Off the Map

Author: Chellis Glendinning
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 208

Book Description
"As their dreamlike journey unfolds, Chellis and Snowflake strive to understand the results of their ancestors' fatal encounter - hers, the "people of empire"; his, "the colonized" - weaving together current events with their childhood memories and the forces of history to reveal the extent of imperialism's legacy - and to find a way "off the map," to a more hopeful future for us all."--BOOK JACKET.

Marching Off the Map

Author: Tim Elmore
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780996697064
Category : Generation Y
Languages : en
Pages : 254

Book Description

Unruly Places

Author: Alastair Bonnett
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 054410157X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 293

Book Description
Alastair Bonnett explores extraordinary, off-grid, offbeat places including micro-nations, moving villages, secret cities, and no man's lands. Consider Sealand, an abandoned gun platform off the English coast that a British citizen claimed as his own sovereign nation, issuing passports and making his wife a princess. Or Baarle, a patchwork city of Dutch and Flemish enclaves where crossing the street can involve traversing national borders. Or Sandy Island, which appeared on maps well into 2012 despite the fact it never existed.

Off the Map

Author: Derek Nelson
Publisher: Kodansha
ISBN: 9781568362984
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 212

Book Description
This amusing, fact-filled book recharts geography--from Ptolemy to the break-up of Yugoslavia--through the eyes of intrepid seafarers, arrogant imperialists, feuding neighbors, gullible map-makers, and bumbling tourists. 50 maps.

Off the Map

Author: JL Crosswhite
Publisher: Tandem Services Press
ISBN: 1734159073
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 379

Book Description
She thought it was a road trip adventure… …He figured it was the perfect opportunity. But her stalker was on the road to retaliation, and she was his destination. Relocation specialist Allie Ellis’s neatly ordered life is turned upside down by the reappearance of her old teen crush. And somehow he’s been recruited to join her family’s planned road trip. Detective Steve Collins never got over the girl he let get away in high school. Now they are thrown together by mutual friends. And he’s not about to let her go without a second chance. But a thwarted felon has mapped out plans of his own, marking more than caution signs around each bend. Have Allie and Collins found each other only to discover another detour? A fatal one, over a cliff? Off the Map, the first book in the new spin-off series In the Shadow, is Christian romantic suspense at its best. If you loved the Hometown Heroes series, you will love this page-turner because this trip packs excitement to the final page. Buy Off the Map now.

Off the Map

Author: Peter Roop
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1504010159
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 50

Book Description
A Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People: The tale of the famous expedition of Lewis and Clark, condensed from their own eight-volume journals for young historians Lewis and Clark’s famous 1804 expedition was told with great detail by the explorers themselves in an eight-volume account. Now young historians have the opportunity to learn the thrills, challenges, and adventures in a version accessible for them. Two years’ worth of entries are condensed into a flowing account that maintains the historical essence of the original. With a fact-filled prologue and epilogue, young readers can relive the adventurous eight-thousand-mile journey across uncharted wilderness.

Recipes for Disaster

Author: CrimeInc Worker's Collective
Publisher: CrimethInc. Collective
ISBN: 0970910142
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 628

Book Description
Beautifully designed A-Z of the totality of revolutionary politics. This brand new Crimethinc book is the action guide - the direct action guide. From affinity groups to wheatpasting, coalition building, hijacking events, mental health, pie-throwing, shoplifting, stenciling, supporting survivors of domestic violence, surviving a felony trial, torches, and whole bunch more. Incredible design, and lots of graphics give it that hip situ feel. Loads to read, to think about, and to do. At 650 pages, you could always throw the damn book at a suitable target. What are you waiting for?

My Map Book

Author: Sara Fanelli
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0060264551
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 38

Book Description
In each spread of this bold and humorous picture book, available for the first time since 1995, children can examine their place in the world around them through detailed and engaging maps. Twelve beautifully illustrated maps such as Map of My Day and Map of My Tummy will fascinate children. When finished reading the book, children can unfold the jacket -- it turns into a poster-size map!

Edge of the Map

Author: Johanna Garton
Publisher: Mountaineers Books
ISBN: 1680512897
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 269

Book Description
Edge of the Map is equal parts inspiring, dramatic, and heartbreaking. One of America’s greatest high altitude mountaineers, Christine Boskoff was at the top of her career when she and her partner died in an avalanche in 2006. Charismatic, principled, and humble, Boskoff was also a deeply loved role model to her climbing partners and the Sherpa community. Edge of the Map traces the sharp twists and turns in Boskoff’s life, from her early years as a Lockheed engineer, through her first successes in the climbing world, to her purchase of Seattle-based Mountain Madness after owner and climber Scott Fischer died in the 1996 Everest disaster. Her life was one of constant achievement mixed with personal tragedy. The story follows Boskoff as she perseveres and moves on to even bigger peaks, earning acclaim as a world-class mountaineer, then later as she finds an alpine partnership with legendary Colorado climber Charlie Fowler.

Off the Map

Author: Scot Gardner
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 1761061429
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 144

Book Description
Our home town. Sometimes it feels like the centre of the universe, sometimes it's the bum-end of nowhere. We are her sons and daughters. These are our triumphs and our heartaches, our fears and hopes for a better life. Getting lost, falling in love, pushing boundaries, exploring the world - powerfully honest stories to make you think and feel, from the award-winning author of The Dead I Know and Changing Gear. 'Off The Map is a stunning smorgasbord of short stories - each one a treat to be savoured. These are stories that stroll through the Australian landscape with measured, confident steps that never miss a beat. Walking with Gardner is a delight - you're in for a wild, funny and profoundly moving journey.' - Barry Jonsberg, author of My Life as an Alphabet