![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Schultes, as seen through his photographs and field notes. Published to coincide with a traveling exhibition to debut at the Govinda Gallery in Washington, D.C., The Lost Amazon is the first major publication to examine the work of Dr. Schultes chronicled his stay there in hundreds of remarkable photographs of the tribes and the land, evocative of the great documentary photographers such as Edward Sheriff Curtis. Richard Evans Schultes (1915-2001) was probably the greatest explorer of the Amazon, and regarded among anthropologists and seekers alike as the "father of ethnobotany." Taking what was meant to be a short leave from Harvard in 1941, he surveyed the Amazon basin almost continuously for twelve years, during which time he lived among two dozen different Indian tribes, mapped rivers, secretly sought sources of rubber for the US government during WWII, and collected and classified 30,000 botanical specimens, including 2,000 new medicinal plants. S/t: The Photographic Journey of Richard Evans Schultes ![]()
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![]() On a recent overcast, English kind of an afternoon, Stillman met me at the Morgan Library to inspect one of the collection’s treasures: Austen’s handwritten manuscript of “Lady Susan,” which also happens to be the world’s only full surviving manuscript of any of her works of fiction. In the back of his Penguin edition was an Austen novella he hadn’t come across before: “Lady Susan,” which Stillman, now a full-blown Austenophile, at sixty-four, has just adapted into his latest film, “Love & Friendship.” More years went by before he decided to give “Northanger Abbey” another shot. A few years later, on his sister’s recommendation, he took a look at “Sense and Sensibility” and saw the error of his ways. ![]() He picked it up as a Harvard freshman and declared Austen overrated. “Northanger Abbey” is the one that did Stillman in. Tom’s problem is with “Mansfield Park”-“a notoriously bad book!”-though, he admits, he’s just taking Lionel Trilling’s word for it. Actually, like Tom Townsend, the brainy Princeton freshman in “Metropolitan,” Stillman’s 1990 movie about young preppies navigating Manhattan’s débutante scene, he used to seriously dislike her. Whit Stillman didn’t always love Jane Austen. ![]() The director Whit Stillman helmed the recently released “Love & Friendship,” an adaptation of Jane Austen’s little-known novel “Lady Susan.” Photograph by Bernard Walsh / Amazon Studios / Roadside Attractions ![]() ![]() ![]() “Tom’s an expert storyteller.” -F. Paul Wilson, author of The Keep and Deep as the Marrow “Monteleone has a dark imagination, a wicked pen, and the rare ability to convey an evil chill with words.” -Dean Koontz, New York Times–bestselling author ![]() ![]() ![]() What’s beneath their feet will shock and horrify till the last blaring warning of lost Train 93. In Night Train, the urban decay of 80s-era New York City meets hordes of feral cats, a Subway Slasher, the occult, and an underground labyrinth full of primeval and modern monsters that threaten to swallow whole a four-hundred-year-old city and its inhabitants. In the bedrock beneath New York, beautiful news reporter Lya Marsden and hard-bitten detective Michael Corvino enter an eerie maze of abandoned tunnels, searching for a train that vanished with all aboard-over half a century ago.īut under the concrete maze of skyscrapers and tourists, below the peep shows and the penthouses, within the clammy darkness, and around the next turn-an unholy evil waits to disgorge violence and blood. to be met by an unlikely troupe ready to save the lives and soul of their city. Under the subways’ roar, out of the deep, wet caves, comes the fury from Hell . . . All aboard-and highly recommended!” - Dark Bites “An epic novel with enough terrifying adventure to accommodate at least a few sleepless nights. ![]() ![]() My rational brain tells me I can’t keep doing this. But even that doesn’t curb my growing addiction. I don’t know anything about him except he’s dangerous. ![]() Savage Prince is book one of the Savage Trilogy, set in the same world as Ruthless King, however you do not need to read the Mount Trilogy to devour this scandalously hot new trilogy. I’ll have her my way, even if it means dragging her into the darkness. My lifestyle suits the savage I am, and she doesn’t.īut Temperance Ransom is my newest addiction, and I’m nowhere near ready to quit her yet. I knew I shouldn’t touch her, but it didn’t stop me.ĭidn’t stop me the second time either. I don’t follow anyone’s rules-even my own. ![]() ![]() Who knew things could get even darker and dirtier in New Orleans? New York Times bestselling author Meghan March introduces the Savage Prince of the city, the man you never want to meet. ![]() ![]() Why? Because it pre-dates a lot of Joseph Campbell's much more interesting and more carefully analyzed use of mythology. All at the same time and for some of the same reasons simultaneously. His works also elucidate the way mythology throughout history reveals aspects of the development of consciousness that are parallel in both the individual and society as a whole. ![]() However, he is best known for his theory of feminine development, a theory formulated in numerous publications, most notably The Great Mother. His most valuable contribution to psychology was the empirical concept of "centroversion", a synthesis of extra- and introversion. Neumann had a theoretical and philosophical approach to analysis, contrasting with the more clinical concern in England and the United States. ![]() He also lectured frequently in England, France and the Netherlands, and was a member of the International Association for Analytical Psychology and president of the Israel Association of Analytical Psychologists.Įrich Neumann contributed greatly to the field of developmental psychology and the psychology of consciousness and creativity. ![]() ![]() For many years, he regularly returned to Zürich, Switzerland to give lectures at the C. He practiced analytical psychology in Tel Aviv from 1934 until his death in 1960. Erich Neumann was a psychologist, writer, and one of Carl Jung's most gifted students. ![]() ![]() ![]() The magma source for Mammoth Mountain is distinct from those of both the Long Valley Caldera and the Inyo Craters. Mammoth Mountain also lies on the south end of the Mono-Inyo chain of volcanic craters. The volcano is still active with minor eruptions, the largest of which was a minor phreatic (steam) eruption 700 years ago. During this time, massive dacite eruptions occurred roughly every 5000 years. These domes formed in a long series of eruptions from 110,000 to 57,000 years ago, building a volcano that reaches 11,059 feet (3,371 m) in elevation. It lies in the southwestern corner of the Long Valley Caldera and consists of about 12 rhyodacite and dacite overlapping domes. Mammoth Mountain is a lava dome complex in Mono County, California. Mammoth still produces hazardous volcanic gases that kill trees and caused ski patroller fatalities in 2006. ![]() Mammoth Mountain was formed in a series of eruptions that ended 57,000 years ago. It is home to a large ski area primarily on the Mono County side. Mammoth Mountain is a lava dome complex partially located within the town of Mammoth Lakes, California, in the Inyo National Forest of Madera and Mono Counties. ![]() Mammoth Mountain (the United States) Show map of the United States ![]() ![]() ![]() What are you doing? There is nothing so important in your life that you can’t put it off in order to read this series. So, for the three misguided people who haven’t read this series - first off, get ON THAT. ![]() ![]() YES!!! The least fascinatingly detailed book in my favorite series! It just keeps getting better and better, folks. Unless you have an ear for such ghastly details as a tragic fire, a nefarious villain, itchy clothing, and cold porridge for breakfast, all narrated in chilly detail by the distinguished, and disturbed, Tim Curry with a team of talented readers, you would be better off listening to something else. This unique multi-voice recording brings the first book in Lemony Snicket’s alarming A Series of Unfortunate Events to such terrible life that no one should really have to experience it. ![]() Like a car alarm, bagpipe music, or a doorbell ringing in the middle of the night, listening to The Bad Beginning will only upset you. A MULTI-VOICE RECORDING OF AN UPSETTING BOOK, NOW ON VINYL.įeatures a transparent sea foam green record and full-length digital download of the A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Bad Beginning audiobook. ![]() ![]() ![]()
![]() ![]() Barnes has crafted not only a very funny satire about England and the world. It's the search for life itself." - Andrew Marr, The Observer "Mr. Julian Barnes, according to The Sunday Times, "has written nothing more poignant and enticing." "Barnes understands that what elevates gifted satire above mere wit is heart, a subtle counterbalance of true feeling" - David Wiegand, San Francisco Chronicle "This is satire at its best, and there is much in the 'England, England' section that is ingenious, funny or both." - Richard Eder, New York Times "The search for authenticity, in an increasingly unreal world, is worth it. ![]() As this land of make-believe takes on its own comic and horrible reality, Barnes delights us with a novel that is at once a philosophical inquiry, a burst of mischief, a hilarious romp, and a moving elegy about authenticity and nationality. This is precisely the vision that Sir Jack Pitman seeks to realize: a "destination" where tourists can find replicas of Big Ben, Wembley Stadium, the National Gallery, Princess Di's grave, and even Harrods (conveniently located inside the Tower of London), and visit them all in the course of a weekend. Now imagine that the principal national treasuresfrom Stonehenge to Buckingham Palaceare grouped together on the Isle of Wright. ![]() Picture an England where all the pubs are quaint, the Royals behave themselves (more or less), and the cliffs of Dover actually are white. ![]() ![]() ![]() But as Hannah and Isaac slowly grow closer, they realize that there’s always more to someone than meets the eye. However, he also understands the importance of being grateful for God’s gifts, and wonders if they will ever have anything in common. ![]() When he learns of her past, he knows he's misjudged her. She wonders if she'll ever return to the trusting, easy-going woman she once was.įor Isaac Troyer, the beautiful girl he teasingly called “The Recluse” confuses him like no other. ![]() Hannah has become afraid to trust anyone-even Isaac, the friendly Amish man who lives next door. Now she’s getting a fresh start in Hart County, Kentucky…if only she wasn’t too scared to take it. New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Shelley Shepard Gray begins a new series-The Amish of Hart County-with this suspenseful tale of a young Amish woman who is forced to move to a new town to escape a threatening stalker.Īfter a stalker went too far, Hannah Hilty and her family had no choice but to leave the bustling Amish community where she grew up. ![]() |