Author : Erik Reece
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 33,84 MB
Release : 2007-02-06
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781594482366
A new form of strip mining has caused a state of emergency for the Appalachian wilderness and the communities that depend on it-a crisis compounded by issues of government neglect, corporate hubris, and class conflict. In this powerful call to arms, Erik Reece chronicles the year he spent witnessing the systematic decimation of a single mountain and offers a landmark defense of a national treasure threatened with extinction.
Author : Matthew Reilly
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 23,57 MB
Release : 2021-05-25
Category :
ISBN : 9781760982935
Author : Donn Fendler
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 16,71 MB
Release : 2013-12-23
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0062225162
Based on the true account of a boy's harrowing journey through the vast wilderness of the Katahdin Mountains, Lost on a Mountain in Maine is a gripping survival story for all ages. Twelve-year-old Donn Fendler steps away from his Boy Scout troop for only a minute, but in the foggy mountains of Maine, a minute is all it takes. After hours of trying to find his way back, a nervous and tired Donn falls down an embankment, making it impossible for him to be found. One sleepless night goes by, followed by a second . . . and before Donn knows it, almost two weeks have passed, leaving him starving, scared, and delirious. With rainstorms, black bears, and his fear of being lost forever, Donn's journey is a physically, mentally, and emotionally charged story told from the point of view of the boy who lived it. Don't miss this thrilling survival story, a proven high-interest winner that pulls in readers the way Hatchet, My Side of the Mountain, and the I Survived books do.
Author : #lostmtns Team
Publisher :
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 42,35 MB
Release : 2020-08-15
Category :
ISBN : 9780646820712
The #lostmtns Team reveals their top Blue Mountains locations to explore, discover, eat, sleep and shop.
Author : Tony Monte
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 171 pages
File Size : 15,45 MB
Release : 2014-04-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1491730129
In 1828, Shawn Skip Sullivan is somewhere around fourteen years old when the Indians attack his familys homestead and kill both his mother and father. Warned by the barking dogs, Skips mother forced him to hide in the cabins false floor. Though Skip is unharmed, his journey is just beginning. After burying his parents, Skip knows he cant stay at the cabin alone forever. He remembers that theres a small settlement with a trading post about thirty miles away, but he hasnt been there since he was seven years old. With just a small backpack filled with the items the Indians didnt scavenge, Skips sets off for the nearest civilization. He soon finds himself alone and lost in the mountainsuntil he meets an old trapper called Big Jim, who teaches him how to survive. Together, the two navigate the wilderness while fending off attackers both human and beast. Skip comes of an age while learning tough lessons about the world and the nature around him.
Author : 維·王
Publisher : UPNE
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 25,16 MB
Release : 1991
Category : History
ISBN : 9780874515640
Fine contemporary translations of one of the great poets of the T'ang dynasty.
Author : Jeremy K. Davis
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 38,24 MB
Release : 2008-07-15
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1625843992
Discover the ghosts of former ski areas that made the White Mountains the destination it is today. The White Mountains of New Hampshire are world-renowned for the array of skiing opportunities offered to every skier, from beginner to gold-medal Olympian. Today over a dozen resorts entice tourists and locals each year with their well-manicured trails, high-speed lifts and slope-side lodging. But scattered throughout this region are long-forgotten ski areas that can still be found. In the White Mountains alone, 60 ski areas have closed since the 1930s. Author Jeremy Davis has compiled rare photographs, maps and personal memories to ensure these beloved ski outposts that have been cherished by generations of skiers are given recognition for transforming the White Mountains into a premier ski destination.
Author : Robert Cornuke
Publisher : B&H Publishing Group
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 20,37 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Ararat, Mount (Turkey)
ISBN : 9780805420548
Bob Cornuke is at it again, and this time he is chasing one of the most prized artifacts of biblical archaeology. sThe purpose of Bob's explorations and the mission of his organization, The Bible Archaeology Search and Exploration Institute (BASE), is the quest for archaeological evidence to help validate to the world that the Bible is true, and that it represents an accurate, nonfictional account of God's will to bring the people of this world back into relationship with Him.
Author : Matthew Reilly
Publisher : Macmillan Publishers Aus.
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 47,81 MB
Release : 2021-05-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1760984000
No. 1 bestselling action author Matthew Reilly continues his explosive Jack West series. New novel The One Impossible Labyrinth is out now. AN INCREDIBLE VICTORY BUT AT A TERRIBLE PRICE... Against all the odds, Jack West Jr found the Three Secret Cities but at a heartbreaking cost. His beloved daughter Lily, it appeared, was slaughtered by Sphinx in a cruel ancient ritual. TO THE MOUNTAINS AND THE FALL! With his rivals far ahead of him, Jack must now get to one of the five iron mountains-two of which have never been found-and perform a mysterious feat known only as 'The Fall'. Although what is this object on the moon that is connected to it? A NEW PLAYER ARRIVES Amid all this, Jack will discover that a new player has entered the race, a general so feared by the four legendary kingdoms they had him locked away in their deepest dungeon. Only now this general has escaped and he has a horrifying plan of his own...
Author : Jean Craighead George
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 44,16 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
