From The Earth To Beyond The Sky
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Beyond The Sky And The Earth
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Author : Jamie Zeppa
language : en
Publisher: Doubleday Canada
Release Date : 2011-01-28
Beyond The Sky And The Earth written by Jamie Zeppa and has been published by Doubleday Canada this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-01-28 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
In the tradition of Iron and Silk and Touch the Dragon, Jamie Zeppa’s memoir of her years in Bhutan is the story of a young woman’s self-discovery in a foreign land. It is also the exciting début of a new voice in travel writing. When she left for the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan in 1988, Zeppa was committing herself to two years of teaching and a daunting new experience. A week on a Caribbean beach had been her only previous trip outside Canada; Bhutan was on the other side of the world, one of the most isolated countries in the world known as the last Shangri-La, where little had changed in centuries and visits by foreigners were restricted. Clinging to her bags full of chocolate, hair conditioner and Immodium, she began the biggest challenge of her life, with no idea she would fall in love with the country and with a Bhutanese man, end up spending nine years in Bhutan, and begin a literary career with her account of this transformative journey. At her first posting in a remote village of eastern Bhutan, she is plunged into an overwhelmingly different culture with squalid Third World conditions and an impossible language. Her house has rats and fleas and she refuses to eat the local food, fearing the rampant deadly infections her overly protective grandfather warned her about. Gradually, however, her fear vanishes. She adjusts, begins to laugh, and is captivated by the pristine mountain scenery and the kind students in her grade 2 class. She also begins to discover for herself the spiritual serenity of Buddhism. A transfer to the government college of Sherubtse, where the housing conditions are comparatively luxurious and the students closer to her own age, gives her a deeper awareness of Bhutan’s challenges: the lack of personal privacy, the pressure to conform, and the political tensions. However, her connection to Bhutan intensifies when she falls in love with a student, Tshewang, and finds herself pregnant. After a brief sojourn in Canada to give birth to her son, Pema Dorji, she marries Tshewang and makes Bhutan her home for another four years. Zeppa’s personal essay about her culture shock on arriving in Bhutan won the 1996 CBC/Saturday Night literary competition and appeared in the magazine. She flew home to accept the prize, where people encouraged her to pursue her writing. Her letters from Bhutan also featured on CBC’s Morningside. The book that grew out of this has been published in Canada and the United States to ecstatic reviews, followed by British, German, Dutch, Italian and Spanish editions. Although cultural differences finally separated Jamie and Tshewang in 1997 while she was writing the book and she returned to Canada, she will always feel at home in Bhutan. Zeppa shares her compelling insights into this land and culture, but Beyond the Sky and the Earth is more than a travel book. With rich, spellbinding prose and bright humour, it describes a personal journey in which Zeppa acquires a deeper understanding of what it means to leave one’s home behind, and undergoes a spiritual transformation.
Beyond The Sky
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Author : Dara O'Briain
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-01-12
Beyond The Sky written by Dara O'Briain and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-01-12 with Cosmology categories.
So you want to go into space? WHY?! (No, really-it's sort of a TERRIBLE idea. We humans are perfectly designed for life on Earth. We can walk around, breathe, drink water, eat vegetables, read books, NOT get poisoned or crushed to death when we go outside-it's lovely right where we are.) Not convinced? GOOD! People have been dreaming about space travel for centuries-there's something amazing about the idea of leaving our planet behind and setting out to explore the UNIVERSE-there's so much we still don't know.
Beyond The Sky You And The Universe
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Author : Dara Ó Briain
language : en
Publisher: Scholastic UK
Release Date : 2017-09-07
Beyond The Sky You And The Universe written by Dara Ó Briain and has been published by Scholastic UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-07 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
So you want to go into space? WHY?! (No, really - it's sort of a terrible idea. We humans are perfectly designed for life on Earth. We can walk around, breathe, drink water, eat vegetables, read books, not get poisoned or crushed to death when we go outside - it's lovely right where we are.) Not convinced? GOOD! People have been dreaming about space travel for centuries - there's something amazing about the idea of leaving our planet behind and setting out to explore the Universe - there's so much we still don't know. UK and Ireland's best-loved comedian Dara ” Briain takes you on a journey from the safety of your comfiest chair to the furthest reaches of space (and beyond!)
From Earth And Beyond The Sky
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Author : Wolfson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1993-10-01
From Earth And Beyond The Sky written by Wolfson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993-10-01 with categories.
Beyond The Hallowed Sky
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Author : Ken MacLeod
language : en
Publisher: Pyr
Release Date : 2023-03-21
Beyond The Hallowed Sky written by Ken MacLeod and has been published by Pyr this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-03-21 with Fiction categories.
Mathematician Lakshmi Nayak receives a letter from her future self about faster-than-light travel. The equations work, and the letter itself seems to prove the possibility will someday be realized. But her paper on the topic is fiercely criticized, and she’s warned away by a sinister Alliance agent. After defecting to the Union, she gets an unexpected offer: “I can build your ship.” Shipbuilder John Grant learns of a secret project, which unknown to the world has been traveling to the stars for decades: Black Horizon. Biologist Emma Hazeldene works for Black Horizon on an alien world, Apis, whose life has clearly come from Earth, investigating rock formations that are thought to be an alien, crystal-like intelligence. But refugees exiled to a hard life in the wilds of Apis already know more than the scientists have ever suspected. Everything changes when the rocks wake up, with dire results. As secrets emerge and rival powers seize advantage, three worlds are shaken to their foundations—and all involved have to fight for their lives, and their futures. Science fiction legend Ken MacLeod begins a new space opera trilogy by imagining humankind on the precipice of discovery—the invention of faster-than-light travel unlocks a universe of new possibilities, and new dangers.
From The Earth To Beyond The Sky
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Author : Canadian Ethnology Service
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1974
From The Earth To Beyond The Sky written by Canadian Ethnology Service and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1974 with categories.
From The Earth To Beyond The Sky
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Author : Michael K. Foster
language : en
Publisher: University of Ottawa Press
Release Date : 1974-01-01
From The Earth To Beyond The Sky written by Michael K. Foster and has been published by University of Ottawa Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1974-01-01 with Social Science categories.
This is an analysis of four structurally related rituals of the Longhouse Iroquois of Southern Ontario: the Thanksgiving Address, the Great Feather Dance, the Skin Dance and the Tobacco Invocation. Transcribed and translated texts are included as appendices.
The Kids Book Of The Night Sky
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Author : Ann Love
language : en
Publisher: Kids Can Press Ltd
Release Date : 2004-03
The Kids Book Of The Night Sky written by Ann Love and has been published by Kids Can Press Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-03 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
In this book in the Family Fun series, kids can learn all about the night sky with fun games, stories, information and more...
From The Earth To Beyond The Sky
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Author :
language : fr
Publisher:
Release Date : 1974
From The Earth To Beyond The Sky written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1974 with categories.
Earth Sky And Beyond
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Author : Jean-Pierre Verdet
language : en
Publisher: Dutton Books for Young Readers
Release Date : 1995
Earth Sky And Beyond written by Jean-Pierre Verdet and has been published by Dutton Books for Young Readers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
An exploration of space which provides scientific facts on earth and sky.