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The Lure of Faraway Places

Author : Herb Pohl
Publisher : Dundurn
ISBN 13 : 1770706275
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book The Lure of Faraway Places written by Herb Pohl and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2007-05-11 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Lure of Faraway Places is the publication canoeist Herb Pohl (1930-2006) did not live to see published. But Pohl's words and images provide a unique portrait of Canada by one who was happiest when travelling our northern waterways alone. Austrian-born Herb Pohl died at the mouth of the Michipcoten River on July 17, 2006. He is remembered as "Canada's most remarkable solo traveller." While mourning their loss, Herb Pohl's friends found, to their surprise and delight, a manuscript of wilderness writings on his desk in his lakeside apartment in Burlington, Ontario. He had hoped one day to publish his work as a book. With help and commentary from best-selling canoe author and editor James Raffan, Natural Heritage is proud to present that book, Herb's book, The Lure of Faraway Places. "There's nothing like it in canoeing literature," says Raffan. "It's part journal, part memoir, part wilderness philosophy and part tips and tricks of the most pragmatic kind written about parts of the country most of us will never see by the most committed and ambitious solo canoeist in Canadian history."

From Faraway Places

Author : Mabel O'Donnell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780720210088
Total Pages : 127 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book From Faraway Places written by Mabel O'Donnell and published by . This book was released on 1974-01-01 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Exploring the Gospel of Luke

Author : John Phillips
Publisher : Kregel Academic
ISBN 13 : 9780825433771
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (337 download)

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Download or read book Exploring the Gospel of Luke written by John Phillips and published by Kregel Academic. This book was released on 2005 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Another new release of the highly sought-after classic commentary series from one of the most respected and articulate expositors of the twentieth century. "John Phillips writes with enthusiasm and clarity, ...cutting through the confusion and heretical dangers associated with Bible interpretation." -Moody Magazine

Careers for Courageous People & Other Adventurous Types

Author : Jan Goldberg
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN 13 : 0071454608
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (714 download)

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Download or read book Careers for Courageous People & Other Adventurous Types written by Jan Goldberg and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2004-10-22 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CAREERS FOR YOU IS THE ONLY CAREER SERIES DESIGNED EXPRESSLY TO TURN PASSIONS INTO PAYCHECKS! The inspiring Careers for You series encourages career explorers to examine the job market through the unique lens of their own interests. Includes: The latest information on training and education Tips on transforming hobbies into job skills Stories of success from each field Expert advice on finding and getting the job Advice on competing in hot job markets

Approaches to Human Geography

Author : Stuart C. Aitken
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 147390742X
Total Pages : 457 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (739 download)

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Download or read book Approaches to Human Geography written by Stuart C. Aitken and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2014-12-01 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The book covers some of the (traditionally) most obtuse and difficult-to-grasp philosophical ideas that have influenced geographers/geography. The fact that these are presented in an inclusive and accessible manner is a key strength. Many students have commented that the chapters they have read have encouraged them to read more in this field, which is fantastic from a lecturer′s perspective." - Richard White, Sheffield Hallam University A new edition of the classic Approaches text for students, organised in three sections, which overviews and explains the history and philosophy of Human Geographies in all its applications by those who practise it: Section One – Philosophies: Positivist Geography / Humanism / Feminist Geographies / Marxisms / Structuration Theory / Human Animal / Realism / Postmodern Geographies/ Poststructuralist Theories / Actor-Network Theory, / Postcolonialism / Geohumanities / Technologies Section Two – People: Institutions and Cultures / Places and Contexts / Memories and Desires / Understanding Place / Personal and Political / Becoming a Geographer / Movement and Encounter / Spaces and Flows / Places as Thoughts Section Three – Practices: Mapping and Geovisualization / Quantification, Evidence, and Positivism / Geographic Information Systems / Humanism / Activism / Feminist Geographies / Poststructuralist Theories / Psychoanalysis / Environmental Inquiry / Contested Geographies and Culture Wars Fully updated throughout and with eight brand new chapters - this is the core text for modules on history, theory, and practice in Human Geography.

Fallen Soldiers

Author : George L. Mosse
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780195071399
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (713 download)

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Download or read book Fallen Soldiers written by George L. Mosse and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why, after experiencing the horrors of modern war, are so many people ready to glorify the conflict when it is over? A chilling look at how the horrors of war become the comforts of nostalgia.

From Faraway Places

Author : Mabel O'Donnell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 367 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (119 download)

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Download or read book From Faraway Places written by Mabel O'Donnell and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: School children tell stories about people in Italy, Mexico, Japan, Scotland, Ireland, Switzerland, France, and Ghana, the countries of their ancestors.

All Hands

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 828 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book All Hands written by and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 828 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

From Stonehenge to Samarkand

Author : Brian Fagan
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019977000X
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (997 download)

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Download or read book From Stonehenge to Samarkand written by Brian Fagan and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2006-07-20 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ever since Roman tourists scratched graffiti on the pyramids and temples of Egypt over two thousand years ago, people have traveled far and wide seeking the great wonders of antiquity. In From Stonehenge to Samarkand, noted archaeologist and popular writer Brian Fagan offers an engaging historical account of our enduring love of ancient architecture--the irresistible impulse to visit strange lands in search of lost cities and forgotten monuments. Here is a marvelous history of archaeological tourism, with generous excerpts from the writings of the tourists themselves. Readers will find Herodotus describing the construction of Babylon; Edward Gibbon receiving inspiration for his seminal work while wandering through the ruins of the Forum in Rome; Gustave Flaubert watching the sunrise from atop the Pyramid of Cheops. We visit Easter Island with Pierre Loti, Machu Picchu with Hiram Bingham, Central Africa with David Livingstone. Fagan describes the early antiquarians, consumed with a passionate and omnivorous curiosity, pondering the mysteries of Stonehenge, but he also considers some of the less reputable figures, such as the Earl of Elgin, who sold large parts of the Parthenon to the British Museum. Finally, he discusses the changing nature of archaeological tourism, from the early romantic wanderings of the solitary figure, communing with the departed spirits of Druids or Mayans, to the cruise-ship excursions of modern times, where masses of tourists are hustled through ruins, barely aware of their surroundings. From the Holy Land to the Silk Road, the Yucatán to Angkor Wat, Fagan follows in the footsteps of the great archaeological travelers to retrieve their first written impressions in a book that will delight anyone fascinated with the landmarks of ancient civilization.

To Faraway Places

Author : Ruth Ludlam Woodward
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book To Faraway Places written by Ruth Ludlam Woodward and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 724 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Newsletter written by and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 724 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Great, Grand & Famous Hotels

Author : Fritz Gubler
Publisher : Great, Grand & Famous Hotels
ISBN 13 : 0980466709
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Great, Grand & Famous Hotels written by Fritz Gubler and published by Great, Grand & Famous Hotels. This book was released on 2008 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a book for lovers of remarkable hotels. Whether you are a long-term luxury hotel addict, or just fantasising about a visit to one of the world's great hotels, this book is for you. This book features stories about great, grand and famous hotels sourced from history, legend and the occasional snippet of gossip. Take a peek inside and discover a treasure trove of famous or forgotten anecdotes. See the dramas unfold in lobbies, dining rooms, bars and ballrooms, or behind the closed doors of guest rooms and Presidential Suites. Marvel at those who made these hotels what they are: daring financiers, visionary owners, inventive architects, cutting-edge designers, devoted hoteliers and renowned chefs. Remember the great, grand and famous celebrity guests and meet the new breed of visionaries who are creating the great hotels of the future. Visit historic hotels, including The Ritz, Paris; the Waldorf-Astoria, New York; the Beverly Hills Hotel, Los Angeles; the Savoy, London; the Hassler, Rome; The Peninsula, Hong Kong; Raffles, Singapore; Mena House, Cairo; Taj Lake Palace, Udaipur; Chateau Lake Louise, Alberta; the Cipriani, Danieli and Gritti Palace, Venice; Reid's Palace, Madeira; and the Baur au Lac, Zurich, alongside modern masterpieces such as The Burj al Arab, Icehotel and other futuristic hotels. The book is intended to give the traveller a better understanding of, and greater insight into, the hotels they admire and love. It is also a reference book for the passionate hotel professional and provides knowledge for young hoteliers, helping them to understand the history and the development of their industry. Combining four years of research, assisted by many students in various hotel schools around the world, and with contributions by six travel writers, it is hoped this book will entice more people to seek out the world's great, grand and famous hotels, and to stay in them for an unforgettable experience, not just as a place to spend the night.

Evelyn Waugh and the Modernist Tradition

Author : George McCartney
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781412823098
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book Evelyn Waugh and the Modernist Tradition written by George McCartney and published by Transaction Publishers. This book was released on 2003-11-01 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Evelyn Waugh and the Modernist Tradition, George McCartney argues that unlike traditional satirists, Evelyn Waugh was not primarily concerned with correcting morals and manners. Instead, he laid siege to the cultural and metaphysical assumptions of his time. McCartney demonstrates that the one constant in Waugh's work was his lively engagement with contemporary intellectual fashion. It was especially his response to modernism, the zeitgeist of his formative years, that gave his fiction its distinctive energy. McCartney shows how at every turn Waugh's writing pays parodic tribute to modernist esthetics. Although he deplored many of the movement's philosophical premises, he nevertheless admired its methods, borrowing them freely whenever it suited his purposes. In effect, Waugh developed an alternate modernism. Whether it was his playful reworking of Bauhaus and Futurist theory, or his borrowings from film technique, he was determined to take his place in what he called "the advance-guard" despite his avowedly "antique" tastes. Part aesthete, part traditionalist, he appropriated the strategies of experimental art in order to defeat its metaphysical implications. McCartney provides evidence that this ambivalent regard for modernism reveals not only Waugh's interest in aesthetics and philosophy, but also his personal conflicts. For a man who prized rationality, he was remarkably, even notoriously impulsive. McCartney concludes that Waugh's satire sprang not only from his dismay with contemporary intellectual fashions but also from an inward struggle between his orthodox and wayward selves, a struggle that registered the cultural conflicts of his time with uncanny accuracy. In McCartney's reading, Waugh's personal and intellectual ambivalence enabled him to become a prescient critic of our age. The result was a body of work that remains as vital today as when it was written. George McCartney teaches at St. John's University. He has written on Waugh for The Columbia History of the British Novel and Evelyn Waugh: New Directions. He also writes for a variety of publications including National Review, The American Spectator, and the Weekly Standard. His monthly film column appears in Chronicles Magazine.

Postcards in the Library

Author : Norman D. Stevens
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9781560247760
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (477 download)

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Download or read book Postcards in the Library written by Norman D. Stevens and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Postcards in the Library gives compelling reasons why libraries should take a far more active and serious interest in establishing and maintaining postcard collections and in encouraging the use of these collections. It explains the nature and accessibility of existing postcard collections; techniques for acquiring, arranging, preserving, and handling collections; and ways to make researchers and patrons aware of these collections.

Energy, Environment, Natural Resources and Business Competitiveness

Author : Dimitris N. Chorafas
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1317143620
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (171 download)

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Download or read book Energy, Environment, Natural Resources and Business Competitiveness written by Dimitris N. Chorafas and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2016-04-29 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every generation leaves both assets and liabilities to the next. Alert people can see we are going to leave our children and grandchildren with a nearly unsolvable test of energy supplies; waste polluting the air and water; and the appalling problem of a huge and uncontrollable explosion in world population. Energy, Environment, Natural Resources and Business Competitiveness addresses itself to those having a professional, academic or general interest in these issues: - Energy sources, their nature and contribution, - Environmental problems associated to power production and usage, - Financing and control of energy-related projects and processes, - Future direction of agriculture produce now used as energy, - Complex social and technical issues resulting from lack of family planning - and, therefore, of demands for energy, - Impact of energy and an exploding population on pollution, - Truth and hype about the most talked about environmental subjects. In this fourth book for Gower, Dimitris Chorafas reviews Europe, America and Asia's energy needs in the coming decade, pointing out that current policies are inadequate at best, and more likely disastrous for the economy. Governments persist in having their own agenda and priorities as well as plenty of constraints and taboos, yet when he critically examines the challenges Dr Chorafas concludes that no government can solve all current energy problems by acting alone. The book confronts current thinking, and its after-effect on policies and practices. Readers accustomed to mainstream books and articles which blame fossil fuels for a deteriorating world environment will find this a contrary opinion.

Blaise Cendrars

Author : Eric Robertson
Publisher : Reaktion Books
ISBN 13 : 1789145198
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (891 download)

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Download or read book Blaise Cendrars written by Eric Robertson and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2022-08-04 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new account of the life and work of innovative, pseudonymous French poet, novelist, essayist, and film writer Blaise Cendrars. In 1912 the young Frédéric-Louis Sauser arrived in France, carrying an experimental poem and a new identity. Blaise Cendrars was born. Over the next half-century, Cendrars wrote innovative poems, novels, essays, film scripts, and autobiographical prose. His groundbreaking books and collaborations with artists such as Sonia Delaunay and Fernand Léger remain astonishingly modern today. Cendrars’s writings reflect his insatiable curiosity, his vast knowledge, which was largely self-taught, and his love of everyday life. In this new account, Eric Robertson examines Cendrars’s work against a turbulent historical background and reassesses his contribution to twentieth-century literature. Robertson shows how Cendrars is as relevant today as ever and deserves a wider readership in the English-speaking world.