The Eight Sailing/mountain-exploration Books

The Eight Sailing/mountain-exploration Books

Author: Harold William Tilman

Publisher: The Mountaineers Books

Published: 1987

Total Pages: 988

ISBN-13: 9780898861433

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Mischief in Patagonia; Mischief Among the Penguins; Mischief in Greenland; Mostly Mischief; Mischief Goes South; In Mischief's Wake; Ice with Everything; and Triumph and Tribulation.


Discovering Nature on the Mountainside

Discovering Nature on the Mountainside

Author: Lenka Chytilova

Publisher: Peek Inside

Published: 2021-09-07

Total Pages: 14

ISBN-13: 9781641241441

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This vibrant children's book is a one-of-a-kind adventure to see what life is like on a mountain range through all the seasons! Featuring adorable illustrations, educational captions, vocabulary words, cut-out accents, and hidden chambers that reveal so much to discover with every turn of the page, young readers will learn all about incredible animals and mountain wildlife like they never have before!


Where the World Begins

Where the World Begins

Author: Arthur Dawson

Publisher: Sonoma Mountain Preservation

Published: 2019-01-15

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 9780997276503

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Where the World Begins invites you to explore our natural treasure at the heart of southern Sonoma County. Approaching the Sonoma Mountain as a living presence, as a refuge for wildlife and natural systems, and as a source of inspiration, the book weaves together diverse local voices.


American Reference Books Annual

American Reference Books Annual

Author: Juneal M. Chenoweth

Publisher: Libraries Unlimited

Published: 1995-04-15

Total Pages: 904

ISBN-13: 9781563081781

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With more than 1600 descriptive and evaluative entries, ARBA continues its 26-year tradition as a comprehensive review source for reference works published or distributed in the US. ARBA 95 encompasses the subject spectrum, covering such broad areas as general reference, history, education, economics and business and science and technology. Of special note in this edition is increased coverage of CD-ROM products. More than 350 reviewers provide reviews that cover strengths and weaknesses of the reference works.


Every Day a Holiday

Every Day a Holiday

Author: Elizabeth Raum

Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 9780810840430

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Matches quality children's books with each day of the year to provide a focus for story time. The lessons in this book will help children develop creative connections between reading and the world around them, introducing them to many other people and places throughout the world.


Approaches to Literature Through Literary Form

Approaches to Literature Through Literary Form

Author: Paula Kay Montgomery

Publisher: Greenwood

Published: 1995-11-10

Total Pages: 180

ISBN-13:

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The form in which literature is fashioned and presented often determines its impact. Approaches to Literature through Literary Form discusses the various structures of literature (narration, exposition, persuasion, procedure, and description) and identifies sources that will engage student interest. Activities, teaching techniques, and resources are provided for introducing the forms of literature that are explored.


Literature of Travel and Exploration

Literature of Travel and Exploration

Author: Jennifer Speake

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-05-12

Total Pages: 1425

ISBN-13: 1135456631

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Containing more than 600 entries, this valuable resource presents all aspects of travel writing. There are entries on places and routes (Afghanistan, Black Sea, Egypt, Gobi Desert, Hawaii, Himalayas, Italy, Northwest Passage, Samarkand, Silk Route, Timbuktu), writers (Isabella Bird, Ibn Battuta, Bruce Chatwin, Gustave Flaubert, Mary Kingsley, Walter Ralegh, Wilfrid Thesiger), methods of transport and types of journey (balloon, camel, grand tour, hunting and big game expeditions, pilgrimage, space travel and exploration), genres (buccaneer narratives, guidebooks, New World chronicles, postcards), companies and societies (East India Company, Royal Geographical Society, Society of Dilettanti), and issues and themes (censorship, exile, orientalism, and tourism). For a full list of entries and contributors, a generous selection of sample entries, and more, visit the Literature of Travel and Exploration: An Encyclopedia website.