Nora Gallagher Bücher

Exploring the profound impact of illness on life and faith, this book offers a lyrical and candid narrative that delves into personal transformation. The author, known for their previous work "Things Seen and Unseen," captures the emotional and spiritual challenges faced during times of suffering, providing readers with a deep understanding of resilience and hope amidst adversity.

Set against the backdrop of Los Alamos in 1945, this love story intertwines the lives of Eleanor Garrigue, a young painter escaping her troubled marriage, and Leo Kavan, a physicist fleeing a radiation accident. Their chance encounter by a river leads to a deep connection as they share their pasts and navigate the complexities of the war-torn world around them. The narrative shifts from the vibrant New York art scene to the hidden intricacies of Los Alamos, exploring themes of love, identity, and the impact of war on personal lives.

The people who use Patagonia gear have explored the furthest extremities of wildness from the icy waters of the Labrador Sea to the baking hot, vertical granite of El Capitan. Notes from the Field delivers an intense glimpse of those front lines in a spectacular collection of essays and photographs commissioned for Patagonia. Authors such as Paul Theroux, Gretel Ehrlich, Russell Chatham, Rick Ridgeway, and Tom McGuane offer first-hand perspectives often off-beat and sometimes unsettling on our relationship to the natural world. Their words capture life-threatening moments and sudden insights into the soul of a sport. The accompanying images may command silence (the tiny silhouettes of climbers on a distant snowy ridge) or elicit a whoop of joy (a kayaker dropping off a 20-foot waterfall). Editor Nora Gallagher has collected the best essays and images from Patagonia's award-winning catalog and melded them with newly commissioned material to create an intelligent, powerful, and vital portrait of "life out there." Notes from the Field will appeal to adventurers, travelers, and dreamers everywhere.