From Islands To Portraits

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From Islands To Portraits

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Author : Sergio Perosa
language : en
Publisher: IOS Press
Release Date : 2000

From Islands To Portraits written by Sergio Perosa and has been published by IOS Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Literary Criticism categories.

Throughout the long course of literature, islands have accumulated uncanny connotations of death, together with peculiarities of linguistic definition and expression. Since the age of discovery, after the Caribbean Islands, America itself, and later the archipelagos and atolls in the Pacific became known to travellers and conquistadores, islands have been sought, searched, explored and physically possessed as women; cultural recognition takes the form of sexual and physical possession (Venus was born from the sea, and is identified with an island). These are the themes of the first two variations discussed in this book.

Pacific Islands Portraits

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Author : James Wightman Davidson
language : en
Publisher: Australian National University, Research School of Social Sciences
Release Date : 1970

Pacific Islands Portraits written by James Wightman Davidson and has been published by Australian National University, Research School of Social Sciences this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1970 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

More Pacific Islands Portraits

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Author : Deryck Scarr
language : en
Publisher: Australian National University, Research School of Social Sciences
Release Date : 1978

More Pacific Islands Portraits written by Deryck Scarr and has been published by Australian National University, Research School of Social Sciences this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1978 with Islands of the Pacific categories.

Collection of 13 essays about people who lived in the Pacific Islands during the past 150 years.

Portrait Of An Island

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Author : Mildred Teal
language : en
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Release Date : 1997-10-01

Portrait Of An Island written by Mildred Teal and has been published by University of Georgia Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-10-01 with Nature categories.

When Mildred and John Teal moved to Sapelo Island, Georgia, in 1955, they stepped back in time to a virtually undeveloped landscape of salt marsh, maritime forest, freshwater ponds, sand dunes, and beaches. Over the course of a four-year stay their careful observations of the island's unique marine ecology and wonderfully varied flora and fauna became the basis for Portrait of an Island. The island's human history dates back more than four thousand years. The lure of Sapelo has drawn many to its shores, including tobacco millionaire R. J. Reynolds, who established the University of Georgia Marine Institute there in the 1950s. Surrounded by sixteen thousand acres of pristine marsh, Sapelo offers researchers and the public a rare opportunity for environmental studies. Now a state game refuge and national estuarine sanctuary, the island remains a special haven where humans and nature quietly and peacefully coexist. Portrait of an Island is essential reading for anyone who treasures tranquility.

Portraits Of Islands

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1951

Portraits Of Islands written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1951 with categories.

Archipelago

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Author : David Liittschwager
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005

Archipelago written by David Liittschwager and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Endangered species categories.

Extending more than 1,200 miles from Honolulu, the dazzling Northwestern Hawaiian Islands are designated refuges of rare seabirds and marine life, where no one excerpt research may tread. This book vividly captures the quicksilver nature of this gossamer strand of shoals, atolls, and basalt islands.

Watriama And Co

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Author : Hugh Laracy
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005

Watriama And Co written by Hugh Laracy and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with categories.

Portraits Of Islands Edited By E Molony By Various Authors With Plates

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Author : Eileen MOLONY
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1951

Portraits Of Islands Edited By E Molony By Various Authors With Plates written by Eileen MOLONY and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1951 with categories.

Islands

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Author : Louise B. Young
language : en
Publisher: W.H. Freeman
Release Date : 2000

Islands written by Louise B. Young and has been published by W.H. Freeman this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Nature categories.

"Once you have slept on an island, you'll never be quite the same", begins an old verse. Places of dreams and desires, islands have long held a primal sway over our hearts and imaginations. In this beautifully written, exquisitely illustrated book, Louise Young explores some of the most fascinating of these isolated landscapes, particularly those whose stories address the delicate balance that exists between the land, the people, and other living things. An environmentalist and geophysicist, Young describes the unique history and personality of each island -- its birth and evolution, the geology that has shaped its landscape, and its human, plant, and animal inhabitants. From the volcanic origins of Sri Lanka's spectacular jewel mines and the remarkable flora and fauna of Madagascar to the mysterious statues on Easter Island and the earth-splitting geology of Iceland, Islands takes readers on a breathtaking journey to some of the smallest -- yet most impressive -- places on the planet. The stories behind these miniature worlds are as varied as their exotic landscapes -- some are tragic, others are hopeful, but they all reveal important messages about preserving ecological balance and the consequences of how we exploit or nurture the larger island of Earth itself.

Granite Island

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Author : Dorothy Carrington
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2015-04-30

Granite Island written by Dorothy Carrington and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-04-30 with Travel categories.

'Get away from here before you're completely bewitched and enslaved...' Dorothy Carrington was told, while sitting in a fisherman's cafe at the magically quiet midday hour. 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.