08
Sep

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Rolling green hills dotted with Holstein cows, red barns, and blue silos. The Great Lakes ports at Superior, Ashland, and Kenosha. A Polish wedding dance or a German biergarten in Milwaukee. The dappled quiet of the Chequamagon forest. A weatherbeaten but tidy town hall at the intersection of two county trunk highways. Ojibwa families gathering wild rice into canoes. The boat ride through the Dells. The upland ridges of the Driftless Area, falling away i… More >>

Wisconsin Land And Life: A Portrait Of The State

07
Sep

Journey Back to Eden: My Life and Times Among the Desert Fathers

02
Sep

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“Cultural Dimensions – Guatemala” has been written for the expat or serious traveler who intends to go well below the touristic surface of this marvellously complex and subtle culture. The following is a typical passage, explaining some of the many linguistic curiosities and challenges facing even a fluent Spanish-speaker in Guatemala.

“As in other Spanish speaking countries, in Guatemala the foreigner needs guidance on the use of the formal, “usted”, or the … More >>

Cultural Dimensions of Expatriate Life in Guatemala

01
Sep

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LI FE IN MOROCCO AND GLIMPSES BEYOND HV BUJXiKTT MKAKIN AUCIhK OK HK i. Am o Tiifc, MHS TUB f tKt l A. 4 1 ltl h AN vVlMf TWKNTY. fr UK IM. USTHA H NEW YORK K. P. DUTTON AND COMPANY li WKST TWfcNTV. THlHl STKEfci FOREWORD WHICH of us has yet forgotten that first day when we set foot in Barbary Those first impressions, as the gorgeous E st with all its countless sounds and colours, forms and odours, burst upon us mingled pleasures and disgusts, all new, undreamed of … More >>

Life In Morocco And Glimpses Beyond

29
Aug

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These extraordinary photographs by two brothers, Anup and Manoj Shah, take the reader on a spectacular journey into the heart of the African savannah, concentrating on the Serengeti-Maasai Mara and Ngorongoro Crater regions in Kenya and Tanzania. The Shah brothers’ breathtaking images chronicle life and death in one of the most fascinating and complex eco-systems in the world, a place left largely untouched by man. Here lions, giraffes, elephants, zebras, cheetahs, … More >>

The Circle of life: Wildlife on the African Savannah

28
Aug

Estancia Life: Agricultural, Economic and Cultural Aspects of Argentine Farming

27
Aug

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Award-winning natural history filmmakers Dereck and Beverly Joubert have lived in the wilds of Africa for twenty years, fiercely dedicated to understanding and protecting the majestic animals surrounding them. The Africa Diaries is a powerful first-person account of their extraordinary work as wildlife researchers and conservationists. The Jouberts document their odyssey through passages culled from the pages of their field journals and over 130 stunning full-color… More >>

The Africa Diaries: An Illustrated Memoir of Life in the Bush

19
Aug

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From its source in the suburbs of the San Fernando Valley to its mouth at the Pacific Ocean, the Los Angeles River is made almost entirely of concrete. Chain-link fence and barbed wire line its course. Graffiti marks its banks. Discarded sofas, shopping carts, and trash litter its channel. Little water flows in the river most of the year, and nearly all that does is treated sewage and oily street runoff. On much of its course, the river’s wide, paved bed, often almo… More >>

The Los Angeles River: Its Life, Death, and Possible Rebirth

16
Aug

The Naturalist on the River Amazons: Record Adventures Habits Animals Sketches Brazilian Indian Life Aspects

13
Aug

A Season in Dornoch : Golf and Life in the Scottish Highlands