Lopez, Barry Holstun 1945-

Arctic dreams : imagination and desire in a northern landscape by Barry Holstun Lopez ( Book )
20 editions published between 1986 and 2001 in English and Finnish and held by 3,020 libraries worldwide
For better readers, an account of the history, ecology, and mystique of the arctic region.

Of wolves and men by Barry Holstun Lopez ( Book )
16 editions published between 1978 and 2004 in 5 languages and held by 2,460 libraries worldwide
Describes the wolf and its mythology.

Crow and Weasel by Barry Holstun Lopez ( Book )
13 editions published between 1990 and 1998 in English and German and held by 1,327 libraries worldwide
In a mythical time, crow and weasel set out on a trip north. They learn the value of friendship, the necessity of giving thanks, and a respect for the land.

Crossing open ground by Barry Holstun Lopez ( Book )
23 editions published between 1988 and 2009 in English and held by 1,146 libraries worldwide
"In Crossing open ground, Barry Lopez's distinguished collection of essays, the bond between mankind and the land and man's heartbreaking betrayal of that bond are revealed once again within the broad context of Lopez's vision."--Jacket.

Home ground : language for an American landscape ( Book )
4 editions published between 2006 and 2010 in English and held by 1,146 libraries worldwide
The author asked 45 poets and writers to define terms that describe America's land and water forms; phrases like flatiron, bayou, monadnock, kiss tank, meander bar, and everglade. The result is a major enterprise comprising over 850 descriptions, 100 line drawings, and 70 quotations from works by Willa Cather, Truman Capote, John Updike, Cormac McCarthy, and others. Carefully researched and written by talents such as Barbara Kingsolver, Lan Samantha Chang, Robert Hass, Terry Tempest Williams, Jon Krakauer, Gretel Ehrlich, Luis Alberto Urrea, Antonya Nelson, Charles Frazier, Linda Hogan, and Bill McKibben, this text is a composite portrait of the landscape. At the heart of this expansive work is a community of writers in service to their country, emphasizing a language that suggests the vastness and mystery that lie beyond our everyday words.

About this life : journeys on the threshold of memory by Barry Holstun Lopez ( Book )
22 editions published between 1998 and 2008 in English and held by 1,137 libraries worldwide
"A collection of spellbinding new essays that, read together, form a jigsaw-puzzle portrait of an extraordinary man."--Jacket.

Resistance by Barry Holstun Lopez ( Book )
7 editions published between 2004 and 2006 in English and French and held by 901 libraries worldwide
From the National Book Award-winning author of Arctic Dreams, a highly charged, stunningly original work of fiction-a passionate response to the changes shaping our country today. In nine fictional testimonies, men and women who have resisted the mainstream and who are now suddenly "parties of interest" to the government tell their stories. A young woman in Buenos Aires watches bitterly as her family dissolves in betrayal and illness, but chooses to seek a new understanding of compassion rather than revenge. A carpenter traveling in India changes his life when he explodes in an act of violence out of proportion to its cause. The beginning of the end of a man's lifelong search for coherence is sparked by a Montana grizzly. A man blinded in the war in Vietnam wrestles with the implications of his actions as a soldier-and with innocence, both lost and regained. Punctuated with haunting images by acclaimed artist Alan Magee, Resistance is powerful fiction=Barry Lopez at his best.

Light action in the Caribbean : stories by Barry Holstun Lopez ( Book )
15 editions published between 2000 and 2009 in English and held by 875 libraries worldwide
From the author of the National Book Award-winning "Arctic Dreams" comes a masterful new collection of stories. Moving, tender, and demonstrating an extraordinary range, this major work of short fiction is by a writer at the top of his form.

Field notes : the grace note of the canyon wren by Barry Holstun Lopez ( Book )
18 editions published between 1994 and 2009 in English and held by 796 libraries worldwide
Twelve stories on man and nature. In Homecoming, wild flowers make an estranged husband return to his wife, in Introduction: Within Birds' Hearing, a man lost in the desert finds water thanks to a wren, and Perryland is on the need for a hunter to pray after the kill so the animal's soul can find another body. By the author of Arctic Dreams.

Giving birth to Thunder, sleeping with his daughter : Coyote builds North America by Barry Holstun Lopez ( Book )
18 editions published between 1977 and 1996 in 3 languages and held by 739 libraries worldwide