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.

No Wall They Can Build

Author: Crimethinc Ex-Worker's Collective
Publisher: Crimethinc
ISBN: 9780998982212
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
"Why do people cross the border without documents? How do they make the journey? Whose interests does the border serve--and what has it done to North America? Every year, thousands of people risk their lives to cross the desert between Mexico and the United States. Drawing on nearly a decade of solidarity work along the border, this book uncovers the true goals and costs of US border policy--and what to do about it."--Back cover.

Falling Off the Map

Author: Pico Iyer
Publisher: Vintage Canada
ISBN: 0307367193
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 220

Book Description
The author of Video Night in Kathmandu ups the ante on himself in this sublimely evocative and acerbically funny tour through the world's loneliest and most eccentric places. From Iceland to Bhutan to Argentina, Iyer remains both uncannily observant and hilarious.

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.

City Scratch-off Map: Paris

Author: Christina Henry de Tessan
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 9781452139852
Category : Maps
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
These portable scratch-off maps transform a trip through each city into a scavenger hunt through thirty of its most popular destinations. As travelers make their way to each attraction, they scratch to reveal fun facts and activities leading to must-see highlights and unexpected discoveries at each place. Illustrated in full-color and written by the author of bestselling City Walks decks, Christina Henry de Tessan, this map provides a one-of-a-kind travel adventure fun for all ages.

Phineas and Ferb: Off the Map

Author: Disney Books
Publisher: Disney Electronic Content
ISBN: 1423178858
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 112

Book Description
Phineas and Ferb are headed to their grandparents' lake cabin for a weekend of outdoor adventure with their friends! They play games, toast marshmallows, and share spooky stories around the campfire. But could there be a real-life Bigfoot watching them from the shadows? The fun continues when Grandpa tells everyone the tale of Badbeard the Pirate—and Phineas and Ferb lead the hunt for Badbeard's long-lost treasure! Readers will love this fun chapter book filled with exciting black-and-white pictures from the show.

On the Map

Author: Simon Garfield
Publisher: Avery
ISBN: 1592407803
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 466

Book Description
Examines the pivotal relationship between mapping and civilization, demonstrating the unique ways that maps relate and realign history, and shares engaging cartography stories and map lore.

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.