Crossing Into Sunlight
Author : Paul Zimmer
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 20,81 MB
Release : 1996
Category :
ISBN :
Crossing to Sunlight
Author : Paul Zimmer
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 33,91 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9780820318295
Book Description
A rich and varied collection of more than one hundred poems, Crossing to Sunlight ranges across thirty-five years to offer both a retrospective and current look at the work of Paul Zimmer.
Crossing to Sunlight Revisited
Author : Paul Zimmer
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Page : 115 pages
File Size : 47,94 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 0820329444
Book Description
Crossing to Sunlight Revisited offers both a retrospective and a current look at the work of Paul Zimmer. It contains twenty-three poems not included in Zimmer's previous career-spanning work, Crossing to Sunlight, or, as Zimmer writes, "a total of seventy-three poems, one for each of the years I have lived." When Crossing to Sunlight appeared in 1997, the Gettysburg Review described Zimmer as a poet who "invests language with the vitality of desire" and who "unlike many poets in his generation, has forgone stylistic complacency and continued to explore the possibilities inherent in language." Being a poet, says Zimmer, is "perhaps the only courageous thing I have done in my life." Here is a generous measure of that courage, of that body of work that once moved Robert Olen Butler to write, "I turn again and again to Zimmer's poetry to remind myself what the essence of all literary art is: the moment."
The Sun Is a Compass
Author : Caroline Van Hemert
Publisher : Little, Brown Spark
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 40,96 MB
Release : 2019-03-19
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0316414433
Book Description
For fans of Cheryl Strayed, the gripping story of a biologist's human-powered journey from the Pacific Northwest to the Arctic to rediscover her love of birds, nature, and adventure. During graduate school, as she conducted experiments on the peculiarly misshapen beaks of chickadees, ornithologist Caroline Van Hemert began to feel stifled in the isolated, sterile environment of the lab. Worried that she was losing her passion for the scientific research she once loved, she was compelled to experience wildness again, to be guided by the sounds of birds and to follow the trails of animals. In March of 2012, she and her husband set off on a 4,000-mile wilderness journey from the Pacific rainforest to the Alaskan Arctic, traveling by rowboat, ski, foot, raft, and canoe. Together, they survived harrowing dangers while also experiencing incredible moments of joy and grace -- migrating birds silhouetted against the moon, the steamy breath of caribou, and the bond that comes from sharing such experiences. A unique blend of science, adventure, and personal narrative, The Sun is a Compass explores the bounds of the physical body and the tenuousness of life in the company of the creatures who make their homes in the wildest places left in North America. Inspiring and beautifully written, this love letter to nature is a lyrical testament to the resilience of the human spirit. Winner of the 2019 Banff Mountain Book Competition: Adventure Travel
Klara and the Sun
Author : Kazuo Ishiguro
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 17,73 MB
Release : 2021-03-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0593318188
Book Description
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Once in a great while, a book comes along that changes our view of the world. This magnificent novel from the Nobel laureate and author of Never Let Me Go is “an intriguing take on how artificial intelligence might play a role in our futures ... a poignant meditation on love and loneliness” (The Associated Press). • A GOOD MORNING AMERICA Book Club Pick! Here is the story of Klara, an Artificial Friend with outstanding observational qualities, who, from her place in the store, watches carefully the behavior of those who come in to browse, and of those who pass on the street outside. She remains hopeful that a customer will soon choose her. Klara and the Sun is a thrilling book that offers a look at our changing world through the eyes of an unforgettable narrator, and one that explores the fundamental question: what does it mean to love?
In Sunlight and in Shadow
Author : Mark Helprin
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 725 pages
File Size : 12,97 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0547819234
Book Description
Returning home after serving World War II to run his family business in New York, a paratrooper falls in love with a young heiress and actress he meets on the State Island ferry.
The Sun, the Earth, and Near-earth Space
Author : John A. Eddy
Publisher : Government Printing Office
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 47,24 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780160838088
Book Description
" ... Concise explanations and descriptions - easily read and readily understood - of what we know of the chain of events and processes that connect the Sun to the Earth, with special emphasis on space weather and Sun-Climate."--Dear Reader.
Lassoing the Sun
Author : Mark Woods
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 47,38 MB
Release : 2016-06-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1250105900
Book Description
"In this remarkable journey, Mark Woods captures the essence of our National Parks: their serenity and majesty, complexity and vitality--and their power to heal." --Ken Burns Many childhood summers, Mark Woods piled into a station wagon with his parents and two sisters and headed to America's national parks. Mark’s most vivid childhood memories are set against a backdrop of mountains, woods, and fireflies in places like Redwood, Yosemite, and Grand Canyon national parks. On the eve of turning fifty and a little burned-out, Mark decided to reconnect with the great outdoors. He'd spend a year visiting the national parks. He planned to take his mother to a park she'd not yet visited and to re-create his childhood trips with his wife and their iPad-generation daughter. But then the unthinkable happened: his mother was diagnosed with cancer, given just months to live. Mark had initially intended to write a book about the future of the national parks, but Lassoing the Sun grew into something more: a book about family, the parks, the legacies we inherit and the ones we leave behind.
The International Cyclopedia
Author : Harry Thurston Peck
Publisher :
Page : 978 pages
File Size : 37,53 MB
Release : 1898
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
ISBN :
Book Description
Justice in the Land of the Midnight Sun
Author : Michael L. Kryder
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 26,87 MB
Release : 2016-03-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1491790164
Book Description
Alaska has its own kind of justiceone outsiders might not understand. Dave Warren lives in this wild country. Hes a determined man, a tough man, who can stare a hole right through a person. His trusty companion is Beardog, half-wolf and half- Labrador, and together, they work to protect their neighbors and land. Dave and Beardog are surrounded by a cast of loyal characters who stick close to Alaskas unwritten laws. Red is one of them. Hes the leading law enforcement officer in the entire State of Alaska and has a duty to uphold the law, but his laws arent like normal laws. His laws are according to Mother Nature, who likes seeing justice done right. The people of Alaska dont have an affinity for social games or politics. Their lives seem ordinary, built on strong family values and loving pets. They share a familiarity and closeness with their native wilderness, and visitors do well to understandstep out of line and these ordinary people might just sit back and watch you die.
