What does it mean to leave behind all our electronic gadgets, to get out from behind our desks and computers, and spend a day in the wild? What does it do for our health and mental attitudes to step away from our daily world to experience the world of Nature? We are so very fortunate in the Northwest to have Nature so close that we can enjoy a day now and then from our routines so easily. This book collects the stories of a very wired-in former Microsoft executive, politically active city girl who discovered Nature in her backyard. She wrote her thoughts and feelings in stories which she...

This volume contains illustrated research papers including Maya divination practices, Tikal's ballcourt marker, Copan's peccary skull, Copan's second city, and a complete annotated catalog of the 121 Copan Notes.

This book offers many significant advantages to the student of Maya history. It gathers all of the available royal inscriptions of Copan in one place. It assigns the inscriptions to the correct kings. The drawings for each inscription have been cleaned up so the glyphs stand out clear and distinct. Each inscription has been gridded by letters and numbers for the exact location of each glyph. Every word has been translated or transliterated where possible. The author makes no pretense that these translations are the final word but at least now scholars have a single solid base from which to...

Does Bill Gates make you happy? How about hiccups? Or doorknobs? Maybe mushrooms - no not that kind From the Big Bang to the stock market, the author reflects on sources of happiness that are not always apparent. Hopefully this selection will inspire readers to find their own usual or unusual sources of happiness.

Jumanji is a magical adventure game featured in a 1995 movie of the same name. The game calls to us with jungle drums: Boom buppa-doom buppa-doom buppa-doom. The author's passport calls to her in much the same way. It wants to get out, to explore, to meet new people and see new things, and collect more stamps from new immigration officials. The author has traveled the world from India to Bolivia, Antarctica to Malta. She has written many stories about her adventures, observations on foreign cultures and people, and interesting encounters that most tourists will never experience. This book is...

Jumanji is a magical adventure game featured in a 1995 movie of the same name. The game calls us with jungle drums: Boom buppa-doom buppa-doom buppa-doom. The author's passport calls to her in much the same way. It wants to get out, to explore, to meet new people and see new things, and collect more stamps from new immigration officials. The author has traveled the world from India to Bolivia, from Antarctica to Malta. She has written many stories about her adventures, observations on foreign cultures and people, and interesting encounters that most tourists will never experience.