Bow Lake
Title | Bow Lake PDF eBook |
Author | Jane Lytton Gooch |
Publisher | Rocky Mountain Books Ltd |
Pages | 194 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 1926855051 |
Bow Lake in the Canadian Rockies has inspired artists for almost a century. An early explorer who recognized the beauty of this alpine landscape was Jimmy Simpson, a legendary guide and outfitter who also collected art and painted in watercolours. He welcomed artists such as Carl Rungius, Belmore Browne and Peter and Catharine Whyte to his camp beside Bow Lake, which eventually became the storied Num-Ti-Jah Lodge. A.C. Leighton and his wife, Barbara, along with Walter J. Phillips were among the early artists at Bow Lake. This artistic tradition has been carried on with the current artist-in-residence program at Num-Ti-Jah, attracting many contemporary artists to paint the spectacular landscape. This volume includes an introduction describing the history of exploration and the early artistic activity generated by Jimmy Simpson, followed by brief biographies of 18 contemporary artists whose works are also included in the 47 colour plates, all documented and described, of which only 6 have ever been published before.
Stand on the Sky
Title | Stand on the Sky PDF eBook |
Author | Erin Bow |
Publisher | HMH Books For Young Readers |
Pages | 341 |
Release | 2019 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1328557464 |
An exquisitely written, uplifting middle grade debut by acclaimed author, Erin Bow, about a young girl who defies her family's expectations in order to save her brother and become an eagle hunter, perfect for fans of PAX. It goes against all tradition for Aisulu to train an eagle, for among the Kazakh nomads, only men can fly them. But everything changes when Aisulu discovers that her brother, Serik, has been concealing a bad limp that risks not just his future as the family's leader, but his life too. When her parents leave to seek a cure for Serik in a distant hospital, Aisulu finds herself living with her intimidating uncle and strange auntie--and secretly caring for an orphaned baby eagle. To save her brother and keep her family from having to leave their nomadic life behind forever, Aisulu must earn her eagle's trust and fight for her right to soar. Along the way, she discovers that family are people who choose each other, home is a place you build, and hope is a thing with feathers. Erin Bow's lyrical middle grade debut is perfect for fans of original animal-friendship stories like Pax and Because of Winn Dixie.
Atlas of Alberta Lakes
Title | Atlas of Alberta Lakes PDF eBook |
Author | Patricia Mitchell |
Publisher | University of Alberta |
Pages | 704 |
Release | 1990 |
Genre | Reference |
ISBN | 0888642156 |
This compilation of data on 100 lakes in Alberta (outside the mountain areas) covers physical characteristics, water quality, wildlife, recreational opportunities and access for each lake, and includes maps, photographs, diagrams and statistical tables.
Ain't it Hell
Title | Ain't it Hell PDF eBook |
Author | Edward John Hart |
Publisher | |
Pages | 232 |
Release | 1995 |
Genre | |
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A work of historical fiction based on the life of Bill Peyto, an outdoorsman and adventurer in the Canadian Rockies near Banff, Alberta, Canada.
Colonial Gravestone Inscriptions in the State of New Hampshire
Title | Colonial Gravestone Inscriptions in the State of New Hampshire PDF eBook |
Author | Mrs. Charles Carpenter Goss |
Publisher | Genealogical Publishing Com |
Pages | 160 |
Release | 1974 |
Genre | Epitaphs |
ISBN | 0806306343 |
Mrs. Goss has assembled a list of about 12,500 names found on New Hampshire headstones prior to 1770. Arranged alphabetically by village or town, then, under cemetery, alphabetically by family name, her transcriptions are as complete a record of Colonial New Hampshire gravestone inscriptions as we are ever likely to have.
Lonely Planet British Columbia & the Canadian Rockies
Title | Lonely Planet British Columbia & the Canadian Rockies PDF eBook |
Author | Lonely Planet |
Publisher | Lonely Planet |
Pages | 450 |
Release | |
Genre | |
ISBN | 1837585644 |
Disciplinary Intuitions and the Design of Learning Environments
Title | Disciplinary Intuitions and the Design of Learning Environments PDF eBook |
Author | Kenneth Y. T. Lim |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 214 |
Release | 2014-10-19 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 9812871829 |
As children, we would have spilt glasses of milk, dropped things, and broken things. As children, therefore, we would have developed intuitions about how the world ‘works’, but we would not necessarily have been able to explain these ‘workings’. It would only have been till we entered formal schooling that we would have learned codifications of canon within each respective discipline, and consequently how to articulate the canon to explain the intuition. The preceding example was from the natural sciences, but one could just have easily taken an example from, say, the environmental sciences or from the social sciences. Indeed, much of this book does just that, as it seeks to chart the territory of a new theory of learning around Disciplinary Intuitions. Many of the chapters within draw frequent and explicit linkages to curriculum design, from the premise of the need to go beyond addressing the conceptions of learners, to seeking to understand the substrate upon which these conceptions are founded. The argument is made that this substrate comprises the particular set of lived experiences of each learner, and how – because these lived experiences are as tacit as they are diverse – designing curriculum around misconceptions and preconceptions alone would not lead to enduring understanding from first principles. From this perspective, Disciplinary Intuitions constitute an exciting field at the nexus of learning theories and curriculum design.