Carl Hoffman
@lunaticcarl
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NYTimes bestselling author: Savage Harvest, Lunatic Express, Last Wild Men of Borneo, Liar's Circus, Hunting Warbirds; book reviews Wash Post; ex cont ed Wired.
Joined October 2008
"You're close to the ground; you're looking for trees & poles. You've got wind shears & crosswinds & convection columns that can flip you on your back, & smoke & pieces of ember the size of grapefruits." My 2009 Pop Mech piece on aerial fire fighting in LA.
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When big burns blaze out of control, it's time to call in America's frontline aerial firefighters. Their mission: Stop the fire's advance by laying down lines of retardant. The flying is aggressive...
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Of course the property maintenance company @NestDC is the only building on the block the hasn’t shoveled it’s walk. Typical.
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Thank you; august company. So many great ones, for sure; and not for just young men!.
@TheGreatB00ks Last Wild Men of Borneo by @lunaticcarl Carl Hoffman. Gertrude Bell's The Desert and the Sown. So many more. Thesiger. Robert Byron. I could go on. Stevenson's essays from living in Samoa. Typee by Melville.
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What's it like to have your world invaded by an alien society? What happened when a smart, ambitious indigenous man in the Amazon sought economic success for his people? When We Sold God's Eye is powerful & revealing. My review in @washingtonpost
washingtonpost.com
In “When We Sold God’s Eye,” Alex Cuadros tells a modern story of invasion and tragedy in the Amazon.
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RT @alexcuadros: Truly thrilled to see this review by @lunaticcarl in the Washington Post, which really gets to the heart of what my new bo….
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Very sad, though ashtanga will live on through so many great teachers.
Sharath Jois, the yoga master who garnered legions of followers by teaching Ashtanga, the popular style of yoga founded by his grandfather, died on Monday at 53.
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At the time Tony told me it’s the right size and shape; “what else could it be?!” But sonar expert Tom Dettweiler said many details were wrong and the face on the moon only looks like a face from the right angle and he doubted it was the plane. As usual, he was right.
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After big reveal in February in The Wall Street Journal that he had found Amelia Earhart’s Electra, Tony Romeo & Deep Sea Vision return to find … a pile of rocks.
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RT @bookcritics: NBCC member @lunaticcarl reviewed Abbott Kahler’s "Eden Undone: A True Story of Sex, Murder, and Utopia at the Dawn of Wor….
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Wow. Intense story beautifully told.
"There’s a way out of this paradox. Finding the way out is the point of their story, they say.". @paulkix @esquire #longreads .
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Yes. Tragic.
Mourning the loss of a good friend and ally. Ryan Killackey was a true warrior who dedicated himself to the fight for planet Earth and all her creatures, including us.
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RT @AshRouten: Exclusive: Remains of Andrew 'Sandy' Irvine believed to have been found on Everest. Big news if confirmed via @NatGeo @jimkc….
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RT @AFP: VIDEO: In just over two decades, Helio da Silva has single-handedly planted about 40,000 trees in the urban jungle that is Sao Pau….
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RT @wallacescott: No Gilligan's Island. Terrific review by Carl Hoffman.@lunaticcarl in @washingtonpost of "Eden Undone." Definitely on my….
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In “Eden Undone,” Abbott Kahler tells the story of two people who tried to escape it all as World War II loomed.
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Would you run away to an island utopia w a man who has all his teeth ripped out & replaced by steel dentures that gleam in the sun? My review of Eden Undone: A True Story of #Sex, #Murder, and #Utopia at the Dawn of World War II for The @washingtonpost .
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In “Eden Undone,” Abbott Kahler tells the story of two people who tried to escape it all as World War II loomed.
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To read all of John D. MacDonald's Travis McGee books is one big, delicious feast:. The Novelist Who Foresaw the ‘Big One’ for Florida’s Gulf Coast
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John D. MacDonald was eerily prescient about the risks of human-driven climate disasters in the region.
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Love this. We should totally go back to the age of sail.
A ship navigating past New York City laden with Champagne and jam might recall a long-forgotten age of wind navigation. A French company is seeking to revive the eco-friendly and cost-effective technology with the world's largest cargo sail ship
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Was vacuuming my hallway and looked up at this and realized its relevance as we await Kamala’s VP pick. This is the original from The Washington Star in 1972.
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Of course they do.
Komodo dragons, the largest predatory lizards on Earth, have iron-coated teeth, according to a new study.
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RT @AmitKBasu1: @sandibachom @lunaticcarl wrote about how the songs at the rallies are meant to remind the boomers of the best days of thei….
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“A brilliant, riveting, funny, terrifying journey into the beating heart of Trumpland.”—Liza Mundy, author of Code Girls In this daring work of immersive jo...
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