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  The Complete Works of John Muir...

  John Muir

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  This meticulously edited book brings you the complete works of an influential Scottish-American naturalist, author, environmental philosopher, glaciologist and advocate for the preservation of wilderness in the United States of America, known as "John of the Mountains" and "Father of the National Parks". This exceptional collection is comprised of Muir's travel memoirs, wilderness essays, environmental studies and personal letters.
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  Picturesque California
  The Mountains of California
  Our National Parks
  My First Summer in the Sierra
  The Yosemite
  Travels in Alaska
  Stickeen: The Story of a Dog
  The Cruise of the Corwin
  A Thousand-mile Walk to the Gulf
  Steep Trails
  Studies in Sierra
  Articles and Speeches
  The National Parks and Forest Reservations
  Save the Redwoods
  Snow-storm on Mount Shasta
  Features of the Proposed Yosemite National Park
  A Rival of the Yosemite
  The Treasures of the Yosemite
  Yosemite Glaciers
  Yosemite in Winter
  Yosemite in Spring
  Edward Henry Harriman
  Edward Taylor Parsons
  The Hetch Hetchy Valley
  The Grand Cañon of the Colorado
  Autobiography
  The Story of My Boyhood and Youth
  Letters to a Friend
  Tribute
  Alaska Days With John Muir by Samuel Hall Young

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  RV Living

  Olivier Brad

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  Have you ever wanted to experience the freedom of the open road?Does living in an RV and being able to move around whenever you feel like it, appeal to you?This book will prepare you for the adventure of a lifetime!The idea of traveling and living full-time in a Recreational Vehicle (RV) is one that more and more people are thinking about. The benefits of this sort of itinerant lifestyle include cheaper living, the ability to move to where the weather is best and have more control of your own destiny.Inside this fantastic audiobook, RV Living: A Guide to Living in an RV, you will find plenty of useful information that will help you to decide if this is for you, with chapters that cover:- Tips on where to camp and when- Considerations when deciding to change to an RV lifestyle- Safety tips- Cost effective ways of buying an RV- How to deal with weather changes- Connecting to the internet- Adding space to your RV- And much more…There is no doubt that living full-time in an RV will be a challenge, but it is also a life-changing undertaking that will stay with you forever. With this audiobook you can listen to it even as a you are traveling, making it a unique experience that is perfect for your new life on the road.Suitable for anyone who has felt the urge to wander, RV Living: A Guide to Living in an RV is a book you should be listening to now!

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  The Architecture Lover's Guide...

  Elizabeth F. Heath

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  An informed, photo-filled guide to “all of the essential stopping places [with] terrifically detailed information on the architectural joys of Rome.” —Books Monthly 
   
  Rome’s architectural remains date as far back as the city’s founding in the 8th century BCE. The primitive settlement that began on the Palatine Hill grew over the next thousand years to the caput mundi—the capital of the world—the largest, most powerful presence in the ancient Western world. Along the way, Rome’s architectural styles, whether developed organically or appropriated from the cultures it subjugated and absorbed, were physical evidence of the politics, propaganda, and pragmatism of the times. 
   
  Written for readers passionate about Rome and how its architecture is inimitably linked to its history, The Architecture Lover’s Guide to Rome is the armchair architect’s tour of the Eternal City. It provides a timeline that begins with the founding of Rome and documents its significant architectural monuments and styles through the millennia, with photos, maps and practical information for visiting.

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  Thomas Church in Leipzig -...

  Britta Taddiken

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  St. Thomas Church in Leipzig has gained worldwide fame thanks to Johann Sebastian Bach who now lies buried in the choir of his church. This is, however, not the only worthwhile reason to visit the church: besides the church music tradition with the renowned St. Thomas Boys Choir, the church's architectural and art historical heritage merits a trip.
  The church guide, which is available in German and English, gives an overview of the most important facts about St. Thomas Church, illustrated with many images. Besides interesting details about the colourful and chequered history of the church and the parish as well as past and present of St. Thomas Boys Choir and its most famous cantor Johann Sebastian Bach, the guide includes useful tips regarding service schedules and opening times.

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  A Drop in the Ocean - Lawrence...

  Polly Pullar

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  “A lively and entertaining account of the highs and lows of life on this small windswept island . . . A must read for people interested in Scottish history.” —Scottish Field  Lawrence MacEwen’s family has owned Muck, a small island in the Scottish Hebrides, since 1896. A wonderfully benevolent, eccentric character, he is passionate about the island and its continuing success, and has kept diaries all his life. Wildlife writer Polly Pullar paints a portrait of a man and a community, unveiling a uniquely human story punctuated with liberal amounts of humor as well as heart-rending tragedy, always dominated by the vagaries of the sea. Filled with extraordinary tales and priceless observations, this is not only an entertaining read but an important part of Scottish social history. Tracing Lawrence’s story from the time his mother brought him home from the hospital on the mainland up to the present day, it offers tales of coal puffers and livestock transportation on steamers and small boats, extraordinary chance meetings and adventures that eventually led him to finding his wife, Jenny, on the island of Soay. It’s also a book about the small hard-working community of thirty souls on this fertile island of just fifteen hundred acres. Residents work closely with the MacEwen family, in a thriving farm, a market garden, a modern school, a busy tearoom, a craft shop, and a winter shoot. It’s a fascinating journey to a place that opened a guesthouse in 2013—just a few months after Muck, one of the last places in the UK to receive twenty-four hour power, left its unreliable generator behind for solar panels and wind turbines.

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  Death in Yellowstone - Accidents...

  Lee H. Whittlesey

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  The chilling tome that launched an entire genre of books about the often gruesome but always tragic ways people have died in our national parks, this updated edition of the classic includes calamities in Yellowstone from the past sixteen years, including the infamous grizzly bear attacks in the summer of 2011 as well as a fatal hot springs accident in 2000. In these accounts, written with sensitivity as cautionary tales about what to do and what not to do in one of our wildest national parks, Whittlesey recounts deaths ranging from tragedy to folly—from being caught in a freak avalanche to the goring of a photographer who just got a little too close to a bison. Armchair travelers and park visitors alike will be fascinated by this important book detailing the dangers awaiting in our first national park.

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