Download or read book With Light Steam written by Bryon MacWilliams and published by Northern Illinois University Press. This book was released on 2014-10-01 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1996 Bryon MacWilliams left the relative stability of the United States for the chaos of post-Soviet Russia and stayed. Over the course of nearly twelve years he reported on academe and the sciences for the world's leading publications and sought out the best baths—or banyas—everywhere he went. His story of Russia through its cult of steam begins on a frosty Sunday morning in a gypsy cab traveling to a bathhouse in Moscow, where the steam is conjured by an out-of-work carpenter named Grisha, who takes on MacWilliams as a kind of apprentice, allowing him into an otherwise closed world through which MacWilliams could see himself, and Russia, with different eyes. The Russian bathers insist, only half-jokingly, that the American is a spy. Writing in a highly engaging style, MacWilliams travels the country to convey the breadth of banya culture and what it means to steam, a process that is at once a simple cleansing and a deep purification. It awakens the body and quiets the mind, generating waves of good feeling akin to an endorphin high. Each chapter of this splendid book is an episode—spanning from several hours to several days—from the Far North, Moscow, the Ural Mountains, the Solovetsky Islands, and a southern stretch of the Volga River. With Light Steam, the title is derived from the phrase used in banyas in lieu of goodbye, is the only book in English devoted to the banya and the only volume in any language to present Russia through the lens of its bath culture, the most Russian thing there is. General readers and scholars alike will be enchanted with this unforgettable portrait of a people and a millennia-spanning tradition.
Download or read book With Light Steam written by Bryon MacWilliams and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2014-10-01 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1996 Bryon MacWilliams left the relative stability of the United States for the chaos of post-Soviet Russia and stayed. Over the course of nearly twelve years he reported on academe and the sciences for the world's leading publications and sought out the best baths—or banyas—everywhere he went. His story of Russia through its cult of steam begins on a frosty Sunday morning in a gypsy cab traveling to a bathhouse in Moscow, where the steam is conjured by an out-of-work carpenter named Grisha, who takes on MacWilliams as a kind of apprentice, allowing him into an otherwise closed world through which MacWilliams could see himself, and Russia, with different eyes. The Russian bathers insist, only half-jokingly, that the American is a spy. Writing in a highly engaging style, MacWilliams travels the country to convey the breadth of banya culture and what it means to steam, a process that is at once a simple cleansing and a deep purification. It awakens the body and quiets the mind, generating waves of good feeling akin to an endorphin high. Each chapter of this splendid book is an episode—spanning from several hours to several days—from the Far North, Moscow, the Ural Mountains, the Solovetsky Islands, and a southern stretch of the Volga River. With Light Steam, the title is derived from the phrase used in banyas in lieu of goodbye, is the only book in English devoted to the banya and the only volume in any language to present Russia through the lens of its bath culture, the most Russian thing there is. General readers and scholars alike will be enchanted with this unforgettable portrait of a people and a millennia-spanning tradition.
Download or read book Ulaq and the Northern Lights written by Harriet Peck Taylor and published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux (BYR). This book was released on 1998 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A curious young fox hears different explanations of the northern lights from the various animals he encounters.
Download or read book A Chronological History of the Origin and Development of Steam Navigation written by George Henry Preble and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-12-19 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1883.
Download or read book S S Savannah the Elegant Steam Ship written by Frank O. Braynard and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2008-12-01 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of a ship and her pioneer master, Moses Rogers, who had the idea of making the first transatlantic voyage in a steam-propelled vessel. His "laudable and meritorious experiment" marked one of the world's maritime epochs. The conception and building of the S. S. Savannah was guided by the engineering genius of Captain Rogers who, with Robert Fulton, was a leading exponent of steam in his day. The momentous voyage began in Savannah, Georgia, in 1819, and took the courageous crew to England, Sweden, and Russia. These were the elegant steam ship's times of triumph. Yet she also had moments of pathos, from the first doubts and fears of a public that dubbed her a "steam coffin" to that sad day when a Washington newspaper said her engine could be removed for only $200, leaving her "just as good" as any other ship. The previously untold story of the first steam-powered vessel to cross the Atlantic is written in a scholarly, well-documented fashion, yet with the color, imagination, and humor of the men who lived it.
Download or read book Memorial of sundry proprietors and managers of American steam vessels written by and published by . This book was released on 1840 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Steam Vessels and Marine Engines written by Foster Howell and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2015-03-31 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Compendium about Steam and Diesel Marine engines, with a chapter about large sailing ships. Fully illustrated.
Download or read book Automobile Steam Engine and Other External Combustion Engines Joint Hearings Before the Committee on Commerce and the Subcommittee on Air and Water Pollution of the Public Works Committee 90 2 May 27 28 1968 Serial No 90 82 written by United States. Congress. Senate. Commerce and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Full Steam Ahead written by Karen Witemeyer and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2014-05-27 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When love simmers between a reclusive scientist and a wealthy debutante, will they abandon ship or is it full steam ahead? Nicole Renard returns home to Galveston, Texas, to find her father deathly ill. Though she loves him, Nicole's father has always focused on what she's not. Not male. Not married. Not able to run Renard Shipping. Vowing to find a suitable husband to give her father the heir he desires before it's too late, Nicole sets out with the Renard family's greatest treasure as her dowry: the highly coveted Lafitte Dagger. But her father's rivals come after the dagger, forcing a change in Nicole's plans. After a boiler explosion aboard the Louisiana nearly took his life, Darius Thornton has been a man obsessed. He will do anything to stop even one more steamship disaster. Even if it means letting a female secretary into his secluded world. Nicole is determined not to let her odd employer scare her off with his explosive experiments, yet when respect and mutual attraction grow between them, a new fear arises. How can she acquire an heir for her father when her heart belongs to another? And when her father's rivals discover her hiding place, will she have to choose between that love and her family's legacy?
Download or read book Journal of the Chemical Society written by Chemical Society (Great Britain) and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 1392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Titles of chemical papers in British and foreign journals" included in Quarterly journal, v. 1-12.
Download or read book Day and Night written by Crystal Sikkens and published by Full Steam Ahead! - Science St. This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Read about the Sun and Moon and how they change positions in the sky throughout the day. Find out what else can be seen in the sky.
Download or read book Detailing and Upgrading Steam Locomotives written by and published by Kalmbach Publishing Co. This book was released on 2018-11-02 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Treatise on the Law of Collisions at Sea written by Reginald Godfrey Marsden and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 698 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book I am Anne Frank written by Brad Meltzer and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-10-13 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 22nd book in the New York Times bestselling series of biographies about heroes tells the story of Anne Frank, the young Jewish girl who documented her life while hiding from the Nazis during World War II. (Cover may vary) This engaging biography series focuses on the traits that made our heroes great--the traits that kids can aspire to in order to live heroically themselves. Each book tells the story of an icon in a lively, conversational way that works well for the youngest nonfiction readers. At the back are an excellent timeline and photos. This volume features Anne Frank, whose courage and hope during a time of terror are still an inspiration for people around the world today. While Anne and her family hid in an attic during the Holocaust, she kept a journal about all her hopes and fears and observations. That journal and the story of her life are still read and told today to remember the life of a young girl and warn against the consequences of bigotry. This friendly, fun biography series inspired the PBS Kids TV show Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum. One great role model at a time, these books encourage kids to dream big. Included in each book are: • A timeline of key events in the hero’s history • Photos that bring the story more fully to life • Comic-book-style illustrations that are irresistibly adorable • Childhood moments that influenced the hero • Facts that make great conversation-starters • A virtue this person embodies: Anne Frank's unwavering hope is central to this biography You’ll want to collect each book in this dynamic, informative series!
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Download or read book Battle for the Columbia River The Rise of the Oregon Steam Navigation Company written by Mychal Ostler and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2023-06 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A war over riches on the Columbia River. While the Civil War raged, a group of captains, merchants, bankers and gamblers in the Pacific Northwest formed the Oregon Steam Navigation Company. The first capitalistic enterprise in the new state, they aimed to develop the richest and most powerful transportation operation in the region, dominating hundreds of miles of river traffic from the Pacific Coast to Montana. Achieving such status was anything but easy. They battled competitors, lawyers, the river herself, and defectors within their management team. In the unregulated business environment of the nineteenth century, men like John Ainsworth made their own rules, often deploying frontier justice against their enemies. Join author Mychal Ostler as he recounts the battle for power that shaped an industry.
