Best Selling Books by Edward Abbey

Edward Abbey is the author of Jonathan Troy (2022), The Hidden Canyon (1999), Slickrock (1971), Desert Images (2025), Late Harvest (1991), Le gang de la clef à molette (2016).

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Jonathan Troy

release date: Feb 07, 2022
Jonathan Troy
Jonathan Troy is a brilliant, beautiful, intensely romantic, selfish and irresponsible (but never impossible) hero. Despite his youth, he is a born leader who, like a colossus, dominates the people who come into his life, whether they have sought him out or have been sought after by him. There is his lonely, one-eyed father whose radical activity for the Industrial Workers of the World leads to a shattering climax in which Jonathan knows his own fidelity has somehow been vitally involved. There is Etheline, whose body is irresistibly attractive-and whom Jonathan successfully seduces. There is Leafy who inspires his love and alone can discipline him. There is Feathersmith, the effeminate teacher, who encourages Jonathan''s sensitivity to the poetic, and Fatgut, the pathological liar, who is foil both for Jonathan''s friendship and his rage. In a way, Jonathan betrays them all, but his greatest, final betrayal is perhaps of himself. Edward Abbey writes with perception that measures the mood and experiences of his characters in every dimension. Beneath the facade of callous brutality lies the real Jonathan, finely sensitive and introspective. The author never loses touch with this spirit on Jonathan''s quest, and the cumulative effect becomes overwhelming. This harsh, powerful, disturbing story is an extraordinary achievement for any novel, much less a first one. About the author Edward Abbey was born in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, in 1927. Eight months before his 18th birthday, when he would be faced with being drafted into the U.S. Military, Abbey decided to explore the American southwest. He traveled by foot, bus, hitchhiking, and freight train hopping. His best-known works include Desert Solitaire, a non-fiction autobiographical account of his time as a park ranger at Arches National Park considered to be an iconic work of nature writing and a staple of early environmentalist writing; the novel The Monkey Wrench Gang, which has been cited as an inspiration by environmentalists and groups defending nature by various means, also called eco-warriors. JONATHAN TROY was begun as a creative writing project and is Edward Abbey''s first novel.

The Hidden Canyon

release date: Apr 01, 1999
The Hidden Canyon
The Grand Canyon continues to be the most popular of our national parks. While millions gaze at its cliffs each year, only 15,000 float through the canyon on the Colorado River. A landmark portrait of the Grand Canyon, this is the only photography book to document this amazing journey from river level. Now this classic is back in print, with an updated preface and introduction and a dozen new photographs. A journal in photos and words, The Hidden Canyon captures the desert landscape and the thrill of the rapids. Edward Abbey''s journalfilled with wry humor and respect for the canyondescribes the journey as the dories (small wooden boats) alternately float and charge through the breathtaking landscapes and some of the roughest white water in North America.

Slickrock

Slickrock
A pictorial exposition of the natural wonders that fashion the Utah wilderness, supplemented by personal thoughts on the reasons for its conservation.

Desert Images

release date: Sep 09, 2025
Desert Images
This new edition of the 1979 conservation masterpiece includes 150 unparalleled photographs of the American Desert Southwest landscape paired with Abbey’s eloquent text. When first published, Desert Images was a watershed project in the nascent environmental movement—bringing together two titans of American literature and art in their heyday. Still resonating all these decades later, Muench’s evocative photography and Abbey’s fiery, poetic text remain an unsurpassed tribute to this extraordinary American landscape. Those who imagine that the desert is merely a monotonous vista of sand and rock will be surprised by the variety of landforms, plants, and other natural phenomena shown on these pages. As Abbey wrote, “For some of those who have learned not only to live in but also to love the desert, it offers rewards greater than its visual appeal to the sense of beauty—the promise implicit in all that rugged wildness, that open, unfenced, untrammeled space—the sense of adventure, the reality of freedom, the hope of a refuge.” This photographic and literary passport to a great American wilderness will be treasured by all those who cherish the natural world.

Late Harvest

release date: Jan 01, 1991
Late Harvest
Anthology of rural American writing by contemporary writers filled with humor, tragedy, and down home characters.

Le gang de la clef à molette

release date: Dec 26, 2016
Le gang de la clef à molette
Révoltés de voir le somptueux désert de l''Ouest défiguré par les grandes firmes industrielles, quatre insoumis décident d''entrer en lutte contre la «Machine ». Un vétéran du Vietnam accro à la bière et aux armes à feu, un chirurgien incendiaire entre deux âges, sa superbe maîtresse et un mormon nostalgique et polygame commencent à détruire ponts, routes et voies ferrées qui balafrent le désert. Armés de simples clefs à molette - et de quelques bâtons de dynamite - ils doivent affronter les représentants de l''ordre et de la morale lancés à leur poursuite. Commence alors une longue traque dans le désert. Dénonciation cinglante du monde industriel, hommage à la nature et hymne à la désobéissance civile, Le gang de la clef à molette est un livre subversif à la verve tragi-comique sans égale.

Un fou ordinaire

release date: Jan 08, 2009
Un fou ordinaire
« Au-delà du mur de la ville irréelle, au-delà des enceintes de sécurité coiffées de fil de fer barbelé et de tessons de bouteille, au-delà des périphériques d''asphalte à huit voies, au-delà des berges bétonnées de nos rivières temporairement barrées et mutilées, au-delà de la peste des mensonges qui empoisonnent l''atmosphère, il est un autre monde qui vous attend. C''est l''antique et authentique monde des déserts, des montagnes, des forêts, des îles, des rivages et des plaines. Allez-y. Vivez-y. Marchez doucement et sans bruit jusqu''en son cœur. » Ainsi parle Edward Abbey au début d''Un fou ordinaire. Tour à tour contestataire, contemplatif ou irrévérencieux, toujours profondément sincère, ce livre est la déclaration d''amour d''un des plus grands auteurs américains aux immensités sauvages de l''Ouest.

Le retour du gang

release date: Nov 02, 2017
Le retour du gang
Le monstre est en marche : le super-excavateur géant GOLIATH, le plus terrifiant engin jamais construit par l''homme, menace les déserts de l''Ouest. C''est compter sans les membres du Gang de la Clef à Molette, révoltés de voir la nature ainsi menacée et bien décidés à enrayer la course du titan. Entre cette bande de quatre insoumis et la « Machine » industrielle s''engage alors un combat désespéré. Les usines explosent, les bulldozers s''évanouissent dans la nature... Contre l''asservissement des esprits, tous les coups sont permis ! Quinze ans après Le Gang de la clef à molette, Le Retour du Gang est l''ultime roman d''Edward Abbey. Ce livre tout à la fois outrancier et nostalgique est une dénonciation cinglante de l''ordre établi et un chant d''amour aux espaces sauvages.

En descendant la rivière

release date: Sep 01, 2022
En descendant la rivière
Un recueil visionnaire, entre amour de la nature et rage face à sa destruction annoncée. Exploration des derniers grands espaces américains, ce recueil rempli d''aubes enflammées, de rivières brillantes et de canyons radieux invite à la méditation. Mais la beauté incomparable de l''Ouest sauvage ne peut faire oublier sa fragilité. Dans les pas d''Henry David Thoreau, Abbey dénonce avec passion les coups portés à notre patrimoine naturel au nom du progrès, du profit ou de la sécurité, et se déchaîne contre la cupidité humaine. Avec En descendant la rivière, nous retrouvons l''Edward Abbey poète et provocateur à son meilleur, au moment où nous avons le plus besoin de lui.

Le feu sur la montagne

release date: May 28, 2020
Le feu sur la montagne
Toute sa vie, John Vogelin a vécu sur son ranch, une étendue de terre desséchée par le soleil éclatant du Nouveau-Mexique et miraculeusement épargnée par la civilisation. Un pays ingrat mais somptueux, qui pour lui signifie bien davantage qu''une exploitation agricole. Comme chaque été, son petit-fils Billy, douze ans, traverse les États-Unis pour venir le rejoindre. Cette année-là, Billy découvre le ranch au bord de l''insurrection : l''US Air Force s''apprête à réquisitionner la propriété afin d''installer un champ de tir de missiles. Mais le vieil homme ne l''entend pas ainsi. Et Billy compte bien se battre à ses côtés. Le portrait d''un homme qui se bat pour ses idées, et celui d''un enfant qui réalise le prix de la liberté.

Seuls sont les indomptés

release date: Jan 01, 2016
Seuls sont les indomptés
Au milieu des années 1950, Jack Burns reste un solitaire, un homme hors du temps. Il s’obstine à parcourir le Nouveau-Mexique à cheval, vit de petits boulots et dort à la belle étoile. Lorsqu’il apprend que son ami Paul vient d’être incarcéré pour avoir refusé de se soumettre à ses obligations militaires, Jack décide de se faire arrêter. Retrouver Paul en prison et s’évader ensemble, tel est son plan. Mais il n’imaginait pas que son évasion déclencherait une traque d’une telle ampleur. Nul ne peut impunément entraver la marche de l’ordre et du progrès. Seuls sont les indomptés est un chef-d’œuvre d’Edward Abbey, auteur insoumis et emblématique de l’Ouest américain, qui dévoile avec cette échappée sauvage le prix à payer pour la liberté.

Die Monkey-Wrench-Gang

release date: Jan 01, 2010

When in Doubt, Go Higher

release date: Jan 01, 1994
When in Doubt, Go Higher
An anthology of nonfiction, fiction, photography, cartoons, and illustrations by major writers and artists on outdoor and adventure subjects, from the groundbreaking 1970s periodical Mountain Gazette.

La banda de la tenaza

release date: Jan 01, 2013

Fuoco sulla montagna

release date: Jan 01, 2004

Bariatric Meal Prep Cookbook 2021

release date: Apr 04, 2021
Bariatric Meal Prep Cookbook 2021
Eat Smarter and Start Losing Weight, Boost Metabolism, and Live a Healthy Life Bariatric Meal Prep Cookbook 2021 is designed to lose weight and improve your health Bariatric Meal Prep Cookbook 2021 will take care of your scarce cooking time, increase your desire and commitment to the healthy lifestyle. From this cookbook you will discover: Introduction of Bariatric Diet Foods to Eat & Avoid Special Tips on Getting Started 365 Day Bariatric Diet Meal Plan Nutritional info of all recipes Easy to find ingredients Servings & cooking info Get a copy of Bariatric Meal Prep Cookbook 2021 with Hand-Picked Recipes for Easy and No-Fuss Meals!

Désert solitaire

release date: Jan 01, 1995
Désert solitaire
Ce livre, un des plus beaux inspirés par le désert américain, est un chant d''amour à la sauvagerie du monde. C''est aussi un terrible coup de colère : après avoir connu la vie solitaire et sauvage dans un coin perdu de l''Utah, l''auteur revient dix ans plus tard pour découvrir que, là aussi, le " progrès " est passé. " Un chef-d''œuvre... Edward Abbey est le gardien du monde " (Yves Berger, La Pierre et le Saguaro). " Le Thoreau de l''Ouest américain " (Larry Mc Murtry).

Fire on the Mountain

release date: Jan 01, 1990

A Voice Crying in the Wilderness

release date: Jan 01, 2015

Die Monkey Wrench Gang

release date: Jan 01, 2010

Desert Skin

release date: Jan 01, 1994
Desert Skin
Tom Miller''s photographs of the Colorado Plateau offer a unique view of a remarkable landscape. His delicate black-&-white images emphasize texture & tactility rather than massive form or saturated color. Here, the Plateau emerges as a place of secrets & subtlety; its past a prologue. Further enhancing the dream quality of these images is the fact that most were taken from the air, a vantage that renders meaningless such distinctions as "rightside up" & "upside down." The abstracting height from which these pictures were made allows us to view the Colorado Plateau as a place where unexpected things occur & unexpected thoughts are experienced. "Perhaps nowhere is the basic structure of the earth''s surface so clearly, because so nakedly, revealed. And yet--when all we know about it is said & measured & tabulated, there remains something in the soul of the place, the spirit of the whole, that cannot be fully assimilated by the human imagination."--from the opening essay by Edward Abbey.

Sabotaj Cetesi

release date: Nov 01, 2020

An Excerpt from In the Canyon

release date: Jan 01, 2015

The River of No Return

release date: Jan 01, 1989

Color as an Integrative Theme in Curriculum Development

He Could See for a Hundred Miles

release date: Jan 01, 2008

Acid Reflux Diet 2022

release date: Nov 13, 2021
Acid Reflux Diet 2022
Are you suffering from acid reflux? Do you want to prevent acid reflux? Do you want to put an end to the uncomfortable symptoms of acid reflux? Are you looking for some new and delicious recipes? Do you want to shift completely to a smart and healthy lifestyle? If yes you should consider Acid Reflux Diet 2022 Acid Reflux Diet 2022 to Help You Age Well and Stay Active with Food. This book will help you become healthier, fitter, and younger from the inside out. Here is a preview of what you''ll learn from Acid Reflux Diet 2022: Intro of the Acid Reflux Cause of the Acid Reflux What Foods to Eat What Foods to Avoid Easy Breakfast Recipes Simple Snack Recipes Selected Poultry Recipes Super Beef & Lamb Recipes Amazing Fish and Seafood Recipes Appetizers & Sides Recipes Vegetarian & Vegan And so much more... DON''T WAIT ANOTHER SECOND. GET YOUR COPY TODAY AND ENJOY YOUR LIFE!
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