“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)

From Publishers Weekly Once again O'Dell turns to the Native American for his subject， and in this novel he brings to life the mysterious Shoshone girl Sacagawea， interpreter and guide for Lewis and Clark. Told from Sacagawea's point of view ，this is an honest， unsparing account of Indian life and the approaching whites. From the beginning， Sacagawea is calm and practical but ...(展开全部)

In this redesigned edition of Scott O'Dell's classic novel, a young Native American woman, accompanied by her infant and her cruel husband, experiences joy and heartbreak when she joins the Lewis and Clark expedition seeking a way to the Pacific.

约尼斯·艾吉 出生于内布拉斯加州，童年的大部分时光都在密苏里州的奥扎克湖附近度过。 其作品包括《纽约时报》年度瞩目好书《可爱的眼睛》和《陌生的天使》，以及新近的《梦的重量》。她曾在明尼苏达州圣保罗市圣凯瑟琳学院和安阿伯市密歇根大学执教多年。现居奥马哈北部，执教于内布拉斯加-林肯大学。

恩古吉·瓦·提安哥（1938— ），肯尼亚小说家、剧作家、政论家，生于利穆鲁一农民家庭。一九六四年毕业于乌干达马赫雷雷大学，后入英国利兹大学续修文学。一九六七年回国，在内罗毕大学任教，改英国文学系为非洲文学和语言系。一九七七年因抗议当局对英语的强制性教育而被政府逮捕，获释后与家人过着流亡的生活，直到肯尼亚前总统阿拉普·莫伊下台才终于得以安全回国。 他的作品还包括《孩子，你别哭》《一粒麦种》《血染的花瓣》《十字架上的魔鬼》等。恩古吉现居美国，在纽约大学任教并继续写作。

Christian missionaries attempt to outlaw the female circumcision ritual and in the process create a terrible rift between the two Kikuyu communities on either side of the river. The people are torn between those who believe in Western/Christian education and the opportunities it will offer, and those who feel that only unquestioned loyalty to past traditions will save them. The...(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)

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)

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》。

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)