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Book Heraclitus in Sacramento

Download or read book Heraclitus in Sacramento written by David Carl and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2006-05 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The year is 1987 and the ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus is living with his mother in a small house in Sacramento when suddenly there is a knock on the door . How far does reading go? At what point does the act of reading catapult the reader into the seemingly inevitable desire that leads to writing? What is the line that divides reading from writing, and what happens in the process of trying to import the perspective one enjoys on one side of that line onto the other side? The four pieces collected here are meditations on possible approaches to these and other questions related to the relationship shared by the two-fold acts of reading and writing.

Book The Fragments of the Work of Heraclitus of Ephesus on Nature

Download or read book The Fragments of the Work of Heraclitus of Ephesus on Nature written by Heraclitus (of Ephesus.) and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Comparing Futures for the Sacramento  San Joaquin Delta

Download or read book Comparing Futures for the Sacramento San Joaquin Delta written by Jay Lund and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2010-02-02 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An ecosystem in freefall, a shrinking water supply for cities and agriculture, an antiquated network of failure-prone levees—this is the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, the major hub of California's water system. Written by a team of independent water experts, this analysis of the latest data evaluates proposed solutions to the Delta's myriad problems. Through in-depth economic and ecological analysis, the authors find that the current policy of channeling water exports through the Delta is not sustainable for any interest. Employing a peripheral canal-conveying water around the Delta instead of through it—as part of a larger habitat and water management plan appears to be the best strategy to maintain both a high-quality water supply and at the same time improve conditions for native fish and wildlife. This important assessment includes integrated analysis of long term ecosystem and water management options and demonstrates how issues such as climate change and sustainability will shape the future. Published in cooperation with the Public Policy Institute of California

Book Encyclopedia of Comparative Iconography

Download or read book Encyclopedia of Comparative Iconography written by Helene E. Roberts and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-09-05 with total page 2586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1998. The Encyclopedia of Comparative Iconography compares the uses of iconographic themes from mythology, the Bible and other sacred texts, literature, and popular culture in works of art through various periods, cultures, and genres. Art historians now tend to study narrative themes depicted in works of art in relation to such subjects as gender and sexuality, politics and power, ownership and possession, ceremony and ritual, legitimacy and authority. The Encyclopedia of Comparative Iconography reflects these new approaches by ordering the themes of various iconographic sources in particular biblical, mythological, and literary texts according to these new emphases.Each handsomely illustrated entry discusses the major relevant iconographic narratives and the historical background of each theme. A list of selected works of art that accompanies each essay guides the reader to examples in art that depict the theme under discussion. Each essay includes a list of suggested reading that provides further sources of information about the themes. A general bibliography of reference books is listed separately and can be used in association with all the essays. With 119 entries written by 42 experts, the Encyclopedia of Comparative Iconography is an important reference work for art historians, students of art history, artists, and the general reader.

Book Christianity and Humanity

Download or read book Christianity and Humanity written by Thomas Starr King and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Fifty Years of Polyamory in America

Download or read book Fifty Years of Polyamory in America written by Glen W. Olson and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2022-11-11 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fifty Years of Polyamory in America is a history of multiply committed relationships, group marriage, and group living in American over the last fifty years. It is based on the personal experiences of the authors, on extensive research of the movement, and on interviews with leaders in this movement.

Book Feasibility Study of the Use of the Acoustic Velocity Meter for Measurement of Net Outflow from the Sacramento San Joaquin Delta in California

Download or read book Feasibility Study of the Use of the Acoustic Velocity Meter for Measurement of Net Outflow from the Sacramento San Joaquin Delta in California written by Winchell Smith and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Ardor

    Book Details:
  • Author : Roberto Calasso
  • Publisher : Penguin UK
  • Release : 2014-11-18
  • ISBN : 0141971819
  • Pages : 454 pages

Download or read book Ardor written by Roberto Calasso and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2014-11-18 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this revelatory volume, Roberto Calasso, whom the Paris Review has called 'a literary institution', explores the ancient texts known as the Vedas. Little is known about the Vedic people who lived more than three thousand years ago in northern India: they left behind almost no objects, images, ruins. They created no empires. Even the hallucinogenic plant, the soma, which appears at the centre of some of their rituals, has not been identified with any certainty. Only a 'Parthenon of words' remains: verses and formulations suggesting a daring understanding of life. 'If the Vedic people had been asked why they did not build cities,' writes Calasso, 'they could have replied: we did not seek power, but rapture.' This is the ardor of the Vedic world, a burning intensity that is always present, both in the mind and in the cosmos. With his signature erudition and profound sense of the past, Calasso explores the enigmatic web of ritual and myth that define the Vedas. Often at odds with modern thought, he shows how these texts illuminate the nature of consciousness more than neuroscientists have been able to offer us up to now. Following the 'hundred paths' of the Satapatha Brahmana, an impressive exegesis of Vedic ritual, Ardor indicates that it may be possible to reach what is closest by passing through that which is most remote, as 'the whole of Vedic India was an attempt to think further'.

Book On Interrogation  Introspection  Dialectic and the Ineluctable Polarity of Being and Knowing

Download or read book On Interrogation Introspection Dialectic and the Ineluctable Polarity of Being and Knowing written by Matthew W. Knotts and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2024-06-13 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work considers the fundamentally “oppositional” structure of reality, viewing Augustine as a “Christian Heraclitus” and focusing on his conception of dialectic. Matthew W. Knotts situates Augustine's anthropology within a classical Roman philosophical context, while characterizing his intellect by continuous questioning. In this way, the book grounds a constructive philosophical-theological enquiry in an historical-critical study of the sources and their context.

Book Chambers s New Handy Volume American Encyclopaedia

Download or read book Chambers s New Handy Volume American Encyclopaedia written by and published by . This book was released on 1883 with total page 1020 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Blue Revolution

    Book Details:
  • Author : Cynthia Barnett
  • Publisher : Beacon Press
  • Release : 2012-09-04
  • ISBN : 080700328X
  • Pages : 297 pages

Download or read book Blue Revolution written by Cynthia Barnett and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 2012-09-04 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Americans see water as abundant and cheap: we turn on the faucet and out it gushes, for less than a penny a gallon. We use more water than any other culture in the world, much to quench what’s now our largest crop—the lawn. Yet most Americans cannot name the river or aquifer that flows to our taps, irrigates our food, and produces our electricity. And most don’t realize these freshwater sources are in deep trouble. Blue Revolution exposes the truth about the water crisis—driven not as much by lawn sprinklers as by a tradition that has encouraged everyone, from homeowners to farmers to utilities, to tap more and more. But the book also offers much reason for hope. Award-winning journalist Cynthia Barnett argues that the best solution is also the simplest and least expensive: a water ethic for America. Just as the green movement helped build awareness about energy and sustainability, so a blue movement will reconnect Americans to their water, helping us value and conserve our most life-giving resource. Avoiding past mistakes, living within our water means, and turning to “local water” as we do local foods are all part of this new, blue revolution. Reporting from across the country and around the globe, Barnett shows how people, businesses, and governments have come together to dramatically reduce water use and reverse the water crisis. Entire metro areas, such as San Antonio, Texas, have halved per capita water use. Singapore’s “closed water loop” recycles every drop. New technologies can slash agricultural irrigation in half: businesses can save a lot of water—and a lot of money—with designs as simple as recycling air-conditioning condensate. The first book to call for a national water ethic, Blue Revolution is also a powerful meditation on water and community in America.

Book The International Cyclopedia

Download or read book The International Cyclopedia written by Harry Thurston Peck and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 964 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The International Cyclopedia

Download or read book The International Cyclopedia written by and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 1372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The American Universal Cyclop  dia

Download or read book The American Universal Cyclop dia written by and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 900 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Library of Universal Knowledge

Download or read book Library of Universal Knowledge written by and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 890 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book River Days  River Nights

    Book Details:
  • Author : Mark Abramson
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2020-02-12
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 214 pages

Download or read book River Days River Nights written by Mark Abramson and published by . This book was released on 2020-02-12 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mark Abramson, a Minnesota farm boy, moved to San Francisco from Minneapolis in 1975 and dived right into the debauchery of gay life in that pre-AIDS world, including many day trips and overnight stays at the Russian River, ninety miles north of the city. In 1981 he decided to join a group of friends in fixing up an old house south of Guerneville, California. He soon found a job at the legendary Hexagon House/Woods Resort, where he got to meet a plethora of boyfriends, tricks, and celebrities including Divine, Charles Pierce, Sylvester, and Etta James. This is his story of those magical years before the plague.