But enslaved she was. "Granite Island", much more than a travel book, grew out of years spent in Corsica and is an incomparably vivid and delightful portrait. For the first time Corsica is brought to light as a vital element in Europe: a highly individualistic island culture whose people have nurtured their love of freedom and political justice, as well as their pride, hospitality and poetry.

    Rich in anecdote and colorful detail, it now returns to print in paperback with a new preface by the author.

    Lawerence, he had no idea he would return as the owner of an island he could seldom use and not afford to buy. Nevertheless, when his brother-in-law offered to sell him two acres of rock set in the middle of the Thousand Islands, he felt somehow right in accepting. So he left his job and the island became his home -- and this is the story of his life there through the seasons.

    It offers extensive trail descriptions, tips on planning, and up-to-date natural and human history of the trail.

    14 climbers-including Chouinard, Robbins, Steck, and Rowell-describe days of ecstasy, nights of terror, the rise and fall of pitons, bolts and egos..

    And he did become a cowboy—and a doctor, and a psychologist, and a highly regarded anthropologist. However, it was as a writer that he ultimately found his true calling. His stories uniquely represented the bohemian sensibility of the time, and he was known for infusing intellectualism into his coyote tales and shamanic mysticism. So vivid were his tales that Ezra Pound called him “the American Ovid,” and William Carlos Williams claimed that de Angulo was “one of the most outstanding writers that I have ever encountered.”“The Lariat,” which may well be his most important piece of fiction, is highlighted in this prize collection, along with other writings that have long been unavailable.

    No one had ever made such a journey before . . .'In October 1972 Geoffrey Moorhouse began his odyssey across the Sahara from the Atlantic to the Nile, a distance of 3,600 miles. His reason for undertaking such an immense feat was to examine the roots of his fear, to explore an extremity of human experience.From the outset misfortune was never far away; and as he moved further into that 'awful emptiness' the physical and mental deprivation grew more intense. In March 1973, having walked the last 300 miles, Moorhouse, ill and exhausted, reached Tamanrasset, where he decided to end his journey. The Fearful Void" "is the moving record of his struggle with fear and loneliness and, ultimately, his coming to terms with the spiritual as well as the physical dangers of the desert.

    Produced by The Mount Vernon Ladies' Association, this book is designed to "perpetuate the sacred memory of "The Father of his Country" and, with loving hands, to guard and protect the hallowed spot where rest his mortal remains. To forever hold, manage and preserve the estate, properties and relics at Mount Vernon, belonging to the Association, and, under proper regulations, to open the same to the inspection of all who love the cause of liberty and revere the name of Washington." --mountvernon.org

    

    

    International in scope, this series of non-fiction trade paperbacks offers books that explore the lives, customs and thoughts of peoples and cultures around the world.

    

    Custer’s expedition in the summer of 1874 found and advertised placer gold in the Black Hills valleys and a rush to the Hills began. Indian claimants to the area were placated, defeated or ignored and by 1875 a gold rush that continues to the present was under way.The Homestake Mining Company in the Black Hills is today one of the largest operating gold mines in the world. Thousands of unknown miners, merchants, gamblers and soiled doves have come and gone during the century past. And hundreds of towns have boomed and busted, most of them before the beginning of the twentieth century.This book takes a look at the remains of those ghosts: the camps, the stage stops, the communities, the people who made the Black Hills famous. In extensive gazetteer fashion, the authors detail 600 towns and enrich the text with a lavish layout of historical and contemporary photos. Also included are maps and tips on how to locate the ruins of those ghost towns.

    

    

    

    

    They portray the Antarctic in all its breathtaking beauty, the fascinating wildlife, the explorers themselves, and daily life aboard the Terra Nova and at base. Ponting’s activities inspired the invention of a new word by one of his companions on the expedition—to “pont”, meaning to “pose until nearly frozen, in all sorts of uncomfortable positions” for photographs. Ponting’s work as a photographer in the Antarctic still stands supreme. Cherry-Garrard, author of The Worst Journey in the World, wrote, “He came to do a job, did it and did it well. Here in these pictures is beauty linked to tragedy—and the beauty is inconceivable for it is endless and runs to eternity.”Ann Savours, distinguished polar historian, has linked the best of Ponting’s photographs with text to produce an enthralling narrative of the expedition, from the time the Terra Nova left New Zealand to its tragic end. Peter Scott, Captain Scott’s son, has provided an illuminating introduction.

    Coupled with updated grid styles and features like extra space for notes and four-month planning grids, our state and specialty calendars are not just organizational tools, but works of art for any season. Special features: 12 1/4" x 12 1/4" * Shrink wrapped with hidden stiffener * Award winning photography * Space for notes each month * Bonus photography and 4 month planning grids.

    

    More a personal memoir than a history or travel book.

    An amusing and insightful account of Spanish village life from a brilliant interpreter of Spain to the rest of the world (The Times).