Author: Walter William StricklandPublisher:
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 122
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A Discourse Upon Mountains and Other Essays
Author: Walter William StricklandPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
The Smuggler's Dog and Other Essays in Literature and Science
Author: Sir Walter William Strickland (bart.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 386
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On Friendship
Author: Michel de MontaignePublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101651156
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
From the 100-part Penguin Great Ideas series comes a rumination on relationships, courtesy of one of the most influential French Renaissance philosophers. Michel de Montaigne was the originator of the modern essay form; in these diverse pieces he expresses his views on friendship, contemplates the idea that man is no different from any animal, argues that all cultures should be respected, and attempts, by an exploration of himself, to understand the nature of humanity. Penguin Great Ideas: Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves—and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war, and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked, and comforted. They have enriched lives—and destroyed them. Now Penguin Great Ideas brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals, and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization and helped make us who we are. Other titles in the series include Niccolò Machiavelli's The Prince, Thomas Paine's Common Sense, and Charles Darwin's On Natural Selection.
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Author: The Publishers' Circular and Booksellers' Record
Author: Silva: Or , a Discourse of Forest-trees. Terra, a Philosophical Essay of Earth. To which is Annex'd Pomona: Or an Appendix Concerming Fruit- Trees, in Relation to Cyder (etc.) The 5. Ed
Author: John EvelynNew Essays on Go Tell it on the Mountain
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Category : African American churches in literature
Languages : en
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Another Way of Seeing
Author: Peter GabelPublisher: Quid Pro Books
ISBN: 1610271998
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
In ANOTHER WAY OF SEEING, Peter Gabel argues that our most fundamental spiritual need as human beings is the desire for authentic mutual recognition. Because we live in a world in which this desire is systematically denied due to the legacy of fear of the other that has been passed on from generation to generation, we exist as what he calls "withdrawn selves," perceiving the other as a threat rather than as the source of our completion as social beings. Calling for a new kind of "spiritual activism" that speaks to this universal interpersonal longing, Gabel shows how we can transform law, politics, public policy, and culture so as to build a new social movement through which we become more fully present to each other--creating a new "parallel universe" existing alongside our socially separated world and reaffirming the social bond that inherently unites us. "Peter Gabel is one of the grand prophetic voices in our day. He also is a long-distance runner in the struggle for justice. Don't miss this book!" --Cornel West, The Class of 1943 Professor, Princeton University, and Professor of Philosophy and Christian Practice, Union Theological Seminary "Replete with wise insights that reward readers with Another Way of Seeing toward their pursuit of compassion, community, and a better world, law professor, activist and philosopher Peter Gabel's excellent essay collection elaborates upon the meaning of Martin Luther King Jr.'s expression 'Justice is love correcting that which revolts against love.' No matter what your expertise, Gabel's thoughts are pertinent to fulfillment of your human possibilities." --Ralph Nader, Washington, DC
The Jukebox and Other Essays on Storytelling
Author: Peter HandkePublisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0374180547
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 181
Book Description
In his "Essay on Tiredness," Handke transforms an everyday experience - often precipitated by boredom - into a fascinating exploration of the world of slow motion, differentiating degrees of fatigue, the types of weariness, its rejuvenating effects, as well as its erotic, cultural, and political implications.
Halls of Fame
Author: John D'AgataPublisher: Graywolf Press
ISBN: 1555970494
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
"John D'Agata is an alchemist who changes trash into purest gold." —Guy Davenport, Harper's John D'Agata journeys the endless corridors of America's myriad halls of fame and faithfully reports on what he finds there. In a voice all his own, he brilliantly maps his terrain in lists, collage, and ludic narratives. With topics ranging from Martha Graham to the Flat Earth Society, from the brightest light in Vegas to the artist Henry Darger, who died in obscurity, Halls of Fame hovers on the brink between prose and poetry, deep seriousness and high comedy, the subject and the self.