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On Lighthouses
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Author : Jazmina Barrera
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2022-05-10
On Lighthouses written by Jazmina Barrera and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-05-10 with categories.
Equal parts personal memoir and literary history, Jazmina Barrera's "collection" of lighthouses explores the allure of loneliness and asks how we use it to create meaning
On Lighthouses
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Author : Jazmina Barrera
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-05-12
On Lighthouses written by Jazmina Barrera and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-05-12 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
"After spending sufficient time inside a lighthouse, who wouldn't begin to hear a song in the sound of the machinery, a voice in the wind or the waves?" Far from home, in the confines of a dim New York apartment where the oppressive skyscrapers further isolate her, Jazmina Barrera takes the reader on a tour of her lighthouses--those structures whose message is "first and foremost, that human beings are here." Starting with Robert Louis Stevenson's grandfather, an engineer charged with illuminating the Scottish coastline, On Lighthouses takes readers on an artful tour of lighthouses from the Spanish to the Oregon coasts and those in the works of Virginia Woolf, Edgar Allan Poe, Ingmar Bergman, and many others. In trying to "collect" lighthouses by obsessively describing them, Barrera begins to question the nature of writing, collecting, and how, by staring so intently at one thing we are only trying to avoid others. Equal parts personal memoir and literary history, On Lighthouses takes the reader on a desperate flight from raging sea to cold stone--from a hopeless isolation to a meaningful one--concluding at last in a place of peace: the home of a selfless, guiding light.
Lighthouses Of America
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Author : Tom Beard
language : en
Publisher: Rizzoli Publications
Release Date : 2017-08-01
Lighthouses Of America written by Tom Beard and has been published by Rizzoli Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-08-01 with Photography categories.
A spectacular collection of America’s most iconic and stunning lighthouses. Through gorgeous photography, this book celebrates these unique and magnificent beacons and their history. The construction of lighthouses began as this new nation’s first public-works project in 1789 and established the United States as a maritime world power by making ports safe for navigation. These structures—many still active and serving their original purpose even in the era of global positioning systems—are living museums, yet they often prove difficult to access for visitors due to their necessary remoteness. From Maine’s West Quoddy Head on the easternmost headlands to the iconic Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, and the West Coast lighthouses from New Point Loma to New Dungeness and Michigan’s Grand Haven Pier Lighthouse, the images here will delight both the armchair traveler and those who have taken the back roads or trekked across sandy beaches to visit these special and often artful buildings. This is a great gift for lovers of lighthouses, boaters, and those who live or dream of living on the seashore.
The Ultimate Book Of Lighthouses
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Author : Samuel Willard Crompton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003
The Ultimate Book Of Lighthouses written by Samuel Willard Crompton and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Architecture categories.
The sheer beauty of the elegant, lonely lighthouses along our shores — and their unspoiled, scenic natural settings — has captivated our collective imagination. More than simply picturesque, the lighthouse has become an enduring symbol of salvation, fortitude, and heroic folklore. The Ultimate Lighthouse Book is a panoramic, lavishly illustrated history of these legendary buildings and celebrates the rich heritage of our ancestors’ courageous efforts to guide mariners through treacherous seas and storms. Over 200 color photographs are featured in this fully revised, expanded and updated edition.
Shine On Lighthouses
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Author : John J. Foley
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
Shine On Lighthouses written by John J. Foley and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Lighthouses categories.
"Touches on the beginning and the growth of lighthouses, to the shape they are in today. With a colorful storyline that brings to life some of our best known lighthouses from around the country, to converge on our nations capital for a rally to support the lighthouses that are now in need of rebuilding!"--P. [4] of cover.
The Ultimate Book Of Lighthouses
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Author : Michael J. Rhein
language : en
Publisher: Chartwell Books
Release Date : 2018-02-27
The Ultimate Book Of Lighthouses written by Michael J. Rhein and has been published by Chartwell Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-02-27 with Architecture categories.
The sheer beauty of the elegant, lonely lighthouses along our shores--and their unspoiled, scenic natural settings--has captivated our collective imagination. A celebration of one of America's purest landmarks, The Ultimate Book of Lighthouses is a must-have for any home.
Seashaken Houses
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Author : Tom Nancollas
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2018-10-04
Seashaken Houses written by Tom Nancollas and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-04 with Architecture categories.
Lighthouses are striking totems of our relationship to the sea. For many, they encapsulate a romantic vision of solitary homes amongst the waves, but their original purpose is much more utilitarian than that. Still today we depend upon their guiding lights for the safe passage of ships. Nowhere is this truer than in the rock lighthouses of Great Britain and Ireland, a ring of 19 towers built between 1811-1905, so-called because they were constructed on desolate rock formations in the middle of the sea, and made of granite to withstand the power of its waves. Seashaken Houses is a lyrical exploration of these singular towers, the people who risked their lives building and rebuilding them, those that inhabited their circular rooms, and the ways in which we value emblems of our history in a changing world.
From The Lighthouse Interdisciplinary Reflections On Light
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Author : Veronica Strang
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2018-04-27
From The Lighthouse Interdisciplinary Reflections On Light written by Veronica Strang and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-04-27 with Social Science categories.
What is a lighthouse? What does it mean? What does it do? This book shows how exchanging knowledge across disciplinary boundaries can transform our thinking. Adopting an unconventional structure, this book involves the reader in a multivocal conversation between scholars, poets and artists. Seen through their individual perspectives, lighthouses appear as signals of safety, beacons of enlightenment, phallic territorial markers, and memorials of historical relationships with the sea. However, the interdisciplinary conversation also reveals underlying and sometimes unexpected connections. It elucidates the human and non-human evolutionary adaptations that use light for signalling and warning; the visual languages created by regularity and synchronicity in pulses of light; how lighthouses have generated a whole ‘family’ of related material objects and technologies; and the way that light flows between social and material worlds.
The Light Between Oceans
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Author : M.L. Stedman
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2012
The Light Between Oceans written by M.L. Stedman 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 2012 with Fiction categories.
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Lighthouses For Kids
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Author : Katherine L. House
language : en
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Release Date : 2008-03-01
Lighthouses For Kids written by Katherine L. House and has been published by Chicago Review Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-03-01 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Bringing to life an era when rivers, lakes, and oceans were the nation's highways and lighthouses served as traffic signals and maps, this comprehensive reference provides children with an in-depth history of lighthouses and firsthand stories of the challenges faced by lighthouse keepers. Filled with engaging activities such as learning how to tie a bowline knot and building a model lighthouse, this unique book also includes a field guide to U.S. lighthouses, places to visit, a time line, glossary, websites to explore, and a reading list for further study.