the rich and multiple sources of Bartow's wildly beautiful imagery. ...

The Best American Spiritual Writing 2005 (The Best American Series (TM))

Houghton Mifflin, 2005

A Great Collection of Varied Spiritual Writing
Every fall I look forward to the release of THE BEST AMERICAN series of books. I always purchase three of the collections: Spiritual Writing, Short Stories, and Non-Required Reading. This year I've also purchased Essays. What I enjoy most about the collections is not ...