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  • Annals of Solitude

    A Year in a Hut in the Arctic

    This philosophical travelogue is a record of the joys (and frustrations) of disconnecting from our complicated, modern existence and living, at a time of climate upheaval, a simple life as close to nature as possible. Eager to know what life might be like if we choose another path, Leonard lived for a year in a cabin in the most remote Arctic settlement he could find and discovered how the ... Read more

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  • Noble Sentiments for an Exile

    And Other Writings

    Noble Sentiments for an Exile is an anthology of meditations on language, travel, and spirituality. The opening, stand-alone lyrical essay charts the anonymous traveler's quest to animate the soundscape of words' inner forms--the chain of sensory impressions that inform the memory and perhaps even the soul. This remarkable anthology was compiled over a period of ten years of travel in Russia, ... Read more

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  • Some Ethnolinguistic Notes on Polar Eskimo

    Series Book 37 - Contemporary Studies in Descriptive Linguistics
    This book serves as an insightful ethnographic introduction to the language and oral traditions of the Inugguit, a sub-group of the Inuit who live in north-west Greenland. A unique work, it encompasses an overview of the grammar of Polar Eskimo – a language spoken by about 770 people – as well as a description of their oral traditions (drum-dancing and story-telling) and the most extensive ... Read more

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