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Book Dorie

Download or read book Dorie written by Florence Cope Bush and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dorie's story begins with her childhood on an isolated mountain farm, where we see first-hand how her parents combined back-breaking labor with intense personal pride to produce everything their family needed--from food and clothing to tools and toys--from the land. Lumber companies began to invade the mountains, and Dorie's family took advantage of the financial opportunities offered by the lumber industry, not realizing that in giving up their lands they were also letting go of a way of life. Along with their machinery, the lumber companies brought in many young men, one of whom, Fred Cope, became Dorie's husband. After the lumber companies stripped the mountains of their timber, outsiders set the area aside as a national park, requiring Dorie, now married with a family of her own, to move outside of her beloved mountains.

Book Siva s Warriors

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  • Author :
  • Publisher : Princeton University Press
  • Release : 2014-07-14
  • ISBN : 1400860903
  • Pages : 340 pages

Download or read book Siva s Warriors written by and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2014-07-14 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is the first translation into English of the Basava Purana, a fascinating collection of tales that sums up and characterizes one of the most important and most radical religious groups of South India. The ideas of the Virasaivas, or militant Saivas, are represented in those tales by an intriguing mix of outrageous excess and traditional conservatism. Written in Telugu in the thirteenth century, the Basava Purana is an anthology of legends of Virasaivas saints and a hagiography of Basavesvara, the twelfth-century Virasaiva leader. This translation makes accessible a completely new perspective on this significant religious group. Although Telugu is one of the major cultural traditions of India, with a classical literature reaching back to the eleventh century, until now there has been no translation or exposition of any of the Telugu Virasaiva works in English. The introduction orients the reader to the text and helps in an understanding of the poet's point of view. The author of the Basava Purana, Palkuriki Somanatha, is revered as a saint by Virasaivas in Andhra and Karnataka. His books are regarded as sacred texts, and he is also considered to be a major poet in Telugu and Kannada. Originally published in 1990. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Book Proceedings

Download or read book Proceedings written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Transactions

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  • Author : Royal Society of New Zealand
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1915
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 754 pages

Download or read book Transactions written by Royal Society of New Zealand and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 754 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Remotely Global

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  • Author : Charles Piot
  • Publisher : University of Chicago Press
  • Release : 2008-11-26
  • ISBN : 022618983X
  • Pages : 235 pages

Download or read book Remotely Global written by Charles Piot and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2008-11-26 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At first glance, the remote villages of the Kabre people of northern Togo appear to have all the trappings of a classic "out of the way" African culture—subsistence farming, straw-roofed houses, and rituals to the spirits and ancestors. Arguing that village life is in fact an effect of the modern and the global, Charles Piot suggests that Kabre culture is shaped as much by colonial and postcolonial history as by anything "indigenous" or local. Through analyses of everyday and ceremonial social practices, Piot illustrates the intertwining of modernity with tradition and of the local with the national and global. In a striking example of the appropriation of tradition by the state, Togo's Kabre president regularly flies to the region in his helicopter to witness male initiation ceremonies. Confounding both anthropological theorizations and the State Department's stereotyped images of African village life, Remotely Global aims to rethink Euroamerican theories that fail to come to terms with the fluidity of everyday relations in a society where persons and things are forever in motion.

Book Death in the Mountains

Download or read book Death in the Mountains written by Lisa Clifford and published by Pan Australia. This book was released on 2008-11-01 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This is the true story of the murder of Artemio Bruni, a peasant farmer in the mountains of Casentino, north-eastern Tuscany, in the winter of 1907. Artemio was my husband's great-grandfather. "For reasons not understood by my husband's family, Grandpa Artemio's death was never investigated. It was not reported to the police, nor did Bruna Bruni, Artemio's wife, ever demand justice. How could that be possible, I asked my mother-in-law - was it because of the mafia? 'No, no, you don't understand,' she answered. 'Things were different in the mountains one hundred years ago. Grandpa and Grandma were poor farmers, no one could have cared less about them. Grandpa was a nobody and life was cheap in Tuscany then.'" When Australian author and journalist Lisa Clifford moved to Florence to be with her Italian husband, an unsolved murder in his family became part of her life. The more Lisa found out about it, the more intrigued she became - so much so that she was driven to investigate the tragic events of a century ago. Death in the Mountains is Lisa's brilliant recreation of the life and death of Artemio Bruni, and an evocation of the world of the Tuscan mountains in the early 20th century. It is both a murder mystery and a beautifully observed picture of a lost Italy.

Book Transactions and Proceedings

Download or read book Transactions and Proceedings written by Royal Society of New Zealand and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 746 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book From the Mountains to the Bush

Download or read book From the Mountains to the Bush written by Jacqueline Templeton and published by UWA Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the experiences of Italian immigrants in Australia between 1860 and 1962.

Book Southern California Edison s Eldorado Ivanpah Transmission Line Project

Download or read book Southern California Edison s Eldorado Ivanpah Transmission Line Project written by and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 878 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Eagle Mountain Landfill Project  Riverside County

Download or read book Eagle Mountain Landfill Project Riverside County written by and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 694 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book East of the Mountains

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  • Author : David Guterson
  • Publisher : A&C Black
  • Release : 2012-05-01
  • ISBN : 1408834758
  • Pages : 290 pages

Download or read book East of the Mountains written by David Guterson and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2012-05-01 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Dr Ben Givens left his Seattle home he never intended to return. It was to be a journey past snow-covered mountains to a place of canyons, sagelands and orchards, where, on the verges of the Columbia River, Ben had entered the world and would now take his leave of it.

Book Reed and Bush Warblers

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  • Author : Peter Kennerley
  • Publisher : A&C Black
  • Release : 2010-09-15
  • ISBN : 0713660228
  • Pages : 713 pages

Download or read book Reed and Bush Warblers written by Peter Kennerley and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2010-09-15 with total page 713 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bradypterus, Locustella, Hippolais, Cettia.

Book Rocky Mountain Berry Book

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  • Author : Bob Krumm
  • Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
  • Release : 2013-04-09
  • ISBN : 0762793945
  • Pages : 191 pages

Download or read book Rocky Mountain Berry Book written by Bob Krumm and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2013-04-09 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A complete guide to finding, harvesting, and preparing wild berries and fruits in the Rocky Mountain West. Includes color photos and more than 100 recipes.

Book Report of the Superintendent

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  • Author : Canada. Experimental Station, Charlottetown, P.E.I.
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1924
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 312 pages

Download or read book Report of the Superintendent written by Canada. Experimental Station, Charlottetown, P.E.I. and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: