Travelers & Explorers
epub |eng | 1974-02-01 | Author:Pirsig, Robert M. [Pirsig, Robert M.]

I was talking about the first wave of crystallization outside of rhetoric that resulted from Phædrus’ refusal to define Quality. He had to answer the question, If you can’t define ...
( Category: Buddhism November 12,2018 )
epub |eng | 1971-01-15 | Author:Thompson, Hunter S. [Thompson, Hunter S.]

3. Savage Lucy . . . ‘Teeth Like Baseballs, Eyes Like Jellied Fire’ I gave my bag to the boy who scurried up, and told him to bring a quart ...
( Category: Travelers & Explorers November 12,2018 )
epub |eng | 1937-12-29 | Author:Dinesen, Isak (Karen Blixen) [Dinesen, Isak (Karen Blixen)]

Chapter 5. A Fugitive Rests on the Farm There was one traveller who came to the farm, slept there for one night, and walked off not to come back, of ...
( Category: Specific Groups November 11,2018 )
epub |eng | 1840-01-01 | Author:Dana, Richard Henry [Dana, Richard Henry]

CHAPTER XXVII The Sunday Wash-up—On Shore—A Set-to—A Grandee—“Sail Ho!”—A Fandango The only other vessel in port was the Russian government bark, from Asitka, mounting eight guns, (four of which we ...
( Category: Travelers & Explorers November 11,2018 )
epub |eng | 1900-01-01 | Author:Slocum, Joshua [Slocum, Joshua]

CHAPTER XII Seventy-two days without a port—Whales and birds—A peep into the Spray’s galley—Flying-fish for breakfast—A welcome at Apia—A visit from Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson—At Vailima—Samoan hospitality—Arrested for fast riding—An ...
( Category: Water Sports November 11,2018 )
epub |eng | 2018-11-08 | Author:Nancy Marie Brown, nancy marie brown

( Category: Historical Fiction November 9,2018 )
epub |eng | 2013-08-25 | Author:Bobby Blaze Smedley [Smedley, Bobby Blaze]

( Category: Biographies November 8,2018 )
azw3, epub, mobi |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Andres Ruzo

The 2012 Boiling River Expedition Team: Andrés, Sofía, Peter, Whitney, Maria, Basil, Carlos, and Poncho. The large pool behind us is about 60°C (140°F). “This place is sacred and should ...
( Category: South America November 7,2018 )
epub |eng | | Author:Brian Fagan

CHAPTER 22 A Palace Fit for a Chief I slipped through a narrow entrance in the high stone enclosure and found myself in a tight passageway between an outer and ...
( Category: Archaeology November 7,2018 )
epub |eng | 2013-08-19 | Author:Ian Strathcarron

Darjeeling The Twain party made the twenty-four-hour train journey from Calcutta to Darjeeling from 14 to 15 February. It was a delightful trip, the first half through the beautiful fertile ...
( Category: Travelers & Explorers November 6,2018 )
epub |eng | 2011-10-25 | Author:Ian Strathcarron

*** The writer has the same trouble squaring the Abrahamic circle today. Granted, up to a point, Mark Twain’ view: “The Jews have the best average brain of any people ...
( Category: Travelers & Explorers November 6,2018 )
epub |eng | 2018-11-05 | Author:Jan Morris [Jan Morris]

DAY 93 ‘Chaos’, the dictionary tells me, is a state of complete confusion and disorder, such as existed before the cosmos was created. I know it well, and I know ...
( Category: Memoirs November 6,2018 )
epub |eng | | Author:Jade Sylvan

Chapter Twenty La Chambre du Champagne Jade! Julian! Welcome! I’m so glad you are here. Dareka bisou’d me and Julian but not Caleb. The whole café was probably not more ...
( Category: Europe November 6,2018 )
epub | | | Author:James Lenfestey [Lenfestey, James P.]

CHAPTER NINETEEN FIRST ADVENTURE IN HERMIT HUNTING The next morning, Bill led us on an expedition into the nearby Chungnan Mountains, where his own hermit-hunting journey had begun more than ...
( Category: Ethnic & National November 4,2018 )
epub |eng | 2018-10-29 | Author:David Grann

Parked amid a sea of ice. As the men ate, they talked about the relatively warm weather—the temperature had reached fourteen degrees. Adams delivered the evening broadcast, reporting that they ...
( Category: Travelers & Explorers November 1,2018 )