Green Mattress Under The Stars

Eric was born in Jyväskylä Finland in 1944 and immigrated to Canada at age 12. After becoming a sheet metal journeyman in Montreal he worked across Canada in the trade. In 1966 he traveled to the West Coast where family members followed later. Today there are over fi fty of his relatives living in the Greater Vancouver area who have settled down, but Eric has continued to travel. At age 32 he tackled an academic challenge and in 1986 graduated from the University of British Columbia with a degree in history. The study of history, world travel and photography have formed an interesting combination in his life which Eric shares with you in this book. Being a passionate traveler he met a kindred soul in 1970 through mutual friends.

A professional photographer, writer, and full-time adventurer, Eero Sorila has visited almost every country on earth. Along the way, he has taken thousands of photographs and gathered countless stories about people and places. These he shares through his work. Eero has authored six books, including two editions of Sweet Pain. Other books by the same author: Green Mattress Under the Stars. Castles Old and New. Vol,I and II. Lighthouses Big and Small. Landmarks Ancient and Modern. American Monuments, co-authored with Mirjam Rand.

Lighthouse are endless source of mystery and wonder. They are mostly located on shores of oceans, lakes and rivers, but exceptions confirm the rules. Some lighthouses stand miles away from water on high cliffs. The curiosity provoking structures are built to provide safety to ships of all categories, and to help navigators in distress. The size of lighthouses vary from a height of over 300 ft (90m) to less than 30 ft (9m). These towers of saving power have been serving humanity since the fourth century BC. When the first lighthouse called Pharos was built in Alexandria Egypt. It is not uncommon that lighthouses are attacked by forces of nature. The Pharos lighthouse was destroyed by vicious storms in the fourteenth century, after it had saved innumerable lives over a thousand year period. According to recent statistics there are over 13,000 lighthouses in the world today. Many of the lighthouses included in this book create a fascinating chain of historic landmarks which are accessible to the public. Enjoy your journey following the stories with photographs of twenty five lighthouses from Europe to New Zealand.

Geoffrey duncan's worship anthologies have gained an established place in the market-all those looking for something new to add to the traditional range of Advent and Christmas services will be spoilt for choice in this fabulous collection which includes everything from invocations to final blessings, including complete service outlines for lighting Advent candles and a seasonal Eucharist. There is something for everyone here and the contributions from Third World countries are a timely reminder of what Christmas is really about.

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When your employer is a hundred years older than you are, you will spend much of your time playing nurse-maid. That was a complication Letitia didn't need, because Letitia's real job was to nudge their planet to a warmer orbit, a risky job that required her full concentration. Having the old fool declared incompetent would have solved the problem, but her employer was not incompetent, in fact she appeared to be growing more competent every day. More competent, perhaps, but making some strange decisions. She'd brought in an anti-social child as trainee, and she'd announced a major conference with a shrivelled misogynist as guest of honour. Strange because the employer hated conferences and she'd once threatened to murder the guest of honour. Something was up, but whatever the plan was, it wasn't being shared with her hard-working employees. Then there was the bizarre business of the ice yacht.