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Heart Of A Heroine: Saving the Last Redwoods
Julia Hill , Julia Butterfly Hill , and Michael Toms Manufacturer: Hay House ProductGroup: Book Binding: Audio Cassette Similar Items:
ASIN: 1561708534 |
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On this extraordinary audio program, Julia Butterfly Hill, the remarkable woman who inspired the world by living in a giant redwood tree named Luna to protest the practices of the logging industry, shares her story of commitment, perseverance and courage with New Dimensions Radio host Michael Toms.Customer Reviews:
Inspiring Interview With An Environmental Heroine.......2003-01-05
The voice for those whom cannot speak.......2001-01-31
This audiocassette is wonderful, made by new dimensions radio ( whom is involved with many environmental issues), and is definetly a must have for you treehuggers, outdoor lovers, and spiritualists!
If you do not know of Julia's 2 year treesit in "luna", please go out and get this cassette! I guarentee it will leave you refreshed and inspired!
So take the journey with ms hill as she talks about her sit, and the trials and tribulations she experienced while participating in the longest treesit in history! (738days)
Happy listening!
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An amateur botanist's identification manual for the shrubs and trees of the southern California deserts: By Jim W. Dole and Betty B. Rose ; illustrated ... ... [et al.] ; maps by Randal S. Thomson
Jim W Dole Manufacturer: J.W. Dole and B.B. Rose ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B0006F476C |
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Dances With Marmots - A Pacific Crest Trail Adventure
George G. Spearing Manufacturer: Lulu.com ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 1411656180 Release Date: 2005-11-10 |
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The inspiring story of a 4300km solo hike from Mexico to Canada along the Pacific Crest Trail.Follow the adventure from its inception on an Auckland, New Zealand Fire Station, to its culmination in British Columbia, Canada. Traversing 40 Wilderness areas, 24 National Forests, 7 National Parks, 3 State Parks, 19 major canyons and climbing 57 mountain passes, the epic journey takes the reader from near sea level at the Mexican border to 13,200 ft at Forester Pass in the snowbound High Sierra. An entertaining and inspiring read for anyone contemplating hiking the Pacific Crest Trail, or for anyone who just enjoys a good adventure story.
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Inspirational Journey.......2007-08-15
Long on Kiwi humor; short on backpacking narrative and photos.......2007-06-26
A bit disappointing.......2007-06-19
A Must For Any PCT Dreamer.......2007-01-23
Buy this book! You'll be happy you did.......2006-10-13
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Pacific Crest Trail: Oregon And Washington: From The California Border To The Canadian Border (Pacific Crest Trail)
Andy Selters Manufacturer: Wilderness Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0899973752 |
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Whether you're planning to hike the entire Pacific Crest Trail through Oregon and Washington, or just a section or two, this is an essential guide to the sometimes complicated logistics and navigation of a long-distance expedition. The beginning chapters provide planning basics: post-office addresses for mailing food and supplies, suggestions on when to hike which sections and what to bring, and an introduction to the geology, flora, and fauna of the region. But the heart of the guide comprises 12 chapters of trail specifics between Highway 96 in northern California and Highway 3 in British Columbia. Each section begins and ends at a highway--often at or near a town, resort, or park. Chapters contain topographic maps, prehike information (attractions to be on the lookout for, declination settings, elevation and mileage points, permit regulations, and availability of supplies), along with detailed information on navigating your way along the trail. So if you're packing up your rucksack for a modest PCT excursion or the full-bore trek, this is one item you can't afford to leave out.Book Description
The authoritative guide for planning a trip along the Oregon Washington section of the Pacific Crest Trail. This is the second of two books in our Pacific Crest Trail series. Both have complete 2-color topographic maps and comprehensive descriptions, including mileages and elevations. Trail descriptions and maps are divided into several sections, convenient for people who only want to hike a portion of the trail. Each section introduces up-coming scenery, possible hazards, supply locations, and mileages between major points. Includes information on the history of the trail as well as the geology and natural history you will encounter.Customer Reviews:
Not great, but the best there is.......2003-10-01
The principal problem with this book is organization. The book, like it's companion guides for California, are organized into reasonable sections starting and stopping at well-used re-supply points (or end points for section hikers). The problem is each section contains a mixture of editorial and trail-following instructions in the main body of text. So, when you are lost and the need the guide the most, you must re-trace the trail guide instructions while editing out long editorial comments (frequently commenting on where the trail should have gone, but did not) and this frustrates. Why weren't the trail following instructions separated?
This edition did try to make strides forward in readibility by using icons to denote when the text is talking about water access or re-supply. Though this allows you to skim ahead for where water is (useful!), placing such information in sidebars of the trail following instructions would have been best. Again, the current placement of the re-supply and water information fragments the trail follow tips.
On the plus side, when the authors are not complaining about where the trail should have gone, there is a wealth of information on a variety of topics (e.g. geology, botany, biology, politics and the trail among other topics) all of which help you to enjoy the trail more. Sadly, though, each topic is also interspersed with the main body text. Again making the trail following instructions hard to read as the text changes gears from "how to follow the trail" to "PCT story-time."
Unfortunately, the maps are not 100% accurate. A few of the maps suffer printing errors. On these maps, the trails - which are overlaid on old, out-of-date USGS maps - are placed incorrectly. Switchbacks not going with the grades of the landscape easily identify these maps or perhaps you?ll come a trail junction before a river, when the maps show the junction after the river. Also, the trail is disastrously colored blue, making it hard to distinguish from the all the streams and rivers (also in blue).
That said, these trail guides are the best there is for the PCT, but they are far from perfect.
user-friendly, highly practical while hiking.......1998-07-30
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Day Hikes on the Pacific Crest Trail: Oregon & Washington
George Semb , and Patricia Semb Manufacturer: Wilderness Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0899972764 |
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The first comprehensive guidebook to highlight segments of the Pacific Crest Trail you can hike in a single day. Routes range from four to twenty mile sections of the PCT throughout Oregon and Washington. Detailed trail information includes mileage, elevation change, and difficulty ratings.
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Pacific Crest Trail : Vol 2 Oregon and Washington
Jeff and Harline, Bev Schaffer Manufacturer: Wilderness Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000JQ3CPU |
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Day Hikes on the Pacific Crest Trail/ Oregon & Washington
George & Patricia Semb Manufacturer: Wilderness Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000ON9JSW |
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Can't Stay Away (Sweet Valley High Sr. Year(TM))
Francine Pascal Manufacturer: Sweet Valley ProductGroup: Book Binding: Mass Market Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0553492349 Release Date: 1999-01-12 |
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The twins are seniors! New faces, old friends, and Jessica and Elizabeth Wakefield, right in the middle of things.Customer Reviews:
lov liz and conner.......2006-03-25
I love Sweet Valley .......2006-01-18
New Life,New Setting,New Year,New Everything!.......2005-03-26
Awesome.......2003-12-14
The start of an addiction..........2003-04-08
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Can't Stay Away
Too Short Cdjive 41644 Manufacturer: JIVE/SILVERTONE RECORDS ProductGroup: Book Binding: Audio CD ASIN: 6305316015 |
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Benthic Suspension Feeders and Flow
David Wildish , and David Kristmanson Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0521023475 |
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This book is about those animals found on the sea floor that live by filtering microscopic particles carried by water currents. Its purpose is to review what is known about the biology of suspension feeders in relation to their flow environment. The book includes the larval biology, physiology, ethology, and ecology of suspension feeders interacting with water flow. It will be of value to marine scientists beginning research in the new, interdisciplinary field of hydrodynamics and benthic biology, and it is the first attempt to provide a comprehensive overview of this synthesis from the biological viewpoint.
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The contribution of marine snow to the particle food supply of the benthic suspension feeder, Mytilus edulis [An article from: Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology]
C.R. Newell , C.H. Pilskaln , S.M. Robinson , and MacDona Manufacturer: Elsevier ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B000RR89Y0 |
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This digital document is a journal article from Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, published by Elsevier in . The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Chemistry and Media Companion CW Pkg. (3rd Edition)
John McMurry , and Robert C. Fay Manufacturer: Prentice Hall ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0130576778 |
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The Funeral Director's Practice Management Handbook
Manufacturer: Prentice Hall ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0133453154 |
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Tolkien's Ordinary Virtues : Exploring the Spiritual Themes of the Lord of the Rings
Mark Eddy Smith Manufacturer: InterVarsity Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0830823123 |
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With insight, humor, and a good deal of personal passion for his subject, Mark Eddy Smith offers glimpses into the deeper spiritual meaning of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings by looking at 30 virtues exemplified by its characters throughout the tales. He then invites readers to embrace these virtues for themselves. Using a persuasive, conversational style, Smith offers reflective commentary, sometimes with a direct call to action: "Are there not enough heroes left in the world? Become one yourself." Tolkien aficionados will appreciate such attention to detail as Smith's note that he uses the Ballantine paperback edition, 95th printing, for references. The author writes that he has found in Middle-earth "a training ground, a place where I can apprentice to those whose gifts of charity, wisdom, kindness, mercy, love and faithfulness far surpass my own." Readers who love the Tolkien tales will be challenged to make changes to their own lives through Smith's gentle, thoughtful prose. --Cindy CrosbyBook Description
I will take the Ring, though I do not know the way. Frodo Baggins, at the Council of ElrondThe mere recollection of this declaration, says writer Mark Eddy Smith, "can move me to tears. I have been reading this tale since I was eleven years old, taking it from my shelf every year or so and returning to Middle-earth. . . . As I get older and learn more of what sort of person I am, and continue sojourning to the rich soil of the Shire and the high tower of Minas Tirith, I discover that many of my notions of what is good and right and noble in this world have their source in that one."For Smith, like the rest of us, J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings yields essential lessons in living. In this eloquent book, Smith approaches Middle-earth as a training ground, "a place where [we] can apprentice to those whose gifts of charity, wisdom, kindness, mercy, love and faithfulness far surpass [our] own." And, Smith says, we may learn more easily at the feet of Bilbo, Gandalf, Tom Bombadil and Glorfindel, whose world is so far removed from our real lives and yet so firmly rooted in the biblical story, "than [we would] by studying the convoluted facts of our own history." Echoing Tolkien's views on the workings of story, he concludes that "while it can never supplant the Bible, [The Lord of the Rings] may do its part to supplement it, so that we see again, from a different perspective, the same essential and eternal truths."Here then, is a book that mines the gold from Middle-earth, both for long-time fans and for those just getting acquainted with Tolkien and his universe.Customer Reviews:
the depth of virtues.......2007-06-26
Tolkien against the decline in values.......2004-07-07
This is what you feel when you read this work of Mark Eddy Smith, who - perhaps most of all for himself - has tried to work out what exactly it is that is touching him so deeply through Tolkien's work. And it is a wonderful fact that he has decided to share his cognitions with us. The feelings that the author might have experienced during the writing are passed on to the reader to leave him in a grateful and contemplative mood. Mark Eddy Smith has classified Tolkien's novel according to values and virtues to give us a clear vision of what we have to rediscover and cultivate to satisfy our contemporary desires. This book is simply a fantastic work.
In a word - inspirational.......2003-11-26
in a word, BORING.......2003-06-21
Good work for character building based on char. development.......2003-02-11
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Tolkien's Ordinary Virtues: Exploring the Spiritual Themes of the Lord of the Rings, Library Edition
Mark Eddy Smith Manufacturer: Blackstone Audiobooks ProductGroup: Book Binding: Audio Cassette ASIN: 0786135220 |
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