Slipping Into Paradise

Author : Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson
Publisher : Random House Digital, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0345466349
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Slipping Into Paradise written by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson and published by Random House Digital, Inc.. This book was released on 2004 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tribute to the author's adopted home in New Zealand describes his decision to relocate to a lush bay area near Auckland, where his family and he thrived amid its natural flora and fauna, dolphin-filled waters, and wildlife.

Author : Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson
Publisher : Ballantine Books
ISBN 13 : 0307491048
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Slipping into Paradise written by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2008-12-30 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the tradition of Under the Tuscan Sun and A Year in Provence, here is Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson’s ode to his personal paradise–his adopted home, New Zealand. After living in California, why did Masson settle– out of all the places on earth–in such a faraway land? It turns out that while visiting a beautiful sandy beach just fifteen minutes from bustling Auckland, Masson and his family were utterly seduced by the exotic locale. There was little deliberation. This place, surrounded by lush forest on a bay dotted with volcanic islands, would be their new home. Masson takes readers on a remarkable journey to another world, as he and his family “slip into” the paradise that is New Zealand. For anyone who has ever dreamed of finding utopia, Masson reveals a country where neighbors talk to one another and provide a sense of real community–rarely, outside of the big cities, locking their doors–and where politics are as mellow as the weather. New Zealand is also a land of spectacular scenery, made even more famous for being the shooting location for the Lord of the Rings films. The flora is plentiful. Mangroves, banana plants, papaya trees, and more than ten thousand species of ferns grow wild and freely. The fauna is benign. There are no snakes, tarantulas, or scorpions. Children can walk to school barefoot without a care– there is nothing to sting them, bite them, or give them a rash. In the blue waters near the lush coastline, dolphins and orcas abound. While describing his love affair with the country and his affinity for its citizens, Masson reflects on the meaning of home, the importance of acting on intuition, and what happens when we lose our connection to the place we live in. Responding to an impulse, Masson reveals, he realized a dream. Featuring a its glossary of phrases used by New Zealanders and important Maori words, as well as the author’s recommended travel itinerary, Slipping into Paradise is ideal for anyone planning a visit to this exquisite land. Full of photographs, delightful anecdotes, and little-known facts (jogging, for example, was invented in New Zealand), Slipping into Paradise is also a book for those who fantasize about dramatically changing their lives–and who imagine something better for themselves. Jeffrey Masson’s message: New Zealand awaits.

Author : Virginia Lynn Sudbury
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 147595378X
Total Pages : 155 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sweatshops in Paradise written by Virginia Lynn Sudbury and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When nine Vietnamese women arrived at Virginia Lynn Sudburys small law office in Pago Pago, on the island of Tutuila in the territory of American Samoa, she wasnt certain she would take the case. The women, workers at the Daewoosa garment factory, were trying to get the company to pay them their promised wages. She decided to take the case, howevernot knowing that it would take years to resolve. Sweatshops in Paradise tells the first-person account of the notorious garment factory/sweatshop class-action lawsuit Nga v. Daewoosa, which took place in the territory of American Samoa from 1999 until 2001. This precedent-setting case drew international attention to the issues surrounding involuntary servitude and trafficking in human beings in far-flung US territories. Written by Sudbury, who acted as the lead plaintiff attorney, Sweatshops in Paradise narrates the story of some three hundred Vietnamese and Chinese workers who were brought to American Samoa to work in the Daewoosa garment factory. There, they encountered civil injustices, rampant abuse, and imprisonment at the hands of the Korean factory owner and the local government. Chronicled in a frank, disarming, and at times humorous manner, Sweatshops in Paradise draws upon hearing transcripts, newspaper articles, and narratives from the largest lawsuit of American Samoas history. It provides a poignant accounting of the fears of the workers and the abuses they endured, the impunity of the factory owner, and the incomprehensible neglect of the evolving and tragic situation by the American Samoa government.

Author : Steve Osman
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1453508007
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Stumbling into Paradise written by Steve Osman and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-06-18 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1989 just as tourism was beginning in Costa Rica, the author moved to the tropics with his wife and two young daughters. This is the saga of their often humorous adventures in their new found paradise. The Costa Rican saying pura vida "pure life" summed up their hopes, but they soon learned that there's no such thing as heaven on earth. This is a must read for those contemplating dropping out to live on a tropical beach. Steve and Mary Lou now live in Montana and maintain their home in Manuel Antonio as a vacation rental, visiting as tourists when they can.

Author : Charles Hall Strong
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book In Paradise written by Charles Hall Strong and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Robert K. Swisher
Publisher : Sunstone Press
ISBN 13 : 0865343942
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Last Day in Paradise written by Robert K. Swisher and published by Sunstone Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Swisher's moving novel about the shrinking west, greed, love, devotion, and murder makes a statement that all mankind should have the right to live the way they choose and can work through their differences.

Author : Elizabeth Ely Fuller
Publisher : Bucknell University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780838750278
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Milton's Kinesthetic Vision in Paradise Lost written by Elizabeth Ely Fuller and published by Bucknell University Press. This book was released on 1983 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author demonstrates that the apparent contradictions in the poetic, dramatic, and conceptual framework of Paradise Lost are purposive, indeed central, to Milton's kinesthetic poetics.

Author : Joe Nutt
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350308722
Total Pages : 454 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Guidebook to Paradise Lost written by Joe Nutt and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2011-09-28 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paradise Lost has excited and provoked poets and critics for over 300 years. This introduction provides an accessible route into Milton's influential epic poem, guiding students through each of the twelve books by a combination of close textual analysis and summary of key themes and techniques. Without assuming prior knowledge, Nutt helps navigate the book's biblical and classical background and its relationship to seventeenth-century history. Focusing on developing the reading skills needed to approach this important and complex poem independently, A Guide to Paradise Lost is essential reading for all students of Milton.

Author : Jenny Hval
Publisher : Verso Books
ISBN 13 : 1804294527
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Paradise Rot written by Jenny Hval and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2024-03-12 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "As intriguing and impressive a novelist as she is a musician, Hval is a master of quiet horror and wonder.” —Chris Kraus, author of I Love Dick A lyrical debut novel from a musician and artist renowned for her sharp sexual and political imagery Jo is in a strange new country for university and having a more peculiar time than most. In a house with no walls, shared with a woman who has no boundaries, she finds her strange home coming to life in unimaginable ways. Jo’s sensitivity and all her senses become increasingly heightened and fraught, as the lines between bodies and plants, dreaming and wakefulness, blur and mesh. This debut novel from critically acclaimed artist and musician Jenny Hval presents a heady and hyper-sensual portrayal of sexual awakening and queer desire.

Author : Mary Ellis
Publisher : Harvest House Publishers
ISBN 13 : 0736943005
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Love Comes to Paradise written by Mary Ellis and published by Harvest House Publishers. This book was released on 2013-02-01 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Love Comes to Paradise is the second book in bestselling author Mary Ellis’s New Beginnings series. It’s about fresh starts...and how faith in God and His perfect plans provide the peace and joy all long for. Nora King believes she is a woman in love. When Elam Detweiler leaves the ultraconservative Amish district of Harmony, Maine, and moves to Paradise, Missouri, Nora follows soon after. But does she love the man or the independence and freethinking he represents? Although she finds good work in her new town, Nora can’t seem to capture Elam’s Englisch-leaning heart, no matter how hard she tries. And then, unexpectedly, Lewis Miller comes from Harmony to offer Nora what every woman needs—a lifetime of unconditional love. As Lewis attempts to claim her heart, Elam’s interest piques. Will Nora come to her senses before Elam’s thoughtless choices ruin her reputation beyond repair?