Fri 29 May 16:06:14 +0000 en hourly 1 LysCreation http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html https://www.lyscreation.net/uploads/logo.png 68 65 https://www.lyscreation.net Do you love to be outdoors? Can you imagine yourself living off ofthe wild, totally cutting off your dependence on the conveniences of modern civilization - even if only for a few days? If you're a weekend warrior of the natural type, then "Surviving the Wild Outdoors" will be a fascinating read for you.Learn how a real-life survivor man with 25 years' experience in outdoor primitive and survival skills can teach you all the details about life in the wild. What if you were dropped into a situation in which you had to totally depend on your…]]> Learn How To Survive Any Natural Calamity!Are you prepared in the event of a castastrophe? Will you be ready?   This is common knowledgethat disaster is everywhere. Its in the streets, its inside your campuses, and it can even be found inside your home. The question is not whether we are safe (because no one is really THAT secure anymore) but whether we can do something to lessen the odds of ever becoming a victim.Below are some of the tips that you will learn upon reading this ebook:Tips On Earthquake Emergency PreparationEmergency Preparedness…]]> After seventeen years at sea, Linda Greenlaw figured it was time to take a break from her career as a swordboat captain. She felt she needed to return to Isle au Haut - a tiny island seven miles from the Maine coast with a population of 70 year-round residents, 30 of whom were her relatives. She would pursue a simpler life; move back in with her parents and get to know them again; become a professional lobsterman; and find a guy, build a house, have kids, and settle down. But all doesn't go as planned. The lobsters resolutely refuse to crawl…]]> Nobel laureate V. S. Naipaul's impassioned and prescient travelogue of his journeys through his ancestral homeland, with a new preface by the author. Arising out of Naipaul's lifelong obsession and passion for a country that is at once his and totally alien, India: A Million Mutinies Now relates the stories of many of the people he met traveling there more than fifty years ago. He explores how they have been steered by the innumerable frictions present in Indian society—the contradictions and compromises of religious faith, the whim…]]> Get inspired and plan your next trip with Fodor's ebook travel guide to Switzerland (including Zürich, Eastern Switzerland and Liechtenstein, Graubünden, Ticino, Luzern and Central Switzerland, Basel, Fribourg and Neuchâtel, Bern, Berner Oberland, Valais, Vaud, and Geneva). What's Covered? Get to Know Switzerland: Zürich is surprisingly small, but its wealth of cultural riches—like luxurious Alstadt (Old Town), Grossmünster cathedral, and the modern art at the Bührle Museum—make up for its size. East of Zürich, discover the old…]]> An exhilarating true-life adventure of one family's extraordinary sea voyage of self-discovery and survival, tragedy and triumph Successful businessman John Silverwood and his wife, Jean, both experienced sailors, decided the time was right to give their four children a taste of thrilling life on the high seas. And indeed their journey aboard the fifty-five-foot catamaran Emerald Jane would have many extraordinary and profound moments, whether it was the peaceful late-night watches John enjoyed under the stunning celestial sky or the elation shared…]]> A portrait, by turns intimate and panoramic, of one of the world's great cities, by its foremost man of letters, author of the acclaimed novels Snow and My Name Is Red. Blending reminiscence with history; family photographs with portraits of poets and pashas; art criticism, metaphysical musing, and, now and again, a fanciful tale, Orhan Pamuk invents an ingenious form to evoke his lifelong home, the city that forged his imagination. He begins with his childhood among the eccentric extended Pamuk family in the dusty, carpeted, and…]]> No place better epitomizes the greatness of the Renaissance than Florence, where there's a masterpiece around every corner, from Michelangelo's David to Botticelli's Venus. The central regions of Tuscany and Umbria are characterized by midsize cities and small hilltop towns, each with its rich history and art treasures. Highlights include the walled city of Lucca; Pisa and the Leaning Tower, Siena, home of the Palio; and Assisi, the city of St. Francis. In between, the gorgeous countryside produces some of Italy's finest wine. The…]]> A dramatic historical narrative of the man who stole the secret of tea from China In 1848, the British East India Company, having lost its monopoly on the tea trade, engaged Robert Fortune, a Scottish gardener, botanist, and plant hunter, to make a clandestine trip into the interior of China-territory forbidden to foreigners-to steal the closely guarded secrets of tea horticulture and manufacturing. For All the Tea in China is the remarkable account of Fortune's journeys into China-a thrilling narrative that combines history, geography,…]]> "The process of gathering these images reminded me of the Bible's effortless ability to reinvent itself for each generation and each new way of searching."  —Bruce Feiler Its stories may be the best known in the world, but its locations have long been a mystery. Where did Noah's ark land? Where did Moses receive the Ten Commandments? Where are the lost cities of Sodom and Gomorrah? Now, inWalking the Bible: A Photographic Journey, New York Times bestselling author Bruce Feiler offers an unprecedented heart-stirring…]]> Thrust into the unlikely role of professional "literary walking tour" guide, an expat writer provides the most irresistibly witty and revealing tour of Paris in years. In this enchanting memoir, acclaimed author and long- time Paris resident John Baxter remembers his yearlong experience of giving "literary walking tours" through the city. Baxter sets off with unsuspecting tourists in tow on the trail of Paris's legendary artists and writers of the past. Along the way, he tells the history of Paris through a brilliant cast of…]]>