Product Description

"The Ends of the Earth" is an elegant boxed set of two hardcover books featuring a selection of the greatest writing about the Arctic and the Antarctic. Contributors include: Roald Amundsen, Beryl Bainbridge, Andrea Barrett, James Buchan, Apsley Cherry-Garrard, Jenny Diski, Tim Flannery, Jon Krakauer, Haldor Laxness, Ursula LeGuin, Jack London, H.P. Lovecraft, Barry Lopez, Fridtjof Nansen, Robert Peary, Knud Rasmussen, Robert Falcon Scott, Ernest Shackleton, Jules Verne, Sara Wheeler and many more.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #185341 in Books
• Published on: 2007-09-03
• Format: Box set
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 2
• Binding: Hardcover
• 288 pages

Guardian
"There is some superb nature writing in these collections ... (they) display the beauty and vulnerability of these regions"

Wanderlust
"Tales of human endeavour, tims of pemmican and environmental awareness fill the pages of a beautiful new set of books"

Yorkshire Gazette and Herald
`These two editors have brought us some of the finest writing relating to both areas'

Customer Reviews

inspiring
This anthology will inspire you to read more books about the Arctic and Antarctic. I bought Silent Snow by Marla Cone immediately. I really loved this book. Thanks to the editors! Why not 5 stars? Perhaps -- but only original writers like Shakespeare, Camus, Proust et al go in my five star box.