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Author: Nicky Leach
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Published: 2001-04
Total Pages: 52
ISBN-13: 9781580710206
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAcclaimed and outstanding full-color photography is shown with memorable and breathtaking views of sites, wildlife, national parks and landmarks across the country. Includes detailed maps and descriptive text.
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Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 100
ISBN-13: 9780816524242
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIt is a high valley edged by serrated peaks, a remote expanse the size of Connecticut lying, as if forgotten, between two mountain ranges. Here, North AmericaÕs tallest sand dunes blow against glacier-gouged summits, the Rio Grande begins its long journey from snowflake to saltwater, and vast reaches of desert scrub hide verdant pocket wetlands. ColoradoÕs San Luis Valley is not a place for the timid. Sizzling hot in summer, frigid cold in winter, this huge landscape is humbling in its openness, a place defined by the rhythms of natureÑand by the thrust and parry of male courting female in the ritual dance of sandhill cranes. These majestic birds arrive by the thousands twice a year to feed, rest, and socialize in the valleyÕs wetlandsÑinvisible except from the airÑand their cries temper the constant wind. Susan Tweit lives in the high desert of southern Colorado not far from the valleyÕs dunes and wetlands. With the precision of a scientist and the passion of a poet, she guides readers through this land of sand dunes and sandhill cranes, describing its natural features and tracing its human history from buffalo hunters and conquistadors to Hispanic farming communities and UFO observatories. And in stunning images, photographer Glenn Oakley brings his intimate feel for light and landscape to portraying not only the subtle beauty of this high-desert sanctuary but also the grandeur of the cranes in flight. As an intimate look at Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve and the San Luis Valley, this book reveals a desert place as seductive and sobering as existence itself.
Author: Joseph Guido
Publisher: e-artnow
Published: 2018-01-01
Total Pages: 63
ISBN-13: 8026882075
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDenying terrorists sanctuary has become a pillar of U.S. defense strategy since the September 11, 2001 (9/11) attacks. Violent extremist organizations in North Africa, such as the group al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), have used remote and sparsely populated areas in the Sahara for protection from security forces to conduct a range of terrorist activities, such as training, planning, and logistics.1 Despite the time elapsed since the 9/11 attacks, and the resources dedicated to denying sanctuary globally, the concept of sanctuary remains largely unexplored and poorly understood. This monograph proposes a functional understanding of sanctuary and offers fresh ideas to deny it using a detailed case study of the most notorious of these North African terrorists, Mokhtar Belmokhtar, from his arrival in Mali in the late 1990s, until the French intervention in early 2013. Contents: On Sanctuary Terrain: Geographic and Human Characteristics of Saharan Sanctuary Sanctuary Seekers in the Sahara Denial of Sanctuary: Ends, Ways, and Means
Author: Miriam Davidson
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Published: 1988-07
Total Pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9780816510344
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe death of twenty-one Salvadoran refugees in the Arizona desert in 1980 made many Americans aware for the first time that people were strugglingÑand dyingÑto find political asylum in the United States. Tucsonan Jim Corbett first encountered the problem while attempting to help a hitchhiking refugee. What came of that act of altruism was a movement that spread across the country, challenged the federal government, and brought the refugee problem to national awareness. Corbett first worked within the law to help refugees process applications for asylum, but the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service soon began a program of arrests; then he began to smuggle refugees from the Mexican border to the homes of citizens willing to provide shelter, making hundreds of trips over the next two years; finally he enlisted the support of the Tucson Ecumenical Council and persuaded John Fife, pastor of the Southside Presbyterian Church, to open that building as a refuge. When legal action against Corbett and the others seemed imminent, Southside became, on March 24, 1982, the first of two hundred churches in the country to declare itself a sanctuary. Convictions of the Heart takes readers inside the santuary movement to reveal its founders' motives and underlying beliefs, and inside the courtroom to describe the government's efforts to stop it. Although the book addresses many points of view, its primary focus is on the philosophy of Jim Corbett. Rooted in the nonviolence of Gandhi, the Society of Friends, and Martin Luther King, Corbett's beliefs challenged individuals and communities of faith across the country to examine the strength of their commitment to the needs and rights of others.
Author: Willa Cather
Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub
Published: 2013-01-12
Total Pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9781481967204
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe "High Line Flyer," as this train was derisively called among railroad men, was jerking along through the hot afternoon over the monotonous country between Holdridge and Cheyenne. Besides the blond man and himself the only occupants of the car were two dusty, bedraggled-looking girls who had been to the Exposition at Chicago, and who were earnestly discussing the cost of their first trip out of Colorado. The four uncomfortable passengers were covered with a sediment of fine, yellow dust which clung to their hair and eyebrows like gold powder. It blew up in clouds from the bleak, lifeless country through which they passed, until they were one color with the sagebrush and sandhills.
Author: Jan L. Richardson
Publisher: Upper Room Books
Published: 2010-10-01
Total Pages: 353
ISBN-13: 0835811492
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCome spend some time in the sanctuary of women, an often-ignored space in Jewish and Christian history. This devotional book for women highlights six women from around the world and across the centuries, inviting us to discover what their lives tell us about God. Jan Richardson, a gifted poet, artist, and author, believes it is essential for women to listen to one another's wisdom and bring the fullness of their lives, with all the wonders and messiness, into their prayer life. In the Sanctuary of Women gathers together these women from scripture and history: Eve Brigid of Kildare The desert mothers Hildegard of Bingen Harriet Powers The Woman of the Song of Songs Each chapter becomes its own sanctuary, with one of the women serving as a companion as you contemplate the theme that her life offers. Throughout the readings Richardson weaves her own stories, poetry, prayers, and blessings. Midway through each chapter, a section called "The Secret Room" gives you a chance to pause and reflect on unexpected insights. Reading the book daily will carry you through six months, or you can dip into the readings as you wish. An invitation into reflection and prayer alone or in the company of others, In the Sanctuary of Women is a book to treasure and to share with the women and the men in your life.
Author: Daniel Easterman
Publisher: Constable
Published: 2014-12-04
Total Pages: 698
ISBN-13: 1472117654
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWithin days of his attempted murder, David Rosen, an American archaeologist, learns that his parents and four of his colleagues have been killed. Convinced that the deaths are linked, Rosen and Leyla, the beautiful Palestinian guide who becomes his lover, are quickly involved in trying to stop a scheme intended to bring about the destruction of Israel and the rebirth of the Nazi Reich.
Author: Samuel P. Fortsch
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2020-09-01
Total Pages: 98
ISBN-13: 0593222334
DOWNLOAD EBOOKJoin former U.S. Army rescue dog Sgt. "Rico" Ricochet and his fellow Pawtriots as they embark on heroic missions in this all-American illustrated chapter book series! Former Army rescue dog Sgt. Rico, a bomb-sniffing Malinois, is on his first mission in Washington, D.C., to save The Sanctuary animal shelter from the evil Mr. Mocoso...But does Rico have what it takes to lead the Pawtriots to victory and save his fellow canines? For young readers wanting action-packed adventure with a patriotic message, the Pawtriots are the perfect team!
Author: Nicole Parker
Publisher:
Published: 2017-11-30
Total Pages: 108
ISBN-13: 9781981289332
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDiscover how the Sanctuary was designed to free God's people from fear, perfectionism, guilt and shame, filling our hearts instead with perpetual peace.Experience the Sanctuary in the wilderness camp through the eyes of Asher and Zara, Israelite children. Their family has just escaped from Egypt, and they are discovering how different the loving God of Israel is from the gods the Egyptians worshiped. As they contemplate the Sanctuary services, they grow to love the God of their fathers.This book answers questions like these: Did people have to sacrifice a lamb every time they said an angry word? Why would a loving God require sacrificing so many innocent animals? Was the God of the Old Testament angry and bloodthirsty, or filled with lovingkindness, just like Jesus in the New Testament? How did the Day of Atonement give Israelites joyful, confident assurance of salvation, even as it acknowledged that they were not yet perfect? This book answers these and many other questions, revealing the glory and relevance of the beautiful Sanctuary message for sinners today.Be astounded at the beauty and depth of God's love unveiled in the emotional, sensory experience the Sanctuary was designed to be. Discover the constant assurance of salvation God wanted His children to enjoy every day, through the simple illustrations of its services.Written as a story so simple a young child can understand, but exploring the unfathomable depth of themes of guilt, grace, forgiveness, faith, atonement and love, this book will delight the whole family. It includes optional discussion questions at the end of each chapter, making it ideal for family worships, homeschooling, Bible classes, and much more.Glimpse "the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world" as you have never known Him before. You vision of God's love unveiled in the Sanctuary will be transformed forever.
Author: Emily Rapp Black
Publisher: Random House
Published: 2021-01-19
Total Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 0525510958
DOWNLOAD EBOOK“[An] often beautiful jewel of a book . . . Black’s power as a writer means she can take us with her to places that normally our minds would refuse to go.”—The New York Times Book Review (Editors’ Choice) From the New York Times bestselling author of The Still Point of the Turning World comes an incisive memoir about how she came to question and redefine the concept of resilience after the trauma of her first child’s death. “Congratulations on the resurrection of your life,” a colleague wrote to Emily Rapp Black when she announced the birth of her second child. The line made Rapp Black pause. Her first child, a boy named Ronan, had died from Tay-Sachs disease before he turned three years old, an experience she wrote about in her second book, The Still Point of the Turning World. Since that time, her life had changed utterly: She left the marriage that fractured under the terrible weight of her son’s illness, got remarried to a man who she fell in love with while her son was dying, had a flourishing career, and gave birth to a healthy baby girl. But she rejected the idea that she was leaving her old life behind—that she had, in the manner of the mythical phoenix, risen from the ashes and been reborn into a new story, when she still carried so much of her old story with her. More to the point, she wanted to carry it with her. Everyone she met told her she was resilient, strong, courageous in ways they didn’t think they could be. But what did those words mean, really? This book is an attempt to unpack the various notions of resilience that we carry as a culture. Drawing on contemporary psychology, neurology, etymology, literature, art, and self-help, Emily Rapp Black shows how we need a more complex understanding of this concept when applied to stories of loss and healing and overcoming the odds, knowing that we may be asked to rebuild and reimagine our lives at any moment, and often when we least expect it. Interwoven with lyrical, unforgettable personal vignettes from her life as a mother, wife, daughter, friend, and teacher, Rapp Black creates a stunning tapestry that is full of wisdom and insight.
