In Pursuit Of Paradise

Author : Jim L. Bowyer
Publisher : Levins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780997672602
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Irresponsible Pursuit of Paradise written by Jim L. Bowyer and published by Levins Publishing. This book was released on 2016-09-01 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In ''The Irresponsible Pursuit of Paradise, '' Dr. Jim L. Bowyer clearly documents an ethically bankrupt position that underlies much of our environmental policy. High consumption in wealthy countries usually goes hand-in-hand with resistance to domestic raw materials extraction and half-hearted interest in recycling. Because of this, the world's wealthiest countries increasingly rely on imported raw materials from poorer nations to fuel consumption. This, in turn, allows citizens of wealthy countries to smugly enjoy high levels of consumption with minimal exposure to the environmental impacts of that consumption. Bowyer concludes, ''Contrary to common practice today, high consuming nations need to be asking, 'Why not in my back yard?'''

Author : Jane Brown
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Pursuit of Paradise written by Jane Brown and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Full of fascinating characters and vignettes - from ancient Greeks to suffragettes, from eccentric military men to Catholics in hiding from persecution - this text looks into how society's changes have altered our views of gardening, who does it, and how we do it. What drives people to risk their lives in search of a rare Himalayan flower? Why are so many gardeners homosexual? How did gardening become a respectable career for women? When did looking at other people's gardens become a national British pastime?

Author : Georgene S. Dreishpoon
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1450247601
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pursuit of Paradise written by Georgene S. Dreishpoon and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2010 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In l967, when Georgene Dreishpoon and her husband Irving read a National Geographic article about the Bahamas, a mental seed was planted that would sprout seven years later when they embarked on an unforgettable and magical ferry ride to the island of Green Turtle Cay in the Bahamas. In her fascinating memoir, Pursuit of Paradise, Dreishpoon shares her experiences as a member of an American family who sought a fishing retreat in the Bahamas and, in the process, discovered lifelong friendships and ultimately faced the fact that even in paradise, the realities of life lurk in the background. For sixty days a year, the Dreishpoons left their life in America and lived on an island that captured their imaginations and their souls. Through entertaining anecdotes, Dreishpoon provides a glimpse into how her family immersed themselves in a new culture, learned to communicate with local inhabitants, and acquired a taste for new food--all while cherishing their time together as they experienced a new adventure. Pursuit of Paradise chronicles nearly twenty-five years of amazing stories of one family's extraordinary experiences on a beautiful Bahamian island that affected their philosophy of living and loving forever.

Author : Ronald K. Siegel
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780671691929
Total Pages : 398 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Intoxication written by Ronald K. Siegel and published by . This book was released on 1990-08 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIET/HEALTH/EXERCISE/GROOMING

Author : Terri Jentz
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780312426699
Total Pages : 756 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Strange Piece of Paradise written by Terri Jentz and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2007-03-20 with total page 756 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Powerful, eloquent, and paced like a thriller, Strange Piece of Paradise is the electrifying account of the author's investigation into her near murder.

Author : Chas Smith
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062202545
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Welcome to Paradise, Now Go to Hell written by Chas Smith and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2013-11-19 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A finalist for the PEN Center USA Award for Nonfiction Welcome to Paradise, Now Go to Hell, is surfer and former war reporter Chas Smith’s wild and unflinching look at the high-stakes world of surfing on Oahu’s North Shore—a riveting, often humorous, account of beauty, greed, danger, and crime. For two months every winter, when Pacific storms make landfall, swarms of mainlanders, Brazilians, Australians, and Europeans flock to Oahu’s paradisiacal North Shore in pursuit of some of the greatest waves on earth for surfing’s Triple Crown competition. Chas Smith reveals how this influx transforms a sleepy, laid-back strip of coast into a lawless, violent, drug-addled, and adrenaline-soaked mecca. Smith captures this exciting and dangerous place where locals, outsiders, the surf industry, and criminal elements clash in a fascinating look at class, race, power, money, and crime, set within one of the most beautiful places on earth. The result is a breathtaking blend of crime and adventure that captures the allure and wickedness of this idyllic golden world.

Author : Lewis G. Knapp
Publisher : Phoenix Pub
ISBN 13 : 9780914659426
Total Pages : 359 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book In Pursuit of Paradise written by Lewis G. Knapp and published by Phoenix Pub. This book was released on 1989 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Sébastien Cuvelier
Publisher : Gost Books
ISBN 13 : 9781910401477
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Paradise City written by Sébastien Cuvelier and published by Gost Books. This book was released on 2020-10-12 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sébastien Cuvelier?s journey to Iran was inspired by a manuscript written on travels to Persepolis made by his late uncle in 1971. In this book, the photographs from Sébastien?s time in Iran are layered on top of his late uncle?s diary as a conversation between the two journeys. The book follows Sébastien?s search through both the contemporary and ancient landscapes of Iran to locate an elusive, dreamlike version of paradise.

Author : Kate Randle
Publisher : The Wild Rose Press Inc
ISBN 13 : 1509211586
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book In Pursuit of Paradise written by Kate Randle and published by The Wild Rose Press Inc. This book was released on 2017-01-11 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ship captain Nicholas Becket knows he needs to change his playboy ways. And when he discovers beautiful divorcee Lily Kingston at a job fair for his cruise line, he thinks he has found someone who can reform him. Lily is looking for a change of her own but she isn’t prepared for Nick and all of his baggage. Not to mention her own scars from the recent past. Although she is fiercely attracted to the handsome and dashing millionaire, an unexpected event threatens to tear them apart forever. Can this pair of lost souls overcome the stormy waters of life’s ups and downs in order to find their true paradise?

Author : Lucy Inglis
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1643130951
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Milk of Paradise written by Lucy Inglis and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2019-02-05 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poppy tears, opium, heroin, fentanyl: humankind has been in thrall to the “Milk of Paradise” for millennia. The latex of papaver somniferum is a bringer of sleep, of pleasurable lethargy, of relief from pain—and hugely addictive. A commodity without rival, it is renewable, easy to extract, transport, and refine, and subject to an insatiable global demand. No other substance in the world is as simple to produce or as profitable. It is the basis of a gargantuan industry built upon a shady underworld, but ultimately it is an agricultural product that lives many lives before it reaches the branded blister packet, the intravenous drip, or the scorched and filthy spoon. Many of us will end our lives dependent on it. In Milk of Paradise, acclaimed cultural historian Lucy Inglis takes readers on an epic journey from ancient Mesopotamia to modern America and Afghanistan, from Sanskrit to pop, from poppy tears to smack, from morphine to today’s synthetic opiates. It is a tale of addiction, trade, crime, sex, war, literature, medicine, and, above all, money. And, as this ambitious, wide-ranging, and compelling account vividly shows, the history of opium is our history and it speaks to us of who we are.