The Road We Are Traveling

Pipard, Maurice: TRAVEL GAMES, New York Franklin Watts 1975 ; weicher Einband / soft cover; 1. Ed. ISBN: 0531027341
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95 pages. Light edge and corner wear with some rubbing on the edges of the spine. Contains: Packing Up; The Oracle Predicts We're Off Who's Coming; What Currency Do They Use; What Time Is It; Paris to San Francisco; Traffic Jams; A Word-chain; Spot It; Guess Who I Am; Guess Who We Are; Botticelli; What Happens Next; Ghost; The Rules of the Road; Roulette on Wheels; You're On; Scissors, Paper, and Stone; Traveling in 1900; The Word Detective Game; The Night Sky; Your Destiny In the Stars; Moon Driving; A Mathematical Morning; What Day of The Week; Cruising in the Wind; Travel by Train; Mini-bridge; A Rally; Unmuddle My Word; On The Airplane; For the Homeward Journey; and Four More for the Road. First Paperback Printing Soft Cover; First Paperback Printing

[SW: games; travelling; traveling; car trips; train trips; plane trips; Packing Up; The Oracle Predicts We're Off Who's Coming; What Currency Do They Use; What Time Is It; Paris to San Francisco; Traffic Jams; A Word-chain; Spot It; Guess Who I Am; Guess Who We Are; Botticelli; What Happens Next; Ghost; The Rules of the Road; Roulette on Wheels; You're On; Scissors, Paper, and Stone; Traveling in 1900; The Word Detective Game; The Night Sky; Your Destiny In the Stars; Moon Driving; A Mathematical Morning; What Day of The Week; Cruising in the Wind; Travel by Train; Mini-bridge; A Rally; Unmuddle My Word; On The Airplane; For the Homeward Journey; Four More for the Road;]

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Peck, M. Scott M.D. IN SEARCH OF STONES - A Pilgrimage of Faith, Reason, and Discovery, New York Hyperion Books 1995
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Following his inspirational book, The Road Less Travelled, Dr. Peck recounts his 21-day excursion through Britain--a journey to the country's mysterious stone monoliths that prompted him to explore the spiritual, psychological, and philosophical truths that have shaped his life. Illustrated with exquisite b&w line art by the author's son. ".an engrossing mixture of travelogue and sermon."--Susan Cheever, New York Times. From the Publisher The work of M. Scott Peck has had a profound effect on the lives of millions of readers, and his book The Road Less Traveled has become both a part of the popular culture and a spiritual and inspirational guidebook for a generation. Now, Dr. Peck has written his most personal book: one that tells more about himself than he ever has before, while at the same time helps readers see truths about themselves, their own lives, and the greater community around them. On the surface, this book is the story of a three-week trip through the countryside of Wales, England, and Scotland that Dr. Peck took with his wife Lily - looking for the ancient megalithic stones that became an obsession for them. But the search for stones is a search for meaning and mystery, and ultimately an unveiling of the pilgrimage of life itself. Each day of the three-week trip he discusses a related realm of human experience - parenthood, holiness, romance, art, to name a few - and we travel with him on an adventure of the spirit, striving to understand the journey of life in all of its complexities and secrets. We are moved by the intensity of the journey, as Dr. Peck frankly faces his own fears and shortcomings, and through the power of his insight we are challenged to do the same. Illustrated with exquisite line art by Dr. Peck's son, Christopher, In Search of Stones is a beautiful book of spirituality and quest, faith and mystery, and the most intimate book to come from one of our most distinguished thinkers. Publishers Weekly Connecticut psychiatrist Peck (The Road Less Traveled) spent three weeks in 1992 traveling with his wife, Lily, a psychotherapist, through the English countryside, visiting Stonehenge, other prehistoric stone circles, megalithic tombs, earthworks and medieval cathedrals. That trip is the framework for this quirky, magical blend of autobiography, travel, spiritual meditation, history and Arthurian legend. Peck candidly discusses his addiction to tobacco and his habitual alcohol use, his emotional estrangement from his three grown children, his repeated operations for degenerative disc disease, his wife's recurrent depressions, his wealth and the strength of his marriage despite his many sexual infidelities. He describes his encounter with a benevolent sprite, a "spirit of mirth" that entered his psyche, in 1986. He writes of Merlin, the Druids, the Protestant Reformation and the Quakers, whose outlook inspired the community-building workshops he and his wife conduct. Enhanced by 30 evocative drawings, Peck's soaring meditations on faith, art, despair and self-integration make this a rewarding spiritual odyssey. Publishers Weekly Connecticut psychiatrist Peck (The Road Less Traveled) spent three weeks in 1992 traveling with his wife, Lily, a psychotherapist, through the English countryside, visiting Stonehenge, other prehistoric stone circles, megalithic tombs, earthworks and medieval cathedrals. That trip is the framework for this quirky, magical blend of autobiography, travel, spiritual meditation, history and Arthurian legend. Peck candidly discusses his addiction to tobacco and his habitual alcohol use, his emotional estrangement from his three grown children, his repeated operations for degenerative disc disease, his wife's recurrent depressions, his wealth and the strength of his marriage despite his many sexual infidelities. He describes his encounter with a benevolent sprite, a ''spirit of mirth'' that entered his psyche, in 1986. He writes of Merlin, the Druids, the Protestant Reformation and t Very Good Book Jacket Hardcover 6-1/2 x 9-1/2" out of Print

[SW: PECK, M. SCOTT (MORGAN SCOTT), 1936-2005, SPIRITUAL BIOGRAPHY -- UNITED STA TES, MEGALITHIC MONUMENTS GREAT BRITAIN, BRITAIN DESCRIPTION AN D TRAVEL]

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[KRENZ, Kenneth.]. TWO VOLUME PHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTO ALBUMS OF HONG KONG, KOWLOON, JAPAN, MACAU, CANTON.
This is one of a pair of photo albums which were bound by Victorial Printing Press, Hong Kong, and have Chinese spine markings: they show the Chinese name: "Gan Law See" in Cantonese, or "Chian-Lan Shi" in Mandarin, which we assume is the Chinese name used by Mr. Kenneth Krenz from Michigan. The spine marks are "Ti er che" or volume 2; & "Ti san che" or volume 3, we have volumes 2 & 3 of a possible a 3 volume set, volume one is not present. * The albums were created and photographed by Kenneth Krenz, a young American diplomat, probably from Muskegon Michigan, who documented his life in photographs from 1915 through 1928.He was stationed at the United States Consulate General in Hong Kong from 1926, his signature is found on the first fly-leaf of both volumes. The years June 1926-1928 cover his live and adventures of travel throuoghout Asia & S.E. Asia. * The photographs are in general but not perfect chronological order, captioned and dated for the most part in pen. The photos follow his general trip via the S.S. PRESIDENT GRANT, to Hawaii, Japan, Philippines, Canton and eventually to Hong Kong, where he took up a new residence. * Based on the photos, that the album was begin while Mr.Krenz was still at home in North Michigan, where he & his friends took several motor car trips across the Canadian border into Ontario & Quebec. Some photos of this period date from 1915- 1924 and likely represent several journeys. The album also contains personal photos of his friends, his girl friends, a dog & cat, and his circle of family and friends. * VOLUME 2: Contains 262 photographs, covering Michigan and Canada, Washington D.C. The album contains nice photos reco- rding his time on journeys throughout the Ontario and Quebec regions in the warm season via motor car. Some photos date 1919-1924. He traveled throughout the region, including to Niagra and other sites, faithfully recording photos for his album. * WASHINGTON D.C.: Being in the American diplomatic corps,he visited Washington D.C., where he photographed the State, War & Navy buildings, Congressional Library, White House [pre-fenced era!], Mount Vernon, Arlington Amphitheater, Washington Monument, Pennsy- lvania Ave. & Washington, Treasury, Capitol, Lincoln Memor- ial, Union Station Washington, and other national government buildings and monuments. We could assume also went to the State department, where he got his traveling orders and was posted to Hong Kong. * JOURNEY TO HONG KONG 1926: Arrival to Hong Kong about June 7, 1926 [per date found on a photo], where he began his work at the American Consulate General. With frequent visits to the adjacent countries, and cities within China: Hong Kong, Kowloon, Swatow, Canton, Amoy, Foochow, Hangchow & several other Chinese excursions. Macao 1927; Philippines: Manila, 1927 Saigon: 1928 voyage from Hong Kong aboard a war junk, with to Saigon, Pnom Penh, Angkor, Angkor Thom, Bangkok. * HAWAII: 1926 Album number 2 begins with photos of his journey and shows photos of his visits along the way, aboard the S.S. Presid- ent Grant. First stop was Hawaii, where he recorded photos of Waikiki [3] and Diamond Head [6], the Pali, Hawaii and of Molokai [leper island]. * JAPAN, YOKOHAMA 1926: Next stop Yokohama. The ablum actually begins with the first photographs showing infamous YOSHIWARA KADO MACHI or the new prostitution quarters located just behind Asakusa, in Tokyo. Given the fact that the photos of Japan are of this quarter, its women and a few others of women in the streets, one can surmize that Mr. Krenz had little else of interest to see in that country during his brief stay, so he may have sampled some of the pleasures of Japanese women. With a good number of other photos of the prostitution quarters, its girls, interiors of the prostitutes room, photos of a pair girls who "entertained" Mr. Krenz...after all one can not take such interior photos unless one is a guest and has the paid for the girls ! Other photos of Japanese women walking in the street [3], one may deduce what fascinated him about Japan. Few other photos of Japan. * PHILIPPINES: The next stop, Philippines: Polo Club Manila, Manila [many views], Baguio, Pasiguan, Walled city, 1928 photos, * CHINA: HONG KONG 1926-1928: We assume he arrived at Hong Kong in 1926, as the number of photos of this city and surrounding area are substantial in number and scope. Sulphur Channel, Hong Kong trading junks, Queen's Road, tram, Des Voeux Rd., Mt. Lodge from Mt. Kel- lett, The Praya, Victoria statue, Queen's Road 1926 dates. * KOWLOON: Rocks of Sung, Wellington St, * AMOY: Amoy junk * CANTON: Five-story pagoda, various views of buildings. * VOLUME 3: Contains 278 photographs. SAIGON, ANGKOR, BANGKOK & PIRATES, MANILA, HONG KONG: This part begins with a lovely series of photos on board a Chinese war junk, headed for Saigon. The Cantonese sailors wear the typical ethnic hats of Hong Kong natives, but these sailors are armed to the teeth. They wore "bandeloros" or belts full of bullet clips, carried rifles, and their vessel had a large number of ancient bronze cannon aboard. The ship was made of wood and has a large cloth sail, and aboard was a photo of our man, Mr.Krenz posing with a Cantonese sailor, both wear the typical broad-brim hat of the Canton/Hong Kong area people. A good photo of the ship and its cannon, crew, some of whom also wore pith helmets. There were even some Chinese women aboard who also carried rifles! One photo shows the crew at "Battle Stations" manning their guns ready for an attack from pirates...the last two photos show the two ca[tired pirates [Chinese [?] who are rope-bound hand and foot by crew members who stand armed guard over them. * Arrival in Saigon, 1928. Shows a photo of our man dressed in white with a pith helmet, caption reads: "Road Saigon-Pnom Penh," and the next few show Angkor, Bangkok, Palace grounds & the stunning Angkor Wat, Angkor Thom, with more views of Bangkok. He returned via Macau. * Macau: Macau 1927, Camoens Grotto Macau, Gambling street, various Macau views, close-up of gambling table & gamblers, Sikh police guards, * PHLIPPINES: 1927, The book continues with some 88 photographs of Manila,Cadiz, Negros Island, market, hemp fields, South Mindanao, Fuente Manila, Cebu, Intramuros, river, village scenes, Baguio Mt. Proo natives, churches, river junks, women, Fabrica, Davao, water buffalo, Igorrotes, and a nice photo of a stunningly beautiful Filipina woman ["Manila Belle" is the caption] aboard the SS ? Cavite 1927, and one more of her at the Manila Hotel, she holds an umbrella and looks directly at the camera for a classic pose. It seems that Kenneth made her acquaintance aboard the ship & continued the friendship at the Manila Hotel. More view of Manila, the river, Kadiz [sic], Negros, Toledo, hemp fields, Spanish fort in Cebu & another Filipina girl in Cebu, Mindanao, Iloilo, and more travel by ship through the Philippine Islands. A Cebu train ride, Manila the Pasig river view, sugar-cane in Negros Centrale, Hayon, Zamboanga, Fort Mckinley [the American Army Base], and the end of volume 3. * This volume contains photos of varying sizes, the largest 13.5 x 8.5, smallest 4 x 6 cm., average size the largest and 10.5 x 7 cm. All images are clear, majority are unfaded and clean, all are laid down on the album pages, one or two of which were skipped and have no photos. Most pages have from 2-3, or 4 photos per page on the average. * Names of people found in the album: Robinson, his colleague and friend who was also with the American Embassy in Hong Kong [see group photo and other photos of him]. Paul Cotton who's photo is shown as a member of the voyage aboard the U. S. PRESIDENT GRANT in Yokohama, April, 1926. "Muccio," Ramona Hayes and "Shantz" are among other cited in the photo captions. We think the maker of this album, Kenneth Krenz was a shy be-speckled man the third from the right in the large group photo taken on the balcony of the Hong Kong American Consulate...

Hong Kong 1926-1928. 3/4 Red cloth over firecracker-paper covered boards, 21 x 26.5 cm., binding a bit rubbed and some warping to the covers & contents, pages clean, sharp, 540,bw original photographs, various sizes,all laid down, captions.

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UNIDENTIFIED: 1938 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT TRAVEL DIARY - SIX ALPHA DELTA PHI BROTHERS ON THE ROAD TO NEW YORK AND THEN OFF TO PRE-WAR EUROPE, Toronto, Ontario, Canada New York Europe 1938
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On offer is a super "Compositions" notebook style travel journal handwritten by one of six young, [we estimate very early twenties], Canadian men traveling from Toronto, Canada by car to New York and then on to England by ship and finally the rest of Europe. All of the fellows are identified save for the author; Bob and Hugh MacMillan, Art Boddingtion, John MacFarlane and Don Nulands. Though not every day is filled in (they misplaced the book for a couple of early weeks) the writer amongst them commences writing when they leave Toronto on May 23, 1938 and continues to write until they arrive back in September the same year. Our writer seems to be a fine young man with a droll sense of humor, keen eye for details and is able to detail his trip with clarity while making for a great read. We learn that they are Alpha Delta Phi fraternity brothers, sail across on the 'Paris' a boring ship even for those in First Class like these boys, met a pleasant Nazi in Dresden and for the most part they make a very 'touristy' and detailed tour and use their Alpha Delta relationships to a large degree. Many times they tour with professors and doctors while covering it seems every inch of England, Germany and much of Holland +++. Given the year one may wonder if this young man had to return to Europe as a soldier just a year or so later. Fascinating look at a tourist group immediately prior to the War. This book is in very good shape. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Manuscript

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