Environmental Geoscience (Saunders golden sunburst series) [Paperback]

Thompson / Turk (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 450 pages
• Publisher: Thomson Learning (March 30, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0030988667
• ISBN-13: 978-0030988660
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.3 x 2.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,765,987 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I received my Ph.D. in chemistry in 1971 but realized that I would ooze into insanity if I spent my life in a laboratory. So I tried carpentry, commercial fishing, chicken farming, horse logging, and finally, writing. To keep the juices flowing, I have kayaked across the North Pacific and around Cape Horn, mountain biked through the Gobi desert, made first climbing ascents of big walls on Baffin island, and first ski descents all over the world. My two-year voyage around the North Pacific Rim was named by Paddler Magazine as one of the ten greatest sea kayaking expeditions of all times.
My latest book, "The Raven's Gift" explores the strangest journey I ever took, into the realm of the spiritual. I stood naked, balancing on one leg, while Moolynaut, a 100 year old Siberian shaman chanted in the ancient tongue, asking Kutcha, The Raven, to heal my broken and damaged pelvis. But first, she told me, I had to believe.
Believe in what? I wondered. "The Raven's Gift" is the answer to that question.