There's Always The Hills

Author: Cameron McNeish
Publisher: Sandstone Press Ltd
ISBN: 1910985961
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 452

Book Description
'A wonderful, personal book.' -Sam Heughan, star of OutlanderFrom his home in the Cairngorms of Scotland, Cameron McNeish reflects on a life dedicated to the outdoors.A prolific author, McNeish has led treks in the Himalayas and Syria, edited The Great Outdoors Magazine, establishing it as Britain's premier walking publication, created new long-distance walks and made television series, contributed a monthly column to Scots Magazine, campaigned for Scottish independence and raised a family with his wife, Gina.In this long-awaited autobiography, he candidly recalls the ups and downs of a full life, much of it in the public eye, much of it until now unseen.

There Is Nothing for You Here

Author: Fiona Hill
Publisher: Mariner Books
ISBN: 0358574315
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 437

Book Description
A celebrated foreign policy expert and key impeachment witness reveals how declining opportunity has set America on the grim path of modern Russia--and draws on her personal journey out of poverty, and her unique perspectives as an historian and policy maker, to show how we can return hope to our forgotten places.

The Hills is Lonely

Author: Lillian Beckwith
Publisher: House of Stratus
ISBN: 075510269X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 273

Book Description
"When Lillian Beckwith advertised for a secluded place in the country, she received a letter with the following unusual description of an isolated Hebridean croft: 'Surely it's that quiet even the sheeps themselves on the hills is lonely and as to the sea it's that near as I use it myself everyday for the refusals...' Her curiosity aroused, Beckwith took up the invitation. This is the comic and enchanting story of the strange rest cure that followed and her efforts to adapt to a completely different way of life."--Back cover.

The Hill We Climb

Author: Amanda Gorman
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 059346527X
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 34

Book Description
The instant #1 New York Times bestseller and #1 USA Today bestseller Amanda Gorman’s electrifying and historic poem “The Hill We Climb,” read at President Joe Biden’s inauguration, is now available as a collectible gift edition. “Stunning.” —CNN “Dynamic.” —NPR “Deeply rousing and uplifting.” —Vogue On January 20, 2021, Amanda Gorman became the sixth and youngest poet to deliver a poetry reading at a presidential inauguration. Taking the stage after the 46th president of the United States, Joe Biden, Gorman captivated the nation and brought hope to viewers around the globe with her call for unity and healing. Her poem “The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country” can now be cherished in this special gift edition, perfect for any reader looking for some inspiration. Including an enduring foreword by Oprah Winfrey, this remarkable keepsake celebrates the promise of America and affirms the power of poetry.

Blood in the Hills

Author: Bruce Stewart
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813134277
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 424

Book Description
To many antebellum Americans, Appalachia was a frightening wilderness of lawlessness, peril, robbers, and hidden dangers. The extensive media coverage of horse stealing and scalping raids profiled the regionÕs residents as intrinsically violent. After the Civil War, this characterization continued to permeate perceptions of the area and news of the conflict between the Hatfields and the McCoys, as well as the bloodshed associated with the coal labor strikes, cemented AppalachiaÕs violent reputation. Blood in the Hills: A History of Violence in Appalachia provides an in-depth historical analysis of hostility in the region from the late eighteenth to the early twentieth century. Editor Bruce E. Stewart discusses aspects of the Appalachian violence culture, examining skirmishes with the native population, conflicts resulting from the regionÕs rapid modernization, and violence as a function of social control. The contributors also address geographical isolation and ethnicity, kinship, gender, class, and race with the purpose of shedding light on an often-stereotyped regional past. Blood in the Hills does not attempt to apologize for the region but uses detailed research and analysis to explain it, delving into the social and political factors that have defined Appalachia throughout its violent history.

Thesaurus of Traditional English Metaphors

Author: P.R. Wilkinson
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134474148
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 2991

Book Description
This fascinating collection of traditional metaphors and figures of speech, groups expressions according to theme. The second edition includes over 1,500 new entries, more information on first known usages, a new introduction and two expanded indexes. It will appeal to those interested in cultural history and the English language.

Wilderness Walks

Author: Cameron McNeish
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780563371762
Category : Scotland
Languages : en
Pages : 192

Book Description
With each walk divided into sections, so that readers can plan part or the whole of the walk, this is a guide to 12 wilderness walks in Scotland. Detailed sketch-maps of the routes are accompanied by information on camp sites, parking and refreshment stops.

Always Coming Home

Author: Ursula K. Le Guin
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520227354
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 546

Book Description
An "ethnographic" novel that portrays life in California's Napa Valley as it might be a very long time from now, imagined not as a high tech future but as a time of people once again living close to the land.

Hill Man

Author: Janice Giles
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813129125
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 187

Book Description
" After writing Hill Man , Janice Holt Giles said, ""I was struck by its strength. It is the most realistic ridge book we have written, completely honest and presenting the truest picture of most of the ridge men."" Giles originally published the book in paperback in 1954 under the pseudonym John Garth. Her usual publisher declined to issue the novel, arguing that it was too sexual and violent for a writer whose other books were popular family book club selections. Now one of the most sought-after novels in the Giles canon, Hill Man desired as much for its rarity as for its compelling and unromanticized portrayal of poor, rural Kentuckians. This special edition marks the first time the book has ever been available in hardback. The novel's hero is Rady Cromwell, a man with dangerous ways that make men admire him and women love him. Born the son of a preacher in the hills of Kentucky, Rady grows into a shrewd but likeable prankster and hell-raiser with a gift for separating people from their money. Beginning his adult life with nothing more than a gun, a dog, and a guitar, Rady becomes a backwoods entrepreneur, working diligently to climb the social and economic ladder. Hill Man follows Rady from his poor beginnings through his conquests of various women and pieces of property. Bold, inventive, hard working, and good natured, Rady follows every opportunity that comes along and takes great pride in raising a herd of cattle or a successful crop of corn or tobacco. Yet he also delights in singing folk ballads around a fire, in the thrill of a foxhunt by moonlight, and in the refreshing waters of a stream after a long day in the fields.

The Enduring Hills

Author: Janice Holt Giles
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 9780813101859
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 260

Book Description
"The story of Hod Pierce, a young man who grows up on Piney Ridge, where generations of Pierces have made a living from the stubborn soil. Hod loves his people and the land but longs for wider horizons, for more education, and for the freedom his imagines can be found in the outside world. It takes World War II to carry Hod away from the Ridge and out into the owrld, and it takes his city-bred wife to make Hod realize that Piney Ridge will always be home"--Back cover.