Farther Afield

Another delightful Fairacre novel from the bestselling author Miss Read 'No matter how devoted, dedicated, conscientious and altogether noble a teacher is, I feel pretty sure that each and everyone feels the same sense of freedom and relief from her chains when the end of term arrives...' So it is for Miss Read - but on the very first day of the long summer holiday she falls and breaks her arm. Instantly, all her plans for the holidays are in tatters. But Miss Read's friend, Amy, comes up with an idea: and so it is that the two of them leave Fairacre for the island of Crete. The change of scene provides a welcome break for both women, giving Miss Read the opportunity to recuperate, and for them both to discuss the merits of single and married life. And when Miss Read returns, refreshed, to Fairacre, she is ready to tackle the problems which await her...

Explores the world of horticulture from a flowerseed farm in Costa Rica, to the headquarters of a major international seed company, to the breathtaking parks of Barcelona, and to a vineyard in New Jersey.

In the 1990s, the emerging field of ecocriticism—nature-sensitive literary studies—began to establish and define itself. Arguing that the field has matured to the point where it requires a thorough critique and new theoretical underpinnings, Patrick D. Murphy suggests a variety of ways ecocriticism can become more inclusive in its objects of study and more sophisticated in its methodologies. According to Murphy, ecocriticism in the United States has been too narrowly associated with the study of nonfiction. To broaden the field's purview, he proposes a new taxonomy that draws an important distinction between nature writing—a nonfiction essay form descended from Henry David Thoreau—nature literature, which includes fiction and poetry, and environmental literature, which is inspired by and concerned with a threatened natural world. He also urges ecocritics to expand their study to international literature, and he proceeds to survey nature-oriented prose from Central America, the Caribbean, southern Africa, Spain, and Japan. On a theoretical level, Murphy addresses the relationship of ecofeminism to postmodernism and provides interpretations of contemporary American multicultural and women's literature, including works by Gary Snyder, Simon Ortiz, Jane Brox, Pat Mora, Lori Anderson, Nora Naranjo-Morse, Sallie Tisdale, and Terry Tempest Williams. Applying his theories of ecocritical analysis to underappreciated or unknown literature, especially fiction and poetry by American women writers of color, Murphy introduces his fellow critics to authors ripe for ecocritical analysis. Murphy's wide-ranging book will no doubt serve as a watershed in the development of ecocriticism.

Paperback edition. 25 years ago I fulfilled a lifelong ambition to walk through the Himalayas. I quit my job, moved out of my apartment, and took two treks in the mountains of Nepal: one guided and catered; the other solo and spontaneous. These are my photographs and written impressions of those two treks.

Travel to ancient cemeteries of the U.S. and France to meet night spirits. Captured on color film at sundown, sun up, and by the light of the full moon, their beauty and eeriness is astounding. Shown are full vaporous apparitions with ghost stories connected with each of the featured cemeteries helping to explain who the ghosts are and why they appear hundreds of years after they were buried. You will be drawn into each photograph as though you were standing there seeing what the photographer saw and was feeling when the photograph was taken. Thousands of ghost hunters go out looking for ghosts. Now see them through photographs and discover the secrets they hold.

A sequel to Hiker Mike's Best Hikes -- a guide to hikes in and around Toronto -- this volume goes further afield in southern Ontario, as far as Algonquin Park and Temagami; further still to the Adirondacks, Bahamas, and BC, and as far afield as Everest.

Continuation of investigation of economic concentration in industry and commerce; pt.5A: Contains FTC report on industry monopolistic practices; pt.15A Contains report on marketing practices in the retail distribution of motor fuel and motor lubricant products; pt.17A: Contains replies of oil companies to the committee questionnaire on financial data and related topics.

Ruth Patterson, The first woman to be ordained in Ireland, recounts her personal story. This heartwarming book with many powerful reflections invites readers to leave behind prejudices and preconceptions and welcome those who are different with an op

"A New Testament bibliography for 1914 to 1917 inclusive", by Frederick C. Grant: v. 1, p. [58]-91.

An extensive collection of peoples' personal memories, from the 1920s to the 1960s. You'll laugh, cry or shake your head (in agreement or disbelief!) 400 pages of memories from the decades of the 20th century.

Explains how to identify the most difficult species of birds