Author: My Nature Book Adventures
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781956162370
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Pennsylvania Parks - Adventure Planning Journal
Author: My Nature Book Adventures
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781956162370
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781956162370
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Song of the Road
Author:
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1614290660
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 171
Book Description
In Song of the Road, Tsarchen Losal Gyatso (1502-66), a tantric master of the Sakya tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, weaves ecstatic poetry, song, and accounts of visionary experiences into a record of pilgrimage to central Tibet. Translated for the first time here, Tsarchen's work, a favorite of the Fifth Dalai Lama, brims with striking descriptions of encounters with the divine as well as lyrical portraits of Tibetan landscape. The literary flights of Song of the Road are anchored by Tsarchen's candid observations on the social and political climate of his day, including a rare example in Tibetan literature of open critique of religious power. Like the Japanese master Basho's famous Narrow Road to the Interior, written 150 years later, Tsarchen's travelogue contains a mixture of luminous prose and verse, rich with allusions. Traveling on horseback with a band of companions, Tsarchen visited some of the most renowned holy sites of the Tsang region, incluing Jonang, Tropu, Ngor, Shalu, and Gyantse. In his introduction and copious notes, Cyrus Stearns unearths the layers of meaning concealed in the text, excavating the history, legends, and lore associated with people and places encountered on the pilgrimage, revealing the spiritual as well as geographical topography of Tsarchen's journey.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1614290660
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 171
Book Description
In Song of the Road, Tsarchen Losal Gyatso (1502-66), a tantric master of the Sakya tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, weaves ecstatic poetry, song, and accounts of visionary experiences into a record of pilgrimage to central Tibet. Translated for the first time here, Tsarchen's work, a favorite of the Fifth Dalai Lama, brims with striking descriptions of encounters with the divine as well as lyrical portraits of Tibetan landscape. The literary flights of Song of the Road are anchored by Tsarchen's candid observations on the social and political climate of his day, including a rare example in Tibetan literature of open critique of religious power. Like the Japanese master Basho's famous Narrow Road to the Interior, written 150 years later, Tsarchen's travelogue contains a mixture of luminous prose and verse, rich with allusions. Traveling on horseback with a band of companions, Tsarchen visited some of the most renowned holy sites of the Tsang region, incluing Jonang, Tropu, Ngor, Shalu, and Gyantse. In his introduction and copious notes, Cyrus Stearns unearths the layers of meaning concealed in the text, excavating the history, legends, and lore associated with people and places encountered on the pilgrimage, revealing the spiritual as well as geographical topography of Tsarchen's journey.
Teaching Peace through Transformative Literature and Metaethics
Author: Maryann P. DiEdwardo
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1527515125
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 141
Book Description
This book is about content driven lectures, panels, round tables, seminars and workshops aiming to improve learning communities and academic literature skills. It advocates teaching peace through transformative literary works; DiEdwardo gives her readers her original poetry, critiques of fiction and film, as well as an exploration of peace studies to facilitate a concentration on curiosity, solitude, and self-development through writing.
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1527515125
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 141
Book Description
This book is about content driven lectures, panels, round tables, seminars and workshops aiming to improve learning communities and academic literature skills. It advocates teaching peace through transformative literary works; DiEdwardo gives her readers her original poetry, critiques of fiction and film, as well as an exploration of peace studies to facilitate a concentration on curiosity, solitude, and self-development through writing.
Waterfalls of Pennsylvania
Author: Jim Cheney
Publisher: Best Waterfalls by State
ISBN: 9781591939115
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
This comprehensive guidebook profiles more than 180 waterfalls in Pennsylvania, all scouted by award-winning photographer Jim Cheney.
Publisher: Best Waterfalls by State
ISBN: 9781591939115
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
This comprehensive guidebook profiles more than 180 waterfalls in Pennsylvania, all scouted by award-winning photographer Jim Cheney.
The Travel Journals of Henrietta Marchant Liston
Author: Louise V. North
Publisher: Lexington Books
ISBN: 0739195514
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 189
Book Description
Travel writing has a long history, the accounts as varied as the reasons why people travel.Although most travel publications of the eighteenth century were written by men, those by women, perhaps most famously Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, were also widely read. The Travel Journals of Henrietta Marchant Liston: North America & Lower Canada, 1796–1800 consists of the nine journals that Mrs. Liston kept while she and her husband Robert Liston, the minister from Great Britain (1796-1800), resided in Philadelphia, at that time the capital of the United States. Mrs. Liston wrote her journals (which, with one exception, have never been published) for her personal use as an aide-memoire to share with family and friends. To experience this middle-aged woman’s adventurous spirit as she and her husband travel as far south as Charleston, South Carolina and as far north as Quebec, Canada—long before the transportation conveniences and superhighways of modern-day travel—can only be termed amazing. Full of zest, her writing abounds with “you-are-there” moments. Mrs. Liston was genuinely curious about the New World: she wanted to learn about the different regions, to interact with the people who lived there, and to visit its natural wonders. She was astonished by the variety of the North American landscape, particularly its flora. Each journal has an introduction to put Mrs. Liston’s narrative in historical context. She is an intelligent and discerning guide to the eastern part of North America at a time of territorial expansion, of dispossession of Indian Nations from their territories by settlers, and of international upheavals. She and Robert Liston, a seasoned diplomat, observed and participated in the tumultuous events of the last years of the eighteenth century: the resignation of President George Washington and the orderly transfer of power to the next elected president; the “Quasi War” with France; and the rise of the political party system, to name but a few. Mrs. Liston’s description of their friendship with President and Mrs. Washington is clear-eyed as well as deeply appreciative, bringing those historical figures to life. Mrs. Liston’s engaging writing will win the hearts of all readers. For more on this topic, please visit the author's website at www.inthewordsofwomen.com. NEW from the National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh, a video about Henrietta M. and Robert Liston in the United States: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1kQTNScjiA. Also see the new website for digitized images and transcriptions of Mrs. Liston’s journals: http://digital.nls.uk/travels-of-henrietta-liston/.
Publisher: Lexington Books
ISBN: 0739195514
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 189
Book Description
Travel writing has a long history, the accounts as varied as the reasons why people travel.Although most travel publications of the eighteenth century were written by men, those by women, perhaps most famously Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, were also widely read. The Travel Journals of Henrietta Marchant Liston: North America & Lower Canada, 1796–1800 consists of the nine journals that Mrs. Liston kept while she and her husband Robert Liston, the minister from Great Britain (1796-1800), resided in Philadelphia, at that time the capital of the United States. Mrs. Liston wrote her journals (which, with one exception, have never been published) for her personal use as an aide-memoire to share with family and friends. To experience this middle-aged woman’s adventurous spirit as she and her husband travel as far south as Charleston, South Carolina and as far north as Quebec, Canada—long before the transportation conveniences and superhighways of modern-day travel—can only be termed amazing. Full of zest, her writing abounds with “you-are-there” moments. Mrs. Liston was genuinely curious about the New World: she wanted to learn about the different regions, to interact with the people who lived there, and to visit its natural wonders. She was astonished by the variety of the North American landscape, particularly its flora. Each journal has an introduction to put Mrs. Liston’s narrative in historical context. She is an intelligent and discerning guide to the eastern part of North America at a time of territorial expansion, of dispossession of Indian Nations from their territories by settlers, and of international upheavals. She and Robert Liston, a seasoned diplomat, observed and participated in the tumultuous events of the last years of the eighteenth century: the resignation of President George Washington and the orderly transfer of power to the next elected president; the “Quasi War” with France; and the rise of the political party system, to name but a few. Mrs. Liston’s description of their friendship with President and Mrs. Washington is clear-eyed as well as deeply appreciative, bringing those historical figures to life. Mrs. Liston’s engaging writing will win the hearts of all readers. For more on this topic, please visit the author's website at www.inthewordsofwomen.com. NEW from the National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh, a video about Henrietta M. and Robert Liston in the United States: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1kQTNScjiA. Also see the new website for digitized images and transcriptions of Mrs. Liston’s journals: http://digital.nls.uk/travels-of-henrietta-liston/.
Running from Pa
Author: Frances Evlin
Publisher: Writers Exchange E-Publishing
ISBN: 1922548286
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
At her dying mother's plea, fourteen-year-old Lulie flees Missouri to escape her lecherous Pa. It's 1847 and she joins a wagon train bound for Oregon. Pa joins a following wagon train, intending to taunt her for 2,000 miles, before ultimately claiming her. Lulie's fellow travelers become her family and vow to help her however they legally can, but Lulie knows the only way to be free of him is to kill him. Does she have the skill, courage and resolve to do so?
Publisher: Writers Exchange E-Publishing
ISBN: 1922548286
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
At her dying mother's plea, fourteen-year-old Lulie flees Missouri to escape her lecherous Pa. It's 1847 and she joins a wagon train bound for Oregon. Pa joins a following wagon train, intending to taunt her for 2,000 miles, before ultimately claiming her. Lulie's fellow travelers become her family and vow to help her however they legally can, but Lulie knows the only way to be free of him is to kill him. Does she have the skill, courage and resolve to do so?
The National Parks Journal
Author: Stefanie Payne
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1507218095
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Turn those bucket list travel plans into reality with this interactive journal that’s one part planning guides and one part log to help you remember your exciting adventures! Your national parks adventure starts here! Whether you’re planning a road trip to visit the Grand Canyon, a hiking excursion through Acadia, or spending a day in the Everglades, this book is your must-have companion for the perfect trip to any of the parks across the United States. Start by learning more about the national parks themselves and get some essential planning advice from experts to make your trip as easy and fun as possible. Then use the planning pages to plan and record an adventure of your own. You’ll be prepared for everything from paying park fees to figuring out which landmarks you want to see the most. Record pages will help you remember anything fun and exciting that happens on your trip—as well as anything you want to do differently on your next visit. From the Cape Cod National Seashore to the Sequoia National Park, this journal is the key to a fun and memorable national park vacation that you’ll want to remember (and revisit) for a lifetime.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1507218095
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Turn those bucket list travel plans into reality with this interactive journal that’s one part planning guides and one part log to help you remember your exciting adventures! Your national parks adventure starts here! Whether you’re planning a road trip to visit the Grand Canyon, a hiking excursion through Acadia, or spending a day in the Everglades, this book is your must-have companion for the perfect trip to any of the parks across the United States. Start by learning more about the national parks themselves and get some essential planning advice from experts to make your trip as easy and fun as possible. Then use the planning pages to plan and record an adventure of your own. You’ll be prepared for everything from paying park fees to figuring out which landmarks you want to see the most. Record pages will help you remember anything fun and exciting that happens on your trip—as well as anything you want to do differently on your next visit. From the Cape Cod National Seashore to the Sequoia National Park, this journal is the key to a fun and memorable national park vacation that you’ll want to remember (and revisit) for a lifetime.
The Catch Me If You Can
Author: Jessica Nabongo
Publisher: Disney Electronic Content
ISBN: 1426222467
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 581
Book Description
In this inspiring travelogue, celebrated traveler and photographer Jessica Nabongo—the first Black woman on record to visit all 195 countries in the world—shares her journey around the globe with fascinating stories of adventure, culture, travel musts, and human connections. It was a daunting task, but Jessica Nabongo, the beloved voice behind the popular website The Catch Me if You Can, made it happen, completing her journey to all 195 UN-recognized countries in the world in October 2019. Now, in this one-of-a-kind memoir, she reveals her top 100 destinations from her global adventure. Beautifully illustrated with many of Nabongo's own photographs, the book documents her remarkable experiences in each country, including: A harrowing scooter accident in Nauru, the world's least visited country, Seeing the life and community swarming around the Hazrat Ali Mazar mosque in Afghanistan, Horseback riding and learning to lasso with Black cowboys in Oklahoma, Playing dominoes with men on the streets of Havana, Learning to make traditional takoyaki (octopus balls) from locals in Japan, Dog sledding in Norway and swimming with humpback whales in Tonga, A late night adventure with strangers to cross a border in Guinea Bissau, And sunbathing on the sandy shores of Los Roques in Venezuela. Along with beloved destinations like Peru and South Africa, you'll also find tales from far-flung corners and seldom visited destinations, including Tuvalu, North Korea, South Sudan, and the Central African Republic. Nabongo's stories are love letters to diversity, beauty, and culture—and most of all, to the people she meets along the way. Throughout, she offers bucket-list experiences for other travel-lovers looking to follow in her footsteps. For armchair travelers or readers planning a trip around the globe, this arresting collection will awe and inspire!
Publisher: Disney Electronic Content
ISBN: 1426222467
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 581
Book Description
In this inspiring travelogue, celebrated traveler and photographer Jessica Nabongo—the first Black woman on record to visit all 195 countries in the world—shares her journey around the globe with fascinating stories of adventure, culture, travel musts, and human connections. It was a daunting task, but Jessica Nabongo, the beloved voice behind the popular website The Catch Me if You Can, made it happen, completing her journey to all 195 UN-recognized countries in the world in October 2019. Now, in this one-of-a-kind memoir, she reveals her top 100 destinations from her global adventure. Beautifully illustrated with many of Nabongo's own photographs, the book documents her remarkable experiences in each country, including: A harrowing scooter accident in Nauru, the world's least visited country, Seeing the life and community swarming around the Hazrat Ali Mazar mosque in Afghanistan, Horseback riding and learning to lasso with Black cowboys in Oklahoma, Playing dominoes with men on the streets of Havana, Learning to make traditional takoyaki (octopus balls) from locals in Japan, Dog sledding in Norway and swimming with humpback whales in Tonga, A late night adventure with strangers to cross a border in Guinea Bissau, And sunbathing on the sandy shores of Los Roques in Venezuela. Along with beloved destinations like Peru and South Africa, you'll also find tales from far-flung corners and seldom visited destinations, including Tuvalu, North Korea, South Sudan, and the Central African Republic. Nabongo's stories are love letters to diversity, beauty, and culture—and most of all, to the people she meets along the way. Throughout, she offers bucket-list experiences for other travel-lovers looking to follow in her footsteps. For armchair travelers or readers planning a trip around the globe, this arresting collection will awe and inspire!
The Mystery in Chocolate Town...Hershey, Pennsylvania
Author: Carole Marsh
Publisher: Gallopade International
ISBN: 0635068931
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Christina, Grant, Mimi and Papa fly the Mystery Girl to Hershey, Pennsylvania just in time for the 100th anniversary of the famous candy company. Their plans are to tour the chocolate-scented town (with the Hershey Kisses streetlights!) and eat chocolate, chocolate, chocolate. But when silver dollars go missing, the mystery family goes into action to save the day! Well, hopefully! Christina is excited about the research, Grant has a tummy ache (wonder why?) And, Mimi won't go near a scale! Join the fun-it's a real treat of a mystery! LOOK what's in this mystery - people, places, history, and more! Hershey, PA, the Sweetest Place on Earth Š Hotel Hershey Š Hershey Museum Š Hershey Community Archives Š Hershey's Chocolate World Š Milton Hershey - Orphanage - Philanthropy - Birth - Hardships and path to success - Kitty Hershey and the Milton Š Hershey School Š Hershey Museum - artifact collections Š Trolleys and San Francisco streetcars Š The town of Hershey with its chocolate smell, Kisses streetlights, and sweet street names Š Hershey factoryŠ Greenies Š Working conditions Š Job fairness for women and men Š Labor unions Š Longitude Department Š Hershey in the Great Depression Š Harrisburg, PA. Like all of Carole Marsh Mysteries, this mystery incorporates history, geography, culture and cliffhanger chapters that will keep kids begging for more! This mystery includes SAT words, educational facts, fun and humor, built-in book club and activities. Below is the Reading Levels Guide for this book: Grade Levels: 3-6 Accelerated Reader Reading Level: 4.6 Accelerated Reader Points: 3 Accelerated Reader Quiz Number: 115542 Lexile Measure: 670 Fountas & Pinnell Guided Reading Level: Q Developmental Assessment Level: 40
Publisher: Gallopade International
ISBN: 0635068931
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Christina, Grant, Mimi and Papa fly the Mystery Girl to Hershey, Pennsylvania just in time for the 100th anniversary of the famous candy company. Their plans are to tour the chocolate-scented town (with the Hershey Kisses streetlights!) and eat chocolate, chocolate, chocolate. But when silver dollars go missing, the mystery family goes into action to save the day! Well, hopefully! Christina is excited about the research, Grant has a tummy ache (wonder why?) And, Mimi won't go near a scale! Join the fun-it's a real treat of a mystery! LOOK what's in this mystery - people, places, history, and more! Hershey, PA, the Sweetest Place on Earth Š Hotel Hershey Š Hershey Museum Š Hershey Community Archives Š Hershey's Chocolate World Š Milton Hershey - Orphanage - Philanthropy - Birth - Hardships and path to success - Kitty Hershey and the Milton Š Hershey School Š Hershey Museum - artifact collections Š Trolleys and San Francisco streetcars Š The town of Hershey with its chocolate smell, Kisses streetlights, and sweet street names Š Hershey factoryŠ Greenies Š Working conditions Š Job fairness for women and men Š Labor unions Š Longitude Department Š Hershey in the Great Depression Š Harrisburg, PA. Like all of Carole Marsh Mysteries, this mystery incorporates history, geography, culture and cliffhanger chapters that will keep kids begging for more! This mystery includes SAT words, educational facts, fun and humor, built-in book club and activities. Below is the Reading Levels Guide for this book: Grade Levels: 3-6 Accelerated Reader Reading Level: 4.6 Accelerated Reader Points: 3 Accelerated Reader Quiz Number: 115542 Lexile Measure: 670 Fountas & Pinnell Guided Reading Level: Q Developmental Assessment Level: 40
Auto Motives
Author: Karen Lucas
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN: 0857242342
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
While the individual benefits of car-based travel continues to be recognized, the wider environmental and social cost of automobiles is also significant. This title evaluates the evidence for better understanding 'what drives us to drive'.
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN: 0857242342
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
While the individual benefits of car-based travel continues to be recognized, the wider environmental and social cost of automobiles is also significant. This title evaluates the evidence for better understanding 'what drives us to drive'.