Searching for Stars on an Island in Maine

Searching for Stars on an Island in Maine
Author: Alan P. Lightman
Publisher: Pantheon
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2018
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1101871865

In this meditation on religion and science, Lightman explores the tension between our yearning for permanence and certainty, and the modern scientific discoveries that demonstrate the impermanent and uncertain nature of the world. As a physicist, he has always held a scientific view of the world. But one summer evening, while looking at the stars from a small boat at sea he was overcome by the sensation that he was merging with a grand and eternal unity, a hint of something absolute and immaterial. This is his exploration of these seemingly contradictory impulses, and the journey along the different paths of religion and science that become part of his quest. -- adapted from publisher info.

Private Islands for Rent

Private Islands for Rent
Author: Chris Krolow
Publisher: Jonglez
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012
Genre: Photography
ISBN: 9782361950286

Around the world, the owners of private islands have chosen to rent out their properties, delightfully fulfilling many childhood fantasies in the process. After seven years of research we have compiled a list of fifty exceptional islands, each of which is well worth the trip for just a few days, a week or even longer. Whether a tropical island in the Pacific, Asia, South America, the Caribbean, or the Indian Ocean, a lighthouse on the coast of Croatia, Norway or France, or an island in a lake in Canada or the United States, these places are not just the incarnation of a multimillionaire’s dream. They are open to the public – they are open for you.

We Were an Island

We Were an Island
Author: Peter P. Blanchard
Publisher: UPNE
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2010
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1584658606

A couple set out on a bold and vigorous quest for independence and a more essential way of life on a Maine island

Maine Lodges and Sporting Camps

Maine Lodges and Sporting Camps
Author: Donald A. Wilson
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2005
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780738537702

Beginning in the mid-1800s and lasting for more than a century, Maine boasted a large number of lodges and sporting camps that catered to the pursuit of outdoor activities. While the primary interests of guests were fishing and hunting, many of the larger, more expensive resorts offered a variety of opportunities, including golf, horseback riding, tennis, boating, archery, and hiking, and some boasted gourmet dining and elegant parties. While some of these establishments survive, many have been demolished, existing only in memory and in photographs. Maine Lodges and Sporting Camps tells the story of the most prominent destinations, featuring nearly two hundred historic images that depict the life that existed when Maine was a sportsman's paradise, abounding in trophy game and fish.

The Outlook

The Outlook
Author: Lyman Abbott
Publisher:
Total Pages: 666
Release: 1927
Genre: United States
ISBN:

Drinking the Rain

Drinking the Rain
Author: Alix Kates Shulman
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2004-07-05
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780865476974

At fifty, Alix Kates Shulman left a city life dense with political activism, family, and literary community, and went to stay alone in a small cabin on an island off the Maine coast.

Serendipity Quilts

Serendipity Quilts
Author: Susan E. Carlson
Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc
Total Pages: 100
Release: 2010
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1571208305

'Serendipity Quilts' features four beautiful, colour-rich projects that go from beginner to advanced, giving quilters everywhere the confidence to let their imaginations run wild & create the quilts they've always dreamed of.