<p>With a body twisted by adolescent scoliosis and memories of the brutal death of a woman he loved, Lynn Schooler kept the world at arm's length, drifting through the wilds of Alaska as a commercial fisherman, outdoorsman, and wilderness guide. In 1990, Schooler met Japanese photographer Michio Hoshino, and began a profound friendship cemented by a shared love of adventure and a passionate quest to find the elusive glacier bear, an exceedingly rare creature, seldom seen and shrouded in legend. But only after Hoshino's tragic death from a bear attack does Schooler succeed in photographing the animal -- completing a remarkable journey that ultimately brings new meaning to his life.</p>

The Blue Bear : A True Story of Friendship, Tragedy, and Survival in the Alaskan Wilderness

Science & Math

Schooler, Lynn

Nature & Ecology

HarperCollins Publishers Canada, Limited

This guide looks at the city of New York on America's East Coast examining the various sections of the city in a short guide format. The author has such familiarity with this city that the guide should appeal to the newcomer and resident of the city equally.

The companion guide to New York (The Companion guides)

Travel

Leapman, Michael

United States

Harpercollins

When National Geographic sent Charles O’Rear to photograph a little-known region of Napa Valley for a book about rural America, he was immediately enthralled by the area’s natural beauty and vibrant tradition of winemaking. He soon made the valley his home and in the twenty-three years since, he has watched it grow from an obscure, secluded hollow in the California landscape to an internationally recognized food and wine destination. O’Rear has accumulated thousands of photographs of his idyllic environs, the best of which are brought together in this awe-inspiring volume. Each photo exhibits an artistry and grandeur imbued with the familiarity and immediacy that can only be gleaned by a Napa Valley local. From the people who grow the grapes and create the wines to the variety of winery architecture and unrivaled vistas that distinguish the land, NAPA VALLEY offers a personal and stunning look at the places, people, and events that have shaped this now-famous region. Without a doubt, O’Rear’s collection is the most original and comprehensive treasury ever assembled on Napa Valley.

Napa Valley

Arts & Photography

Thoreen, John

Photography & Video

Collins Pub San Francisco

The Companion Guide to New York (Companion Guides)

One of the classic Companion Guides, this is devoted to New York City. Each volume in the series aims to provide a comprehensive travel companion in the person of the author, who knows intimately the places and people of which he or she writes.

New York (Companion Guides)

MICHAEL LEAPMAN

Collins

<p>Some shelf wear to dust jacket.Some creasing to cover. Pages are clean and binding is tight. Solid Book.</p>

In Pursuit of Ideas: A Year in the Life of the University of California

MacNamara, Mark

Wandering Through Winter: A Naturalist's 20,000 Mile Journey Through the North American Winter

Teale, Edwin Way

Dodd, Mead, & Company

It is where Fidel Castro raised money to overthrow Batista and where two generations of Castro's enemies have raised armies to overthrow him, so far without success. It is where the bitter opera of Cuban exile intersects with the cynicism of U.S. foreign policy. It is a city whose skyrocketing murder rate is fueled by the cocaine trade, racial discontent, and an undeclared war on the island ninety miles to the south. As Didion follows Miami's drift into a Third World capital, she also locates its position in the secret history of the Cold War, from the Bay of Pigs to the Reagan doctrine and from the Kennedy assassination to the Watergate break-in. Miami is not just a portrait of a city, but a masterly study of immigration and exile, passion, hypocrisy, and political violence.

Miami

JOAN DIDION

Flamingo

Motel Nirvana (Dreaming of the New Age in the American Desert)

McGrath, Melanie

Religion & Spirituality

Savage Pilgrims

Henry Shukman

Biographies & Memoirs

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