Author: Jack London
Publisher: Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 77
Book Description
"The Abysmal Brute" is a novel by Jack London, written in 1911 and published in 1913. For some time the writer himself had to earn living by boxing, so to some extent the book is autobiographic as other his works. As in many other his novels the author focuses on the world of capitalism, greediness and bloodlust of the show business and society in general.
The Abysmal Brute
Author: Jack London
Publisher: Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 77
Book Description
"The Abysmal Brute" is a novel by Jack London, written in 1911 and published in 1913. For some time the writer himself had to earn living by boxing, so to some extent the book is autobiographic as other his works. As in many other his novels the author focuses on the world of capitalism, greediness and bloodlust of the show business and society in general.
Publisher: Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 77
Book Description
"The Abysmal Brute" is a novel by Jack London, written in 1911 and published in 1913. For some time the writer himself had to earn living by boxing, so to some extent the book is autobiographic as other his works. As in many other his novels the author focuses on the world of capitalism, greediness and bloodlust of the show business and society in general.
The Abysmal Brute
Author: Jack London
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Boxers (Sports)
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Tale of the corruption of prize fighting -- and the one young fighter who dared to stand up against it!
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Boxers (Sports)
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Tale of the corruption of prize fighting -- and the one young fighter who dared to stand up against it!
Abysmal
Author: Gunnar Olsson
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226629325
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 568
Book Description
People rely on reason to think about and navigate the abstract world of human relations in much the same way they rely on maps to study and traverse the physical world. Starting from that simple observation, renowned geographer Gunnar Olsson offers in Abysmal an astonishingly erudite critique of the way human thought and action have become deeply immersed in the rhetoric of cartography and how this cartographic reasoning allows the powerful to map out other people’s lives. A spectacular reading of Western philosophy, religion, and mythology that draws on early maps and atlases, Plato, Kant, and Wittgenstein, Thomas Pynchon, Gilgamesh, and Marcel Duchamp, Abysmal is itself a minimalist guide to the terrain of Western culture. Olsson roams widely but always returns to the problems inherent in reason, to question the outdated assumptions and fixed ideas that thinking cartographically entails. A work of ambition, scope, and sharp wit, Abysmal will appeal to an eclectic audience—to geographers and cartographers, but also to anyone interested in the history of ideas, culture, and art.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226629325
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 568
Book Description
People rely on reason to think about and navigate the abstract world of human relations in much the same way they rely on maps to study and traverse the physical world. Starting from that simple observation, renowned geographer Gunnar Olsson offers in Abysmal an astonishingly erudite critique of the way human thought and action have become deeply immersed in the rhetoric of cartography and how this cartographic reasoning allows the powerful to map out other people’s lives. A spectacular reading of Western philosophy, religion, and mythology that draws on early maps and atlases, Plato, Kant, and Wittgenstein, Thomas Pynchon, Gilgamesh, and Marcel Duchamp, Abysmal is itself a minimalist guide to the terrain of Western culture. Olsson roams widely but always returns to the problems inherent in reason, to question the outdated assumptions and fixed ideas that thinking cartographically entails. A work of ambition, scope, and sharp wit, Abysmal will appeal to an eclectic audience—to geographers and cartographers, but also to anyone interested in the history of ideas, culture, and art.
Abysmal Games in the Novels of Samuel Beckett
Author: Angela B. Moorjani
Publisher: Unc Department of Romance Studies
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Volume 219 in the North Carolina Studies in the Romance Languages and Literatures series.
Publisher: Unc Department of Romance Studies
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Volume 219 in the North Carolina Studies in the Romance Languages and Literatures series.
The Abysmal Brute
Author: Jack London
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803279940
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Before anyone knew there was such a thing, Jack London gave us the natural: Young Pat Glendon has never drunk alcohol nor tasted tobacco. He loves nature, is afraid of cities, and is shy of women. And he is a perfect fighter. Summoned from the city to consider such a prospect, cynical Sam Stubener, manager of prize-fighters, is struck by the boy?s extraordinary athletic grace?and soon man and boy are off to San Francisco to take on the heavyweight world. The Abysmal Brute is the story of natural grace pitted against worldly brutishness. A subtle social drama played out in the arena of sport?in a day long before sport moved to the center of American culture?it is also a rousing romantic tale in the tradition of one of our great storytellers. As Pat hones his skill?and his curious style?on one champion fighter after another, he contends for the heart of a lovely admirer and for the soul of professional boxing, whose rampant corruption his blows expose.
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803279940
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Before anyone knew there was such a thing, Jack London gave us the natural: Young Pat Glendon has never drunk alcohol nor tasted tobacco. He loves nature, is afraid of cities, and is shy of women. And he is a perfect fighter. Summoned from the city to consider such a prospect, cynical Sam Stubener, manager of prize-fighters, is struck by the boy?s extraordinary athletic grace?and soon man and boy are off to San Francisco to take on the heavyweight world. The Abysmal Brute is the story of natural grace pitted against worldly brutishness. A subtle social drama played out in the arena of sport?in a day long before sport moved to the center of American culture?it is also a rousing romantic tale in the tradition of one of our great storytellers. As Pat hones his skill?and his curious style?on one champion fighter after another, he contends for the heart of a lovely admirer and for the soul of professional boxing, whose rampant corruption his blows expose.
Nature's Friend
Author: Lindsey McDivitt
Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press
ISBN: 1534126457
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
2019 Green Earth Book Awards - Long List The art and writing of Gwen Frostic are well known in her home state of Michigan and around the world, but this picture book biography tells the story behind Gwen's famous work. After a debilitating illness as a child, Gwen sought solace in art and nature. She learned to be persistent and independent--never taking no for an answer or letting her disabilities define her. After creating artwork for famous Detroiters and for display at the World's Fair and helping to build WWII bombers, Gwen moved her printmaking business to northern Michigan. She dedicated her work and her life to reminding people of the wonder and beauty in nature.
Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press
ISBN: 1534126457
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
2019 Green Earth Book Awards - Long List The art and writing of Gwen Frostic are well known in her home state of Michigan and around the world, but this picture book biography tells the story behind Gwen's famous work. After a debilitating illness as a child, Gwen sought solace in art and nature. She learned to be persistent and independent--never taking no for an answer or letting her disabilities define her. After creating artwork for famous Detroiters and for display at the World's Fair and helping to build WWII bombers, Gwen moved her printmaking business to northern Michigan. She dedicated her work and her life to reminding people of the wonder and beauty in nature.
Geology: 3. Earth history: Mesozoic, cenozoic. 1907. xi, 624 p
Author: Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 650
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 650
Book Description
Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution
Author: Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Discoveries in science
Languages : en
Pages : 920
Book Description
Vols. for 1847-1963/64 include the Institution's Report of the Secretary.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Discoveries in science
Languages : en
Pages : 920
Book Description
Vols. for 1847-1963/64 include the Institution's Report of the Secretary.
The Geographical Journal
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 782
Book Description
Includes the Proceedings of the Royal geographical society, formerly pub. separately.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 782
Book Description
Includes the Proceedings of the Royal geographical society, formerly pub. separately.
Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for Promoting Useful Knowledge
Author: American Philosophical Society
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Anthropology
Languages : en
Pages : 446
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Anthropology
Languages : en
Pages : 446
Book Description