Walking in Clouds
Walking in Clouds

Author: Kavitha Yaga Buggana

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 2018-12-30

Total Pages: 187

ISBN-13: 935302479X

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Will we make it? That's the question Kavitha and her cousin, Pallu, ask themselves as they trek through Himalayan pine forests and unforgiving mountains in Nepal and Tibet. Their goal: to reach Mount Kailash and Lake Manasarovar. The two women walk to ancient monasteries, meditate on freezing slopes, dance on the foothills of Kailash, and confront death in the thin mountain air. In Kailash and Manasarovar, the holiest of Hindu and Buddhist sites, they struggle to reconcile their rationalist views with faith and the beloved myths of their upbringing. Remarkably, it is this journey that helps them discover the meaning of friendship. Walking in Clouds is a beautifully crafted memoir of a journey to far-away places and to the places within. It mixes lyrical, descriptive storytelling with stunning photographs to bring to life a unique travelogue.

Walking the Clouds
Walking the Clouds

Author: Grace L. Dillon

Publisher: Sun Tracks

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780816529827

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In this first-ever anthology of Indigenous science fiction Grace Dillon collects some of the finest examples of the craft with contributions by Native American, First Nations, Aboriginal Australian, and New Zealand Maori authors. The collection includes seminal authors such as Gerald Vizenor, historically important contributions often categorized as "magical realism" by authors like Leslie Marmon Silko and Sherman Alexie, and authors more recognizable to science fiction fans like William Sanders and Stephen Graham Jones. Dillon's engaging introduction situates the pieces in the larger context of science fiction and its conventions. Organized by sub-genre, the book starts with Native slipstream, stories infused with time travel, alternate realities and alternative history like Vizenor's "Custer on the Slipstream." Next up are stories about contact with other beings featuring, among others, an excerpt from Gerry William's The Black Ship. Dillon includes stories that highlight Indigenous science like a piece from Archie Weller's Land of the Golden Clouds, asserting that one of the roles of Native science fiction is to disentangle that science from notions of "primitive" knowledge and myth. The fourth section calls out stories of apocalypse like William Sanders' "When This World Is All on Fire" and a piece from Zainab Amadahy's The Moons of Palmares. The anthology closes with examples of biskaabiiyang, or "returning to ourselves," bringing together stories like Eden Robinson's "Terminal Avenue" and a piece from Robert Sullivan's Star Waka. An essential book for readers and students of both Native literature and science fiction, Walking the Clouds is an invaluable collection. It brings together not only great examples of Native science fiction from an internationally-known cast of authors, but Dillon's insightful scholarship sheds new light on the traditions of imagining an Indigenous future.

To Reach the Clouds
To Reach the Clouds

Author: Philippe Petit

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 0865476519

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In 1974, 100,000 people on the ground watched 24-year-old high wire artist Petit make eight crossings between the World Trade Towers. In this visually and verbally stunning book, Petit tells for the first time the story of his walk, from conception and clandestine planning to the performance and its aftermath. 140 illustrations.

Walking on Clouds
Walking on Clouds

Author: Joe Devoy

Publisher: Tate Publishing

Published: 2010-02

Total Pages: 157

ISBN-13: 1615662952

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Metal slamming against metal makes a loud noise, and Johnny, already on edge, looks back quickly. And in an instant the unthinkable happens. Johnny's chrome-plated .45-caliber pistol fires. His ears are assaulted by the loud pop of the pistol in his hand. Johnny Ruff, having grown up in the boroughs of Harlem, is not a bad man. He has fought for survival all of his life, often leading him into fistfightsa "the survival of the fittest. But Johnny's life changes when he meets the love of his life, Lexi, and soon marries her. In an attempt to do good, Johnny is framed for a crime he didn't commit, and he must pay the pricea "a twelve-month sentence in prison. With the odds stacked against him, Johnny is released; although the odds aren't good, he promises himself he will not return, but when the unthinkable happens, an accident he never intended, Johnny fears that returning to prison is inevitable. After a surprise visit, Johnny is challenged with a taska "save the lives of five peoplea "in order to earn his forgiveness. Can Johnny fulfill his obligation, and will his heart change along the way, or will he risk losing his soul? Walking on Clouds, by Joe Devoy, is a heartbreaking tale of fighting for forgiveness, of seeking the path of righteousness when all seems lost, that will inspire even the most hopeless to become a better person."

To Reach the Clouds
To Reach the Clouds

Author: Philippe Petit

Publisher:

Published: 2015-08-26

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780571326907

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In 1974, a young Frenchman secretly - and illegally - rigged a tightrope between the Twin Towers. He made eight crossings in an hour, while 100,000 people watched in the streets of New York. Here, Petit recreates his six-and-a-half-year quest to realize his dream.

Walking on Clouds
Walking on Clouds

Author: Pranita Goyal

Publisher: Notion Press

Published: 2020-12-19

Total Pages: 187

ISBN-13: 1637146175

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Walking on Clouds is a book of poems that will, as the title suggests, make you feel like you are walking on clouds. It is divided into two themes – Dark and Light. There are stories narrated, and each story has a unique way to make you feel like you’re in the place of the events, in an imaginary world. It’s your soul that wanders off to unknown voids and hidden jungles and thus it is the Game of Souls. Your eyes open up to a window with a magical world where everything possible is said and done. Open the Dark theme if you feel bitter, and open the Light one if you feel like having a hearty laugh.

Let's Walk the Clouds
Let's Walk the Clouds

Author: Sayantika Paul

Publisher: Spectrum of Thoughts

Published: 2022-03-21

Total Pages: 205

ISBN-13:

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"Let's Walk the Clouds" is an anthology that allows you to escape the material world around us for just a while, and sink into the kaleidoscope of a myriad of dreams and fantasies... This book presents to you a saga of beautiful verses and tales woven in the minds of a bunch of talented writers - opening hidden doors into the caves of their imaginations and fantasies and allowing you to dive in. Explore your imagination, ponder on the true meaning of dreams, escape reality for just a while and get lost in the pages of 'Let's Walk the Clouds', lovingly put together by Sayantika Paul. Let's go for a walk in the clouds of our imagination, together....

A Walk in the Clouds
A Walk in the Clouds

Author: Kev Reynolds

Publisher: Beaufort Books

Published: 2014-06-22

Total Pages: 279

ISBN-13: 0825306655

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A Walk in the Clouds: 50 Years Among the Mountains is a heartwarming, inspirational, and evocative collection of memories and short stories from Kev Reynolds, a prolific and celebrated guidebook author who has been roaming the mountains for a half-century. These recollections trail Reyonlds' journeys through some of his favorite and most memorable lessons learned on the mountains. The people met, experiences shared, and cultures bridged throughout Reynolds' travels make for an engaging read for hikers and non-hikers alike. Shadowing Reynolds across the Moroccan Atlas, the Pyrenees trails, the European Alps, and even the Himalayas gives the reader the feeling not only of hiking the trails, but also of forming the relationships and connections throughout the world that Reynolds was able to create. This book motivates the common reader to undertake something they have never done before because, as the reader learns from Reynolds, that is where some of the best experiences come from.

A Ride On The Clouds
A Ride On The Clouds

Author: Vasanti Sagar

Publisher: Techfiz Inc

Published: 2023-05-10

Total Pages: 76

ISBN-13: 819606411X

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Where do clouds hang out? Earth’s atmosphere is divided into four zones- troposphere (upto 13 kms average from earth’s surface), stratosphere (from 13 km to 50 kms), mesosphere (from 50 km to 85 km) and thermosphere (thereof upto 800 kms). The layers between troposphere and stratosphere is known as tropopause and that between stratosphere and mesosphere is called stratopause. Clouds exist from as low altitude as 2 km from the earth’s surface. Cumulous clouds are the lowest clouds. Upon hearing a lecture by late Dr. Roddam Narasimha, I got an idea of writing a play using Meghadoota to induce learning about clouds. That I had byhearted few stanzas of Meghadoota in my childhood helped rekindle the interest. Specially the fifth verse which reads as “Where is this cloud, a collection of vapour, lightening, water and wind? Where the matters of message, fit to be sent by persons of sound senses? indicating that sending message through clouds was not a matter of pure fiction. Hence the play “A ride on the clouds” This book has been published by Techfiz Inc., Bengaluru