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Book The Harp of the Wilderness     Second Edition

Download or read book The Harp of the Wilderness Second Edition written by HARP. and published by . This book was released on 1847 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Word for Woman Is Wilderness

Download or read book The Word for Woman Is Wilderness written by Abi Andrews and published by Two Dollar Radio. This book was released on 2019-03-19 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE OFFICIAL NORTH AMERICAN EDITION "Beguiling, audacious... rises to its own challenges in engaging intellectually as well as wholeheartedly with its questions about gender, genre and the concept of wilderness. The novel displays wide reading, clever writing and amusing dialogue." —The Guardian This is a new kind of nature writing — one that crosses fiction with science writing and puts gender politics at the center of the landscape. Erin, a 19-year-old girl from middle England, is travelling to Alaska on a journey that takes her through Iceland, Greenland, and across Canada. She is making a documentary about how men are allowed to express this kind of individualism and personal freedom more than women are, based on masculinist ideas of survivalism and the shunning of society: the “Mountain Man.” She plans to culminate her journey with an experiment: living in a cabin in the Alaskan wilderness, a la Thoreau, to explore it from a feminist perspective. The book is a fictional time capsule curated by Erin, comprising of personal narrative, fact, anecdote, images and maps, on subjects as diverse as The Golden Records, Voyager 1, the moon landings, the appropriation of Native land and culture, Rachel Carson, The Order of The Dolphin, The Doomsday Clock, Ted Kaczynski, Valentina Tereshkova, Jack London, Thoreau, Darwin, Nuclear war, The Letters of Last Resort and the pill, amongst many other topics. "Refreshingly outward-looking in a literary culture that turns ever inward to the self, although it still has profound moments of introspection. Uplifting, with a thirsty curiosity, the writing is playful and exuberant. Riffing on feminist ideas but unlimited in scope, Andrews focuses our attention on our beautiful, doomed planet, and the astonishing things we have yet to discover." —Ruth McKee, The Irish Times

Book A Wilderness of Tigers

    Book Details:
  • Author : Kenneth Tucker
  • Publisher : AuthorHouse
  • Release : 2005-02-14
  • ISBN : 146345869X
  • Pages : 356 pages

Download or read book A Wilderness of Tigers written by Kenneth Tucker and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2005-02-14 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the cessation of the Indian Wars, Silas Magby believed that Western Kentucky would be safe for his wife and children. But then the Harpes came—two mysterious brothers, Micajah and Wiley, with three devoted women followers, leaving a wake of ghoulish and seemingly motiveless murders—men, women, children, infants, bludgeoned, stabbed, shot, or set on fire. Earlier Magby had participated in a fruitless attempt to capture the brothers, but word comes that they are seeking him to enact retaliation. Now Magby must somehow stop the brothers before they can kill his wife and children. Although fiction, A Wilderness of Tigers based upon one of the earliest recorded serial killer rampages. In the 1790’s roughly 35 persons were murdered by the Harpe brothers. Kenneth Tucker has woven a haunting story whose characters linger beyond a final page of history or text."- Katherine C. Kurk, Kentucky Philological Review "Tucker tells a fascinating story of these evil doers... It's an interesting part of our history..."- Jesse Stuart Foundation. "Tucker effectively uses dialogue and and clear, graphic details to bring to light a sad chapter in Kentucky's history." - Steve Flairty, Kentucky Monthly

Book The Riviera  Exposed

    Book Details:
  • Author : Stephen L. Harp
  • Publisher : Cornell University Press
  • Release : 2022-05-15
  • ISBN : 1501763032
  • Pages : 259 pages

Download or read book The Riviera Exposed written by Stephen L. Harp and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2022-05-15 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sweeping social and environmental history, The Riviera, Exposed illuminates the profound changes to the physical space that we know as the quintessential European tourist destination. Stephen L. Harp uncovers the behind-the-scenes impact of tourism following World War II, both on the environment and on the people living and working on the Riviera, particularly North African laborers, who not only did much of the literal rebuilding of the Riviera but also suffered in that process. Outside of Paris, the Riviera has been the most visited region in France, depending almost exclusively on tourism as its economic lifeline. Until recently, we knew a great deal about the tourists but much less about the social and environmental impacts of their activities or about the life stories of the North African workers upon whom the Riviera's prosperity rests. The technologies embedded in roads, airports, hotels, water lines, sewers, beaches, and marinas all required human intervention—and travelers were encouraged to disregard this intervention. Harp's sharp analysis explores the impacts of massive construction and public works projects, revealing the invisible infrastructure of tourism, its environmental effects, and the immigrants who built the Riviera. The Riviera, Exposed unearths a gritty history, one of human labor and ecological degradation that forms the true foundation of the glamorous Riviera of tourist mythology.

Book First Harp Book

    Book Details:
  • Author : B. Paret
  • Publisher : Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation
  • Release : 1987-03
  • ISBN : 9780793555239
  • Pages : 40 pages

Download or read book First Harp Book written by B. Paret and published by Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation. This book was released on 1987-03 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Harp

Book Voice in the Wilderness

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  • Author : Michael Austin
  • Publisher : University Press of Colorado
  • Release : 2006-08-15
  • ISBN : 0874215374
  • Pages : 333 pages

Download or read book Voice in the Wilderness written by Michael Austin and published by University Press of Colorado. This book was released on 2006-08-15 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In her writings, Terry Tempest Williams repeatedly invites us as readers into engagement and conversation with both her and her subject matter, whether it is nature or society, environment or art. From her evocation, in Desert Quartet: An Erotic Landscape, of an eroticism of place that defines erotic as "in relation," to the spiritual connectivity and familial bonds she explores in Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place and the political engagement she urges in The Open Space of Democracy, much of her work is about relationship, connection, and community. Like much good writing, her books invite readers into thoughtful dialogue with the text. Frequently in demand for workshops, lectures, and other speaking venues and well known as an environmental activist, Williams has a public persona and voice almost indistinguishable from her written ones. Thus, the interviews she has often granted--in print, on the radio, on the Web--seamlessly elaborate the ideas and extend the explorations of her written texts. They also tell us much about the genesis, context, and intent of her books. With her distinctive, impassioned voice and familiar felicity of language, she talks about wilderness and wildlife, place and eroticism, art and literature, democracy and politics, family and heritage, Mormonism and religion, writing and creativity, and other subjects that engage her agile mind. The set of interviews gathered and introduced by Michael Austin in A Voice in the Wilderness represent the span of Terry Tempest Williams's career as a naturalist, author, and activist.

Book A Voice in the Wilderness

    Book Details:
  • Author : Michael Austin
  • Publisher : University Press of Colorado
  • Release : 2006-08-15
  • ISBN : 1457180898
  • Pages : 333 pages

Download or read book A Voice in the Wilderness written by Michael Austin and published by University Press of Colorado. This book was released on 2006-08-15 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In her writings, Terry Tempest Williams repeatedly invites us as readers into engagement and conversation with both her and her subject matter, whether it is nature or society, environment or art. From her evocation, in Desert Quartet: An Erotic Landscape, of an eroticism of place that defines erotic as "in relation," to the spiritual connectivity and familial bonds she explores in Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place and the political engagement she urges in The Open Space of Democracy, much of her work is about relationship, connection, and community. Like much good writing, her books invite readers into thoughtful dialogue with the text. Frequently in demand for workshops, lectures, and other speaking venues and well known as an environmental activist, Williams has a public persona and voice almost indistinguishable from her written ones. Thus, the interviews she has often granted--in print, on the radio, on the Web--seamlessly elaborate the ideas and extend the explorations of her written texts. They also tell us much about the genesis, context, and intent of her books. With her distinctive, impassioned voice and familiar felicity of language, she talks about wilderness and wildlife, place and eroticism, art and literature, democracy and politics, family and heritage, Mormonism and religion, writing and creativity, and other subjects that engage her agile mind. The set of interviews gathered and introduced by Michael Austin in A Voice in the Wilderness represent the span of Terry Tempest Williams's career as a naturalist, author, and activist.

Book The Stoneholding

    Book Details:
  • Author : James G. Anderson
  • Publisher : Baen Publishing Enterprises
  • Release : 2009-09-01
  • ISBN : 1618247395
  • Pages : 629 pages

Download or read book The Stoneholding written by James G. Anderson and published by Baen Publishing Enterprises. This book was released on 2009-09-01 with total page 629 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Darkness looms over the ancient world of Ahn Norvys, and the Great Harmony of Ardiel lies rent asunder. Prince Starigan, heir to the throne, has been abducted and power has been usurped by a traitorous cabal In the mountainous highlands of Arvon is the small but ancient community the Stoneholding, which has held out against the gathering forces of the evil Ferabek. Here by tradition, from earliest times, the High Bard has resided as guardian of the Sacred Fire, as well as the golden harp called the Talamadh. But in his search for the lost prince, Ferabek has attacked the Stoneholding with his Black Scorpion Dragoons and razed it to the ground. Wilum, the aged High Bard was forced to flee for his life with a ragged band of survivors, including Kalaquinn Wright, the wheelwrightss son. Kal, green in years and understanding, was torn from his pastoral life in a remote highland clanholding, and thrust out onto a broader stage in a journey of danger and escape, discovery and enlightenment. Now, as night covers Ahn Norvys, he must save what remains of the hallowed order of things and seek his destiny, a destiny that lies far beyond the Stoneholding. He must somehow find Prince Starigan and rekindle the Sacred Fire. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).

Book Voice in the Wilderness

    Book Details:
  • Author : H. L. Wegley
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2015-07-01
  • ISBN : 9780996493703
  • Pages : 396 pages

Download or read book Voice in the Wilderness written by H. L. Wegley and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-01 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "What if your blog could save the nation, but posting to it might cost your life?" Two extraordinary people born for a time such as this. As catastrophes drive the US into martial law, all eyes are on America, waiting to see what emerges. KC Banning, network specialist, discovers President Hannan's tyrannical plans and is branded a terrorist, sending her fleeing the Beltway to find her childhood soulmate and protector, Brock Daniels. Brock, a writer and man of faith, gives CPR to a dying nation through his blog, which is read by military members still loyal to the Constitution. But starting a grassroots insurgency while reconciling KC's and Brock's broken relationship proves difficult. When Hannan sends Special Forces to kill Brock and KC, starting a war in the Central Oregon desert, reconciliation, like staying alive, might be impossible. Set in Washington DC and near Crooked River Ranch in the Central Oregon desert, "Voice in the Wilderness," Book 1 of the "Against All Enemies Series," is a political thriller, with romance, about two people who must decide if they're willing to sacrifice their lives to prevent the USA from becoming the Dystopian States of America.

Book Songs of the Earth

    Book Details:
  • Author : Elspeth Cooper
  • Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
  • Release : 2012-02-28
  • ISBN : 1429997257
  • Pages : 502 pages

Download or read book Songs of the Earth written by Elspeth Cooper and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2012-02-28 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Book of Eador, Abjurations 12:14, is very clear: Suffer ye not the life of a witch. For a thousand years, the Church Knights have obeyed that commandment, sending to the stake anyone who can hear the songs of the earth. There are no exceptions, not even for one of their own. Novice Knight Gair can hear music no one else can, beautiful, terrible music: music with power. In the Holy City, that can mean only one thing: death by fire—until an unlikely intervention gives him a chance to flee the city and escape the flames. With the Church Knights and their witchfinder hot on his heels, Gair hasn't time to learn how to use the power growing inside him, but if he doesn't master it, that power will tear him apart. His only hope is the secretive Guardians of the Veil, though centuries of persecution have almost destroyed their Order, and the few Guardians left have troubles of their own. For the Veil between worlds is weakening, and behind it, the Hidden Kingdom, ever-hungry for dominion over the daylight realm, is stirring. Though he is far from ready, Gair will find himself fighting for his own life, for everyone within the Order of the Veil, and for the woman he has come to love. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Book Dear Marshall  Language Is Our Only Wilderness

Download or read book Dear Marshall Language Is Our Only Wilderness written by Heather Sweeney and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Heather Sweeney's Dear Marshall, Language Is Our Only Wilderness, is a prose weave of declaration, story, romance, LA repository, of a wild child who is also a "swan on a diving board" with, echoes of the Welsh Cad Goddeu ("I was a string on a harp.") with its assertive declarative sentences, simple but pithy, that weave a relational intimacy. "I am a heightened rumor". "Today I am a wave of rust". I am an unspoken angle". Who is Marshall? A device, a fellow traveler, a "gentleman", a lover, the narrative suggests, a happy construct to play against. This is a charming book which teases and feels current, like a life in language you could be living in 2020"--

Book The Harp of God

    Book Details:
  • Author : Joseph Franklin Rutherford
  • Publisher : IndyPublish.com
  • Release : 1921
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 394 pages

Download or read book The Harp of God written by Joseph Franklin Rutherford and published by IndyPublish.com. This book was released on 1921 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Medieval Literary

Download or read book The Medieval Literary written by Robert J. Meyer-Lee and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2018 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essays studying the relationship between literariness and form in medieval texts.

Book Wild Belief

    Book Details:
  • Author : Nick Ripatrazone
  • Publisher : Augsburg Fortress Publishers
  • Release : 2021-05-18
  • ISBN : 1506464637
  • Pages : 169 pages

Download or read book Wild Belief written by Nick Ripatrazone and published by Augsburg Fortress Publishers. This book was released on 2021-05-18 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings together a diverse and unique set of writers who span literary styles, genres, and time periods--but who are united in their search for spirit in the wild. Through them we discover the tension between our understanding of the wilderness as both a fearful and a sacred space, which makes it particularly apt for capturing the unknown and surprising elements of belief.

Book The Historical Atlas of American Crime

Download or read book The Historical Atlas of American Crime written by Fred Rosen and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the history of crime and punishment from American Colonial times to present day, listing in alphabetical order the states in which the crimes were committed, who committed them and what the punishment was.

Book For the Wild

    Book Details:
  • Author : Sarah M. Pike
  • Publisher : Univ of California Press
  • Release : 2017-10-03
  • ISBN : 0520294955
  • Pages : 306 pages

Download or read book For the Wild written by Sarah M. Pike and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2017-10-03 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the Wild explores the ways in which the commitments of radical environmental and animal-rights activists develop through powerful experiences with the more-than-human world during childhood and young adulthood. The book addresses the question of how and why activists come to value nonhuman animals and the natural world as worthy of protection. Emotions and memories of wonder, love, compassion, anger, and grief shape activists’ protest practices and help us understand their deep-rooted dedicaztion to the planet and its creatures. Drawing on analyses of activist art, music, and writings, as well as interviews and participant-observation in activist communities, Sarah M. Pike delves into the sacred duties of these often misunderstood and marginalized groups with openness and sensitivity.