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... the first modern preservationists. His letters, essays, and books telling of his adventures in nature, and wildlife, especially in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California, were read by millions and are still popular today. His direct activism helped to save the Yosemite Valley and other wilderness areas. The Sierra Club, which he founded, is now one of the most importan...

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...to help alleviate illness that had plagued her since childhood. She was a single woman in her early forties when she made her treck through the Rocky Mountains. A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains details this fascinating account of her travels through a series of letters written to her sister, Henrietta. These letters are filled with beautiful, vivid descriptions of the ...

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...Try to imagine Hawai’i five hundred years ago. What do you suppose life in the islands was like then? How do you think people survived? From the Mountains to the Sea: Early Hawaiian Life will help answer these questions. It will give us a glimpse of our early Hawaiian ancestors. We will see where they lived and how they lived. We will learn about their close ties t...

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...-- 1 -- Introduction -- 3 -- Polynesian Discoverers -- 4 -- Marquesans -- 6 -- Tahitians -- 9 -- Umi Divides the Land -- 13 – Ahupuaa -- 18 -- Uka: Mountains and Uplands -- 22 -- Kula: Plains and Fields -- 25 -- Kai: The Sea and the Lands Nearby -- 30 -- Spirits of Nature -- 32 -- Na Akua: The Major Spirits -- 37 -- Heiau: Places of Worship -- 41 -- Na Kapu: The Forbidde...

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Excerpt: The Great Stone Face and Other Tales of the White Mountains by Nathaniel Hawthorne.

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...THE GREAT STONE FACE AND OTHER TALES OF THE WHITE MOUNTAINS BY NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Pu... ...ics Series Publication The Great Stone Face and Other T ales of the White Mountains by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a publication of the Pennsylvania Sta... ...ansmission, in any way. The Great Stone Face and Other T ales of the White Mountains by Nathaniel Hawthorne , the Pennsylvania State University, Ele... ...45 4 TheGreatStone Face THE GREAT STONE FACE AND OTHER TALES OF THE WHITE MOUNTAINS BY NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE 1882 1882 1882 1882 1882 INTR INTR INTR IN... ...es. And what was the Great Stone Face? Embosomed amongst a family of lofty mountains, there was a valley so spacious that it con tained many thousand ... ...as it grew dim in the distance, with the clouds and glorified vapor of the mountains clustering about it, the Great Stone Face seemed positively to be... ...now he was to behold the living likeness of those wondrous features on the mountainside. While the boy was still gazing up the valley, and fancying, a... ...he ignoble features of the ruined merchant and that majestic face upon the mountainside. So the people ceased to honor him during his lifetime, and qu... ..., who were comparing the features of the hero with the face on the distant mountainside. “T is the same face, to a hair!’ cried one man, cutting a cap...

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...A collection of four short stories by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the common theme of which is New Hampshire's White Mountains. Consists of: The Great Stone Face , written in 1850 and revolves around the 'Old Man of the Mountain (Cannon Mtn.) in New Hampshire which sadly collapsed on May 3, 2003; The Ambitious Guest , written in 1835; The G...

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...t-Stopped Awake and Aware World of Dust The Fact Unforgiving Agenda The Visitor Tranquil Days Thin Air Sleek Birds, Desperate People In the Mountains I Feel Free In the Presence of Natural Beauty ‘The Mountains of themselves are Mountains’ This Side of Lethe Winnowing Freedom Line of Sight The Invisible One All Change Now Clearing Reclaim A Flow of Dre...

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...A continent or just an island? Maybe both! Deserts, mountains, tropical rainforests, a few fertile plains: undoubtedly there are a lot of contrasts in this country, whose cities and population are concentrated along eastern and south-eastern coasts. Nonetheless its heart is wh...

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The life and adventures of a river otter in the East Tennessee mountains.

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...A subtropical climate, skyscrapers everywhere, busy people, mountains of electronic gadgets, wonderful sceneries suspended from hills to the sea: this is Hong Kong!...

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...Han-shan, the Master of Cold Mountain, and his friend Shi-te, lived in the late-eighth to early-ninth century AD, in the sacred T’ien-t’ai Mountains of Chekiang Province, south of the bay of Hangchow. The two laughing friends, holding hands, come and go, but mostly go, dashing into the wild, careless of others’ reality, secure in their own. As Han-shan himself s...

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...A city surrounded by mountains and beaches: almost incredible but this is Barcelona! A sunny climate comes with architectural wonders, a very good cuisine and its renowned Movida...

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...eus River) Act II Scenes V-VI (Aegean Coves, Telchines of Rhodes) Act III Scenes I-II (Menelaus' Palace, Castle Court) Act IV Scenes I-III (Mountains, Headland:Battle, Emperor's Tent) Act V Scenes I-VII (Country, Garden, Palace, Night, Midnight, Outer Court, Mountain:Forest:Rock:Desert)...

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...Water color landscapes depicting the beauty of the village of Ravnogor and Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria, where it is located. The landscapes were painted "alla prima" from nature by the author Marlena Yurukova during her stays in Ravnogor and her wanderings in its surroundings in the time from 1985 to 2015. ...

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...“ край с. Равногор On the road from Ravnogor to St. Elijah’s chapel 11 Гледка към Балкана и Средна гора край с. Горна махала View to the Balkan mountains and Sredna gora from the field near Gorna Mahala village 12 Сопотския метох „Въведение Богородично“ The Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary monastery in the town of Sopot 13 Старинна къща с кулата отзад в це...

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...Far above the clouds, stars, moon and sun, was fairyland. It was a magnificent place filled with exotic flowers of rainbow colors, snow-dusted mountains, sapphire lakes, and trees greener than green itself. Of course, there were many fairies too, dazzling the exquisite land as far, and farther than eyes can see. The loveliest fairy in the fairyland, was Eleena. She ...

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... a magnificent place filled with exotic flowers of rainbow colors, snow-dusted mountains, sapphire lakes, and trees greener than green itself. Of cour...

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...g, saying those words appears that whatever just said (before those words) wasn't completely true. Life in the 1930’s and 70’s set in a hi-desert and mountains where it’s better to be on something then think you’re smarter than the rest, a brain with no way of knowing it, and a complete dependency on why. ...

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...Ahupuaa is a section of land most often running from the mountains to the sea. Within most ahupuaa were three areas: uka (upland), kula (plains and fields), and kai (sea and nearby land). These areas contained almost everything people needed to survive. Two words are in the wor...

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...ell-being of the people was reflected in the health of nature around them. Today, whether looking to the sea and fisheries, or to the flat lands and mountains, or to the condition of the people, it is all too easy to find signs of stress and diminishing health of Hawaiian nature and the native culture. As will be seen in this study, this is clearly evident in the conditi...