Author: Malachy Tallack
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1681771888
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
The sixtieth parallel marks a borderland between the northern and southern worlds. Wrapping itself around the lower reaches of Finland, Sweden, and Norway, it crosses the tip of Greenland and the southern coast of Alaska, and slices the great expanses of Russia and Canada in half. The parallel also passes through Shetland, where Malachy Tallack has spent most of his life.In Sixty Degrees North, Tallack travels westward, exploring the landscapes of the parallel and the ways that people have interacted with those landscapes, highlighting themes of wildness and community, isolation and engagement, exile and memory.An intimate journey of the heart and mind, Sixty Degrees North begins with the author's loss of his father and his own troubled relationship with Shetland, and concludes with an embrace of the place he calls home.
Sixty Degrees North
Author: Malachy Tallack
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1681771888
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
The sixtieth parallel marks a borderland between the northern and southern worlds. Wrapping itself around the lower reaches of Finland, Sweden, and Norway, it crosses the tip of Greenland and the southern coast of Alaska, and slices the great expanses of Russia and Canada in half. The parallel also passes through Shetland, where Malachy Tallack has spent most of his life.In Sixty Degrees North, Tallack travels westward, exploring the landscapes of the parallel and the ways that people have interacted with those landscapes, highlighting themes of wildness and community, isolation and engagement, exile and memory.An intimate journey of the heart and mind, Sixty Degrees North begins with the author's loss of his father and his own troubled relationship with Shetland, and concludes with an embrace of the place he calls home.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1681771888
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
The sixtieth parallel marks a borderland between the northern and southern worlds. Wrapping itself around the lower reaches of Finland, Sweden, and Norway, it crosses the tip of Greenland and the southern coast of Alaska, and slices the great expanses of Russia and Canada in half. The parallel also passes through Shetland, where Malachy Tallack has spent most of his life.In Sixty Degrees North, Tallack travels westward, exploring the landscapes of the parallel and the ways that people have interacted with those landscapes, highlighting themes of wildness and community, isolation and engagement, exile and memory.An intimate journey of the heart and mind, Sixty Degrees North begins with the author's loss of his father and his own troubled relationship with Shetland, and concludes with an embrace of the place he calls home.
Six Degrees
Author: Mark Lynas
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 9781426202131
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
In astonishing and unflinching detail, a noted science journalist explains how Earth's climate will be impacted with every degree of increase in global warming--and what can be done about it now.
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 9781426202131
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
In astonishing and unflinching detail, a noted science journalist explains how Earth's climate will be impacted with every degree of increase in global warming--and what can be done about it now.
The Valley at the Centre of the World
Author: Malachy Tallack
Publisher: Canongate Books
ISBN: 1786892316
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Longlisted for the Ondaatje Prize Shortlisted for the Highland Book Prize Shetland: a place of sheep and soil, of harsh weather, close ties and an age-old way of life. A place where David has lived all his life, like his father and grandfather before him. A place that Alice has fled to after the death of her husband. A place where Sandy, a newcomer but already a crofter, may have finally found a home. But times do change, and the valley that they all call home must change with them, or be forgotten. The debut novel from one of our most exciting new literary voices, The Valley at the Centre of the World is a story about community and isolation, about what is passed down, and what is lost between the cracks.
Publisher: Canongate Books
ISBN: 1786892316
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Longlisted for the Ondaatje Prize Shortlisted for the Highland Book Prize Shetland: a place of sheep and soil, of harsh weather, close ties and an age-old way of life. A place where David has lived all his life, like his father and grandfather before him. A place that Alice has fled to after the death of her husband. A place where Sandy, a newcomer but already a crofter, may have finally found a home. But times do change, and the valley that they all call home must change with them, or be forgotten. The debut novel from one of our most exciting new literary voices, The Valley at the Centre of the World is a story about community and isolation, about what is passed down, and what is lost between the cracks.
Colonial Records of Pennsylvania
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Category : Pennsylvania
Languages : en
Pages : 684
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Pages : 684
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The Un-Discovered Islands
Author: Malachy Tallack
Publisher: Picador
ISBN: 1250148456
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
In The Un-Discovered Islands, critically acclaimed author Malachy Tallack takes the reader on fascinating adventures to the mysterious and forgotten corners of the map. Be prepared to be captivated by the astounding tales of two dozen islands once believed to be real but no longer on the map. These are the products of the imagination, deception, and human error: an archipelago of ex-islands and forgotten lands. From the well-known story of Atlantis and the mysteries of frozen Thule to more obscure tales from around the globe, and from ancient history right up to the present day, this is an atlas of legend and wonder, with glorious illustrations by Katie Scott.
Publisher: Picador
ISBN: 1250148456
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
In The Un-Discovered Islands, critically acclaimed author Malachy Tallack takes the reader on fascinating adventures to the mysterious and forgotten corners of the map. Be prepared to be captivated by the astounding tales of two dozen islands once believed to be real but no longer on the map. These are the products of the imagination, deception, and human error: an archipelago of ex-islands and forgotten lands. From the well-known story of Atlantis and the mysteries of frozen Thule to more obscure tales from around the globe, and from ancient history right up to the present day, this is an atlas of legend and wonder, with glorious illustrations by Katie Scott.
Direct Solar Radiation on Various Slopes from 0 to 60 Degrees North Latitude
Author: John Marion Buffo
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Category : Solar radiation
Languages : en
Pages : 80
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Category : Solar radiation
Languages : en
Pages : 80
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Colonial Records
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Category : Pennsylvania
Languages : en
Pages : 684
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Languages : en
Pages : 684
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The Worcester Magazine and Historical Journal
Author: William Lincoln
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Languages : en
Pages : 906
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Languages : en
Pages : 906
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Records of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, in New England: 1741-1756
Author: Rhode Island
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Category : Rhode Island
Languages : en
Pages : 610
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Category : Rhode Island
Languages : en
Pages : 610
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The Statutes of California and amendments to the codes
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Languages : en
Pages : 884
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Languages : en
Pages : 884
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