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ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
University of Florida Today
Author: The Porch
Author: Charlie HaileyPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022677001X
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Come with us for a moment out onto the porch. Just like that, we’ve entered another world without leaving home. In this liminal space, an endless array of absorbing philosophical questions arises: What does it mean to be in a place? How does one place teach us about the world and ourselves? What do we—and the things we’ve built—mean in this world? In a time when reflections on the nature of society and individual endurance are so paramount, Charlie Hailey’s latest book is both a mental tonic and a welcome provocation. Solidly grounded in ideas, ecology, and architecture, The Porch takes us on a journey along the edges of nature where the outside comes in, hosts meet guests, and imagination runs wild. Hailey writes from a modest porch on the Homosassa River in Florida. He sleeps there, studies the tides, listens for osprey and manatee, welcomes shipwrecked visitors, watches shadows on its screens, reckons with climate change, and reflects on his own acclimation to his environment. The profound connections he unearths anchor an armchair exploration of past porches and those of the future, moving from ancient Greece to contemporary Sweden, from the White House roof to the Anthropocene home. In his ruminations, he links up with other porch dwellers including environmentalist Rachel Carson, poet Wendell Berry, writers Eudora Welty and Zora Neale Hurston, philosopher John Dewey, architect Louis Kahn, and photographer Paul Strand. As close as architecture can bring us to nature, the porch is where we can learn to contemplate anew our evolving place in a changing world—a space we need now more than ever. Timeless and timely, Hailey’s book is a dreamy yet deeply passionate meditation on the joy and gravity of sitting on the porch.
Scribe, Griot, and Novelist
Author: Thomas A. HalePublisher: University Press of Florida
ISBN: 9780813009810
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
Delivering Cuba Through the Mail
Author: Emilio CuetoPublisher: Inspired by Cuba
ISBN: 9781944455101
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
University of Florida
Author: Regine RossiPublisher: College Prowler, Inc
ISBN: 9781596581548
Category : College choice
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
University of Florida 2012
Author: Jared MisnerPublisher: College Prowler
ISBN: 1427496986
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
Education Reform in Florida
Author: Kathryn M. BormanPublisher: SUNY Press
ISBN: 9780791469842
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Describes and analyzes nation-leading school reforms in Florida.
The Marching Chiefs of Florida State University
Author: Bill F. FaucettPublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476630496
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
The history of Florida State University's Marching Chiefs is chronicled, from early efforts to found a band before the program's 1939 establishment at Florida State College for Women, to the Chiefs' attainment of "world renowned" status. The band's leaders, shows, and music are discussed, along with the origins of some of their venerable traditions, game-day rituals, and school songs. This story of the Chiefs takes into account the growth of FSU and its School of Music, the rise of "Big Football" in Tallahassee, and the transformations on campus and in American society that affected them.
Congressional Record
Author: United States. CongressPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 832
Book Description
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