Kevin Brown is the owner of Geographicus Rare Antique Maps (http://www.geographicus.com), a generalist dealer in rare maps from all periods and at all value points. Kevin attended Bennington College, in Vermont, where he majored in “Pilgrimage.” Bennington fosters a “learn by doing” approach to academics, and Kevin has translated this philosophy to the map trade. He approaches ...(展开全部)

Liberia, 1935: "The great majority of all mosquitoes caught in Monrovia are of a species known to carry yellow fever." The U.S. Army map of the country's interior filled in the blanks with the word "Cannibals." "Have you thought of the leeches?" someone asked Greene. He went anyway, into the forest, on foot, village to village. Be glad. The book is just plain great.

WITH A FOREWORD BY TIM BUTCHER AND AN INTRODUCTION BY PAUL THEROUX In 1935 Graham Greene set off to discover Liberia, a remote and unfamiliar West African republic founded for released slaves. Crossing the red-clay terrain from Sierra Leone to the coast at Grand Bassa with a chain of porters, he came to know one of the few areas of Africa untouched by Western colonisation...(展开全部)

"Wildwood" is a remarkable celebration of the transforming magic of trees, exploring the 'fifth element' of wood as it exists in nature, in our souls, in our culture and our lives. From the walnut tree at his Suffolk home, Roger Deakin embarks upon a quest that takes him through Britain, across Europe, to Central Asia and Australia, in search of what lies behind man's profound ...(展开全部)

"Wildwood" is a remarkable celebration of the transforming magic of trees, exploring the 'fifth element' of wood as it exists in nature, in our souls, in our culture and our lives. From the walnut tree at his Suffolk home, Roger Deakin embarks upon a quest that takes him through Britain, across Europe, to Central Asia and Australia, in search of what lies behind man's profound ...(展开全部)

詹姆斯·沃德（James Ward），英国人气博客“I Like Boring Things”博主，其博客曾登上过《独立报》（The Independent）、《观察家报》（Observer）以及英国广播公司（BBC）网站。作为文具俱乐部的创始人之一，《华尔街日报》（The Wall Street Journal）和英国广播公司第四广播电台（BBC Radio 4）都对其进行过专题报道。《文具盒里的时空漫游》是他的第一部作品。

罗伯特·麦克法伦（Robert Macfarlane），英国作家、评论家，剑桥学者，英国皇家文学学会会员，最年轻的布克奖评委会主席。 1976年出生于英国诺丁汉，牛津大学哲学硕士、剑桥大学博士。剑桥大学伊曼纽尔学院研究员、英语系文学与环境人文学教授。学术研究和写作侧重深耕自然与文学的关系。文章与评论多见于《新科学家》《纽约客》《自然》《卫报》《纽约时报》《格兰塔》。 麦克法伦以行走滋养书写，处女作便将当代旅行写作推向了新高度。《格兰塔》前主编誉之为“当代最好的行走文学作家”，《华尔街日报》称他为“当代最好的自然作家及诗人”。2003年获《卫报》首作奖、《星期日泰晤士报》年度青年作家奖。2004年获毛姆文学奖。2017年获E. M. 福斯特文学奖。2019年获温赖特奖、美国国家户外图书奖。

In Underland, Robert Macfarlane takes us on a journey into the worlds beneath our feet. From the ice-blue depths of Greenland's glaciers, to the underground networks by which trees communicate, from Bronze Age burial chambers to the rock art of remote Arctic sea-caves, this is a deep-time voyage into the planet's past and future. Global in its geography, gripping in its voice a...(展开全部)