Author : S. Amen
Publisher : Springer
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 36,2 MB
Release : 2014-10-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1137399538
This book mixes history on the ancient world with investment ideas for traders involved in financial markets today. It goes through ideas such as measuring risk, whether investors should try to outperform the market, Black Swans and ways of creating appropriate investment targets. It will appeal to professional traders and retail investors.
Author : David Foster Wallace
Publisher : Little, Brown
Page : 141 pages
File Size : 16,59 MB
Release : 2009-04-14
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 0316071005
In this rare peak into the personal life of the author of numerous bestselling novels, gain an understanding of David Foster Wallace and how he became the man that he was. Only once did David Foster Wallace give a public talk on his views on life, during a commencement address given in 2005 at Kenyon College. The speech is reprinted for the first time in book form in This is Water. How does one keep from going through their comfortable, prosperous adult life unconsciously? How do we get ourselves out of the foreground of our thoughts and achieve compassion? The speech captures Wallace's electric intellect as well as his grace in attention to others. After his death, it became a treasured piece of writing reprinted in The Wall Street Journal and the London Times, commented on endlessly in blogs, and emailed from friend to friend. Writing with his one-of-a-kind blend of causal humor, exacting intellect, and practical philosophy, David Foster Wallace probes the challenges of daily living and offers advice that renews us with every reading.
Author : Hiroshi Osada
Publisher : Enchanted Lion Books
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 42,54 MB
Release : 2021-09-07
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781592703579
Existing in myriad forms, containing multitudes in its reflection, and coursing through each and every one of us, water sustains the world around us--and life itself.
Author : Kenyon College
Publisher :
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 49,80 MB
Release : 2014-05-22
Category : Conduct of life
ISBN : 9780316151467
Only once did David Foster Wallace give a public talk on his views on life, during a commencement address given in 2005 at Kenyon College. The speech is reprinted for the first time in book form in THIS IS WATER. How does one keep from going through their comfortable, prosperous adult life unconsciously' How do we get ourselves out of the foreground of our thoughts and achieve compassion' The speech captures Wallace's electric intellect as well as his grace in attention to others. After his death, it became a treasured piece of writing reprinted in The Wall Street Journal and the London Times, commented on endlessly in blogs, and emailed from friend to friend. Writing with his one-of-a-kind blend of causal humor, exacting intellect, and practical philosophy, David Foster Wallace probes the challenges of daily living and offers advice that renews us with every reading.
Author : Simon Cleary
Publisher : Univ. of Queensland Press
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 44,54 MB
Release : 2024-06-04
Category : Travel
ISBN : 0702269808
'I want to go with the river's flow, not against it. I want to follow where the river leads - to listen, to observe, hopefully to learn.'When novelist and experienced hiker Simon Cleary sets off to follow the course of the river that has so influenced his life, he hopes that by walking its banks - from its source to where it empties into the bay - he will better understand the power and impact of this immense waterway on the environment and communities who rely on it.Cleary's ambitious journey, alone and with companions, explores the ways rivers connect landscapes, ecologies, histories, communities and myth. But his journey along the unpredictable and magnificent Brisbane River threatens to be cut short by one of the wettest autumn months on record. Over four eventful weeks and 344 kilometres we are witness to the river in all its beauty and fury. Everything is Water considers our complex relationship with nature through flood, drought, time and place. It is an inspiring pilgrimage that invites us to connect with nature and also to navigate our own path.
Author : Constantin D. Cerbu
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 50,84 MB
Release : 2013-01-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 1300610824
It's all around us. In the plants, in the animals and even inside the Earth itself, water is the fuel that drives all the physical, chemical and biological processes of the planet. From the most isolated communities to the crowded urban jungle, human beings and water are bound together. Water is the planet's blue blood. It shapes the terrain, adjusts the weather and provides a solid foundation for life. No matter how you put it, water is the most powerful substance on Earth. Let's learn how to use it! Once we understand more about it, it can heal our bodies and our minds. After all, we're all made of water.
Author : Greg Chaimov
Publisher : Gregory A Chaimov
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 46,45 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 0942382137
Author : Edward Hussey
Publisher : Hackett Publishing
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 22,8 MB
Release : 1995-01-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780872202764
This comprehensive account of the history of ancient Greek thought circa 600 to 400 B.C. offers an accessible, nontechnical introduction to Presocratic philosophy. Translations of the surviving fragments of Presocratic writings serve as a foundation from which the discussion proceeds. Also included are maps, notes, and an index of names and terms.
Author : Rudolph A. Rosen
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 30,11 MB
Release : 2014-11-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 1623492270
This classroom resource provides clear, concise scientific information in an understandable and enjoyable way about water and aquatic life. Spanning the hydrologic cycle from rain to watersheds, aquifers to springs, rivers to estuaries, ample illustrations promote understanding of important concepts and clarify major ideas. Aquatic science is covered comprehensively, with relevant principles of chemistry, physics, geology, geography, ecology, and biology included throughout the text. Emphasizing water sustainability and conservation, the book tells us what we can do personally to conserve for the future and presents job and volunteer opportunities in the hope that some students will pursue careers in aquatic science. Texas Aquatic Science, originally developed as part of a multi-faceted education project for middle and high school students, can also be used at the college level for non-science majors, in the home-school environment, and by anyone who educates kids about nature and water. To learn more about The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment, sponsors of this book's series, please click here.
Author : Daisy Johnson
Publisher : Graywolf Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 18,15 MB
Release : 2018-10-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1555978754
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2018 MAN BOOKER PRIZE An eerie, watery reimagining of the Oedipus myth set on the canals of Oxford, from the author of Fen The dictionary doesn’t contain every word. Gretel, a lexicographer by trade, knows this better than most. She grew up on a houseboat with her mother, wandering the canals of Oxford and speaking a private language of their own invention. Her mother disappeared when Gretel was a teen, abandoning her to foster care, and Gretel has tried to move on, spending her days updating dictionary entries. One phone call from her mother is all it takes for the past to come rushing back. To find her, Gretel will have to recover buried memories of her final, fateful winter on the canals. A runaway boy had found community and shelter with them, and all three were haunted by their past and stalked by an ominous creature lurking in the canal: the bonak. Everything and nothing at once, the bonak was Gretel’s name for the thing she feared most. And now that she’s searching for her mother, she’ll have to face it. In this electrifying reinterpretation of a classical myth, Daisy Johnson explores questions of fate and free will, gender fluidity, and fractured family relationships. Everything Under—a debut novel whose surreal, watery landscape will resonate with fans of Fen—is a daring, moving story that will leave you unsettled and unstrung.
