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The Wayfinders Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World

Every culture is a unique answer to a fundamental question: What does it mean to be human and alive? Anthropologist and National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Wade Davis leads us on a thrilling journey to celebrate the wisdom of the world's indigenous cultures. In Polynesia we set sail with navigators whose ancestors settled the Pacific ten centuries before Christ. In the Amazon we meet the descendants of a true Lost Civilization, the people of the Anaconda. In the Andes we discover that the Earth really is alive, while in the far reaches of Australia we experience Dreamtime, the all-embrac.

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  • "古老智慧对现代生命困境的回应"
  • "古老智慧對現代生命困境的回應"
  • "Wayfinders"
  • "Why ancient wisdom matters in the modern world"
  • "Why ancient widdom matters in the modern world"
  • "Gu lao zhi hui dui xian dai sheng ming kun jing de hui ying"

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  • "Every culture is a unique answer to a fundamental question: What does it mean to be human and alive? Anthropologist and National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Wade Davis leads us on a thrilling journey to celebrate the wisdom of the world's indigenous cultures. In Polynesia we set sail with navigators whose ancestors settled the Pacific ten centuries before Christ. In the Amazon we meet the descendants of a true Lost Civilization, the people of the Anaconda. In the Andes we discover that the Earth really is alive, while in the far reaches of Australia we experience Dreamtime, the all-embrac."@en
  • "Every culture is a unique answer to a fundamental question: What does it mean to be human and alive' In The Wayfinders, renowned anthropologist, winner of the prestigious Samuel Johnson Prize, and National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Wade Davis leads us on a thrilling journey to celebrate the wisdom of the world's indigenous cultures. In Polynesia we set sail with navigators whose ancestors settled the Pacific ten centuries before Christ. In the Amazon we meet the descendants of a true lost civilization, the Peoples of the Anaconda. In the Andes we discover that the earth really is alive, while in Australia we experience Dreamtime, the all-embracing philosophy of the first humans to walk out of Africa. We then travel to Nepal, where we encounter a wisdom hero, a Bodhisattva, who emerges from forty-five years of Buddhist retreat and solitude. And finally we settle in Borneo, where the last rainforest nomads struggle to survive. Understanding the lessons of this journey will be our mission for the next century. For at risk is the human legacy -- a vast archive of knowledge and expertise, a catalogue of the imagination. Rediscovering a new appreciation for the diversity of the human spirit, as expressed by culture, is among the central challenges of our time."@en
  • "This year's best selling Massey Lecture - The Wayfinders - takes readers on a journey through time on a discovery of ancient wisdoms, languages and cultures. Some are already extinct, others are quickly on their way out. It is estimated that 50% of the languages spoken today will disappear in our lifetime. The Wayfinders is an enlightening, awe-inspiring and cautionary look at vanishing cultures and languages from one of the world's most celebrated and distinguished anthropologists."

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  • "Large print books"@en
  • "Essays"
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  • "Canadian nonfiction"@en

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  • "生命的寻路人"
  • "生命的寻路人 : 古老智慧对现代生命困境的回应 = Why ancient wisdom matters in the modern world"
  • "The Wayfinders Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World"@en
  • "Sheng ming de xun lu ren : Gu lao zhi hui dui xian dai sheng ming kun jing de hui ying = Why ancient wisdom matters in the modern world"
  • "Sheng ming de xun lu ren : Gu lao zhi hui dui xian dai sheng ming kun jing de hui ying"
  • "Sheng ming de xun lu ren : gu lao zhi hui dui xian dai sheng ming kun jing de hui ying"
  • "生命的寻路人 : 古老智慧对现代生命困境的回应 : why ancient wisdom matters in the modern world"
  • "Sheng ming de xun lu ren"
  • "Pour ne pas disparaître : pourquoi nous avons besoin de sagesse ancestrale"
  • "Pour ne pas disparaître pourquoi nous avons besoin de la sagesse ancestrale"
  • "The wayfinders : why ancient wisdom matters in the modern world"
  • "The wayfinders why ancient wisdom matters in the modern world"
  • "The wayfinders why ancient wisdom matters in the modern world"@en
  • "生命的尋路人 : 古老智慧對現代生命困境的回應"
  • "Pour ne pas disparaître : pourquoi nous avons besoin de la sagesse ancestrale"

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