Under A Wild Sky
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Under A Wild Sky
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Author : William Souder
language : en
Publisher: Milkweed Editions
Release Date : 2014-07-21
Under A Wild Sky written by William Souder and has been published by Milkweed Editions this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-07-21 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
In this Pulitzer Prize–finalist biography, the author of Mad at the World examines the little-known life of the man behind the well-known bird survey. John James Audubon is renowned for his masterpiece of natural history and art, The Birds of America, the first nearly comprehensive survey of the continent’s birdlife. And yet few people understand, and many assume incorrectly, what sort of man he was. How did the illegitimate son of a French sea captain living in Haiti, who lied both about his parentage and his training, rise to become one of the greatest natural historians ever and the greatest name in ornithology? In Under a Wild Sky this Pulitzer Prize finalist, William Souder reveals that Audubon did not only compose the most famous depictions of birds the world has ever seen, but he also composed a brilliant mythology of self. In this dazzling work of biography, Souder charts the life of a driven man who, despite all odds, became the historical figure we know today. “A meticulous biography and a fascinating portrait of a young nation.”—San Francisco Chronicle “As richly endowed and densely packed as the forests of Audubon’s day.”—Minneapolis Star-Tribune “Deftly weaves together the story of the self-taught artist and naturalist…with the development of scientific inquiry in the early years of the republic and the lives of ordinary Americans as the new nation spilled westward over the mountains from the Eastern seaboard.”—Los Angeles Times
Under A Wild Sky
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Author : Sasha Lord
language : en
Publisher: Signet Book
Release Date : 2004
Under A Wild Sky written by Sasha Lord and has been published by Signet Book this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Fiction categories.
A steamy debut from an exciting new author. "The most powerful historical fiction voice to emerge in years . . . stunningly imaginative and compelling."--"New York Times" bestselling author Virginia Henley. Original.
Under The Wide And Starry Sky
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Author : Nancy Horan
language : en
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Release Date : 2014-09-23
Under The Wide And Starry Sky written by Nancy Horan and has been published by National Geographic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-09-23 with Fiction categories.
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • TODAY SHOW BOOK CLUB PICK • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST AND ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH From the New York Times bestselling author of Loving Frank comes a much-anticipated second novel, which tells the improbable love story of Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson and his tempestuous American wife, Fanny. At the age of thirty-five, Fanny Van de Grift Osbourne has left her philandering husband in San Francisco to set sail for Belgium—with her three children and nanny in tow—to study art. It is a chance for this adventurous woman to start over, to make a better life for all of them, and to pursue her own desires. Not long after her arrival, however, tragedy strikes, and Fanny and her children repair to a quiet artists’ colony in France where she can recuperate. Emerging from a deep sorrow, she meets a lively Scot, Robert Louis Stevenson, ten years her junior, who falls instantly in love with the earthy, independent, and opinionated “belle Americaine.” Fanny does not immediately take to the slender young lawyer who longs to devote his life to writing—and who would eventually pen such classics as Treasure Island and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. In time, though, she succumbs to Stevenson’s charms, and the two begin a fierce love affair—marked by intense joy and harrowing darkness—that spans the decades and the globe. The shared life of these two strong-willed individuals unfolds into an adventure as impassioned and unpredictable as any of Stevenson’s own unforgettable tales. Praise for Under the Wide and Starry Sky “A richly imagined [novel] of love, laughter, pain and sacrifice . . . Under the Wide and Starry Sky is a dual portrait, with Louis and Fanny sharing the limelight in the best spirit of teamwork—a romantic partnership.”—USA Today “Powerful . . . flawless . . . a perfect example of what a man and a woman will do for love, and what they can accomplish when it’s meant to be.”—Fort Worth Star-Telegram “Horan’s prose is gorgeous enough to keep a reader transfixed, even if the story itself weren’t so compelling. I kept re-reading passages just to savor the exquisite wordplay. . . . Few writers are as masterful as she is at blending carefully researched history with the novelist’s art.”—The Dallas Morning News “A classic artistic bildungsroman and a retort to the genre, a novel that shows how love and marriage can simultaneously offer inspiration and encumbrance.”—The New York Times Book Review
Under A White Sky
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Author : Elizabeth Kolbert
language : en
Publisher: Crown
Release Date : 2021-02-09
Under A White Sky written by Elizabeth Kolbert and has been published by Crown this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-02-09 with Science categories.
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Sixth Extinction returns to humanity’s transformative impact on the environment, now asking: After doing so much damage, can we change nature, this time to save it? RECOMMENDED BY PRESIDENT OBAMA AND BILL GATES • SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR WRITING • ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post • ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Time, Esquire, Smithsonian Magazine, Vulture, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal • “Beautifully and insistently, Kolbert shows us that it is time to think radically about the ways we manage the environment.”—Helen Macdonald, The New York Times That man should have dominion “over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth” is a prophecy that has hardened into fact. So pervasive are human impacts on the planet that it’s said we live in a new geological epoch: the Anthropocene. In Under a White Sky, Elizabeth Kolbert takes a hard look at the new world we are creating. Along the way, she meets biologists who are trying to preserve the world’s rarest fish, which lives in a single tiny pool in the middle of the Mojave; engineers who are turning carbon emissions to stone in Iceland; Australian researchers who are trying to develop a “super coral” that can survive on a hotter globe; and physicists who are contemplating shooting tiny diamonds into the stratosphere to cool the earth. One way to look at human civilization, says Kolbert, is as a ten-thousand-year exercise in defying nature. In The Sixth Extinction, she explored the ways in which our capacity for destruction has reshaped the natural world. Now she examines how the very sorts of interventions that have imperiled our planet are increasingly seen as the only hope for its salvation. By turns inspiring, terrifying, and darkly comic, Under a White Sky is an utterly original examination of the challenges we face.
Kings In Exile
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Author : Charles George Douglas Roberts
language : en
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
Release Date : 2017-07-21
Kings In Exile written by Charles George Douglas Roberts and has been published by Read Books Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-21 with Young Adult Fiction categories.
"Kings In Exile" is a 1910 novel by Charles G. D. Roberts. Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts (January 10, 1860 - November 26, 1943) was a Canadian poet and writer commonly hailed as the "Father of Canadian Poetry". He was amongst the first Canadian authors to gain international fame for his work, and was Canada's leading man of letters when he died. Other notable works by this author include: "In the Deep of the Snow" (1907), "The Book of the Native" (1896), and "Hoof and Claw" (1914). Contents include: "Last Bull", "The King of the Flaming Hoops", "The Monarch of Park Barren", "The Gray Master", "The Sun-Gazer", "The Lord of the Glass House", "Back to the Water World", "Lone Wolf", "The Bear's Face", and "The Duel on the Trail". Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.
Two Summers In Guyenne A Chronicle Of The Wayside And Waterside
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Author : Edward Harrison Barker
language : en
Publisher: DigiCat
Release Date : 2022-08-15
Two Summers In Guyenne A Chronicle Of The Wayside And Waterside written by Edward Harrison Barker and has been published by DigiCat this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-08-15 with Fiction categories.
In 'Two Summers in Guyenne: A Chronicle of the Wayside and Waterside,' Edward Harrison Barker offers a vivid and picturesque account of his travels through the French countryside. His prose is an exemplar of the travel literature of the period, rendering a detailed and affectionate narrative of the landscapes, people, and customs of nineteenth-century rural France. Barker's work is steeped in the pastoral tradition, and yet it eschews romantic idealization, favoring nuance over simplicity. Through his authentic and careful observations, readers are granted a window into a world both timeless and acutely observed, situated against the larger backdrop of European cultural life and literary tradition. Barker's narrative flits effortlessly between the descriptive and reflective, imbuing his narrative with a lyrical quality that captivates the reader's senses and intellect alike. Edward Harrison Barker, both an astute traveler and an impassioned writer, crafted this work out of a genuine curiosity and a sympathetic disposition towards the French provincial milieu. His background, saturated in the values and traditions of Victorian England, acts as a silent interlocutor to the scenes and characters he enshrines in his chronicle. Barker's understanding of human nature and cultural nuances spring to the fore as he meticulously constructs the tapestry of Guyenne's summertime bloom. 'Two Summers in Guyenne' also serves as a historical document, preserving the nuances of a bygone era – an era Barker had the foresight to record with both intimacy and grandeur. The reissuance of Edward Harrison Barker's 'Two Summers in Guyenne' by DigiCat Publishing is a commendation of its lasting impact on travel and literary scholarship. The specificity with which Barker conveys his experiences renders this book not just as a travelogue, but as a compelling human document that delights in the observation of place and societal subtleties. It is a text that will engross travelers and historians alike, beckoning to those who treasure the confluence of history, culture, and the pastoral tableau. As the book weaves its delicate balance between a personal journey and a broader cultural examination, it demands a readership appreciative of depth, beauty, and the art of travel narratives.
Gathering Ground
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Author : Toi Derricotte
language : en
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Release Date : 2006
Gathering Ground written by Toi Derricotte and has been published by University of Michigan Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Literary Criticism categories.
A collection from the first ten years of Cave Canem, including work by many leading faculty and the winners of the annual Cave Canem first-book prize
The Bald Eagle The Improbable Journey Of America S Bird
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Author : Jack E. Davis
language : en
Publisher: Liveright Publishing
Release Date : 2022-03-01
The Bald Eagle The Improbable Journey Of America S Bird written by Jack E. Davis and has been published by Liveright Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-03-01 with Nature categories.
Best Books of the Month: Wall Street Journal, Kirkus Reviews From the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Gulf, a sweeping cultural and natural history of the bald eagle in America. The bald eagle is regal but fearless, a bird you’re not inclined to argue with. For centuries, Americans have celebrated it as “majestic” and “noble,” yet savaged the living bird behind their national symbol as a malicious predator of livestock and, falsely, a snatcher of babies. Taking us from before the nation’s founding through inconceivable resurgences of this enduring all-American species, Jack E. Davis contrasts the age when native peoples lived beside it peacefully with that when others, whether through hunting bounties or DDT pesticides, twice pushed Haliaeetus leucocephalus to the brink of extinction. Filled with spectacular stories of Founding Fathers, rapacious hunters, heroic bird rescuers, and the lives of bald eagles themselves—monogamous creatures, considered among the animal world’s finest parents—The Bald Eagle is a much-awaited cultural and natural history that demonstrates how this bird’s wondrous journey may provide inspiration today, as we grapple with environmental peril on a larger scale.
H R 822 H R 4806 And H R 4838
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Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Resources. Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
H R 822 H R 4806 And H R 4838 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Resources. Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Law categories.