Word: lopezes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Popular writers as well as scientists have helped to shape new thinking about the natural order. Arctic Dreams, Barry Lopez's homage to the far North, is an exemplar of the search to resolve the tensions between human aspirations and natural harmony. In the cold half-light of the Arctic, the author finds an altar to bow before, a place where life, though a mere brushstroke on the frozen plains, still manages to give meaning and beauty to an otherwise bleak world...
...literary skills of writers like Lopez notwithstanding, nature remains its own best salesperson. Nowhere is the exuberant genius of the biosphere more on display than in the world's rain forests, and photographs convey the riches of these regions as well as any text. Chronicle Books is currently bringing The Rainforests, A Celebration ($35) to the U.S. A coffee-table book first published in Britain, it combines stunning photographs with a series of essays written by some of the leading students of tropical nature. The book takes the reader through the forests, showcasing the resident creatures, their different strategies...
...Dean Fischer, William Dowell Nairobi: Marguerite Michaels Johannesburg: Scott MacLeod New Delhi: Edward W. Desmond Beijing: Jaime A. FlorCruz Southeast Asia: William Stewart Hong Kong: Jay Branegan Seoul: David S. Jackson Tokyo: Barry Hillenbrand, Seiichi Kanise, Kumiko Makihara Ottawa: James L. Graff Latin America: John Moody Mexico City: Laura Lopez...
Joseph R. Palmore '91 Night Editors: Jonathan M. Berlin '92 Matthew M. Hoffman '91 Ira E. Stoll '94 Feature Editor: Melissa R. Hart '91 Sports Editor: Michael D. Stankiewicz '90-'91 Photo Editors: William H. Bachman '92 Dawn L. Lopez '93 Business Editor: Sameer A. Chisty '93 Copy Editor: Young...
...Dean Fischer, William Dowell Nairobi: Marguerite Michaels Johannesburg: Scott MacLeod New Delhi: Edward W. Desmond Beijing: Jaime A. FlorCruz Southeast Asia: William Stewart Hong Kong: Jay Branegan Seoul: David S. Jackson Tokyo: Barry Hillenbrand, Seiichi Kanise, Kumiko Makihara Ottawa: James L. Graff Latin America: John Moody Mexico City: Laura Lopez...