Thin Places

Author: Ann Armbrecht
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231146531
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 293

Book Description
Thin Places is an eloquent meditation on what it means to move between cultures and how one might finally come home, a particular paradox in a culture that lacks deep ties to the natural world. During the 1990s, Ann Armbrecht, an American anthropologist, made several trips to northeastern Nepal to research how the Yamphu Rai acquired, farmed, and held onto their land; how they perceived their area's recent designation as a national park and conservation area; and whether-as she believed-they held a wisdom about living on the earth that the industrialized West had forgotten. What Armbrecht found instead were men and women who shared her restlessness, people also driven by the feeling that there must be more to life than they could find in their village. Charting Armbrecht's travels in the mountains of Nepal and in the United States, as well as her disintegrating marriage back home, Thin Places is ultimately an exploration not of the sacred far-off but of the sacredness of places that are between?between the internal and external landscape, the self and others, and the self and the land. She finds that home is not a place where we arrive but a way of being in place, wherever that place may be.

Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science 2001

Author: Jiri Sgall
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3540446834
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 735

Book Description
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 26th International Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science, MFCS 2001, held in Marianske Lazne, Czech Republic in August 2001. The 51 revised full papers presented together with 10 invited contributions were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 118 submissions. All current aspects of theoretical computer science are addressed ranging from mathematical logic and programming theory to algorithms, discrete mathematics, and complexity theory. Besides classical issues, modern topics like quantum computing are discussed as well.

Combinatorial Optimization and Applications

Author: Boting Yang
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 354085097X
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 491

Book Description
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Second International Conference on Combinatorial Optimization and Applications, COCOA 2008, held in St. John's, Canada, in August 2008. The 44 revised full papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 84 submissions. The papers feature original research in the areas of combinatorial optimization -- both theoretical issues and and applications motivated by real-world problems thus showing convincingly the usefulness and efficiency of the algorithms discussed in a practical setting.

The Paths of Greek

Author: Enzo Passa
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110621800
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 329

Book Description
This volume proposes a multidisciplinary approach to the history of Ancient Greek. Each of its ten papers offers a methodological example of how the study of Greek can be greatly enhanced by a truly multidisciplinary perspective in which the analysis of language interacts with epigraphy, textual philology and comparative linguistics, yet without neglecting the role that linguistic features play in the texts in which they are used, and hence in the culture which produced both. The first four papers tackle epic language, addressing eccentric pronouns and formulas, the role and semantics of the middle perfect, and the development of hexameter poetry in the colonial West. The next two papers are devoted to lyric poetry and its linguistic influence in Greek literature and tackle fragments by Corinna and Epicharmus respectively. The remaining four contributions look into a variety of topics spanning from early Ionic prose to the diachronic development of the Greek lexicon and its reception in Byzantine lexicography. They all provide examples of how Greek literary language evolved across the centuries, how it was perceived by ancient scholars, and what contribution modern linguistic approaches can provide to our understanding of both these issues.

Thin Paths

Author: Julia Blackburn
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0099549425
Category : Liguria (Italy)
Languages : en
Pages : 274

Book Description
In 1994, while walking the Alta Via, the high path winding from the French border to the Bay of Lerici, a man stopped in a remote village, and found he couldn't forget it. Julia Blackburn married that man and moved to that house in 1999. What she found in the mountains was a new way of life, and one that is fast disappearing.

Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos

Author: J. M. T. Thompson
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 9780471876847
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 492

Book Description
Ein angesehener Bestseller - jetzt in der 2.aktualisierten Auflage! In diesem Buch finden Sie die aktuellsten Forschungsergebnisse auf dem Gebiet nichtlinearer Dynamik und Chaos, einem der am schnellsten wachsenden Teilgebiete der Mathematik. Die seit der ersten Auflage hinzugekommenen Erkenntnisse sind in einem zusätzlichen Kapitel übersichtlich zusammengefasst.

Bring Your Own Children: South America!

Author: Robin Malinosky-Rummell
Publisher: Danforth Book Distribution
ISBN: 9781887542487
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 468

Book Description
Most families do not even consider adding it to their travel itineraries. But Robin and her family did! Follow them and learn how you, too, can travel around this fascinating continent from the heart of the Amazon rainforest through ancient Incan civilizations and modern luxurious high rises to the thundering glaciers at the southern tip. South America can be an exciting, family-friendly vacation destination and an increasingly attractive, affordable alternative to the sharply rising costs of a trip to Europe or even the United States!

Day Hikes in Washington State

Author: Don J. Scarmuzzi
Publisher: Graphic Arts Books
ISBN: 1513267280
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 293

Book Description
Featuring 90 hikes in the state of Washington, this guidebook for hiking enthusiasts of all levels shares the best views and insider tips for every trail, complete with full-color photographs and maps. Day Hikes in Washington State offers a unique perspective for each hike, taking you to the best views and favorite trails just a few hours from Seattle and Portland. Author Don Scarmuzzi includes specific trail features of each route—elevation, distance, duration, difficulty, general trip report—along with detailed descriptions and personal tips of his own. Find trails in and all around the state, including: Mount Rainier Olympic Peninsula Snoqualmie Region–Alpine Lakes Wilderness Central Cascades–Enchantments Sky Valley Northern Cascades Throw this book in your bag as you set out on the trail for some good hiking and beautiful nature views. Find more Pacific Northwest trails in Don Scarmuzzi’s other books, Day Hikes in the Columbia River Gorge and Day Hikes in the Pacific Northwest.

Terrain Training for Off-Road Runners

Author: Stuart Ferguson
Publisher: eBook Partnership
ISBN: 1909270113
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 119

Book Description
Many sports operate in a single dimensional contact world, for example road runners generally run on flat tarmac. However off-road running, in common with sports such as climbing, work in a more multi-dimensional world based on the ever changing surface with which they are in contact with.'Terrain Training for Off-Road Runners' explores the different types of terrain you will encounter, the techniques for adapting your style of running to this environment and the safety aspects needed as well as presenting a number of training patterns to enhance your abilities in this world.On your next run off-road you will now look at the environment through which you are running with a different perspective."e;It's an interesting read for trail runners, particularly those who tend to stray off the trails and out into the open countryside. How many of us understand fully the nature of the flexible running style we should adopt to cope with the enormous variety of conditions underfoot that will be encountered?This book offers guidance on how we can run more effectively and minimise the risk of injury on a variety of treacherous surfaces. The book should be of particular use to someone starting out on off-road running. It is the distillation of a lifetime's experience. Even an old hand like myself found it helpful to have such good sense so clearly expressed. I'm happy to recommend this book."e;Newsletter of the Trail Runners Association

Shade of the Woods

Author: B. C. Schönwandt
Publisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1460267257
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 87

Book Description
Maria lies down in her bed waiting for sleep to bring her the escape she longs for from the living world. Maria’s spirit friend, Emily, joins her in her dreams. Tonight she welcomes Emily. Tonight Maria begins her dream seeing Emily sitting on an old fallen tree in the forest. The grass is green and lush while the sun shines as it continues to give life. Sensing Emily is sad, Maria approaches her friend. Maria places her hand on Emily’s shoulder while asking what is wrong. Emily continues to look down. Maria’s attention shifts to the sky as a strong gust of wind nearly blowing her over. She looks to her friend Emily to ensure she is alright. The sun is gone and so is Emily.