A Line In The World

Author : Dorthe Nors
Publisher : Graywolf Press
ISBN 13 : 1644451921
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book A Line in the World written by Dorthe Nors and published by Graywolf Press. This book was released on 2022-11-01 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A celebrated Danish writer explores the unsung histories and geographies of her beloved slice of the world. Me, my notebook and my love of the wild and desolate. I wanted to do the opposite of what was expected of me. It’s a recurring pattern in my life. An instinct. Dorthe Nors’s first nonfiction book chronicles a year she spent traveling along the North Sea coast—from Skagen at the northern tip of Denmark to the Frisian Islands in the Wadden Sea. In fourteen expansive essays, Nors traces the history, geography, and culture of the places she visits while reflecting on her childhood and her family and ancestors’ ties to the region as well as her decision to move there from Copenhagen. She writes about the ritual burning of witch effigies on Midsummer’s Eve; the environmental activist who opposed a chemical factory in the 1950s; the quiet fishing villages that surfers transformed into an area known as Cold Hawaii starting in the 1970s. She connects wind turbines to Viking ships, thirteenth-century church frescoes to her mother’s unrealized dreams. She describes strong waves, sand drifts, storm surges, shipwrecks, and other instances of nature asserting its power over human attempts to ignore or control it. Through a deep, personal engagement with this singular landscape, A Line in the World accesses the universal. Its ultimate subjects are civilization, belonging, and change: changes within one person’s life, changes occurring in various communities today, and change as the only constant of life on Earth.

Author : Laura Ljungkvist
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101642807
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Follow the Line Around the World written by Laura Ljungkvist and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-05-15 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Follow the line from the camels of the Sahara Desert to the blue whales of Greenland, from the giraffes of Kenya?s grasslands to the kangaroos of Australia?s Outback. This new Follow the Line book?illustrated in Laura Ljungkvist?s signature line style?takes young children around the world to see animals in their natural habitats. With informative facts and a gentle environmental message, Follow the Line Around the World is sure to appeal to those interested in taking better care of the earth.

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 554 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book The World Book Encyclopedia written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An encyclopedia designed especially to meet the needs of elementary, junior high, and senior high school students.

Author : Douglas 1913- Macagy
Publisher : Hassell Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781015161412
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Going for a Walk With a Line; a Step Into the World of Modern Art written by Douglas 1913- Macagy and published by Hassell Street Press. This book was released on 2021-09-10 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Avraham Ariel
Publisher : Praeger
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Plotting the Globe written by Avraham Ariel and published by Praeger. This book was released on 2006 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How we came to measure time and distance due to the efforts of intrepid adventurers, scientists, and seafarers who shaped our picture of the world today.

Author : Laura Ljungkvist
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101642793
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Follow the Line written by Laura Ljungkvist and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2006-05-04 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Follow the line on a journey from the city to the country, from the sky to the ocean, from morning till night. Laura Ljungkvist uses her trademark continuous line style to create the perfect counting book for young children. Each scene contains questions designed to get children looking, counting, and thinking. For example, in the underwater picture, children can count seashells, turtles, and the legs on an octopus. Each page is packed with colorful, artful objects and animals—and young counters can follow the line from the front cover to the back cover, through each stunning scene.

Author : Charles Clover
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520255050
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book The End of the Line written by Charles Clover and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ninety percent of the large fish in the world's oceans have disappeared in the past half century, causing the collapse of fisheries along with numerous fish species. In this hard-hitting, provocative expos�, Charles Clover reveals the dark underbelly and hidden costs of putting food on the table at home and in restaurants. From the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo to a seafood restaurant on the North Sea and a trawler off the coast of Spain, Clover pursues the sobering truth about the plight of fish. Along with the ecological impact wrought by industrial fishing, he reports on the implications for our diet, particularly our need for omega-3 fatty acids. This intelligent, readable, and balanced account serves as a timely warning to the general public as well as to scientists, regulators, legislators--and all fishing enthusiasts.

Author : David Carle
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520266544
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Traveling the 38th Parallel written by David Carle and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2013-04-03 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between extremes of climate farther north and south, the 38th North parallel line marks a temperate, middle latitude where human societies have thrived since the beginning of civilization. It divides North and South Korea, passes through Athens and San Francisco, and bisects Mono Lake in the eastern Sierra Nevada, where authors David and Janet Carle make their home. Former park rangers, the authors set out on an around-the-world journey in search of water-related environmental and cultural intersections along the 38th parallel. This book is a chronicle of their adventures as they meet people confronting challenges in water supply, pollution, wetlands loss, and habitat protection. At the heart of the narrative are the riveting stories of the passionate individuals—scientists, educators, and local activists—who are struggling to preserve some of the world's most amazing, yet threatened, landscapes. Traveling largely outside of cities, away from well-beaten tourist tracks, the authors cross Japan, Korea, China, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Greece, Sicily, Spain, Portugal, the Azores Islands, and the United States—from Chesapeake Bay to San Francisco Bay. The stories they gather provide stark contrasts as well as reaffirming similarities across diverse cultures. Generously illustrated with maps and photos, Traveling the 38th Parallel documents devastating environmental losses but also inspiring gains made through the efforts of dedicated individuals working against the odds to protect these fragile places.

Author : John Terraine
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1473817668
Total Pages : 861 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book The Right of the Line written by John Terraine and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2010-04-06 with total page 861 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traditionally, the right of the line is the vanguard, the place of honour and greatest danger in battle. In this history of the Royal Air Force during the European War of 1939-45, John Terraine shows how the RAF, which in 1939 was small and inadequate for the task it was called upon to perform had, by the end of the war, taken up its proper position. He describes the build-up to war, the early tests in France and at Dunkirk, the Battle of Britain, the Battle of the Atlantic, the RAF in North Africa and the Mediterranean, the strategic air offensive over Germany and eventual victory in Europe.His best book yet The TimesJohn Terraine is a fine historian but he also believes that history should be exciting and readable The Listener

Author : Jawad Salim Al-Arayed
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781556434648
Total Pages : 477 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book A Line in the Sea written by Jawad Salim Al-Arayed and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 477 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The border dispute between Qatar and Bahrain simmered for more than 50 years before it was adjudicated by the International Court of Justice—a process that took ten long years. This authoritative book documents the controversy in the context of its imperial roots, the countries' ruling families, the discovery of oil, and the political destinies of the emerging Gulf states. This color illustrated historical account includes the forensic evidence that identified key forgeries in the case.