Nine Ways To Cross A River
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Nine Ways To Cross A River
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Author : Akiko Busch
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2007-07-10
Nine Ways To Cross A River written by Akiko Busch and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-07-10 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The author of Geography of Home shares a series of meditations and reflections on her transformative swims across eight of America's great rivers--including the Delaware, Mississippi, Ohio, and twice across the Hudson--discussing their meaning in terms of the passages of life, natural and human history, and the inspirational rhythms of the natural world.
Nine Ways To Cross A River
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Author : Akiko Busch
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2008-12-10
Nine Ways To Cross A River written by Akiko Busch and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-12-10 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
From Thoreau to Edward Abbey to Annie Dillard, American writers have looked at nature and described the sublime and transcendent. Now comes Akiko Busch, who finds multitudes of meaning in the practice of swimming across rivers. The notion that rivers divide us is old and venerated, but they also limn our identities and mark the passage of time; they anchor communities and connect one to another. And, in the hands of writer and swimmer Akiko Busch, they are living archives of human behavior and natural changes. After a transformative swim across the Hudson just before September 11, Busch undertook to explore eight of America's great waterways: the Hudson (twice), the Delaware, the Connecticut, the Susquehanna, the Monongahela, the Mississippi, the Ohio, and the Current. She observes each river's goings-on and reflects on its history (human and natural) and possible futures. Some of the rivers have rebounded from past industrial misuse; others still struggle with pollution and waste. The swims are also opportunities to muse on the ordinary passages faced by most of us-the death of a parent, raising children, becoming older-and the ways in which the rhythms and patterns of the natural world can offer reassurance, ballast and inspiration. A deeply moving exploration of the themes of renewal and reclamation at midlife, Nine Ways to Cross a River is a book to be treasured and given to friends.
The Meaning Of Rivers
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Author : T. S. McMillin
language : en
Publisher: University of Iowa Press
Release Date : 2011-03-15
The Meaning Of Rivers written by T. S. McMillin and has been published by University of Iowa Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-03-15 with Literary Criticism categories.
In the continental United States, rivers serve to connect state to state, interior with exterior, the past to the present, but they also divide places and peoples from one another. These connections and divisions have given rise to a diverse body of literature that explores American nature, ranging from travel accounts of seventeenth-century Puritan colonists to magazine articles by twenty-first-century enthusiasts of extreme sports. Using pivotal American writings to determine both what literature can tell us about rivers and, conversely, how rivers help us think about the nature of literature, The Meaning of Rivers introduces readers to the rich world of flowing water and some of the different ways in which American writers have used rivers to understand the world through which these waters flow. Embracing a hybrid, essayistic form—part literary theory, part cultural history, and part fieldwork—The Meaning of Rivers connects the humanities to other disciplines and scholarly work to the land. Whether developing a theory of palindromes or reading works of American literature as varied as Henry David Thoreau's A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers and James Dickey’s Deliverance, McMillin urges readers toward a transcendental retracing of their own interpretive encounters. The nature of texts and the nature of “nature” require diverse and versatile interpretation; interpretation requires not only depth and concentration but also imaginative thinking, broad-mindedness, and engaged connection-making. By taking us upstream as well as down, McMillin draws attention to the potential of rivers for improving our sense of place and time.
Thinking Like A River
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Author : Franz Krause
language : en
Publisher: transcript Verlag
Release Date : 2023-06-30
Thinking Like A River written by Franz Krause and has been published by transcript Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-06-30 with Social Science categories.
The Kemi River is the major watercourse in the Finnish province of Lapland and the »stream of life« for the inhabitants of its banks. Franz Krause examines fishing, transport and hydropower on the Kemi River and analyses the profoundly rhythmic patterns in the river dwellers' activities and the river's dynamics. The course of the seasons and weekly and daily rhythms of discharge, temperature, work and other patterns make the river dwellers' world an ever-transforming phenomenon. The flows of life and the frictions of everyday encounters continually remake the river and its inhabitants, negotiating national strategies, economic power, people's ingenuity, and the currents of the Kemi River.
River Of Words
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Author : Nina Shengold
language : en
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Release Date : 2010-08-01
River Of Words written by Nina Shengold and has been published by State University of New York Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-08-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
An intimate group portrait of contemporary Hudson Valley writers.
The Enigma Of Divine Revelation
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Author : Jean-Luc Marion
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2020-03-04
The Enigma Of Divine Revelation written by Jean-Luc Marion and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03-04 with Philosophy categories.
This volume explores the possibilities and pressures of the language of revelation on human understanding. How can we critically account for divine self-disclosure in the linguistically mediated world of human concerns? Does the structure of interpretation limit the language of revelation? Does revelation open up new horizons of critical interpretation? The volume brings together theologians who approach the interactions of revelation and hermeneutics with different perspectives, including various forms of phenomenology and comparative theology. It approaches the theme of revelation – central as it is to the theological endeavour – from several angles rather than a single methodological program. Dealing as it does with revelation and understanding, the volume addresses the foundational issues at stake in the challenges around change, identity, and faithfulness currently facing the church.
Between The Covers
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Author : Margo Hammond
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2008-11-11
Between The Covers written by Margo Hammond and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-11-11 with Literary Collections categories.
With wit and wisdom, the bibliophile's Ebert & Roeper recommend more than 600 books based on what women care about most. Between the Covers is organized around their wide-ranging curiosity—about themselves, friends and family, the larger world—and their concerns, from health to sex to managing their finances. With such sections as “Babes We Love” (Role Models Real and Imagined), “The Babe Inside” (Focusing on Body and Soul), and “Love, Sex & Second Chances,” this unique collection of fiction and nonfiction reflects how women really read.
Memoir
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Author : Ben Yagoda
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2009-11-12
Memoir written by Ben Yagoda and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-11-12 with Literary Criticism categories.
From a critically acclaimed cultural and literary critic, a definitive history and analysis of the memoir. From Saint Augustine?s Confessions to Augusten Burroughs?s Running with Scissors, from Julius Caesar to Ulysses Grant, from Mark Twain to David Sedaris, the art of memoir has had a fascinating life, and deserves its own biography. Cultural and literary critic Ben Yagoda traces the memoir from its birth in early Christian writings and Roman generals? journals all the way up to the banner year of 2007, which saw memoirs from and about dogs, rock stars, bad dads, good dads, alternadads, waitresses, George Foreman, Iranian women, and a slew of other illustrious persons (and animals). In a time when memoir seems ubiquitous and is still highly controversial, Yagoda tackles the autobiography and memoir in all its forms and iterations. He discusses the fraudulent memoir and provides many examples from the past?and addresses the ramifications and consequences of these books. Spanning decades and nations, styles and subjects, he analyzes the hallmark memoirs of the Western tradition?Rousseau, Ben Franklin, Henry Adams, Gertrude Stein, Edward Gibbon, among others. Yagoda also describes historical trends, such as Native American captive memoirs, slave narratives, courtier dramas (where one had to pay to NOT be included in a courtesan?s memoir). Throughout, the idea of memory and truth, how we remember and how well we remember lives, is intimately explored. Yagoda's elegant examination of memoir is at once a history of literature and taste, and an absorbing glimpse into what humans find interesting--one another.
The Persian Invasions Of Greece
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Author : Arthur Keaveney
language : en
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Release Date : 2011-11-30
The Persian Invasions Of Greece written by Arthur Keaveney and has been published by Casemate Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-11-30 with History categories.
The epic story of how Greece repelled Persia’s massive forces in some of the most momentous battles of the ancient world. In 490 BC Darius I, Great King of Persia and the most powerful man in the world, led a massive invasion army to punish the interference of some minor states on the western borders of his huge empire. The main enemy was Athens. The resultant Battle of Marathon was a disaster for Darius—and one of the most famous victories for the underdog in all military history. The Persians were forced to withdraw and plot an even bigger expedition to conquer Athens and the whole of Greece once and for all. The second invasion came ten years later, under Darius’ successor, Xerxes. This led to the legendary last stand of the Spartan King Leonidas at Thermopylae, the sacking of Athens, and the renowned naval clash at Salamis, which saved Greece. The following year, 479 BC, saw the remaining Persian forces driven from mainland Greece at the epic, yet strangely lesser-known Battle of Plataea, one of the largest pitched battles of the Classical Greek world. In this compelling history, Dr. Arthur Keaveney, an expert on Achaemenid Persia, re-examines these momentous, epoch-defining events—from both Greek and Persian perspectives—to give a full and balanced account based on the most recent research. Also included are maps and a number of color photographs of relevant historic sites and works of art.
Greece
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Author : Michael Carroll
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2017-08-30
Greece written by Michael Carroll and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-08-30 with Literary Collections categories.
'If in the library of your house you do not have the works of the ancient Greek writers then you have a house with no light' -George Bernard Shaw There is so much in the modern world which has its origins in Greece, most notably language and literature. As Shelley once said, 'We are all Greeks'. This small, rugged, sea-girt country has the longest written history in Europe. Her myths and legends, so deeply embedded in Western consciousness, and her sublime landscapes, so infused with history, have been muse for writers, artists and travellers for millennia. Travelling from Athens to the scattered islands of the Ionian and Aegean seas, the words of literary titans in the West echo through the centuries: from Homer and Plato to Byron, Flaubert and Twain; Henry Miller to John Fowles; the Durrells to Patrick Leigh Fermor and Cavafy, Kazantzakis and Seferis. Their luminous portraits of Greece - poignant, provocative, always entertaining - enrich our own experiences of the country and shed light on a dramatic and often tragic past.