Peter Matthiessen (1927-2014) was a winner of the National Book Award and the American Book Award, and was the author of over thirty books of fiction and nonfiction, including The Snow Leopard (1978), At Play in the Fields of the Lord (1965), Far Tortuga (1975), In the Spirit of Crazy Horse (1992), and Bone by Bone (1999). Chavez's longtime spokesman and personal aide Marc Grossman is Communications Director for the Cesar Chavez Foundation.
39 Ebooks by Peter Matthiessen
Peter Matthiessen: Sal Si Puedes (Escape If You Can)
In the summer of 1968 Peter Matthiessen met Cesar Chavez for the first time. They were the same age: forty-one. Matthiessen lived in New York City, while Chavez lived in the Central Valley farm town …
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€27.99
Peter Matthiessen: Endocrine Disrupters
Enables researchers to assess the effects of endocrine
disrupters as well as comply with new environmental
regulations
Endocrine disrupters are chemicals–both man-made and
natural–that …
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€120.99
Peter Matthiessen: Endocrine Disrupters
Enables researchers to assess the effects of endocrine
disrupters as well as comply with new environmental
regulations
Endocrine disrupters are chemicals–both man-made and
natural–that …
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€120.99
Jonathan White: Tides
In
Tides: The Science and Spirit of the Ocean , writer, sailor, and surfer Jonathan White takes readers across the globe to discover the science and spirit of ocean tides. In the Arctic, White …
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€16.99
Peter Matthiessen: In Paradise
CURIOUS ANIMAL BEST FICTION BOOKS OF 2014 PICK In Paradise tells the story of a group of men and women who come together for a weeklong meditation retreat at the site of a World War II concentration …
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€9.38
Gudrun Bornhöft & Peter Matthiessen: Homeopathy in Healthcare
This volume includes the full Health Technology Assessment (HTA) report on effectiveness, appropriateness, safety and costs of homoeopathy in health care. The report was commissioned by the Swiss hea …
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€53.49
Peter Matthiessen: Shadow Country
Inspired by a near-mythic event of the wild Florida frontier at the turn of the twentieth century, Shadow Country reimagines the legend of the inspired Everglades sugar planter and notorious outlaw …
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€3.99
John Daishin Buksbazen: Zen Meditation in Plain English
An excellent, practical introduction to Zen meditation. Written in a warm and easily accessible style, this book appeals to anyone with an interest in meditation, Zen, or, as is often the case today, …
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€14.07
Fred Heimbach & Ian R. Hill: Freshwater Field Tests for Hazard Assessment of Chemicals
Freshwater field tests are an integral part of the process of hazard assessment of pesticides and other chemicals in the environment. This book brings together international experts on microcosms and …
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€270.44
Fred Heimbach & Ian R. Hill: Freshwater Field Tests for Hazard Assessment of Chemicals
Freshwater field tests are an integral part of the process of hazard assessment of pesticides and other chemicals in the environment. This book brings together international experts on microcosms and …
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€270.00
Peter Matthiessen: In Paradise
In the late autumn of 1996, more than a hundred people gather at the site of a former death camp. Throughout that week, they offer prayer and witness at the crematoria and meditate in all weathers on …
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€24.02
Peter Matthiessen: The Snow Leopard
Enjoy this special edition hardback of one of the greatest pieces of travel and nature writing ever written. Go with Peter Matthiessen all the way to Dolpo, a Tibetan plateau in the high Himalayas. T …
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€9.49
Peter Matthiessen: Blue Meridian
In 1969 Peter Matthiessen set out with the expedition led by Peter Gimbel, whose aim was to find and film underwater for the first time the most dangerous of all sea creatures – the great white …
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€14.99
Peter Matthiessen: Lost Man’s River
When Watson s son Lucius returns to the treacherous wilderness of the Everglades searching for the truth about his father s death, the coast s lawless inhabitants, alligator poachers and moonshiners …
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€8.99
Peter Matthiessen: Cloud Forest
Peter Mattiessen has long been known for his travels to some of the remotest lands on earth, most notably recorded in The Snow Leopard. The Cloud Forest brings to vivid life a South American journey …
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€14.99
Peter Matthiessen: Under The Mountain Wall
In the Baliem Valley in central New Guinea lived a Stone Age tribe which survived into the twentieth century – the Kurelu. Matthiessen joined the Harvard-Peabody Expedition of 1961which set out to …
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€6.99
Peter Matthiessen: In the Spirit of Crazy Horse
On a hot June morning in 1975, a shoot-out between FBI agents and American Indians erupted on a reservation near Wounded Knee in South Dakota. Two FBI agents and one Indian died. Eventually four …
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€12.99
Peter Matthiessen: African Trilogy
During the 1970s and 1980s, Peter Matthiessen took part in a number of expeditions to Africa, witnessing first-hand the continent s many and diverse peoples and wildlife. The fruits of these journeys …
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€8.99
Peter Matthiessen: African Silences
African Silences is a spellbinding and sobering journey through Africa s ravaged wildernesses. In 1978 and again in 1986, Matthiessen travelled through Senegal, Gambia, the Ivory Coast, Zaire and the …
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€9.49
Peter Matthiessen: Bone by Bone
In this magnificent novel, which is the conclusion to the celebrated Watson trilogy, E.J. Watson tells his own story, through his turbulent life, to his death at the hands of vigilantes. From his …
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€8.99
Mark Crane & Peter Matthiessen: Derivation and Use of Environmental Quality and Human Health Standards for Chemical Substances in Water and Soil
A balanced, comprehensive overview of Environmental Quality Standards (EQS), Derivation and Use of Environmental Quality and Human Health Standards for Chemical Substances in Water and Soil addresses …
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€67.67
Peter Matthiessen: El leopardo de las nieves
En otoño de 1973, el escritor Peter Matthiessen y el zoólogo George Schaller emprendieron una expedición a la Montaña de Cristal, en la meseta del Tíbet, para estudiar los hábitos de un animal no muy …
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€9.99
Mark Crane & Peter Matthiessen: Derivation and Use of Environmental Quality and Human Health Standards for Chemical Substances in Water and Soil
A balanced, comprehensive overview of Environmental Quality Standards (EQS), Derivation and Use of Environmental Quality and Human Health Standards for Chemical Substances in Water and Soil addresses …
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€67.42
