Download or read book The Dictionary of Imaginary Places written by Alberto Manguel and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2000 with total page 780 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes and visualizes over 1,200 magical lands found in literature and film, discussing such exotic realms as Atlantis, Tolkien's Middle Earth, and Oz.
Download or read book Lost Horizon written by James Hilton and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This carefully crafted ebook: "LOST HORIZON - The Legend of Shangri-La" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: Shangri-La is a fictional place described in the 1933 novel Lost Horizon by British author James Hilton. Hilton describes Shangri-La as a mystical, harmonious valley, gently guided from a lamasery, enclosed in the western end of the Kunlun Mountains. Shangri-La has become synonymous with any earthly paradise, and particularly a mythical Himalayan utopia - a permanently happy land, isolated from the outside world. In the novel, Hugh Conway, a veteran member of the British diplomatic service, finds inner peace, love, and a sense of purpose in Shangri-La, whose inhabitants enjoy unheard-of longevity. Among the book's themes is an allusion to the possibility of another cataclysmic world war brewing. It is said to have been inspired at least in part by accounts of travels in Tibetan borderlands, published in National Geographic by the explorer and botanist Joseph Rock. The remote communities he visited, such as Muli, show many similarities to the fictional Shangri-La. James Hilton (1900-1954) was an English novelist and Hollywood screenplayer best remembered for his best-sellers Lost Horizon and Goodbye, Mr. Chips. --Provided by publisher.
Download or read book Library of Congress Subject Headings written by Library of Congress. Cataloging Policy and Support Office and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 1924 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Shangri La written by J. T. Evergreen and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-04-18 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: According to the dictionary, Shangri-la is a fictional place, a mystical, harmonious valley enclosed in the Himalayan Mountains of Tibet. It's the place where the character, Larry Darrell, in The Razor's Edge, found his atonement with God. When he returned to the confused world we live in, he realized he was still in this world but no longer of it. Having achieved the elusive state of selflessness, he returns to the United States. In the sequel, Stepping Stones to God, Larry lives the remainder of his life on this plane as a true celibate, a priest of the Absolute. With the wisdom of a serpent and the gentleness of a dove, his only desire is to free those who cross his path of the illusions in which they are imprisoned. Shangri-la is also purported to be a place where life approaches perfection, a remote idyllic hideaway, a land of eternal youth which is protected by 'la' the Tibetan term for mountain pass. In Holy Scripture, Heaven is also protected from the profane. It is said it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than it is for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of Heaven. And yet, Scripture mercifully tells us that heaven is closer than hands and feet. With that in mind, the author has provided a collection of stories where conflicts are resolved and happiness prevails. A place of refuge in these times of strife. Between these covers - a few moments of Shangri-la within reach of all.
Download or read book Mapping Shangrila written by Emily T. Yeh and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2014-07-11 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2001 the Chinese government announced that the precise location of Shangrila�a place that previously had existed only in fiction�had been identified in Zhongdian County, Yunnan. Since then, Sino-Tibetan borderlands in Yunnan, Sichuan, Gansu, Qinghai, and the Tibet Autonomous Region have been the sites of numerous state projects of tourism development and nature conservation, which have in turn attracted throngs of backpackers, environmentalists, and entrepreneurs who seek to experience, protect, and profit from the region�s landscapes. Mapping Shangrila advances a view of landscapes as media of governance, representation, and resistance, examining how they are reshaping cultural economies, political ecologies of resource use, subjectivities, and interethnic relations. Chapters illuminate topics such as the role of Han and Tibetan literary representations of border landscapes in the formation of ethnic identities; the remaking of Chinese national geographic imaginaries through tourism in the Yading Nature Reserve; the role of The Nature Conservancy and other transnational environmental organizations in struggles over culture and environmental governance; the way in which matsutake mushroom and caterpillar fungus commodity chains are reshaping montane landscapes; and contestations over the changing roles of mountain deities and their mediums as both interact with increasingly intensive nature conservation and state-sponsored capitalism.
Download or read book The Shangri La Diet written by Seth Roberts and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007-04-24 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As seen in the New York Times and on Good Morning America-now updated by the author. Imagine a diet that's as easy as "a spoonful of sugar" (or extra-light olive oil) twice a day. A diet that actually reduces appetite and cravings. A diet that's based on a wealth of scientific findings but is simple enough for anyone to stick to. A diet with results that amaze almost everyone who tries it. Psychology professor Seth Roberts asks a simple question most weight-loss experts haven't thought to tackle: What makes people hungry? Based on a new understanding of how the human body regulates hunger, The Shangri-La Diet presents a strikingly simple and surprisingly effective way to lose weight-without giving up favorite foods. Simple and counterintuitive, this extraordinary new diet is changing the way the world thinks about weight loss-one success story at a time.
Download or read book Imaginary Peaks written by Katie Ives and published by Mountaineers Books. This book was released on 2021-10-01 with total page 427 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author is a renowned writer in international climbing community Fascinating story of hoax that inspired a quest for a North American Shangri-La Vivid recounting of fabled mountains from across the world Using an infamous deception about a fake mountain range in British Columbia as her jumping-off point, Katie Ives, the well-known editor of Alpinist, explores the lure of blank spaces on the map and the value of the imagination. In Imaginary Peaks she details the cartographical mystery of the Riesenstein Hoax within the larger context of climbing history and the seemingly endless quest for newly discovered peaks and claims of first ascents. Imaginary Peaks is an evocative, thought-provoking tale, immersed in the literature of exploration, study of maps, and basic human desire.
Download or read book Shangri La written by Michael Buckley and published by Bradt Travel Guides. This book was released on 2008 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Appealing to the adventure traveler or armchair reader who simply wishes to browse and dream, this guide promises to lead them into the glorious reality and breathtaking landscapes of the Himalayas.
Download or read book Crossword Puzzle Dictionary written by Murali Mohan Hundigam and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2015-03-28 with total page 1831 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Crossword Puzzle Solver Dictionary is an aid for solving quick and Speedy crossword puzzles. When we want the meaning of a word, we normally search the meaning of that word in any English Dictionary. We know the meaning but we do not know the correct word, Crossword puzzle Solver gives the correct word. It is a sort of Reverse Dictionary but not a thesaurus. It is an effort of two decades compiling and it contains almost every clue.
Download or read book TPS Frequency Dictionary of Mandarin Chinese written by Michael Burkhardt and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2010-05-20 with total page 614 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The TPS Frequency Dictionary of Mandarin Chinese is not just another character frequency based dictionary. It has been designed to provide students with a guide for learning new characters, words, and phrases gradually, building upon characters already familiar. The entries have been arranged according to a Triple Progression System in which words are grouped first by character frequency, then by word frequency, and filtered so that new words and phrases appear only after all of their component characters have been introduced.
Download or read book Lost Horizon written by James Hilton and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Lessons from the Elk Woods written by Brad Schwin and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2023-06-29 with total page 91 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elk hunting can serve as one of life's greatest teachers. From the thrill of the hunt to the low of failure and disappointment, hunting elicits a full range of emotions. God lessons are all around us if we simply pause and listen. With over forty years of hunting experience, Brad Schwin has experienced both the highs and lows of the hunt. Utilizing both hunting successes and humorous failures, each reader will be drawn in by these gripping tales from the elk woods. Join Schwin on this forty-day journey, learning scriptural principles as they connect to real-life hunting examples, to both encourage and challenge your faith. Intended to be used for quiet time at home, around the campfire, or deep in the backcountry, readers will find daily encouragement within its pages.
Download or read book Speaking for Animals written by Margo DeMello and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text contributes to the growing field of human-animal studies by examining the human impulse evidenced inblogs, social networking sites, video games, comic books, and animal welfare literature to ventriloquize the animal voice.
Download or read book Pansegrouw s Crossword Dictionary written by Louisa Pansegrouw and published by Pearson South Africa. This book was released on 1994-10-04 with total page 836 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With over 90 000 entries in alphabetical order, this crossword dictionary is a comprehensive yet easy to use reference with material from a wide range of sources.
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Download or read book The Myth of Shangri La written by Peter Bishop and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1989-01-01 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Bishop's engrossing and readable account provides us with a fascinating picture of European myths concerning the Land of the Snows and of the role these myths played in shaping perceptions of the Orient. Bishop's riveting portrait of European conceptions is an important and exceptionally well written contribution to an understanding of Western attitudes toward Tibet and all of East Asia."--Morris Rossabi, author of Khubilai Khan: His Life and Times
