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Access America guide to the eastern national parks: an atlas and guide for visitors with disabilities
Par Inc Cartographic. 1989
A guide to the accessibility of parks such as Everglades, Great Smoky Mountains, and Mammoth Cave for visitors with disabilities.…
Parks are evaluated as accessible; usable, but with assistance; or unaccessible. Includes Information on parking, restroom, dining, and lodging facilities; as well as programs for persons with various disabilitiesBio of an ogre: the autobiography of Piers Anthony to age 50
Par Piers Anthony. 1988
Fantasy writer Piers Anthony has, by his own admission, written a highly selective and subjective account of his first fifty…
years, attempting to write not only the "what" of his life but also the "why." Each of the five sections covers a decade of his lifeAccess America guide to the Rocky Mountain national parks: an atlas and guide for visitors with disabilities
Par Inc Cartographic. 1989
A guide to the accessibility of parks such as Rocky Mountain, Yellowstone, and Grand Teton for visitors with disabilities. Parks…
are evaluated as accessible; usable, but with assistance; of unaccessible. Includes information on parking, restroom, dining, and lodging facilites, as well as programs for persons with various disabilitiesO come ye back to Ireland: our first year in County Clare
Par Niall Williams. 1987
In 1985, after several years of contemplation, this husband and wife left their New York City jobs and headed for…
Ireland, where Nial would write and Christine would paint. But it was soon apparent that they would have to do much more in order to survive in the village of Kilmihil, where there is almost constant rain and there are no phones, cinemas, restaurants, or city soundsThe pipes are calling: our jaunts through Ireland
Par Niall Williams. 1990
Niall and Christine and their adopted daughter Deirdre set out on a journey along the backroads of Ireland to discover…
more about the homeland to which they have returned. By car and bicycle, they visit an Ireland that is unfailingly charming in a preindustrial way. Sequel to "When Summer's in the Meadow."On a Chinese screen (Armchair traveller series)
Par W. Maugham. 1990
A medley of pieces describing the way Europeans lived in a China no longer extant. From his visits in 1919…
and 1921, Maugham created sketches, vignettes, prose-poems, and two short stories that depict, as a Chinese screen might, his experience of the China of that dayThe art of loving (Perennial library)
Par Erich Fromm. 1956
Fromm shows that "love is not a sentiment which can be easily indulged in by anyone," but rather an art…
that requires knowledge and effort. Fromm believes that by developing one's hidden capacities for love, a person can achieve a rich, productive life. He discusses the love between parent and child, brotherly love, motherly love, erotic love, self-love, and the love of GodThink and grow rich
Par Napoleon Hill. 1960
Travel safety: security safeguards at home and abroad
Par Jack Adler. 1988
Ideas for how to avoid being victimized while traveling. The emphasis is on enjoyment of your trip, which can be…
made possible by commonsense planning for personal safety and security of your possessionsI didn't hear the dragon roar
Par Frances Parsons. 1988
An art historian records her solo odyssey through China in 1986. Although she has a hearing impairment and travels independently,…
Parsons has few difficulties and many adventures, as she lectures at schools for deaf students and visits such sights as the Forbidden City, the Tashilhunpo Monastery, and the Yangtze RiverThe mind
Par Richard Restak. 1988
An accompaniment to the 1988 PBS television series. Restak quotes experts and summarizes scores of studies and trends--from teaching chimps…
to learn sign language to electroconvulsive therapy to treat clinical depressionThe courage to heal: a guide for women survivors of child sexual abuse
Par Ellen Bass. 1988
The authors, one a counselor and one a survivor of child abuse, describe the healing process and the importance of…
recalling painful incidents clearly and recognizing the emotional damage the abuse caused. They discuss ways to help victims understand that they were not at fault, and ways to develop self-esteem. Some descriptions of sexJaguars ripped my flesh: adventure is a risky business
Par Tim Cahill. 1987
A series of essays "conceived in fun and meant to be read for pleasure" on the joys and frustrations of…
travel. The articles first appeared in "Outside," "Geo," and "Rolling Stone" magazinesHeidi's Alp: one family's search for storybook Europe (Traveler)
Par Christina Hardyment. 1987
Hardyment's travel book charts her adventures with her four daughters, ages five to twelve, as they journey through Europe following…
a path paved by their favorite storybook heroes and authors. they pursue Hans Brinker in Holland, the Pied Piper in Germany, and Heidi in the Swiss Alps. This tour includes readings from many children's classicsGrowing up on purpose
Par Robert Parkinson. 1988
Written to encourage pre-teens to share with their parents, teachers, and peers their thoughts on growing up, this book can…
help prepare pre-teens to cope with the challenges of adolescence. Each chapter ends with a "Let's Talk It Over" section designed to stimulate discussion on the topics presentedIn the teeth of the northeaster: a solo voyage on Lake Superior
Par Marlin Bree. 1988
History buff Bree built his own twenty-foot wooden sailboat, the "Persistence," and sailed Superior's coastal waters for three months. His…
narrative is both an adventure, for he encountered several fierce storms, and an anecdotal history of the lake, with tidbits on Indians, voyageurs, miners, sea captains, and colorful local inhabitantsThe scorpion-fish
Par Nicolas Bouvier. 1987
This account of the Swiss writer's travels in Sri Lanka is a meditation on how we perceive the world in…
which we live, the natural and the mystical. The author's great passion is entomology; he watches and describes in detail such local creatures as centipedes, cockroaches, scorpions, and termitesEducation of a wandering man
Par Louis L'Amour. 1989
A personal reflection by the prolific and beloved writer of westerns. At fifteen Louis L'Amour left school, trusting his education…
to his own curiosity and the world's vastness. Armed with books, he roamed the world, cow-punching, working as a circus roustabout, mining, prize-fighting, hoboing, and serving as a merchant seaman. He shares the richness and variety of his education with the readerThe Growing years: a guide to your child's emotional development from birth to adolescence
Par Mark Rubinstein. 1987
This book, written by a psychiatrist, offers practical advice on fostering a child's emotional growth from infancy to age twelve.…
Part one includes advice on a wide array of common concerns from weaning to television. Part two deals with special contemporary issues in emotional development, such as working mothers and divorceHow to make your own luck
Par Bernard Gittelson. 1981
A top consultant to industry, who is also a public relations representative and creator of a biothythm computer program business,…
focuses on using ingenuity and perseverance to get the breaks as an entrepeneur. Gittelson explains how to tap one's own creative energy and channel it into action