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Author : Anonymous
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2023-02-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783368152383
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Author : Richard Clarke Davis
Publisher : University of Calgary Press
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781895176889
Lobsticks and stone cairns are landmarks that mark paths and commemorate events. The one hundred biographies in this book also offer themselves as paths to be taken. Centuries of human endeavour, hardship, folly, and suffering are collapsed into stories through which we can discover what the Arctic is and has been. Profiled in this book are "human landmarks" dating from as far back as the sixteenth century to those still active in the North today. Included are stories of adventurers, military officers, authors, guides, culture heroes, police, traders, and even the occasional charlatan. The biographies are of Inuit, European, American, Indian, and Canadian men and women. What appears here is the essence of each person, rendered by an expert and put in a new context, bringing the history and geography of the North to life.
Author : David B. Williams
Publisher : Mountaineers Books
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2012-08-27
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781594856822
Download the first section from Cairns now. (Provide us with a little information and we'll send the free section directly to your inbox!) Praise for author David B. Williams: “Makes stones sing” --Kirkus Reviews “Williams’s lively mixture of hard science and piquant lore is sure to fire the readers’ curiosity” --Publisher’s Weekly *Part history, part folklore, part geology * Features charming black-and-white illustrations From meadow trails to airy mountaintops and wide open desert, cairns -- those seemingly random stacks of rocks -- are surprisingly rich in stories and meaning. For thousands of years cairns have been used by people to connect to the landscape and communicate with others, and are often an essential guide to travelers. Cairns, manmade rock piles can indicate a trail, mark a grave, serve as an altar or shrine, reveal property boundaries or sacred hunting grounds, and even predict astronomical activity. The Inuit have more than two dozen terms to describe cairns and their uses! In Cairns: Messengers in Stone, geologist and acclaimed nature writer David B. Williams (Stories in Stone: Travels through Urban Geology) explores the history of cairns from the moors of Scotland to the peaks of the Himalaya -- where they come from, what they mean, why they’re used, how to make cairns, and more. Cairns are so much more than a random pile of rocks, knowing how to make cairns can drastically alter the meaning of the formation. Hikers, climbers, travelers, gardeners, and nature buffs alike will delight in this quirky, captivating collection of stories about cairns.
Author : Rae Cairns
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2022-04-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781460714812
'This story wouldn't let me go' Michael Robotham 'Fierce, action-packed ... A wild, original ride from start to finish' Sarah Bailey 'Taut, propulsive ... Brilliant' Anna Downes Shortlisted for the 2021 Ned Kelly Award for Best Debut Crime Fiction She's protected them from the truth. Can she save them from her past? Sarah Calhoun is a regular Sydney soccer mum, but she's keeping terrifying secrets from everyone she loves . . . and her past is about to catch up with her. When two men from Northern Ireland hunt her down, she's forced to return to Belfast to testify at a murder trial. Caught in the crossfire of an obsessive policeman driven by a disturbing past, and a brutal IRA executioner, Sarah faces an impossible choice: lie and allow a killer to walk free, or tell the truth and place her children in the line of fire. With her family and innocent people at risk, Sarah must find the courage to fight for the truth. But righting the wrongs of the past just might cost her everything . . . This fast-paced, explosive thriller will keep you on the edge of your seat to its gripping finale. 'Show me a soldier who would fight harder than a mother to save her son.' PRAISE 'Past and present collide on and off the page in this explosive debut' Sunday Telegraph 'The kind of book the phrase 'nail-biting' was made for ... Genuinely terrifying' Books and Publishing 'Fierce, action-packed ... A wild, original ride from start to finish' Sarah Bailey 'This taut, propulsive debut celebrates female strength and speaks to the extraordinary courage and resilience of mothers everywhere ... Brilliant' Anna Downes 'This page-turning thriller packs a powerful punch. A rock-solid five-star read' Sara Foster 'Fans of Dervla McTiernan will love this rollercoaster ride of a crime novel where a violent past returns to threaten an uneasy peace. I inhaled it.' Aoife Clifford 'Surprising, moving and utterly heart-stopping. A stunning, thought-provoking debut' Kathryn Heyman 'A gripping page-turner. I was hooked from the first page until the final twist' Tim Ayliffe
Author : Alan C. Cairns
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2011-11-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780774841351
In Citizens Plus, Alan Cairns unravels the historical record to clarify the current impasse in negotiations between Aboriginal peoples and the state. He considers the assimilationist policy assumptions of the imperial era, examines more recent government initiatives, and analyzes the emergence of the nation-to-nation paradigm given massive support by the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples. We are battered by contending visions, he argues - a revised assimilation policy that finds its support in the Canadian Alliance Party is countered by the nation-to-nation vision, which frames our future as coexisting solitudes. Citizens Plus stakes out a middle ground with its support for constitutional and institutional arrangements which will simultaneously recognize Aboriginal difference and reinforce a solidarity which binds us together in common citizenship. Selected as a BC Book for Everybody
Author : Simon Baker,Emmanuelle de L'Ecotais,Shoair Mavlian,Tate Modern (Gallery)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Art and photography
ISBN : 1849763690
The accompanying catalogue to the first major exhibition to consider the relationship between the photographic medium and the history of abstraction in the twentieth century, on display at London's Tate Modern.The exhibition catalogue will be arranged in a broadly chronological way to tell the story of photography and its relationship with abstraction from around 1915 to the present day, and will include historic works in a variety of media from painting and sculpture to montage and kinetic installations. Beginning with the works of cubism and vorticism, the catalogue then highlights the key contributions of Bauhaus, constructivist and surrealist artists of the 1920's and 1930's. It then moves into the s̀ubjective photography' of the 1940's and 1950's, exploring the global scope of this movement through works by artists from Latin America and Asia, before considering the impacts of photography of abstract expressionism, op art and minimalism in Europe and the US.0Bringing together iconic as well as rarely seen works, Photography and Abstract Art explores the development of photography in relation to abstract art, tracing the key moments of innovation in new techniques and practice.
Author : Kathleen V. Cairns,Eliane Leslau Silverman
Publisher : University of Calgary Press
Page : 399 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9781552380734
This is a book about memory and meaning; these texts bring to light the reflections and stories that women have constructed around the objects they have treasured, which in the past may have been deemed unimportant. These objects contain each woman's life experience and act as a foundation for her values and for the development of her character. The objects are often passed along to other women or handed down to family members, thereby connecting generations of women and creating a collective women's history. Culled from interviews with over one hundred different women, these are rich, compell.
Author : Sir Arthur Mitchell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1881
Category : Archaeology
ISBN : HARVARD:32044043486257
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 866 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1897
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
ISBN : MINN:31951002062715A
Author : A. C. L. Carlleyle,Sir Alexander Cunningham
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1878
Category : India
ISBN : OXFORD:N13977750
Author : Archaeological Survey of India
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1878
Category : Electronic
ISBN : CORNELL:31924070620129
Author : Archaeological Survey of India
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1878
Category : India
ISBN : UOM:39015034623838
Author : Charles Russell Hurditch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 864 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1885
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:555007536
Author : Alan Sears,James Cairns
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2015-03-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781442600973
This highly original and compelling book offers an introduction to the art and science of social inquiry, including the theoretical and methodological frameworks that support that inquiry. The new edition offers coverage of post-modernism and Indigenous ways of knowing, as well as a discussion of the research process and how to communicate arguments effectively. The result is a book that blends the best of earlier editions with updates that provide a strong foundation in critical thinking, rooted in the social sciences but relevant across disciplines.