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A nation of trees: Australian rites
By Rosemary Millington. 1964
In Shackleton's wake
By Bob Roberts, Arved Fuchs. 2001
In order to reenact the voyages of Ernest Shackleton, a small group of people undertook a simulated version of what…
happened. They started with a boat, losing their drinking water and eventually the boat itself, and continued on foot, replacing the Antarctic with South Georgia. 2001.At home and abroad
By V. S Pritchett. 1989
These essays of the novelist and critic cover his travels to South and North America, most of Western Europe and…
Great Britain over a forty year period. His observations of landscape and human nature illuminate the social and political insights he offers en route. It includes 8 short pieces written in the 1920's on the poor whites of Appalachia. 1990, c1989.Baby proofing basics: how to keep your child safe
By Vicki Lansky. 1991
Lansky discusses child safety hazards and recommends solutions for problems found in each room of the house. Chapters on outdoor…
and travel safety cover topics such as pools, sun exposure, and shopping. Lansky also examines children's furnishings and accessories, toys, holiday celebrations, poisonous plants and products, feeding methods, pets, and clothing. 1991.Kids are worth it!: giving your child the gift of inner discipline
By Barbara Coloroso. 1994
Coloroso presents her approach to parenting, based on three ideas -- kids are worth the effort parents give to raise…
them well, parents should treat children in a way that they themselves would want to be treated, and parents should act in a way that preserves the dignity of both parent and child. 1994.Letter from the Khyber Pass: and other travel writing
By George Woodcock. 1993
When George Woodcock travelled, he set out on his journeys well-prepared and full of curiosity. This collection of his travel…
writing brings together material written over nearly forty years. His destinations include Zapotec villages in Mexico, the West Coast of Canada, and the Khyber Pass in West Pakistan. 1993.Cameroon with Egbert
By Dervla Murphy. 1989
Dervla Murphy and her teenage daughter, Rachel, travelled through the west African nation of Cameroon with a pack horse named…
Egbert. They wandered through jungles, up mountains and across plains. The author includes a tart commentary on the local customs, history and problems of contemporary Africa. 1989.No more secrets: protecting your child from sexual assault
By Caren Adams, Jennifer Fay. 1979
A yak for Christmas
By Louise Hillary. 1969
A book of travel about central Asia, particularly the Mount Everest region of Nepal. Mrs. Hillary writes an interesting and…
charming narrative of her family's adventures and misadventures while roughing it. 1969.Ma course autour du monde
By Mario Bonenfant. 1983
Comment vraiment aimer votre enfant ((Que sais-je? ; 1562).)
By Ross Campbell, Danièle Starenkyj. 1979
Le guide complet des parents pour les soins des enfants
By Gilbert Simon, Marcia Cohen, Jean-Louis Lafrance. 1990
L'étonnant nouveau-né ((Tel, ISSN 0339-8560 ; 25).)
By Marshall H Klaus, Phyllis H Klaus, Ginette Patenaude. 1990
Ce qu'un enfant doit avoir: [ses sept besoins incontournables pour grandir, apprendre et s'épanouir] ((Un endroit où aller).)
By T. Berry Brazelton, Stanley I Greenspan, Isabella More. 2001
Moi, ta mère ((Que sais-je? ; 1234).)
By Christiane Collange. 1985
Safari en Afrique
By Jean-Jacques Ouellet. 1988
Une place pour le père
By Aldo Naouri. 1985
Une femme devient mère en mettant un enfant au monde : son rôle, sa place et sa fonction découlent de…
ce fait biologique et sont intimement liés entre eux. Devenir père pour un homme est autrement plus compliqué : il ne lui suffit pas de donner son nom ou d'assumer la charge matérielle de son enfant, il lui faut de plus occuper une fonction qu'il ne peut pas créer par son seul vouloir. Qu'est-ce que cette fonction? Comment peut-elle se mettre en place? Quand on sait combien sa carence est préjudiciable à l'équilibre d'un couple et au devenir de l'enfant, on ne peut pas se soustraire à ces questions. C'est à elles que cet ouvrage se propose de répondre en faisant appel à des dizaines de cas cliniques édifiants, émouvants et minutieusement analysés. 1985.The Europe I saw
By Elizabeth Wiskemann. 1968
Two middle-aged ladies in Andalusia (The century travellers)
By Penelope Chetwode. 1985
The author makes her tour of the most inaccessible region of Spain riding on the back of the second middle-aged…
lady in the title: her mare, La Marquesa. Together they encounter the people, the architecture and the sanitation. 1985.The middle passage: impressions of five societies, British, French and Dutch, the West Indies and South America
By V. S. Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul. 1962
Naipul's first work of travel writing is an account of his journey in 1950 from London to his birthplace, Trinidad.…
He offers a record of his impressions there and elsewhere in the West Indies and South America, and examines their common heritage of colonialism and slavery. 1962.