Cet auteur explore les coins sauvages et reculés du monde, du paysage arctique aux îles lointaines. Son écriture plonge dans les profondeurs de la nature humaine, abordant souvent des thèmes de religion et d'identité tout en examinant comment la technologie remodèle notre société. Avec un mélange unique d'aventure et de réflexion profonde, il offre des aperçus de notre avenir qui sont aussi troublants qu'incitateurs à la réflexion.
Focusing on ecological themes, this collection of poems provides an insightful glimpse into the Arctic's natural beauty and the lives of its indigenous people. Climate change serves as a backdrop, with many poems expressing sorrow not only for the vanishing ice but also for the broader loss of the Arctic environment. Through poignant imagery and reflection, the work serves as a heartfelt lament for a rapidly changing landscape and culture.
Lawrence Millman’s The Book of Origins is a rattle-your-brains collection of tales in the tradition of George Carlin, Jonathan Swift, and Italo Calvino, but not Jane Austen or Henry James. In its pages, you will learn about a highly moral man who refuses to marry his grandmother, God’s failure as a Supreme Being and his subsequent retirement, a man given a prison sentence for writing a novel, a U.S. president who decides to attack other countries because he’s horny, a barely educated Middle American who’s offered the Nobel Prize in Physics, and numerous other undocumented incidents in our planet’s history.
Set against the backdrop of ancient Viking sea routes, this narrative chronicles the author's adventurous journey from Norway to Newfoundland. Through stark and breathtaking landscapes, he encounters a diverse cast of characters, including a convicted murderer and an Inuit hermit. The journey is filled with unexpected moments and local lore, blending earthy observations with lyrical prose. Ultimately, it serves as a vibrant tribute to the unique and exotic charm of the northern regions.
Four decades of expeditions in the north from Canada to Siberia
An illustrated mini-encyclopedia of fungal lore, from John Cage and Terrence McKenna to mushroom sex and fairy rings. With more than 180 entries, this collection will transport both general readers and specialists into the remarkable universe of fungi.
The memoir presents a series of vignettes reflecting Lawrence Millman's deep connection with nature, inspired by Thoreau. Millman reveals his struggles to fit into societal expectations and his preference for outdoor adventures over conventional activities. Through his experiences, he explores themes of individuality, the beauty of the natural world, and the joy found in unconventional companionship with mushrooms, insects, and earthworms, echoing Thoreau's own philosophies.
Award-winning travel writer Lawrence Millman tromps through western Ireland's rugged countryside to record the oral history of its people before their hard- earned traditions are permanently stifled by industrialization and development.
An exploration of indigenous trauma, climate change, and digital culture in the shadow of a series of Inuit murders in Canada in 1941
In "Fungipedia" erforscht Mykologe Lawrence Millman die faszinierende Welt der Pilze in über 180 Kurztexten. Er behandelt Themen von der Verwandtschaft zu Menschen bis hin zu Pilzen, die Insekten züchten. Mit charmanten Illustrationen von Amy Jean Porter wird das Buch zu einer unterhaltsamen Enzyklopädie für Pilzliebhaber und -spezialisten.
