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Lawrence Millman

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Born

The United States

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http://lawrencemillman.com

Genre

Travel, Nonfiction, Ethnography

Member Since

December 2013

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I've written 16 books, including such titles as Last Places, Our Like Will Not Be There Again, A Kayak Full of Ghosts, Hero Jesse, and Fascinating Fungi of New England. I've also explored remote areas in East Greenland and the Canadian Arctic. I'm a Fellow of the prestigious Explorers Club and, in my mycological capacity, past president of the A.S.S. (American Stinkhorn Society).

And here's the most recent news: In January 2017, St. Martin's will be publishing my latest book, At the End of the World: A True Story of Murder in the Arctic. Not only does the book detail a series of murders in the name of religion in 1941 among the (surprise!) Inuit, but also it discusses how digital technology is turning our species into robots. ...more

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A Luddite Lexicon – Available July 15

A Luddite Lexicon is a dictionary of words and phrases that speak out against the
technological matrix currently enveloping our planet. Inside that matrix, a mobile
phone is a religious object, and a television is an addictive toy. Almost everywhere
you go, automotive vehicles follow each other like a conga line of dogs in heat –
whatever happened to feet? The book will offer you a healthy, often amus

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	Fungipedia: A Brief Compendium of Mushroom Lore (Pedia Books) by Lawrence Millman (Goodreads Author), Amy Jean Porter (Illustrator) 4.05 avg rating — 391 ratings — published 2019 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Last Places: A Journey in the North by Lawrence Millman (Goodreads Author), Paul Theroux (Introduction) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 309 ratings — published 1990 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	At the End of the World: A True Story of Murder in the Arctic 2.64 avg rating — 323 ratings — published 2017 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Kayak Full of Ghosts: Eskimo Tales 4.15 avg rating — 116 ratings — published 1987 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An Evening Among Headhunters: & Other Reports from Roads Less Traveled 3.79 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 1998 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lost in the Arctic: Explorations on the Edge 3.87 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2002 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hiking to Siberia: Curious Tales of Travel and Travelers 4.07 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Our Like Will Not Be There Again: Notes from the West of Ireland really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2008 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wolverine Creates the World: Labrador Indian Tales 4.40 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 1993	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Giant Polypores & Stoned Reindeer: Rambles in Kingdom Fungi 4.22 avg rating — 18 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“You are what you inhabit.”
― Lawrence Millman, Last Places: A Journey in the North

tags: last-places, travel

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“...there were only fifteen thousand polar bears in the world, and five billion of me. To let one of them devour my all-too-common flesh would, if only slightly, help adjust the grievous imbalance.”
― Lawrence Millman, Last Places: A Journey in the North

tags: conservation, nature, page-191, polar-bears

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“Once when I looked up, I happened to see a sea eagle poised on magisterial wings above the knurled summit of the mountain behind my tent. It was a scene of peerless tranquility, tossed out in Nature's devil-may-care way, which says: Just open your eyes, my friend, and I'll astonish you every minute of your life.”
― Lawrence Millman, Last Places: A Journey in the North

tags: nature, page-147

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