Author: Julie Hanson
Publisher: University of Iowa Press
ISBN: 1587299658
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 83
Book Description
Julie Hanson’s award-winning collection, Unbeknownst, gives us plainspoken poems of unstoppable candor. They are astonished and sobered by the incoming data; they are funny; they are psychologically accurate and beautifully made. Hanson’s is a mind interested in human responsibility—to ourselves and to each other—and unhappy about the disappointments that are bound to transpire (“We’ve been like gods, our powers wasted”). These poems are lonely with spiritual longing and wise with remorse for all that cannot last. “The Kindergartners” begins, “All their lives they’ve waited for / the yellow bus to come for them,” then moves directly to the present reality: “Now it’s February and the mat / is wet.” Settings and events are local and familiar, never more exotic than a yoga session at the Y, one of several instances where the body is central to the report and to the net result (“I slip in and fold / behind the wheel into the driver’s seat like a thin young thing: / My organs are surely glistening. This car was made for me.“). These poems are intimate revelations, thinking as they go, including the reader in the progress of their thoughts.
Unbeknownst
Author: Julie Hanson
Publisher: University of Iowa Press
ISBN: 1587299658
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 83
Book Description
Julie Hanson’s award-winning collection, Unbeknownst, gives us plainspoken poems of unstoppable candor. They are astonished and sobered by the incoming data; they are funny; they are psychologically accurate and beautifully made. Hanson’s is a mind interested in human responsibility—to ourselves and to each other—and unhappy about the disappointments that are bound to transpire (“We’ve been like gods, our powers wasted”). These poems are lonely with spiritual longing and wise with remorse for all that cannot last. “The Kindergartners” begins, “All their lives they’ve waited for / the yellow bus to come for them,” then moves directly to the present reality: “Now it’s February and the mat / is wet.” Settings and events are local and familiar, never more exotic than a yoga session at the Y, one of several instances where the body is central to the report and to the net result (“I slip in and fold / behind the wheel into the driver’s seat like a thin young thing: / My organs are surely glistening. This car was made for me.“). These poems are intimate revelations, thinking as they go, including the reader in the progress of their thoughts.
Publisher: University of Iowa Press
ISBN: 1587299658
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 83
Book Description
Julie Hanson’s award-winning collection, Unbeknownst, gives us plainspoken poems of unstoppable candor. They are astonished and sobered by the incoming data; they are funny; they are psychologically accurate and beautifully made. Hanson’s is a mind interested in human responsibility—to ourselves and to each other—and unhappy about the disappointments that are bound to transpire (“We’ve been like gods, our powers wasted”). These poems are lonely with spiritual longing and wise with remorse for all that cannot last. “The Kindergartners” begins, “All their lives they’ve waited for / the yellow bus to come for them,” then moves directly to the present reality: “Now it’s February and the mat / is wet.” Settings and events are local and familiar, never more exotic than a yoga session at the Y, one of several instances where the body is central to the report and to the net result (“I slip in and fold / behind the wheel into the driver’s seat like a thin young thing: / My organs are surely glistening. This car was made for me.“). These poems are intimate revelations, thinking as they go, including the reader in the progress of their thoughts.
UNBEKNOWNST TO US
Author: Carol Tiyelesa Phiri
Publisher: BookRix
ISBN: 3743809036
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
Join Nandi in her quest to perfect her art only things are not as simple as they seem to be. Throw in a pair of handsome brothers, a far away kingdom, an explosion and a baby, this book will leaving you wanting more.
Publisher: BookRix
ISBN: 3743809036
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
Join Nandi in her quest to perfect her art only things are not as simple as they seem to be. Throw in a pair of handsome brothers, a far away kingdom, an explosion and a baby, this book will leaving you wanting more.
From Ulster to America
Author: Michael Montgomery
Publisher: Ulster Historical Foundation
ISBN: 9781903688618
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
From Ulster to America documents nearly four hundred terms and meanings-- each with quotations from both sides of the Atlantic--contributed to American English by these eighteenth-century settlers from Ulster. Drawing on letters they sent back to their homeland and on other archival documents associated with their settlement, it shows that Ulster emigrants and their children contributed as much to regional American English as any other group. The numerous quotations bring alive the speech of earlier days on both sides of the Atlantic, and extend understanding of the culture, mannerisms, and life of those pioneering times.
Publisher: Ulster Historical Foundation
ISBN: 9781903688618
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
From Ulster to America documents nearly four hundred terms and meanings-- each with quotations from both sides of the Atlantic--contributed to American English by these eighteenth-century settlers from Ulster. Drawing on letters they sent back to their homeland and on other archival documents associated with their settlement, it shows that Ulster emigrants and their children contributed as much to regional American English as any other group. The numerous quotations bring alive the speech of earlier days on both sides of the Atlantic, and extend understanding of the culture, mannerisms, and life of those pioneering times.
Human Nature and the French Revolution
Author: Xavier Martin
Publisher: Berghahn Books
ISBN: 9781571814159
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
What view of man did the French Revolutionaries hold? Anyone who purports to be interested in the "Rights of Man" could be expected to see this question as crucial and yet, surprisingly, it is rarely raised. Through his work as a legal historian, Xavier Martin came to realize that there is no unified view of man and that, alongside the "official" revolutionary discourse, very divergent views can be traced in a variety of sources from the Enlightenment to the Napoleonic Code. Michelet's phrases, "Know men in order to act upon them" sums up the problem that Martin's study constantly seeks to elucidate and illustrate: it reveals the prevailing tendency to see men as passive, giving legislators and medical people alike free rein to manipulate them at will. His analysis impels the reader to revaluate the Enlightenment concept of humanism. By drawing on a variety of sources, the author shows how the anthropology of Enlightenment and revolutionary France often conflicts with concurrent discourses.
Publisher: Berghahn Books
ISBN: 9781571814159
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
What view of man did the French Revolutionaries hold? Anyone who purports to be interested in the "Rights of Man" could be expected to see this question as crucial and yet, surprisingly, it is rarely raised. Through his work as a legal historian, Xavier Martin came to realize that there is no unified view of man and that, alongside the "official" revolutionary discourse, very divergent views can be traced in a variety of sources from the Enlightenment to the Napoleonic Code. Michelet's phrases, "Know men in order to act upon them" sums up the problem that Martin's study constantly seeks to elucidate and illustrate: it reveals the prevailing tendency to see men as passive, giving legislators and medical people alike free rein to manipulate them at will. His analysis impels the reader to revaluate the Enlightenment concept of humanism. By drawing on a variety of sources, the author shows how the anthropology of Enlightenment and revolutionary France often conflicts with concurrent discourses.
Garner's Modern English Usage
Author: Bryan Garner
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190491507
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 2652
Book Description
With more than a thousand new entries and more than 2,300 word-frequency ratios, the magisterial fourth edition of this book-now renamed Garner's Modern English Usage (GMEU)-reflects usage lexicography at its finest. Garner explains the nuances of grammar and vocabulary with thoroughness, finesse, and wit. He discourages whatever is slovenly, pretentious, or pedantic. GMEU is the liveliest and most compulsively readable reference work for writers of our time. It delights while providing instruction on skillful, persuasive, and vivid writing. Garner liberates English from two extremes: both from the hidebound "purists" who mistakenly believe that split infinitives and sentence-ending prepositions are malfeasances and from the linguistic relativists who believe that whatever people say or write must necessarily be accepted. The judgments here are backed up not just by a lifetime of study but also by an empirical grounding in the largest linguistic corpus ever available. In this fourth edition, Garner has made extensive use of corpus linguistics to include ratios of standard terms as compared against variants in modern print sources. No other resource provides as comprehensive, reliable, and empirical a guide to current English usage. For all concerned with writing and editing, GMEU will prove invaluable as a desk reference. Garner illustrates with actual examples, cited with chapter and verse, all the linguistic blunders that modern writers and speakers are prone to, whether in word choice, syntax, phrasing, punctuation, or pronunciation. No matter how knowledgeable you may already be, you're sure to learn from every single page of this book.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190491507
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 2652
Book Description
With more than a thousand new entries and more than 2,300 word-frequency ratios, the magisterial fourth edition of this book-now renamed Garner's Modern English Usage (GMEU)-reflects usage lexicography at its finest. Garner explains the nuances of grammar and vocabulary with thoroughness, finesse, and wit. He discourages whatever is slovenly, pretentious, or pedantic. GMEU is the liveliest and most compulsively readable reference work for writers of our time. It delights while providing instruction on skillful, persuasive, and vivid writing. Garner liberates English from two extremes: both from the hidebound "purists" who mistakenly believe that split infinitives and sentence-ending prepositions are malfeasances and from the linguistic relativists who believe that whatever people say or write must necessarily be accepted. The judgments here are backed up not just by a lifetime of study but also by an empirical grounding in the largest linguistic corpus ever available. In this fourth edition, Garner has made extensive use of corpus linguistics to include ratios of standard terms as compared against variants in modern print sources. No other resource provides as comprehensive, reliable, and empirical a guide to current English usage. For all concerned with writing and editing, GMEU will prove invaluable as a desk reference. Garner illustrates with actual examples, cited with chapter and verse, all the linguistic blunders that modern writers and speakers are prone to, whether in word choice, syntax, phrasing, punctuation, or pronunciation. No matter how knowledgeable you may already be, you're sure to learn from every single page of this book.
Skullenia Collection - Books 4-6
Author: Tony Lewis
Publisher: Next Chapter
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 777
Book Description
Books 4-6 in Tony Lewis's Skullenia series, now available in one volume! The Quest for the Bone Idol: Ollie and the boys need a break from the detective agency, so when Stitches wins a competition at The Bolt and Jugular, it seems that fate may be finally smiling down on them. But But what should have been a relaxing cruise turns into a voyage of intrigue and mayhem on the high seas, when our intrepid explorers find themselves entangled in yet another mystery involving a strange relic, a dangerous foe, and a rather bawdy crew of pirates with interesting beards. A Witch in Time: Despite it being slightly more fun than a visit to a 12th century dentist, Stitches doesn't want to go Mrs. Ladle's game night. Tonight, she has promised them something special: a game that hasn't been played for a very long time. One that's bound to make the evening fly by and take them to an adventure packed full of derring-do and never-before chronicled acts of heroism and bravery. Intensive Scare: A psychic message, a portly medium, missing residents and a strange glow can only mean one thing: something is happening in Skullenia, and it's down to Ollie and the gang to sort it out. With the help of Deirdre Clownpuncher, the boys try to find out where everyone's gone before they disappear forever. Our heroes must employ all of their guts and guile to follow the clues which, seeing as they don't actually have any guts and guile, means they'll be relying on other people as usual.
Publisher: Next Chapter
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 777
Book Description
Books 4-6 in Tony Lewis's Skullenia series, now available in one volume! The Quest for the Bone Idol: Ollie and the boys need a break from the detective agency, so when Stitches wins a competition at The Bolt and Jugular, it seems that fate may be finally smiling down on them. But But what should have been a relaxing cruise turns into a voyage of intrigue and mayhem on the high seas, when our intrepid explorers find themselves entangled in yet another mystery involving a strange relic, a dangerous foe, and a rather bawdy crew of pirates with interesting beards. A Witch in Time: Despite it being slightly more fun than a visit to a 12th century dentist, Stitches doesn't want to go Mrs. Ladle's game night. Tonight, she has promised them something special: a game that hasn't been played for a very long time. One that's bound to make the evening fly by and take them to an adventure packed full of derring-do and never-before chronicled acts of heroism and bravery. Intensive Scare: A psychic message, a portly medium, missing residents and a strange glow can only mean one thing: something is happening in Skullenia, and it's down to Ollie and the gang to sort it out. With the help of Deirdre Clownpuncher, the boys try to find out where everyone's gone before they disappear forever. Our heroes must employ all of their guts and guile to follow the clues which, seeing as they don't actually have any guts and guile, means they'll be relying on other people as usual.
Intensive Scare
Author: Tony Lewis
Publisher: Next Chapter
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 307
Book Description
Doctor, doctor, I feel like reading a funny book. I'd put this back then. Rude. A psychic message, a slightly portly medium, missing residents, and a strange glow can only mean one thing. Something is happening in Skullenia, and it's down to Ollie and the gang to sort it out. With the help of Deirdre Clownpuncher, the boys try to find out where everyone's gone before they, and maybe the entire town, disappears forever. In an adventure to test the hardiest of souls, our heroes must employ all of the guts and guile at their disposal to follow the clues which, seeing as they don't actually have any guts and guile, means they'll be relying on other people as usual. Join a cast of quite a few with whom you'll visit an interesting library, learn how Noggin hunts, and discover how ladies rate their hats in Intensive Scare, the sixth book in Tony Lewis's Skullenia series.
Publisher: Next Chapter
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 307
Book Description
Doctor, doctor, I feel like reading a funny book. I'd put this back then. Rude. A psychic message, a slightly portly medium, missing residents, and a strange glow can only mean one thing. Something is happening in Skullenia, and it's down to Ollie and the gang to sort it out. With the help of Deirdre Clownpuncher, the boys try to find out where everyone's gone before they, and maybe the entire town, disappears forever. In an adventure to test the hardiest of souls, our heroes must employ all of the guts and guile at their disposal to follow the clues which, seeing as they don't actually have any guts and guile, means they'll be relying on other people as usual. Join a cast of quite a few with whom you'll visit an interesting library, learn how Noggin hunts, and discover how ladies rate their hats in Intensive Scare, the sixth book in Tony Lewis's Skullenia series.
My Baby Wife, Don't Be Naughty
Author: Xiao ErA
Publisher: Funstory
ISBN: 1649206283
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 716
Book Description
Before midsummer turned eighteen, her greatest wish was to marry Gu Xi Nian, but on her eighteenth birthday, she had accidentally associated herself with a man she couldn't avoid. After that, feeling guilty, she continued to act like a queen. She raised her head proudly and threw a golden card in the man's face with a straight chest. Do you know what to do? There was only one person I loved, and not only him before, but now it will also be him, and in the future it will be him. " The next second, the man held her down, implying, "Is that so?" From then on, he had a reason to keep pestering her until she became his Night Lady. [Previous Chapter] [Table of Contents] [Next Chapter] Join Collection
Publisher: Funstory
ISBN: 1649206283
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 716
Book Description
Before midsummer turned eighteen, her greatest wish was to marry Gu Xi Nian, but on her eighteenth birthday, she had accidentally associated herself with a man she couldn't avoid. After that, feeling guilty, she continued to act like a queen. She raised her head proudly and threw a golden card in the man's face with a straight chest. Do you know what to do? There was only one person I loved, and not only him before, but now it will also be him, and in the future it will be him. " The next second, the man held her down, implying, "Is that so?" From then on, he had a reason to keep pestering her until she became his Night Lady. [Previous Chapter] [Table of Contents] [Next Chapter] Join Collection
The Oxford Dictionary of American Usage and Style
Author: Bryan A. Garner
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780195135084
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Covers basic grammar, punctuation, spelling, and idiomatic phrases of American English.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780195135084
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Covers basic grammar, punctuation, spelling, and idiomatic phrases of American English.
Exploring Vishnu Sahasranama: A Trilanguage Journey
Author: Dr. (Col) MGK Murthy
Publisher: Notion Press
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 85
Book Description
A unique compilation of all thousand names of Vishnu in Sanskrit, Telugu and English, along with collating of scholastic view points from many famous authors including those of Shri Adi Shankara and correlating with specific Bhagavad Gita slokas in all the three languages relevant to each nama. This book is intended to be useful for the Young India who are proficient in English and form a significant majority in the society today. Most of them are curious to explore their heritage, faith and scriptures including the chanting of the popular stothras like Vishnu Sahasranama, but feel incapacitated on account of Sanskrit language. Tri language formula for the words (English, Telugu and Sanskrit) has been employed to reach the larger audience.
Publisher: Notion Press
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 85
Book Description
A unique compilation of all thousand names of Vishnu in Sanskrit, Telugu and English, along with collating of scholastic view points from many famous authors including those of Shri Adi Shankara and correlating with specific Bhagavad Gita slokas in all the three languages relevant to each nama. This book is intended to be useful for the Young India who are proficient in English and form a significant majority in the society today. Most of them are curious to explore their heritage, faith and scriptures including the chanting of the popular stothras like Vishnu Sahasranama, but feel incapacitated on account of Sanskrit language. Tri language formula for the words (English, Telugu and Sanskrit) has been employed to reach the larger audience.