The schooner Sultana is a remarkable example of what can happen when a grand idea sparks the imagination of a group of exceptional people. The idea--building a reproduction of an eighteenth-century schooner to be a floating classroom on the Chesapeake Bay--originated with John Swain, and in the foreword to this book he sums up the many facets of a shipbuilding project that became the focus of community spirit. He invites readers to share in the experience, and share they will as the pages lead from impossible to absolute reality. The book tells Sultana's story through two perspectives. Lucian...
The schooner Sultana is a remarkable example of what can happen when a grand idea sparks the imagination of a group of exceptional people. The idea--b...
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Whenever human or animal feet stepped upon the floating land of Okefenokee, it trembled. This phenomenon gave the swamp its Native American name, Okefenokee, -trembling earth.-
Okefenokee's beginnings in what is now southern Georgia and northeastern Florida can be traced back seven thousand years, when rivers veering toward the Atlantic Ocean created a massive ridge that held back a deep bowl of sand. Seeds and other organic matter drifting on its surface spawned floating islands. Over this fragile, now sedentary terrain flow many streams that feed two rivers--the Suwanee, emptying...
Whenever human or animal feet stepped upon the floating land of Okefenokee, it trembled. This phenomenon gave the swamp its Native American name, ...
This highly illustrated book examines the humanitarian crisis in the Darfur region of Sudan. Photographer Lucian Niemeyer tells the story of the region's plight in photographs and words. He explains how the Sudanese government's decision to offically become a Muslim country in 1983 led to civil war and a humanitarian catastrophy.
This highly illustrated book examines the humanitarian crisis in the Darfur region of Sudan. Photographer Lucian Niemeyer tells the story of the regio...
Over 160 beautiful color photos and lyric text enable readers to explore West Virginia, from rolling countryside and scenic farms to small towns and big cities. The story of West Virginia reveals ancient history as well as modern epic. The land and its mountain barriers are among the oldest to be found on this earth. These rounded mountains stand in silent testimony to the passage of time, as they once rivaled the Alps in height. Prior to European settlement, Native Americans called this rugged land home for fifteen thousand years. Readers view West Virginia's more recent architectural...
Over 160 beautiful color photos and lyric text enable readers to explore West Virginia, from rolling countryside and scenic farms to small towns and b...
This book is for all who have wanted to capture the beauty of flowers in photographs, but felt they lacked the experience to succeed. With 215 vivid color photos of a wide range of flowers, professional photographer Lucian Niemeyer takes readers through the steps necessary to create artful color photographs, including the right choices of setting, lighting, color palette, and equipment, photographic techniques, and documentation and storage of the resulting images. He shows how flowers from the United States, Brazil, Africa, Bali, the Caribbean, Europe, and Canada were photographed in widely...
This book is for all who have wanted to capture the beauty of flowers in photographs, but felt they lacked the experience to succeed. With 215 vivid c...
Internationally renowned photographer Lucian Niemeyer and National Park Service historian Art Gomez have combined talents in this stunning presentation of the Land of Enchantment. Niemeyer's more than 150 color photographs and Gomez's sweeping history encompass the entire state throughout the seasons, presenting the region's people, cultures, and magnificent scenery. New Mexico's mountains, deserts, and rivers form natural corridors that migrating birds and animals have traditionally used for survival. Navigating these same corridors across the state, Paleo, Plains, and Pueblo Indians,...
Internationally renowned photographer Lucian Niemeyer and National Park Service historian Art Gomez have combined talents in this stunning presenta...
