Author: Margaret Louisa WoodsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Rhodesia
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Pastels Under the Southern Cross
Author: Margaret Louisa WoodsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Rhodesia
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Pastels Under the Southern Cross (Classic Reprint)
Author: Margaret Louisa WoodsPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780282317539
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Excerpt from Pastels Under the Southern Cross It an error to suppose that a person who has only spent a few months in a country must necessarily have nothing to say about it which is worth saying. Once people put too much faith in the Man who had been there. Now, if we wish to pass for intelligent, we sometimes fall into the Opposite error. For it may often happen that though the inhabitant knows most, the visitor sees most. He sees those broad outlines which eyes necessarily riveted on details, end by losing. And a visitor is there to see. In places where we live our energies are largely spent in doing. A visitor is freed from cares and occupations. All his mental energies, all such knowledge of life and powers of observation as he may have acquired elsewhere, are focused on the country and people with which he is making acquaintance. Although myself an Oxonian of long standing, I have often found articles on Oxford by foreigners who had spent but a short time there, illuminating, even when many of their facts were wrong or misapprehended. As to scenery, without doubt those characteristics of a landscape which differentiate it from other landscapes are more obvious to strange than to accustomed eyes, however much these latter may miss of its intimate secrets. There are not a great many far-off places in the world which are worth visiting solely for the beauty of their scenery. To begin with, the sense of beauty may be feasted high within the. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Under the Southern Cross
Author: Claire McNabPublisher: Bella Books
ISBN: 164247018X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
The vast, forbidding Australian Outback… the grandeur of Ayers Rock… legendary Alice Springs… the Great Barrier Reef… the primal beauty of Cape Tribulation… Two women, from different continents, with different values, collide with spectacular results… UNDER THE SOUTHERN CROSS. American Lee Paynter has built her Small travel agency into an international tour company. Brash, confident, openly lesbian, her great love is her business. Women? They’re to enjoy and let go. Alexandra Findlay is pursuing a career in Australian tourism with quiet focus and determination, convinced that her career is the best she can hope for in her arid, closeted emotional existence. Now Alex has been assigned to accompany Lee on the American woman’s visit Down Under, to win Lee’s company over to Australian tourism. Suddenly Alex’s quiet life explodes… And Lee is challenged by a woman unlike any she has ever known.
The Oxford Magazine
Author: The Cornhill Magazine
Author: William Makepeace ThackerayPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 872
Book Description
Birds, Beasts and a Bike Under the Southern Cross
Author: David StirlingPublisher: Agio Publishing House
ISBN: 1897435193
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 175
Book Description
"This is the story of two Canadian naturalist observers enjoying the birds, beasts, weather and stars in New Zealand and Australia in the 1950s. While traveling by motorcycle and camping rough, they meet Kiwis and Aussies and try various temporary jobs in order to keep alive and healthy"--Publisher's description.
The South African Bookman
Author: The Outlook
Author: Bookseller and the Stationery Trades' Journal
Author: Quartery Bulletin of the Port Elizabeth Public Library
Author: PORT ELIZABETH, CAPE COLONY. PUBLIC LIBRARYPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Public libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description