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I Bought a Mountain

Author : Thomas Firbank
Publisher : Short Books
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2022-04-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781780725574

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I Bought a Mountain by Thomas Firbank Pdf

WITH A FOREWORD BY PATRICK BARKHAM And an essay by Welsh hill farmer, Dafydd Morris-Jones 'I first saw Dyffryn in a November gale... the old house was quivering under the thrusts of the wind, and the wild, remote setting had already captured my fancy, and I will hold it till I die.' So begins the remarkable story of a 21-year-old man who, with no experience in agriculture, visited a sheep farm on a near barren Welsh mountainside in 1931 and that same day bought all 2,400 acres along with its 3000 sheep for £5,000. Set amidst the rugged grandeur of Snowdonia, I Bought a Mountain follows the struggles and triumphs of this impulsive but hard-working man and his every-bit-as-tough wife, Esme, as they fight to build the farm into prosperity. Firbank's writing is guileless and immediate and ruthlessly honest. His paean to the traditional, Welsh hill-farming way of life, transports you to a disappearing world, one ruled by the age-old rhythms of work, weather, livestock and a love of the land, and offers precious insights into conservation and sustainability.

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon (Newbery Honor Book)

Author : Grace Lin
Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2009-07-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780316052603

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Where the Mountain Meets the Moon (Newbery Honor Book) by Grace Lin Pdf

A Time Magazine 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time selection!​ A Reader’s Digest Best Children’s Book of All Time​! This stunning fantasy inspired by Chinese folklore is a companion novel to Starry River of the Sky and the New York Times bestselling and National Book Award finalist When the Sea Turned to Silver In the valley of Fruitless mountain, a young girl named Minli lives in a ramshackle hut with her parents. In the evenings, her father regales her with old folktales of the Jade Dragon and the Old Man on the Moon, who knows the answers to all of life's questions. Inspired by these stories, Minli sets off on an extraordinary journey to find the Old Man on the Moon to ask him how she can change her family's fortune. She encounters an assorted cast of characters and magical creatures along the way, including a dragon who accompanies her on her quest for the ultimate answer. Grace Lin, author of the beloved Year of the Dog and Year of the Rat returns with a wondrous story of adventure, faith, and friendship. A fantasy crossed with Chinese folklore, Where the Mountain Meets the Moon is a timeless story reminiscent of The Wizard of Oz and Kelly Barnhill's The Girl Who Drank the Moon. Her beautiful illustrations, printed in full-color, accompany the text throughout. Once again, she has created a charming, engaging book for young readers.

My Side of the Mountain

Author : Jean Craighead George
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2001-05-21
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780593115008

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My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George Pdf

"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

I Bought a Star

Author : Thomas Firbank
Publisher : John Jones Pub
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2000-03-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1871083966

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I Bought a Star by Thomas Firbank Pdf

Now back in print, Thomas Firbank's memoirs about his experiences in the Second World War have achieved a classic status. The book starts in the Basque region of Northern Spain in 1938. Firhank drives his faithful Bentley car back to England. He joins the Guards regiment, with the help of a relative in London, where he buys his regimental badge (featured on the book's cover), hence the book's title, I Bought a Star. The book follows Firbank's exploits through the rigorous army training in Scotland and in North Africa. He is rapidly promoted to the rank of Major, having seen active service in Italy and the Nijmegen sector, a key strategic clashpoint located between the Netherlands and lower Rhine. This first-hand account is told with wry humor and an engaging lack of melodrama.

Our Dad Bought a Mountain Bike

Author : Stewart Williams
Publisher : Stewart Williams
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2021-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 064856603X

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Our Dad Bought a Mountain Bike... We love our dad... but It wasn't meant to be a big deal... but Dad made it one... like he does with everything. Listen carefully to our story, tell your dad or your mum and maybe they wont make the same mistakes ours did. A humorous tale about a dad's obsession for a sport designed for much younger people.

Fire on the Mountain

Author : Terry Bisson
Publisher : PM Press
Page : 157 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2009-10-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781604862584

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Fire on the Mountain by Terry Bisson Pdf

It’s 1959 in socialist Virginia. The Deep South is an independent Black nation called Nova Africa. The second Mars expedition is about to touch down on the red planet. And a pregnant scientist is climbing the Blue Ridge in search of her great-great grandfather, a teenage slave who fought with John Brown and Harriet Tubman’s guerrilla army. Long unavailable in the U.S., published in France as Nova Africa, Fire on the Mountain is the story of what might have happened if John Brown’s raid on Harper’s Ferry had succeeded—and the Civil War had been started not by the slave owners but the abolitionists.

Manjhi Moves a Mountain

Author : Nancy Churnin
Publisher : Creston Books
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2022-02-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781954354197

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Manjhi Moves a Mountain by Nancy Churnin Pdf

Dashrath Manjhi used a hammer and chisel, grit, determination, and twenty years to carve a path through the mountain separating his poor village from the nearby village with schools, markets, and a hospital. Manjhi Moves a Mountain shows how everyone can make a difference if their heart is big enough.

Lake on the Mountain: a Dan Sharp Mystery

Author : Jeffrey Round
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2012-01-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Lake on the Mountain: a Dan Sharp Mystery by Jeffrey Round Pdf

Dan Sharp, a gay missing persons investigator, accepts an invitation to a wedding on a yacht in Ontario's Prince Edward County. But the event doesn't go as planned. A member of the wedding party is swept overboard and Dan finds himself deep in troubled waters as he searches for possible killers not only in the present but also 20 years earlier.

In Sight of Yellow Mountain

Author : Philip Judge
Publisher : Gill & Macmillan Ltd
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2017-07-21
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780717178766

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In Sight of Yellow Mountain by Philip Judge Pdf

'This is The Good Life meets A Year in Provence'. Sue Collins, The Nualas 'A luminous, funny and profound reading experience.' Sebastian Barry First, a dream of escaping the city... and then a century-old cottage to match the dream. Moving to a small village in the heart of the countryside was the beginning of a new life for Philip Judge and his Beloved – the beginning of life In Sight of Yellow Mountain. Judge describes the season-by-season charms and frustrations that he, his Beloved, and eventually, his two growing boys experience as they adapt to life in the countryside. There are highs and lows. Wellies and tweeds are bought. Vegetable patches cultivated. Lambs are born, calves die. There is weather: good and bad; health and happiness; illness and sadness. The city slicker fails miserably at Name That Grain! and makes many faux pas along the way, but ultimately, this is the story of one man, and his growing family, experiencing the pleasure that is finding home.

The Girl and the Mountain (Book of the Ice, Book 2)

Author : Mark Lawrence
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 421 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2021-04-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780008284824

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The Girl and the Mountain (Book of the Ice, Book 2) by Mark Lawrence Pdf

Second novel in the chilling and epic new fantasy series from the bestselling and critically-acclaimed author of PRINCE OF THORNS and RED SISTER. 'If you like dark you will love Mark Lawrence. And when the light breaks through and it all makes sense, the contrast is gorgeous' ROBIN HOBB

Beyond the Mountain

Author : Steve House
Publisher : Patagonia
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-06
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781938340055

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Beyond the Mountain by Steve House Pdf

What does it take to be one of the world's best high-altitude mountain climbers? A lot of fundraising; traveling in some of the world's most dangerous countries; enduring cold bivouacs, searing lungs, and a cloudy mind when you can least afford one. It means learning the hard lessons the mountains teach. Steve House built his reputation on ascents throughout the Alps, Canada, Alaska, the Karakoram and the Himalaya that have expanded possibilities of style, speed, and difficulty. In 2005 Steve and alpinist Vince Anderson pioneered a direct new route on the Rupal Face of 26,600-foot Nanga Parbat, which had never before been climbed in alpine style. It was the third ascent of the face and the achievement earned Steveand Vince the first Piolet d"or (Golden Ice Axe) awarded to North Americans. Steve is an accomplished and spellbinding storyteller in the tradition of Maurice Herzog and Lionel Terray. Beyond the Mountain is a gripping read destined to be a mountain classic. And it

The Mountain Story

Author : Lori Lansens
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2015-06-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781476786506

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Abandoning his life to honor his best friend's death, Wolf is stranded with three strangers in the mountain wilderness above Palm Springs and confronts a terrible choice in order to survive. By the author of Rush Home Road.

About a Mountain

Author : John D'Agata
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2011-02-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780393076691

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About a Mountain by John D'Agata Pdf

Named One of the 100 Best Nonfiction Books Written by the New York Times Magazine, a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year, and a New York Times Editors' Choice. When John D'Agata helps his mother move to Las Vegas one summer, he begins to follow a story about the federal government's plan to store nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain; the result is a startling portrait that compels a reexamination of the future of human life.

Hunger Mountain

Author : David Hinton
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2012-11-13
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781611800166

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Hunger Mountain by David Hinton Pdf

Come along with David Hinton on a series of walks through the wild beauty of Hunger Mountain, near his home in Vermont—excursions informed by the worldview he’s imbibed from his many years translating the classics of Chinese poetry and philosophy. His broad-ranging discussion offers insight on everything from the mountain landscape to the origins of consciousness and the Cosmos, from geology to Chinese landscape painting, from parenting to pictographic oracle-bone script, to a family chutney recipe. It’s a spiritual ecology that is profoundly ancient and at the same time resoundingly contemporary. Your view of the landscape—and of your place in it—may never be the same.

Thinking Like a Mountain

Author : John Seed,Joanna Macy,Pat Fleming,Arne Naess
Publisher : New Catalyst Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1897408005

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Thinking Like a Mountain by John Seed,Joanna Macy,Pat Fleming,Arne Naess Pdf

This book of readings, meditations, rituals and workshop notes prepared on three continents provides a context for ritual identification with the natural environment. As relevant today as when it was originally published in 1988, this classic of the sustainability movement helps us experience our place in the web of life - rather than at the apex of some human-centered pyramid. An important deep ecology educational tool for activist, school and religious groups, it can also be used for personal reflection.