Because It Is So Beautiful

Because It Is So Beautiful

Author: Robert Leonard Reid

Publisher: Catapult

Published: 2018-07-10

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 1640090495

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A Finalist for the PEN/Diamonstein–Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay Yes, every inch of the globe has been seen, mapped, photographed, and measured, but is it known? Robert Leonard Reid doesn’t think so. To draw a circle and calculate its diameter is not to know the circle. In this collection, Reid distinguishes himself from many science–based nature writers, using the natural world as a springboard for speculations and musings on the numinous and the sacred, injustice, homelessness, the treatment of Native Peoples in the United States, and what pushes mountaineers to climb. Ranging in their settings from eastern New Mexico to northern Alaska, Reid’s essays illustrate his belief that the American West is worth celebrating and caring for. Taking its title from an affecting speech given by renowned author Barry Lopez, Because It Is So Beautiful is a response to desperate questions surrounding America’s wildlands. Lopez’s words resonated with the young mountaineer–musician–mathematician Robert Leonard Reid, who was struggling to understand his relationship to the world, to find his vision as a writer. What he learned on that long–ago evening is knit throughout the nineteen pieces in the collection, which include essays from Reid’s previous books Arctic Circle, Mountains of the Great Blue Dream, and America, New Mexico; three essays that appear here in print for the first time; as well as revised and expanded versions of essays that appeared in Touchstone, The Progressive, and elsewhere.


Life as an Australian Horseman

Life as an Australian Horseman

Author: Fiona Lake

Publisher:

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 209

ISBN-13: 9780975812914

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This book includes photos taken across northern Australia on many of the largest and most famous cattle stations. The locations of these stations include Queensland's Cape York Peninsula, Gulf and Channel Country; the Northern Territory's Barkly Tableland and Victoria River Districts, and Western Australia's beautiful Kimberley region. Images range from aerial views of vast outback landscapes to dusty mustering action, dogs at work and contemplative evening stockcamp scenes - to windmills & bores, homesteads and gardens, bush racing and rodeos. Horses are still essential for mustering cattle on most of these huge stations so stock horses - working and resting - are included in the majority of images.


Moon Alaska

Moon Alaska

Author: Don Pitcher

Publisher: Moon Travel

Published: 2007-04-16

Total Pages: 594

ISBN-13: 1566919290

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Travel writer and nature photographer, Don Pitcher, knows the best way toxperience Alaska from fine-dining in Anchorage to backpacking in Denaliational Park. Don provides suggestions for unique trips like the Best oflaska and Along the AlCan. Packed with information on dining, transportation,nd accommodations, "Moon Alaska" has lots of options for a range of traveludgets. Every Moon guidebook includes recommendations for must-see sightsnd many regional, area, and city-centered maps. Complete with details onhere to view wildlife at the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge, or kayakn Prince William Sound, "Moon Alaska" gives travelers the tools they need toreate a more personal and memorable experience. With expert writers,irst-rate strategic advice, and an essential dose of humor, Moon guidebooksre the cure for the common trip.


Snow Country

Snow Country

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 116

ISBN-13:

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In the 87 issues of Snow Country published between 1988 and 1999, the reader can find the defining coverage of mountain resorts, ski technique and equipment, racing, cross-country touring, and the growing sport of snowboarding during a period of radical change. The award-winning magazine of mountain sports and living tracks the environmental impact of ski area development, and people moving to the mountains to work and live.


The Green Planet

The Green Planet

Author: Simon Barnes

Publisher: Random House

Published: 2022-01-06

Total Pages: 311

ISBN-13: 1473532418

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Praise for The Green Planet (BBC One) 'David Attenborough's gobsmacking, awe-inspiring return' The Guardian 'The Green Planet reveals the secret lives of plants in the same way The Blue Planet opened our eyes to the oceans' New Scientist There's something new under the sun Plants live secret, unseen lives - hidden in their magical world and on their timescale. From the richest jungles to the harshest deserts, from the snowiest alpine forest to the remotest steaming swamp, Green Planet travels from one great habitat to the next, showing us that plants are as aggressive, competitive and dramatic as the animals on our planet. You will discover agents of death, who ruthlessly engulf their host plant, but also those that form deep and complex relationships with other species, such as the desert cacti who use nectar-loving bats to pollinate. Although plants are undoubtedly the stars of the show, a fascinating new light will be shed on the animals that interact with them. Using the latest technologies and showcasing over two decades of new discoveries, Green Planet reveals the strange and wonderful life of plants like never before - a life full of remarkable behaviour, emotional stories and surprising heroes.


God's Samurai

God's Samurai

Author: Gordon William Prange

Publisher: Potomac Books, Inc.

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 385

ISBN-13: 1574886959

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The unusual story of Mitsuo Fuchida, the career aviator who led the attack on Pearl Harbor and participated in most of the fiercest battles of the Pacific war


South Asia's Modern History

South Asia's Modern History

Author: Michael Mann

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-10-24

Total Pages: 437

ISBN-13: 1317624467

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This comprehensive history of modern South Asia explores the historical development of the Subcontinent from the beginning of the eighteenth century to the present day from local and regional, as opposed to European, perspectives. Michael Mann charts the role of emerging states within the Mughal Empire, the gradual British colonial expansion in the political setting of the Subcontinent and shows how the modern state formation usually associated with Western Europe can be seen in some regions of India, linking Europe and South Asia together as part of a shared world history. This book looks beyond the Subcontinent’s post-colonial history to consider the political, economic, social and cultural development of Pakistan and Bangladesh as well as Sri Lanka and Nepal, and to examine how these developments impacted the region’s citizens. South Asia’s Modern History begins with a general introduction which provides a geographical, environmental and historiographical overview. This is followed by thematic chapters which discuss Empire Building and State Formation, Agriculture and Agro-Economy, Silviculture and Scientific Forestry, Migration, Circulation and Diaspora, Industrialisation and Urbanisation and Knowledge, Science, Technology and Power, demonstrating common themes across the decades and centuries. This book will be perfect for all students of South Asian history.


Masterpieces

Masterpieces

Author: Alistair Cooke

Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf

Published: 1981

Total Pages: 246

ISBN-13:

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Alistair Cooke's essays about the history, personalities and literary works that shaped the programs that have appeared on Masterpiece Theatre.


Official Record

Official Record

Author: Christchurch (N.Z.). International Exhibition of Arts and Industries (1906-7)

Publisher:

Published: 1910

Total Pages: 492

ISBN-13:

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Congressional Record

Congressional Record

Author: United States. Congress

Publisher:

Published: 1971

Total Pages: 1316

ISBN-13:

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The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)