Rocky Mountains: Wilderness Reflections

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A+ -- wonderful color photos of mountains, water & wildlife

Excellent book for my collection

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Missing a few things

Rocky Mountains: Wilderness Reflections

Manufacturer: Firefly Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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Dances With Light: Photographs Of The Canadian Rockies By Darwin Wiggett (Amazing Stories) (Amazing Stories)

AAA's National Park Photography

ASIN: 1552093875

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This large-format high-quality photography book depicts the beauty of the Rocky Mountain landscape from New Mexico to the Yukon. Scenic photographs maximize the detail and tonality range. Dramatic landscape photographs depict Rocky Mountain vistas reflected in alpine lakes and backcountry rivers. There are also accent photographs of the wildlife found in these alpine regions.

The text presents an overview of the topography of the Rockies and the natural history of the mountain environment, including the three major regions:

The Southern Rockies (New Mexico, Colorado) highlighting Rocky Mountain National Park, Great Sand Dunes National Monument, Snowmass Wilderness, San Juan Range and Sangre de Cristo Range
The Central Rockies (Wyoming, Montana, Idaho) highlighting Grand Teton, Yellowstone and Glacier National Parks, Sawtooth National Recreation Area and Medicine Bow Range
The Northern Rockies (Alberta, British Columbia, Yukon) highlighting Waterton Lakes, Banff, Jasper, Revelstoke and Yoho National Parks, the Columbia River Valley and Kananaskis Park.

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A+ -- wonderful color photos of mountains, water & wildlife.......2005-09-09

This remarkable book represents the state of the art of printing color photographs in books, and at a very reasonable price.

I see a lot of pretty nature-photo books. They're almost always OK, but seldom memorable. This one's a keeper.
Check it out.

Happy reading--
Pete Tillman

Excellent book for my collection.......2001-01-14

For my liking, there is an excess of reflected images in this book even though the photography is excellent and sharp. I love the shots of the wildlife, however I would have enjoyed seeing more of the abundant flora of the region. Even with the minor shortcomings I can honestly say that this book deserves an excellent 5 star rating. With the help from OUTDOOR PHOTOGRAPHY magazine I am a huge fan of several well known nature photographers-- John Shaw, Nevada Wier and Art Wolfe just to name a few. After buying this book and taking in all the photographs I can say that Tim Fitzharris is quickly joining that group!

review response.......2000-09-01

Can the reviewer above (Linda Wimberley) count? Of the 70 landscape photos depicted, 7 or 10% are from the Grand Tetons, arguably the most beautiful park in the Rockies. Glacier is represented by 2 photos not one.

Missing a few things.......2000-08-02

This has some great pictures of the Grand Tetons. And only one of Glacier National Park. There are many wildlife pictures and some of the canadian rockies. Generally it's a great picture book of the Grand Tetons.

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Packed with stunning photographs, easy-to-use maps, and all the information you really need to get the most from your visit! In this compact guide, our writers help you plan itineraries for short and longer stays. Complete with must-see sights on and off the beaten track as well as current hotel and restaurant recommendations. And the convenient size of the guide allows you to take it along in your pocket or handbag. Take the world in your pocket next time and travel with this handy Berlitz guide.

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Stock Photography from Mallorca and Menorca.......2004-03-25

If you like this book about Mallorca, take a look to one of the following links: http://www.balearicpictures.net http://www.mallorcapictures.com http://www.menorcapictures.com http://www.ibizapictures.net http://balearicpictures.net http://mallorcapictures.com http://menorcapictures.com http://ibizapictures.net

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Mallorca & Menorca pocket guide by Berlitz

Berlitz Mallorca & Menorca Pocket Guide
Martin Gostelow
Manufacturer: Berlitz
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 2831563127

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Mallorca & Menorca pocket guide by Berlitz.......2000-04-12

Excellent! This book took you step by step around the island. It was an excellent reference to places of interest. We had a great time finding the places on the island and highlighting them. The book is superior to most tour books we've used while living in Europe. Use this book to decide where to travel on the island. Most of the ports and large areas of interest are within 1 hour of most hotels. When making plans to visit somewhere else on the island make sure you know the operating hours (this was missed in the publication of this book) but most of the hotels will have brochures available. This book is a MUST have if headed to Mallorca.

Mallorca and Menorca, 1991/1992 (Berlitz Pocket Guides)

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Mallorca and Menorca, 1991/1992 (Berlitz Pocket Guides)
Berlitz Publishing Company
Manufacturer: Berlitz
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 2831505259

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Chloe Rand's life is great.

She has a serious boyfriend, she's about to start her junior year of high school, and she has a tight group of girlfriends. But when her boyfriend moves across the country and decides the long-distance-relationship thing just isn't for him, Chloe's devastated. Worse, she soon learns that when you're the prettiest girl in school and totally unattached, everyone starts treating you differently. Girls don't trust you, guys aren't sure what to make of you, and everyone assumes you're either spoiled, dumb, or both.

Chloe realizes that she's been living the last few years in a bubble and decides to do something about it. But when she falls for Billy, a total geek, will it make her situation better...or worse?

Scary Beautiful

A Romantic Comedy for every girl

who has fallen for the wrong guy

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Courtesy of Teens Read Too.......2007-08-05

Chloe Rand seems to have the perfect life. She's about to start her junior year of high school, she has a great boyfriend and a close group of girlfriends, and she's incredibly gorgeous. But when her boyfriend moves across the country, dumping her at the airport right before he leaves, everything seems to fall apart.

Now Chloe realizes that being a stunningly beautiful, suddenly single girl at high school isn't easy. Guys aren't sure how to treat her, girls don't trust her, and Chloe's junior year isn't going at all as planned.

Chloe decides to take charge of her own life and get out of the bubble she's been living in, but when the first thing she does is fall for Billy, who is a complete geek and totally out of the range of the "old Chloe," will it make things easier, or harder?

I've really enjoyed all of the Simon Romantic Comedies, particularly Niki Burnham's other contributions, and SCARY BEAUTIFUL is no exception. It's a great book that really challenges the "popular girl" stereotypes, and teens are sure to have fun reading it.

Reviewed by: Andie Z.

Burnham at her best!.......2007-07-29

I loved every word of this book! I could not put it down. I love the big message in the book about stereotyping. Def. an important message for everyone, especially in High School. And way its addressed in the book is great! Not so preachy but seen from another side.

Summer is at an end and Chole's 2 year relationship with her boyfriend, Sean, comes to an end unexpectatly when Sean moves across the country. Now her no longer being part of a couple she starts seeing herself as a whole new person. Her friends on the other hand are pushing her to get back with her ex and try the long distance thing. But is her new found self better than she was just seen as Sean's girl friend? or does it have something to do with the mysterious guy from her fave pizza hangout?

I completely enjoyed reading this book. The events and characters are very realistic. And I can not wait to read this one again!

Rough start (for me) but soon grew to love it........2006-05-10

Okay, i was so excited to get back to SImon pulse romantic comedies i love so dearly, and this was the first one i read. in the beginning it really bothered me, and confused me, how all chloes friends kept telling her that if she didnt have a boyfriend everyone would hate her cos she was pretty. it made no sense why they would say that! and not very "Friend"ly. i dunno it bothered me. and then the small fact that chloes friend saw billy first.... HOWVEVER! i absolutely fell in love with this book. i read it in just a couple days, and it was hard to put down. I really loved it.

Unexpected Love = Great Read ! .......2006-02-24

Chloe Rand's life couldn't be any better. She's about to start her junior year in high school, has an amazing boyfriend, a great group of friends, and top of all that, is stunningly beautiful. She loves her life, and feels great about herself. Until she finds out her long-term boyfriend is moving away, and he breaks up with her at the airport before she leaves. She's devestated, and starts her school year not really looking foward to things to come. Especially when she finds out how the kids are treating her at school, all because she is gorgeous and now recently single. She finally learns to get over her ex-boyfriend, and meets a geeky and unattached guy. She gets along great with him, the only catch: one of her best frieds is also interested in him. Through a series of struggles and emotions, Chloe is able to put her life on track, and ends up with the guy that is the best for her, no matter how unexpected.

Turning the tables.......2006-01-09

What I really liked about this book was it turned the table on the "prettiest girl in school" stereotype. In a lot of books and most every teen movie, the prettiest girl in school is always the biggest witch who rules the school with the popular gang and always gets her way. However, Niki Burnham has twisted this by making the pretty girl, Chloe, a really interesting and complex character, very down-to-earth and self conscious of her looks and how they affect other peopl. Chloe's heart is broken when she's dumped by her long-time boyfriend, but she resolves to make the best out of the school. She's fiercely loyal to her friends, works hard at not being the star of the school gossip mill, and when a chance to better herself comes along, she joins the cross-country team and starts hanging out with a "geeky" boy, Billy. The relationship between Chloe and Billy is sweet and believable and their chemistry is great. Sure, a lot of silly teen angst things happen in Chloe's life, but through her honesty and perseverence, so comes out on top. Niki Burnham's dead-on writing of teens really won me over and I can't wait to read more of her books. Highly recommended.

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The Jack Schwarz Method of Autogenics
Jack Schwarz
Manufacturer: Schwarz
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1887417036

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Autogenics is a psycho-physiological form of therapy involving both the mind and the body. Those who apply the techniques of Autogenics are able to become extremely aware of their own internal needs and are provided the mental skills to address those needs. As a self-motivated, practical therapy, it improves social and interpersonal relations and reduces stress, fatigue and anxiety. When Autogenics is practiced consistently over time, it becomes integrated into the body's automatic response system and allows the practitioner to remain alert, calm and energized even under the most stressful of situations. Autogenics shifts your mental state from a passive stance-one that allows the outside world a lot of control to a more inner, self-directed attitude that recognizes the validity of your own inner authority: By doing so, many people report they have increased feelings of self-esteem, worthiness and joy. This book gives the methods that Jack Schwarz uses to harness the power of your own brainwaves. You will learn what brainwaves are and how we measure them. You will learn about the bridge between brainwaves and breathing, and so much more.

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During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the Ottoman empire posed a clear and present danger to Christian rule in Europe. While English commerce with the Mediterranean world expanded, Ottoman forces invaded Greece, Hungary, and Austria. At the same time, "Turkish" pirates and renegades from North Africa roamed the Atlantic and raided the coast of England. The threat was ideological as well: English sailors captured by Barbary pirates sometimes renounced their faith and converted to Islam.

Here, three important early modern "Turk" plays -- Robert Greene's Selimus, Emperor of the Turks (1594); Robert Daborne's A Christian Turned Turk (1612); and Philip Massinger's The Renegado (1623) -- are available for the first time. These texts represent Islamic power and wealth in scenes of piracy on the high seas, on-stage execution by strangulation, and rites of religious conversion. The plays are set in historical and cultural context by Daniel J. Vitkus's clear and thoughtful introduction. These carefully edited, annotated, modern-spelling editions are particularly valuable for understanding the cultural production of English identity in relation to the Islamic Other.

Daniel J. Vitkus, ed. Three Turk Plays from Early Modern England: Selimus, A Christian Turned Turk, and The Renegado. (book review): An article from: Comparative Drama

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Daniel J. Vitkus, ed. Three Turk Plays from Early Modern England: Selimus, A Christian Turned Turk, and The Renegado. (book review): An article from: Comparative Drama
John Saillant
Manufacturer: Comparative Drama
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Binding: Digital

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This digital document is an article from Comparative Drama, published by Comparative Drama on June 22, 2001. The length of the article is 638 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Daniel J. Vitkus, ed. Three Turk Plays from Early Modern England: Selimus, A Christian Turned Turk, and The Renegado. (book review)
Author: John Saillant
Publication: Comparative Drama (Refereed)
Date: June 22, 2001
Publisher: Comparative Drama
Volume: 35 Issue: 2 Page: 241(2)

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Three Turk Plays from Early Modern England: Selimus, a Christian Turned Turk, and the Renegado

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Three Turk Plays from Early Modern England: Selimus, a Christian Turned Turk, and the Renegado
Daniel Vitkus
Manufacturer: Columbia
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000J2MBME

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Three Turk Plays from Early Modern England
Daniel Vitkus
Manufacturer: Columbia University Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OPVMQC

Three Turk Plays from Early Modern England: Selimus, Emperor of the Turks; A Christian Turned Turk; And the Renegado

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Three Turk Plays from Early Modern England: Selimus, Emperor of the Turks; A Christian Turned Turk; And the Renegado
Daniel J. Vitkus
Manufacturer: Columbia University Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OPVMTE

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Not as good as "Greatest Game," but still a worthwhile read

A good story of the life of Bobby Jones

A cherished read

Interesting insights on Jones

Not just a golf story an excellent Historical Narrative

GRAND SLAM, THE: BOBBY JONES, AMERICA, AND THE STORY OF GOLF
Mark Frost
Manufacturer: Hyperion
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 1401301088
Release Date: 2004-11-03

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From the bestselling author of the critically acclaimed The Greatest Game Ever Played comes The Grand Slam, a riveting, in-depth look at the life and times of golf icon Bobby Jones.In the wake of the stock market crash and the dawn of the Great Depression, a ray of light emerged from the world of sports in the summer of 1930. Bobby Jones, an amateur golfer who had already won nine of the seventeen major championships he'd entered during the last seven years, mounted his final campaign against the record books. In four months, he conquered the British Amateur Championship, the British Open, the United States Open, and finally the United States Amateur Championship, an achievement so extraordinary that writers dubbed it the Grand Slam.A natural, self-taught player, Jones made his debut at the U.S. Amateur Championship at the age of 14. But for the next seven years, Jones struggled in major championships, and not until he turned 21 in 1923 would he harness his immense talent.What the world didn't know was that throughout his playing career the intensely private Jones had longed to retreat from fame's glaring spotlight. While the press referred to him as "a golfing machine," the strain of competition exacted a ferocious toll on his physical and emotional well-being. During the season of the Slam he constantly battled exhaustion, nearly lost his life twice, and came perilously close to a total collapse. By the time he completed his unprecedented feat, Bobby Jones was the most famous man not only in golf, but in the history of American sports. Jones followed his crowning achievement with a shocking announcement: his retirement from the game at the age of 28. His abrupt disappearance from the public eye into a closely guarded private life helped create a mythological image of this hero from the Golden Age of sports that endures to this day.

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Not as good as "Greatest Game," but still a worthwhile read.......2007-07-22

Frost's follow-up effort to the outstanding "The Greatest Game Ever Played" - the movie adaptation of which will be released by Disney this fall - this meandering tale tracks the career of Bobby Jones, the greatest amateur golfer of all time, climaxing with his assault on the Grand Slam (back then, it was the US and British Open and Amateur titles) in 1930. After winning the Slam, Jones retired from tournament competition, at the age of 29. After reading Frost's harrowing account of his physical and mental anguish during the ordeal, you'll certain understand why.

Aesthetically, this book doesn't hold together nearly as well as "Greatest Game". Frost includes far too much "background" information (most of which is, quite honestly, common knowledge) about everything from the origins of World War I to the Scopes "Monkey Trial". The bits of early 20th-century lore than festooned the pages of "Greatest Game" were a welcome addition to the storyline, helping us to understand the time and place. Here, they are an annoying intrusion. Despite this unfortunate slip, Frost's prose is still enjoyable to read, and the story will be of interest to anyone who has an interest in the history of golf.

A good story of the life of Bobby Jones.......2007-05-14

Any golfer has heard about Bobby Jones, this book brings his life into focus for all of us. Bobby Jones played this game as an amateur and never was a professional golfer. He won many tournaments both here and in England as was able to afford this by the help of his father.

He was married and they lived with his parents as the many travels Bobby had to make playing golf, it made it handy for his family to be cared for. I was surprised that Bobby Jones had quite a temper and his language was not the best either. He tried to control this but he was such a prefectionist that whenever he made an error he let out his frustration this way.

This book covers all his winnings from a very young age until he won the Grand Slam with were all the big tournament in one year. A terrific feat that has not been done to this day. Until Tiger Woods did it but his was done covering from one year to the next.

If you love history and love golf, this book is worth the read.

Letta Meinen

A cherished read.......2006-09-10

By reading this book I began to admire Bobby Jones, not so much for his golf but for his character and his strength in making it to the end. It would have been a lot easier for him in a folklore sense if he had died young instead of being tortured with a crippling, painful disease that challenged him physically and was a test to him mentally and emotionally. I admire that he never hid himself away like so many famous people do that want to be remembered as they "were". I believe that this is the most admirable thing about him. That and his willingness to serve in WWII, landing on the same beach the day after D-Day. Not just a "for show" tour of duty. His devotion to his family, his country and his friends and his hometown are quite amazing. He is a role model in many ways that I don't even think of golf as one of them but for his tenaciousness, his intellect, his well roundedness and his extreme graciousness. He could have derailed many times but he never did in life. It's a loss that there isn't more to read about his life to know how he managed to adjust to everyday life and his illness, how he kept putting one foot in front of the other. The criticism seems unjust re: Chick Evans, Jones was very kind in all his correspondence to him which I have read in other books. Also, so much is made of his temper which he defends and explains in "Down the Fairway" by Jones, as not worse than any other player of the time and shortlived as a childish display that was never witnessed again at least publically for the rest of his life. Bobby Jones accomplished an amazing number of feats that most of us would feel proud to do even one of such as the many languages he spoke, the degrees, his many intellectual skills, a good family man and most of all his grace in a life.

Interesting insights on Jones.......2006-08-26

Most sports fans have heard that Jones won the Grand Slam, but few (including myself) realize the temper that Jones had or how the quest to win ate him up. Also the story of his later life was unknown to me as well.

Not just a golf story an excellent Historical Narrative .......2006-08-22

Historical Narrative in the spirit of Seabiscuit or Jeff or Michael Shaara's works. Excellent story interwoven with the characters, times, and actions that surrounded Bobby Jones.

The Grand Slam : Bobby Jones, America, and the Story of Golf

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The Grand Slam : Bobby Jones, America, and the Story of Golf
Mark Frost
Manufacturer: NY
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000MU2SPI

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In the mid-19th century, Austria comprised a heterogeneous, multi-ethnic empire consisting of the Austrian or 'German' area; the Hungarian area; the Military Border; and the Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia. The diverse nature of the empire made it difficult to create a unified and up-to-date military system, especially with remnants of feudalism still strong in some provinces. This book examines the Line infantry, Grenz infantry (Border troops) and Jägers (riflemen) that formed the Austrian infantry. Numerous illustrations and photographs of uniforms, rank insignia and regiments complement the text, as well as eight full colour plates.

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Uniforms and weapons of The Austrian Empire Army.......2001-09-19

In the 19 century Austria find a lot of problems with their multi-ethnic Empire and with their neighbors, Austria was one of the major powers in the era of the revolutions and was not
out of content when it refers to his army, in this first great work from Darko Pavlovic we start with the infantry, weapons and uniforms are the major points of this book, a small map would help us understand the problems with their borders and why was important to have a well prepare and trained army ready for any campaigns, photos of the time would make us see with more precision the weapons and uniforms without forgetting the 8 Uniforms plates by the author, remember this is the first part there is also the Calvary from the same author which also is a great work.

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Great wonderful stuff, but out of date.......2005-05-14

Presentation:
The interior text is formatted nicely. I don't recall encountering any typos. No interior illustrations, graphics, or photos. The text is divided up into headings, subheadings, etc to lend sufficient visual interest, and this makes it significantly easier to skim the book if necessary. The writing style is neither humorous nor bland.

Subjects covered:
The book is divided into eight parts, is further divided into 33 chapters by subject, and is further divided into 116 "actions."

The parts are these: Building community. Raising the next generation. Computer activism. Protecting the environment. Food, hunger, and agriculture. Socially responsible banking and investing. The responsible consumer. Peace, Justice, and social change.

Each "action" is fairly brief, only a couple pages, and tells you some background information about the subject, argues why something should be done, and tells you what you can do, and who to contact to learn more and actually do some things. There are plenty of things you can do other than donating money to organizations, such as volunteering or making changes in your lifestyle. Interestingly, the last action listed in the book, number 116, is about supporting gay rights.

Since this book was published in 1995, much of the information may no longer be of use:
~ References to the Internet are obsolete, since this was before the World Wide Web.
~ Changes may have happened to mailing addresses, phone numbers, and fax numbers of organizations to contact. You'll have to Google them and find out where they are now.
~ Statistics aren't fully up to date, although ten-year-old statistics are probably satisfactory information.

Suggestions:
~ Since a lot of this book is disappointingly out of date, get it from the library rather than buying it. Don't feel bad, since the book itself says that getting library books is better than buying a book you're doubtful about, since it conserves resources.
~ Read this book with a notepad at hand, to jot down things you found interesting: points, actions, and names of organizations to look up later.
~ You can read this book in short breaks when you're fairly busy with other things, since its layout makes it very easy to find your spot again to resume reading, or to skim.

The most inspiring book I have read!!!.......1999-05-22

This is a great book, reminding us that no matter what we do, it affects the whole world. So we might as well direct our attention and affect our world in a positive way by following the suggestions the authors have put together. Extremely well researched and organized book. Everyone can make a difference. I wish everyone would read the book to find out how!!!

a perfect guide for the perplexed.......1997-06-18

This book is different from most books of the 50 Ways to Save the Earth genre because it covers a diverse array of social, political, ethical, and environmental problems in an in-depth fashion. The authors explain tough issues like the environmental effects of eating styles in clear, calm terms. The suggestions to make the world a better place range from extremely easy acts to reduce personal consumption to ambitious, challenging proposals for personal engagement with the homeless, the homebound, and others in need of assistance. Not only has it changed my own daily behaivor, I've found it to make a great, thought-provoking gift

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"àa rich and fitting tribute." -PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

"With previously unpublished journal entries and letters, this volume captures the original mountain man's final trek." -OUTSIDE

"I am now writing up some notes, but when they will be ready for publication I do not know... It will be a long time before anything is arranged in book form." These words of John Muir, written in June 1912 to a friend, proved prophetic. The journals and notes to which the great naturalist and environmental figure was referring have languished, unpublished and virtually untouched, for nearly a century. Until now. Here edited and published for the first time, John Muir's travel journals from 1911-12, along with his associated correspondence, finally allow us to read in his own words the remarkable story of John Muir's last great journey.

Leaving from Brooklyn, New York, in August 1911, John Muir, at the age of seventy-three and traveling alone, embarked on an eight-month, 40,000-mile voyage to South America and Africa. The 1911-12 journals and correspondence reproduced in this volume allow us to travel with him up the great Amazon, into the jungles of southern Brazil, to snowline in the Andes, through southern and central Africa to the headwaters of the Nile, and across six oceans and seas in order to reach the rare forests he had so long wished to study. Although this epic journey has received almost no attention from the many commentators on Muir's work, Muir himself considered it among the most important of his life and the fulfillment of a decades-long dream.

John Muir's Last Journey provides a rare glimpse of a Muir whose interests as a naturalist, traveler, and conservationist extended well beyond the mountains of California. It also helps us to see John Muir as a different kind of hero, one whose endurance and intellectual curiosity carried him into far fields of adventure even as he aged, and as a private person and family man with genuine affections, ambitions, and fears, not just an iconic representative of American wilderness.

With an introduction that sets Muir's trip in the context of his life and work, along with chapter introductions and a wealth of explanatory notes, the book adds important dimensions to our appreciation of one of America's greatest environmentalists. John Muir's Last Journey will be must reading for students and scholars of environmental history, American literature, natural history, and related fields, as well as for naturalists and armchair travelers everywhere.

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Good.....but.......2006-11-03

Muir's journals were good but I didn't care for the introduction to the journals in each chapter by the author. The intro's went into way to much background detail. I would have been fine with less intro.

John Muir's Last Journey South to the Amazon and East to Africa: Unpublished Journals and Selected Correspondence

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John Muir's Last Journey South to the Amazon and East to Africa: Unpublished Journals and Selected Correspondence
John Muir
Manufacturer: Island Press
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Binding: Hardcover

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In August 1911, at the age of 73, John Muir embarked on an eight-month journey to South America and Africa to realize a lifelong dream. He was insistent on traveling alone, and concerned friends and family tried in vain to talk him out of going. Others hoped he would forget the notion altogether. "Have I forgotten the Amazon, Earth's greatest river?" he wrote to a concerned friend. "Never, never, never. It has been burning in me half a century, and will burn forever." Indeed, as early as the 1860s Muir had begun planning a trip to South America, and he could wait no longer.

Arriving in South America via the Caribbean, he went a thousand miles up the Amazon, explored the Atlantic coast, and ventured into the Chilean Andes. He then sailed east and explored the jungles, forests, and plains of south and central Africa and the headwaters of the Nile at Lake Victoria before sailing back to New York via the Red Sea, Mediterranean Sea, and the North Atlantic--a 40,000-mile journey in all.

Though best known for his conservation efforts in California and his creation of the Sierra Club, Muir considered his final journey the most rewarding, writing while in Africa in 1912 that "on this pair of wild hot continents I've enjoyed the most fruitful year of my life." These letters and journal entries further prove that his interests as a naturalist and conservationist extended to the entire world; he calls a section of the Amazon the "most interesting forest I have seen in my whole life" and refers to an experience with rare baobab trees in Africa as "one of the greatest of the great tree days of my lucky life."

These writings, published for the first time here, also reveal a different side of Muir, one that editor Michael P. Branch believes is essential to achieving "a full understanding of his accomplishments as a person, writer, and naturalist." Branch explains that Muir's allegiance was not to California or even America, but to Earth, and his view of the planet as a single organism only strengthened as he matured: "The more I see of our goodly Godly star the more plainly comes to sight and mind the truth that it is all one like a face, every feature radiating beauty on the others," he wrote to a friend in 1911. Even in the twilight of his life, Muir never lost his spirit of adventure or sense of wonder for the natural world. --Shawn Carkonen

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"I am now writing up some notes, but when they will be ready for publication I do not know... It will be a long time before anything is arranged in book form." These words of John Muir, written in June 1912 to a friend, proved prophetic. The journals and notes to which the great naturalist and environmental figure was referring have languished, unpublished and virtually untouched, for nearly a century. Until now. Here edited and published for the first time, Muir's travel journals from 1911-12, along with his associated correspondence, finally allow us to read in his own words the remarkable story of John Muir's last great journey.

Leaving from Brooklyn, New York, in August 1911, Muir, at the age of seventy-three and traveling alone, embarked on an eight-month, 40,000-mile voyage to South America and Africa. The 1911-12 journals and correspondence reproduced in this volume allow us to travel with him up the great Amazon, into the jungles of southern Brazil, to snowline in the Andes, through southern and central Africa to the headwaters of the Nile, and across six oceans and seas in order to reach the rare forests he had so long wished to study. Although this epic journey has received almost no attention from the many commentators on Muir's work, Muir himself considered it among the most important of his life and the fulfillment of a decades-long dream.

John Muir's Last Journey provides a rare glimpse of a Muir whose interests as a naturalist, traveler, and conservationist extended well beyond the mountains of California. It also helps us to see Muir as a different kind of hero, one whose endurance and intellectual curiosity carried him into far fields of adventure even as he aged, and as a private person and family man with genuine affections, ambitions, and fears, not just an iconic representative of American wilderness.

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