- Hardcover: 231 pages
- Publisher: Douglas & McIntyre / Not Applicable; 2nd printing edition (Sep 1 1998)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1550546325
- ISBN-13: 978-1550546323
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.5 x 2.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 499 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #654,312 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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An exceptional book,
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The Endangered Meaning of Place,
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This review is from: The Clouded Leopard: A Book of Travels (Paperback)
In one chapter of this book Wade Davis quotes British writer Lawrence Durell as saying "To know a people..you need only a little patience, a quiet moment and a place where you might listen to the whispered messages of their land."Wade Davis has lived this suggestion and has harvested the knowledge of some of the most interesting cultures of the world, cultures threatened by the far reach of modernization and environmental destruction. Reading this book makes me feel like a teenager again, enthused with the prospects of travels and new adventures. It is full of the fascination of discovery and novel knowledge about the world that is buried under the incessant wash of media news and popular culture. Here you will read of the "survival" culture of Canada, the reason the ethnic cultures of the Amazon have no word for the color blue, an Malaysian forest people without a concept of time, the fragility of our modern economy at risk of collapse from the lack of resin from a jungle tree. If you have read "The Serpent and the Rainbow" or "One River" you will find familiar but reexamined thoughts on the Vodoun ceremonies of Haiti and the hallucinogen religious journeys of Amazonian shamans. Wade Davis himself has traveled the world far enough to know and tell many fascinating stories but it is his ability to find those places and moments to listen that have made him an exceptional writer and this book one more treasure to read. 3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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Dare to Care about our Planet,
By Linda Ballou "Linda Ballou" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Clouded Leopard: A Book of Travels (Paperback)
It is rare that a scientific-minded individual can write with the engaging fluidity of creative non-fiction author, but Wade Davis strides both worlds effortlessly. It never occurred to me that an ethnobotany could be so riveting. Wade Davis takes you to his homeland Canada, to the heights of Peru and the depths of the Amazon basin, to Haiti and Tibet in pursuit of the secrets of plants and how mankind has used them over the centuries. The accounts in this book of travels reveal mysterious practices of the shamans in Amazon, the horrid outcome of human intervention in nature's plan, and the importance of our connection to the land. You will learn, you will smile and you will wonder why this author has not received more popular acclaim. The message is clear. We are living in an ecological disaster. It is our responsibility to understand and reclaim the natural order of things, but the medium is one of pure entertainment. A must read if you dare to care about our planet.[...] Lost Angel Walkabout-One Traveler's Tales |
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