Download or read book Promethean Fire written by Charles J. Lumsden and published by . This book was released on 1984-09-01 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Argues that a mutual change in genetics and culture brought about the development of human mental capacity

Download or read book The California Camp Fire Reflections and Remnants written by Phil Midling and published by . This book was released on 2019-09-05 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Reflections of a Camp Fire Survivor written by Michael Lovinfosse and published by . This book was released on 2020-12-10 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On November 8, 2018, a fire started in Northern California that consumed the towns of Paradise and Magalia. This fire was the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in California's history. I spent eight harrowing days trapped at my home in Magalia waiting for the fire to be contained. I evaluated and chose what few personal items I could load into my truck and save. The loss of public utilities and isolation by the fire left me with time on my hands. I had always planned to publish a book with some prose or poetry. I went through my file cabinets and took out several folders with my original poetry and song lyrics. Without the internet, phone service, electricity, or running water, I began to work on my first book of poetry by candlelight. There are three sections to this book. The first section, "Music, Poetry, & Life", reveals my childhood experiences that led to a love of music, poetry, and a lifelong fellowship with like-minded musicians. The second section, "Poetry", consists of fifty-two of my poems, which are the basis for various song lyrics. The third section, "The Camp Fire Experience", is a day-to-day account of my adventures during the Camp Fire (which influenced the creation of this book). I hope you can find something interesting or thought-provoking within.

Download or read book Muse of Fire written by Terrence McNally and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2020-11-25 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Acclaimed playwright Terrence McNally’s works are characterized by such diversity that critics have sometimes had difficulty identifying the pattern in his carpet. To redress this problem, in Muse of Fire, Raymond-Jean Frontain has collected McNally’s most illuminating meditations on the need of the playwright to first change hearts in order to change minds and thereby foster a more compassionate community. When read together, these various meditations demonstrate the profound ways in which McNally himself functioned as a member of the theater community—as a strikingly original dramatic voice, as a generous collaborator, and even as the author of eloquent memorials. These pieces were originally written to be delivered on both highly formal occasions (academic commencement exercises, award ceremonies, memorial services) and as off-the-cuff comments at highly informal gatherings, like a playwriting workshop at the New School. They reveal a man who saw theater not as the vehicle for abstract ideas or the platform for political statements, but as the exercise of our shared humanity. “Theatre is collaborative, but life is collaborative,” McNally says. “Art is important to remind us that we’re not alone, and this is a wonderful world and we can make it more wonderful by fully embracing each other. [. . .] I don’t know why it’s so hard to remind ourselves sometimes, but thank God we’ve had great artists who don’t let us forget. And thank the audiences who support them because I think that those artists’ true mission has been to bring the barriers down, break them down; not build walls, but tear them down.”

Download or read book Campfire Reflections written by T. J. Conrads and published by . This book was released on 2005-10-01 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twenty-three essays on bowhunting small game, birds and big game, with four chapters on outdoor philosophy and ruminations. Written by the Editor of Traditional Bowhunter Magazine.

Download or read book Camping written by Motorca Paul and published by MPR Entertainment. This book was released on 2023-07-14 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once upon a time, in a story called "Camping", there were three friends named Ryo, Shiba, and Rey. They were super excited because they were going on a camping trip in a magical forest! And guess what? They had a dragon friend named George, who used to be called Resentment. How cool is that? They couldn't wait to have lots of fun together! Ryo loves nature a lot! It makes them feel happy and calm inside. So, they decide to go on an adventure into the wild, where there are lots of trees and animals. But, guess what? They face some tricky problems along the way! However, they also see so many amazing things that make them go "Wow!" The world around them is just so beautiful! By going on these adventures, they figure out that being brave doesn't mean you're never scared. It means facing your fears head-on! The best part of their big adventure is a super-duper magical waterfall! It's like a special secret that shows how life keeps on going, just like water flowing. The waterfall teaches them to believe in life and go with the flow. So cool! The trip makes their friendship even stronger and teaches them important things about being brave, appreciating nature, and going with the flow of life.

Download or read book Words Around the Fire written by Gail Ramshaw and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 77 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reflections on the scripture readings of the Easter Vigil.

Download or read book Reflections on the Motive Power of Fire written by Sadi Carnot and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The title essay, along with other papers in this volume, laid the foundation of modern thermodynamics. Highly readable, "Reflections" contains no arguments that depend on calculus, examining the relation between heat and work in terms of heat in steam engines, air-engines, and an internal combustion machine. Translation of 1890 edition.

Download or read book Thoreau s Botany written by James Perrin Warren and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 2023-08-11 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thoreau’s last years have been the subject of debate for decades, but only recently have scholars and critics begun to appreciate the posthumous publications, unfinished manuscripts, and Journal entries that occupied the writer after Walden (1854). Until now, no critical reader has delved deeply enough into botany to see how Thoreau’s plant studies impact his thinking and writing. Thoreau’s Botany moves beyond general literary appreciation for the botanical works to apply Thoreau’s extensive studies of botany—from 1850 to his death in 1862—to readings of his published and unpublished works in fresh, interdisciplinary ways. Bringing together critical plant studies, ecocriticism, and environmental humanities, James Perrin Warren argues that Thoreau’s botanical excursions establish a meeting ground of science and the humanities that is only now ready to be recognized by readers of American literature and environmental literature.

Download or read book Reflections of a Warrior written by Elwood J.C. Kureth and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2007-11-01 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reflections of a Warrior is a Medal of Honor winner's true story—a Green Beret's six deadly years in the killing fields of Vietnam. PFC Franklin Miller arrived in Vietnam in March 1966, and saw his first combat in a Reconnaissance Platoon. So began an odyssey that would make him into one of the most feared and respected men in the Special Forces elite, who made their own rules in the chaos of war. In the exclusive world of the Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, Studies and Observation Group, Miller ran missions deep into enemy territory to gather intelligence, snatch prisoners, and to kill. Leading small bands of battle-hardened Montagnard and Meo tribesmen, he was fierce and fearless—fighting army policy to stay in combat for six tours. On a top-secret mission in 1970, Miller and a handful of men, all critically injured, held off the NVA in an incredible Alamo-like stand—for which he was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. When his time in Southeast Asia ended, he had also received the Silver Star, two Bronze Stars, an Air Medal, and six Purple Hearts. This is his incredible story.

Download or read book Preaching with Freshness written by Bruce Mawhinney and published by Kregel Publications. This book was released on 1997 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Foreword by Jay Adams)"If more books on preaching were as interesting as this, then perhaps we would have more interesting preachers." --Howard Hendricks

Download or read book The Seasons Of Fire written by David J. Strohmaier and published by University of Nevada Press. This book was released on 2021-08-15 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fire is a fearsome constant in the America West. As the author David J. Strohmaier notes, "Whether we have tended a campfire along Oregon's Deschutes River in March, engaged the advancing front of a Great Basin wildfire in the torrid heat of August, or watched fire settle into the subdued, smoldering leaf piles of October, all of our lives, to one degree or another, are bracketed by fire." In The Seasons of Fire, Strohmaier effectively blends nature writing, personal essay, and philosophical analysis as he deliberately crosses disciplinary boundaries. He discusses the "moral" dimensions of fire—not only whether fires are good, bad, or indifferent phenomena, but also how fire, more generally understood, shapes meaning for human life. The consequences of discussing the moral side of fire speak directly to the contours of the human soul, and to our sense of our place on the land. Strohmaier, a long-term firefighter himself, includes accurate and sometimes gut-wrenching descriptions of the firefighter's experience.

Download or read book Fire for the Journey written by Robert M. Solomon and published by Armour Publishing Pte Ltd. This book was released on 2002 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Ripples of God S Love written by Carol Crouch and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2011-01-18 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Real life is not perfect. There are good days and bad. There are burdens that feel too heavy to bearlonely nights and hopeless days. It would be easy to give up. Yet the world tells us to be strong, keep going, and get tough. If we keep going, well find what were looking for; well move in the right direction. But how is it possible to find our direction, when lost in darkness? Ripples of Gods Love speaks volumes in the gloom, offering hope to the despairing. Told through inspired poetry, it shares the reflection of a life lived in the light of Gods love. Author Carol Crouch uses life experiences combined with nature analogies and scriptural references to present an alternateand God-focusedway to view the unexpected and unreasonable circumstances in life. This altered world view enables the influx of peace, understanding, and faith in an all-knowing creator. Our lives were never intended to be humdrum. Daily trials should never be viewed as punishments. Instead, through poetry, discover an exciting new side of your lifea side filled with the beauty and blessing of nature. The transition is simple. God is waiting to fill you with comfort and hope; merely view the world through a filter of living moment by joyous moment in Christ.

Download or read book Some Camp fire Reflections written by Theodore Potter and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Like Nothing on this Earth written by Tony Hughes-d'Aeth and published by UWA Publishing. This book was released on 2017-03-01 with total page 767 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the twentieth century, the southwestern corner of Australia was cleared for intensive agriculture. In the space of several decades, an arc from Esperance to Geraldton, an area of land larger than England, was cleared of native flora for the farming of grain and livestock. Today, satellite maps show a sharp line ringing Perth. Inside that line, tan-coloured land is the most visible sign from space of human impact on the planet. Where once there was a vast mosaic of scrub and forest, there is now the Western Australian wheatbelt. Tony Hughes-d'Aeth examines the creation of the wheatbelt through its creative writing. Some of Australia's most well-known and significant writers - Albert Facey, Peter Cowan, Dorothy Hewett, Jack Davis, Elizabeth Jolley, and John Kinsella - wrote about their experience of the wheatbelt. Each gives insight into the human and environmental effects of this massive-scale agriculture.

Download or read book Faces in the Forest written by Michael D. Blackstock and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2001-11-16 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Faces in the Forest Michael Blackstock, a forester and an artist, takes us into the sacred forest, revealing the mysteries of carvings, paintings, and writings done on living trees by First Nations people. Blackstock details this rare art form through oral histories related by the Elders, blending spiritual and academic perspectives on Native art, cultural geography, and traditional ecological knowledge. Faces in the Forest begins with a review of First Nations cosmology and the historical references to tree art. Blackstock then takes us on a metaphorical journey along the remnants of trading and trapping trails to tree art sites in the Gitxsan, Nisga'a, Tlingit, Carrier, and Dene traditional territories, before concluding with reflections on the function and meaning of tree art, its role within First Nations cosmology, and the need for greater respect for all of our natural resources. This fascinating study of a haunting and little-known cultural phenomenon helps us to see our forests with new eyes.