Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 802
Book Description
The Sketch
Author: Sketch
Author: There Are Good Ships
Author: Lindsey DavisPublisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1483609219
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Author is such a grand title and one for which I do not feel at all worthy. Instead, I would consider myself an adventurer with a pen and notebook. My adventurous spirit started way back when I was just seven years old and found myself plonked on the back of a rather large pony called Dawn. I had pestered my parents for horse-riding lessons, and now I sat shivering with fear and contemplating the sanity of my demands. As a shy, reticent, little girl, I did not have the courage to say actually I do not like this. So week after week, month after month, little by little, I lost my fear, and an adventurous spirit was born with me. Of course, horse riding has little to do with sailing, but for me, the experience of the former gave me the courage for the latter. Riding an unpredictable, frisky, jumpy mare has many parallels to sailing an unpredictable, frisky, jumpy yacht. Believe me when I tell you a yacht has a mind of its own. Sailing fi rst entered my life in my teens when I had the privilege to crew on the Th ames sailing barge Th alatta. In my twenties, I became a deck monkey on friends yachts and enjoyed the thrill of racing in the Solent on the south coast of England. I gained my Competent Crew certifi cate whilst taking part in the Baltic leg of the Tall Ships Race. Working as a secretary for the army at the time, I was invited to join the crew on Sail Training Yacht British Soldier, a magnifi cent 55-foot Camper & Nicholson. I briefl y co-owned a small day-sailor Pindari and cut my teeth on the perils of crossing the busiest shipping lane in the world, the English Channel. Sailing took a back seat in my early forties when I was gripped by the travelling bug. I had Australia in my sights, and I spent many a happy month soaking up the sights, sounds, and sheer vastness of that wonderful continent.I realised then that the world has a lot more to off er me. Yearning for more, I was a great believer in the saying a change is as good as a rest. I had been a secretary, a personal assistant, a hairdresser, and a professional tennis coach and have recently qualifi ed as an approved driving instructor. I was a highly profi cient horse rider, a crazy snow skier, a scuba-diver, and a tennis player. What more could I possibly achieve? Well, I have just added to that list a circumnavigator.
Into Happy Havens
Author: Dennis CoatesPublisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1467007455
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
Martin Hammond is the recently appointed manager of a London group owned hotel. He knows a lot abouit running hotels but has very little experience in managing people. His misguided sense of the ridiculous leads hikm into conflict with staff and guests. He comes into conflict with masters from Head Office and rebels against the procedure driven rules which he believes to be cramping his style. His life is turned topsy turvy when a feisty young American tour guide stays in the hotel. She )Naomi) and Martin fall head over heels in love. She sets out to guide him subtly towards more maturity in love and management. But Head Offices have long memories and can be spiteful as Martin finds out when some past errors come back to haunt him. He believes the Head Office is out to get him and resolves, unwisely, to take all on In a final day of reckoning at Head Office, Martin gets his revenge and suffers a few revelations on the way. He is eventually outwitted by someone he has never met before and the impact made on him changes his life forevermore.
The Topical Notebooks of Ralph Waldo Emerson
Author: Ralph Waldo EmersonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Authors, American
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
"Published here for the first time are seven of Emerson's topical notebooks, which served as a source for his lectures, essays, and books of the 1850s, 1860s, and 1870s. Concerned primarily with nature, art, philosophy, American culture, and his contemporaries, the notebooks presented in this first of a three-volume editions afford fascinating insight into Emerson's creative practices. They will offer new perspectives for future readings of his completed works. The editors provide faithful transcriptions of the notebooks using the highest standards of textual practice. Their detailed annotations describe and comment on erased or revised passages, translate Greek and Latin quotations, and identify books and articles referred to in the texts of the notebooks. References to similar passages in Emerson's journals, lectures, and published works are also provided in the annotations. Publication of these notebooks will inable scholars to trace ideas that have gone unnoticed previously. The Topical Notebooks of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume 1, offers valuable insight into the art and philosophy of one of America's foremost thinkers. These volumes will be an important addition to any personal or institutional library of nine-teenth-century American literature."--Publishers website.
Deadline for a Dark Horse
Author: Franklin HooperPublisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1438960891
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
The Spectator
Author: The Sphere
Author: The People's Home Journal
Author: The Socrates Express
Author: Eric WeinerPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1501129023
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
The author retraces the journeys of forefront intellectuals from Epicurus and Gandhi to Thoreau and Beauvoir to illuminate how their practical and spiritual lessons can be applied in today's unsettled world. Eric Weiner combines his twin passions for philosophy and global travel in a pilgrimage that uncovers surprising life lessons from philosophers around the world, from Marcus Aurelius to Arthur Schopenhauer, Confucius to Montaigne. Traveling by train (the most thoughtful mode of transport) he traversed thousands of miles, making stops in Athens, Delhi, Massachusetts, Coney Island, Frankfurt, and points in between, to recapture philosophy's original purpose: teaching us how to lead wiser, more meaningful lives. From Socrates and ancient Athens to Simone de Beauvoir and twentieth century Paris, Weiner's chosen places and thinkers provide important signposts as we navigate today's chaotic times.