Traveling Companions

Author : Mary Brydon-Miller,Patricia Maguire,Alice McIntyre
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2004-03-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780313059636

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This book explores the ways in which a diverse group of feminist and participatory action researchers experience, create meaning,and respond to the challenges of engaging in collaborative processes of reflection, action, and change. While headed in similar directions, rarely have feminist researchers and participatory action researchers acknowledged each other as collaborators with mutually important contributions to the journey. Through the work presented in this volume, the contributors hope to influence feminist scholarship to be more participatory and action-oriented, and participatory action research to be more grounded in feminist theories and values. This book has two distinct yet interrelated and intertwining aims. First, it creates a space for a diverse group of educators, researchers, and scholars to grapple with the multiple and complex issues that are threaded throughout feminist and action research. Second, it seeks to examine how action research and feminist research can complement each other in developing strategies for engaging in collaborative research that is rooted in activism and productive change.

Author : Tuula Pere
Publisher : Wickwick
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2018-10-31
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9789523257320

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After devastation caused by a landslide, the people of a small mountain village are forced to leave their ruined homes and embark on a difficult journey towards the valley. However, an unlikely trio has to stay behind and wait for help. The rope-maker’s son, Tony, has injured his leg; the oldest of the village is weakened by his age; and the blind blacksmith is not likely to make the difficult trek down. They are anxiously waiting to be rescued, but they are running out of options. Even though the odds are against them, the three companions gather their courage and set out. On this dangerous journey, they rely on each other and share the little they have left.

Author : F. Anstey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1892
Category : Electronic
ISBN : HARVARD:HNP7J3

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Author : Chris Moorey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2013-04-25
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1936270471

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Do you long to establish a relationship with the saints, but find them--or the volumes written about them--a little intimidating? The saints started out as ordinary Christians, just like us, and they are waiting to accompany us on our journey to heaven if we will only reach out our hands. Traveling Companions is a manageable volume that briefly introduces saints from a variety of times, places, and walks of life, all in language that brings them close to contemporary readers' lives. You're sure to find companions here that you will be happy to walk with all the way to the Kingdom. "The saints are inexhaustibly varied, each of them expressing the gifts of the Holy Spirit in his or her unique and unrepeatable way. Christopher Moorey has presented us with an admirable selection of examples from the 'great cloud of witnesses' by whom we are surrounded. He writes in a vivid and lively style: I am convinced that his book will help many to rediscover the saints and to choose among them some whom in a distinctive way they will make their personal friends."--Metropolitan Kallistos Waredescribing the original Greek edition of Traveling Companions

Author : David Kennedy
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2023-05-04
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781803274843

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Well Met! Friends and Travelling Companions of Rev. Thomas Bowles by David Kennedy Pdf

This volume follows Rev. Thomas Bowles on his travels from Sri Lanka to Egypt and the Levant. His travel journals record the places seen and the often harsh travel conditions. Bowles' notes are amplified by chapters offering additional context and biographies for the broad cross-section of fascinating people encountered along the way.

Author : Atoni Jach
Publisher : Transit Lounge
Page : 463 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2021-09-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781925760897

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'Antoni Jach takes one of the oldest of storytelling forms, the traveller who shares with us the tales of other travellers, and makes new magic from it. Travelling Companions is a joy from start to finish.’ — John Connolly, author of he: A Novel and the Charlie Parker series Solitary travellers and a couple encounter Nina, an eloquent storyteller, on their travels through Spain, France and Italy. She entrances them all with her tales, which prompts her fellow travelling companions to share their own stories. A handsome young man from Staten Island, who believes that life forms exist in other galaxies, vows to never work in an office again and travels by container ship to a commune in Italy. A lonely postal worker from Lodz takes home and reads the most interesting love letters, often becoming convinced a relationship needs his intervention, before delivering them the next day. A woman named Pauline calls herself Kim because her surname is Nowak. Depressed about turning forty, she mysteriously disappears from her own birthday party. Told by people on a journey, these are stories – rich with unexpected wisdoms – of lives in transit. Travelling Companions is charming, amusing and philosophical – a wholly original exploration of what it means to honour our strangest dreams and disappointments. It is both a confrontation with, and a sweet diversion from, these, the darkest of times. ‘In the tradition of Boccaccio and Chaucer, Jach is an extraordinarily inventive fabulist for late capitalism, seducing his reader into an ever-expansive web of captivating and often hilarious stories from likely – and unlikely — travelling companions.’ — Marion May Campbell, author of Shadow Thief and Konkretion ‘Travelling Companions is a hybrid travelogue of Europe and the strangeness of the human spirit. It reminds us that storytelling is different from ‘fiction’ — it catches us in a different pulse and breath as we open ourselves to even the most far-fetched and ironic pleasures of the tale. It leads our tourists further than mere travelling: these stories transport them, with folly, irony, humour and endless pleasure.’ — Philip Salom, author of The Returns and The Fifth Season

Author : Fridrikh Gorenshteĭn
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Fiction
ISBN : UOM:39015025015630

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A marvelously told story of the Ukraine, at once bitter and full of mirth. A passenger on a train overhears the life story of one Alexander Chubinets: a story unreal and all too real, full of misery, laughter, and surprise. The author entertains with Chubinet's tale, holding forth on Russian churches, Stalin, sex in literature, and more.

Author : Milan Shah
Publisher : Milan R. Shah
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2021-07-22
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1087979374

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THE BEST TRAVEL COMPANIONS! by Milan Shah Pdf

As a father of three children who have travelled the world from infancy to teenage years, in this book, I profess the joys and benefits as well as the trials and tribulations of family travel. The reader sees how one can plan just about any trip regardless the level of adventure, challenge or even sophistication, with their children. The book takes place, discovering new destinations, over the years of the kids' individual development and also with the addition of more siblings. Similarly it shows how one can take advantage of various destinations on different budgets. This book is for any family, new or established, looking to get out in the world but are hesitant to do so, giving the reader a new sense of energy to explore the horizons and go beyond their set boundaries. The book pushes the limits of traditional family travel blogs and literature to emphasize how traveling with a family shouldn't be kept in a separate box from solo or couple travel. My deep love for travel, adventure and cultural immersion has taken myself, together with my family, to over fifty countries and all seven continents! Together with my wife, I maintain a busy household of growing kids but never miss an opportunity to take them out of their comfort zones and dive into all the world has to offer. This book will show one how family travel is truly limitless!

Author : Mary-Lou Weisman
Publisher : Algonquin Books
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2003-04-25
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781565128972

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Traveling While Married by Mary-Lou Weisman Pdf

Ah travel! New scenery, exciting adventures, time alone with a loved one. Truth is, travel can make or break a relationship. Just negotiating when to leave for the airport can be tricky: she insists on arriving hours ahead of flight time, he likes the excitement of a photo finish. But as Mary-Lou Weisman sees it, "The inevitable rage with which we begin each trip only helps us to better appreciate the good times that lie ahead." Or maybe not. When people have jet lag, can't speak the language, figure out the money, or maintain intestinal regularity, they get cranky. And since they don't know anybody else in Kyoto to take it out on, they take it out on each other. Alas, couples therapy is rarely available on vacation, which is why we need this hilarious and truthful take on travel and togetherness. Using her own misadventures--from honeymoon through Elderhostel--Weisman exposes all the gender landmines: Destinations: He wants to outrun molten lava down a volcano, she prefers raking gravel in a Buddhist monastery. Motivations: She longs for a change of scenery, he hopes for a change of self. Preparations: She keeps a file of required sights, he won't be bullied by travel guides. Accommodations: She divides every hotel room in half so he'll know on which side of the bed to throw his wet towel. Inclinations: She shops a country, he eats it. This is the real skinny on what happens when Mars and Venus hit the road. With a sly wink, a comic nod, and just the right amount of optimism, Weisman shows us that despite the shortcomings of one's beloved, harmonious travel is possible.

Author : Hans Christian Andersen
Publisher : Scandinavia Publishing House
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2015-01-26
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9788771326949

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The Traveling Companion by Hans Christian Andersen Pdf

Thirty of Hans Christian Andersen's most cherished stories in single volumes Illustrator various artists. Known all over the world, these fairytales hold stories of great value and are a source of inspiration for both young and old.

Author : Peter Hulme,Tim Youngs
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2002-11-21
Category : History
ISBN : 0521786525

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The Cambridge Companion to Travel Writing by Peter Hulme,Tim Youngs Pdf

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Author : Alfred Bendixen,Judith Hamera
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2009-01-29
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780521861090

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The Cambridge Companion to American Travel Writing by Alfred Bendixen,Judith Hamera Pdf

A stimulating overview of American journeys from the eighteenth century to the present.

Author : Mia Bay
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2021-03-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674258693

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Traveling Black by Mia Bay Pdf

Winner of the Bancroft Prize Winner of the David J. Langum Prize Winner of the Lillian Smith Book Award Winner of the Order of the Coif Book Award Winner of the OAH Liberty Legacy Foundation Award A New York Times Critics’ Top Book of the Year “This extraordinary book is a powerful addition to the history of travel segregation...Mia Bay shows that Black mobility has always been a struggle.” —Ibram X. Kendi, author of How to Be an Antiracist “In Mia Bay’s superb history of mobility and resistance, the question of literal movement becomes a way to understand the civil rights movement writ large.” —Jennifer Szalai, New York Times “Traveling Black is well worth the fare. Indeed, it is certain to become the new standard on this important, and too often forgotten, history.” —Henry Louis Gates, Jr., author of Stony the Road From Plessy v. Ferguson to #DrivingWhileBlack, African Americans have fought to move freely around the United States. But why this focus on Black mobility? From stagecoaches and trains to buses, cars, and planes, Traveling Black explores when, how, and why racial restrictions took shape in America and brilliantly portrays what it was like to live with them. Mia Bay rescues forgotten stories of passengers who made it home despite being insulted, stranded, re-routed, or ignored. She shows that Black travelers never stopped challenging these humiliations, documenting a sustained fight for redress that falls outside the traditional boundaries of the civil rights movement. A riveting, character-rich account of the rise and fall of racial segregation, it reveals just how central travel restrictions were to the creation of Jim Crow laws—and why free movement has been at the heart of the quest for racial justice ever since.

Author : David Bushman,Ken Deep
Publisher : Fayetteville Mafia Press
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2024-04-10
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781949024678

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The Companions of Doctor Who by David Bushman,Ken Deep Pdf

"Don't be alone, Doctor," Amy Pond tells the Eleventh Doctor in "The Angels Take Manhattan," and of course the irony is that in one sense the Doctor is always alone--a Gallifreyan whose regenerative powers mean he will outlast nearly everyone near and dear to him -- while at the same time he is rarely without one or more trusted companion by his side. This is a book about those companions--those fortunate few who accompany him on his journeys through space and time on--to quote the Ninth Doctor--"the trip of a lifetime." The editors of The Villains of Doctor Who are back with a new anthology of essays--paeans, really--to Donna Noble, Sarah Jane Smith, Rose Tyler, Wilfred Mott, Chang Lee, Clara Oswald, and more. Did your favorite companion make the cut? You're going to have to read to find out!

Author : Donald H Sullivan
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781105987625

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Our Canine Companions: Featuring Whiskers by Donald H Sullivan Pdf