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Author: Lucy Burnett Publisher: Carcanet Press Ltd ISBN: 1784107441 Category : Poetry Languages : en Pages : 129
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Tripping Over Clouds issues a bold challenge to Ezra Pound's maxim to 'go in fear of abstractions'. Underpinning this is a re-imagining of abstraction as a prior state of possibility and potential from which the world and ourselves are constantly re-emerging – as abstraction to, not from. Both philosophical and fresh, the poetry trips off and back onto the page, like the fellrunner in its opening section: 'to talk about / the pleasure principle / of falling downhill fastly'. Lucy Burnett's second collection explores how we fetch up with the world in all its variety, difficulty and beauty, ranging across encounters with mountains, love, contemporary politics and visual art. Ultimately this is a poetry which asserts hope, and playfulness, as strategies for navigating an inherently changeable sense of now.
Author: Lucy Burnett Publisher: Carcanet Press Ltd ISBN: 1784107441 Category : Poetry Languages : en Pages : 129
Book Description
Tripping Over Clouds issues a bold challenge to Ezra Pound's maxim to 'go in fear of abstractions'. Underpinning this is a re-imagining of abstraction as a prior state of possibility and potential from which the world and ourselves are constantly re-emerging – as abstraction to, not from. Both philosophical and fresh, the poetry trips off and back onto the page, like the fellrunner in its opening section: 'to talk about / the pleasure principle / of falling downhill fastly'. Lucy Burnett's second collection explores how we fetch up with the world in all its variety, difficulty and beauty, ranging across encounters with mountains, love, contemporary politics and visual art. Ultimately this is a poetry which asserts hope, and playfulness, as strategies for navigating an inherently changeable sense of now.
Author: Richard Askwith Publisher: Aurum ISBN: 1845136497 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 352
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Nearly 10 years after its first publication, Aurum are re-issuing this classic running book which has defined a genre. It includes an introduction from bestselling author Robert Macfarlane and an epilogue from Richard Askwith. The concept of fell-running is simple: it’s a sport that involves running over mountains – sometimes one, sometimes many. It’s also immensely demanding. While running uphill is a stamina-sapping slog, running pell-mell down the other side requires the agility – and even recklessness – of a mountain goat. And there’s the weather to contend with. It may make the sports pages only rarely, but in areas like the Lake District and Snowdonia fell-running is the basis of a whole culture – indeed, race organisers sometimes have to turn competitors away so that fragile mountain uplands are not irrevocably damaged by too many thundering feet. Fixtures like the annual Ben Nevis and Snowdon races attract runners from all over Britain, and beyond. Others, such as the Wasdale and Ennerdale fell runs in the Lakeland valleys – gruelling marathons of more than 20 miles – remain truly local events for which the whole community turns out, with many of the runners back on the same fells the next day tending sheep. Now, Richard Askwith explores the world of fell-running in the only legitimate way: by donning his Ron Hill vest and studded shoes to spend a season running as many of the great fell races as he can, from Borrowdale to Ben Nevis: an arduous schedule that tests the very limits of one’s stamina and courage. Over the months he also meets the greats of fell-running – like the remarkable Joss Naylor, who to celebrate his fiftieth birthday ran all 214 major Lakeland fells in a single week; Billy Bland, the combative Borrowdale man whose astounding records still stand for many of the top races; and Bill Teasdale, a hero of the sport’s earlier, professional days, whom he tracks down to his tiny cottage in the northern Lakes. And ultimately Askwith’s obsession drives him to attempt the ultimate challenge: the Bob Graham Round – a non-stop circuit of 42 of the Lake District’s highest peaks to be completed within 24 hours. This is a portrait of one of the few sports to have remained utterly true to its roots – in which the point is not fame or fortune but to run the ancient, wild landscape, and to be a hero, if at all, within one’s own valley. Feet in the Clouds is a chronicle of a masochistic but admirable sporting obsession, an insight into one of the oldest extreme sports, and a lyrical tribute to Britain’s mountains and the men and women who live among them.
Author: Carl Lahser Publisher: Trafford Publishing ISBN: 1490737456 Category : Poetry Languages : en Pages : 221
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Total Tripping: From Alaska to Argentina is just one of the collections that spans the years 19792006 and consists of Carl Lahsers travel diaries, short stories, and poetry collections. The collection is arranged into two series: Publications and Photographs and Notes. The Publications series is arranged into three subseries: travel, poetry, and other topics. The travel subseries consists of descriptions of his trips with his wife, Carol Lahser, to Canada, China, Europe, Mexico, the United States, and Panama and one early trip to Hong Kong in 1979. However, most of the travel took place between 1990 and 2006. Topics in this series range from ecology to flying to health. The second series, Photographs and Notes, comes with photographs from various trips, family pictures, as well as notes and rough drafts from his writings.
Author: Newman Ivey White Publisher: Duke University Press ISBN: 0822382865 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 718
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Frank C. Brown organized the North Carolina Folklore Society in 1913. Both Dr. Brown and the Society collected stores from individuals—Brown through his classes at Duke University and through his summer expeditions in the North Carolina mountains, and the Society by interviewing its members—and also levied on the previous collections made by friends and members of the Society. The result was a large mass of texts and notes assembled over a period of nearly forty years and covering every aspect of local tradition. members of the Society. The result was a large mass of texts and notes assembled over a period of nearly forty years and covering every aspect of local tradition.
Author: Hugo Van Bever Publisher: Author House ISBN: 1481781693 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 421
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A Sweet Double Murder Out of the blue, a retired professor commits a double murder in his apartment, killing two men. In a monologue, at the police station, he explains why he did it, reflecting on wars, holocausts, religion, power, money, lust, love, and on the intellectual limitations of the human race When Death Does Not Part After ten years at a psychiatric institute, Thomas, a fifty-year-old teacher, returns to Florence in search of the truth. Retracing the steps he took with his young lover Irena, he learns who she really was. As similarities to Verdis opera Rigoletto haunt the pages, Thomas confesses what happened between them in a desperate attempt to purify his soul, find peace of mind, and love. Unable to accept the truth and its horrifying implications Thomas is doomed to relive his past. On My Fathers Bike I wanted to become the first creator of perfect and painless love. It was my fathers fault. Indirectly he forced me, because I loved him too much. Indeed, my father. Can you believe it? I wanted to optimize love by transforming into what you love. Imagine the advantages! Wouldnt it be delightful to adopt the patience of the snake, the speed of the panther, the devilish persistence of the scorpion, or the beauty of the orchid? And imagine absorbing the beauty of a lover? Nuts beauty? For he surely was beautiful. Youd reach ultimate perfection. Ultimate love! But how do you do it? How do you turn yourself into what you love? Being a scientist, and brilliant, I had hit upon a scientific method that would allow me to achieve such a transformation. Call it reverse metabolism. These are the words of Andre Junior, a professor who is certain that his mission in life is to prove that reverse metabolism is possible. So certain, in fact, he is willing to kill for it, even eat for it.
Author: Jacqueline Hodder Publisher: Blue Wren Press ISBN: 064889942X Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 244
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A climate adventure story about clouds, family and saving a world. Always in the shadow of her famous sister, Sally Winter arrives at Cloud Academy desperate to prove herself but some things never work out as they're supposed to. So, when Sally disgraces herself and is forced out of a mission to save Eliante and the Aqaalim, it seems she's failed. Until that is, she stumbles upon the Top Secret Hangar 9 and the mystery of what lies within. Along with the outcast, Ben and his friends, can Sally finally prove her worth? Fans of Bren MacDibble will love this thrilling fantasy.
Author: Ben Malisow Publisher: John Wiley & Sons ISBN: 1119603595 Category : Computers Languages : en Pages : 400
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The only official CCSP practice test product endorsed by (ISC)2 With over 1,000 practice questions, this book gives you the opportunity to test your level of understanding and gauge your readiness for the Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP) exam long before the big day. These questions cover 100% of the CCSP exam domains, and include answers with full explanations to help you understand the reasoning and approach for each. Logical organization by domain allows you to practice only the areas you need to bring you up to par, without wasting precious time on topics you’ve already mastered. As the only official practice test product for the CCSP exam endorsed by (ISC)2, this essential resource is your best bet for gaining a thorough understanding of the topic. It also illustrates the relative importance of each domain, helping you plan your remaining study time so you can go into the exam fully confident in your knowledge. When you’re ready, two practice exams allow you to simulate the exam day experience and apply your own test-taking strategies with domains given in proportion to the real thing. The online learning environment and practice exams are the perfect way to prepare, and make your progress easy to track.
Author: Manuela Uebelhart Publisher: novum pro Verlag ISBN: 1642683205 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 113
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Through a simple barn in the city zoo, friends Wolke and Elias unintentionally enter a parallel world with the help of a magic rope. To get out, they have to find the other end of the magic rope. On their search they meet talking animals and the good fairy Priya, who wants to help them. But there is also the villain Wanzor Schimmelgurk, who is up to his mischief in the magic land. Finally, they have to face an almost impossible challenge - the giant snake Gran Gaya Snaka. Only by joining forces will they be able to overcome it and finally return home. Gradually they find out what exactly Wanzor Schimmelgurk is all about ...
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