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Book Hearth

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  • Author : Annick Smith
  • Publisher : Milkweed Editions
  • Release : 2018-10-09
  • ISBN : 1571319891
  • Pages : 221 pages

Download or read book Hearth written by Annick Smith and published by Milkweed Editions. This book was released on 2018-10-09 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A multicultural anthology, edited by Susan O’Connor and Annick Smith, about the enduring importance and shifting associations of the hearth in our world. A hearth is many things: a place for solitude; a source of identity; something we make and share with others; a history of ourselves and our homes. It is the fixed center we return to. It is just as intrinsically portable. It is, in short, the perfect metaphor for what we seek in these complex and contradictory times—set in flux by climate change, mass immigration, the refugee crisis, and the dislocating effects of technology. Featuring original contributions from some of our most cherished voices—including Terry Tempest Williams, Bill McKibben, Pico Iyer, Natasha Trethewey, Luis Alberto Urrea, and Chigozie Obioma—Hearth suggests that empathy and storytelling hold the power to unite us when we have wandered alone for too long. This is an essential anthology that challenges us to redefine home and hearth: as a place to welcome strangers, to be generous, to care for the world beyond one’s own experience.

Book About the Hearth

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  • Author : David G. Anderson
  • Publisher : Berghahn Books
  • Release : 2013-08-01
  • ISBN : 0857459813
  • Pages : 336 pages

Download or read book About the Hearth written by David G. Anderson and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2013-08-01 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Due to changing climates and demographics, questions of policy in the circumpolar north have focused attention on the very structures that people call home. Dwellings lie at the heart of many forms of negotiation. Based on years of in-depth research, this book presents and analyzes how the people of the circumpolar regions conceive, build, memorialize, and live in their dwellings. This book seeks to set a new standard for interdisciplinary work within the humanities and social sciences and includes anthropological work on vernacular architecture, environmental anthropology, household archaeology and demographics.

Book Keeper of the Hearth

Download or read book Keeper of the Hearth written by Odette England and published by Schilt Publishing. This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This lavish book marks the 40th anniversary of Barthes' renowned work Camera Lucida in 2020. Artist Odette England invited 199 of the world's best-known contemporary photographers, writers, critics, curators and art historians to contribute an image or text that reflects on Barthes' unpublished snapshot of his mother, aged five. This snapshot is known as the winter garden photograph. Barthes discusses it at length in Camera Lucida, but never reproduces it. It is one of the most famous unseen photographs in the world.

Book A Seat by the Hearth

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  • Author : Amy Clipston
  • Publisher : Zondervan
  • Release : 2018-11-13
  • ISBN : 0310349095
  • Pages : 352 pages

Download or read book A Seat by the Hearth written by Amy Clipston and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2018-11-13 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Priscilla Allgyer, a young single mother, knows she cannot leave the past behind. But can love lead her toward the promise of healing? Priscilla Allgyer left her community to escape the expectations of Amish life. Now, years later, she is forced to return—along with her six-year-old son—to the place she thought she’d left behind forever. Though once estranged from her family, Priscilla is welcomed by her mother, but her father is cold and strict. He allows Priscilla to stay with them provided she dresses plainly, confesses her sins, and agrees to marry within the community. Once again, she feels suffocated, trapped, and alone. As Priscilla reluctantly completes her shunning, she catches the eye of Mark Riehl, a farmer with a playboy reputation. Wary of Mark, Priscilla barely gives him the time of day—while Mark, unused to being ignored by the women of Bird-in-Hand, won’t give up the pursuit of her friendship. Priscilla desperately needs a friend in Mark, even if she doesn’t realize it—and after Priscilla’s father and the bishop catch her and Mark in a compromising situation, their relationship becomes more complicated than ever. As affection quietly grows between them, Priscilla struggles to open her heart and reveal the painful secrets of her past. As Mark works to earn her good faith, can they both learn the hard lessons of love and trust? And can two friends discover a happiness that only God himself could have designed? The third book in the Amish Homestead series, A Seat by the Hearth invites us back to the Lancaster community where friendships are forged and love overcomes all. Sweet, inspirational read Full-length novel (92K words) Third book in Amy Clipston’s Amish Homestead series Can also be enjoyed as a standalone Includes discussion questions for book clubs

Book Governing the Hearth

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  • Author : Michael Grossberg
  • Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
  • Release : 2004-01-21
  • ISBN : 080786336X
  • Pages : 433 pages

Download or read book Governing the Hearth written by Michael Grossberg and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2004-01-21 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presenting a new framework for understanding the complex but vital relationship between legal history and the family, Michael Grossberg analyzes the formation of legal policies on such issues as common law marriage, adoption, and rights for illegitimate children. He shows how legal changes diminished male authority, increased women's and children's rights, and fixed more clearly the state's responsibilities in family affairs. Grossberg further illustrates why many basic principles of this distinctive and powerful new body of law--antiabortion and maternal biases in child custody--remained in effect well into the twentieth century.

Book Around the Hearth

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  • Author : Jérémy Lamaze
  • Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
  • Release : 2021-09-07
  • ISBN : 3110733668
  • Pages : 296 pages

Download or read book Around the Hearth written by Jérémy Lamaze and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2021-09-07 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From basic needs, such as lighting, heating or cooking, to symbolic or ritual engagement, hearths in indoor contexts serve as a focal point. This is especially evident, both spatially and architecturally, in structures containing central hearths. In assessing any gathering around a hearth, the types of social groups involved need to be determined and their interactions clearly assessed in each specific case. Beyond clearly domestic contexts, many rooms or buildings have been deemed religious or cultic places often based solely on the presence of a hearth, despite other possible interpretations. This volume appraises and contextualises diversity in practice centering on the hearth in the Aegean and, more widely, in areas of the Western Mediterranean closely connected to Greek civilization, notably through its colonies, revealing surprising similarities but also local adaptations. In the West, the use of the hearth often has a unique character arising from local adaptations born of indigenous practices. The combined approach presented here, detailing technical aspects of the hearths themselves, their architectural settings and any associated artefacts or furnishings, affords a rich spectrum for cross-cultural analysis between these Mediterranean regions.

Book Having Our Say

Download or read book Having Our Say written by Sarah L. Delany and published by Blackstone Publishing. This book was released on 2023-01-03 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Warm, feisty, and intelligent, the Delany sisters speak their mind in a book that is at once a vital historical record and a moving portrait of two remarkable women who continued to love, laugh, and embrace life after over a hundred years of living side by side. Their sharp memories tell us about the post-Reconstruction South and Booker T. Washington, Harlem’s Golden Age and Langston Hughes, W. E. B. Du Bois and Paul Robeson. Bessie Delany breaks barriers to become a dentist; Sadie Delany quietly integrates the New York City system as a high school teacher. Their extraordinary story makes an important contribution to our nation’s heritage—and an indelible impression on our lives.

Book Fahrenheit 451

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  • Author : Ray Bradbury
  • Publisher : Simon and Schuster
  • Release : 2003-09-23
  • ISBN : 0743247221
  • Pages : 217 pages

Download or read book Fahrenheit 451 written by Ray Bradbury and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2003-09-23 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set in the future when "firemen" burn books forbidden by the totalitarian "brave new world" regime.

Book Around the Hearth

Download or read book Around the Hearth written by Kynpham Singh Nongkynrih and published by Penguin Books India. This book was released on 2007 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It Is Believed That The Only Way The Khasi People Could Learn Of God S Word Was By Passing On The Stories Of Their Forefathers. The Alphabet Of The Great Khasi Tribe Of North-East India Was Born As Late As In 1842, When Thomas Jones, A Welsh Presbyterian Missionary, Introduced The Roman Script To Form The Essentials Of The Khasi Written Word. But Long Before The White Man Came, The Khasis Knew Agriculture, Trade, Commerce And Industry. And They Were Also Masters Of Storytelling. Theirs Was A Society Of Great Wisdom And Civilized Conduct At A Time When Brute Force Held Sway. For Theirs Was A Culture That Worshipped God Through Respect For Both Man And Nature. Perhaps That Is Why Khasi Stories Always Begin With When Man And Beasts And Stones And Trees Spoke As One . . . How Did The Great Storytelling Tradition Of The Khasis Survive So Long Without A Script? Putting Together Myths And Legends Peopled By Deities And Poor Folk, Speaking Trees And Talking Tigers, The Sun And The Moon And Everything Below Bilingual Poet And Writer Kynpham Sing Nongkynrih Describes How Fables Of Love And Jealousy, Hate And Forgiveness, Evil And Redemption Inform The Philosophy, Moral Principles And Daily Activities Of His Community Even Today.

Book The Lost Arts of Hearth and Home

Download or read book The Lost Arts of Hearth and Home written by Ken Albala and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-10-02 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Lost Arts of Hearth and Home is not about extreme, off-the-grid living. It’s for city and suburban dwellers with day jobs: people who love to cook, love fresh natural ingredients, and old techniques for preservation; people who like doing things themselves with a needle and thread, garden hoe, or manual saw. Ken Albala and Rosanna Nafziger Henderson spread the spirit of antiquated self-sufficiency throughout the household. They offer projects that are decidedly unplugged and a little daring, including: * Home building projects like rooftop food dehydrators and wood-burning ovens * Homemaking essentials, from sewing and quilting to rug braiding and soap making * The wonders of grain: making croissants by hand, sprouting grains, and baking bread * Adventures with meat: pickled pig’s feet, homemade liverwurst, and celery-cured salami Intended for industrious cooks and crafters who aren’t afraid to roll up their sleeves, The Lost Arts of Hearth and Home will teach you the history and how-to on projects for every facet of your home, all without the electric toys that take away from the experience of making things by hand.

Book The Cloister and the Hearth

Download or read book The Cloister and the Hearth written by Charles Reade and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 776 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Hearth Witch s Year

Download or read book The Hearth Witch s Year written by Anna Franklin and published by Llewellyn Worldwide. This book was released on 2021-01-08 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Season-by-Season Guide to an Enchanted Natural Life The world is filled with magic, reflected back to us through the cycles of nature, if we can just slow down and learn how to channel it. This book is a journey through the year, exploring its tides, seasons, and festivals. It provides practical advice for celebrating the whole cycle—not just the eight sabbats—with rituals, meditations, projects, and invocations to help you discover the magical rhythms of the natural world. Join Anna Franklin, bestselling author of The Hearth Witch's Compendium, as she shares more than one hundred spells, recipes, remedies, and crafts designed to bring enchantment, healing, and joy into your life. Within these pages you will also discover natural cleaners and time-honored projects for the hearth and home to help you celebrate the cycles of the seasons, honor the Gods, and manifest your deepest spirituality.

Book The Queen of the Hearth

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  • Author : Patrick Stephen Dinneen
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2013
  • ISBN : 9781906359720
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book The Queen of the Hearth written by Patrick Stephen Dinneen and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Father Patrick Dinneen was a prolific and highly opinionated controversialist, engaging with gusto in almost all of the political and cultural debates in Ireland in the first three decades of the twentieth century. His Irish-language column in The Leader dealt with an impressively diverse range of topics, from American racism, to English poetry, to the history and literature of ancient Greece and Rome, but predictably enough he devoted most of his attention to Irish affairs. This intriguing work offers the original text preceded by a general introduction by leading Irish studies scholar Philip O'Leary.

Book Hestia goddess of the Hearth

Download or read book Hestia goddess of the Hearth written by Janet Bubar Rich and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book honors Hestia, the goddess of the hearth. It fills the gaping void in exclusive scholarship on Hestia and explores her as a pop culture icon in a quest to grasp her relevance for people today. Thinking about Hestia as an archetype of focus and centeredness may offer soulful refuge from the e-chatter overload that people face in their daily lives. It may help fulfill contemporary yearnings for authenticity and wholeness within human hearts and souls by offering us a path homeward, back to connections with people's inner selves.

Book Around the Hearth

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  • Author : Lucy Maud Montgomery
  • Publisher : Nimbus Publishing Limited
  • Release : 2022-05-30
  • ISBN : 9781774710418
  • Pages : 208 pages

Download or read book Around the Hearth written by Lucy Maud Montgomery and published by Nimbus Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2022-05-30 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A heartwarming collection of rare short stories by famed Anne of Green Gables author. Although best known for creating the spirited Anne Shirley, L. M. Montgomery had a thriving writing career that included hundreds of short stories and poems. Around the Hearth is a continuation of the Montgomery short story collections edited by Rea Wilmshurst in the late 1980s and the early 1990s, including stories such as "A Baking of Gingersnaps" (1895) -- the first story Montgomery published. As with Anne, who found a warm and welcoming home and family at Green Gables, these stories focus on homes and families, and the happiness and love people receive from them. Over many years of careful research and meticulous compiling of resources, Joanne Lebold has curated a collection of short fiction that showcases all the warmth and charisma Montgomery's fans have come to cherish, and offers a rare glimpse into some of the beloved author?s lesser-known works. Includes seventeen short stories originally published between 1895 and 1935.

Book Lilies of the Hearth

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jennifer Bennett
  • Publisher : Camden East, Ont. : Camden House
  • Release : 1991
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 204 pages

Download or read book Lilies of the Hearth written by Jennifer Bennett and published by Camden East, Ont. : Camden House. This book was released on 1991 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Harrowsmith gardening editor Jennifer Bennett travels "the sweetly scented, dangerous, romantic path women share with plants" and discovers a world rich in myth, magic, scientific curiosity and entrepreneurial spirit.

Book Children at the Hearth

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  • Author : Barbara Swell
  • Publisher : Native Ground Books & Music
  • Release : 2008-01-15
  • ISBN : 9781883206345
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Children at the Hearth written by Barbara Swell and published by Native Ground Books & Music. This book was released on 2008-01-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eat your way back in time and enter the world of American children as they lived 150 years ago. Sample foods, folklore and games found in the parlours of the wealthy, the boarding houses of the working class, and the cabins on the western frontier. Includes over 60 vintage photos plus historic recipes like cathead biscuits, sugar plums and hobo mulligan stew. Learn to make snow candles and snow taffy, tell Appalachian ghost stories and play "roley hole" and "jack straws".