Exploring the Backroads and History of Southeast Texas
Start your engines and follow the backroads, the historical paths, and the scenic landscape that were fashioned by geologic Ice Ages and traveled by Big Thicket explorers as well as contemporary park advocates - all as diverse as the Big Thicket itself. From Spanish missionaries to Jayhawkers, and from timber barons to public officials, you will ......
Professor Collie has studied and written about Sir Roderick Murchison in several monographs. This study deals with Murchison and the wider and more general activity of scientific travels in the mid 19th C. This work introduces the reader to the practices of intellectual and cultural exchange in Continental Europe. These exchanges, despite the ......
'It has been said that idleness is the parent of mischief, which is very true; but mischief itself is merely an attempt to escape from the dreary vacuum of idleness.' First, the subtitle of this completely revised and newly augmented study of George Borrow. 'Misfit' implies not subscribing or submitting to normal, mainstream middle-class values ......
The region stretching across the Arctic from the Bering Straits to Greenland is one of the most critical for understating modern global climate change, especially as it affects keystone species and indigenous peoples. However, substantial changes in the arctic environment are not solely modern phenomena. The period between AD 900 and 1400 ......
The Original Edition with the Thomas Fogarty and George Varian Illustrat
Captain Joshua Slocums solo voyage around the world in the 37-foot sloop the Spray in 1895 undoubtedly stands as one of the greatest sea adventures of all time. His classic narrative of this 46,000 mile circumnavigation of the globe continues to enjoy immense popularity throughout the world.
The road trip is a staple of modern American literature. This is both an account of the authors' adventures and an examination of work and inequality, race and class, alienation and environmental degradation in the small towns and big cities of the contemporary United States.
The road trip is a staple of modern American literature. This is both an account of the authors' adventures and an examination of work and inequality, race and class, alienation and environmental degradation in the small towns and big cities of the contemporary United States.
HMS Queen Elizabeth 2 is the celebrated craft afloat and one of the greatest technical achievements of the 20th century. Whether you are a cruise buff, or planning your own stay aboard this ship, this book provides you with information, stories, and pleasures.
