Download or read book Thoughts on Driving to Venus written by Christopher Pratt and published by The Porcupine's Quill. This book was released on 2015-09-22 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Painter and printmaker Christopher Pratt is known for luminous, meticulous images of Atlantic-coast settings. Strongly influenced by the culture and landscape of Newfoundland, Pratt’s still, crystal-clear images of archetypal island life convey more than landscape. They are richly imagined, almost hyperreal depictions of the land, imbued with memory and meaning. Thoughts on Driving to Venus allows readers an unprecedented glimpse inside Pratt’s mind as he journeys through the Newfoundland countryside. Originally intended for sketches that would later assist in his painting and printmaking, Pratt’s aptly named "Car Books" document numerous road trips he and his wife, Jeanette, took from the late 1990s to the present. The diary-like entries provide an overview of the artist’s stream-of-consciousness impressions, journalistic accounts and personal reflections during these trips. Some passages record the effects of colour, light and shadow on a scene—what he refers to as "sketches"; some delve into personal recollections conjured by the landscapes seen through the windshield; others are reflections on his complex emotional ties to his homeland. The result is an intimate portrait of the creative process and realms of the imagination of one of Canada’s most important contemporary artists.
Download or read book Thoughts on Driving to Venus written by Christopher Pratt and published by The Porcupine's Quill. This book was released on 2015-09-22 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Painter and printmaker Christopher Pratt is known for luminous, meticulous images of Atlantic-coast settings. Strongly influenced by the culture and landscape of Newfoundland, Pratt’s still, crystal-clear images of archetypal island life convey more than landscape. They are richly imagined, almost hyperreal depictions of the land, imbued with memory and meaning. Thoughts on Driving to Venus allows readers an unprecedented glimpse inside Pratt’s mind as he journeys through the Newfoundland countryside. Originally intended for sketches that would later assist in his painting and printmaking, Pratt’s aptly named "Car Books" document numerous road trips he and his wife, Jeanette, took from the late 1990s to the present. The diary-like entries provide an overview of the artist’s stream-of-consciousness impressions, journalistic accounts and personal reflections during these trips. Some passages record the effects of colour, light and shadow on a scene—what he refers to as "sketches"; some delve into personal recollections conjured by the landscapes seen through the windshield; others are reflections on his complex emotional ties to his homeland. The result is an intimate portrait of the creative process and realms of the imagination of one of Canada’s most important contemporary artists.
Download or read book Venus Drive written by Sam Lipsyte and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Venus Drive written by Sam Lipsyte and published by Picador. This book was released on 2010-03-02 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An intense, mordantly funny collection of short fiction from Sam Lipsyte, author of Home Land and The Ask. The Picador paperback edition includes an excerpt from The Ask. A man with an "old soul" finds himself at a Times Square peep show, looking for more than just a little action. A young man goes into some serious regression after finding his deceased mother's stash of morphine. A group of summer-camp sadists return to the scene of the crime. Lipsyte's brutally funny narratives tread morally ambiguous terrain, where desperate characters stumble over hope, or sometimes merely stumble. Written with ferocious wit and surprising empathy, Venus Drive is a potent collection of stories from "a wickedly gifted writer" (Robert Stone).
Download or read book The Speed Handbook written by Enda Duffy and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2009-07-20 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Speed, the sensation one gets when driving fast, was described by Aldous Huxley as the single new pleasure invented by modernity. The Speed Handbook is a virtuoso exploration of Huxley’s claim. Enda Duffy shows how the experience of speed has always been political and how it has affected nearly all aspects of modern culture. Primarily a result of the mass-produced automobile, the experience of speed became the quintessential way for individuals to experience modernity, to feel modernity in their bones. Duffy plunges full-throttle into speed’s “adrenaline aesthetics,” offering deft readings of works ranging from F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, through J. G. Ballard’s Crash, to the cautionary consumerism of Ralph Nader. He describes how speed changed understandings of space, distance, chance, and violence; how the experience of speed was commodified in the dawning era of mass consumption; and how society was incited to abhor slowness and desire speed. He examines how people were trained by new media such as the cinema to see, hear, and sense speed, and how speed, demanded of the efficient assembly-line worker, was given back to that worker as the chief thrill of leisure. Assessing speed’s political implications, Duffy considers how speed pleasure was offered to citizens based on criteria including their ability to pay and their gender, and how speed quickly became something to be patrolled by governments. Drawing on novels, news reports, photography, advertising, and much more, Duffy provides a breakneck tour through the cultural dynamics of speed.
Download or read book The Book of Palmistry written by Nathaniel Altman and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2004-04-02 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on the author’s 30 years of research on the ancient art of palmistry, this is a truly encyclopedic introduction to the tradition. More than 400 diagrams and handprints present a thorough “show of hands,” even including information on how one can change the lines on the palms. Five major topics are covered: Western hand analysis; modern psychological aspects; the basics of Indian palmistry; Chinese hand reading; and practical guidance on interpretation.
Download or read book Faces Under Water written by Tanith Lee and published by ABRAMS. This book was released on 2002-04-01 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A fast start to what promises to be an exciting, innovative fantasy series” from the World Fantasy Award–winning author of Night’s Master (Publishers Weekly). In the hedonistic atmosphere of an eighteenth-century Venice Carnival, gaiety turns deadly when Furian Furiano happens upon a mask of Apollo floating in the murky waters of the canals. The mask hides a sinister art, and Furian finds himself trapped in a bizarre tangle of love, obsession, and evil, stumbling into a macabre society of murderers. The beautiful but elusive Eurydiche holds the key to these murders and leads him further into a labyrinth of black magic and ancient alchemy. Why do secrets from Furian’s past seem tied to the mysterious Eurydiche? In Tanith Lee’s brilliantly imagined world of violence and terror, Furian must find a way to survive and stem the obsession driving him toward his hidden destiny.
Download or read book Luba and Her Family written by Gilbert Hernandez and published by Fantagraphics Books. This book was released on 2014-07-19 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gilbert Hernandez’s sprawling family saga focuses on the United States, where newly immigrated Luba and her sisters, body-builder Petra and therapist/film star Fritz, find their families’ and friends’ lives becoming more and more intertwined. As the three sisters have “memories of sweet youth,” the next generation finds the spotlight: Luba’s adult daughter Doralís emcees the proceedings in her role as mischievous host of a children’s TV show, while Petra’s little girl, Venus, has adventures with her aunt Fritz and her best friend Yoshio. At her mother’s urging, Venus also writes missives to her fierce, one-armed cousin Casimira, who’s back in Palomar. In these stories ― never before collected together ― Venus tells it like it is!
Download or read book Exhibitors Daily Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 1054 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Literary Digest a Repository of Contemporaneous Thought and Research as Presented in the Periodical Literature of the World written by Edward Jewitt Wheeler and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 820 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Timeline written by Alicia Hurst Roberts and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-02-04 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This “tattletale” story winds round about with tales of poisonings and detective work. Venus was a pawn used against her loving parents for over a decade. Her heart broke a little as Gretta recounted poisoning Faith systematically and Elijah’s health issues after Venus’s business deal went sour. Gretta Graves grinned as she talked about Elijah’s asthma. “People die from asthma too,” she commented to Venus on a moonlit night—then continued to tell the story slowly, methodically, and in detail. Venus felt hatred rising to her throat. She wasn’t sure how she would get out—Gretta’s plan started unraveling.
Download or read book The Man with the Hoe written by Adam Blake and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book How to Drive Women Crazy written by Ferdinand Delery and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2001-02-07 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She descended upon me on the sofa as if she floated from her room. I could feel her heart racing when she softly touched me as she sat down. I must say here that this young lady was always a vision to my eyes. Ever since the first time that I laid eyes on her I thought that she is one of the dreamiest sights that I know. After she floated next to me she started telling me her story. I had never had an idea that this is what was in her history. A strange pallor descended upon the room as she spoke. I got the sensation that the color of crimson or purple hung in the air over the scene. The more that she got into her story the weirder got the sensations that I was feeling. You have to remember here that we were in New Orleans. I truly thought that she was just kidding around at first and just "picking" at me. But, the deeper she got into her history, the more I began to realize that she was 100% serious. I was beginning to feel something a little scary in the air.
Download or read book Monthly Review Or New Literary Journal written by Ralph Griffiths and published by . This book was released on 1818 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Editors: May 1749-Sept. 1803, Ralph Griffiths; Oct. 1803-Apr. 1825, G. E. Griffiths.
Download or read book Popular Science written by and published by . This book was released on 1995-06 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Popular Science gives our readers the information and tools to improve their technology and their world. The core belief that Popular Science and our readers share: The future is going to be better, and science and technology are the driving forces that will help make it better.
Download or read book Science written by John Michels (Journalist) and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A weekly record of scientific progress.
Download or read book My Name Is Venus Black written by Heather Lloyd and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2018-02-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this riveting, heartfelt debut, a young woman assumes a new name to escape her dark past and find the redemption she desperately seeks. “It’s impossible not to root for this strong, willful girl as she finds her place in the world and for her brother as he tries to make sense of it.”—Kirkus Reviews “Charming, touching, and a host of other adjectives not often associated with a murderous thirteen-year-old.”—Booklist Venus Black is a straitlaced A student fascinated by the study of astronomy—until the night she commits a shocking crime that tears her family apart and ignites a media firestorm. Venus refuses to talk about what happened or why, except to blame her mother. Adding to the mystery, Venus’s developmentally challenged younger brother, Leo, goes missing. More than five years later, Venus is released from prison with a suitcase of used clothes, a fake identity, and a determination to escape her painful past. Estranged from her mother, and with her beloved brother still missing, she sets out to make a fresh start in Seattle, skittish and alone. But as new people enter her orbit—including a romantic interest and a young girl who seems like a mirror image of her former lost self—old wounds resurface, and Venus realizes that she can’t find a future while she’s running from her past. In this gripping story, debut novelist Heather Lloyd brilliantly captures ordinary lives thrust into extraordinary circumstances. Told through a constellation of captivating voices, My Name Is Venus Black explores the fluidity of right and wrong, the pain of betrayal, and the meaning of love and family. Praise for My Name Is Venus Black “Fans of realistic coming-of-age fiction will enjoy Lloyd’s fast-paced first novel for the freshly drawn original characters, compelling story line, and beautiful tribute to the healing power of love. It’s bound to have crossover appeal to older YA readers.”—Library Journal “A dark but ultimately uplifting story about family, love, and forgiveness, and how to find your place in the world, My Name Is Venus Black is a powerful debut novel from a fresh voice in fiction.”—New York Times bestselling author Sarah Jio
