The Irresponsible Pursuit of Paradise

The Irresponsible Pursuit of Paradise
Title The Irresponsible Pursuit of Paradise PDF eBook
Author Jim L. Bowyer
Publisher Levins Publishing
Pages 292
Release 2016-09-01
Genre Business & Economics
ISBN 9780997672602

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In ''The Irresponsible Pursuit of Paradise, '' Dr. Jim L. Bowyer clearly documents an ethically bankrupt position that underlies much of our environmental policy. High consumption in wealthy countries usually goes hand-in-hand with resistance to domestic raw materials extraction and half-hearted interest in recycling. Because of this, the world's wealthiest countries increasingly rely on imported raw materials from poorer nations to fuel consumption. This, in turn, allows citizens of wealthy countries to smugly enjoy high levels of consumption with minimal exposure to the environmental impacts of that consumption. Bowyer concludes, ''Contrary to common practice today, high consuming nations need to be asking, 'Why not in my back yard?'''

In Pursuit of Paradise

In Pursuit of Paradise
Title In Pursuit of Paradise PDF eBook
Author Lewis G. Knapp
Publisher Phoenix Pub
Pages 359
Release 1989
Genre History
ISBN 9780914659426

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The Pursuit of Paradise

The Pursuit of Paradise
Title The Pursuit of Paradise PDF eBook
Author Jane Brown
Publisher
Pages 440
Release 1999
Genre Gardening
ISBN

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Full of fascinating characters and vignettes - from ancient Greeks to suffragettes, from eccentric military men to Catholics in hiding from persecution - this text looks into how society's changes have altered our views of gardening, who does it, and how we do it. What drives people to risk their lives in search of a rare Himalayan flower? Why are so many gardeners homosexual? How did gardening become a respectable career for women? When did looking at other people's gardens become a national British pastime?

Pursuit of Paradise

Pursuit of Paradise
Title Pursuit of Paradise PDF eBook
Author Georgene S. Dreishpoon
Publisher iUniverse
Pages 221
Release 2010
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 1450247601

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In l967, when Georgene Dreishpoon and her husband Irving read a National Geographic article about the Bahamas, a mental seed was planted that would sprout seven years later when they embarked on an unforgettable and magical ferry ride to the island of Green Turtle Cay in the Bahamas. In her fascinating memoir, Pursuit of Paradise, Dreishpoon shares her experiences as a member of an American family who sought a fishing retreat in the Bahamas and, in the process, discovered lifelong friendships and ultimately faced the fact that even in paradise, the realities of life lurk in the background. For sixty days a year, the Dreishpoons left their life in America and lived on an island that captured their imaginations and their souls. Through entertaining anecdotes, Dreishpoon provides a glimpse into how her family immersed themselves in a new culture, learned to communicate with local inhabitants, and acquired a taste for new food--all while cherishing their time together as they experienced a new adventure. Pursuit of Paradise chronicles nearly twenty-five years of amazing stories of one family's extraordinary experiences on a beautiful Bahamian island that affected their philosophy of living and loving forever.

Intoxication

Intoxication
Title Intoxication PDF eBook
Author Ronald K. Siegel
Publisher
Pages 398
Release 1990-08
Genre Health & Fitness
ISBN 9780671691929

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Welcome to Paradise, Now Go to Hell

Welcome to Paradise, Now Go to Hell
Title Welcome to Paradise, Now Go to Hell PDF eBook
Author Chas Smith
Publisher Harper Collins
Pages 196
Release 2013-11-19
Genre Sports & Recreation
ISBN 0062202545

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A finalist for the PEN Center USA Award for Nonfiction Welcome to Paradise, Now Go to Hell, is surfer and former war reporter Chas Smith’s wild and unflinching look at the high-stakes world of surfing on Oahu’s North Shore—a riveting, often humorous, account of beauty, greed, danger, and crime. For two months every winter, when Pacific storms make landfall, swarms of mainlanders, Brazilians, Australians, and Europeans flock to Oahu’s paradisiacal North Shore in pursuit of some of the greatest waves on earth for surfing’s Triple Crown competition. Chas Smith reveals how this influx transforms a sleepy, laid-back strip of coast into a lawless, violent, drug-addled, and adrenaline-soaked mecca. Smith captures this exciting and dangerous place where locals, outsiders, the surf industry, and criminal elements clash in a fascinating look at class, race, power, money, and crime, set within one of the most beautiful places on earth. The result is a breathtaking blend of crime and adventure that captures the allure and wickedness of this idyllic golden world.

Milk of Paradise

Milk of Paradise
Title Milk of Paradise PDF eBook
Author Lucy Inglis
Publisher Simon and Schuster
Pages 401
Release 2019-02-05
Genre History
ISBN 1643130951

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Poppy tears, opium, heroin, fentanyl: humankind has been in thrall to the “Milk of Paradise” for millennia. The latex of papaver somniferum is a bringer of sleep, of pleasurable lethargy, of relief from pain—and hugely addictive. A commodity without rival, it is renewable, easy to extract, transport, and refine, and subject to an insatiable global demand. No other substance in the world is as simple to produce or as profitable. It is the basis of a gargantuan industry built upon a shady underworld, but ultimately it is an agricultural product that lives many lives before it reaches the branded blister packet, the intravenous drip, or the scorched and filthy spoon. Many of us will end our lives dependent on it. In Milk of Paradise, acclaimed cultural historian Lucy Inglis takes readers on an epic journey from ancient Mesopotamia to modern America and Afghanistan, from Sanskrit to pop, from poppy tears to smack, from morphine to today’s synthetic opiates. It is a tale of addiction, trade, crime, sex, war, literature, medicine, and, above all, money. And, as this ambitious, wide-ranging, and compelling account vividly shows, the history of opium is our history and it speaks to us of who we are.