A Wide Open Land

Author : Peter Ridgeway
Publisher : Peter Ridgeway
ISBN 13 : 0646839020
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Wide & Open Land written by Peter Ridgeway and published by Peter Ridgeway. This book was released on 2021-09-09 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the Winter of 2019 Peter Ridgeway set out to walk 179 kilometres across the Cumberland Plain, the region of rural land west of Sydney. Carrying his food and water and camping under the stars, he crossed one of the least-known landscapes in Australia, all within view of its largest city. This book recounts a unique journey across a landscape few Australians will ever see. In this open country the familiar forests of Sydney's sandstone are replaced by a fertile world of open woodlands, native grasslands and wetlands, home to some of the Nation's most unique and endangered wildlife. The traditional land of the Darug, Gundungurra, and Dharawal peoples, and the birthplace of the first Australian colony, it is a landscape which also holds the key to our entwined and conflicted origins. What was once a limitless tract of woodland is now being engulfed by the city to it's east in the largest construction project ever undertaken in the Southern Hemisphere - the elimination of an ecosystem and a community. This book provides an immersion in the history, wildlife, and culture of one of Australia's most rapidly vanishing landscapes, and reveals how the destruction of 'the West' is erasing not only itself, but something central to the identity of all Australians.

Author : John Marshall
Publisher : Ballantine Books
ISBN 13 : 0345549651
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wide-Open World written by John Marshall and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2015-02-10 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For readers of Three Cups of Tea; Eat, Pray, Love; and Wild comes the inspiring story of an ordinary American family that embarks on an extraordinary journey. Wide-Open World follows the Marshall family as they volunteer their way around the globe, living in a monkey sanctuary in Costa Rica, teaching English in rural Thailand, and caring for orphans in India. There’s a name for this kind of endeavor—voluntourism—and it might just be the future of travel. Oppressive heat, grueling bus rides, backbreaking work, and one vicious spider monkey . . . Best family vacation ever! John Marshall needed a change. His twenty-year marriage was falling apart, his seventeen-year-old son was about to leave home, and his fourteen-year-old daughter was lost in cyberspace. Desperate to get out of a rut and reconnect with his family, John dreamed of a trip around the world, a chance to leave behind, if only just for a while, routines and responsibilities. He didn’t have the money for resorts or luxury tours, but he did have an idea that would make traveling the globe more affordable and more meaningful than he’d ever imagined: The family would volunteer their time and energy to others in far-flung locales. Wide-Open World is the inspiring true story of the six months that changed the Marshall family forever. Once they’d made the pivotal decision to go, John and his wife, Traca, quit their jobs, pulled their kids out of school, and embarked on a journey that would take them far off the beaten path, and far out of their comfort zones. Here is the totally engaging, bluntly honest chronicle of the Marshalls’ life-altering adventure from Central America to East Asia. It was no fairy tale. The trip offered little rest, even less relaxation, and virtually no certainty of what was to come. But it did give the Marshalls something far more valuable: a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to conquer personal fears, strengthen family bonds, and find their true selves by helping those in need. In the end, as John discovered, he and his family did not change the world. It was the world that changed them. Praise for Wide-Open World “Marshall’s use of rich details locates readers firmly in each time and place, enabling them to sense the adventure, wonder and joy he experienced in his surroundings and in watching his children grow into hardworking, more responsible teens, as well as the frustrations and disappointments he and his family inevitably encountered along the way. A great armchair adventure that should inspire others to consider voluntourism as a way to help others and see the world.”—Kirkus Reviews “Each new location combines beautiful scenery with a dose of sentiment, a good deal of humor, and some heartfelt consideration of the human condition. . . . His philosophy may not fit everyone and the ending is bittersweet, but this is an enticing call to service.”—Publishers Weekly “Wide-Open World is an adventure made up of countless small moments of human connection. It’s an armchair travelogue that may well inspire you to do good off the beaten path.”—BookPage “For anyone who has ever imagined what it would be like to pack up, unplug, pull the kids out of school, and travel around the world, this volunteer adventure is your ticket. Wide-Open World will move, engage, and inspire you, even if you never leave the couch.”—Christina Baker Kline, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Orphan Train

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 494 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Public Land Policy Act of 1971 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Publisher : Brolga Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1922036234
Total Pages : 920 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Openland written by and published by Brolga Publishing. This book was released on with total page 920 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : James Camnon Zabriskie
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1196 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Public Land Laws of the United States written by James Camnon Zabriskie and published by . This book was released on 1870 with total page 1196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on Public Lands and National Parks
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 998 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Public Land Management Policy written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on Public Lands and National Parks and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 998 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1524 pages
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Download or read book Bibliography on Land Utilization, 1918-36 written by and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page 1524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This bibliography has been compiled as a companion volume to the Bibliography on Land Settlement issued in 1934 by the United States Department of Agriculture as Miscellaneous Publication 172. It contains selected references to the literature on the economic aspects of land utilization and land policy in the United States and in foreign countries, published for the most part during the period 1918-36.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Our Public Lands written by and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. Congress. House Interior and Insular Affairs Comm
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1416 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book BLM Organic Act written by United States. Congress. House Interior and Insular Affairs Comm and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 1416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on Public Lands and National Parks
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1318 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Public Land Management Policy: H.R. 5740, Barrow Gas Field Transfer Act of 1984 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on Public Lands and National Parks and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 1318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: