Author: Grant Shilling
Publisher: Transmontanus
ISBN: 9780921586937
Category : Surfing
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Surf's upBut don't bother to put on your bikini. This is BC's WET coast, where the water temperature never goes above eleven degrees Celsius. BC surfers have been paddling out to catch waves at Sombrio Beach, Tofino, Ucluelet and Jordan River for over forty years. Today, a mixture of Vancouver Island's first families of surfing and newcomers to the sport fight for position on the water but party hardy together on the beach. Join author Grant Shilling as he takes us on a wild ride through BC's surf culture, from the squatters who started it all to the new economics of surf. The Cedar Surf: An Informal History of Surfing in British Columbia is Number 10 in the Transmontanus series of books edited by Terry Glavin.
The Cedar Surf
Author: Grant Shilling
Publisher: Transmontanus
ISBN: 9780921586937
Category : Surfing
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Surf's upBut don't bother to put on your bikini. This is BC's WET coast, where the water temperature never goes above eleven degrees Celsius. BC surfers have been paddling out to catch waves at Sombrio Beach, Tofino, Ucluelet and Jordan River for over forty years. Today, a mixture of Vancouver Island's first families of surfing and newcomers to the sport fight for position on the water but party hardy together on the beach. Join author Grant Shilling as he takes us on a wild ride through BC's surf culture, from the squatters who started it all to the new economics of surf. The Cedar Surf: An Informal History of Surfing in British Columbia is Number 10 in the Transmontanus series of books edited by Terry Glavin.
Publisher: Transmontanus
ISBN: 9780921586937
Category : Surfing
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Surf's upBut don't bother to put on your bikini. This is BC's WET coast, where the water temperature never goes above eleven degrees Celsius. BC surfers have been paddling out to catch waves at Sombrio Beach, Tofino, Ucluelet and Jordan River for over forty years. Today, a mixture of Vancouver Island's first families of surfing and newcomers to the sport fight for position on the water but party hardy together on the beach. Join author Grant Shilling as he takes us on a wild ride through BC's surf culture, from the squatters who started it all to the new economics of surf. The Cedar Surf: An Informal History of Surfing in British Columbia is Number 10 in the Transmontanus series of books edited by Terry Glavin.
Cedar
Author: Hilary Stewart
Publisher: D & M Publishers
ISBN: 9781926706474
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
From the mighty cedar of the rainforest came a wealth of raw materials vital to the early Northwest Coast Indian way of life, its art and culture. For thousands of years these people developed the tools and technologies to fell the giant cedars that grew in profusion. They used the rot-resistant wood for graceful dugout canoes to travel the coastal waters, massive post-and-beam houses in which to live, steam bent boxes for storage, monumental carved poles to declare their lineage and dramatic dance masks to evoke the spirit world. Every part of the cedar had a use. The versatile inner bark they wove into intricately patterned mats and baskets, plied into rope and processed to make the soft, warm, yet water-repellent clothing so well suited to the raincoast. Tough but flexible withes made lashing and heavy-duty rope. The roots they wove into watertight baskets embellished with strong designs. For all these gifts, the Northwest Coast peoples held the cedar and its spirit in high regard, believing deeply in its healing and spiritual powers. Respectfully, they addressed the cedar as Long Life Maker, Life Giver and Healing Woman. Photographs, drawings, anecdotes, oral history, accounts of early explorers, traders and missionaries highlight the text.
Publisher: D & M Publishers
ISBN: 9781926706474
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
From the mighty cedar of the rainforest came a wealth of raw materials vital to the early Northwest Coast Indian way of life, its art and culture. For thousands of years these people developed the tools and technologies to fell the giant cedars that grew in profusion. They used the rot-resistant wood for graceful dugout canoes to travel the coastal waters, massive post-and-beam houses in which to live, steam bent boxes for storage, monumental carved poles to declare their lineage and dramatic dance masks to evoke the spirit world. Every part of the cedar had a use. The versatile inner bark they wove into intricately patterned mats and baskets, plied into rope and processed to make the soft, warm, yet water-repellent clothing so well suited to the raincoast. Tough but flexible withes made lashing and heavy-duty rope. The roots they wove into watertight baskets embellished with strong designs. For all these gifts, the Northwest Coast peoples held the cedar and its spirit in high regard, believing deeply in its healing and spiritual powers. Respectfully, they addressed the cedar as Long Life Maker, Life Giver and Healing Woman. Photographs, drawings, anecdotes, oral history, accounts of early explorers, traders and missionaries highlight the text.
History of the George Washington Bicentennial Celebration ...
Author: United States George Washington Bicentennial Commission
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 756
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 756
Book Description
They Dance in the Sky
Author:
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780618809127
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
A collection of legends about the stars from various North American Indian cultures, including explanations of the Milky Way and constellations such as the Big Dipper.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780618809127
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
A collection of legends about the stars from various North American Indian cultures, including explanations of the Milky Way and constellations such as the Big Dipper.
Call Down the Stars
Author: Sue Harrison
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1480411965
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 569
Book Description
DIVDIVIn the icy land of prehistoric Alaska, two heroic storytellers bring to life the final chapter of their ancestors: the star-crossed lovers Chakliux and Aqamdax/divDIV A handsome young tribal warrior and sage, Yikaas has traveled across the sea to hear stories of the Whale Hunter and the Sea Hunter peoples. Around the fire, Qumalix, a beguiling and beautiful storyteller, barely old enough to be a wife, catches the eye of Yikaas, and so begins their flirtation through storytelling, which brings to vivid life tales of the Near River and Cousin River tribes. The fates of lovers Chakliux and Aqamdax, and their wicked nemesis K’os, are revealed as Yikaas and Qumalix weave together tales from their ancestors’ past—and tales from their own lives./divDIV /divDIVCall Down the Stars is the final book of the Storyteller Trilogy, which also includes Song of the River and Cry of the Wind./div/div
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1480411965
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 569
Book Description
DIVDIVIn the icy land of prehistoric Alaska, two heroic storytellers bring to life the final chapter of their ancestors: the star-crossed lovers Chakliux and Aqamdax/divDIV A handsome young tribal warrior and sage, Yikaas has traveled across the sea to hear stories of the Whale Hunter and the Sea Hunter peoples. Around the fire, Qumalix, a beguiling and beautiful storyteller, barely old enough to be a wife, catches the eye of Yikaas, and so begins their flirtation through storytelling, which brings to vivid life tales of the Near River and Cousin River tribes. The fates of lovers Chakliux and Aqamdax, and their wicked nemesis K’os, are revealed as Yikaas and Qumalix weave together tales from their ancestors’ past—and tales from their own lives./divDIV /divDIVCall Down the Stars is the final book of the Storyteller Trilogy, which also includes Song of the River and Cry of the Wind./div/div
Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science and Art
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 880
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 880
Book Description
The Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science and Art
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 760
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 760
Book Description
Reach for the Stars
Author: Dan McCool
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1496961811
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 737
Book Description
Wrestling is as much a part of winter in Iowa as is snow and cold. Dreams of state championships begin in elementary school and, since 1972, come to fruitionor heartbreakingly fall shortat an arena in Des Moines in February or March. The tournament finals sell out, and individuals and teams carve their names on the sports history tree each year. Some champions were deaf, some were amputees, but all earn the respect of thousands for their work ethica hallmark of the states populace. Is this heaven? No, its better than that. Its high school wrestling in Iowa!
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1496961811
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 737
Book Description
Wrestling is as much a part of winter in Iowa as is snow and cold. Dreams of state championships begin in elementary school and, since 1972, come to fruitionor heartbreakingly fall shortat an arena in Des Moines in February or March. The tournament finals sell out, and individuals and teams carve their names on the sports history tree each year. Some champions were deaf, some were amputees, but all earn the respect of thousands for their work ethica hallmark of the states populace. Is this heaven? No, its better than that. Its high school wrestling in Iowa!
The Sky, the Stars, the Wilderness
Author: Rick Bass
Publisher: HMH
ISBN: 0547346816
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 203
Book Description
“Two appealing short stories and an exquisite novella” about the relationship between humans and the natural world around them (Kirkus Reviews). This is a “wondrous” (GQ) collection of short fiction exploring the subtle interplay between predator and prey, from “a literary titan” (The New York Times Book Review). In the title story, a woman has returned to live on the west Texas ranch that has been in her family since Texas was a republic. Her mother, who died when she was a child, is buried there; the three men who raised her—her father, grandfather, and Old Chubb, a Mexican ranch hand—are gone; and her brother, like herself, is childless. Soon, all that will be left of the family is the land: “I suppose the land is all we will leave behind,” she reflects. “In that way it is both our parents and our children.” Land is central to the other tales here as well. In The Myths of Bears, a man tracks his wife through a winter wilderness as she both lures and eludes him. And in Where the Sea Used to Be, an ancient ocean buried in the foothills of the Appalachians becomes a battleground for a young wildcat oilman and his aging mentor. “Rick Bass is a force of nature. [This book] is a force of language. As a reader, a third thing comes to mind: gratitude for a good story that allows us to ponder what is above and what is below.” —Terry Tempest Williams “What’s exhilarating about Rick Bass’s stories is that they show every hallmark of ‘the natural’—that lucid, free-flowing, particularly American talent whose voice we can hear in Twain, Fitzgerald, and Hemingway.” —Chicago Tribune
Publisher: HMH
ISBN: 0547346816
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 203
Book Description
“Two appealing short stories and an exquisite novella” about the relationship between humans and the natural world around them (Kirkus Reviews). This is a “wondrous” (GQ) collection of short fiction exploring the subtle interplay between predator and prey, from “a literary titan” (The New York Times Book Review). In the title story, a woman has returned to live on the west Texas ranch that has been in her family since Texas was a republic. Her mother, who died when she was a child, is buried there; the three men who raised her—her father, grandfather, and Old Chubb, a Mexican ranch hand—are gone; and her brother, like herself, is childless. Soon, all that will be left of the family is the land: “I suppose the land is all we will leave behind,” she reflects. “In that way it is both our parents and our children.” Land is central to the other tales here as well. In The Myths of Bears, a man tracks his wife through a winter wilderness as she both lures and eludes him. And in Where the Sea Used to Be, an ancient ocean buried in the foothills of the Appalachians becomes a battleground for a young wildcat oilman and his aging mentor. “Rick Bass is a force of nature. [This book] is a force of language. As a reader, a third thing comes to mind: gratitude for a good story that allows us to ponder what is above and what is below.” —Terry Tempest Williams “What’s exhilarating about Rick Bass’s stories is that they show every hallmark of ‘the natural’—that lucid, free-flowing, particularly American talent whose voice we can hear in Twain, Fitzgerald, and Hemingway.” —Chicago Tribune
Sheaves
Author: Edward F. Benson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 606
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 606
Book Description