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Author : Rachel M. W. Proctor
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book To the Land of the Midnight Sun and to Other Lands written by Rachel M. W. Proctor and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Paul Belloni Du Chaillu
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3385454069
Total Pages : 566 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (854 download)
Download or read book The Land of the Midnight Sun written by Paul Belloni Du Chaillu and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-05-05 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1881.
Author : Minneapolis Public Schools. Board of Education
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Minneapolis Public Schools written by Minneapolis Public Schools. Board of Education and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Alexander Armstrong
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1473526388
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (735 download)
Download or read book Land of the Midnight Sun written by Alexander Armstrong and published by Random House. This book was released on 2015-10-08 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In an adventure of a lifetime, Alexander Armstrong wraps up warm and heads ever north to explore the hostile Arctic winter – the glittering landscape of Scandinavia, the isolated islands of Iceland and Greenland, and the final frontier of Canada and Alaska. Along the way he learns from the Marines how to survive sub-zero temperatures by eating for England, takes a white-knuckle drive along a treacherous 800-mile road that's a river in summer and, with great reluctance, strips off for a dip in the freezing Arctic waters - and that’s all before wrestling Viking-style with a sporting legend called Eva as part of an Icelandic winter festival. Sharing the wonder of the Arctic in his inimitable style, Land of the Midnight Sun is a brilliantly entertaining travelogue that takes readers on an exhilarating and hilarious journey to the farthest reaches of the globe. Through his witty exploration of the region's remarkable landscape and lifestyle, and its even more remarkable people, Armstrong proves himself the ideal travel companion.
Author : Thomas Halliday
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 0593132890
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (931 download)
Download or read book Otherlands written by Thomas Halliday and published by Random House. This book was released on 2022-02-01 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Immersive . . . bracingly ambitious . . . rewinds the story of life on Earth—from the mammoth steppe of the last Ice Age to the dawn of multicellular creatures over 500 million years ago.”—The Economist LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE • “One of those rare books that’s both deeply informative and daringly imaginative.”—Elizabeth Kolbert, author of Under a White Sky ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New Yorker, Prospect (UK) The past is past, but it does leave clues, and Thomas Halliday has used cutting-edge science to decipher them more completely than ever before. In Otherlands, Halliday makes sixteen fossil sites burst to life on the page. This book is an exploration of the Earth as it used to exist, the changes that have occurred during its history, and the ways that life has found to adapt―or not. It takes us from the savannahs of Pliocene Kenya to watch a python chase a group of australopithecines into an acacia tree; to a cliff overlooking the salt pans of the empty basin of what will be the Mediterranean Sea just as water from the Miocene Atlantic Ocean spills in; into the tropical forests of Eocene Antarctica; and under the shallow pools of Ediacaran Australia, where we glimpse the first microbial life. Otherlands also offers us a vast perspective on the current state of the planet. The thought that something as vast as the Great Barrier Reef, for example, with all its vibrant diversity, might one day soon be gone sounds improbable. But the fossil record shows us that this sort of wholesale change is not only possible but has repeatedly happened throughout Earth history. Even as he operates on this broad canvas, Halliday brings us up close to the intricate relationships that defined these lost worlds. In novelistic prose that belies the breadth of his research, he illustrates how ecosystems are formed; how species die out and are replaced; and how species migrate, adapt, and collaborate. It is a breathtaking achievement: a surprisingly emotional narrative about the persistence of life, the fragility of seemingly permanent ecosystems, and the scope of deep time, all of which have something to tell us about our current crisis.
Author : Minneapolis Public Schools. Board of Education
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book Annual Report written by Minneapolis Public Schools. Board of Education and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Sean Michael Flynn
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1429973978
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)
Download or read book Land of the Radioactive Midnight Sun written by Sean Michael Flynn and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2010-07-20 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From moose attacks to the midnight sun--an amusing, Bill Bryson-like account of one man's first year in Alaska "In New York City, a Cheechako (chee CHA-ko) would be the kid who just fell off the turnip truck. No street smarts. A pink windbreaker. A subway map sticking from his back pocket...In Alaska, a Cheechako is even easier to spot. He's the guy with his tongue stuck to a metal pole. A tenderfoot. A greenhorn." Land of the Radioactive Midnight Sun is the story of Lt. Sean Michael Flynn as he tries to survive his first year in Alaska. With romantic notions of Jack London and Bush piloting, Lt. Flynn requests a transfer to Eielson Air Force Base outside of Fairbanks, Alaska. He is a bit unnerved at how easy the transfer goes through. From a rugby game on a frozen river to living across from Santa's Village to soaring over the Bush in an F-16, Land of the Radioactive Midnight Sun is a hilarious trial-by-many-errors account of what it takes to become a true Alaskan.
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Total Pages : 1560 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book The Standard written by and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 1560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Alexander Rogers Smith
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 788 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Port of New York, Harbor and Marine Review written by Alexander Rogers Smith and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 788 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 912 pages
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Download or read book Western Journal of Education written by and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 912 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Los Angeles City School District
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 996 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (3 download)
Download or read book School Publication written by Los Angeles City School District and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 996 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 832 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (29 download)
Download or read book The Contemporary Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 832 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Episcopal Church. Department of Missions and Church Extension
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 252 pages
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Download or read book Neighbors written by Episcopal Church. Department of Missions and Church Extension and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Larry J. Hoefling
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786455993
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)
Download or read book Nils Thor Granlund written by Larry J. Hoefling and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-01-10 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nils T. Granlund (1882-1957) created the first movie preview, filmed the first commercial, was the first to broadcast a live sports event, and, as a popular radio personality, introduced the Jazz Age to America via his broadcasts from Harlem's Cotton Club. He is also acknowledged as the creator of the modern nightclub, introducing the high-kicking chorus line to the stages of Las Vegas. But though he was among the highest-grossing entertainers of the World War II era--famous enough to star as "himself" in several Hollywood films--he died virtually penniless, and today is all but forgotten. This work is a comprehensive biography of the man known as NTG, from his herding reindeer in Sweden to shepherding the most beautiful chorus girls on Broadway.
Author : Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
ISBN 13 : 1465601325
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (656 download)
Download or read book Boyhood in Norway: Stories of Boy-Life in the Land of the Midnight Sun written by Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on 2020-09-28 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A deadly feud was raging among the boys of Numedale. The East-Siders hated the West-Siders, and thrashed them when they got a chance; and the West-Siders, when fortune favored them, returned the compliment with interest. It required considerable courage for a boy to venture, unattended by comrades, into the territory of the enemy; and no one took the risk unless dire necessity compelled him. The hostile parties had played at war so long that they had forgotten that it was play; and now were actually inspired with the emotions which they had formerly simulated. Under the leadership of their chieftains, Halvor Reitan and Viggo Hook, they held councils of war, sent out scouts, planned midnight surprises, and fought at times mimic battles. I say mimic battles, because no one was ever killed; but broken heads and bruised limbs many a one carried home from these engagements, and unhappily one boy, named Peer Oestmo, had an eye put out by an arrow. It was a great consolation to him that he became a hero to all the West-Siders and was promoted for bravery in the field to the rank of first lieutenant. He had the sympathy of all his companions in arms and got innumerable bites of apples, cancelled postage stamps, and colored advertising-labels in token of their esteem. But the principal effect of this first serious wound was to invest the war with a breathless and all-absorbing interest. It was now no longer "make believe," but deadly earnest. Blood had flowed; insults had been exchanged in due order, and offended honor cried for vengeance. It was fortunate that the river divided the West-Siders from the East-Siders, or it would have been difficult to tell what might have happened. Viggo Hook, the West-Side general, was a handsome, high-spirited lad of fifteen, who was the last person to pocket an injury, as long as red blood flowed in his veins, as he was wont to express it. He was the eldest son of Colonel Hook of the regular army, and meant some day to be a Von Moltke or a Napoleon. He felt in his heart that he was destined for something great; and in conformity with this conviction assumed a superb behavior, which his comrades found very admirable.
Author : Minneapolis Public Schools
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 510 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (29 download)
Download or read book Report written by Minneapolis Public Schools and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Alison Lacivita
Publisher : University Press of Florida
ISBN 13 : 081307214X
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (13 download)
Download or read book The Ecology of Finnegans Wake written by Alison Lacivita and published by University Press of Florida. This book was released on 2021-11-09 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book—one of the first ecocritical explorations of Irish literature—Alison Lacivita defies the popular view of James Joyce as a thoroughly urban writer by bringing to light his consistent engagement with nature. Using genetic criticism to investigate Joyce’s source texts, notebooks, and proofs, Lacivita shows how Joyce developed ecological themes in Finnegans Wake over successive drafts. Making apparent a love of growing things and a lively connection with the natural world across his texts, Lacivita’s approach reveals Joyce’s keen attention to the Irish landscape, meteorology, urban planning, Dublin’s ecology, the exploitation of nature, and fertility and reproduction. Alison Lacivita unearths a vital quality of Joyce’s work that has largely gone undetected, decisively aligning ecocriticism with both modernism and Irish studies.
