About This Life: Journeys on the Threshold of Memory

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Price: $11.99
(as of Aug 20, 2024 08:27:11 UTC – Details)

By: Barry H. Lopez (Author)

The acclaimed National Book Award winner gives us…

Reviews

  1. K. Fischer

    Thoughtful Awakening
    This is reading to awaken and open one’s mind to see, feel, and hear what we are surrounded by as we live our days. These memories amazingly draw the reader into provoking journeys of the senses that caused me to reflect not only about nature, but even the assembly of the Boeing 747 and its connection to the world’s air freight. The author’s insights about the world around us has stimulated my senses for years, and the second reads give me the same sensations that I experienced the first time I picked up any of Mr. Lopez’s books. Barry Lopez remains among the top 10 of my favorite authors.

  2. Margaret A. Edmondson

    In great shape
    The book was in great shape – above the rating listed by the seller.It was also delivered in good time.

  3. Amazon Customer

    Prompt delivery
    I received my book from Goodwill Colorado Springs within a few days of ordering it. It was in excellent condition. I highly recommend them.

  4. Mister Chico

    Good short stories
    I like barry lopez – he has some good short stories that can take you through a journey. I would recommend

  5. Bryan Lee

    A-plus non-fiction
    Barry Lopez reminds one a bit of Oliver Sacks in terms of his ability to draw global conclusions about the human experience from the subjects of his investigation.And like the better non-fiction writers today, he brings the story-telling skill of a fine novelist to the art of narrative non-fiction. The introduction is an exceptionally fine piece of writing.Highly, highly recommended.

  6. ACEY

    Excellent writer
    I loved this book. Barry Lopez is mesmerizing!

  7. Sarah

    Beautifully, Wonderfully Thoughtful.
    Thoughtful, if I had to choose one word to sum up Lopez’s writing, would be my selection. He doesn’t’ merely present a series of images and situations; he traces the significance of his moments to their wider impact on the world. Keep repeating beauty and purpose; never forget their importance.

  8. Amazon Customer

    Big Words when Little Work as Well
    Rather pompous

  9. G

    Delivered promptly & product as listed.

  10. Duncan Stewart

    This collection of various essays offers a wonderful insight into Barry Lopez and his poetic writing. The essays vary from his adventures across the world: freighter Boeing 747s around the world; scuba diving in the Galapagos; a short memorial to roadkill animals he has come across; studying wolves up close in northern Alaska.If you are at all interested in travel, environmentalism or wildlife then I cannot recommend this book enough!

  11. Rob Atkins

    Lopez writes beautifully, whatever the subject may be. This collection of wide-ranging essays I found captivating; fortunately, there are other titles by this master of the essay to explore. Time with a barry Lopez book is time very well spent.

  12. p d g r

    Barry Lopez has become one of my all time favourite authors….I chose this book and another one, after discovering Arctic Dreams which I chanced on browsing in a second handbook shop.Amazon is very useful but it can never replicate the serendipitous, haphazard experience of just chancing on a wonderful new writer.

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