Download or read book A History of Hideaway Island written by Justin Clavet and published by . This book was released on 2013-04-27 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everyone has dreams of leaving behind the burdens of their everyday life and escaping to a faraway paradise. This is the story of a man who did. A History of Hideaway Island: Storytelling Through Backyard Imagineering offers a unique look into the small but growing culture of "backyard Imagineering," in which fans of the Disney theme parks and resort hotels design and construct experiences evocative of those crafted by the renowned Walt Disney Imagineers. In late 2009, Justin Clavet, Disney enthusiast and author of the Disney fan blog AWOL Airwaves, decided to become one of these backyard Imagineers. For his first undertaking, he would ultimately settle upon designing a resort hotel hypothetically located at the Walt Disney World Resort. His journey would take him from concept sketches to scale models, but the center of his project would unexpectedly become the story being told by the experience he was designing. With every Disney experience beginning and ending with a story, this would undoubtedly be the component to exert the most influence on the project, dubbed Jungle Hideaway. This book details the author's motivations and inspirations, the features of Jungle Hideaway, and the story of Edward Riles, while exploring every step of the design process. Join the legendary Admiral Edward Theodore Riles on his final expedition in this daring and adventurous tale. After being shipwrecked on an island, in a cove, in the middle of the endless Amazon jungle, Riles and the men who accompanied him on his journey find themselves in an unlikely paradise. These men will toil to make the island their home, but the trials they endure will pave the way for countless people around the world to experience the magic and splendor of Hideaway Island many years after they are gone. A History of Hideaway Island is for every Disney fan and any person who has ever been inspired by the work of the Walt Disney Imagineers around the world. For more information and an extended preview of this book, please visit the publisher's site at awolairwaves.com. Neither this work nor its author are affiliated in any way with The Walt Disney Company or its subsidiaries. The use of the Disney name or the mention of Disney properties is not intended to imply any such affiliation or infringe on any existing copyrights or registered trademarks held by The Walt Disney Company but are used in context for educational purposes.
Download or read book The Hideaway Island written by King Island Tourist Promotion Committee and published by . This book was released on 1975* with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Islands Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1996-09 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Islands Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1997-03 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Hideaway written by James Houston and published by M&S. This book was released on 2000-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For more than thirty years James Houston has been flying to Vancouver, then taking a little plane north and west to the airport at Sandspit on the Queen Charlotte Islands. After the ferry ride to Skidegate, he takes the single road running north on Graham Island and settles down in his small cottage by the bridge over the Tlell River. There he fishes, writes, draws, roams around, and rejoices that he and his wife, Alice, have found the perfect place. People go misty-eyed when they recall the Queen Charlottes, those distant islands in the Pacific within sight of Alaska that are miraculously temperate and see little snow. The glaciers of the Ice Age passed the islands by, leaving a treasure trove for botanists and biologists. Today, the warming Japan current still protects its shores. Among its many delights are spectacular wildlife of all kinds. On land are many deer, river otters, and the largest black bears in the world. Its waters shelter giant crabs, salmon, and killer whales. And the air is filled with remarkable birds, especially the ravens and bald eagles that are everywhere. Special landscapes include moss-hung rainforests that remind us that this is Emily Carr country, sheer cliffs that plunge straight into the Pacific, miles of empty beaches piled with sculptured driftwood, Guinness-black forest pools and thundering seascapes, and even a secret Haida mountain that provides the rare carving stone known as argillite. These are the islands of Haida Gwaii, of course, and James Houston has always had an affinity for native people, whether with Ojibway friends in his Ontario boyhood or with Inuit in the North. His book tells the history of the Haida, the coming of theEagle and the Raven clans, and the rich culture they developed in this land of plenty. Then came the bloody sea otter fur trade with sometimes ruthless sea captains two centuries ago and later the smallpox that wiped out 80 per cent of the Haida population, with social effects that have lasted to this day. Houston also tells us about totem poles and potlatches, two traditions that he has seen being revived. And while many old Haida legends adorn his book, there are also fine modern characters, including the old Haida visitor who sang a song to her river "chez Houston, and the Houstons' friend Teddy Bellis, who liked to offer their big-city guests a snack of "smoked dog." From a visit to the awesome power of the crumbling poles at the deserted village of Ninstints in the south all the way to the site of a crab fishing tragedy on North Beach, the book covers the range of the archipelago. But James Houston is a fanatical fly fisherman and his love of fishing on his doorstep - and dramatic tales of salmon or trout caught or lost by him, or Alice, or their friends - runs through the book. So, too, does their beloved Tlell River, which ebbs and flows with the tide a mere twenty feet from his window. As he and Alice arrive and open up the old green cottage, their excitement will affect everyone whose family has ever had a special summer place, a hideaway. Reading this book is almost as good as being there.
Download or read book Islands Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1989-05 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Islands Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 2000-09 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Islands Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1998-03 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Rest Is History written by Goalhanger Podcasts and published by PublicAffairs. This book was released on 2023-12-05 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This entertaining companion to the massively popular history podcast tackles everything from Alexander the Great to Agatha Christie, the Wars of the Roses to Watergate--with a unique blend of wit, wisdom, and good old-fashioned banter The Rest Is History podcast brilliantly distills major moments in human history, covering everything from the Trojan War to a historical ranking of the greatest dogs. Now, this official tie-in book brings the chart-topping podcast’s charms to the page, offering readers a fresh, wide-ranging tour of humanity’s essential, and essentially weird, moments, including: - Did the Trojan War actually happen? - What was the most disastrous party in history? - Was Richard Nixon more like Caligula or Claudius? - How did a hair appointment almost blow Churchill’s cover? - Why did the Nazis believe they were descended from Atlantis? Featuring an introduction from podcast hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook, this book cleverly demonstrates that the past—from modern to ancient and every time in between—is both closer to us than we might realize and bafflingly strange, all at once. So run your Egyptian milk bath, strap up your best Spartan sandals, and prepare for a journey down the highways and byways of the human past.
Download or read book Islands Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1998-11 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Islands Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1997-05 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Island Hideaway written by Margaret Govan and published by London : Dent. This book was released on 1957 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Islands Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1988-11 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Islands Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1989-01 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Casco Bay Islands written by Ruth S. Sargent and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 1995-05 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the development of photography in the midnineteenth century, the camera has been used as a tool of both discovery and preservation. Photographs bring alive our image of the past, and can open a floodgate of memories and nostalgia or inspire curiosity and a sense of history. The Casco Bay Islands have long been one of Maine s most treasured hideaway places. Connected to Portland and the mainland only by ferry, a trip to the islands is a trip into another world. Fairy-tale Victorian cottages are surrounded by beautiful beaches, boats, and an atmosphere of tranquility. Their separation from the outside world has allowed the islands to preserve their unique identities and rich sense of history in the face of twentieth-century changes."
