Author : Kenneth Rexroth
Publisher :
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 48,65 MB
Release : 1951
Category : Bactria
ISBN :
Pseudo-historical, classical tragedy in verse. Events surrounding the overthrow of the last Greek king of the Paropamisidae by the Huns. For contents, see Author Catalog. For other editions, see Author Catalog.
Author : Cynthia Rylant
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 33 pages
File Size : 40,30 MB
Release : 1993-01-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0140548750
Caldecott Honor Book! "An evocative remembrance of the simple pleasures in country living; splashing in the swimming hole, taking baths in the kitchen, sharing family times, each is eloquently portrayed here in both the misty-hued scenes and in the poetic text." -Association for Childhood Education International
Author : Jean Craighead George
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 20,38 MB
Release : 2001-05-21
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0593115007
"Should appeal to all rugged individualists who dream of escape to the forest."—The New York Times Book Review Sam Gribley is terribly unhappy living in New York City with his family, so he runs away to the Catskill Mountains to live in the woods—all by himself. With only a penknife, a ball of cord, forty dollars, and some flint and steel, he intends to survive on his own. Sam learns about courage, danger, and independence during his year in the wilderness, a year that changes his life forever. “An extraordinary book . . . It will be read year after year.” —The Horn Book
Author : Yuko Tsushima
Publisher : New York Review of Books
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 45,20 MB
Release : 2022-02-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1681375974
Set in 1970s Japan, this tender and poetic novel about a young, single mother struggling to find her place in the world is an early triumph by a modern Japanese master. Alone at dawn, in the heat of midsummer, a young woman named Takiko Odaka departs on foot for the hospital to give birth to a baby boy. Her pregnancy, the result of a brief affair with a married man, is a source of sorrow and shame to her abusive parents. For Takiko, however, it is a cause for reverie. Her baby, she imagines, will be hers and hers alone, a challenge that she also hopes will free her. Takiko’s first year as a mother is filled with the intense bodily pleasures and pains that come from caring for a newborn. At first she seeks refuge in the company of other women—in the hospital, in her son’s nursery—but as the baby grows, her life becomes less circumscribed as she explores Tokyo, then ventures beyond the city into the countryside, toward a mountain that captures her imagination and desire for a wilder freedom.
Author : Janyce Engan
Publisher : Chaosium
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 15,98 MB
Release : 1999-08
Category : Call of Cthulhu (Game)
ISBN : 9781568821382
Author : David Kilcullen
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 47,86 MB
Release : 2015-05-28
Category : History
ISBN : 0190230967
A leading expert on counterinsurgency and counterterrorism offers a comprehensive theory of "competitive control" that will apply to the future of conflict in a world of explosive population growth, increased urbanization, the movement of population centers to the coasts, and global connective networks.
Author : Walter Bonatti
Publisher : Random House Digital, Inc.
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 32,61 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Mountaineering
ISBN : 037575640X
The legendary mountaineer describes his adventures in such ranges as the Alps and Himalayas, and provides details of what really happened during a controversial 1954 Italian expedition that made the first ascent of K2.
Author : Armine Wale Mountain
Publisher : London : S. Low, Son & Marston ; Montreal : J. Lovell
Page : 490 pages
File Size : 44,85 MB
Release : 1866
Category : Bishops
ISBN :
Author : Tracy Kidder
Publisher : Random House Trade Paperbacks
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 12,67 MB
Release : 2009-08-25
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0812980557
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “[A] masterpiece . . . an astonishing book that will leave you questioning your own life and political views.”—USA Today “If any one person can be given credit for transforming the medical establishment’s thinking about health care for the destitute, it is Paul Farmer. . . . [Mountains Beyond Mountains] inspires, discomforts, and provokes.”—The New York Times (Best Books of the Year) In medical school, Paul Farmer found his life’s calling: to cure infectious diseases and to bring the lifesaving tools of modern medicine to those who need them most. Tracy Kidder’s magnificent account shows how one person can make a difference in solving global health problems through a clear-eyed understanding of the interaction of politics, wealth, social systems, and disease. Profound and powerful, Mountains Beyond Mountains takes us from Harvard to Haiti, Peru, Cuba, and Russia as Farmer changes people’s minds through his dedication to the philosophy that “the only real nation is humanity.” WINNER OF THE LETTRE ULYSSES AWARD FOR THE ART OF REPORTAGE This deluxe paperback edition includes a new Epilogue by the author
Author : Edward Whymper
Publisher :
Page : 574 pages
File Size : 50,75 MB
Release : 1900
Category : Alps
ISBN :
