Journey of a River Walker

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Publisher : University Press of Florida
ISBN 13 : 0813065143
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (13 download)

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Book Synopsis Journey of a River Walker by : Ray Whaley

Download or read book Journey of a River Walker written by Ray Whaley and published by University Press of Florida. This book was released on 2020-02-17 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Ray Whaley set out to accomplish his bucket-list goal of kayaking the length of the St. Johns River, it didn’t take long for him to realize he was in over his head. The longest river in Florida, stretching 310 miles between Vero Beach and Jacksonville, the St. Johns had been paddled in its entirety by only a handful of people. Whaley found himself blazing his own trail on an exciting and unexpected adventure. In Journey of a River Walker, Whaley tells the whole story of his experience, from his preparations beforehand to the techniques he learned along the way to his daily escapades and discoveries on the water. Learning from Whaley’s recommendations, along with his mistakes and close calls, readers will gain valuable knowledge that will help them in planning their own paddling trips. Whaley’s journey also highlights the delicate ecosystem of the river and the importance of conserving its environment, raising awareness of the fragile yet critical link between humans and nature. A volume in the series Wild Florida, edited by M. Timothy O’Keefe

Buffalo Dance

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Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813196477
Total Pages : 105 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)

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Book Synopsis Buffalo Dance by : Frank X Walker

Download or read book Buffalo Dance written by Frank X Walker and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2022-11-08 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Frank X Walker's compelling collection of personal poems was first released in 2004, it told the story of the infamous Lewis and Clark expedition from the point of view of York, who was enslaved to Clark and became the first African American man to traverse the continent. The fictionalized poems in Buffalo Dance form a narrative of York's inner journey before, during, and after the expedition—a journey from slavery to freedom, from the plantation to the great Northwest, from servant to soul yearning to be free. In this expanded edition, Walker utilizes extensive historical research, interviews, transcribed oral histories from the Nez Perce Reservation, art, and empathy to breathe new life into an important but overlooked historical figure. Featuring a new historical essay, preface, and sixteen additional poems, this powerful work speaks to such themes as racism, the power of literacy, the inhumanity of slavery, and the crimes against Native Americans, while reawakening and reclaiming the lost "voice" of York.

The Same River Twice

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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0671003771
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (71 download)

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Book Synopsis The Same River Twice by : Alice Walker

Download or read book The Same River Twice written by Alice Walker and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1997 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the early eightiesm three extraordinary events interrupted Alice Walker's peaceful, reclusive life--the publication of the bestselling novel The Color Purple, the Pulitzer Prize, and an offer from Spielberg to make her novel into a film. This book chronicles that period of transition from recluse to public figure, and invites us to contemplate, along with her, the true significance of unanticipated gifts.

The River and the Book

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Publisher : Walker Books Australia
ISBN 13 : 1925126617
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (251 download)

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Book Synopsis The River and the Book by : Alison Croggon

Download or read book The River and the Book written by Alison Croggon and published by Walker Books Australia. This book was released on 2015-10-01 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Combining magical realism and fable, this lyrical tale is the story of a landscape and community destroyed by Western greediness. Simbala is a Keeper, the latest in a long line of women who can read the Book to find answers to people’s questions. When developers begin to poison the River on which Simbala’s village relies, the Book predicts change. But this does not come in the form they expect; it is the sympathetic foreigner who comes to stay who inflicts the greatest damage of all.

Swift Walker

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ISBN 13 : 9781943169191
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (691 download)

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Book Synopsis Swift Walker by : Verlyn Tarlton

Download or read book Swift Walker written by Verlyn Tarlton and published by . This book was released on 2016-11-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Swift Walker loved to walk fast. His sisterwarned him, "One day, you'll walk so fast youwon't be able to stop!" Sure enough, his speedylegs took him on a journey across the world.

River Story

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Publisher : Candlewick Press
ISBN 13 : 1536221643
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (362 download)

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Book Synopsis River Story by : Meredith Hooper

Download or read book River Story written by Meredith Hooper and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2021-04-06 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A luscious blend of cool blues and verdant greens lights up the pages of this poetic picture book, which traces the course of a river from its source.” — Publishers Weekly Follow a river from its beginnings as a mountain stream formed from melting snow, as it rushes over rocks and through valleys to the busy city, and finally to its end, where it joins the sea.

Living on Wilderness Time

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Publisher : University of Virginia Press
ISBN 13 : 0813924863
Total Pages : 359 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (139 download)

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Book Synopsis Living on Wilderness Time by : Melissa Walker

Download or read book Living on Wilderness Time written by Melissa Walker and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 2015-03-06 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Melissa Walker set out on a journey that many women of her generation have mapped only in their dreams. Like many American chroniclers before her who have surrendered to the aimless pleasures of the road, Walker had no geographical destination in mind, but she did have two definite goals—one personal, one political—for her journey. She was looking for the peace and solitude of the backcountry, certainly, but she also wanted to learn the dynamics of preserving wild places and to devote herself to that cause. In the Sky Islands of southern Arizona, on the banks of the Popo Agie River and the Wind River Mountains in Wyoming, in Yellowstone, Grand Teton, Rocky Mountain, and Olympic National Park, in Gila and Glacier Peak Wilderness, she encountered the hazards of wild animals and extreme weather, and she began to reassess what parts of her life she could control. Living on Wilderness Time is a book for those who have visited wild places and want to return, and for others whose overcommitted urban lives make them long for land where time is measured differently and human beings are scarce. Above all it is a call to join those who, like Aldo Leopold, see wilderness as vital to the human community. Melissa Walker is vice president of National Wilderness Watch, chair of the Georgia chapter of Wilderness Watch, serves on the Southern Appalachian Council of the Wilderness Society, and is the author of Reading the Environment and Down from the Mountaintop. She has been Professor of English at the University of New Orleans and Mercer University and a fellow of Women’s Studies at Emory University. Walker lives with her husband in Atlanta, Georgia.

The River King

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ISBN 13 : 9781955657082
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (57 download)

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Book Synopsis The River King by : Lane Walker

Download or read book The River King written by Lane Walker and published by . This book was released on 2020-02 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three days of camping and fishing with best friends - what could possibly go wrong?Bobby thought a trip down the Cass River with his three best friends sounded like a great idea. They had a four-day fall break and were looking for an exciting adventure during the Halloween weekend. Just weeks earlier, their science teacher, Mr. Hill, had shown them pictures of a giant northern pike. These huge fish came up out of their deep hiding spots in the fall to feast before the long, cold winter. His pictures showed a fish with razor sharp teeth and a head that looked like a tank. The pike captured the boys' hearts, and they wanted to experience catching a "River King" too.As the trip got closer, one thought started to haunt Bobby's mind. Was he brave enough to spend two nights on a raft without any adults around? The river was wild, uncharted water for the boys. Would they be ready for the surprises and hidden challenges they'd face on it? Before putting their raft in the water to start their adventure, David's dad reminded the boys of a local ghost story. The boys had heard about the legend of Scratchy but laughed it off as just a good story designed to scare kids. Or, was it?It was a journey they would never forget. The boys thought it was just the four of them. Not long into it, they learned they weren't alone. This Halloween would be one that none of them would ever forget - if they survived to tell the tale!

Ice Walker

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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1501155385
Total Pages : 171 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (11 download)

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Book Synopsis Ice Walker by : James Raffan

Download or read book Ice Walker written by James Raffan and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2020-10-13 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From bestselling author James Raffan comes an enlightening and original story about a polar bear’s precarious existence in the changing Arctic, reminiscent of John Vaillant’s The Golden Spruce. Nanurjuk, “the bear-spirited one,” is hunting for seals on Hudson Bay, where ice never lasts more than one season. For her and her young, everything is in flux. From the top of the world, Hudson Bay looks like an enormous paw print on the torso of the continent, and through a vast network of lakes and rivers, this bay connects to oceans across the globe. Here, at the heart of everything, walks Nanurjuk, or Nanu, one polar bear among the six thousand that traverse the 1.23 million square kilometers of ice and snow covering the bay. For millennia, Nanu’s ancestors have roamed this great expanse, living, evolving, and surviving alongside human beings in one of the most challenging and unforgiving habitats on earth. But that world is changing. In the Arctic’s lands and waters, oil has been extracted—and spilled. As global temperatures have risen, the sea ice that Nanu and her young need to hunt seal and fish has melted, forcing them to wait on land where the delicate balance between them and their two-legged neighbors has now shifted. This is the icescape that author and geographer James Raffan invites us to inhabit in Ice Walker. In precise and provocative prose, he brings readers inside Nanu’s world as she treks uncertainly around the heart of Hudson Bay, searching for nourishment for the children that grow inside her. She stops at nothing to protect her cubs from the dangers she can see—other bears, wolves, whales, human beings—and those she cannot. By focusing his lens on this bear family, Raffan closes the gap between humans and bears, showing us how, like the water of the Hudson Bay, our existence—and our future—is tied to Nanu’s. He asks us to consider what might be done about this fragile world before it is gone for good. Masterful, vivid, and haunting, Ice Walker is an utterly unique piece of creative nonfiction and a deeply affecting call to action.

House Lessons

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Publisher : Sasquatch Books
ISBN 13 : 1632172453
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (321 download)

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Book Synopsis House Lessons by : Erica Bauermeister

Download or read book House Lessons written by Erica Bauermeister and published by Sasquatch Books. This book was released on 2020-03-24 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Real Simple Best Book of the Year A deeply moving story of an epic home renovation in the Pacific Northwest—from New York Times–bestselling author of The Scent Keeper In this mesmerizing memoir-in-essays, Erica Bauermeister renovates a trash-filled house in eccentric Port Townsend, Washington, and in the process takes readers on a journey to discover the ways our spaces subliminally affect us. A personal, accessible, and literary exploration of the psychology of architecture, as well as a loving tribute to the connections we forge with the homes we care for and live in, this book is designed for anyone who’s ever fallen head over heels for a house. It is also a story of a marriage, of family, and of the kind of roots that settle deep into your heart. Discover what happens when a house has its own lessons to teach in this moving and insightful memoir that ultimately shows us how to make our own homes (and lives) better. “ . . . for anyone who has wondered where home is and how to find it, fix it, love it, and leave it for later as well.” —Laurie Frankel, New York Times–bestselling author of This Is How It Always Is

Westering Man

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Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 9780806119342
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (193 download)

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Book Synopsis Westering Man by : Bil Gilbert

Download or read book Westering Man written by Bil Gilbert and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 1985 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint. Originally published: New York: Atheneum, 1983.

The Man Who Walked Through Time

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Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0804152446
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (41 download)

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Book Synopsis The Man Who Walked Through Time by : Colin Fletcher

Download or read book The Man Who Walked Through Time written by Colin Fletcher and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2014-10-15 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The remarkable classic of nature writing by the first man ever to have walked the entire length of the Grand Canyon.

Water Sleeps

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Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780812555349
Total Pages : 488 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (553 download)

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Book Synopsis Water Sleeps by : Glen Cook

Download or read book Water Sleeps written by Glen Cook and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2000-03-15 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The survivors of the Black Company attempt to rescue some of their cohorts, long imprisoned.

Journey to the River Sea

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ISBN 13 : 9780439567633
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (676 download)

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Book Synopsis Journey to the River Sea by : Eva Ibbotson

Download or read book Journey to the River Sea written by Eva Ibbotson and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sent with her governess to live with the dreadful Carter family in exotic Brazil in 1910, Maia endures many hardships before fulfilling her dream of exploring the Amazon River.

Drone Dogs

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Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1491781769
Total Pages : 102 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (917 download)

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Book Synopsis Drone Dogs by : Claude Walker

Download or read book Drone Dogs written by Claude Walker and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2015-11-11 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Autumn, 2017. Chicagos skies are clogged with drones. Drones which deliver tacos, tasers or terror. The Super Cyclops facial-recognition drone, incendiary Vulcan Twister and tiny Mosquito, which can inoculate, inject or irk. Due to the popular Drone-O-LimpX reality show, everyones droning: TV crews, oppo researchers, drone-peepers, gang-bangers, dronie-snapping tweens. But when a drone graphically kills a beloved giraffe, the public turns against the unrestricted industry. Big Drone battles SAFE (Skies Are For Everyone), which would ban armed drones and impose drone taxes. Epic rumbles rage in the Halls of Congress and Skies of Chicago, where a local cop and FBI agent take to the sky to end a gang drone war. Drone Dogs is a parable about technology in the hands of idiots and call for public debate about new technologies.

When Winter Come

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Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 9780813191843
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (918 download)

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Book Synopsis When Winter Come by : Frank X. Walker

Download or read book When Winter Come written by Frank X. Walker and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2008-02-01 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sequel to the award-winning Buffalo Dance offers a dramatic and poetic reimagining of the Lewis and Clark expedition into the unexplored wilderness of the American West in a series of poems that share the narrator York's perspectives on the members of the party and the people and places they encounter along the way. Simultaneous.

Dog Walker

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Publisher : Orca Book Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1554696054
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (546 download)

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Book Synopsis Dog Walker by : Karen Spafford-Fitz

Download or read book Dog Walker written by Karen Spafford-Fitz and published by Orca Book Publishers. This book was released on 2006-03-01 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Turk needs cash, but he's allergic to his own sweat, so getting a job is out of the question. Then Turk makes an important discovery: Girls love dogs. And Turk's friends will do anything to meet girls. So Turk starts a dog walking business. His friends walk the dogs and Turk collects half the money. In an attempt to impress dog-loving Carly, Turk brags about his business in front of the school tough guy, Chuck. But when Chuck learns the true nature of the business and wants in on the action, Turk risks losing his business and, more important, Carly's respect. This short novel is a high-interest, low-reading level book for middle-grade readers who are building reading skills, want a quick read or say they don’t like to read! The epub edition of this title is fully accessible.