The Airy Way
Author | : George Albemarle Bertie Dewar |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 1910 |
Genre | : Birds |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : George Albemarle Bertie Dewar |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 1910 |
Genre | : Birds |
ISBN | : |
Author | : John Edward Huth |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 539 |
Release | : 2013-05-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0674072820 |
Long before GPS, Google Earth, and global transit, humans traveled vast distances using only environmental clues and simple instruments. John Huth asks what is lost when modern technology substitutes for our innate capacity to find our way. Encyclopedic in breadth, weaving together astronomy, meteorology, oceanography, and ethnography, The Lost Art of Finding Our Way puts us in the shoes, ships, and sleds of early navigators for whom paying close attention to the environment around them was, quite literally, a matter of life and death. Haunted by the fate of two young kayakers lost in a fog bank off Nantucket, Huth shows us how to navigate using natural phenomena—the way the Vikings used the sunstone to detect polarization of sunlight, and Arab traders learned to sail into the wind, and Pacific Islanders used underwater lightning and “read” waves to guide their explorations. Huth reminds us that we are all navigators capable of learning techniques ranging from the simplest to the most sophisticated skills of direction-finding. Even today, careful observation of the sun and moon, tides and ocean currents, weather and atmospheric effects can be all we need to find our way. Lavishly illustrated with nearly 200 specially prepared drawings, Huth’s compelling account of the cultures of navigation will engross readers in a narrative that is part scientific treatise, part personal travelogue, and part vivid re-creation of navigational history. Seeing through the eyes of past voyagers, we bring our own world into sharper view.
Author | : Jhenah Telyndru |
Publisher | : Llewellyn Worldwide |
Total Pages | : 286 |
Release | : 2023-06-08 |
Genre | : Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | : 073876504X |
Follow the Mythic Map into Modern Practice The path of the Avalonian priestess is as unique as those who walk it; learn how to apply the nine energies of this path in service to the Goddess, the community, and the self in pursuit of inner wholeness and connection to Avalon within. Jhenah Telyndru explores Avalon's legacy through history and lore: examining Arthurian legends; myths from Wales, Brittany, and Ireland; and the accounts of Celtic priestesses recorded by Roman historians. Presented in two parts, this book first delves into the rich historical and cultural information that forms the Avalonian Stream of Tradition, especially the Ninefold Sisterhoods found in Celtic lands and beyond. Then, you will be introduced to nine modern priestess pathways inspired by ancient ways: Lorekeeper, Lawspeaker, Emissary, Artisan, Hearthtender, Guardian, Seer, Healer, and Ritualist. You'll use specialized workings to connect with Avalon's energetic currents, reclaim your sovereignty, learn to be in priestess service as a bridge between the worlds, and find your way home to Avalon within.
Author | : George Thorndike Angell |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 592 |
Release | : 1876 |
Genre | : Animal welfare |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Joseph Wood Krutch |
Publisher | : Transaction Publishers |
Total Pages | : 542 |
Release | : |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1412843308 |
This collection of writings selected from a vast literature about animals contributes something to an over-all picture of human beings' relations with and attitudes toward the animal kingdom.
Author | : Tristanne Connolly |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 334 |
Release | : 2015-10-06 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1317316126 |
During the 18th century medicine became an autonomous discipline and practice. Surgeons justified themselves as skilled practitioners and set themselves apart from the unspecialized, hack barber-surgeons of early modernity. This title presents 17 essays on the relationship between medicine and literature during the Enlightenment.