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Islands at the Edge of Time

Author : Gunnar Hansen
Publisher : Island Press
ISBN 13 : 9781559632515
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (325 download)

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Download or read book Islands at the Edge of Time written by Gunnar Hansen and published by Island Press. This book was released on 1993-08-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Islands at the Edge of Time is the story of one man's captivating journey along America's barrier islands from Boca Chica, Texas, to the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Weaving in and out along the coastlines of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, South Carolina, and North Carolina, poet and naturalist Gunnar Hansen perceives barrier islands not as sand but as expressions in time of the processes that make them. Along the way he treats the reader to absorbing accounts of those who call these islands home -- their lives often lived in isolation and at the extreme edges of existence -- and examines how the culture and history of these people are shaped by the physical character of their surroundings.

Elsewhere

Author : Alastair Bonnett
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 9780226823850
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (238 download)

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Download or read book Elsewhere written by Alastair Bonnett and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2022-11-07 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explorer and geographer Alastair Bonnett takes us on a thought-provoking tour of the world’s most fascinating islands, featuring hand-drawn maps, color photos, and stories from his travels. There are millions of islands on our planet. New islands are being built at an unprecedented rate, for tourism and territorial ambition. Many are also disappearing, besieged by rising sea levels. The story of our world’s islands is one of the great dramas of our time, and it is playing out around the planet—islands are sprouting or being submerged everywhere from the South China Sea to the Atlantic. Elsewhere is the story of this strange and mesmerizing planetary spectacle. In this book, explorer and geographer Alastair Bonnett takes us on a thought-provoking tour of the world’s most fascinating islands. He traveled the globe to provide a firsthand look at numerous islands, sketching a vivid likeness of each one he visited. From a “crannog,” an ancient artificial island in a Scottish loch, to the militarized artificial islands China is building; from the disappearing islands that remain the home of native Central Americans to the ritzy new islands of Dubai; from Hong Kong to the Isles of Scilly—all have compelling stories to tell. As we journey around the world with Bonnett, he addresses urgent contemporary issues such as climate change, economic inequality, and the changing balance of world power as reflected in the fates of islands. Along the way, we also learn about the many ways islands rise and fall, the long and little-known history of human island-building and the prospect that the inland hills and valleys will one day be archipelagos. Featuring Bonnett’s charming hand-drawn maps and 33 full-color photos, Elsewhere is a captivating travel book for any armchair adventurer.

The Island of Sea Women

Author : Lisa See
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1501154877
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book The Island of Sea Women written by Lisa See and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2019-03-05 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “A mesmerizing new historical novel” (O, The Oprah Magazine) from Lisa See, the bestselling author of The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane, about female friendship and devastating family secrets on a small Korean island. Mi-ja and Young-sook, two girls living on the Korean island of Jeju, are best friends who come from very different backgrounds. When they are old enough, they begin working in the sea with their village’s all-female diving collective, led by Young-sook’s mother. As the girls take up their positions as baby divers, they know they are beginning a life of excitement and responsibility—but also danger. Despite their love for each other, Mi-ja and Young-sook find it impossible to ignore their differences. The Island of Sea Women takes place over many decades, beginning during a period of Japanese colonialism in the 1930s and 1940s, followed by World War II, the Korean War, through the era of cell phones and wet suits for the women divers. Throughout this time, the residents of Jeju find themselves caught between warring empires. Mi-ja is the daughter of a Japanese collaborator. Young-sook was born into a long line of haenyeo and will inherit her mother’s position leading the divers in their village. Little do the two friends know that forces outside their control will push their friendship to the breaking point. “This vivid…thoughtful and empathetic” novel (The New York Times Book Review) illuminates a world turned upside down, one where the women are in charge and the men take care of the children. “A wonderful ode to a truly singular group of women” (Publishers Weekly), The Island of Sea Women is a “beautiful story…about the endurance of friendship when it’s pushed to its limits, and you…will love it” (Cosmopolitan).

Island in the Sea of Time

Author : S. M. Stirling
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 0451456750
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (514 download)

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Download or read book Island in the Sea of Time written by S. M. Stirling and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 1998-03-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Utterly engaging...a page-turner that is certain to win the author legions of new readers and fans.”—George R. R. Martin, author of A Game of Thrones It's spring on Nantucket and everything is perfectly normal, until a sudden storm blankets the entire island. When the weather clears, the island's inhabitants find that they are no longer in the late twentieth century...but have been transported instead to the Bronze Age! Now they must learn to survive with suspicious, warlike peoples they can barely understand and deal with impending disaster, in the shape of a would-be conqueror from their own time.

A Sea Island Lady

Author : Francis Griswold
Publisher : New York : Morrow
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 984 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Sea Island Lady written by Francis Griswold and published by New York : Morrow. This book was released on 1939 with total page 984 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Journey to the Ragged Islands

Author : Paul Trammell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781726888721
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (887 download)

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Download or read book Journey to the Ragged Islands written by Paul Trammell and published by . This book was released on 2018-12-12 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bahamas is a nation with about one thousand islands and cays, many of which are remote and uninhabited. The unique geography of The Bahamas includes shallow banks and coral reefs as well as water over 4000 feet deep. Scattered about the banks are blue holes, vertical caves that often lead down to underwater cave systems. Blue holes are incredible places to freedive. Barrier reefs between the deep ocean and the islands often produce excellent surfing waves. The water is full of wildlife, including hundreds of species of tropical fish, sharks, rays, eels, turtles, and whales. I set out from Jacksonville, Florida, to explore some of the most remote islands in March and April of 2018 sailing alone in Sobrius, my 30' sailboat, a Dufour Arpege. I dove on coral reefs almost every day, as well as five or six blue holes. I surfed three point breaks, and I found much more adventure than I ever expected. I documented the journey in this, my third book, Journey to the Ragged Islands. I also am documenting the journey on my YouTube channel, Paul Trammell, in a series of videos. In addition to dramatic and immersive prose describing the joys and difficulties of the journey, I also include a lot of singlehanded-sailing technique, as well as descriptions of the islands I visited and GPS coordinates of all the places I dropped anchor. Islands I visited include Eleuthera, Cat Island, Long Island, the Jumentos Cays, the Ragged Islands, Rum Cay, Conception Island, and the Exuma Cays. I hope you enjoy the book as much as I enjoyed writing it!

Journey Across The Hidden Islands

Author : Sarah Beth Durst
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0544707346
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (447 download)

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Download or read book Journey Across The Hidden Islands written by Sarah Beth Durst and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2017-04-04 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The traditional Emperor’s Journey is meant to be uneventful. But as the princesses Seika and Ji-Lin—twin sisters—travel to pay respects to their kingdom’s dragon guardian, unexpected monsters appear and tremors shake the earth. The Hidden Islands face unprecedented threats, and the old rituals are failing. With only their strength, ingenuity, and flying lion to rely on, can the sisters find a new way to keep their people safe?

Last Places

Author : Lawrence Millman
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780618082483
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (824 download)

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Download or read book Last Places written by Lawrence Millman and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2000 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A classic of northern exploration and adventure, LAST PLACES is Lawrence Millman's marvelously told account of his journey along the ancient Viking sea routes that extend from Norway to Newfoundland. Traveling through landscapes of transcendent desolation, Millman wandered by way of the Shetland Islands, the Faeroes, Iceland, Greenland, and Labrador. His way was marked by surprising human encounters--with a convicted murderer in Reykjavik, an Inuit hermit in Greenland, an Icelandic guide who leads him to a place called Hell, and a Newfoundlander who warns him about the local variant of the Abominable Snowman. By turns earthy and lyrical, LAST PLACES is an ebullient celebration of the exotic North.

Across Islands and Oceans

Author : James Baldwin
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781470004613
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (46 download)

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Download or read book Across Islands and Oceans written by James Baldwin and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2012-01-31 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Across Islands and Oceans is the memoir of twenty-five year-old James Baldwin and his epic two-year, solo circumnavigation in Atom, his trusty but aging twenty-eight foot sailboat. Early on and "as broke as [he] dared to be," James determined not only to sail around the world, but also to hike across every island that he visits. His inland forays are unique in the literature of circumnavigators as he finds danger, humor, friendship and romance in places most sailors will never visit. James' story unfolds in his earnest exploration of distant lands and seas, his meditations on the people whose lives he touched, and his greater voyage to explore his own private ocean of solitude. His adventure is not merely an attempt to seek thrills, nor even to tempt death, but rather a voyage of discovery as he set out in the direction of his youthful dreams to meet the life he imagined. "Go seek what you will, where you will, but be a seeker all of your life." -James Baldwin

The Inland Sea

Author : Donald Richie
Publisher : Stone Bridge Press
ISBN 13 : 1611729165
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (117 download)

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Download or read book The Inland Sea written by Donald Richie and published by Stone Bridge Press. This book was released on 2015-09-28 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An elegiac prose celebration . . . a classic in its genre."—Publishers Weekly In this acclaimed travel memoir, Donald Richie paints a memorable portrait of the island-studded Inland Sea. His existential ruminations on food, culture, and love and his brilliant descriptions of life and landscape are a window into an Old Japan that has now nearly vanished. Included are the twenty black and white photographs by Yoichi Midorikawa that accompanied the original 1971 edition. Donald Richie (1924–2013) was an internationally recognized expert on Japanese culture and film. Yoichi Midorikawa (1915–2001) was one of Japan's foremost nature photographers.

Narrative of a Journey Round the World

Author : Friedrich Gerstäcker
Publisher : London : Hurst and Blackett
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (39 download)

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Download or read book Narrative of a Journey Round the World written by Friedrich Gerstäcker and published by London : Hurst and Blackett. This book was released on 1853 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Backpacking Housewife (The Backpacking Housewife, Book 1)

Author : Janice Horton
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
ISBN 13 : 0008302685
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (83 download)

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Download or read book The Backpacking Housewife (The Backpacking Housewife, Book 1) written by Janice Horton and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2018-07-06 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘A feelgood read that reminds us it’s never too late to live the life you want’ 4* SUN One mum is leaving it all behind for the adventure of a lifetime...

Journey Under the Sea

Author : R. A. Montgomery
Publisher : Thorndike Striving Reader
ISBN 13 : 9781432877996
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (779 download)

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Download or read book Journey Under the Sea written by R. A. Montgomery and published by Thorndike Striving Reader. This book was released on 2020-05-02 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The reader embarks on an expedition in an underwater vessel to find the lost city of Atlantis. By choosing specific pages, the reader determines the outcome of the plot.

Journey to the Sea Islands

Author : Angel Harriott
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 9780359311309
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (113 download)

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Download or read book Journey to the Sea Islands written by Angel Harriott and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-02-04 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For a very long time, Gullah people dwelling on the Sea Islands of Charleston, South Carolina went unknown and unnoticed. The little which was known did not paint them in a positive light. It resulted in questions and comments that were often disparaging rather than those that could enlighten. This caused many Gullah people to change or deny who they were and to abandon some of their cultural traditions and language after enduring years of enslavement and inequity. This book shows how the Gullah people maintained African history through their memory, knowledge and practice of customs and traditions from Africa. These traditions were passed down from one generation to the next, both intentionally and unintentionally. Through the research and work of several individuals and organizations, many people are now coming to understand and appreciate the history that they held onto for decades. This book is about my personal journey growing up Gullah and how I saw the world through my experience.

The Journey to Dragon Island

Author : Claire Fayers
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
ISBN 13 : 1250138949
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book The Journey to Dragon Island written by Claire Fayers and published by Henry Holt and Company (BYR). This book was released on 2017-05-16 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this sequel to The Voyage to Magical North, Brine, Peter, Cassie and crew return for another swashbuckling adventure on the high seas. Reaching the edge of the world can't stop the crew of the Onion! It's westward ho in search of dragons, no matter the obstacles. And there are obstacles. Flesh-eating vines, violent locals, and mischievous magi—not to mention Marfak West's ghost—meet the pirates when they land on the Western Island, where a volcano threatens to end them all. Together, Brine and Peter might just be able to save the crew, the island, and themselves. Or they might all go up in flames. It really could go either way.

Journey to the River Sea

Author : Eva Ibbotson
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1447265688
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (472 download)

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Download or read book Journey to the River Sea written by Eva Ibbotson and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2014-05-08 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maia, orphaned at 13, is unhappy to be staying with relatives hundreds of miles up the Amazon. She becomes friends with an English boy who lives with the locals. They are forced to flee upriver, pursued by an assortment of eccentric characters.

Journey to the Sea Islands: Gullah Geechee Good!

Author : Angel Harriott
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 0359725937
Total Pages : 66 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (597 download)

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Download or read book Journey to the Sea Islands: Gullah Geechee Good! written by Angel Harriott and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-07-04 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For a very long time, Gullah people dwelling on the Sea Islands of Charleston, South Carolina went unknown and unnoticed. The little which was known did not paint them in a positive light. It resulted in questions and comments that were often disparaging rather than those that could enlighten. This caused many Gullah people to change or deny who they were and to abandon some of our cultural traditions and language after enduring years of enslavement and inequity. This book shows how the Gullah people maintained African history through their memory, knowledge and practice of customs and traditions from Africa. These traditions were passed down from one generation to the next, both intentionally and unintentionally. Through the research and work of several individuals and organizations, many people are now coming to understand and appreciate the history that they held onto for decades. This book is about the Gullah people, my journey growing up Gullah and how I saw the world through that experience.