In Pursuit Of Spring

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The South Country

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Author : Edward Thomas
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1909

The South Country written by Edward Thomas and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1909 with Authors, English categories.

The Pursuit Of Power

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Author : Richard J. Evans
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2016-09-01

The Pursuit Of Power written by Richard J. Evans and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-09-01 with History categories.

ECONOMIST BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2016 'A scintillating, encyclopaedic history, rich in detail from the arcane to the familiar... a veritable tour de force' Richard Overy, New Statesman 'Transnational history at its finest ... .. social, political and cultural themes swirl together in one great canvas of immense detail and beauty' Gerard DeGroot, The Times 'Dazzlingly erudite and entertaining' Dominic Sandbrook, The Sunday Times A masterpiece which brings to life an extraordinarly turbulent and dramatic era of revolutionary change. The Pursuit of Power draws on a lifetime of thinking about nineteenth-century Europe to create an extraordinarily rich, surprising and entertaining panorama of a continent undergoing drastic transformation. The book aims to reignite the sense of wonder that permeated this remarkable era, as rulers and ruled navigated overwhelming cultural, political and technological changes. It was a time where what was seen as modern with amazing speed appeared old-fashioned, where huge cities sprang up in a generation, new European countries were created and where, for the first time, humans could communicate almost instantly over thousands of miles. In the period bounded by the Battle of Waterloo and the outbreak of World War I, Europe dominated the rest of the world as never before or since: this book breaks new ground by showing how the continent shaped, and was shaped by, its interactions with other parts of the globe. Richard Evans explores fully the revolutions, empire-building and wars that marked the nineteenth century, but the book is about so much more, whether it is illness, serfdom, religion or philosophy. The Pursuit of Power is a work by a historian at the height of his powers: essential for anyone trying to understand Europe, then or now.

In Pursuit Of Spring

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Author : Edward Thomas
language : en
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
Release Date : 2011-01-01

In Pursuit Of Spring written by Edward Thomas and has been published by Library of Alexandria this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-01-01 with Fiction categories.

I had planned to start on March 21, and rather late than early, to give the road time for drying. The light arrived bravely and innocently enough at sunrise; too bravely, for by eight o’clock it was already abashed by a shower. There could be no doubt that either I must wait for a better day, or at the next convenient fine interval I must pretend to be deceived and set out prepared for all things. So at ten I started, with maps and sufficient clothes to replace what my waterproof could not protect from rain. The suburban by-streets already looked rideable; but they were false prophets: the main roads were very different. For example, the surface between the west end of Nightingale Lane and the top of Burntwood Lane was fit only for fancy cycling—in and out among a thousand lakes a yard wide and three inches deep. These should either have been stocked with gold-fish and aquatic plants or drained, but some time had been allowed to pass without either course being adopted. It may be that all the draining forces of the neighbourhood had been directed to emptying the ornamental pond on Wandsworth Common. Empty it was, and the sodden bed did not improve the look of the common—flat by nature, flatter by recent art. The gorse was in bloom amidst a patchwork of turf, gravel, and puddle. Terriers raced about or trifled. A flock of starlings bathed together in a puddle until scared by the dogs. A tall, stern, bald man without a hat strode earnestly in a straight line across the grass and water, as if pleasure had become a duty. He was alone on the common. In all the other residences, that form walls round the common almost on every side, hot-cross buns had proved more alluring than the rain and the south-west wind. The scene was, in fact, one more likely to be pleasing in a picture than in itself. It was tame: it was at once artificial and artless, and touched with beauty only by the strong wind and by the subdued brightness due to the rain. Its breadth and variety were sufficient for it to respond—something as Exmoor or Mousehold Heath or Cefn Bryn in Gower would have responded—to the cloudily shattered light, the threats and the deceptions, and the great sweep of the wind. But there was no one painting those cold expanses of not quite lusty grass, the hard, dull gravel, the shining puddles, the dark gold-flecked gorse, the stiff, scanty trees with black bark and sharp green buds, the comparatively venerable elms of Bolingbroke Grove, the backs and fronts of houses of no value save to their owners, and the tall chimney-stacks northwards. Perhaps only a solitary artist, or some coldish sort of gnome or angel, could have thoroughly enjoyed this moment. That it was waiting for such a one I am certain; I am almost equally certain that he could create a vogue in scenes like this one, which are only about a thousandth part as unpleasant as a cold bath, and possess, furthermore, elements of divinity lacking both to the cold bath and to the ensuing bun. It is easier to like the blackbird’s shrubbery, the lawn, the big elm, or oak, and the few dozen fruit trees, of the one or two larger and older houses surviving—for example, at the top of Burntwood Lane. The almond, the mulberry, the apple trees in these gardens have a menaced or actually caged loveliness, as of a creature detained from some world far from ours, if they are not, as in some cases they are, the lost angels of ruined paradises.

The Enlightenment

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Author : Ritchie Robertson
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2020-11-05

The Enlightenment written by Ritchie Robertson and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-11-05 with Philosophy categories.

'The best single-volume study of the Enlightenment that we have' Literary Review The Enlightenment is one of the formative periods of Western history, yet more than 300 years after it began, it remains controversial. It is often seen as the fountainhead of modern values such as human rights, religious toleration, freedom of thought, scientific thought as an exemplary form of reasoning, and rationality and evidence-based argument. Others accuse the Enlightenment of putting forward a scientific rationality which ignores the complexity and variety of human beings, propagates shallow atheism, and aims to subjugate nature to so-called technical progress. Answering the question 'what is Enlightenment?' Kant famously urged men and women above all to 'have the courage to use your own understanding'. Robertson shows how the thinkers of the Enlightenment did just that, seeking a rounded understanding of humanity in which reason was balanced with emotion and sensibility. His book goes behind the controversies about the Enlightenment to return to its original texts and to show that above all it sought to increase human happiness in this world by promoting scientific inquiry and reasoned argument. His book overturns many received opinions - for example, that enlightenment necessarily implied hostility to religion (though it did challenge the authority traditionally assumed by the Churches). It is a master-class in 'big picture' history, about one of the foundational epochs of modern times.

Copsford

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Author : Walter J. C. MURRAY
language : en
Publisher: Little Toller Books
Release Date : 2019-04-15

Copsford written by Walter J. C. MURRAY and has been published by Little Toller Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-04-15 with categories.

A beautifully written book describing Mans' desire to be at one with Nature.

Pursuit

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Author : Gene Hackman
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2013-11-26

Pursuit written by Gene Hackman and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-26 with Fiction categories.

Sgt. Juliette Worth is recuperating on the cold case squad where she discovers a disturbing connection between disappearances of pretty girls.

The Annotated Collected Poems

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Author : Edward Thomas
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008

The Annotated Collected Poems written by Edward Thomas and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Literary Criticism categories.

Edward Thomas wrote a lifetime's poetry in two years. Already a dedicated prose writer and influential critic, he became a poet only in December 1914. In April 1917 he was killed at Arras. This book includes all his poems and draws on freshly available archive material.

Criss Canning

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Author : Criss Canning
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020

Criss Canning written by Criss Canning and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020 with Aesthetics categories.

Criss Canning is one of Australia's best loved and most celebrated still life artists. Inspired by the beauty of nature and the works of advanced European modernists, and with dedication to the absolutes of colour and pictorial composition, she has created paintings that are immediately seductive. One cannot help but be astonished by their beauty and by the level of skill required to achieve their effects. Among the book's 320 colour images are reproductions of some 218 paintings created between 1980 and 2020 - including her most recent. David Thomas's text elucidates the artist's life story and describes the aesthetic qualities of the paintings from a critical and art historical point of view. The book also contains extensive biographical and bibliographical data and details of all works exhibited in art galleries since 1982. This comprehensive account of an artist's life and work also focuses on developments in the paintings over the past two years, which herald exciting new aspects of Canning's ongoing 'pursuit of beauty'.

In Pursuit Of Spring

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Author : Edward Thomas
language : en
Publisher: Рипол Классик
Release Date : 1981

In Pursuit Of Spring written by Edward Thomas and has been published by Рипол Классик this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981 with History categories.

In Pursuit Of Spring

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Author : Edward Thomas Thomas
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019-03-14

In Pursuit Of Spring written by Edward Thomas Thomas and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-03-14 with categories.

This vintage book contains the record of a journey from London to the Quantock Hills - on a bicycle. Wrtten by Edward Thomas ,Originally published: 1914