1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910451192103321

Autore

Leschak Peter M. <1951->

Titolo

Trials by wildfire [[electronic resource] ] : in search of the new warrior spirit / / Peter M. Leschak

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Duluth, Minn., : Pfeifer-Hamilton, c2000

ISBN

0-8166-9993-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (175 p.)

Disciplina

363.37/9

Soggetti

Forest fires - Prevention and control

Forest fire fighters

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Whistle; The Witness Post; The Fire Tower; A Real Fight; Reaching for Rigel; Thirty Pounds; An Evening at the Triangle; Best of Mistakes; Epicedium; Their Eyes, Their Lives; Totem; The Gunflint Circle; The Fire Triangle; Whip

Sommario/riassunto

Journey with Peter Leschak, wildland firefighter, as he explores the warrior spirit--a genderless code emphasizing personal integrity, responsibility, patience, will, commitment, and inner courage, forged through life's "trials by fire."Using his professional experiences fighting forest fires as a vivid metaphor for the warrior code, Peter weaves captivating tales of raging wildfires, the warm camaraderie and good-natured competition of a small town tavern packed with smokejumpers, the clarity of the night sky, the subtleties of an ancient Chinese board game--all offering profound lessons in t



2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996395494603316

Autore

Goodwin John <1594?-1665.>

Titolo

Innocencies triumph. Or An ansvver to the back-part of a discourse lately published by William Prynne, Esquire, intituled, A full reply, &c [[electronic resource] ] : The said back-part beginning at the foot of pag. 17. with this superscription; certain briefe animadversions on Mr. John Goodvvins Theomachia, &c. / / By John Goodvvin, pastor of the Church in Colemanstreet

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Printed for Henry Overton, and are to be sold at his shop entring into Popes-head-Alley out of Lumbard-street, 1644

Descrizione fisica

[1+] p

Soggetti

Title pages17th cent.England

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

A fragment; title page only.

Reproduction of original in the British Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0018