Download or read book In Sight of Yellow Mountain written by Philip Judge and published by Gill & Macmillan Ltd. This book was released on 2017-07-21 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'This is The Good Life meets A Year in Provence'. Sue Collins, The Nualas 'A luminous, funny and profound reading experience.' Sebastian Barry First, a dream of escaping the city... and then a century-old cottage to match the dream. Moving to a small village in the heart of the countryside was the beginning of a new life for Philip Judge and his Beloved – the beginning of life In Sight of Yellow Mountain. Judge describes the season-by-season charms and frustrations that he, his Beloved, and eventually, his two growing boys experience as they adapt to life in the countryside. There are highs and lows. Wellies and tweeds are bought. Vegetable patches cultivated. Lambs are born, calves die. There is weather: good and bad; health and happiness; illness and sadness. The city slicker fails miserably at Name That Grain! and makes many faux pas along the way, but ultimately, this is the story of one man, and his growing family, experiencing the pleasure that is finding home.

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Download or read book Natural Wonders in China written by Ying Liu and published by 五洲传播出版社. This book was released on 2007 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: China, the most populous country in the world, is located in East Asia and covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometers of land and 3 million square kilometers of sea. It stretches across four time zones, while the elevation gap between its highest and lowest points is nearly 9,000 meters. The great geographical contrasts have made this land both dynamic and magnificent. China s geography includes snow-capped mountains, glaciers, evergreen rain forests, desolate gobis and deserts, vibrant lakes and coasts, spectacular valleys and waterfalls, and boundless grasslands and wetlands. Almost every type of natural scenery that exists in the world can be found in China, and this book aims to help the reader learn more about China s natural beauty."

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Download or read book Cultivation Chat Group 2 Anthology written by Legend of the Paladin and published by BEIJING BOOK CO. INC.. This book was released on with total page 1360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One day, Song Shuhang was suddenly added to a chat group with many seniors that suffered from chuuni disease. The people inside the group would call each other ¡®Fellow Daoist¡¯ and had all different kinds of titles: Palace Master, Cave Lord, True Monarch, Immortal Master, etc. Even the pet of the founder of the group that had run away from home was called ¡®monster dog¡¯. They would talk all day about pill refining, exploring ancient ruins, or share their experience on techniques. However, after lurking inside the group for a while, he discovered that not all was what it seemed...

Download or read book Appalachian Bounty written by Michael Joslin and published by The Overmountain Press. This book was released on 2000-03 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Southern Appalachian region -- from its rare flowers and wild edibles to its thundering waterfalls and hiking trails -- is captured in words and photographs.

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