Author: Monika Vaicenavičiene
Publisher: Enchanted Lion Books
ISBN: 9781592702794
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
A river is a thread, embroidering our world. This non-fiction picture book brings attention to the rivers that stitch and thread our world together.
What Is a River?
The River
Author: Peter Heller
Publisher: Knopf
ISBN: 0525521879
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
A NATIONAL BESTSELLER "A fiery tour de force... I could not put this book down. It truly was terrifying and unutterably beautiful." -Alison Borden, The Denver Post From the best-selling author of The Dog Stars, the story of two college students on a wilderness canoe trip--a gripping tale of a friendship tested by fire, white water, and violence Wynn and Jack have been best friends since freshman orientation, bonded by their shared love of mountains, books, and fishing. Wynn is a gentle giant, a Vermont kid never happier than when his feet are in the water. Jack is more rugged, raised on a ranch in Colorado where sleeping under the stars and cooking on a fire came as naturally to him as breathing. When they decide to canoe the Maskwa River in northern Canada, they anticipate long days of leisurely paddling and picking blueberries, and nights of stargazing and reading paperback Westerns. But a wildfire making its way across the forest adds unexpected urgency to the journey. When they hear a man and woman arguing on the fog-shrouded riverbank and decide to warn them about the fire, their search for the pair turns up nothing and no one. But: The next day a man appears on the river, paddling alone. Is this the man they heard? And, if he is, where is the woman? From this charged beginning, master storyteller Peter Heller unspools a headlong, heart-pounding story of desperate wilderness survival.
Publisher: Knopf
ISBN: 0525521879
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
A NATIONAL BESTSELLER "A fiery tour de force... I could not put this book down. It truly was terrifying and unutterably beautiful." -Alison Borden, The Denver Post From the best-selling author of The Dog Stars, the story of two college students on a wilderness canoe trip--a gripping tale of a friendship tested by fire, white water, and violence Wynn and Jack have been best friends since freshman orientation, bonded by their shared love of mountains, books, and fishing. Wynn is a gentle giant, a Vermont kid never happier than when his feet are in the water. Jack is more rugged, raised on a ranch in Colorado where sleeping under the stars and cooking on a fire came as naturally to him as breathing. When they decide to canoe the Maskwa River in northern Canada, they anticipate long days of leisurely paddling and picking blueberries, and nights of stargazing and reading paperback Westerns. But a wildfire making its way across the forest adds unexpected urgency to the journey. When they hear a man and woman arguing on the fog-shrouded riverbank and decide to warn them about the fire, their search for the pair turns up nothing and no one. But: The next day a man appears on the river, paddling alone. Is this the man they heard? And, if he is, where is the woman? From this charged beginning, master storyteller Peter Heller unspools a headlong, heart-pounding story of desperate wilderness survival.
River
Author: Esther Kinsky
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781945492174
Category : FICTION
Languages : en
Pages : 357
Book Description
On a series of solitary walks around London, a woman recalls the rivers she's encountered in prose reminiscent of Sebald.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781945492174
Category : FICTION
Languages : en
Pages : 357
Book Description
On a series of solitary walks around London, a woman recalls the rivers she's encountered in prose reminiscent of Sebald.
One River
Author: Wade Davis
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439126836
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
The story of two generations of scientific explorers in South America—Richard Evans Schultes and his protégé Wade Davis—an epic tale of adventure and a compelling work of natural history. In 1941, Professor Richard Evan Schultes took a leave from Harvard and disappeared into the Amazon, where he spent the next twelve years mapping uncharted rivers and living among dozens of Indian tribes. In the 1970s, he sent two prize students, Tim Plowman and Wade Davis, to follow in his footsteps and unveil the botanical secrets of coca, the notorious source of cocaine, a sacred plant known to the Inca as the Divine Leaf of Immortality. A stunning account of adventure and discovery, betrayal and destruction, One River is a story of two generations of explorers drawn together by the transcendent knowledge of Indian peoples, the visionary realms of the shaman, and the extraordinary plants that sustain all life in a forest that once stood immense and inviolable.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439126836
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
The story of two generations of scientific explorers in South America—Richard Evans Schultes and his protégé Wade Davis—an epic tale of adventure and a compelling work of natural history. In 1941, Professor Richard Evan Schultes took a leave from Harvard and disappeared into the Amazon, where he spent the next twelve years mapping uncharted rivers and living among dozens of Indian tribes. In the 1970s, he sent two prize students, Tim Plowman and Wade Davis, to follow in his footsteps and unveil the botanical secrets of coca, the notorious source of cocaine, a sacred plant known to the Inca as the Divine Leaf of Immortality. A stunning account of adventure and discovery, betrayal and destruction, One River is a story of two generations of explorers drawn together by the transcendent knowledge of Indian peoples, the visionary realms of the shaman, and the extraordinary plants that sustain all life in a forest that once stood immense and inviolable.
River of No Return
Author: John Carrey
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780960356621
Category : Boats and boating
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780960356621
Category : Boats and boating
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Guide to the Selway River, Idaho
Author: Duwain Whitis
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780991389629
Category : Rafting (Sports)
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Guidebook for whitewater boating on the Selway River in Idaho.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780991389629
Category : Rafting (Sports)
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Guidebook for whitewater boating on the Selway River in Idaho.
The River
Author: Alessandro Sanna
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781592701490
Category : COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
"The River tells four stories about life on the Po River, one story for each of the four seasons"--
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781592701490
Category : COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
"The River tells four stories about life on the Po River, one story for each of the four seasons"--
All Along the River
Author: Magnus Weightman
Publisher: Clavis
ISBN: 9781605375199
Category : Animals
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Join this delightful river journey through forests, farms, waterfalls, and harbors.
Publisher: Clavis
ISBN: 9781605375199
Category : Animals
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Join this delightful river journey through forests, farms, waterfalls, and harbors.
Grand Canyon River Guide
Author: Buzz Belknap
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Grand Canyon (Ariz.)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Grand Canyon (Ariz.)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description