Verde River Elegy
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Verde River Elegy
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Author : Jon Fuller
language : en
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Release Date : 2018-09
Verde River Elegy written by Jon Fuller and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-09 with Canoes and canoeing categories.
A journey from start to finish of the Verde River in Arizona by solo canoe. The author's photographs document the beauty, wilderness, and charm of the trip.
Elegy For A Disease
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Author : Anne Finger
language : en
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Release Date : 2013-09-17
Elegy For A Disease written by Anne Finger and has been published by St. Martin's Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09-17 with Health & Fitness categories.
During the first half of the twentieth century, epidemics of polio caused fear and panic, killing some who contracted the disease, leaving others with varying degrees of paralysis. The defeat of polio became a symbol of modern technology's ability to reduce human suffering. But while the story of polio may have seemed to end on April 12, 1956, when the Salk vaccine was declared a success, millions of people worldwide are polio survivors. In this dazzling memoir, Anne Finger interweaves her personal experience with polio with a social and cultural history of the disease. Anne contracted polio as a very young child, just a few months before the Salk vaccine became widely available. After six months of hospitalization, she returned to her family's home in upstate New York, using braces and crutches. In her memoir, she writes about the physical expansiveness of her childhood, about medical attempts to "fix" her body, about family violence, job discrimination, and a life rich with political activism, writing, and motherhood. She also writes an autobiography of the disease, describing how it came to widespread public attention during a 1916 epidemic in New York in which immigrants, especially Italian immigrants, were scapegoated as being the vectors of the disease. She relates the key roles that Franklin Roosevelt played in constructing polio as a disease that could be overcome with hard work, as well as his ties to the nascent March of Dimes, the prototype of the modern charity. Along the way, we meet the formidable Sister Kenny, the Australian nurse who claimed to have found a revolutionary treatment for polio and who was one of the most admired women in America at mid-century; a group of polio survivors who formed the League of the Physically Handicapped to agitate for an end to disability discrimination in Depression-era relief projects; and the founders of the early disability-rights movement, many of them polio survivors who, having been raised to overcome obstacles and triumph over their disabilities, confronted a world filled with barriers and impediments that no amount of hard work could overcome. Anne Finger writes with the candor and the skill of a novelist, and shows not only how polio shaped her life, but how it shaped American cultural experience as well.
Magnolia Elegy Place In The Edisto Fork
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Author : Tom T Traywick
language : en
Publisher: BookLocker.com
Release Date : 2022-04-14
Magnolia Elegy Place In The Edisto Fork written by Tom T Traywick and has been published by BookLocker.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-04-14 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Magnolia Elegy pays homage to an Agrarian time and place. It tells of the passing of that Time and the loss of that Place—undespairing, seeking no pity—through the eyes of the writer, the third generation of his placeholder family. It is memoir of a Place in the Lowcountry, and the inhabitants: animal, vegetable, and human—and how the land shaped them as they strove to shape the land. The storyteller tells tales from the family oral tradition, and from the early writings of family members. He tells stories from his own memory and from theirs. He tells the stories that aren’t already lost, and alludes to those that have been lost. Throughout the telling he threads recognition of the unreliable nature of memory, particularly within family dynamic and dysfunction (coming to terms with a parent). And, so goes five generations of story, seeded with the hopeful wisdom of the old ones, informed by reading and travel, presided over by Thomas—the elder—and his code of self-serving. The setting is a Place on the Orangeburg Scarp, in the plain of the Edisto River fork. The telling includes the lay of the land, the fields, the allure of the woods, the work performed, and the food—including recipes for the preparation of the mid-day meals. Included at the end of Magnolia Elegy are stories of frenetic travel after leaving the Place at midlife, and essays demonstrating the values earned from the Place and from its animal and human community. The structure of the book accommodates selective reading—it can effectively be read in any order, even backward.
The Cambridge Companion To Latin Love Elegy
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Author : Thea S. Thorsen
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2013-11-21
The Cambridge Companion To Latin Love Elegy written by Thea S. Thorsen and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-21 with Literary Collections categories.
Latin love elegy is one of the most important poetic genres in the Augustan era, also known as the golden age of Roman literature. This volume brings together leading scholars from Australia, Europe and North America to present and explore the Greek and Roman backdrop for Latin love elegy, the individual Latin love elegists (both the canonical and the non-canonical), their poems and influence on writers in later times. The book is designed as an accessible introduction for the general reader interested in Latin love elegy and the history of love and lament in Western literature, as well as a collection of critically stimulating essays for students and scholars of Latin poetry and of the classical tradition.
Transactions Of The Wisconsin Academy Of Sciences Arts And Letters
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1991
Transactions Of The Wisconsin Academy Of Sciences Arts And Letters written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Science categories.
Vols. for 1870/72-1926 include: Proceedings, and: List of members of the academy.
Dante Philomythes And Philosopher
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Author : Patrick Boyde
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1981
Dante Philomythes And Philosopher written by Patrick Boyde and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981 with Literary Collections categories.
This book is devoted to a full and lucid exposition of Boyde's ideas. In the first two parts, the author presents a systematic account of the universe as Dante accepted it, and explains the processes of 'creation' and 'generation' as they operate in the non-human parts of the cosmos. Dr Boyde then shows how the two processes combine in Dante's theory of human embryology, and how this combination affects the issues of love, choice and freedom. The third and last part of the book consolidates these expository sections with a generous selection of quotations from Dante's authorities and from his own works in prose. At the same time, the book offers far more than a clear account of Dante's cosmology and anthropology. Dr Boyde is interested in Dante's ideas in so far as they inspired and gave shape to the Divine Comedy. Furthermore, in every chapter he demonstrates how the relevant concepts and habits of thought were transmuted into imagery, symbolism, and dramatic scenes, or simply transformed by the energy and concision of Dante's poetic style.
The Logic And Limits Of Political Reform In China
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Author : Joseph Fewsmith
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2013-02-18
The Logic And Limits Of Political Reform In China written by Joseph Fewsmith and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-02-18 with Political Science categories.
In the 1990s China embarked on a series of political reforms intended to increase, however modestly, political participation to reduce the abuse of power by local officials. Although there was initial progress, these reforms have largely stalled and, in many cases, gone backward. If there were sufficient incentives to inaugurate reform, why wasn't there enough momentum to continue and deepen them? This book approaches this question by looking at a number of promising reforms, understanding the incentives of officials at different levels, and the way the Chinese Communist Party operates at the local level. The short answer is that the sort of reforms necessary to make local officials more responsible to the citizens they govern cut too deeply into the organizational structure of the party.
Testament Of Youth
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Author : Vera Brittain
language : en
Publisher: Prabhat Prakashan
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Testament Of Youth written by Vera Brittain and has been published by Prabhat Prakashan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with Fiction categories.
Experience Vera Brittain's poignant memoir that captures the tumultuous times of war and the enduring spirit of resilience. Testament of Youth by Vera Brittain; Mark Bostridge; et al.: Embark on a deeply personal and poignant journey through the tumultuous years of World War I with Vera Brittain's "Testament of Youth." This autobiographical account, expertly edited by Mark Bostridge and others, offers an intimate glimpse into the author's experiences as a nurse and her reflections on the devastating impact of war on individuals and society. Why This Book? "Testament of Youth" stands as a testament to the resilience of the human spirit amidst the horrors of war. Vera Brittain's eloquent prose and candid observations make this memoir a moving and relevant exploration of love, loss, and the enduring pursuit of peace.
Roman Geographies Of The Nile
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Author : Andy Merrills
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2017-01-05
Roman Geographies Of The Nile written by Andy Merrills and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-01-05 with History categories.
The River Nile fascinated the Romans and appeared in maps, written descriptions, texts, poems and paintings of the developing empire. Tantalised by the unique status of the river, explorers were sent to find the sources of the Nile, while natural philosophers meditated on its deeper metaphysical significance. Andy Merrills' book, Roman Geographies of the Nile, examines the very different images of the river that emerged from these descriptions - from anthropomorphic figures, brought repeatedly into Rome in military triumphs, through the frequently whimsical landscape vignettes from the houses of Pompeii, to the limitless river that spilled through the pages of Lucan's Civil War, and symbolised a conflict - and an empire - without end. Considering cultural and political contexts alongside the other Niles that flowed through the Roman world in this period, this book provides a wholly original interpretation of the deeper significance of geographical knowledge during the later Roman Republic and early Principate.
Hoole S Ariosto And Tasso Mickle S Lusiad
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Author : Alexander Chalmers
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1810
Hoole S Ariosto And Tasso Mickle S Lusiad written by Alexander Chalmers and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1810 with English poetry categories.