Author: Robert BlyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Prose poems, American
Languages : en
Pages : 62
Book Description
The Urge to Travel Long Distances
Author: Robert BlyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Prose poems, American
Languages : en
Pages : 62
Book Description
Why We Travel
Author: Ada LucasPublisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781500617929
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
Travel is a basic human desire; we are in essence a migratory species. Although not everyone experiences an unrelenting urge to travel, many of us do have an assiduous yearning to explore the beautiful world we live in. So what is it that creates this urge to put some distance between ourselves and everything we know? What motivates us to spend the year skimping and saving for and fantasizing about our next trip? Why do we travel? Through beautiful photography from around the world and insightful and inspiring quotes, this book attempts to answer the question of why we travel. This book features quotes and sayings from some of history's most notable writers, thinkers and passionate travelers alike.
Souvenir
Author: Rolf PottsPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1501329421
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. For as long as people have traveled to distant lands, they have brought home objects to certify the journey. More than mere merchandise, these travel souvenirs take on a personal and cultural meaning that goes beyond the object itself. Drawing on several millennia of examples-from the relic-driven quests of early Christians, to the mass-produced tchotchkes that line the shelves of a Disney gift shop-travel writer Rolf Potts delves into a complicated history that explores issues of authenticity, cultural obligation, market forces, human suffering, and self-presentation. Souvenirs are shown for what they really are: not just objects, but personalized forms of folk storytelling that enable people to make sense of the world and their place in it.' Object Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in The Atlantic. Souvenir features illustrations by Cedar Van Tassel
Aviation
Author: Achieving Sustainable Mobility
Author: Erling HoldenPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317185854
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Sustainable mobility has become the new imperative for transport policy. There have been a number of policy attempts at sustainable mobility globally, such as the development of more efficient conventional transport technologies, the promotion of efficient and affordable public transport systems and the encouragement of environmental awareness. Such policies have so often been presented as prerequisites for sustainable mobility that they are now taken for granted. But are any of these policies really successful? To what extent do they actually contribute (or fail to contribute) to sustainable mobility? Why do some policies succeed and others fail? Using an interdisciplinary approach which brings together various theories and methodologies, this book tests each of these policies - or hypotheses, as the author sees them - with detailed empirical investigations. It also argues that leisure-time travel should be included in any sustainable mobility policies, as it now accounts for 50 per cent of all annual travel distance in developed countries. The book concludes by suggesting fourteen theses of sustainable mobility for the EU and a new model for future best practice.
The Sun Is a Compass
Author: Caroline Van HemertPublisher: Little, Brown Spark
ISBN: 0316414433
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
For fans of Cheryl Strayed, the gripping story of a biologist's human-powered journey from the Pacific Northwest to the Arctic to rediscover her love of birds, nature, and adventure. During graduate school, as she conducted experiments on the peculiarly misshapen beaks of chickadees, ornithologist Caroline Van Hemert began to feel stifled in the isolated, sterile environment of the lab. Worried that she was losing her passion for the scientific research she once loved, she was compelled to experience wildness again, to be guided by the sounds of birds and to follow the trails of animals. In March of 2012, she and her husband set off on a 4,000-mile wilderness journey from the Pacific rainforest to the Alaskan Arctic, traveling by rowboat, ski, foot, raft, and canoe. Together, they survived harrowing dangers while also experiencing incredible moments of joy and grace -- migrating birds silhouetted against the moon, the steamy breath of caribou, and the bond that comes from sharing such experiences. A unique blend of science, adventure, and personal narrative, The Sun is a Compass explores the bounds of the physical body and the tenuousness of life in the company of the creatures who make their homes in the wildest places left in North America. Inspiring and beautifully written, this love letter to nature is a lyrical testament to the resilience of the human spirit. Winner of the 2019 Banff Mountain Book Competition: Adventure Travel
Climate and Agriculture in the Pacific Islands
Author: William AalbersbergPublisher: [email protected]
ISBN: 9789820200838
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
"A majority of Pacific Islanders rely on subsistence farming and fishing for survival. These sectors are also major foreign currency earners in a number of countries. In cultural terms, the very existence of Pacific peoples is inseparable from the land. Although the risks to the physical survival of many Pacific Islands as a result of sea-level rise have been widely publicised, it is agriculture and marine and terrestial ecosystems that are likely to be affected greatest in the next century. Adverse effects on these systems will probadly render many areas uninhabitable long before they are totally inundated, if they ever are. This small volume aims to increase grass-roots awareness, to help Pacific populations cope with changes and make the necessary sacrifices to counter negative impacts of climate change."--Back cover
Journal
Author: Journal of the Missouri State Medical Association
Author: American Literature from 1945 Through Today
Author: Britannica Educational PublishingPublisher: Britannica Educational Publishing
ISBN: 1615302352
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 237
Book Description
Perhaps the most defining characteristic of American literature composed after World War II is the rejection of conventional form and structure with its increasingly uninhibited and experimental style. Embracing works from previously marginalized groups like African Americans and women and ushering in new genres, contemporary American literature has progressively begun to mirror the American population in diversity and versatility. In this volume, readers are invited to think critically about the social issues and ideas that are as much a part of modern American life as they are of modern American literature.