John Muir: 113 books

Though I have described this collection as fairy tales for teens, it is also very much for those people up to 100 years old who can remember reading these tales in their youth. Most of the collection is my adaption of some of these old, but well known fairy tales I remember reading in my youth. In...

As with Volume 1, this second volume continues to reflect on the way our lives are determined by relationships. Some of those relationships are fleeting. Some make positive changes; others go bad for a negative effect..Everyone is affected by those who surround them, and your interaction with them....

Many working people, before they retire, wonder what they will do with all their spare time once their job of work is finished. So often, many find themselves doing things that not only occupy their full day, they do not have time for the things they thought they would be doing. This story, about...

The third collection of short stories. This includes 8 stories, including a novella, encompassing a range of genres. Some take a poke at the seriousness many peoplehave of their life, expecting other people to fit the pigeon holes they have created. Viewpoints vary from the innocent self-belief, and...

In this second book of the series, TA has re-visited the Philippines to discover what happened to his co-guests at the holiday resort of Apuao Grande after the political uprising. After finally reconnecting with the mysterious ex-pat former resident of Apuao Grande, he journeys south to visit other...

My First Summer in the Sierra by John Muir Contents Through the Foothills with a Flock of Sheep In Camp on the North Fork of the Merced A Bread Famine To the High Mountains The Yosemite Mount Hoffman and Lake Tenaya A Strange Experience The Mono Trail Bloody Canon and Mono Lake The Tuolumne Camp Back to the Lowlands

This is the first of three novels involving T.A. Returning to the Philippines to reunite with his girlfriend, and return to their isolated island tourist resort to rekindle their romance, he becomes an unwilling and inexperienced participant in a national armed uprising. He is only aware of the local...

Edwin Muir - POOR TOM, J.F. Hendry - FERNIE BRAE, Gordon M. Williams - FROM SCENES LIKE THESE, Tom Gallacher - APPRENTICE. Introduced by Liam McIlvanney. Growing Up in the West presents four very different and memorably vivid accounts of what it was to be young and growing up in Glasgow and the west...

Said the New York Times in its review of this posthumously published 1919 collection of Muir's essays and letters:  "To read this book is like going on a joyous holiday through the most picturesque parts of America with a man to whom nature is as close and vivid a presence as it is to a great poet."

In the great Central Valley of California there are only two seasons--spring and summer. The spring begins with the first rainstorm, which usually falls in November. In a few months the wonderful flowery vegetation is in full bloom, and by the end of May it is dead and dry and crisp, as if every plant had been roasted in an oven.

This is an electronic edition of the complete book complemented by author biography. This book features a table of contents linked to every chapter. The book was designed for optimal navigation on the iPad, Nook, PDA, Smartphone, and other electronic readers. It is formatted to display on all electronic devices including eReaders, Smartphones and other Mobile Devices with a small display.

This is an electronic edition of the complete book complemented by author biography. This book features a table of contents linked to every chapter. The book was designed for optimal navigation on the iPad, Nook, PDA, Smartphone, and other electronic readers. It is formatted to display on all electronic devices including eReaders, Smartphones and other Mobile Devices with a small display.

This is an electronic edition of the complete book complemented by author biography. This book features a table of contents linked to every chapter. The book was designed for optimal navigation on the iPad, Nook, PDA, Smartphone, and other electronic readers. It is formatted to display on all electronic devices including eReaders, Smartphones and other Mobile Devices with a small display.