Philippe Cousteau travels to New Zealand and uncovers this country's spectacular beauty.

Part family history, part naturalist's journal-and her first work of nonfiction in more than twenty years- Bird Cloud is Annie Proulx's vivid chronicle of building a house on a spectacularly beautiful piece of land in Wyoming. Idiosyncratic, original, and spectacularly vivid, Bird Cloud was conceived as a book about building a house and then became a family history, an archaeology of the Wyoming landscape, and as close to memoir as Annie Proulx will...

The World of the Fire Mountains highlights what it takes to survive in an unforgiving habitat, focusing on the fragile balance of life on the edge, in raw landscapes of spectacular beauty. Here, one lizard was saved from extinction by baby seagulls!

"A wordless picture-book journey through the Boundary Waters, canoeing and camping with a family as they encounter the northwoods wilderness in all its spectacular beauty"--

Though the poems in this book take the reader on a South American journey from Chile to the Galapagos, it is not just another travel book. It's a personal invitation in the form of a poem a day to join the writer in strange and exotic places. The spectacular beauty of cascading water at the Iguassu Falls, a weather-beaten face in a Peruvian marketplace, the roasted guinea pig on the Last Supper table in Cusco Cathedral's altar picture, these were...

An unforgettable tale of love, loss and betrayal from an exciting new Australian voice in historical fiction. In stark contrast to her own childhood during the last days of the Raj in India, the spectacular beauty surrounding their home, Rathgarven in Ireland has proven to be a happy place for Kathleen O'Sullivan and her husband, James, to raise their four children. But Kathleen is no stranger to heartbreak, and when the family is faced with losing...

Have you ever wanted to visit Ireland? How would you like to live there? You'll feel like you do when these stories transport you to this spectacularly beautiful island nation. In this collection of short stories you will travel to picturesque places, sometimes along singe track roads with centuries old hedgerows defining your way. You'll drink in the forty shades of green that Ireland is famous for, while working up a thirst for a pint or two of...

These poems are a collection of observations on life experiences that we all can relate to. They touch on universal themes that each of us encounter at various stages of our lives. The title poem, Days To Come, considers acceptance, something we all face at some point. Where You Are is a poem about being wonderfully lost in love. Love You Still takes on love that is gone and the sadder side of romance. Daydreams and Solitude's Sound remind us of the...

Little has been produced about the cultural or historic relevance of Sicily. The most invaded place on the planet, the three-sided island rivals Greece and Egypt as a primary source for Western ideas. Sicily: Land of Love and Strife takes the viewer to a place more fascinating and more diverse than any other Italian region. This journey demonstrates that fewer places on the planet compare to Sicily for a story of spectacular beauty, epic human struggle,...

The Patrón awakes to another day in his perfect life. His days are filled with success, beauty, wealth and power but, as usual, he is dissatisfied. The next 18 hours would be different in many ways, but still reflective of his ritualistic existence. Today he would be faced with challenges that could upset the very essence of his world. He would face the prospects of a devastating fire on his property, the probable loss of a valued employee, the possibility...