Download or read book Walking the Land written by Shay Rabineau and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2023-01-03 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Israel has one of the most extensive and highly developed hiking trail systems of any country in the world. Millions of hikers use the trails every year during holiday breaks, on mandatory school trips, and for recreational hikes. Walking the Land offers the first scholarly exploration of this unique trail system. Featuring more than ten thousand kilometers of trails, marked with hundreds of thousands of colored blazes, the trail system crisscrosses Israeli-controlled territory, from the country's farthest borders to its densest metropolitan areas. The thousand-kilometer Israel National Trail crosses the country from north to south. Hiking, trails, and the ubiquitous three-striped trail blazes appear everywhere in Israeli popular culture; they are the subjects of news articles, radio programs, television shows, best-selling novels, government debates, and even national security speeches. Yet the trail system is almost completely unknown to the millions of foreign tourists who visit every year and has been largely unstudied by scholars of Israel. Walking the Land explores the many ways that Israel's hiking trails are significant to its history, national identity, and conservation efforts.
Download or read book Walking the Land written by Eileen Nauman and published by . This book was released on 2020-01-22 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wouldn't you like to connect with the Earth where you live? The invisible realm of Telluric energy affects us every day in many different ways: physically, emotionally, mentally as well as spiritually.Walking the Land can help you locate, get in touch with and understand better what we may not see around you and how these local energies affect your everyday life:Learn how to use a pendulum to locate and interpret the energies in and around your home or work.As a major component of the human body, understand how the water element affects us.Locate a vortex in or around your home and acquire how to work with this energy in a positive way. Great for meditation!Trees are powerful protectors of human beings. Be educated by them.Ley, local and regional lines are invisible, but they all have an effect on you! Discover how to find and decipher them.Interpret the meaning and different energies of rock and soil colors in your area, and how this specific dynamism affects us.Discover different land masses, mountains, volcanoes and caves and their unique daily energy expression and healing that affects our lives.Symbols in the land often hide something amazing and are everywhere. Unravel their identity and how to make sense of how they support us.Locate ancient and powerful global energy sites that you can share energy with.
Download or read book Walking the Land Feeding the Fire written by Allice Legat and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2012-06-01 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the Dene worldview, relationships form the foundation of a distinct way of knowing. For the Tlicho Dene, indigenous peoples of Canada's Northwest Territories, as stories from the past unfold as experiences in the present, so unfolds a philosophy for the future. Walking the Land, Feeding the Fire vividly shows how—through stories and relationships with all beings—Tlicho knowledge is produced and rooted in the land. Tlicho-speaking people are part of the more widespread Athapaskan-speaking community, which spans the western sub-arctic and includes pockets in British Columbia, Alberta, California, and Arizona. Anthropologist Allice Legat undertook this work at the request of Tlicho Dene community elders, who wanted to provide younger Tlicho with narratives that originated in the past but provide a way of thinking through current critical land-use issues. Legat illustrates that, for the Tlicho Dene, being knowledgeable and being of the land are one and the same. Walking the Land, Feeding the Fire marks the beginning of a new era of understanding, drawing both connections to and unique aspects of ways of knowing among other Dene peoples, such as the Western Apache. As Keith Basso did with his studies among the Western Apache in earlier decades, Legat sets a new standard for research by presenting Dene perceptions of the environment and the personal truths of the storytellers without forcing them into scientific or public-policy frameworks. Legat approaches her work as a community partner—providing a powerful methodology that will impact the way research is conducted for decades to come—and provides unique insights and understandings available only through traditional knowledge.
Download or read book The Waking Land written by Callie Bates and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2017-06-29 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Jump on the wagon now, because I think Bates is an author well worth watching' Robin Hobb ~*~*~Wildegarde came bearing a flame in her heart...~*~*~ It's been fourteen years since Elanna was taken hostage. Fourteen years spent being raised by the King who defeated her traitorous father. A man she's come to love like family. But when the King is killed and Elanna framed for his murder, she must flee for her life. Her only hope is to reach her homeland, but her father wants to reignite his rebellion and use Elanna as a figurehead. He will tell his followers she is the goddess Wildegarde reborn, a warrior of legend who could make the very earth tremble. But what no one knows is that magic really does flow through Elanna's veins. And now she must decide whether she'll use her powers to create peace... or to enact revenge.
Download or read book Walking the Bible written by Bruce Feiler and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2014-11-25 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “An instant classic. . . . A pure joy to read.” —Washington Post Book World Both a heart-racing adventure and an uplifting quest, Walking the Bible presents one man’s epic journey- by foot, jeep, rowboat, and camel- through the greatest stories ever told. From crossing the Red Sea to climbing Mount Sinai to touching the burning bush, Bruce Feiler’s inspiring odyssey will forever change your view of history’s most legendary events. The stories in the first five books of the Bible, also known as the Torah, come alive as Feiler searches across three continents for the stories and heroes shared by Christians and Jews. You’ll visit the slopes of Mount Ararat, where Noah’s ark landed, trek to the desert outpost where Abraham first heard the words of God, and scale the summit where Moses received the Ten Commandments. Using the latest archeological research, Feiler explores how physical location affects the larger narrative of the Bible and ultimately realizes how much these places, as well as his experience, have affected his faith. A once-in-a-lifetime journey, Walking the Bible offers new insights into the roots of our common faith and uncovers fresh answers to the most profound questions of the human spirit. “Smart and savvy, insightful and illuminating.” —Los Angeles Times “An exciting, well-told story informed by Feiler’s boundless intellectual curiosity . . . [and] sense of adventure.” —Miami Herald
Download or read book Walking on the Land written by Farley Mowat and published by South Royalton, Vt. : Steerforth Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Walking on the Land brings Mowat's writing full circle, and will stand as a testament to his lifelong passions and unparalleled career."--BOOK JACKET.
Download or read book The Walking Whales written by J. G. M. Hans Thewissen and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2014-11-13 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hans Thewissen, a leading researcher in the field of whale paleontology and anatomy, gives a sweeping first-person account of the discoveries that brought to light the early fossil record of whales. As evidenced in the record, whales evolved from herbivorous forest-dwelling ancestors that resembled tiny deer to carnivorous monsters stalking lakes and rivers and to serpentlike denizens of the coast. Thewissen reports on his discoveries in the wilds of India and Pakistan, weaving a narrative that reveals the day-to-day adventures of fossil collection, enriching it with local flavors from South Asian culture and society. The reader senses the excitement of the digs as well as the rigors faced by scientific researchers, for whom each new insight gives rise to even more questions, and for whom at times the logistics of just staying alive may trump all science. In his search for an understanding of how modern whales live their lives, Thewissen also journeys to Japan and Alaska to study whales and wild dolphins. He finds answers to his questions about fossils by studying the anatomy of otters and porpoises and examining whale embryos under the microscope. In the book's final chapter, Thewissen argues for approaching whale evolution with the most powerful tools we have and for combining all the fields of science in pursuit of knowledge.
Download or read book Walking on Dry Land written by Denis Kehoe and published by Profile Books. This book was released on 2011-02-24 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ana knows little about her birth mother: she knows that she gave Ana away. She has a photograph, too, found in her Father's belongings when she was a teenager. It might be her mother, but there are two women in it and she doesn't know whether it is a clue or not. She also knows her mother's name, but Solange Mendes is a common name in Angola, so it, like Ana, could belong to anyone. The only thing she knows for sure is that now Helena, her Father's wife and the woman who brought her up in Lisbon, is dead, she must find Solange. Luanda, Angola, is a long way from Ana's adopted home in Dublin, but she knows it's the only place to begin her search, so she visits her brother, Tiago, and his family, so frozen by the project ahead of her that she makes no plans, has no ideas, and doesn't even confess to him her real reasons for the trip. As the narrative switches between Ana's search and Helena and Jose's relationship, beginning with their first meeting in a cafe in 1960s Lisbon, Walking On Dry Land builds a delicate portrait of how a family secret can lie undisturbed for a lifetime.
Download or read book Walk the Land written by Judith Galblum Pex and published by Cladach Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Come with John and Judy Pex as they hike the 600-mile Israel National Trail from the Egyptian to the Lebanese borders. During 42 days of trekking through spectacular scenery, Arab towns and villages, past Jewish, Muslim, Druze, and Christian holy sites, they discover: sights seldom seen by tourists; physical challenges and spiritual tests; cultural encounters and historical insights; lessons about peace, faith, and endurance.--Cover.
Download or read book Walking Where Jesus Walked written by Hillary Kaell and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2014 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the 1950s, millions of American Christians have traveled to the Holy Land to visit places in Israel and the Palestinian territories associated with JesusOCOs life and death. Why do these pilgrims choose to journey halfway around the world? How do they react to what they encounter, and how do they understand the trip upon return? This book places the answers to these questions into the context of broad historical trends, analyzing how the growth of mass-market evangelical and Catholic pilgrimage relates to changes in American Christian theology and culture over the last sixty years, including shifts in Jewish-Christian relations, the growth of small group spirituality, and the development of a Christian leisure industry. Drawing on five years of research with pilgrims before, during and after their trips, a Walking Where Jesus Walked aoffers a lived religion approach that explores the tripOCOs hybrid nature for pilgrims themselves: both ordinaryOCotied to their everyday role as the familyOCOs ritual specialists, and extraordinaryOCosince they leave home in a dramatic way, often for the first time. Their experiences illuminate key tensions in contemporary US Christianity between material evidence and transcendent divinity, commoditization and religious authority, domestic relationships and global experience. Hillary Kaell crafts the first in-depth study of the cultural and religious significance of American Holy Land pilgrimage after 1948. The result sheds light on how Christian pilgrims, especially women, make sense of their experience in Israel-Palestine, offering an important complement to top-down approaches in studies of Christian Zionism and foreign policy."
Download or read book Walking in the Land of Many Gods written by A. James Wohlpart and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2013-04-01 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How are we placed on Earth? What is our relationship to the world around us, and howWalking in the Land of Many Gods envisions a new way of thinking about the world, one grounded in a moral imagination reconnected to Earth. Insightful readings of three contemporary classics of nature writing—Janisse Ray's Ecology of a Cracker Childhood, Terry Tempest Williams's Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place, and Linda Hogan's Dwellings: A Spiritual History of the Living World—are at the heart of Wohlpart's endeavor. Powerful and affecting works like these reveal a pathway to a deeper remembering, one that reconnects us with the primal forces of creation and acknowledges the sacredness of the world. We have forgotten that the world around us is rich and fertile and generative, says Wohlpart. His exploration of these literary works, based on deep anthropology and Native American philosophy, opens a pathway into a new way of thinking called sacred reason. Founded on interdependence and interrelationship, and on care and compassion, sacred reason reminds us that divinity exists around us at all times. We are invited to walk, once again, in a land filled with many gods.
Download or read book The Rule of the Land written by Garrett Carr and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2017-01-31 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the wake of the EU referendum, the United Kingdom's border with Ireland has gained greater significance: it is set to become the frontier with the European Union. Over the past year, Garrett Carr has travelled this border, on foot and by canoe, to uncover a landscape with a troubled past and an uncertain future. Across this thinly populated line, travelling down hidden pathways and among ancient monuments, Carr encounters a variety of characters who have made this liminal space their home. He reveals the turbulent history of this landscape and changes the way we look at nationhood, land and power. The book incorporates Carr's own maps and photographs.
Download or read book Arise Walk Through the Land written by Concordia Publishing House and published by Concordia Publishing House. This book was released on 1998-02-01 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Detailed directions and maps guide you to many sites and tell you about biblical events.
Download or read book A Prophetical Walk Through the Holy Land written by Hal Lindsey and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shows and describes historic sites in Egypt and Israel and explains their significance in terms of Biblical prophesy.
Download or read book Sleepwalking Land written by Mia Couto and published by Juta and Company Ltd. This book was released on 2006 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mia Couto's first novel, judged one of the twelve best African books of the 20th century
Download or read book Walking to the Promised Land written by Lori Boyd and published by Start2finish Books. This book was released on 2016-08-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the eve of the first Passover, behind a doorway marked with lamb's blood, God's people were commanded to prepare themselves for a journey to the Promised Land. Today, protected by the blood of Christ our Passover lamb, Christians are also called to prepare for a life of "wilderness walking" that will lead them to the Promised Land. The Bible often speaks of the Christian life as a "walk." Walking as a Christian is not always easy-in fact, it can be both frustrating and painful at times. But the reward is worth the journey, and there is much happiness to be found along the way. WALKING TO THE PROMISED LAND is a book that explores the challenges-and joys-of daily Christian living. Through 16 lessons, Lori Belihar Boyd encourages you to become intentional in your journey to eternity!
Download or read book As I Walk This Land written by D. Fierro and published by America Star Books. This book was released on 2011-12 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As I Walk This Land; a fascinating look into the life of an ordinary Mexican-American family living in today's complex society. Especially captivating, it is seen through the eyes of a sister and her younger brother. She is the caring and devoted sister he turns to as he struggles with alcoholism. This unique family loves and supports one another as they go through the turmoil of being poor in "the land of plenty." One result is the heart-rending journey of the younger brother who goes from one prison to another. Within the system that purports to rehabilitate him, instead he finds that his life is further damaged as he continues to spiral. All the while, his sister and parents are the mainstays in his life.
