Inland

Author: Téa Obreht
Publisher:
ISBN: 0812992865
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 386

Book Description
In the lawless, drought-ridden lands of the Arizona Territory in 1893, two extraordinary lives collide. Nora is an unflinching frontierswoman, alone in a house abandoned by the men in her life. Lurie is a man haunted by ghosts--he sees lost souls who want something from him. The way in which Nora and Lurie's stories intertwine is the surprise and suspense of this brilliant novel.ovel.

An Inland Voyage (1878): Travelogue

Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN: 9781728699974
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 56

Book Description
Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson (13 November 1850

The Inland Sea

Author: Donald Richie
Publisher: Stone Bridge Press
ISBN: 1611729165
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 322

Book Description
"An elegiac prose celebration . . . a classic in its genre."—Publishers Weekly In this acclaimed travel memoir, Donald Richie paints a memorable portrait of the island-studded Inland Sea. His existential ruminations on food, culture, and love and his brilliant descriptions of life and landscape are a window into an Old Japan that has now nearly vanished. Included are the twenty black and white photographs by Yoichi Midorikawa that accompanied the original 1971 edition. Donald Richie (1924-2013) was an internationally recognized expert on Japanese culture and film. Yoichi Midorikawa (1915-2001) was one of Japan's foremost nature photographers.

Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes and An Inland Voyage

Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
Publisher: Konemann
ISBN: 9783895084607
Category : Authors, Scottish
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description

Travels Into the Inland Parts of Africa

Author: Francis Moore
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa, North
Languages : en
Pages : 390

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An Inland Voyage

Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
Publisher: The Floating Press
ISBN: 177541521X
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 175

Book Description
Robert Louis Stevenson's 1878 travelogue, An Inland Voyage, details his canoeing trip through France and Belgium in 1876. Pioneering new ground in outdoor literature, this was Stevenson's first book. He had decided to become free from his parent's financial support so that he might freely pursue the woman he loved; to support himself he wrote travelogues, most notably An Inland Voyage, Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes and The Silverado Squatters. Stevenson undertook the journey with his friend, Sir Walter Grindlay Simpson, at a time when such outdoor travel for leisure was considered unusual and it resulted in this romantic and original work that still inspires travelers today.

The Living Great Lakes

Author: Jerry Dennis
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312331030
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 326

Book Description
The author provides an account of his experiences as a crew member on a tall-masted schooner during a six-week voyage through the Great Lakes, and discusses his other explorations of the lakes, looking at their history, geology, and environmental disaster and rescue.

Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes

Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
Publisher: Cosimo Classics
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 248

Book Description
On 23 September 1878 Stevenson set out from Le Monastier in the Haut Loire, to tramp through the wild region of the Cevennes. His only companion was a small donkey to carry basic necessities, and a commodious "sleeping sack". In the next 12 days, at a pace dictated by the donkey and carrying most of the supplies himself, he travelled 120 miles across rivers, mountains and forests. His stylish and witty account was published in 1879.

Voyage of the Liberdade

Author: Joshua Slocum
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Voyages and travels
Languages : en
Pages : 188

Book Description
P. 160-171 covers rescue of some Gilbert Islanders.

America's Inland Waterway

Author: Allan C. Fisher
Publisher: Caxton Press
ISBN:
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 216

Book Description
"Sky, water, wave-lashed rock, that lovely shore ... for a time they are all yours, and they set you free," writes Allan C. Fisher, Jr., in praise of boating, at the start of his voyage down the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway.