A Journey North

Author : Adrienne Hall
Publisher : Appalachian Mountain Club
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : PSU:000046421944

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A Journey North by Adrienne Hall Pdf

Hiking 2,159 miles from Georgia to Maine was not my idea...I was not a lost youth searching for an identity. I was not retired and looking for a new way to spend my time. I was not sorting through death or divorce. I was not recently fired from a job. The truth is, my boyfriend asked me on a date. So begins the story of one young woman's journey along the legendary Appalachian Trail. What starts as a date turns into the experience of a lifetime as Adrienne Hall faces blinding snowstorms, flooded rivers, and seemingly endless mountaintops. Yet despite the physical and mental hardships, she finds her commitment to her hiking companion and the AT experience growing with every mile. When she emerges from her trip - a million footsteps, countless candy bars, and one engagement proposal later - Adrienne has lived an adventure that few will ever know. Written with warmth, insight, and a keen sense of observation, A Journey North is a personal story about discovering what it means to hike the amazing corridor of wilderness that is the Appalachian Trail. (6 x 9 1/4, 224 pages, case bound)

Author : Barney Scout Mann
Publisher : Mountaineers Books
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2020-08-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781680513226

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Journeys North by Barney Scout Mann Pdf

2020 Banff Mountain Book Competition Finalist in Adventure Travel In Journeys North, legendary trail angel, thru hiker, and former PCTA board member Barney Scout Mann spins a compelling tale of six hikers on the Pacific Crest Trail in 2007 as they walk from Mexico to Canada. This ensemble story unfolds as these half-dozen hikers--including Barney and his wife, Sandy--trod north, slowly forming relationships and revealing their deepest secrets and aspirations. They face a once-in-a-generation drought and early severe winter storms that test their will in this bare-knuckled adventure. In fact, only a third of all the hikers who set out on the trail that year would finish. As the group approaches Canada, a storm rages. How will these very different hikers, ranging in age, gender, and background, respond to the hardship and suffering ahead of them? Can they all make the final 60-mile push through freezing temperatures, sleet, and snow, or will some reach their breaking point? Journeys North is a story of grit, compassion, and the relationships people forge when they strive toward a common goal.

Author : Anuk Arudpragasam
Publisher : Hogarth
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2021-07-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780593230718

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A Passage North by Anuk Arudpragasam Pdf

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE • A young man journeys into Sri Lanka’s war-torn north in this searing novel of longing, loss, and the legacy of war from the author of The Story of a Brief Marriage. “A novel of tragic power and uncommon beauty.”—Anthony Marra “One of the most individual minds of their generation.”—Financial Times NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY TIME AND NPR A Passage North begins with a message from out of the blue: a telephone call informing Krishan that his grandmother’s caretaker, Rani, has died under unexpected circumstances—found at the bottom of a well in her village in the north, her neck broken by the fall. The news arrives on the heels of an email from Anjum, an impassioned yet aloof activist Krishnan fell in love with years before while living in Delhi, stirring old memories and desires from a world he left behind. As Krishan makes the long journey by train from Colombo into the war-torn Northern Province for Rani’s funeral, so begins an astonishing passage into the innermost reaches of a country. At once a powerful meditation on absence and longing, as well as an unsparing account of the legacy of Sri Lanka’s thirty-year civil war, this procession to a pyre “at the end of the earth” lays bare the imprints of an island’s past, the unattainable distances between who we are and what we seek. Written with precision and grace, Anuk Arudpragasam’s masterful novel is an attempt to come to terms with life in the wake of devastation, and a poignant memorial for those lost and those still living.

Author : Lawrence Millman
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0618082484

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Last Places by Lawrence Millman Pdf

A classic of northern exploration and adventure, LAST PLACES is Lawrence Millman's marvelously told account of his journey along the ancient Viking sea routes that extend from Norway to Newfoundland. Traveling through landscapes of transcendent desolation, Millman wandered by way of the Shetland Islands, the Faeroes, Iceland, Greenland, and Labrador. His way was marked by surprising human encounters--with a convicted murderer in Reykjavik, an Inuit hermit in Greenland, an Icelandic guide who leads him to a place called Hell, and a Newfoundlander who warns him about the local variant of the Abominable Snowman. By turns earthy and lyrical, LAST PLACES is an ebullient celebration of the exotic North.

Author : Guy Delisle
Publisher : Drawn & Quarterly
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2021-05-04
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781770461864

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Pyongyang by Guy Delisle Pdf

The perennial graphic novel about the "Hermit Country" with new cover and introduction by Gore Verbinski Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea is Guy Delisle's graphic novel that made his career,an international bestseller for over ten years. Delisle became one of the few Westerners to be allowed access to the fortresslike country when he was working in animation for a French company. While living in the nation's capital for two months on a work visa, Delisle observed everything he was allowed to see of the culture and lives of the few North Koreans he encountered, bringing a sardonic and skeptical perspective on a place rife with propaganda. As a guide to the country, Delisle is a non-believer with a keen eye for the humor and tragedy of dictatorial whims, expressed in looming architecture and tiny, omnipresent photos of the President. The absurd vagaries of everyday life become fodder for a frustrated animator’s musings as boredom and censorship sink in. Delisle himself is the ideal foil for North Korean spin, the grumpy outsider who brought a copy of George Orwell’s 1984 with him into the totalitarian nation. Pyongyang is an informative, personal, and accessible look at a dangerous and enigmatic country. Pyongyang has been translated from the French by Helge Dascher. Dascher has been translating graphic novels from French and German to English for over twenty years. A contributor to Drawn & Quarterly since the early days, her translations include acclaimed titles such as the Aya series by Marguerite Abouet and Clément Oubrerie, Hostage by Guy Delisle, and Beautiful Darkness by Fabien Vehlmann and Kerascoët. With a background in art history and history, she also translates books and exhibitions for museums in North America and Europe. She lives in Montreal.

Author : Anders Morley
Publisher : Mountaineers Books
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2021-09-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781680512731

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This Land of Snow by Anders Morley Pdf

A passionate skier since he was a child, Anders Morley dreamed of going on a significant adventure, something bold and of his own design. And so one year in his early thirties, he decided to strap on cross-country skis to travel across Canada in the winter alone. This Land of Snow is about that journey and a man who must come to terms with what he has left behind, as well as how he wants to continue living after his trip is over. It is an honest, thoughtful, and humorous reckoning of an adventure filled with adrenalin and exuberance, as well as mistakes and danger. Along the way readers gain insight, both charming and fascinating, into Northern outdoor culture and modern-day wilderness living, the history of northern exploration and Nordic skiing, the right to roam movement, winter ecology, and more. Throughout, Morley’s clear, subtle, and self-deprecating voice speaks to a backwoods-genteel aesthetic that explores the dichotomy between wildness and refinement, language and personal story, journey and home.

Author : Peter Warren
Publisher : WestBow Press
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2013-03-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781449785918

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The Journey North by Peter Warren Pdf

The American Civil War still captivates our interest. As the war entered its third summer, the Confederate army met the Union army in July 1863, in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. During the second day of this three-day battle, some of the most brutal fighting occurred at Little Round Top. This story describes the bloody fighting that took place between the Union’s 20th Maine and the South’s 15th Alabama. It also describes how two fictional soldiers meet on Little Round Top and become friends. This meeting portrays those that often took place between opposing soldiers. They were random acts of compassion during a brutal war. These soldiers pushed aside their differences to become friends. In an act of kindness, one of these soldiers initiated their friendship, while the other cemented their friendship by a personal sacrifice he later made. It was a friendship that would last for years.

Author : Harry Blamires
Publisher : Regent College Pub.
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1573833231

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The Christian Mind by Harry Blamires Pdf

In this now classic book, noted scholar and author Harry Blamires perceptively diagnoses some of the weaknesses besetting the church with insights as fresh and relevant today as they were in the 1960s. Arguing that a distinctively Christian reasoning has been swept away by secular modes of thought and politically correct assumptions, the author calls for the recovery of the authentically Christian mind. "America needs a shot of intellectual insulin directly to its oft-sleepy mind. Harry Blamires is calling out to Christians to think once again. To Blamires, Jesus is not some spongy source of giddy joy. He is the Christ-the hope of 'hard boiled' secularity." -Calvin Miller, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary "Must reading for those in places of spiritual leadership, and in whose hands in borne the responsibility for the nurturing of Christians." -Pulpit Helps Harry Blamires is a highly respected teacher and author of more than thirty books. He has won a wide following of both British and American readers for his provocative works in theology, education, English literature, and fiction. His other works include Where Do We Stand?, On Christian Truth, and The Post-Christian Mind.

Author : Robin S. Doak
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 54 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0756504201

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Cabot by Robin S. Doak Pdf

A biography of the English explorer who set sail for Asia and eventually discovered Newfoundland. Chronicles the life of explorer John Cabot, describing his expeditions to the Orient and Newfoundland.

Author : Arthur Conolly
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1838
Category : Asia
ISBN : HARVARD:32044019915651

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Journey to the North of India by Arthur Conolly Pdf

Author : Jevoid Simmons
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2021-04-24
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1949661490

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Up from Down Home by Jevoid Simmons Pdf

Every family has a story and each story is a history to be passed on to those who follow. Sometimes a family surviving and thriving rests on decisive action or just plain luck during critical events. This true story shares the challenges of a young African American family as they are forced to become participants in the Great Migration of Black folks out the South in the early 1950s. In this, his first book, the author narrates his family's journey north and ultimately settling in Iowa. Accompanying the book narration are 17 paintings by the author. The colorful paintings, in primitive folk art style, convey a warmth that invites one into situations that can be unsettling, but true to the lived experience of many families. This book will inspire the reader to do their own research and document their family's history and unique stories for current and future generations and not allow them to be lost in time.

Author : Hodor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2019-04-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1093738790

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Hodor Autobiography by Hodor Pdf

Hodor finally tells his heroic tale in his own words! With his enormous size and strength, Hodor carries/drags Bran Stark through great dangers on their harrowing journey North. As a reader, remember that Hodor tells you his saga IN HIS OWN WORDS. If you love this hero as much as we do, you'll know exactly what to expect in Hodor's autobiography. ==> If you love this Hodor book, you'll also love THOUGHTS IN MY HEAD by Ned Stark, THINGS JON SNOW KNOWS by Ygritte, and TALES OF THRONES fanfiction short reads! Attention: In case you haven't gotten the joke, this GOT character only says one word throughout the entire series: "Hodor." A majority of the text of this book is just variations of sentences made up of the word 'Hodor'. So please be advised that most of this joke book is just Hodor's own words and not really a readable story. Aaaand...part of the fun of the first edition was reading the funny reviews from readers about their experience of the "story". So after you pick up a copy of this masterpiece, please leave your thoughts in a review!

Author : Fred A. Urquhart
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1960
Category : Monarch butterfly
ISBN : UOM:39015006133717

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The Monarch Butterfly by Fred A. Urquhart Pdf

Author : Yeonmi Park,Maryanne Vollers
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2015-09-29
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780698409361

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In Order to Live by Yeonmi Park,Maryanne Vollers Pdf

“I am most grateful for two things: that I was born in North Korea, and that I escaped from North Korea.” - Yeonmi Park "One of the most harrowing stories I have ever heard - and one of the most inspiring." - The Bookseller “Park's remarkable and inspiring story shines a light on a country whose inhabitants live in misery beyond comprehension. Park's important memoir showcases the strength of the human spirit and one young woman's incredible determination to never be hungry again.” —Publishers Weekly In In Order to Live, Yeonmi Park shines a light not just into the darkest corners of life in North Korea, describing the deprivation and deception she endured and which millions of North Korean people continue to endure to this day, but also onto her own most painful and difficult memories. She tells with bravery and dignity for the first time the story of how she and her mother were betrayed and sold into sexual slavery in China and forced to suffer terrible psychological and physical hardship before they finally made their way to Seoul, South Korea—and to freedom. Park confronts her past with a startling resilience. In spite of everything, she has never stopped being proud of where she is from, and never stopped striving for a better life. Indeed, today she is a human rights activist working determinedly to bring attention to the oppression taking place in her home country. Park’s testimony is heartbreaking and unimaginable, but never without hope. This is the human spirit at its most indomitable.

Author : Rebecca L. Johnson
Publisher : Lerner Publications
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1575055929

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A Journey Into an Estuary by Rebecca L. Johnson Pdf

Takes readers on a walk at a sheltered bay, showing examples of how the animals and plants of estuaries are connected and dependent on each other and the estuary's mix of fresh and salt water.