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Alaska: Images of the Country

Selections from McPhee's description of life in modern Alaska are accompanied by color photographs of the region, its animals, and its beautiful scenery

By John McPhee

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Hardcover:

9780883940600 | Promontory, May 1, 1992, cover price $19.98 | About this edition: Selections from McPhee's description of life in modern Alaska are accompanied by color photographs of the region, its animals, and its beautiful scenery

Annals Former World

By John McPhee

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Hardcover:

9780374105198 | Limited edition (Farrar Straus & Giroux, December 1, 1983), cover price $75.00

Annals of the Former World

Taking a cross-section of the United States at the fortieth parallel, the author offers fascinating multi-layered portrait of the continent's geology and history. Reprint. (view table of contents)

By John McPhee

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Hardcover:

9780374105204 | Farrar Straus & Giroux, June 10, 1998, cover price $35.00 | About this edition: A multilayered tale arranged in an organic succession of set pieces, flashbacks, biographical sketches, and human and lithic histories, explores North American geology, plate tectonics, and geologic time

Paperback:

9780374518738 | Reprint edition (Farrar Straus & Giroux, June 1, 2000), cover price $22.00 | About this edition: A multilayered tale arranged in an organic succession of set pieces, flashbacks, biographical sketches, and human and lithic histories, explores North American geology, plate tectonics, and geologic time.

Assembling California

Drawing on his travels along the fault lines of the earth's shifting plates, the author discusses how a half dozen large pieces of country have drifted from far and near to coalesce as California

By John McPhee

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Hardcover:

9780374106454 | Farrar Straus & Giroux, January 1, 1993, cover price $21.00 | About this edition: Drawing on his travels along the fault lines of the earth's shifting plates, the author discusses how a half dozen large pieces of country have drifted from far and near to coalesce as California

Paperback:

9780374523930 | Farrar Straus & Giroux, February 1, 1994, cover price $17.00

Bark Canoes and Skin Boats of North America

By Edwin Tappan Adney, Howard Irving Chappelle and John McPhee (foreword by)

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Paperback:

9781628737929 | Reprint edition (Skyhorse Pub Co Inc, April 1, 2014), cover price $14.95

Coming into the Country

An account of a kayak and canoe journey through the Brooks Range wilderness, impressions of urban life and political activity, and portraits of people in the bush make up a study of contemporary Alaska (view table of contents)

By John McPhee

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Hardcover:

9780374126452 | Farrar Straus & Giroux, November 1, 1977, cover price $30.00 | About this edition: An account of a kayak and canoe journey through the Brooks Range wilderness, impressions of urban life and political activity, and portraits of people in the bush make up a study of contemporary Alaska

Paperback:

9780374522872 | Reissue edition (Farrar Straus & Giroux, April 1, 1991), cover price $18.00 | About this edition: An account of a kayak and canoe journey through the Brooks Range wilderness, impressions of urban life and political activity, and portraits of people in the bush make up a study of contemporary Alaska

9780553255270 | Reissue edition (Bantam Books, December 1, 1978), cover price $4.95 | also contains Gone to the Grave: Burial Customs of the Arkansas Ozarks, 1850-1950

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9780394584119 | Random House, July 1, 1991, cover price $16.00 | also contains Mobile DNA

Prebinding:

9780613133999 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 2001, cover price $29.40 | About this edition: An account of a kayak and canoe journey through the Brooks Range wilderness, impressions of urban life and political activity, and portraits of people in the bush make up a study of contemporary Alaska

The Control of Nature

Profiles various effects by humankind to thwart the course of nature, detailing the changing physical landscapes, as well as the political, economic, and legal battles that have arisen from these struggles.

By John McPhee

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Hardcover:

9780783887746 | Large print edition (G K Hall & Co, October 1, 1999), cover price $27.95

9780374128906 | Farrar Straus & Giroux, June 1, 1989, cover price $35.00 | About this edition: Profiles various effects by humankind to thwart the course of nature, detailing the changing physical landscapes, as well as the political, economic, and legal battles that have arisen from these struggles.

Paperback:

9780374522599 | Reprint edition (Farrar Straus & Giroux, September 1, 1990), cover price $16.00 | About this edition: Profiles the various places where humankind is struggling to control the forces of nature, discussing both the natural forces at work and the individuals who attempt to foil them

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9780394581453 | Random House, September 1, 1989, cover price $10.95 | also contains Fhrung, Kommunikation Und Teamentwicklung Im Bauwesen: Grundlagen - Anwendung - Praxistipps

Crofter and the Laird

When John McPhee returned to the island of his ancestors—Colonsay, twenty-five miles west of the Scottish mainland—a hundred and thirty-eight people were living there. About eighty of these, crofters and farmers, had familial histories of unbroken residence on the island for two or three hundred years; the rest, including the English laird who owned Colonsay, were “incomers.” Donald McNeill, the crofter of the title, was working out his existence in this last domain of the feudal system; the laird, the fourth Baron Strathcona, lived in Bath, appeared on Colonsay mainly in the summer, and accepted with nonchalance the fact that he was the least popular man on the island he owned. While comparing crofter and laird, McPhee gives readers a deep and rich portrait of the terrain, the history, the legends, and the people of this fragment of the Hebrides.

By John McPhee

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Hardcover:

9780374131920 | Farrar Straus & Giroux, June 1, 1970, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: When John McPhee returned to the island of his ancestors—Colonsay, twenty-five miles west of the Scottish mainland—a hundred and thirty-eight people were living there.

Paperback:

9780374514655 | Farrar Straus & Giroux, September 1, 1978, cover price $16.00

The Deltoid Pumpkin Seed

Briefly unfolds the history of the experimental aircraft known as the deltoid Aereon and examines the problems and challenges faced by the individuals committed to the project

By John McPhee

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Hardcover:

9780374137816 | Farrar Straus & Giroux, June 1, 1973, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: Briefly unfolds the history of the experimental aircraft known as the deltoid Aereon and examines the problems and challenges faced by the individuals committed to the project

Paperback:

9780374516352 | Farrar Straus & Giroux, April 1, 1981, cover price $17.00

Earth System History 2e & Annals of the Fomer World

By John McPhee and Steven M. Stanley

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Paperback:

9780716774440 | W H Freeman & Co, July 25, 2005, cover price $136.75

Earth System History, Annals of the Former World + Scientific American Special Issue: Dinosaurs And Other Monsters

By John McPhee, Scientific American and Steven M. Stanley

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Hardcover:

9780716785040 | Pck edition (W H Freeman & Co, December 5, 2005), cover price $140.90

Earth Systems History Loose Leaf + Annals of the Former World

By John McPhee and Steven M. Stanley

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Paperback:

9780716783589 | Pck edition (W H Freeman & Co, April 30, 2008), cover price $85.20

The Founding Fish

A natural study of the American shad traces its annual migrations and life cycle in both freshwater rivers and the ocean, focusing in particular on those living in the Delaware River and discussing issues related to tidal power and catch-and-release campaigns. Reprint. 40,000 first printing.

By John McPhee

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Hardcover:

9780374104443 | Farrar Straus & Giroux, September 1, 2002, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: A study of the American shad traces its annual migrations and life cycle in both freshwater rivers and the ocean, focusing on those living in the Delaware River and discussing issues related to tidal power and catch-and-release campaigns.

Paperback:

9780374528836 | Reprint edition (Farrar Straus & Giroux, September 1, 2003), cover price $18.00 | About this edition: A study of the American shad traces its annual migrations and life cycle in both freshwater rivers and the ocean, focusing on those living in the Delaware River and discussing issues related to tidal power and catch-and-release campaigns.

Headmaster Frank L. Boyden of Deerfield

By John McPhee

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Hardcover:

9780374168605 | Farrar Straus & Giroux, March 1, 1966, cover price $22.00

Headmaster: Frank L.Boyden of Deerfield

A portrait of the educator who served as Deerfield's headmaster for sixty-six years illuminates Boyden's role in building the country school into a respected and prestigious academy.

By John McPhee

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9780374514969 | Farrar Straus & Giroux, April 1, 1979, cover price $15.00 | About this edition: A portrait of the educator who served as Deerfield's headmaster for sixty-six years illuminates Boyden's role in building the country school into a respected and prestigious academy.

Heirs of General Practice

Tells the stories of recently graduated doctors who are following the new medical specialty of family practice, and describes their interactions with their patients

By John McPhee

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9780374519742 | Farrar Straus & Giroux, March 1, 1986, cover price $14.00 | About this edition: Tells the stories of recently graduated doctors who are following the new medical specialty of family practice, and describes their interactions with their patients

In Suspect Terrain

A study of the work of Anita Harris and the geological history of the Appalachian region points out questions about the theory of plate tectonics and examines evidence of continental glaciation

By John McPhee

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Hardcover:

9780374176501 | Farrar Straus & Giroux, January 1, 1983, cover price $23.00 | About this edition: A study of the work of Anita Harris and the geological history of the Appalachian region points out questions about the theory of plate tectonics and examines evidence of continental glaciation

Paperback:

9780374517946 | Reissue edition (Farrar Straus & Giroux, April 1, 1991), cover price $17.00 | About this edition: A study of the work of Anita Harris and the geological history of the Appalachian region points out questions about the theory of plate tectonics and examines evidence of continental glaciation

Prebinding:

9780613181204 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $22.75

In Suspect Terrain: From Annals of the Former World

By John McPhee and Nelson Runger (narrator)

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Cassette/Spoken Word:

9780788740602 | Unabridged edition (Recorded Books, November 1, 1998), cover price $42.00

Irons in the Fire

A collection of original stories and essays offers tales of cattle rustling in Nevada, a virgin forest in central New Jersey, forensic geology used to solve murders, and a repair at Plymouth Rock

By John McPhee

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Hardcover:

9780844669885 | Peter Smith Pub Inc, June 1, 1999, cover price $24.50

9780374177263 | 1 edition (Farrar Straus & Giroux, April 1, 1997), cover price $22.00 | About this edition: A collection of original stories and essays offers tales of cattle rustling in Nevada, a virgin forest in central New Jersey, forensic geology used to solve murders, and a repair at Plymouth Rock

Paperback:

9780374525453 | Farrar Straus & Giroux, May 1, 1998, cover price $18.00 | About this edition: A collection of original stories and essays offers tales of cattle rustling in Nevada, a virgin forest in central New Jersey, forensic geology used to solve murders, and a repair at Plymouth Rock

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9780788718793 | Unabridged edition (Recorded Books, December 1, 1997), cover price $49.00

The John McPhee Reader

Selections from all twelve of the books by the eminent American journalist deal with such topics as basketball player Bill Bradley, the New Jersey Pine Barrens, and Indian River oranges

By John McPhee

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Hardcover:

9780374179922 | Farrar Straus & Giroux, January 1, 1977, cover price $40.00 | About this edition: Selections from all twelve of the books by the eminent American journalist deal with such topics as basketball player Bill Bradley, the New Jersey Pine Barrens, and Indian River oranges

Paperback:

9780374517199, titled "John McPhee Reader" | Farrar Straus & Giroux, June 1, 1982, cover price $22.00 | About this edition: Selections from all twelve of the books by the eminent American journalist deal with such topics as basketball player Bill Bradley, the New Jersey Pine Barrens, and Indian River oranges

Joseph Lycett: Convict Artist

By John McPhee (editor)

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Hardcover:

9781876991210 | Historic Houses Trust of New South, August 30, 2008, cover price $69.95

Macroeconomcs + World Is Flat

By N. Gregory Mankiw and John McPhee

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Paperback:

9780716785163 | Pck edition (Worth Pub, April 15, 2006), cover price $137.75

Manual Para LA Familia Catolica Hispana De Hoy

By Olimpia Diaz (trans) and John McPhee (editor)

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Paperback:

9780764816659 | Liguori Pubns, October 1, 2007, cover price $6.99

9780892431236 | Liguori Pubns, October 1, 1979, cover price $4.95

Maya Lin: Topologies

By Michael Brenson (contributor), William L. Fox (contributor), Paul Goldberger (contributor), Maya Lin and John McPhee (foreword by)

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Hardcover:

9780847846092 | Rizzoli Intl Pubns, October 13, 2015, cover price $75.00

Oranges

Interweaves the botany and history of this citrus fruit, while providing an entertaining discussion of the people and events that have contributed to this industry

By John McPhee

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Prebinding:

9781417618187 | Turtleback Books, July 1, 1984, cover price $24.55 | About this edition: Interweaves the botany and history of this citrus fruit, while providing an entertaining discussion of the people and events that have contributed to this industry

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