Author : Rachel Munsey
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 46,86 MB
Release : 2021-12-14
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ISBN : 9781735088242
The Kingdom Beyond the Clouds
Rachel Munsey
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Kingdoms Beyond the Clouds
Jonathan Gregson
Author : Jonathan Gregson
Publisher : Pan Macmillan Adult MM
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 39,80 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Himalaya Mountains Region
ISBN : 9780330376914
Of the numerous Himalayan kingdoms and princely states that survived until the British left India, only two - Nepal and Bhutan - are now fully-fledged sovereign states. The others have been annexed or otherwise 'integrated' into their larger neighbours. Yet in many cases, the royal family survives and remains the focus of local traditions and loyalties. Jonathan Gregson has travelled widely throughout the Himalayan region, to Bhutan, Nepal, Sikkim, Mustang and Dharamsala, in search of their kingly rulers. Kingdoms Beyond the Clouds is the story of these journeys and of his conversations with these often elusive leaders - some of whom scarcely ever grant interviews to outsiders. 'A delightful and thought-provoking read about a fascinating part of the world' Mark Tully
Beyond the Sky and the Earth
Jamie Zeppa
Author : Jamie Zeppa
Publisher : Doubleday Canada
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 16,88 MB
Release : 2011-01-28
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0385674155
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.
Book of Clouds
Chloe Aridjis
Author : Chloe Aridjis
Publisher : Random House
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 29,75 MB
Release : 2011-10-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 144811344X
Tatiana, a young Mexican woman, is adrift in Berlin. Choosing a life of solitude, she takes a job transcribing notes for the reclusive Doktor Weiss. Through him she meets 'ant illustrator turned meteorologist' Jonas, a Berliner who has used clouds and the sky's constant shape-shifting as his escape from reality. As their three paths intersect and merge, the contours of all their worlds begins to change...
Just Beyond the Clouds
Karen Kingsbury
Author : Karen Kingsbury
Publisher : Center Street
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 29,98 MB
Release : 2007-09-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1599950529
#1 bestselling author Karen Kingsbury tells the heartwrenching story of Cody Gunner, a widower fighting for stability, and the woman who wants to help him trust again -- even when trust is the most terrifying thing of all. Still aching over his wife's death, Cody Gunner can't bear the thought of also letting go of his Down's Syndrome brother, Carl Joseph. Cody wants his brother home, where he will be safe and cared for, not out on his own in a world that Cody knows all too well can be heartless and insecure. So when Carl Joseph's teacher, Elle, begins championing his independence, she finds herself at odds with Cody. But even as these two battle it out, they can't deny the instinctive connection they share, and Cody faces a crisis of the heart. What if Elle is the one woman who can teach Cody that love is still possible? If Cody can let go of his lingering anger, he might just see that sometimes the brightest hope of all lies just beyond the clouds.
Beyond the Clouds
Louise Smith
Author : Louise Smith
Publisher : Kingdom Builders Publications, LLC
Page : 117 pages
File Size : 24,40 MB
Release : 2015-03-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0578120488
If you have a fascination with dreams and their interpretation, Beyond the Clouds (BTC) is a must read! BTC is an electrifying account of life experiences visions, and dreams with sound messages. Its riveting pages explore questions and answers to life struggles and triumphs. BTC will inspire and empower you through scripture and prophetic message. It is also a deeply personal book about Louise Smith’s love for God, and His love for her. BTC shares the personal stories about family and the great things God has done in her life, praise under pressure, the Word over worry and determination in the midst of disaster. You will also discover that there is a purpose to us all while learning approaches to our destiny. God the Creator supplies unlimited faith, courage and limitless imagination. Allow Beyond the Clouds to be a starting place for you in commitment and change.
Beyond the Clouds 4
Nicke
Author : Nicke
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 27,29 MB
Release : 2022-03-01
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 1646510321
A boy with a talent for machines and a mysterious girl with a broken wing will take you past the ordinary. One part Final Fantasy, one part Studio Ghibli, Beyond the Clouds is a gorgeous tale about the longing of young hearts for adventure and friendship! Another Catastrophe Mia and Theo’s erstwhile new friend Nora was kidnapped by a band of thieves, but with the help of the little lumiferret Tama, the pair managed to find the kidnappers’ lair! Unfortunately, the operation ended in disaster when, in a panic, Mia again caused a monstrous cat of darkness to appear. After raging out of control, the beast only disappeared once she lost consciousness. Now, though the worst has been avoided, Mia feels guiltier than ever towards Theo for what she’s putting him through...
Above the Clouds
Anatoli Boukreev
Author : Anatoli Boukreev
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 17,4 MB
Release : 2015-09-08
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1250097487
A breathtaking and lavishly illustrated autobiography in essays on Anatoli Boukreev, the late world-famous mountaineer and author of The Climb. When Anatoli Boukreev died on the slopes of Annapurna on Christmas day, 1997, the world lost one of the greatest adventurers of our time. In Above the Clouds, both the man and his incredible climbs on Mt. McKinley, K2, Makalu, Manaslu, and Everest-including his diary entries on the infamous 1996 disaster, written shortly after his return-are immortalized. There also are minute technical details about the skill of mountain climbing, as well as personal reflections on what life means to someone who risks it every day. Fully illustrated with gorgeous color photos, Above the Clouds is a unique and breathtaking look at the world from its most remote peaks.
Beyond the Clouds 3
NICKE
Author : NICKE
Publisher : Kodansha America LLC
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 11,52 MB
Release : 2021-01-12
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 1646594223
Thanks to the Sage’s medicine, Mia has recovered, but now she also knows she’s in danger of burning out her magic if she doesn’t learn how to control it. But where to find a wizard in this mundane world? Mia and Theo follow a legend to Karatope, the city of merchants, where every corner features something new, marvelous, or delicious—for a price! But what could a wizard be doing here? They hear of a fortune-teller and realize there’s no better vocation for someone with magical powers. Yet even after they spend hours in line, this seer refuses to see them! What does he know that he’s not sharing…?
Cloud Atlas
David Mitchell
Author : David Mitchell
Publisher : Vintage Canada
Page : 596 pages
File Size : 37,15 MB
Release : 2010-07-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0307373576
#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A timeless, structure-bending classic that explores how actions of individual lives impact the past, present and future—from a postmodern visionary and one of the leading voices in fiction One of the New York Times’s 100 Best Books of the 21st Century • Shortlisted for the International Booker Prize Cloud Atlas begins in 1850 with Adam Ewing, an American notary voyaging from the Chatham Isles to his home in California. Ewing is befriended by a physician, Dr. Goose, who begins to treat him for a rare species of brain parasite. The novel careens, with dazzling virtuosity, to Belgium in 1931, to the West Coast in the 1970s, to an inglorious present-day England, to a Korean superstate of the near future where neocapitalism has run amok, and, finally, to a postapocalyptic Iron Age Hawaii in the last days of history. But the story doesn’t end even there. The novel boomerangs back through centuries and space, returning by the same route, in reverse, to its starting point. Along the way, David Mitchell reveals how his disparate characters connect, how their fates intertwine, and how their souls drift across time like clouds across the sky. As wild as a video game, as mysterious as a Zen koan, Cloud Atlas is an unforgettable tour de force that, like its incomparable author, has transcended its cult classic status to become a worldwide phenomenon.