Author: P. Edward Ernest
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Mose T's Slapout Family Album
Author: Mose Tolliver
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781881320111
Category : American poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
From Mose T., one of America's premier folk artists, and his friend, poet Robert Ely, comes a delightful book for adults and children alike. Reproductions of Mose T's fanciful paintings, printed in full color on glossy paper, are accompanied by Ely's playful verse. Subjects include Porky Pine Turtle, the Geek Bird, Swayback Horse, and more. Recently reprinted.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781881320111
Category : American poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
From Mose T., one of America's premier folk artists, and his friend, poet Robert Ely, comes a delightful book for adults and children alike. Reproductions of Mose T's fanciful paintings, printed in full color on glossy paper, are accompanied by Ely's playful verse. Subjects include Porky Pine Turtle, the Geek Bird, Swayback Horse, and more. Recently reprinted.
True Poetry
Author: Pauline Greenhill
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0773561994
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
Focusing on the importance of traditional and popular poetry for the poets, the presenters, and the local audience, Greenhill examines the activity of creating and using poetry in a community context. She gives numerous examples of Ontario folk verse, among them twenty-one poems about Canadian runner Terry Fox, whose battle with cancer inspired many folk poets. True Poetry pioneers the examination of folk poetry in Canada and adds to a limited body of scholarship on the topic. It will be of interest to anyone concerned with Canadian society, traditional folklore, and popular culture.
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0773561994
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
Focusing on the importance of traditional and popular poetry for the poets, the presenters, and the local audience, Greenhill examines the activity of creating and using poetry in a community context. She gives numerous examples of Ontario folk verse, among them twenty-one poems about Canadian runner Terry Fox, whose battle with cancer inspired many folk poets. True Poetry pioneers the examination of folk poetry in Canada and adds to a limited body of scholarship on the topic. It will be of interest to anyone concerned with Canadian society, traditional folklore, and popular culture.
Just Roll with It
Author: Veronica Agarwal
Publisher: Random House Graphic
ISBN: 1984897012
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 171
Book Description
Starting middle school is hard enough when you don't know anyone; it's even harder when you're shy. A contemporary middle-grade graphic novel for fans of Guts and Real Friends about how dealing with anxiety and OCD can affect everyday life. As long as Maggie rolls the right number, nothing can go wrong...right? Maggie just wants to get through her first year of middle school. But between finding the best after-school clubs, trying to make friends, and avoiding the rumored monster on school grounds, she’s having a tough time...so she might need a little help from her twenty-sided dice. But what happens if Maggie rolls the wrong number? A touching middle-grade graphic novel that explores the complexity of anxiety, OCD, and learning to trust yourself and the world around you. “A charming, compassionate story that’s sure to resonate with anyone who’s ever stayed up worrying.” —Gale Galligan, adaptor and illustrator of the Baby-Sitters Club graphic novel series
Publisher: Random House Graphic
ISBN: 1984897012
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 171
Book Description
Starting middle school is hard enough when you don't know anyone; it's even harder when you're shy. A contemporary middle-grade graphic novel for fans of Guts and Real Friends about how dealing with anxiety and OCD can affect everyday life. As long as Maggie rolls the right number, nothing can go wrong...right? Maggie just wants to get through her first year of middle school. But between finding the best after-school clubs, trying to make friends, and avoiding the rumored monster on school grounds, she’s having a tough time...so she might need a little help from her twenty-sided dice. But what happens if Maggie rolls the wrong number? A touching middle-grade graphic novel that explores the complexity of anxiety, OCD, and learning to trust yourself and the world around you. “A charming, compassionate story that’s sure to resonate with anyone who’s ever stayed up worrying.” —Gale Galligan, adaptor and illustrator of the Baby-Sitters Club graphic novel series
On the Air
Author: John Dunning
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780195076783
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 854
Book Description
A wonderful reader for anyone who loves the great programs of old-time radio, this definitive encyclopedia covers American radio shows from their beginnings in the 1920s to the early 1960s.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780195076783
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 854
Book Description
A wonderful reader for anyone who loves the great programs of old-time radio, this definitive encyclopedia covers American radio shows from their beginnings in the 1920s to the early 1960s.
The Dutt Family Album
Author: Gavin Dutt
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indic poetry (English)
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indic poetry (English)
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
The Songs We Know Best
Author: Karin Roffman
Publisher:
ISBN: 0374293848
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
"A biography focusing on the poet John Ashbery's early life"--
Publisher:
ISBN: 0374293848
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
"A biography focusing on the poet John Ashbery's early life"--
Humor Us
Author: Donald Capps
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1498290388
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
This book addresses the fact that Americans tend to live under a considerable amount of stress, tension, and anxiety, and suggests that humor can be helpful in alleviating their distress. It posits that humor is a useful placebo in this regard; cites studies that show that humor moderates life stress; considers the relationship of religion and humor, especially as means to alleviate anxiety; proposes that Jesus had a sense of humor; suggests that his parable of the Laborers in the Vineyard has humorous implications for the relief of occupational stress; explores the relationship of gossip and humor; and suggests that Jesus and his disciples were a joking community. It concludes that Jesus viewed the kingdom of God as a worry-free existence.
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1498290388
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
This book addresses the fact that Americans tend to live under a considerable amount of stress, tension, and anxiety, and suggests that humor can be helpful in alleviating their distress. It posits that humor is a useful placebo in this regard; cites studies that show that humor moderates life stress; considers the relationship of religion and humor, especially as means to alleviate anxiety; proposes that Jesus had a sense of humor; suggests that his parable of the Laborers in the Vineyard has humorous implications for the relief of occupational stress; explores the relationship of gossip and humor; and suggests that Jesus and his disciples were a joking community. It concludes that Jesus viewed the kingdom of God as a worry-free existence.
The Traffic in Poems
Author: Meredith L. McGill
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 0813542308
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
The transatlantic crossing of people and goods shaped nineteenth-century poetry in surprising ways. This book focuses on poetic depictions of exile, slavery, immigration, and citizenship and explores the often asymmetrical traffic between British and American poetic cultures.
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 0813542308
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
The transatlantic crossing of people and goods shaped nineteenth-century poetry in surprising ways. This book focuses on poetic depictions of exile, slavery, immigration, and citizenship and explores the often asymmetrical traffic between British and American poetic cultures.
Water for Gotham
Author: Gerard T. Koeppel
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691237840
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 375
Book Description
Water for Gotham tells the spirited story of New York's evolution as a great city by examining its struggle for that vital and basic element--clean water. Drawing on primary sources, personal narratives, and anecdotes, Gerard Koeppel demonstrates how quickly the shallow wells of Dutch New Amsterdam were overwhelmed, leaving the English and American city beleaguered by filth, epidemics, and fires. This situation changed only when an outside water source was finally secured in 1842--the Croton Aqueduct, a model for urban water supplies in the United States. As the fertile wilderness enjoyed by the first Europeans in Manhattan vanishes and the magnitude of New York's water problem grows, the reader is introduced to the plans of Christopher Colles, builder of the first American steam engine, and of Joseph Browne, the first to call for a mainland water source for this island-city. In this vividly written true-life fable of the "Fools of Gotham," the chief obstacle to the aqueduct is the Manhattan Company. Masterminded by Aaron Burr, with the complicity of Alexander Hamilton and other leading New Yorkers, the company was a ruse, serving as the charter for a bank--today's Chase Manhattan. The cholera epidemic of 1832 and the great fire three years later were instrumental in forcing the city's leaders to finally unite and regain New York's water rights. Koeppel's account of the developments leading up to the Croton Aqueduct reveals it as a triumph not only of inspired technology but of political will. With over forty archival photographs and drawings, Water for Gotham demonstrates the deep interconnections between natural resource management, urban planning, and civic leadership. As New York today retakes its waterfront and boasts famous tap water, this book is a valuable reminder of how much vision and fortitude are required to make a great city function and thrive.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691237840
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 375
Book Description
Water for Gotham tells the spirited story of New York's evolution as a great city by examining its struggle for that vital and basic element--clean water. Drawing on primary sources, personal narratives, and anecdotes, Gerard Koeppel demonstrates how quickly the shallow wells of Dutch New Amsterdam were overwhelmed, leaving the English and American city beleaguered by filth, epidemics, and fires. This situation changed only when an outside water source was finally secured in 1842--the Croton Aqueduct, a model for urban water supplies in the United States. As the fertile wilderness enjoyed by the first Europeans in Manhattan vanishes and the magnitude of New York's water problem grows, the reader is introduced to the plans of Christopher Colles, builder of the first American steam engine, and of Joseph Browne, the first to call for a mainland water source for this island-city. In this vividly written true-life fable of the "Fools of Gotham," the chief obstacle to the aqueduct is the Manhattan Company. Masterminded by Aaron Burr, with the complicity of Alexander Hamilton and other leading New Yorkers, the company was a ruse, serving as the charter for a bank--today's Chase Manhattan. The cholera epidemic of 1832 and the great fire three years later were instrumental in forcing the city's leaders to finally unite and regain New York's water rights. Koeppel's account of the developments leading up to the Croton Aqueduct reveals it as a triumph not only of inspired technology but of political will. With over forty archival photographs and drawings, Water for Gotham demonstrates the deep interconnections between natural resource management, urban planning, and civic leadership. As New York today retakes its waterfront and boasts famous tap water, this book is a valuable reminder of how much vision and fortitude are required to make a great city function and thrive.
A Family Album
Author: Alter Brody
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description