Horizon

De: Barry Lopez

Narrado por: James Naughton

ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR:
THE NEW YORK TIMES • NPR • THE GUARDIAN

From pole to pole and across decades of lived experience, National Book Award-winning author Barry Lopez delivers his most far-ranging, yet personal, work to date. Horizon moves indelibly, immersively, through the author’s travels to six regions of the world: from Western Oregon to the High Arctic; from the Galápagos to the Kenyan desert; from Botany Bay in Australia to finally, unforgettably, the ice shelves of Antarctica.

Along the way, Lopez probes the long history of humanity’s thirst for exploration, including the prehistoric peoples who trekked across Skraeling Island in northern Canada, the colonialists who plundered Central Africa, an enlightenment-era Englishman who sailed the Pacific, a Native American emissary who found his way into isolationist Japan, and today’s ecotourists in the tropics. And always, throughout his journeys to some of the hottest, coldest, and most desolate places on the globe, Lopez searches for meaning and purpose in a broken world.

Beautiful narration of poetic, rich and deeply thought-provoking pros

Bravo. The work itself is beautifully meandering thought-provoking mix of history, science and spirituality. Poetic but not too dense.

The narrator truly nails it as well. Just enough emphasis without affecting the original. Great voice!

Amazing bedtime listening.

Barry Lopez reflects on his life

While the storyline is confusing Barry’s reflection, on his time on planet earth is compelling and worth reading.

Awesome Education. will read again

an awesome education. compelling from beginning to end. will read again to learn more than I could get in first pass

Fabulous!

Insightful, wonderful, thoughtful, incredible piece of writing! Highly recommend this book. it's a long listen, 23 hours, and there is a lot to absorb, but well worth it.

An excellent storyteller

My first Barry Lopez book but it won’t be my last. Arctic Dreams is next on my list. The reader had the perfect pitch to convey the thoughts of the author.

Commentary on human impact on the world without bias.

Scholarly recounting of travels to extremely remote places expressed how humans and animals dealt with an unfriendly climate. His observations and opinions painted a vivid picture.

Wise and important

Barry Lopez is not just an astoundingly learned polymath. He is a wise elder, whose meditations on places and peoples and history need to be absorbed and heeded.

seamless stitching of story, history, philosophy

Each chapter is a different lesson in the history of man. I enjoyed the adventure of it as well as the insights. The book is far better than this review. Barry Lopez is now a top 3 author for me. Give it a chance.

Travels, tales and thoughts

A miraculously balanced string of descriptions of places no ordinary person travels to, with stories and history of what happened there and with observations, thoughts and feelings of the author while there. Rich and captivating.

AWESOME

This was my first book by Barry Lopez and it certainly will not be my last one.
Such amazing stories and what a special person he is.
I don’t want to go into details, you NEED to get this book and experience his stories.
The narrator, mr. James Naughton did an excellent job,
My thanks to all involved in making this book available to us, JK.