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Author : Mark Liechty
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2017-02-21
Far Out written by Mark Liechty and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-02-21 with History categories.
Far Out charts the history of Western countercultural longing for Nepal that made the country, and Kathmandu in particular, a premier tourist destination in the twentieth century. Anthropologist and historian Mark Liechty describes three distinct phases: the immediate post-war era when the country provided a Raj-like throwback experience for rich foreigners (mainly Americans), Nepal’s emergence as the most exotic outpost of hippie counterculture in the 1960s and early '70s, and, finally, the Nepali state’s rebranding of itself as an adventure destination from the 1970s on. Liechty is attuned to how the dynamics of mid-twentieth century globalization--the Cold War and shifting international relations, modernization and development ideologies, the rise of consumerist middle classes, increased mobility and the birth of mass tourism, and emerging global youth countercultures--drew Nepal into the web of geopolitical, economic, and sociocultural transformations that shaped the modern world. But Liechty doesn’t want to tell the story of tourism as something that "just happened” to Nepalis. He shows how Western projections of Nepal as an isolated place inspired creative Nepali enterprises and paradoxically gave locals the opportunity to participate in the highly coveted global economy. The result is a readable cultural history of a place that has been in many ways defined by a (sometimes bizarre) cultural encounter. The author’s lifelong interest in Nepal and his almost twenty-five years of research make his account both sophisticated and empathic--but not without a touch of humor.
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Author : Mark Pilkington
language : en
Publisher: Red Wheel Weiser
Release Date : 2007-10-01
Far Out written by Mark Pilkington and has been published by Red Wheel Weiser this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-10-01 with Science categories.
Mark Pilkington charts some of the more curious byways, scenic detours, and inspired failures of scientists, inventors, and, yes, crackpots, over the past few hundred years. From the Aquatic Ape Hypothesis to zero-point energy, via the Hieronymous Machine and Phlogiston, Far Out tells the stories that are all too often ignored, lost, or simply forgotten by conventional science books. Some of them are perhaps best left languishing in the margins of history, but others may yet change our future. Entries cover physics, chemistry, biology, archaeology, parapsychology, psychology, and other areas yet to be inducted into mainstream science, including radionics, keranography, erotoxin, and remote viewing. Written in a succinct and engaging style, each piece provides a useful, self-contained introduction to its topic, and provides enough information to allow readers to discover more if they so desire. Far Out is the latest in the unique CD-sized book format from Disinformation, following the best-selling 50 Things You’re Not Supposed To Know series by Russ Kick. Once again, the book is printed in two colors, with the entries arranged into sections, many with appropriate illustrations, diagrams, or photographs.
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Author : Anne Bustard
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2023-04-18
Far Out written by Anne Bustard and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-04-18 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
From the author of Blue Skies comes a lively middle grade novel about a young, alien-loving girl trying to clear her grandmother’s name in this mystery that has humor, hijinks, and heart in equal measure. It’s 1964, the Space Race is well underway, and eleven-year-old Magnolia Jean Crook and the other residents of Totter, Texas, are over the moon about UFOs. The whole town is gearing up for the First Annual Come on Down Day—in just one week, they are hoping to host any and all space aliens who would like to visit Earth. But right before the kick-off party, a meteorite goes missing—and MJ’s beloved grandmother Mimi, who is the vice president of the Totter Unidentified Flying Object Organization, is the prime suspect. MJ is desperate to show the town that this Crook is not a thief. The only problem is that there is a lot of evidence against her, and Mimi herself isn’t helping things. She’s acting suspiciously, pulling disappearing acts, and worst of all, can’t seem to answer any questions about where she was or what she was doing. But much like UFOs, extraterrestrial visitations, and sending people to space, the impossible has been known to happen.
Far Out Guide To Uranus
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Author : Mary Kay Carson
language : en
Publisher: Enslow Publishing, LLC
Release Date : 2010-07-01
Far Out Guide To Uranus written by Mary Kay Carson and has been published by Enslow Publishing, LLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-07-01 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
How do scientists know anything about Uranus? Spacecraft from Earth have visited Uranus. Featuring a center spread with fast facts, this book highlights the missions, the men and women who plan them, and more far-out facts about the seventh planet from the sun.
Far Out Guide To Jupiter
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Author : Mary Kay Carson
language : en
Publisher: Enslow Publishing, LLC
Release Date : 2010-07-01
Far Out Guide To Jupiter written by Mary Kay Carson and has been published by Enslow Publishing, LLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-07-01 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Jupiter is bigger than any other planet in our solar system. It has rings and centuries-old storms. It has more than sixty moons, too, some with underground oceans. Featuring a center spread with fast facts, this great book will tell readers everything they need to know about the biggest planet, including missions and the scientists who planned them, and the spacecraft they used to do so.
Far Out Guide To The Sun
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Author : Mary Kay Carson
language : en
Publisher: Enslow Publishing, LLC
Release Date : 2010-07-01
Far Out Guide To The Sun written by Mary Kay Carson and has been published by Enslow Publishing, LLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-07-01 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Everything in our solar system orbits the Sun. It is the center of our solar system, and affects everything in it. Robotic explorers have taught us a lot about the star at the center of our solar system. Readers will learn about the amazing missions, the dedicated scientists who plan them, and more far-out facts about the Sun.
Far Out Guide To The Moon
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Author : Mary Kay Carson
language : en
Publisher: Enslow Publishers, Inc.
Release Date : 2013-04
Far Out Guide To The Moon written by Mary Kay Carson and has been published by Enslow Publishers, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Earth has many satellites, but the Moon is Earth's only natural satellite. Spacecraft and astronauts have visited the Moon to learn more about it. From the Apollo missions to the most current robotic spacecraft, this book highlights our adventures in studying our neighbor in space.
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Author : Rachel Billington
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002
Far Out written by Rachel Billington and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Children's stories categories.
Ruby sees the weird swirly-coloured card on the school notice board. Audition for Life, ring..., but apparently no one else does, and her 'best friend' Lee dismisses her as just stupid - again. Ruby is shy, and thinks that she's the kind of person that no really exciting person would bother talking to. So when cool, street-wise Slate reveals that he too saw it, and he needs her to tell him what it said, when Slate also assumes that together they will find out what it's about - that they'll make a good team - she is flattered and intimidated by this unexpected alliance. And what was the mysterious disappearing card about? What is this audition? What for? To win what? Nervously, but with increasing determination as events become more and more bizarre, the oddly-matched pair set off to investigate, and find themselves transported to a magical, tropical island where every moment is a test of loyalty, friendship and bravery.
A Far Off Place
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Author : Laurens Van Der Post
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2011-09-30
A Far Off Place written by Laurens Van Der Post and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-09-30 with Fiction categories.
The whole of A Far- Off Place is charged with the power and magic and beauty of Africa. Driven with appalling violence from his home by "freedom fighters" François Joubert, a boy about to become a man, who is deeply learned in the life and ways of the bush, embarks on a long and terrible journey. He is accompanied by Nonnie, the young daughter of a retired colonial governor, murdered by the terrorists, Xhabbo, a dearly beloved Bushman whom François had once saved from death, and Xhabbo's wife, Nuin-Tara. Every effort is made by the attackers, swarming everywhere in the bush, to prevent the little foursome, sole survivors and witnesses of the brutal massacre of Europeans and their Matabele partners, from reaching the outside world. The sustained ferocity of the pursuit appears only too likely to overwhelm them, for François and Nonnie have only their own aristocratic spirit and faith in each other, the native skill of Xhabbo and Nuin- Tara and the courage and intelligence of the noble hunting dog, Hintza, to help them against the most fearful odds. Not only the bush but also a great desert of a thousand miles of sand and scrub lies between them and any hope of safety. Yet the manner in which this little band and one dog take on this great adventure, turns it into something of a pilgrimage. Through their physical suffering and almost unbearable agony of heart and mind, they achieve both an unimagined knowledge of the resources of their bodies, and far more important still, find an inner way to an understanding of man's proper place in the natural universe - an acceptance of the right of every living creature to exist alongside him. As a result, whatever the tragedy and disaster of the story, the travail and traffic of their young lives reach out beyond fear and darkness towards an intimation of concord and light. In contrast to the profound understanding of the land and its birds and animals implicit in the characters of each of the imperiled foursome, the "freedom fighters", promising life, bring only death and in the name of liberty do mortal injury to the innermost spirit of Africa. A Far-Off Place, though complete in itself, accomplishes with A Story Like the Wind, a unique voyage of discovery into a hidden and hitherto unrecorded core of Africa. Not least of its by-products is an insight into what is committed in that vast continent in the name of liberation and independence.
Far Off Or Asia And Australia Described With Anecdotes And Illustrations
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Author : Favell Lee Mortimer
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1854
Far Off Or Asia And Australia Described With Anecdotes And Illustrations written by Favell Lee Mortimer and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1854 with Africa categories.