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Throughout her sixth decade, accomplished solo backpacker Talie Morrison continued her wilderness adventures. Not for one minute did she think she was too old or that any trail was too dangerous.

In Still Going Strong, Morrison chronicles her travels during her sixties, which took her all over the world. She forged through raging snowstorms in Antarctica and spent almost two months walking across the entire continent of Europe. Morrison found herself in perilous situations, and all she had to rely on was her own extensive wilderness experience. She explains the strategies...

The World's Major Languages features over 50 of the world's languages and language families. This revised edition includes updated bibliographies for each chapter and up-to-date census figures.

The featured languages have been chosen based on the number of speakers, their role as official languages and their cultural and historical importance. Each language is looked at in depth, and the chapters provide information on both grammatical features and on salient features of the language's history and cultural role.

This accessible volume will appeal to...

A collection from 24 Countries . . . over 135 Dreams That Came True

This dream collection, mundane to dramatic, has been woven together one dream flowing to the next. Each chapter's introduction gives additional depth to this fascinating phenomena. That of the dream world.

From Ernil Bernil's dream of a major archaeological find, to Neil Armstrong's dream of floating in space. From Peter's dream of Organic Gardening, to Lee Iacocca's dream of the Chrysler car. From Sophia's dream of the gas leak that saved her Mother's life, to Valerie's dream of the 9/11 disaster. All of these...

The volume is highly relevant to the current regional and international discussion on endangered languages, language contact, documentation and areal typology. The publication is the outcome of a fruitful theoretical and methodological exchange between Latin American scholars and international scholars working in other regions. Most of the papers target Latin American languages. Additionally, new insight into the contact situations in Indonesia, Iran, Australia and Papua New Guinea is provided.