The Circle Of Mountains

Author : Sandra Ott
Publisher : University of Nevada Press
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1993-11-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780874174472

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The Circle of Mountains by Sandra Ott Pdf

Ott provides an excellent ethnography of a French Basque agrarian and sheepherding community. The commune of Sainte-Engrâce extends along a mountain valley in the southeastern corner of Soule, one of the three Basque provences in France. In The Circle of Mountains, Sandra Ott examines the importance of cooperation and reciprocity as the essential basis for the main institutions within this community. These French Basques visualize their community as a circle, and their vision of living in "the circle of mountians," rather than in a valley, reflects their perspective on the society in which they live. The first half of the book incorporates material on history, ecology and economy, and delves deeply into the domestic organization, kinship, and neighborliness of this Basque community. In the second half of the book, the author introduces the males' customary roles as shepherds and cheesemakers. Following a detailed commentary on these vocations, Ott suggests that these seemingly prosaic activities represent the male attempt at symbolic fulfillment of the female procreative and nurturing roles. In a new afterword, Ott discusses developments that have impacted life in the pastoral community of Sainte-Engrâce since the original publication of the book—including the acquisition of telephones and the construction of roads to nearly every home.The Circle of Mountains will be of interest not only to social anthropologists but also to those concerned with the Basque language and culture and to scholars and students of ethnology, international studies, and political science.

Author : Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 69 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2022-08-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:4064066423667

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"Around the Circle": One Thousand Miles Through the Rocky Mountains by Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company Pdf

""Around the Circle": One Thousand Miles Through the Rocky Mountains" by Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

Author : Sandra Ott
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:475230621

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The Circle of Mountains by Sandra Ott Pdf

Author : The Pacific Desperado
Publisher : Virtualbookworm Publishing
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2005-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781589397781

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Circle This Mountain by The Pacific Desperado Pdf

"Circle This Mountain" is a work of magical realism set against the primeval natural backdrop of Washington State's Olympic Peninsula. The story begins after an American expatriate steals a rare book from the home of a Parisian drug dealer. Unknown to Nicolas Fenn, the novel contains evidence incriminating the dealer and his gang, which they will kill to obtain. When Fenn finds that he is the object of an intense manhunt, he flees Europe, heading for the U.S. Realizing that he still is being sought, there, Fenn vanishes into the mist-shrouded, mysterious high country of the Olympic Mountains. Readers who savor a meticulously crafted tale staged in a setting of wild beauty, with a plot driven by intriguing characters and baited with mystery, will enjoy "Circle This Mountain." So, too, will those with a taste for deeper themes: at the center of this story lies a puzzle whose solution works on factual, spiritual, and literary levels alike, a solution which turns upon a corkscrew of irony-the book within this book not only proves to be surprisingly dangerous, but surprisingly liberating as well.

Author : Gail Waechter Corkill
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2016-10-03
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9781439657539

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Circle Z Guest Ranch by Gail Waechter Corkill Pdf

Nestled in Sonoita Valley along the banks of Sonoita Creek, just 15 miles north of Mexico, Circle Z Guest Ranch welcomes vacationers to experience a taste of the Old West, with the comfortable pleasures of a traditional family-style ranch but without the risks. Horseback riding, relaxation, and cowboy cookouts have been the ranch’s main attractions for the past 90 years, earning Circle Z the distinction of being the oldest continuously operating guest ranch in Arizona. It evolved from a four-room adobe homestead to a working cattle ranch before becoming a highly profitable sheepherding operation. In 1924, brothers Carl and Lee Zinsmeister arrived in Patagonia with a vision of developing a dude ranch with a resort feel. They purchased 5,000 acres of the San José de Sonoita land grant, which included the Sanford estate. Circle Z opened in 1926 and quickly became one of the finest guest ranches in the state. Today, the Nash family operates this memorable ranch famous for its well-trained horses and miles of scenic trails.

Author : Ken Arnold
Publisher : KenArnoldBooks, LLC
Page : 95 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2000-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780979963407

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Circle of the Way by Ken Arnold Pdf

Following a diagnosis of prostate cancer in 2004, Ken Arnold chronicles his recovery in a Japanese literary form known as haibun, compact personal narratives containing haiku. Through journeys into his past, to Kyoto, Japan, and out of an emotional collapse, he maps the spiritual landscape of his illnesses. Circle of the Way is a moving story of recovering wellness and discovering the deeper self. Japan is at the center of these reflections, both as a place and as an aesthetic. The authors Zen perspective and study of the traditional Japanese bamboo flute, the shakuhachi, echo through the poetry and prose. The three pieces comprising Circle of the Way form the arc of a spiritual journey of discovery. The first, Digressions: Zen and Cancer, recounts the authors cancer diagnosis and treatment through a series of travels to familiar places of the past and present; Bamboo Days: A Kyoto Journal, depicts a revelatory immersion in the healing landscape of the Japanese aesthetic; Kokoro: In the Noguchi Gardens, explores the heart of being (kokoro, in Japanese) through several encounters with Noguchis massive stone sculptures. The books individual parts coalesce with an epiphany in the Noguchi garden in Queens, New York. Ken Arnold is an award-winning playwright and poet, whose poems have appeared in numerous magazines. As a Eugene ONeill Fellow in 1979, he developed his play She Also Dances, which was cited in Best Plays of 1983. He is the author of On the Way and Nightfishing in Galilee. He lives in Portland, Oregon, with his wife Connie Kirk.

Author : Benjamin Glazier Willey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1870
Category : Carroll County (N.H.)
ISBN : NYPL:33433081781910

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History of the White Mountains by Benjamin Glazier Willey Pdf

Author : Roger Aubrey
Publisher : Xulon Press
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2007-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781602661851

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The Circle of Life by Roger Aubrey Pdf

God designed you to live by faith. It's as natural and simple as breathing. This book uses the Bible to explain in everyday language how you can develop a lifestyle in which the four healthy habits of the Circle of Life together build your faith: Hearing God's Word Believing God's Word Speaking God's Word Doing God's Word The Circle of Life combines biblical truth with down to earth practical application, so that you will not only learn what the Bible teaches about faith but also be able to put its dynamic message into action in your life! Dr Roger Aubrey is part of the leadership team at All Nations Church in Cardiff, Wales. Roger was born and raised in the city and is a graduate of the University, holding PhD and Masters Degrees in Christian Theology. He became a Christian while in his teens and together with his wife Dianne has been part of All Nations since 1984. During that time they have both seen hundreds of lives transformed by the truth outlined in this book. Roger is also Principal of Covenant School of Ministries, School of the Word. He has an internationally recognized teaching ministry, which regularly takes him to various parts of the world, helping to build up the Church. Visit Roger at: www.rogeraubrey.com

Author : William Eastlake
Publisher : Dalkey Archive Press
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1564781364

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Lyric of the Circle Heart by William Eastlake Pdf

These novels face head-on the reality of the American Indian, perhaps the last great taboo in American culture. After all of the flag-waving, the wars to protect the Land of the Free, and interventions around the world in the name of democracy, how do Americans admit, even today, that America was not discovered by Columbus and not courageously cultivated by white Anglo-Saxons? The land was invaded and a people destroyed, all in the name of religion, political freedom, and money. Long before Cormac McCarthy and even long before Tom Robbins, William Eastlake invented an American Southwest whose comic and tragic dimensions, as well as its hard beauty, encapsulates American myths and nightmares in much the way that Faulkner did with his invented Yoknapatawpha County. Against a background of New Mexico that transcends regional space, Eastlake explores race, greed, and tradition, evoking stereotypes for the sake of exploding them and laying bare an American reality that is a strange mix of pop culture, zany humor, biting satire, and a deep-seated respect for and love of the land.

Author : Erik D. Demaine,Joseph O'Rourke
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2007-07-16
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781107394094

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Geometric Folding Algorithms by Erik D. Demaine,Joseph O'Rourke Pdf

Did you know that any straight-line drawing on paper can be folded so that the complete drawing can be cut out with one straight scissors cut? That there is a planar linkage that can trace out any algebraic curve, or even 'sign your name'? Or that a 'Latin cross' unfolding of a cube can be refolded to 23 different convex polyhedra? Over the past decade, there has been a surge of interest in such problems, with applications ranging from robotics to protein folding. With an emphasis on algorithmic or computational aspects, this treatment gives hundreds of results and over 60 unsolved 'open problems' to inspire further research. The authors cover one-dimensional (1D) objects (linkages), 2D objects (paper), and 3D objects (polyhedra). Aimed at advanced undergraduate and graduate students in mathematics or computer science, this lavishly illustrated book will fascinate a broad audience, from school students to researchers.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 616 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1860
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0022462715

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Orr's Circle of the Sciences by Anonim Pdf

Author : Various
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 2130 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2022-06-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547035961

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The Circle of Knowledge: A Classified, Simplified, Visualized Book of Answers by Various Pdf

The Circle of Knowledge is an informative book that was designed in 1917, to be both inspiring and entertaining. The book represents the modern, progressive spirit which fits that time, in its forms of expression and its editorship. The purpose of this work is to answer the why, who, what, when, where, how of the wide majority of curious minds, both young and adult, and encourage them to raise further questions. Special measures were taken in creating this work to isolate essentials from non-essentials; to differentiate human interest subjects of universal significance from those of little concern; to deliver living truths instead of dead vocabulary; and finally, to bring the whole within the knowledge of the intermediate reader, without regard to age, in an acceptable and exciting form. The use of visual outlines and tables; maps, drawings, and diagrams; the illustrated works of great painters, sculptors, and architects all are used to give the reader the valuable and cultural knowledge of past and present.

Author : Nan Shepherd
Publisher : Canongate Books
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2008-11-15
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780857863607

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The Living Mountain by Nan Shepherd Pdf

AS SEEN ON BBC’S WINTERWATCH WITH CHRIS PACKHAM AND MICHAELA STRACHAN 'The finest book ever written on nature and landscape in Britain' Guardian In this masterpiece of nature writing, Nan Shepherd describes her journeys into the Cairngorm mountains of Scotland. There she encounters a world that can be breathtakingly beautiful at times and shockingly harsh at others. Her intense, poetic prose explores and records the rocks, rivers, creatures and hidden aspects of this remarkable landscape. Shepherd spent a lifetime in search of the 'essential nature' of the Cairngorms; her quest led her to write this classic meditation on the magnificence of mountains, and on our imaginative relationship with the wild world around us. Composed during the Second World War, the manuscript of The Living Mountain lay untouched for more than thirty years before it was finally published.

Author : W. S. ORR (AND CO.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 616 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1856
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0026635766

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Orr's Circle of the Sciences. A Series of Treatises on the Principles of Science, with Their Application to Practical Pursuits. [Edited by J. S. Bushman?] by W. S. ORR (AND CO.) Pdf

Author : Leona Gibbs
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2008-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780595500703

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Point of the Circle by Leona Gibbs Pdf

In the year of 1857, people in the coastal town of Valda Bay face ruin due in part to the greed of Mr. Nash, the wealthiest man in town. When Nash is brutally murdered no one mourns his passing, but now, local magistrate Chief Johnson is out to discover what really happened. Everyone in town is a suspect, but the Chief is in for more than he bargained. Secrets abound, everywhere apparently, as townsfolk scurry to hide the sins of their pasts in light of the investigation. The town lighthouse keeper, Erik Johansson, seems to be one of the few members of the community hiding nothing?but even that is a lie. Rumors have followed his family for years: rumors of a great, hidden fortune worth killing for. So as Chief?s investigation goes from murder and arson, to debauchery and deceit, someone in Valda Bay seeks a treasure. A killer walks the streets. Townspeople turn on each other. Chief Johnson wonders, is Nash?s murder somehow connected to the Johansson family? If so, who stood to gain? How much would they gain, and how far would they be willing to go to get it?