John C. Yungjohann wrote his diary at the turn of the century, and documented some of the horrors of daily life for a rubber cutter at the height of the Amazon rubber boom. He was an adventurer and an artist. He died in 1930.
Wilson, currently lives in London, England, and his books are an account of his apprenticeship under the tutelage of Brion Gysin, legendary “avant garde” maestro, peerless painter/writer/inventor/mentor and accomplished shaman. Perilous Passage finalizes Wilson’s Green Base Trilogy which commenced with Dreams of a Green Base and “D” Train.
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Gerald Wilde was greatly admired by artists of his own generation such as Henry Moore and Graham Sutherland, as well as by artists of later generations such as Lucien Freud and Frank Auerbach. His patrons included Keneth Clark, Peter Watson and Tambimuttu.
Born in Abingdon, Pennsylvania. Has lived and worked in many Latin American countries, a bilingual editor, translator and poet. Since 1987, teaching at St. Lawrence University and is a co-founder of its Caribbean and Latin American Studies Program.
Vladimir Vernadsky (1863-1945) was a Russian geochemist and mineralogist who is considered to be one of the founders of geochemistry and biogeochemistry. This complete translation of his ground-breaking work, The Biosphere, is essential reading for anyone looking to comprehend the nature of the Earth in its planetary, cosmic scale.
The term “biosphere” which is much used today was first introduced to scientific world in 1926 when Vernadsky published a monumental research paper entitled “The Biosphere” (first published in English in 1984 by Synergetic Press). Vernadsky continued to work on theory of the biosphere till the end of his life.This definitive edition of Vernadsky’s ‘The Biosphere”, also includes the translation of his second major book written near the end of his life entitled “Essays in Geochemistry. This combined publication offers the English-speaking reader the opportunity to gain a solid understanding of Vernadsky’s comprehensive thinking.
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