My Great, Wide, Beautiful World
My Great, Wide, Beautiful World

Author: Juanita Harrison

Publisher:

Published: 1996-09-01

Total Pages: 318

ISBN-13: 9780756760427

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Juanita Harrison, a black woman born in Mississippi c. 1890, was not a writer by profession, but this, her 1936 autobiographical travelogue has a vividness and energy that transcends her idiosyncratic use of grammar, punctuation, and spelling conventions. After working for years as a domestic, Harrison was employed by a white couple in California who profitably invested virtually all her salary for her for several years. In June 1927, she had enough money to fulfill her dream. Traveling around the world in the late 1920s and early 1930s, she lived in or visited 22 countries in Europe, Africa, Asia, and Polynesia. This volume not only gives the reader a colorful account of a worldwide odyssey but also offers an unforgettable portrait of a remarkable woman.

50 Maps of the World
50 Maps of the World

Author: Ben Handicott

Publisher: 50 States

Published: 2024-05-07

Total Pages: 114

ISBN-13: 0711291691

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Discover the most awesome places on Earth. 50 Maps of the World is an essential addition to the bookshelf of any young travel lover, map maestro or geography genius. Geography, history and culture spill from the pages of this luxuriously illustrated treasure trove of travel knowledge for 7-to-10-year-olds. Each two-page spread is dedicated to a different country, providing both quick-fire facts and the chance to delve deeper into what makes every nation unique. Natural wonders, bustling metropolises, storied pasts and cultural icons are all presented in expert detail from experienced explorers Ben Handicott and Kalya Ryan, alongside Sol Linero’s eye-popping artwork. Meet our earliest ancestors in Ethiopia, marvel at Machu Picchu in Peru and visit the floating villages of Cambodia in this colourful guide to 50 fascinating countries. It’s a diverse guide that spans from Spain to Singapore, Colombia to Canada, Turkey to Tanzania, and more. Each spread includes dozens of spotlighted locations, a timeline of the nation’s history and introductions to the people who have helped shape it. With the expertise of Ben Handicott (Hello Atlas, Atlas of Adventures: Wonders of the World) and Kalya Ryan, alongside the stunning illustrations of Sol Linero (The 50 States, 50 Cities of the U.S.A.), experience the diversity of our world like never before. 50 Maps of the Worldreimagines what maps for kids can be, providing not just a geographical fact-fest but a vivid insight into the history, culture and wildlife that shape our living world. This is the perfect way for aspiring adventurers to find out more about all the exciting destinations around the world. This is a quirky, dynamic book of atlases that makes a perfect companion for holidays and during trip planning. Originally published in hardback under the title Our Wonderful World (2020). Also in the series: The 50 States, We Are the United States, 50 Cities of the U.S.A., Only in America, and many exciting, fun-filled activity books.

What a Wonderful World
What a Wonderful World

Author: Marcus Chown

Publisher: Faber & Faber

Published: 2013-10-01

Total Pages: 274

ISBN-13: 0571278426

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With wit, colour and clarity, What A Wonderful World quickly and painlessly brings us up to speed on how the world of the 21st century works. From economics to physics and biology to philosophy, Marcus Chown explains the complex forces that shape our universe. Why do we breathe? What is money? How does the brain work? Why did life invent sex? Does time really exist? How does capitalism work - or not, as the case may be? Where do mountains come from? How do computers work? How did humans get to dominate the Earth? Why is there something rather than nothing? In What a Wonderful World, Marcus Chown, bestselling author of Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You and the Solar System app, uses his vast scientific knowledge and deep understanding of extremely complex processes to answer simple questions about the workings of our everyday lives. Lucid, witty and hugely entertaining, it explains the basics of our essential existence, stopping along the way to show us why the Atlantic is widening by a thumbs' length each year, how money permits trade to time travel why the crucial advantage humans had over Neanderthals was sewing and why we are all living in a giant hologram.

There's a Big, Beautiful World Out There!
There's a Big, Beautiful World Out There!

Author: Nancy L. Carlson

Publisher: Viking Books for Young Readers

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780670035809

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Offers a book about facing one's fears as a young girl ventures out of her home to take part in an array of new experiences and adventures. 4 yrs+

Big Wonderful Thing
Big Wonderful Thing

Author: Stephen Harrigan

Publisher: University of Texas Press

Published: 2019-10-01

Total Pages: 944

ISBN-13: 0292759517

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The story of Texas is the story of struggle and triumph in a land of extremes. It is a story of drought and flood, invasion and war, boom and bust, and of the myriad peoples who, over centuries of conflict, gave rise to a place that has helped shape the identity of the United States and the destiny of the world. “I couldn’t believe Texas was real,” the painter Georgia O’Keeffe remembered of her first encounter with the Lone Star State. It was, for her, “the same big wonderful thing that oceans and the highest mountains are.” Big Wonderful Thing invites us to walk in the footsteps of ancient as well as modern people along the path of Texas’s evolution. Blending action and atmosphere with impeccable research, New York Times best-selling author Stephen Harrigan brings to life with novelistic immediacy the generations of driven men and women who shaped Texas, including Spanish explorers, American filibusters, Comanche warriors, wildcatters, Tejano activists, and spellbinding artists—all of them taking their part in the creation of a place that became not just a nation, not just a state, but an indelible idea. Written in fast-paced prose, rich with personal observation and a passionate sense of place, Big Wonderful Thing calls to mind the literary spirit of Robert Hughes writing about Australia or Shelby Foote about the Civil War. Like those volumes it is a big book about a big subject, a book that dares to tell the whole glorious, gruesome, epically sprawling story of Texas.

The Wonderful World Tomorrow
The Wonderful World Tomorrow

Author: Herbert W. Armstrong

Publisher: Philadelphia Church of God

Published: 2013-10-16

Total Pages: 109

ISBN-13:

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You don't have to believe it! It will happen, regardless. It is sure—the world's only sure hope. This advance good news of tomorrow is as certain as the rising of tomorrow's sun. Humanity won't bring it about-it is going to be done to us. Humanity is going to be forced to be happy—to enjoy world peace-to see universal abundance and joy fill the Earth. In this booklet: • Three World Views—Only One Is Going to Happen • One Last “Obituary” Look at Today’s World • The Cause of All World Troubles • The New World Government • Education and Religion Tomorrow • Now Picture Tomorrow’s World! • ... And All Speaking the Same Language This ebook is offered completely free of charge by the Philadelphia Church of God. However, please not that Google Play will need a verified Google Wallet account which requires your credit card information. In a small number of countries, a temporary authorization of $1 will be charged to your account but will be refunded. This refund can take up to 1 month to process.

50 Maps of the World Activity Book
50 Maps of the World Activity Book

Author: Ben Handicott

Publisher: 50 States

Published: 2021-06-22

Total Pages: 39

ISBN-13: 0711262993

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50 Maps of the World Activity Book is packed with maps, wildlife, culture, history, and a huge array of activities from across the globe.