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| Author | : Craig A. Grimes |
| Publisher | : Troubador Publishing Ltd |
| Total Pages | : 488 |
| Release | : 2021-07-06 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1800463766 |
In his compelling and fresh sixth book Craig A. Grimes takes a speculative look on history, power, and society. How so often little things lead to unforeseen big things, and carefully planned big things so often lead to nothing. A Distant Mountain takes one to The Valley of Mexico about 1350. The Aztecs have yet to rise to power; they are just one of the many Nahua city-states making up, as they knew it, the One World. What we know of these people, crushed in an eye-blink, generally begins and ends with ritual blood sacrifice. Yet at that time they had the most modern society of any in the world with, uniquely, free public education for all children, hospitals, efficiently managed public works, an ethical judicial system, and government supported associations that cared for the needy. The towns and cities were orderly, clean, prosperous and efficient. Which suggests that their society had both a rational and irrational aspect to it- like most. Age and youth, peace and war, death and love, the strikingly beautiful story is alive with a truth and understanding that illuminate the soul as a marvellous dream.
| Author | : Yoram Cohen |
| Publisher | : BRILL |
| Total Pages | : 473 |
| Release | : 2021-11-29 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9004499148 |
The IOS Annual Volume 21. “Carrying a Torch to Distant Mountains” brings forth cutting-edge studies devoted to a wide array of fields and disciplines of the Middle East, from the beginning of civilization to modern times.
| Author | : Ian L. Donnachie |
| Publisher | : Manchester University Press |
| Total Pages | : 400 |
| Release | : 2004-04-08 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9780719066733 |
This is the second of two anthologies designed to form an interdisciplinary exploration of the changes and transitions in European culture between 1780 and 1830. The collection of extracts in this anthology provide primary and secondary sources on industry and changing landscapes, new forms of knowledge, new conceptions of art and the artist, and the exotic and the Oriental. Each selection is accompanied by a detailed introduction explaining the context and significance of the sources. Extracts in the anthology stimulate questions rather than providing reassuring answers, but provide vital insights to the major events, movements, and personalities of the time. This volume provides an invaluable resource for all students of European culture in the period. A companion volume offers readings on the death of the Old Regime, the Napoleonic phenomenon, and slavery, religion and reform.
| Author | : Antonio Moresco |
| Publisher | : Archipelago |
| Total Pages | : 157 |
| Release | : 2016-03-15 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 091467143X |
A man lives in total solitude in an abandoned mountain village. But each night, at the same hour, a mysterious distant light appears on the far side of the valley and disturbs his isolation. What is it? Someone in another deserted village? A forgotten street lamp? An alien being? Finally the man is driven to discover its source. He finds a young boy who also lives alone, in a house in the middle of the forest. But who really is this child? The answer at the secret heart of this novel is both uncanny and profoundly touching. Antonio Moresco's "Little Prince" is a moving meditation on life and the universe we inhabit. Moresco reflects on the solitude and pain of existence, but also on what we share with all around us, living and dead.
| Author | : BJ Hoff |
| Publisher | : Harvest House Publishers |
| Total Pages | : 266 |
| Release | : 2006-01-01 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0736934499 |
In the first book of the Mountain Song Legacy series readers step into a small Kentucky coal mining town in the late 1800's where hope is found in the hearts of two young girls—the vibrant, red-headed Maggie MacAuley and her fragile friend Summer Rankin. When Jonathan Stuart, the latest in a succession of educators, actually wants to continue teaching in the one-room schoolhouse, then Maggie and Summer know that he is special. So when Jonathan's cherished flute is stolen, the girls try to find a way to restore music to his life. Sorrow and joy follow in the days to come, and through it all Maggie, Jonathan, and a community rediscover the gifts of faith, friendship, and unwavering love.
| Author | : David Roberts |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 182 |
| Release | : 1968 |
| Genre | : Huntington, Mount |
| ISBN | : |
Account of first ascent of west face of Mt. Huntington, Alaska, in 1965.
| Author | : David K. Lynch |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 296 |
| Release | : 2001-06-11 |
| Genre | : Art |
| ISBN | : 9780521775045 |
We live in a world of optical marvels - from the commonplace but beautiful rainbow, to the rare and eerie superior mirage. But how many of us really understand how a rainbow is formed, why the setting sun is red and flattened, or even why the sky at night is not absolutely black? This beautiful and informative guide provides clear explanations to all naturally occurring optical phenomena seen with the naked eye, including shadows, halos, water optics, mirages and a host of other spectacles. Separating myth from reality, it outlines the basic principles involved, and supports them with many figures and references. A wealth of rare and spectacular photographs, many in full color, illustrate the phenomena throughout. In this new edition of the highly-acclaimed guide to seeing, photographing and understanding nature's optical delights, the authors have added over 50 new images and provided new material on experiments you can try yourself.
| Author | : |
| Publisher | : Duncan Baird Publishers |
| Total Pages | : 188 |
| Release | : 1998 |
| Genre | : Hiking |
| ISBN | : |
Shows and describes ten of the world's greatest mountain ranges, including the Himalayas, Alps, Pyrenees, Rockies, and Andes.
| Author | : Kate Morton |
| Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
| Total Pages | : 576 |
| Release | : 2011-07-12 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1439152799 |
A long-lost letter arriving at its destination fifty years after it was sent lures Edie Burchill to crumbling Milderhurst Castle, home of the three elderly Blythe sisters, where Edie's mother was sent to stay as a teenager during World War II.
| Author | : John Muir |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 406 |
| Release | : 1907 |
| Genre | : California |
| ISBN | : |
Famed naturalist John Muir (1838-1914) came to Wisconsin as a boy and studied at the University of Wisconsin. He first came to California in 1868 and devoted six years to the study of the Yosemite Valley. After work in Nevada, Utah, and Colorado, he returned to California in 1880 and made the state his home. One of the heroes of America's conservation movement, Muir deserves much of the credit for making the Yosemite Valley a protected national park and for alerting Americans to the need to protect this and other natural wonders. The mountains of California (1894) is his book length tribute to the beauties of the Sierras. He recounts not only his own journeys by foot through the mountains, glaciers, forests, and valleys, but also the geological and natural history of the region, ranging from the history of glaciers, the patterns of tree growth, and the daily life of animals and insects. While Yosemite naturally receives great attention, Muir also expounds on less well known beauty spots.
