Snow Nomad

Author : Alan Dennis
Publisher : FriesenPress
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2022-01-19
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781039108004

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Snow Nomad by Alan Dennis Pdf

From bombs to bombillas, Snow Nomad: An Avalanche Memoir, chronicles the fifty seasons author Alan Dennis worked in the avalanche patch, travelling between Canada, New Zealand, Scotland and Argentina. This unconventional journey on an undulating career path is one riddled with wit and wisdom he gained when plying his trade at ski resorts, mining camps, highway operations, film sets and beyond. Dennis introspectively recalls the times when he was in over his head, but learned to rely on his training, intuition and, perhaps most of all, luck. Snow Nomad is a humble and heartfelt tribute to his family, friends and colleagues (and sometimes even foes) with who he shared these decades, whether shooting artillery in Canada’s remote reaches, scrambling up a summit in the Scottish Highlands or bunking in a mining camp in Argentina’s Andes.

Author : Lois Beck
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 510 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1991-12-19
Category : History
ISBN : 0520074955

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Nomad by Lois Beck Pdf

During 1970 to 1971, Borzu and his people were faced with many difficulties. When the expected winter rains did not fall, pastures and crops shriveled. Unable to sell their starving livestock for any profit, Borzu's people saw their debts to urban merchants and moneylenders increase. At the same time, Iran exercised more bureaucratic control over the Qashqa'i by applying new policies over migratory schedules and the allocation of scarce pastures, and by introducing non-Qashqa'i agriculturalists and livestock investors as legitimate land users. All these measures threatened the nomad's way of life and eventually undermined the role of headmen such as Borzu. Lois Beck details the vicissitudes endured by Borzu's people and the strategies he devised to cope with them.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1994-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0520085515

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The Changing World of Mongolia's Nomads by Anonim Pdf

This beautifully illustrated book offers the first inside view of how the breakup of the Soviet bloc has affected this farthest republic and its nomadic peoples. The first Western scholars to be given permission to conduct fieldwork in Mongolia, Melvyn Goldstein and Cynthia Beall lived among a community of herders to study how they were adapting to Mongolia's transition to democracy and a market economy. Weathering temperatures below zero, living in the nomads' ger, drinking suteytsai (milk-tea), eating bordzig (a pastry made from wheat dough) and pieces of solid fat (a Mongolian delicacy), Goldstein and Beall studied the seasonal migrations and traditional lifestyle of the nomads. They also watched as a herders' collective under the Marxist-Leninist system made the difficult transition to a shareholding company through the government's privatization reforms. The book's magnificent photographs and accompanying text introduce us to a proud people undergoing enormous change as their country emerges from years under communism. The Changing World of Mongolia's Nomads promises an engaging read for anyone interested in nomads, Mongolia, East and Central Asia, and the transformation of the Soviet Union. This beautifully illustrated book offers the first inside view of how the breakup of the Soviet bloc has affected this farthest republic and its nomadic peoples. The first Western scholars to be given permission to conduct fieldwork in Mongolia, Melvyn Goldstein and Cynthia Beall lived among a community of herders to study how they were adapting to Mongolia's transition to democracy and a market economy. Weathering temperatures below zero, living in the nomads' ger, drinking suteytsai (milk-tea), eating bordzig (a pastry made from wheat dough) and pieces of solid fat (a Mongolian delicacy), Goldstein and Beall studied the seasonal migrations and traditional lifestyle of the nomads. They also watched as a herders' collective under the Marxist-Leninist system made the difficult transition to a shareholding company through the government's privatization reforms. The book's magnificent photographs and accompanying text introduce us to a proud people undergoing enormous change as their country emerges from years under communism. The Changing World of Mongolia's Nomads promises an engaging read for anyone interested in nomads, Mongolia, East and Central Asia, and the transformation of the Soviet Union.

Author : Joan D. Vinge
Publisher : Tor Books
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2015-10-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780765389992

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The Snow Queen by Joan D. Vinge Pdf

This reissue of a modern classic of science fiction, the Hugo and Locus Award-winning and Nebula-nominated The Snow Queen, marks the first time the book has been reprinted in fifteen years. The imperious Winter colonists have ruled the planet Tiamat for 150 years, deriving wealth from the slaughter of the sea mers. But soon the galactic stargate will close, isolating Tiamat, and the 150-year reign of the Summer primitives will begin. Their only chance at surviving the change is if Arienrhod, the ageless, corrupt Snow Queen, can destroy destiny with an act of genocide. Arienrhod is not without competition as Moon, a young Summer-tribe sibyl, and the nemesis of the Snow Queen, battles to break a conspiracy that spans space. Interstellar politics, a millennia-long secret conspiracy, and a civilization whose hidden machineries might still control the fate of worlds all form the background to this spectacular hard science fiction novel from Joan D. Vinge. The Snow Queen Series The Snow Queen World’s End Summer Queen Tangled Up In Blue Other Books 47 Ronin Catspaw Cowboys & Aliens Dreamfall At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Gelek Jinpa Nagru,Anne Brunila
Publisher : BoD - Books on Demand
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2023-02-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9789526514802

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The Magical Journey by Gelek Jinpa Nagru,Anne Brunila Pdf

An extraordinary life-story of a Tibetan monk and his spiritual path of Yungdrung Bön: Nagru Gelek Jinpa made a life-changing decision at the age of nineteen to leave behind his life as a shepherd in eastern Tibet and to become a monk. Five years later, after having met a great Bönpo master, Yongdzin Tenzin Namdak Rinpoche, Gelek escaped from his homeland to receive teachings on Bön philosophy and its highest system of meditation, dzogchen, from this great master in Kathmandu, Nepal. He tells, with deep insight and humour, of his early years as an uneducated boy herding cows, pigs and yaks; of his studies in various monasteries in Tibet and India and finally in Nepal with his beloved master Yongdzin Rinpoche. He also makes a pilgrimage to Tibet in search of the ancient kingdom of Zhang Zhung and explores age-old holy sites in Nepal. Later on he starts to teach in the West, write books on his adventurous journeys and study filmmaking in Mexico. This thought-provoking and remarkable story of a Tibetan monk and scholar, teacher, author and documentary filmmaker, gives witness to his extraordinary life and spiritual path linked to Tibet's original cultural and spiritual tradition.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015090411631

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108-2 Roundtable: Development Projects in Tibetan Areas of China: Articulating Clear Goals and Achieving Sustainable Results, March 19, 2004, * by Anonim Pdf

Author : United States. Congressional-Executive Commission on China
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : MINN:31951D024060057

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Development Projects in Tibetan Areas of China by United States. Congressional-Executive Commission on China Pdf

A roundtable discussion that contains prepared statements about the development projects in Tibetan areas of China from Daniel Miller (Agricultural officer) -- Melvyn C. Goldstein and John Reynold Harkness (Professors of Anthropology at Case Western Reserve University) -- Arlene M. Samen (Founder and executive director of One H.E.A.R.T.).

Author : Mary Roberts Rinehart
Publisher : Overamstel Uitgevers
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9789049981181

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Nomad's Land by Mary Roberts Rinehart Pdf

A memoir of desert travel—by camel and horseback—from a beloved author An internationally renowned writer of mystery fiction, Mary Roberts Rinehart knows her way around an exotic setting. When faced with the Pyramids, the Nile, and the sprawling Egyptian desert in her own life, she does not fall in with the crowd of tourists waiting in line at the tombs of the Pharaohs. Instead, she hikes up her skirt, plants her pumps in the sand, and hops on a camel. She has but one question: Where am I supposed to sit? On a hundred-mile expedition into the Egyptian desert, Rinehart does her best to master the herky-jerk of this desert beast. But traveling with an entourage of well-mannered people, she finds that desert living is not completely stripped of the comforts of home. Upon returning to the United States, Rinehart makes an excursion out west, which, she finds, is where the true adventure begins.

Author : Joan Mervyn Hussey
Publisher : CUP Archive
Page : 792 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1957
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Cambridge Medieval History by Joan Mervyn Hussey Pdf

Author : Sevʹi︠a︡n Izrailevich Vaĭnshteĭn
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1980-12-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0521220890

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Nomads South Siberia by Sevʹi︠a︡n Izrailevich Vaĭnshteĭn Pdf

Includes chapter on reindeer herding.

Author : Declan Hunter
Publisher : RWG Publishing
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2023-12-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Endless Winter by Declan Hunter Pdf

In a world shrouded in perpetual ice and snow, the last remnants of humanity grapple with survival in the harshest of realities. The sun, once a symbol of life and warmth, has become a distant, cold memory, and the world as we know it has been lost to the relentless grip of an unending winter. Cade, a tenacious leader with a burning desire to reclaim the warmth of days gone by, embarks on a perilous journey, uncovering age-old secrets and forging alliances with the most unlikely of allies-from the enigmatic Lyria with her haunting melodies to the wise old sage, Eldran, keeper of forbidden lore. Together, they traverse frozen wastelands, confront betrayals, and battle the chilling forces that threaten to extinguish humanity's last flicker of hope. From the mystique of the ancient Warmth-Keepers to the revolutionary innovations of the Thermal Underground, every chapter is a testament to resilience, innovation, and the indomitable human spirit. Will Cade and his band of survivors kindle the fires of hope and lead their people to a new dawn, or will the icy shadows of the Endless Winter consume all that remains? In "The Endless Winter: A Struggle for Warmth", embark on an epic journey of survival, courage, and rebirth. Dive deep into a chilling, yet captivating tale where the fight for warmth is not just about combating cold, but rekindling the warmth of hope, unity, and purpose in the heart of a frozen world.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-17
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Eighteen Songs of a Nomad Flute: The Story of Lady Wen-chi. A Fourteenth-Century Handscroll in The Metropolitan Museum of Art by Anonim Pdf

Author : Jesse Zuba
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780691164472

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The First Book by Jesse Zuba Pdf

"We have many poets of the First Book," the poet and critic Louis Simpson remarked in 1957, describing a sense that the debut poetry collection not only launched the contemporary poetic career but also had come to define it. Surveying American poetry over the past hundred years, The First Book explores the emergence of the poetic debut as a unique literary production with its own tradition, conventions, and dynamic role in the literary market. Through new readings of poets ranging from Wallace Stevens and Marianne Moore to John Ashbery and Louise Glück, Jesse Zuba illuminates the importance of the first book in twentieth-century American literary culture, which involved complex struggles for legitimacy on the part of poets, critics, and publishers alike. Zuba investigates poets' diverse responses to the question of how to launch a career in an increasingly professionalized literary scene that threatened the authenticity of the poetic calling. He shows how modernist debuts evoke markedly idiosyncratic paths, while postwar first books evoke trajectories that balance professional imperatives with traditional literary ideals. Debut titles ranging from Simpson's The Arrivistes to Ken Chen's Juvenilia stress the strikingly pervasive theme of beginning, accommodating a new demand for career development even as it distances the poets from that demand. Combining literary analysis with cultural history, The First Book will interest scholars and students of twentieth-century literature as well as readers and writers of poetry.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1990-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0520072111

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Nomads of Western Tibet by Anonim Pdf

this copiously illustrated book is a fascinating account of these remarkable people, of their traditional way of survival. In a world where indigenous peoples and their environments are vanishing at alarming rates, the survival of this way of life represents an unexpected and heartening victory for humanity.

Author : Norzom Lala
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2023-02-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781476690919

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Tibetan Nomad by Norzom Lala Pdf

When Norzom Lala was two years old, her father fled their family tent in Tibet's mountains after a yak trading deal turned sour. Along with her six siblings, Norzom was then raised by her mother, a nomadic pastoralist who taught her children to integrate themselves with nature. Several dramatic circumstances forced Norzom from her Tibetan home to a Chinese boarding school, and finally to the shores of America to live with her estranged father. As Norzom navigated jobs, school, relationships and a dying sister back home, she lost herself to the vices of a strange land. It was only when Norzom released herself back to the wonders of nature (and, indeed, a therapist) that she ultimately learned what was worth sacrificing in her quest for survival. This memoir chronicles Norzom's experiences navigating tragedies, culture shocks and her own relationship with nature, all the while honoring the traditions and legacy of the Tibetan nomad.