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Author : Charles Seims
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Mount Lowe, the Railway in the Clouds written by Charles Seims and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Michael A. Patris
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738581231
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (812 download)
Download or read book Mount Lowe written by Michael A. Patris and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tucked away in Southern California's San Gabriel Mountains, the Mount Lowe Railway was an internationally renowned tourist destination, serving nearly four million passengers between 1893 and 1936. Few riders of "The Railway to the Clouds" are around to relate their experiences now, but postcards and photographs remarkably reflect the history of this amazing attraction. Virtually nothing of the once-famous landmark remains on the mountain today, except a few timeworn foundations and part of the original right-of-way, which has become a hiking trail into the Angeles National Forest.
Author : John W. Robinson
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book The San Gabriels written by John W. Robinson and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Michele Zack
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780974725703
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (257 download)
Download or read book Altadena written by Michele Zack and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Casey Schreiner
Publisher : Mountaineers Books
ISBN 13 : 1680510096
Total Pages : 476 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (85 download)
Download or read book Day Hiking Los Angeles written by Casey Schreiner and published by Mountaineers Books. This book was released on 2016-11-04 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: • 125 of the best trails throughout the Los Angeles metro area • Easy-to-use, well-organized guide to hiking in the greater Los Angeles area • Hikes feature ocean views, waterfalls, coastal canyons, native grasslands, rocky peaks, desert wildflowers, and more In Southern California, the city of Los Angeles alone covers more than 500 square miles. Yet beyond the freeways and suburbia, there is a surprising amount of hikeable green space and wilderness. This new guide details trails in the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, the world’s largest urban national park stretching from the Pacific Coast right into Hollywood itself; the Santa Susana Mountains in Los Padres National Forest; Angeles National Forest, including the San Gabriels and Mount San Antonio, the highest point in Los Angeles County; the striking desert landscape of Antelope Valley; the Santa Ana Mountains; portions of the San Bernardino Mountains; Chino Hills State Park; and slivers of green space and city parks such as famed Griffith Park.
Author : Michael A. Patris
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738588797
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (887 download)
Download or read book Mount Lowe Railway written by Michael A. Patris and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since Mount Lowe Railway's abandonment in 1936, millions of hikers, mountain bikers, and railfans have followed the long-deserted rail beds to glimpse the scenic grandeur of what was once the "Earth's Grandest Mountain Ride." Now, readers can enjoy local history and fabulous vistas without the effort of a day's hike. Authors Michael A. Patris and Steve Crise serve on the board of the Mount Lowe Preservation Society, which provided most of the images in this book from its archives.
Author : Marina Belozerskaya
Publisher : Getty Publications
ISBN 13 : 0892367857
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (923 download)
Download or read book Luxury Arts of the Renaissance written by Marina Belozerskaya and published by Getty Publications. This book was released on 2005-10-01 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today we associate the Renaissance with painting, sculpture, and architecture—the “major” arts. Yet contemporaries often held the “minor” arts—gem-studded goldwork, richly embellished armor, splendid tapestries and embroideries, music, and ephemeral multi-media spectacles—in much higher esteem. Isabella d’Este, Marchesa of Mantua, was typical of the Italian nobility: she bequeathed to her children precious stone vases mounted in gold, engraved gems, ivories, and antique bronzes and marbles; her favorite ladies-in-waiting, by contrast, received mere paintings. Renaissance patrons and observers extolled finely wrought luxury artifacts for their exquisite craftsmanship and the symbolic capital of their components; paintings and sculptures in modest materials, although discussed by some literati, were of lesser consequence. This book endeavors to return to the mainstream material long marginalized as a result of historical and ideological biases of the intervening centuries. The author analyzes how luxury arts went from being lofty markers of ascendancy and discernment in the Renaissance to being dismissed as “decorative” or “minor” arts—extravagant trinkets of the rich unworthy of the status of Art. Then, by re-examining the objects themselves and their uses in their day, she shows how sumptuous creations constructed the world and taste of Renaissance women and men.
Author : Lisa See
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 9780099409823
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (98 download)
Download or read book On Gold Mountain written by Lisa See and published by Vintage. This book was released on 1999 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When she was a girl, Lisa See spent summers in the cool, dark recesses of her family`s antiques store in Los Angeles' Chinatown. There, her grandmother and great-aunt told her intriguing, colourful stories about their family`s past - stories of missionaries, concubines, tong wars, glamorous nightclubs, and the determined struggle to triumph over racist laws and discrimination. They spoke of how Lisa`s great-great-grandfather emigrated from his Chinese village to the United States, and how his son followed him. As an adult, See spent fives years collecting the details of her family`s remarkable history. She interviewd nearly one hundred relatives and pored over documents at the National Archives, the immigration office, and in countless attics, basements, and closets for the initmate nuances of her ancestors` lives. The result is a vivid, sweeping family portriat that is att once particular and universal, telling the story not only of one family, but of the Chinese people in America - and of America itself, a country that both welcomes and reviles its immigrants like no other culture in the world.
Author : Charles Fort
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
ISBN 13 : 1613106424
Total Pages : 442 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (131 download)
Download or read book The Book of the Damned written by Charles Fort and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on 2020-09-28 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Time travel, UFOs, mysterious planets, stigmata, rock-throwing poltergeists, huge footprints, bizarre rains of fish and frogs-nearly a century after Charles Fort's Book of the Damned was originally published, the strange phenomenon presented in this book remains largely unexplained by modern science. Through painstaking research and a witty, sarcastic style, Fort captures the imagination while exposing the flaws of popular scientific explanations. Virtually all of his material was compiled and documented from reports published in reputable journals, newspapers and periodicals because he was an avid collector. Charles Fort was somewhat of a recluse who spent most of his spare time researching these strange events and collected these reports from publications sent to him from around the globe. This was the first of a series of books he created on unusual and unexplained events and to this day it remains the most popular. If you agree that truth is often stranger than fiction, then this book is for you"--Taken from Good Reads website.
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Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Western Architect written by and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Steve Crise
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738575865
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (758 download)
Download or read book Pacific Electric Railway written by Steve Crise and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2011 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Pacific Electric Railway originally provided reliable transportation across more than 1,000 miles of track. Postwar society's affair with the automobile led to the loss of an infrastructure that could have formed the basis for an enviable modern light-rail system, one that current society would be happy to utilize. Authors Steve Crise and Michael Patris look back at the railway and its landscape today. Both serve on the board of the Pacific Electric Railway Historical Society, from whose archives most of these images are taken.
Author : George Wharton James
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book Scenic Mount Lowe and Its Wonderful Railway... written by George Wharton James and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Promotional brochure for the Mount Lowe Railway, one of four versions by George Wharton James, public relations director for the Railway. The booklet begins with background on the origin of the railway, first envisioned by Thaddeus Lowe in 1892 as a way to make the beauty of the San Gabriel mountains and valleys accessible to all. Included is description of each segment of the railway: an electric railway from the terminus near Altadena up to Rubio Canyon; the cable incline railroad from Rubio Canyon to the summit of Echo Mountain, where Lowe built two hotels, The Chalet, and Echo Mountain House; from the hotel, tourists may walk up to the Observatory on a slope above Echo Mountain; the final portion of electric railroad takes visitors from Echo Mountain to Ye Alpine Tavern, a distance of five miles. James describes the beauty of the landscape and views, activities available to the tourist, such as horseback riding, and the health benefits of mountain climbing. The booklet concludes with brief descriptions of other picturesques accessible by Pacific Electric Railway, such as Long Beach, Whittier, San Gabriel Mission, and Monrovia and Baldwin's Ranch.
Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309092086
Total Pages : 333 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)
Download or read book Learning to Think Spatially written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2005-02-03 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learning to Think Spatially examines how spatial thinking might be incorporated into existing standards-based instruction across the school curriculum. Spatial thinking must be recognized as a fundamental part of Kâ€"12 education and as an integrator and a facilitator for problem solving across the curriculum. With advances in computing technologies and the increasing availability of geospatial data, spatial thinking will play a significant role in the information-based economy of the twenty-first century. Using appropriately designed support systems tailored to the Kâ€"12 context, spatial thinking can be taught formally to all students. A geographic information system (GIS) offers one example of a high-technology support system that can enable students and teachers to practice and apply spatial thinking in many areas of the curriculum.
Author : Ellen Douglas Larned
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Total Pages : 618 pages
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Download or read book History of Windham County, Connecticut: 1600-1760 written by Ellen Douglas Larned and published by . This book was released on 1874 with total page 618 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Harris Newmark
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Total Pages : 802 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (51 download)
Download or read book Sixty Years in Southern California, 1853-1913 written by Harris Newmark and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 802 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Gerhard F. Thornton
Publisher : Given Place Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9780970576903
Total Pages : 704 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (769 download)
Download or read book The Los Angeles Almanac 2001 written by Gerhard F. Thornton and published by Given Place Publishing Company. This book was released on 2001-02-01 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Thomas Edward Lawrence
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ISBN 13 : 9781873141137
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (411 download)
Download or read book Seven Pillars of Wisdom written by Thomas Edward Lawrence and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
