Muddy Dragon on the Road to Heaven

Muddy Dragon on the Road to Heaven PDF Author: Grant Clauser
Publisher: Distribution Partners
ISBN: 9781949933079
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 92

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Book Description
Winner of the Codhill Press Pauline Uchmanowicz Poetry Award, this collection of poetry explores social and ecological struggles, personal and public nostalgia, family and solitude and seek to balance it all with hope.

Muddy Dragon on the Road to Heaven

Muddy Dragon on the Road to Heaven PDF Author: Grant Clauser
Publisher: Distribution Partners
ISBN: 9781949933079
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 92

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Book Description
Winner of the Codhill Press Pauline Uchmanowicz Poetry Award, this collection of poetry explores social and ecological struggles, personal and public nostalgia, family and solitude and seek to balance it all with hope.

Written at Imperial Command

Written at Imperial Command PDF Author: Fusheng Wu
Publisher: SUNY Press
ISBN: 9780791473702
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 304

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Book Description
Explores both the literary features and historical context of poetry written for imperial rulers during China’s early medieval period.

The Nine Fold Heaven

The Nine Fold Heaven PDF Author: Mingmei Yip
Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corp.
ISBN: 0758286236
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 327

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Book Description
""A unique and enthralling style. . .flawless." --Baltimore Books Examiner In this mesmerizing new novel, Mingmei Yip draws readers deeper into the exotic world of 1930s Shanghai first explored in Skeleton Women, and into the lives of the unforgettable Camilla, Shadow, and Rainbow Chang. When Shadow, a gifted, ambitious magician, competed with the beautiful Camilla for the affections of organized crime leader Master Lung, she almost lost everything. Hiding out in Hong Kong, performing in a run-down circus, Shadow has no idea that Camilla, too, is on the run with her lover, Jinying--Lung's son. Yet while Camilla and Shadow were once enemies, now their only hope of freedom lies in joining forces to eliminate the ruthless Big Brother Wang. Despite the danger, Shadow, Camilla, and Jinying return to Shanghai. Camilla also has her own secret agenda--she has heard a rumor that her son is alive. And in a city teeming with spies and rivals--including the vengeful Rainbow Chang--each battles for a future in a country on the verge of monumental change. "

Beclouded Visions

Beclouded Visions PDF Author: Kyo Maclear
Publisher: SUNY Press
ISBN: 9780791440063
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 236

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Book Description
The trauma of Hiroshima and Nagasaki demonstrates the limits of dominant visual models, such as photography, for providing adequate historical memory. The author argues that collective traumas suggest the need for a prolonged gaze, such as can be provided by expressive art.

50 Dinosaur Tales

50 Dinosaur Tales PDF Author: Sabrina Ricci
Publisher: I Know Dino
ISBN: 1622000285
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 283

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Book Description
"Gualicho takes a bite out of the ornithopod’s back as it runs away from her, causing it to stumble and fall. She jumps on top of the body and rips open its neck with her teeth. The ornithopod becomes still and limp. Satisfied, Gualicho begins to feast. But, after only two bites, she senses something is wrong. She lifts her head and sees a Mapusaurus making its way toward her." Blending fiction with fact, 50 Dinosaur Tales imagines the way 50 newly described dinosaurs from the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous lived in their natural habitats. Also included is a list of fun facts for each dinosaur story, and facts about 108 additional dinosaurs. If you want to hear more about new dinosaurs as soon as they are discovered, listen to the weekly podcast I Know Dino. "50 Dinosaur Tales: And 108 More Discoveries From the Golden Age of Dinos is the perfect blend of education and entertainment, as both young and old readers are invited to see the world through a very different set of eyes. Authors Sabrina Ricci and Garret Kruger bring to life some lesser-known dinosaurs from Earth’s prehistory, weaving unique facts into simple stories. At times, this book reads like Aesop’s Fables, if they had been set in the Mesozoic Era, while the post-story bullet points and reference materials give the book significant authority and impact." —SPR

Meander: Making Room for Rivers

Meander: Making Room for Rivers PDF Author: Margaret Wooster
Publisher: Excelsior Editions
ISBN: 9781438484686
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 160

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Book Description
Draws on the author's own experiences as a watershed planner, teacher, and activist to tell the story of the Great Lakes region's experiment in restoring a complicated natural system of flowing water.

The Road

The Road PDF Author: Cormac McCarthy
Publisher: Vintage Books
ISBN: 0307386457
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 297

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Book Description
In a novel set in an indefinite, futuristic, post-apocalyptic world, a father and his young son make their way through the ruins of a devastated American landscape, struggling to survive and preserve the last remnants of their own humanity

Top 10 Dinosaurs of 2016

Top 10 Dinosaurs of 2016 PDF Author: Sabrina Ricci
Publisher: I Know Dino
ISBN: 1622000234
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 75

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Book Description
The golden age of dinosaur discoveries continues, with 30 named dinosaurs coming out in 2016. Blending fiction with fact, Top 10 Dinosaurs of 2016 reimagines the way 10 of the newly described Jurassic and Cretaceous dinosaurs lived in their natural habitats. Featuring: The Datong City dragon Datonglong tianzhenensis The dragon robber Dracoraptor hanigani The paradoxical hunter of Fukui Fukuivenator paradoxus The evil spirit Gualicho shinyae The wall thief Murusraptor barrosaensis The southern colossus Notocolossus gonzalezparejasi The ratite foreteller Rativates evadens The Sarmiento lizard Sarmientosaurus musacchioi The spiked shield Spiclypeusshipporum The muddy dragon on the road to heaven Tongtianlong limosus Also includes a list of fun facts about each top 10 dinosaur, plus facts about the other 20 dinosaurs named in 2016, for a total of 30 dinosaurs, and links to more resources! If you want to hear more about your favorite dinosaurs, listen to the I Know Dino podcast at iknowdino.com.

Dramas of Solitude

Dramas of Solitude PDF Author: Randall Roorda
Publisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 1438417691
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 308

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Book Description
What do stories of nature tell us about the social or ethical purposes of solitude? And what do stories of solitude reveal of the "character" of nonhuman nature? Dramas of Solitude brings the insights of narrative theory to bear upon the genre of nature writing, to explore the social or ethical purposes of solitude in stories of retreat in nature. Through discussions of texts by Henry D. Thoreau, John C. Van Dyke, Wendell Berry, and student writers, among others, this book complicates social views of literacy with depictions of a solitude held in dynamic relation to a not-only-human community. It will inform the efforts of literary critics and writing teachers alike who hope to reintegrate English studies upon ecological terms.

A Literary Field Guide to Northern Appalachia

A Literary Field Guide to Northern Appalachia PDF Author: Todd Davis
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 0820367516
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 277

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Book Description
Northern Appalachia is one of the most biodiverse regions on Earth and home to a broad range of ecological and human cultures. With A Literary Field Guide to Northern Appalachia, editors Todd Davis and Noah Davis recognize and celebrate this diversity and the fact that humans are storytelling creatures who develop relationships with their landscapes at the intersection of art and science. A companion volume to A Literary Field Guide to Southern Appalachia, this guide introduces the reader to seventy indigenous species found in Northern Appalachia, a region comprising parts of Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine. As a hybrid literary and natural history anthology, the book consists of descriptions and notes on habitat, range, and ecology provided by six scientists with expertise in the region’s flora and fauna. In addition, eleven artists and seventy poets have provided original artwork and poetry that illuminate the lives of the greater-than-human world. Defying easy stereotypes, the guide presents trees, shrubs, wildflowers and mammals, birds and fish, reptiles and amphibians, and invertebrates and fungi. Love and wonder for these ancient mountains and their ever-evolving residents flood the pages of this book, inviting the reader into a deeper way of knowing a place and the lives dependent on it.