Old friends and lovers reunite for a weekend in a secluded country home after spending decades apart. They plumb their memories of each other and pass quiet judgements on the life decisions each has made since their youth. This isn't, however, just any old reunion, and their conversations of the old days aren't typical reminiscences. After 24 years, Joerg - a convicted murderer...(展开全部)

When South African conservationist Lawrence Anthony was asked to accept a herd of 'rogue' elephants on his reserve at Thula Thula, his commonsense told him to refuse. But he was the herd's last chance of survival--notorious escape artists, they would all be killed if Lawrence wouldn't take them. He agreed, but before arrangements for the move could be completed the animals brok...(展开全部)

劳伦斯·安东尼，著名国际自然环境保护主义者，“地球组织”（The Earth Organization）创始人。居住在南非祖鲁兰地区，曾因在巴格达的出色环保工作而获奖。代表作品有《巴比伦方舟》（合著）。 格雷厄姆·斯彭斯，著名记者，现居住在英格兰。代表作品有《巴比伦方舟》（合著）。

The nine captivatingly meditative essays in The Practice of the Wild display the deep understanding and wide erudition of Gary Snyder in the ways of Buddhist belief, wildness, wildlife, and the world. These essays, first published in 1990, stand as the mature centerpiece of Snyder’s work and thought, and this profound collection is widely accepted as one of the central texts ...(展开全部)

“An eloquent (and compulsively readable) reminder that, though weÂ’re laying waste the world, nature still holds sway over much of the earthÂ’s surface.” —Bill McKibben Are there any genuinely wild places left in Britain and Ireland? That is the question that Robert Macfarlane poses to himself as he embarks on a series of breathtaking journeys through some of the archip...(展开全部)

Can a robot survive in the wilderness? When robot Roz opens her eyes for the first time, she discovers that she is all alone on a remote, wild island. She has no idea how she got there or what her purpose is—but she knows she needs to survive. After battling a violent storm and escaping a vicious bear attack, she realizes that her only hope for survival is to adapt to her surro...(展开全部)

罗伯特·麦克法伦（Robert Macfarlane） 英国作家、学者。剑桥大学文学与环境人文学教授，英国皇家文学学会会员。 他以行走滋养书写，步履不停，笔耕不辍，横跨九年创作出“行走文学三部曲”《念念远山》《荒野之境》《古道》，获得萨默塞特·毛姆文学奖、爱德华·斯坦福旅行文学奖等奖项。近作《深时之旅》获得英国温赖特奖、美国国家户外图书奖，被《纽约时报》《经济学人》《华尔街日报》等近二十家机构评为年度好书。 麦克法伦将当代旅行写作推向新的高度，被文学杂志《格兰塔》前主编誉为“当代最好的行走文学作家”。2013年，他成为最年轻的布克奖评委会主席。 · 王如菲 南京大学英文系硕士、译者、出版从业者，译有《深时之旅》《荒野之境》《生活的代价》。

The incredible follow-up to one of the most talked about books of the decade - the phenomenon, Waterstones Book of the Month and Costa Award shortlisted The Salt Path.The Sunday Times Bestseller from the author of The Salt Path

After graduating from Emory University in Atlanta in 1992, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandoned his possessions, gave his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhiked to Alaska, where he went to live in the wilderness. Four months later, he turned up dead. His diary, letters and two notes found at a remote campsite tell of his desperate effort to...(展开全部)

In this funny, nightmarish masterpiece of imaginative excess, grotesque characters engage in acts of violent one-upmanship, boundless riches mangle a corner of Africa into a Bacchanalian utopia, and technology, flesh and violence fuse with and undo each other. A fragmentary, freewheeling novel, it sees wild boys engage in vigorous, ritualistic sex and drug taking, as well as pr...(展开全部)