Natural State

Author : Steven Gilbar
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520212091
Total Pages : 398 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Natural State written by Steven Gilbar and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1998-04-28 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first anthology of nature writing that celebrates California, the most geographically diverse state in the union. Readers—be they naturalists or armchair explorers—will find themselves transported to California's many wild places in the company of forty noted writers whose works span more than a century. Divided into sections on California's mountains, hills and valleys, deserts, coast, and elements (earth, wind, and fire), the book contains essays, diary entries, and excerpts from larger works, including fiction. As a prelude to the collection, editor Steven Gilbar presents two California Indian creation myths, one a Cahto narrative and the other an A-juma-wi story as told by Darryl Babe Wilson. Familiar names appear in these pages—John Muir, Robert Louis Stevenson, John McPhee, M.F.K. Fisher, Gretel Ehrlich—but less familiar writers such as Daniel Duane, Margaret Millar, and John McKinney are also included. Among the gems in this treasure trove are Jack Kerouac on climbing Mt. Matterhorn, Barry Lopez on snow geese migration at Tule Lake, Edward Abbey on Death Valley, Henry Miller on Big Sur, and Joan Didion on the Santa Ana winds. Gary Snyder's inspiring Afterword reflects the spirit of environmentalism that runs throughout the book. Natural State also reveals the many changes to California's landscape that have occurred in geological time and in human terms. More than a book of "nature writing," this book is superb writing about nature.

Author : Dakpo Tashi Namgyal
Publisher : Rangjung Yeshe Publications
ISBN 13 : 9789627341451
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Clarifying the Natural State written by Dakpo Tashi Namgyal and published by Rangjung Yeshe Publications. This book was released on 2004 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Buddhist Classic A practical manual for both teacher and student alike, Clarifying the Natural State covers the path from mindfulness to complete enlightenment, simply and methodically. Presenting the profound and ultimate instructions of Mahamudra, it embodies the realization of India and Tibet's greatest masters. The words of Dakpo Tashi Namgyal are unique. Adorned with plenty of pithy advice out of his personal experience, practitioners are greatly benefited by his instructions on how to remove hindrances and progress further. His methods for practicing Mahamudra are preeminent. This book is indispensable as it focuses exclusively on practice. -Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche Elevate your experience and remain wide open like the sky. Expand your mindfulness and remain pervasive like the earth. Steady your attention and remain unshakable like a mountain. Brighten your awareness and remain shining like a flame. Clear your thought free wakefulness and remain lucid like a crystal. - Dakpo Tashi Namgyal 16th Century

Author : Brock Thompson
Publisher : University of Arkansas Press
ISBN 13 : 1557289433
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Un-Natural State written by Brock Thompson and published by University of Arkansas Press. This book was released on 2010-10-01 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a study of gay and lesbian life in Arkansas in the twentieth century, a deft weaving together of Arkansas history, dozens of oral histories, and Brock Thompson's own story.

Author : Michael Shoulders
Publisher : Sleeping Bear Press
ISBN 13 : 1585367583
Total Pages : 42 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book N Is for Natural State written by Michael Shoulders and published by Sleeping Bear Press. This book was released on 2010-10-22 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the unspoiled beauty of Arkansas in N is for Natural State: An Arkansas Alphabet. Acansa is the Sioux Indian name for the state we know today as Arkansas and this begins our alphabet journey. Next you'll find Blanchard Springs Cavern with its 80,000 bats and then to D is for Diamonds, and learn the Natural State is the only state that mines them. Illustrator Rick Anderson's rich and colorful images bring the beautiful vision of Arkansas to all readers.

Author : Steven Teske
Publisher : University of Arkansas Press
ISBN 13 : 1935106589
Total Pages : 57 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Natural State Notables written by Steven Teske and published by University of Arkansas Press. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 57 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everyone, including native Arkansans, may be surprised to find out how many famous and fascinating people come from or have strong ties to the state. Natural State Notables profiles twenty-one such people, including musicians, athletes, business leaders, and public servants. Readers will learn about a famous surgeon who was a pioneer in kidney transplantation, a woman who kept a hospital open during the Depression, and a teacher who wrote a famous song to match a history lesson. Featured are poor people who worked hard to become successful and a rich man who moved to Arkansas, fell in love with the state, and made it better. All of these people are “Natural State Notables” who helped make Arkansas what it is today.

Author : John Wheeler
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780954779238
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Awakening to the Natural State written by John Wheeler and published by . This book was released on 2004-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Wheeler met Bob Adamson (a student of Nisargadatta Maharaj) on a trip to Australia in 2003. In short order, Bob cleared up John's doubts and questions and pointed out to him the fact of our real nature: self-shining, ever-present awareness. Bob Adamson has encouraged John to share this understanding of 'who we really are.'The articles contained in this book (extended by another 30 articles in this edition) cover some of John's experiences with meeting 'Sailor' Bob Adamson and various aspects of the understanding which subsequently unfolded. Interspersed with these are chapters of email correspondence with enquirers who have been drawn to this radical and direct approach to self-realisation.

Author : Emily Rose Oachs
Publisher : Blastoff! Readers
ISBN 13 : 9781626170032
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Arkansas written by Emily Rose Oachs and published by Blastoff! Readers. This book was released on 2013-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Young readers learn about the geography and culture of Arkansas.

Author : U. G. Krishnamurti
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 187 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Natural State written by U. G. Krishnamurti and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-05-29 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Natural State is a metaphysical contemplation by Krishnamurti. The author was an Indian philosopher who claimed enlightenment to be a nonsensical concept. A fascinating read!

Author : Scott Zarcinas MD
Publisher : BalboaPress
ISBN 13 : 1452504342
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Your Natural State of Being written by Scott Zarcinas MD and published by BalboaPress. This book was released on 2012-04-18 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You already have what youre looking for! Ever sat down and asked yourself, What am I doing with my life? Why arent I happier? Why am I here? Your Natural State of Being is the book that leads us to the answers of our deepest questions and helps reveal the motivating forces and innermost needs of our lives. But unlike quick fi x and step-by-step guides, it gets to the heart of your problems and offers Real Solutions to solving them. Knowing who you really are will: * Directly enhance your feelings of joy, security, acceptance, peace and freedom * Markedly reduce your daily stress and suffering * Deliver fullness and meaning to your life * Reveal the goodness, truth and beauty of every moment Your Natural State of Being is the fi rst in a trilogy of books that come from a greater body of work that has taken over a decade to compile. In the tradition of M. Scott Peck and C.S. Lewis, Dr. Scott Zarcinas does more than offer a rewording of what has gone before. He gives the voice of experience.

Author : Kat Robinson
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1614237794
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Arkansas Pie written by Kat Robinson and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2012-11-20 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dozens of different pies on restaurant menus from the Delta to the Ozarks await hungry diners, and almost every delectable creation is a masterpiece of southern baking. Join food writer Kat Robinson on a tour through an Arkansas culinary tradition. Kat has traveled the state, sampling more than four hundred different varieties and absorbing stories along the way. Learn where fried pie is king and why a pie called possum should be the official state pie. Meet the North Little Rock man who made and sold one hundred different pies in a single day, and discover the new and innovative pie-making methods of chefs in Fayetteville and Hot Springs. It's all here in this mouthwatering and informative collection.