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Beneath the Surface of Things: New and Selected Essays by Wade Davis
49.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
'Wade Davis is a true wayfinder, and these essays offer new insight into his visionary approach to culture, landscape, and the planet he loves as fiercely as any writer working today.' John Vaillant, author of Fire WeatherThe essays in this collection came about during the unhurried mo ...Show more
Earth is My Witness: The Photography of Art Wolfe by Wade Davis
99.99 AUD
Category: Photography
Earth Is My Witness is the most extensive collection of Art Wolfe photography ever compiled. This lavishly produced work spans the globe, bringing the beauty of the planet's fast-disappearing landscapes, wildlife, and cultures into stunning focus. Containing unpublished work from throughout Wolfe's well ...Show more
Into The Silence: The Great War, Mallory and the Conquest of Everest by Wade Davis
55.00 AUD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
A monumental work of history, biography and adventure - the First World War, Mallory and Mount Everest. For Mallory as for all of his generation, death was but 'a frail barrier that men crossed, smiling and gallant, every day'. As climbers they accepted a degree of risk unimaginable before the war. What ...Show more
Into the Silence - The Great War, Mallory and the Conquest of Everest by Wade Davis
35.00 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir | Reading Level: good
If the quest for Mount Everest began as a grand imperial gesture, as redemption for an empire of explorers that had lost the race to the Poles, it ended as a mission of regeneration for a country and a people bled white by war. Of the 26 British climbers who, on three expeditions (1921-24), walked 400 m ...Show more
Magdalena: River of Dreams by Wade Davis
22.99 AUD
Category: Travel
From the bestselling author and winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize- the epic story of Colombia's Rio Magdalena and of the country's past, present and futureA captivating new book from Wade Davis - winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize for Into the Silence - that brings vividly to life the story of the grea ...Show more
Magdalena: River of Dreams by Wade Davis
35.00 AUD
Category: Travel
A captivating new book from Wade Davis - winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize for Into the Silence - that brings vividly to life the story of the great Rio Magdalena, illuminating Colombia's complex past, present, and future. Travellers often become enchanted with the first country that captures their he ...Show more
One River: Explorations and Discoveries in the Amazon Rain Forest by Wade Davis
24.99 AUD
Category: Travel
From the author of Into The Silence, winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction. In 1941, Richard Evans Schultes took a leave of absence from Harvard University and disappeared into the Northern Amazon of Colombia. The world's leading authority on the hallucinogens and medicinal plants of the re ...Show more
The Lost Amazon by Wade Davis
37.99 AUD
Category: Travel
"The Lost Amazon" chronicles the journeys of legendary explorer, botanist, and counter-culture icon, Richard Evans Schultes. Regarded as the father of ethnobotany and described by his protege Wade Davis as the last of the great plant explorers in the Victorian tradition, Schultes revealed the botanical ...Show more
Trees: Between Earth and Heaven by Art Wolfe (Photographer); Gregory McNamee; Daniel J. Hinkley (Foreword by); Wade Davis (Introduction by)
85.00 AUD
Category: Gardening Landscape Plants
Art Wolfe's immersive photos capture the wonder humans have felt about trees for millennia. From the biblical Tree of Life to the Native American Tree of Peace, trees have played an archetypal role in human culture and spirituality since time immemorial. An integral part of a variety of faiths--from Bud ...Show more
Wade Davis Photographs by Wade Davis
49.99 AUD
Category: Photography
A fascinating photographic journey to indigenous cultures around the world by renowned anthropologist Wade Davis. Anthropologist and best-selling author Wade Davis has traveled the world, befriending indigenous peoples on every continent and engaging in their spiritual lives and practices. To him, no c ...Show more
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