Author: Mary A. Hood
Publisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 0791478564
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Journeys on the world’s rivers, from a naturalist’s point of view.
RiverTime
Author: Mary A. Hood
Publisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 0791478564
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Journeys on the world’s rivers, from a naturalist’s point of view.
Publisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 0791478564
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Journeys on the world’s rivers, from a naturalist’s point of view.
Rivertime
Author: Trace Balla
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 174331633X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
A tender and beautifully illustrated tale of a boy and his bird-watching uncle, on a paddling trip on Australia's Glenelg River. A story about slowing down, growing up, and connecting with the land and its creatures...'All children need an Uncle Egg to open up the magical world of nature. We all need to get outside, away from television, computers and mobile phones, and what better way than a canoeing-camping trip? This is a delightful story about the joy of the outdoors.' DAVID SUZUKI..''Rivertime' is a quirky, charming immersion into the life of a waterway and into the life-lessons a river can teach.' MAYA WARD (author of 'The Comfort of Water')
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 174331633X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
A tender and beautifully illustrated tale of a boy and his bird-watching uncle, on a paddling trip on Australia's Glenelg River. A story about slowing down, growing up, and connecting with the land and its creatures...'All children need an Uncle Egg to open up the magical world of nature. We all need to get outside, away from television, computers and mobile phones, and what better way than a canoeing-camping trip? This is a delightful story about the joy of the outdoors.' DAVID SUZUKI..''Rivertime' is a quirky, charming immersion into the life of a waterway and into the life-lessons a river can teach.' MAYA WARD (author of 'The Comfort of Water')
Fly-Fishing for Sharks
Author: Richard Louv
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0743225759
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
For three years, journalist Richard Louv listened to America by going fishing with Americans. Doing what many of us dream of, he traveled from the Atlantic to the Pacific, from trout waters east and west to bass waters north and south. Fly-Fishing for Sharks is the result of his journey, a portrait of America on the water, fishing rod in hand. To explore the cultures of fishing, Louv joined a bass tournament on Lake Erie and got a casting lesson from fly-fishing legend Joan Wulff He angled with corporate executives in Montana and fly-fished for sharks in California. He spent time with fishing-boat captains in Florida, the regulars who fish New York City's Hudson River, and a river witch in Colorado. He teamed secrets of fishing and living from steelheaders in the Northwest, Bass'n Gals in Texas, and an ice-fisher in the North Woods. Along the way, he heard from one of Hemingway's sons what it was like to fish with Papa and from Robert Kennedy, Jr., how fishing changed his fife. As he describes the eccentricities, obsessions, and tribulations of dedicated anglers, he also uncovers the values that unite them. He reveals the healing qualities of fishing, how it binds the generations, how the angling business has grown, and how the future of fishing is threatened. But most of all, Fly-Fishing for Sharks is about the unforgettable characters Louv meets on the water and the stories they tell. From them, Louv learns about our changing relationship with nature, about a hidden America -- and about himself.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0743225759
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
For three years, journalist Richard Louv listened to America by going fishing with Americans. Doing what many of us dream of, he traveled from the Atlantic to the Pacific, from trout waters east and west to bass waters north and south. Fly-Fishing for Sharks is the result of his journey, a portrait of America on the water, fishing rod in hand. To explore the cultures of fishing, Louv joined a bass tournament on Lake Erie and got a casting lesson from fly-fishing legend Joan Wulff He angled with corporate executives in Montana and fly-fished for sharks in California. He spent time with fishing-boat captains in Florida, the regulars who fish New York City's Hudson River, and a river witch in Colorado. He teamed secrets of fishing and living from steelheaders in the Northwest, Bass'n Gals in Texas, and an ice-fisher in the North Woods. Along the way, he heard from one of Hemingway's sons what it was like to fish with Papa and from Robert Kennedy, Jr., how fishing changed his fife. As he describes the eccentricities, obsessions, and tribulations of dedicated anglers, he also uncovers the values that unite them. He reveals the healing qualities of fishing, how it binds the generations, how the angling business has grown, and how the future of fishing is threatened. But most of all, Fly-Fishing for Sharks is about the unforgettable characters Louv meets on the water and the stories they tell. From them, Louv learns about our changing relationship with nature, about a hidden America -- and about himself.
River of Time
Author: Jon Swain
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1407072803
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Between 1970 and 1975 Jon Swain, the English journalist portrayed in David Puttnam's film, The Killing Fields, lived in the lands of the Mekong river. This is his account of those years, and the way in which the tumultuous events affected his perceptions of life and death as Europe never could. He also describes the beauty of the Mekong landscape - the villages along its banks, surrounded by mangoes, bananas and coconuts, and the exquisite women, the odours of opium, and the region's other face - that of violence and corruption.
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1407072803
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Between 1970 and 1975 Jon Swain, the English journalist portrayed in David Puttnam's film, The Killing Fields, lived in the lands of the Mekong river. This is his account of those years, and the way in which the tumultuous events affected his perceptions of life and death as Europe never could. He also describes the beauty of the Mekong landscape - the villages along its banks, surrounded by mangoes, bananas and coconuts, and the exquisite women, the odours of opium, and the region's other face - that of violence and corruption.
River of Time
Author: Naomi Judd
Publisher: Center Street
ISBN: 1455595756
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Naomi Judd's life as a country music superstar has been nonstop success. But offstage, she has battled incredible adversity. Struggling through a childhood of harsh family secrets, the death of a young sibling, and absent emotional support, Naomi found herself reluctantly married and an expectant mother at age seventeen. Four years later, she was a single mom of two, who survived being beaten and raped, and was abandoned without any financial support and nowhere to turn in Hollywood, CA. Naomi has always been a survivor: She put herself through nursing school to support her young daughters, then took a courageous chance by moving to Nashville to pursue their fantastic dream of careers in country music. Her leap of faith paid off, and Naomi and her daughter Wynonna became The Judds, soon ranking with country music's biggest stars, selling more than 20 million records and winning six Grammys. At the height of the singing duo's popularity, Naomi was given three years to live after being diagnosed with the previously incurable Hepatitis C. Miraculously, she overcame that too and was pronounced completely cured five years later. But Naomi was still to face her most desperate fight yet. After finishing a tour with Wynonna in 2011, she began a three-year battle with Severe Treatment Resistant Depression and anxiety. She suffered through frustrating and dangerous roller-coaster effects with antidepressants and other drugs, often terrifying therapies and, at her absolute lowest points, thoughts of suicide. But Naomi persevered once again. RIVER OF TIME is her poignant message of hope to anyone whose life has been scarred by trauma.
Publisher: Center Street
ISBN: 1455595756
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Naomi Judd's life as a country music superstar has been nonstop success. But offstage, she has battled incredible adversity. Struggling through a childhood of harsh family secrets, the death of a young sibling, and absent emotional support, Naomi found herself reluctantly married and an expectant mother at age seventeen. Four years later, she was a single mom of two, who survived being beaten and raped, and was abandoned without any financial support and nowhere to turn in Hollywood, CA. Naomi has always been a survivor: She put herself through nursing school to support her young daughters, then took a courageous chance by moving to Nashville to pursue their fantastic dream of careers in country music. Her leap of faith paid off, and Naomi and her daughter Wynonna became The Judds, soon ranking with country music's biggest stars, selling more than 20 million records and winning six Grammys. At the height of the singing duo's popularity, Naomi was given three years to live after being diagnosed with the previously incurable Hepatitis C. Miraculously, she overcame that too and was pronounced completely cured five years later. But Naomi was still to face her most desperate fight yet. After finishing a tour with Wynonna in 2011, she began a three-year battle with Severe Treatment Resistant Depression and anxiety. She suffered through frustrating and dangerous roller-coaster effects with antidepressants and other drugs, often terrifying therapies and, at her absolute lowest points, thoughts of suicide. But Naomi persevered once again. RIVER OF TIME is her poignant message of hope to anyone whose life has been scarred by trauma.
Clean Breaks
Author: Richard Hammond
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1848360479
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
Clean Breaks- 500 new ways to see the world from Rough Guides. 500 fantastic experiences that will inspire you to see the world in a new light - unusual holidays and alternative ways to travel that make a real difference to the lives of local people and the planet. Unique accommodation- bothies and barns in Britain; houseboats in Kerala; mud huts and treehouses in Jamaica; ecolodges in Ecuador. Amazing wildlife- go whale-watching off Ireland; spot pink dolphins in Hong Kong; track wolves and bears in Poland; witness the zebra migration in Botswana. Climate-friendly travel- the train-hotel from Paris to Madrid; ferry-hopping across the Mediterranean; horse-riding on the Silk Route; cargo-boat travel around the world. Live with the Locals- camp with the Bedouin; stay in tipis with Native American Indians; trek with nomads in Mongolia; Aboriginal bush tours in the Australian outback. Extraordinary experiences- kayak around the Scottish Isles; reindeer-sledding in Norway; ride with cowboys in Venezuela; hear the music of the desert in Mali.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1848360479
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
Clean Breaks- 500 new ways to see the world from Rough Guides. 500 fantastic experiences that will inspire you to see the world in a new light - unusual holidays and alternative ways to travel that make a real difference to the lives of local people and the planet. Unique accommodation- bothies and barns in Britain; houseboats in Kerala; mud huts and treehouses in Jamaica; ecolodges in Ecuador. Amazing wildlife- go whale-watching off Ireland; spot pink dolphins in Hong Kong; track wolves and bears in Poland; witness the zebra migration in Botswana. Climate-friendly travel- the train-hotel from Paris to Madrid; ferry-hopping across the Mediterranean; horse-riding on the Silk Route; cargo-boat travel around the world. Live with the Locals- camp with the Bedouin; stay in tipis with Native American Indians; trek with nomads in Mongolia; Aboriginal bush tours in the Australian outback. Extraordinary experiences- kayak around the Scottish Isles; reindeer-sledding in Norway; ride with cowboys in Venezuela; hear the music of the desert in Mali.
River Time
Author: Janet Lembke
Publisher: Lyons Press
ISBN: 9781558216570
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
An account of life on the banks of North Carolina's Lower Neuse River, of the people who live there, and of a way of living in step with the rhythms of the natural world that has all but disappeared today -- rhythms replete with fill nets, crab pots, fickle winds, and resourceful neighbors.
Publisher: Lyons Press
ISBN: 9781558216570
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
An account of life on the banks of North Carolina's Lower Neuse River, of the people who live there, and of a way of living in step with the rhythms of the natural world that has all but disappeared today -- rhythms replete with fill nets, crab pots, fickle winds, and resourceful neighbors.
The River of Time
Author: Igorʹ Dmitrievich Novikov
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521008484
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 301
Book Description
Can we change the past? The surprising answer to this question can be found in the final chapters of this book. Examining the history of the study of time and presenting in detail the modern state of physical research on the subject, this book is a superb overview of a fascinating subject. The figures who have helped to shape our views on time are presented as real people, in the context of their own times and struggles: from Socrates' troubles in Athens, to the experiences of physicists under the former Soviet Union. In addition Novikov details his own experiences with great Russian and Western physicists, such as Sakharov, Zeldovich, Rees and Hawking. Details of modern theories in fields such as the possibility of time machines, anomalous flows of time (at black or white holes) and the possible source of The River of Time are described with authority and clarity.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521008484
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 301
Book Description
Can we change the past? The surprising answer to this question can be found in the final chapters of this book. Examining the history of the study of time and presenting in detail the modern state of physical research on the subject, this book is a superb overview of a fascinating subject. The figures who have helped to shape our views on time are presented as real people, in the context of their own times and struggles: from Socrates' troubles in Athens, to the experiences of physicists under the former Soviet Union. In addition Novikov details his own experiences with great Russian and Western physicists, such as Sakharov, Zeldovich, Rees and Hawking. Details of modern theories in fields such as the possibility of time machines, anomalous flows of time (at black or white holes) and the possible source of The River of Time are described with authority and clarity.
Landing with Wings
Author: Trace Balla
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 1760873527
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 87
Book Description
Miri's been on the move and now she's finding her feet, her freedom, her community and her home, treading lightly all the way. A story about spreading your wings and putting down roots in an ancient land. From the much-loved creator of Rivertime (WINNER: Readings Prize and Wilderness Society Award) and Rockhopping (WINNER: CBCA Awards). 'Another lovely adventure from Trace Balla. Rich in country and family, deep in care for the future.' BRUCE PASCOE 'A beautiful book about being connected to the world at ground level. I feel like I've made a new friend through Trace's exquisitely accessible drawings and gentle prose.' ALISON LESTER 'Reminiscent of Alison Lester and Roland Harvey, Landing with Wings is a story about moving slowly, looking carefully and remaining curious, and it is a book that leads by example. In her loving portrait of community life in Dja Dja Wurrung Country, Balla achieves something like a contemporary visual bush poetry. It is spellbinding.' Books+Publishing
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 1760873527
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 87
Book Description
Miri's been on the move and now she's finding her feet, her freedom, her community and her home, treading lightly all the way. A story about spreading your wings and putting down roots in an ancient land. From the much-loved creator of Rivertime (WINNER: Readings Prize and Wilderness Society Award) and Rockhopping (WINNER: CBCA Awards). 'Another lovely adventure from Trace Balla. Rich in country and family, deep in care for the future.' BRUCE PASCOE 'A beautiful book about being connected to the world at ground level. I feel like I've made a new friend through Trace's exquisitely accessible drawings and gentle prose.' ALISON LESTER 'Reminiscent of Alison Lester and Roland Harvey, Landing with Wings is a story about moving slowly, looking carefully and remaining curious, and it is a book that leads by example. In her loving portrait of community life in Dja Dja Wurrung Country, Balla achieves something like a contemporary visual bush poetry. It is spellbinding.' Books+Publishing
Lyrical Iowa
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description