Southern Appalachian Celebration: In Praise of Ancient Mountains, Old-Growth Forests, and Wilderness, Hardcover - James Valentine

Reducere. With this stunning collection of images of the Southern Appalachians, James Valentine presents an enduring portrait of the region's unique natural ...

Reducere. Travel author Horace Kephart discusses the culture of Appalachia he observed while living in a mountain cabin for several months at the start of th...

Reducere. This unique hiking guide to the southern Appalachian mountains leads readers to explore the rich forest ecosystems and other natural communities vi...

Reducere. DescriptionTravel author Horace Kephart discusses the culture of Appalachia he observed while living in a mountain cabin for several months at the ...

Publisher: Wilderness PressAuthor(s): David HarrisIllustration(s): Color maps and photos throughoutNumber of pages: 296Collection: 101 HikesPublica...

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In Praise of the Stepmother is a witty and subtle meditation on the mysterious nature of human happiness and the corrupting power of innocence

Reducere. Side A 1. As Seen From Above (4: 42) 2. In Praise Of Dreams (5: 21) 3. One Goes There Alone (5: 06) 4. Knot Of Place And Time (6: 22) 5. If You Go ...

The pleasures of car travel around rural Britain are considered by former prison psychiatrist and author of The Knife Went In Theodore Dalrymple, w...

Erasmus wrote In Praise of Folly, his masterpiece of ironic literature, in less than a week while en route to England from Italy to visit his good ...

Reducere. About the AuthorJessica Cory teaches in the English department at Western Carolina University. She grew up in southeastern Ohio, and her work has b...

Reducere. DescriptionWitness the French anthropologist as we have never seen him before. Marc Aug coined the term "non-place" to describe the ubiquitous airp...

Devoted to a deceptively simple but original argument that copying is an essential part of being human, that the ability to copy is worthy of celeb...

How many times have you rehearsed what you were gonna say or cursed yourself for what you should have said?

Celtic's greatest ever player receives tributes from some of the biggest names in football in this anecdote-rich toast to the nine-time Scottish Le...

'Is there some adventure out there that we are not having, some vividness, some wild pleasure, that we are not experiencing in our responsible, pro...

Reducere. This is an enchanting essay on aesthetics by one of the greatest Japanese novelists. Tanizaki's eye ranges over architecture, jade, food, toilets, ...

Reducere. With meticulous observation and the seductive skill of a great storyteller, Vargas Llosa lures the reader into the shadow of perversion that, littl...

Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): Jeff DeutschNumber of pages: 216Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 206 x 139 x 20Cover type: Hardbac...

Reducere. Winner of the Wandering Aengus Press Book Award, Tarn Wilson's memoir in essays In Praise of Inadequate Gifts explores the varied ways we process t...

Reducere. FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER, THE HIDDEN LIFE OF TREESA powerful return to the forest, where trees have heartbeats and roots ar...

Written by a former transportation analyst with extensive on-the-job training experience, this covers everything budding young analysts need to know.

In Praise of Nahum Tate covers a wide range of reading experiences including poetry, short stories, reviews and politics. It features an eclectic p...

If we are to resist returning to the logic of clashing, violent particularisms and defend ourselves against fascist or fascistoid tendencies that a...

Reducere. The author of City of Quartz and Planet of Slums attacks the current fashion for empires and white men's burdens in this blistering collection of r...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

DescriptionIn Praise of Beer is a helpful guide for beer lovers looking to learn more about what they should look for with each sip of beer. In his...

Reducere. Appalachian Indians of the Warrior Mountains embodies the American Indian history of southern Appalachia, along with an underlying deep love of gre...

Reducere. DescriptionFrom the heyday of the Cherokee Nation and on through the twentieth century, the Great Smoky Mountains have nurtured some of the most ce...

Reducere. We live in the age of speed. We strain to be more efficient, to cram more into each minute, each hour, each day. Since the Industrial Revolution sh...

A joyous must-have vegetable companion for the vegetarian or simply veg-forward: 'Alice Zaslavsky is a force of nature!' Nigella Lawson.

This book, whose original French edition achieved worldwide attention when its author died trying to save two children caught in a riptide, challen...

This book, whose original French edition achieved worldwide attention when its author died trying to save two children caught in a riptide, challen...

1980s Syria, our young narrator is living a secluded life behind the veil in the vast and perfumed house of her grandparents in Aleppo. Her three a...

What They Wrote is a collection of introductions, articles, and reviews by Jack Ketchum of various horror novels and collections. Included here are...

Reducere. An ode to paths and the journeys we take through nature, as told by a gifted writer who stopped driving and rediscovered the joys of traveling by f...

A timely and beautiful book of our fast-disappearing traditional shopfronts of London, with over 100 watercolour paintings of bakers, butcher, bage...

A study of institutions, management, ethics and contemporary society.Publisher: SAGE Publications IncAuthor(s): Paul du GayNumber of pages: 176Publ...

Publisher: Granville Island PublishingAuthor(s): David KirkpatrickIllustration(s): colour & b/w photosNumber of pages: 320Publication date: 2009Dim...