Download or read book Dial of the Seasons written by and published by . This book was released on 2020-03-09 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sundial of the Seasons written by Hal Borland and published by Echo Point Books & Media, LLC. This book was released on 2022-06-23 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Living in a world circumscribed by up-to-the-minute news and electronic tools we barely master before they are out-of-date, we attempt to shield ourselves from environmental events which threaten to overturn our constructed reality. Naturally, in such fast-paced and topsy-turvy surroundings we watch the sky and earth for signs of regularity; looking to the changing seasons for hope and rejuvenation, and seeking out the voices of those who speak of constancy in the changes of the natural world. Hal Borland was such a voice. Every week, beginning in 1941, in the editorial pages of The New York Times he would speak of living on the land—this natural world we all try to understand. In this collection of 365 of his essays, arranged daily within the twelve months, he writes with a familiarity of the ways of the country that is at once humble and resiliently knowledgeable. In Sundial of the Seasons you will find page-long ruminations on such topics as “Fog” (“a unique blend of mood and weather“), “The Bumblebee” (“Bumblebees tolerate man, up to a point”), “Dandelions” (“Neither flood nor drouth seems to discourage it”), and “Fishing” (“The fish caught are only a lesser part of the catch”), all in celebration of the everyday events of life in the country. Begin each day with the gentle wit and wisdom of the person who, for nearly four decades, wrote his “outdoor editorials” in an engaging and inimitable fashion eagerly read by thousands.
Download or read book Dial of the Seasons written by and published by . This book was released on 1845 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sundial of the Seasons written by Hal Borland and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Dial of the Seasons or a Portraiture of Nature written by Thomas FISHER (of Pennsylvania.) and published by . This book was released on 1845 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Dial of the Seasons written by Thomas Fisher and published by . This book was released on 2016-04-26 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Dial of the Seasons written by Thomas Fisher and published by . This book was released on 1845 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Only edition of this essay that covers a broad range of subjects, including the sun's declination, imaginary flight over the globe, bird migrations, the effects of temperature on diseases, slavery, race and genealogy.
Download or read book Granting the Seasons written by Nathan Sivin and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-12-19 with total page 663 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: China’s most sophisticated system of computational astronomy was created for a Mongol emperor who could neither read nor write Chinese, to celebrate victory over China after forty years of devastating war. This book explains how and why, and reconstructs the observatory and the science that made it possible. For two thousand years, a fundamental ritual of government was the emperor’s “granting the seasons” to his people at the New Year by issuing an almanac containing an accurate lunisolar calendar. The high point of this tradition was the “Season-granting system” (Shou-shih li, 1280). Its treatise records detailed instructions for computing eclipses of the sun and moon and motions of the planets, based on a rich archive of observations, some ancient and some new. Sivin, the West’s leading scholar of the Chinese sciences, not only recreates the project’s cultural, political, bureaucratic, and personal dimensions, but translates the extensive treatise and explains every procedure in minimally technical language. The book contains many tables, illustrations, and aids to reference. It is clearly written for anyone who wants to understand the fundamental role of science in Chinese history. There is no comparable study of state science in any other early civilization.
Download or read book Seasons in Hell written by Mike Shropshire and published by Diversion Books. This book was released on 2014-03-25 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A funny, revealing, Ball Four–like romp through mid-seventies baseball” from the longtime sports columnist and author of The Last Real Season (Booklist). You think your team is bad? In this “disastrously hilarious” work on one of the most tortured franchises in baseball, one reporter discovers that nine innings can feel like an eternity (USA Today). In early 1973, gonzo sportswriter Mike Shropshire agreed to cover the Texas Rangers for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, not realizing that the Rangers were arguably the worst team in baseball history. Seasons in Hell is a riotous, candid, irreverent behind-the-scenes account in the tradition of The Bronx Zoo and Ball Four, following the Texas Rangers from Whitey Herzog’s reign in 1973 through Billy Martin’s tumultuous tenure. Offering wonderful perspectives on dozens of unique (and likely never-to-be-seen-again) baseball personalities, Seasons in Hell recounts some of the most extreme characters ever to play the game and brings to life the no-holds-barred culture of major league baseball in the mid-seventies. “The single funniest sports book I have ever read.”—Don Imus “The locker-room shenanigans of a lousy team of the 1970s.”—Publishers Weekly
Download or read book Mechanics written by Dionysius Lardner and published by . This book was released on 1877 with total page 606 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Book of Sun Dials written by Alfred Gatty and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2015-09-20 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book The Keystone written by and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 1380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Four Seasons Make a Year written by Anne Rockwell and published by Walker Childrens. This book was released on 2004-03-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each season brings new surprises and discoveries. In the spring, leaves sprout, showers come, and it's time for planting. Bees buzz and roses bloom as summer arrives. The fall turns pumpkins orange and leaves red and gold, and the wind grows cold. In wintertime, snow twirls down, and the flames in the fireplace leap and glow. Next year, it will all happen again, but it will be a little different, too. Everything is always growing and changing on a farm. Beloved author Anne Rockwell takes young readers through the year. Megan Halsey's charming collage illustrations are the perfect complement to this delightful introduction to the wonders of the seasons.
Download or read book An Index to Poetry and Recitations written by Edith Granger and published by Chicago : A.C. McClurg. This book was released on 1904 with total page 978 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Christianity in its relations to Judaism and Heathenism in three tracts With lithographic illustrations and chronological tables Sequel to the foregoing tracts etc Revolving Diagrams written by Rev. William HEWSON and published by . This book was released on 1860 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Bulletin written by Kokuritsu Kagaku Hakubutsukan (Japan) and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
