Barry Lopez's new book describes his experiences at six remote sites around the globe: a rugged cape on the Oregon coast; centuries-old human settlements in the Canadian high Arctic; the complex biome of the Galápagos Islands; early-hominid fossil grounds in northern Kenya; a British imperial penal colony in southeastern Australia; and fields of meteorites on the vast ice of Antarctica.

Joe Bonomo's well-written take on Roger Angell's musings on baseball.

In modern life we associate silence with tranquility and solitude, but quietude in this film is grounded in fear of persecution

Through the compassionate act of a stranger, who stepped up to help me after two others had passed me by, my life was saved.