Author: William Henry HudsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Here 'Downland' refers to the chalk countriside of Southern England and the Isle of Wight.
Nature in Downland
Author: William Henry HudsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Here 'Downland' refers to the chalk countriside of Southern England and the Isle of Wight.
The Long Apprenticeship
Author: David PiercePublisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1780881029
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
After an established career as a literary critic, David Pierce turns his attention to the story of his own life. From a working-class upbringing to an education in Catholic boarding schools and seminaries in Sussex and Surrey, and then onto university at Lancaster, his story is both personal and evocative of the changes that Britain underwent from the post-war period until the present. With chapters on his father’s lost Jewish family and his mother’s Irish heritage, this is a memoir that celebrates continuity and difference. Whether as a child witnessing the disappearing house dances in the west of Ireland or commenting on the impact of change and the new, Pierce is a compelling story-teller who lets us into the chosen scene with a mixture of emotional engagement, honesty, and humour. In Pierce’s record of his life, his writing is sensitive, thoughtful and committed. At each stage he digs deep to reflect on what was happening to him, and these reflections ensure that the reading experience is both full and rewarding. Whether he is discussing his earliest memories or a photo of himself as the eleven-year-old boy he once knew, each episode is part of a larger inquiry into the nature of consciousness and how we record and internalise the world. On every page we are invited to reflect with Pierce on what we are reading and on what constitutes the material that comprises a memoir. We accompany the author from a destiny obscure to a prose writer of distinction. The Long Apprenticeship, which contains 28 illustrations, will appeal to fans of biographies and memoirs. It covers the following life experiences:the discovery of oneself as a writerthe process involved in writing a memoir and in the uncovering of memorythe attention to the self within a social historythe effect of a religious upbringing and the recuperation of the self thereafter.Thinking about the purpose of a memoir, David said: ‘A memoir is like an underground stream that comes to the surface. You write for those who have gone before and for posterity as much as for yourself.’
Collecting the New Naturalists (Collins New Naturalist Library)
Author: Tim BernhardPublisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0007413467
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 881
Book Description
Recommended for viewing on a colour tablet. The Collins New Naturalist series is the longest-running and arguably the most influential natural history series in the world with over 120 volumes published in nearly 70 years.
The Song of the Earth
Author: Jonathan BatePublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674001688
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
In the first ecological reading of English literature, Jonathan Bate traces the distinctions among "nature," "culture," and "environment" and shows how their meanings have changed since their appearance in the literature of the eighteenth century.
Illustrated Catalogue of Books, Standard and Holiday
Author: McClurg, Firm, Booksellers, ChicagoPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1050
Book Description
Hampshire Days
Author: William Henry HudsonPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3387069251
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.
Catalog of Reprints in Series
Author: Delphi Complete Works of William Henry Hudson (Illustrated)
Author: William Henry HudsonPublisher: Delphi Classics
ISBN: 1801701989
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 4897
Book Description
Born in Argentina, W. H. Hudson was a late Victorian author, naturalist and ornithologist, best known today for his exotic romances, including his masterpiece ‘Green Mansions’. He also published important works of non-fiction, including a series of books on the English countryside, which due to their imaginative descriptions helped foster the “back-to-nature” movement of the 1920’s and 1930’s. For the first time in publishing history, this eBook presents Hudson’s complete works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Hudson’s life and works * Concise introductions to the novels and other texts * All the novels, with individual contents tables * Rare novels appearing for the first time in digital publishing * Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * Famous works are fully illustrated with their original artwork * Rare story collections * Includes Hudson’s complete non-fiction – spend hours exploring the author’s naturalist works * Features the compelling memoir of the author’s early years in Argentina * Ordering of texts into chronological order and genres CONTENTS: The Novels The Purple Land that England Lost (1885) A Crystal Age (1887) Ralph Herne (1888) Fan (1892) Idle Days in Patagonia (1893) Green Mansions (1904) A Little Boy Lost (1905) The Shorter Fiction El Ombú (1902) Tales of the Pampas (1916) Dead Man’s Plack and An Old Thorn (1920) A Traveller in Little Things (1921) The Non-Fiction Argentine Ornithology (1888) The Naturalist in La Plata (1892) Birds in London (1898) Nature in Downland (1900) Birds and Man (1901) Hampshire Days (1903) Land’s End (1908) Afoot in England (1909) A Shepherd’s Life (1910) Adventures among Birds (1913) An Outline History of English Literature (1913) The Book of a Naturalist (1919) Birds in Town and Village (1919) A Hind in Richmond Park (1922) Rare Vanishing and Lost British Birds (1923) Articles from ‘Popular Science Monthly’ The Autobiography Far Away and Long Ago (1918)
Books in Series, 1876-1949: Titles
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Booksellers' catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 962
Book Description
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