Storm Pegs

Storm Pegs
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Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Total Pages : 297
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ISBN-10 : 9781529038019
ISBN-13 : 1529038014
Rating : 4/5 (19 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Storm Pegs by : Jen Hadfield

Download or read book Storm Pegs written by Jen Hadfield and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2024-07-11 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Storm Pegs perfectly captures the knotting of language and landscape. I was transported.' - Katherine May, Sunday Times bestselling author of Wintering From the winner of the T.S. Eliot Prize and the Highland Book Prize What if the answer to ‘Where am I?’ is ‘heaven’? In her late twenties, celebrated poet Jen Hadfield moved to the Shetland archipelago to make her life anew. A scattering of islands at the northernmost point of the United Kingdom, frequently cut off from the mainland by storms, Shetland is a place of Vikings and myths, of ancient languages and old customs, of breathtaking landscapes and violent weather. It has long fascinated travellers seeking the edge of the world. On these islands known for their isolation and drama, Hadfield found something more: a place teeming with life, where rare seabirds blow in on Atlantic gales, seals and dolphins visit its beaches, and wild folk festivals carry the residents through long, dark winters. She found a close-knit community, too, of neighbours always willing to lend a boat or build a creel, of women wild-swimming together in the star-spangled winter seas. Over seventeen years, as bright summer nights gave way to storm-lashed winters, she learned new ways to live. In prose as rich and magical as Shetland itself, Hadfield transports us to the islands as a local; introducing us to the remote and beautiful archipelago where she has made her home, and shows us new ways of living at the edge.

In the Company of Angels

In the Company of Angels
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Publisher : Cedar Fort Publishing & Media
Total Pages : 355
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ISBN-10 : 9781462100828
ISBN-13 : 1462100821
Rating : 4/5 (28 Downloads)

Book Synopsis In the Company of Angels by : David Farland

Download or read book In the Company of Angels written by David Farland and published by Cedar Fort Publishing & Media. This book was released on 2022-12-23 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Willie Handcart Company of 1856 was a trial and a miracle. You will feel a part of the company as you follow three of its members in a moving masterpiece that will take you from the green fields of Denmark to the icy peaks of the Rockies in a saga that elevates and enriches those that it touches.

The non-commissioned officer's examiner

The non-commissioned officer's examiner
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Total Pages : 84
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ISBN-10 : OXFORD:601578396
ISBN-13 :
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Book Synopsis The non-commissioned officer's examiner by : Stephen Wright

Download or read book The non-commissioned officer's examiner written by Stephen Wright and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Catalog

Catalog
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Total Pages : 546
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ISBN-10 : STANFORD:36105117041066
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Book Synopsis Catalog by : Eaton, T., Co., ltd

Download or read book Catalog written by Eaton, T., Co., ltd and published by . This book was released on 1952 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

On the Wings of the Wind

On the Wings of the Wind
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Publisher : WestBow Press
Total Pages : 365
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ISBN-10 : 9781449707286
ISBN-13 : 1449707289
Rating : 4/5 (86 Downloads)

Book Synopsis On the Wings of the Wind by : Frank Pancake

Download or read book On the Wings of the Wind written by Frank Pancake and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2011-01-06 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Experience America before & during the early Civil War engagements. Real and fictional people react to war, its circumstances, tragedy and love through the best and worst of times. In the end, love prevails. This novel is about our nation, during perhaps its most critical time in history. Our nation’s leaders were at odds — northern leaders and southern leaders failed to reconcile their differences over slavery and other issues. Young Robbie Holcomb, reared in abolitionist traditions, ventures south to further his education. He finds friendships and love as well as minor hatred and bigotry. Even so, he finds more good than bad in his southern life experience. Subsequently, when civil war comes, Robbie finds himself in the Confederate army. The story is entertwined between fact and fiction.

The Indian Tipi

The Indian Tipi
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Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Total Pages : 388
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ISBN-10 : 9780806188522
ISBN-13 : 0806188529
Rating : 4/5 (22 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The Indian Tipi by : Reginald Laubin

Download or read book The Indian Tipi written by Reginald Laubin and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2012-11-28 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the first edition of this book was published in 1957, the art of making a tipi was almost lost, even among American Indians. Since that time a tremendous resurgence of interest in the Indian way of life has occurred, resurgence due in part, at least, to the Laubins' life-long efforts at preservation and interpretation of Indian culture. As The Indian Tipi makes obvious, the American Indian is both a practical person and a natural artist. Indian inventions are commonly both serviceable and beautiful. Other tents are hard to pitch, hot in summer, cold in winter, poorly lighted, unventilated, easily blown down, and ugly to boot. The conical tipi of the Plains Indian has none of these faults. It can be pitched by one person. It is roomy, well ventilated at all times, cool in summer, well lighted, proof against high winds and heavy downpours, and, with its cheerful fire inside, snug in the severest winter weather. Moreover, its tilted cone, trim smoke flaps, and crown of poles, presenting a different silhouette from every angle, form a shapely, stately dwelling even without decoration. In this new edition the Laubins have retained all the invaluable aspects of the first edition, and have added a tremendous amount of new material on day-to-day living in the tipi: the section on Indian cooking has been expanded to include a large number and range of Indian foods and recipes, as well as methods of cooking over an open fire, with a reflector oven, and with a ground oven; there are new sections on making buckskin, making moccasins, and making cradle boards; there is a whole new section on child care and general household hints. Shoshoni, Cree, and Assiniboine designs have been added to the long list of tribal tipi types discussed. This new edition is richly illustrated with color and black and white photographs, and drawings to aid in constructing and living in the tipi. It is written primarily for the interested amateur, and will appeal to anyone who likes camping, the out-of-doors, and American Indian lore.

The Indian Tipi

The Indian Tipi
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Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Total Pages : 381
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ISBN-10 : 9780806174068
ISBN-13 : 0806174064
Rating : 4/5 (68 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The Indian Tipi by : Gladys Laubin

Download or read book The Indian Tipi written by Gladys Laubin and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2012-11-28 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the first edition of this book was published in 1957, the art of making a tipi was almost lost, even among American Indians. Since that time a tremendous resurgence of interest in the Indian way of life has occurred, resurgence due in part, at least, to the Laubins' life-long efforts at preservation and interpretation of Indian culture. As The Indian Tipi makes obvious, the American Indian is both a practical person and a natural artist. Indian inventions are commonly both serviceable and beautiful. Other tents are hard to pitch, hot in summer, cold in winter, poorly lighted, unventilated, easily blown down, and ugly to boot. The conical tipi of the Plains Indian has none of these faults. It can be pitched by one person. It is roomy, well ventilated at all times, cool in summer, well lighted, proof against high winds and heavy downpours, and, with its cheerful fire inside, snug in the severest winter weather. Moreover, its tilted cone, trim smoke flaps, and crown of poles, presenting a different silhouette from every angle, form a shapely, stately dwelling even without decoration. In this new edition the Laubins have retained all the invaluable aspects of the first edition, and have added a tremendous amount of new material on day-to-day living in the tipi: the section on Indian cooking has been expanded to include a large number and range of Indian foods and recipes, as well as methods of cooking over an open fire, with a reflector oven, and with a ground oven; there are new sections on making buckskin, making moccasins, and making cradle boards; there is a whole new section on child care and general household hints. Shoshoni, Cree, and Assiniboine designs have been added to the long list of tribal tipi types discussed. This new edition is richly illustrated with color and black and white photographs, and drawings to aid in constructing and living in the tipi. It is written primarily for the interested amateur, and will appeal to anyone who likes camping, the out-of-doors, and American Indian lore.