Author: Cecil Dawkins
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
An impressive allegory set in a spectral mid-19th century wilderness which exposes and refracts freedom, corruption and the loss of innocence. Led by Alabian Eustace, father of the dead Eily, a group of Scottish settlers from Alabama moves through 500 miles of frontier to capture and return to "justice" one Isaac, a half-wit boy accused of her murder. Isaac, who greets them with joy, is roped, beaten and tortured. Then the journey "homefree" takes on a dream dimension when, through the swamps, woods, quicksand, rivers and rain, they confront cruelty and horror, feeling the weight of evil both in the threatening land and in themselves. Patient animals die, an Indian woman is raped, a slave is flogged, a tribe of alligators advance: early-on the group passed a hill of neat and waiting graves. But for Toliver, the philosopher, freedom lies beyond acceptance of evil in a common humanity. His final understanding comes from the "free" slave Lottie -- "I was free before I became free." Starved and ragged, the group returns to hang Isaac in spite of the preacher's wild warning: "You ought to have left the live goat in the wilderness. He's your innocence." Studded with symbolism (the young boy passes a hut where women are spinning) and sustained by a lyrical intensity, this is reciprocally demanding and rewarding.
The Live Goat
Author: Cecil Dawkins
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
An impressive allegory set in a spectral mid-19th century wilderness which exposes and refracts freedom, corruption and the loss of innocence. Led by Alabian Eustace, father of the dead Eily, a group of Scottish settlers from Alabama moves through 500 miles of frontier to capture and return to "justice" one Isaac, a half-wit boy accused of her murder. Isaac, who greets them with joy, is roped, beaten and tortured. Then the journey "homefree" takes on a dream dimension when, through the swamps, woods, quicksand, rivers and rain, they confront cruelty and horror, feeling the weight of evil both in the threatening land and in themselves. Patient animals die, an Indian woman is raped, a slave is flogged, a tribe of alligators advance: early-on the group passed a hill of neat and waiting graves. But for Toliver, the philosopher, freedom lies beyond acceptance of evil in a common humanity. His final understanding comes from the "free" slave Lottie -- "I was free before I became free." Starved and ragged, the group returns to hang Isaac in spite of the preacher's wild warning: "You ought to have left the live goat in the wilderness. He's your innocence." Studded with symbolism (the young boy passes a hut where women are spinning) and sustained by a lyrical intensity, this is reciprocally demanding and rewarding.
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
An impressive allegory set in a spectral mid-19th century wilderness which exposes and refracts freedom, corruption and the loss of innocence. Led by Alabian Eustace, father of the dead Eily, a group of Scottish settlers from Alabama moves through 500 miles of frontier to capture and return to "justice" one Isaac, a half-wit boy accused of her murder. Isaac, who greets them with joy, is roped, beaten and tortured. Then the journey "homefree" takes on a dream dimension when, through the swamps, woods, quicksand, rivers and rain, they confront cruelty and horror, feeling the weight of evil both in the threatening land and in themselves. Patient animals die, an Indian woman is raped, a slave is flogged, a tribe of alligators advance: early-on the group passed a hill of neat and waiting graves. But for Toliver, the philosopher, freedom lies beyond acceptance of evil in a common humanity. His final understanding comes from the "free" slave Lottie -- "I was free before I became free." Starved and ragged, the group returns to hang Isaac in spite of the preacher's wild warning: "You ought to have left the live goat in the wilderness. He's your innocence." Studded with symbolism (the young boy passes a hut where women are spinning) and sustained by a lyrical intensity, this is reciprocally demanding and rewarding.
Get Your Goat
Author: Brent Zimmerman
Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group USA
ISBN: 1610581873
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
Get Your Goat is a comprehensive, engaging way to answer all your questions about keeping goats, as backyard farm animal or even as a pet. It’s all about back to basics: consumers are rejecting consumption and looking for more and more ways to reconnect with the earth, the community, and their food sources. Many people who have tried keeping chickens, toyed with turkeys, or even just fantasized about converting their quarter-acre suburban yard into a pasture has no doubt wondered: What about goats? I don't live on a farm—how do these lively, intelligent creatures fit into my life?This is a complete handbook for keeping all breeds of goats on smaller acreage. It includes essential information on the nuts and bolts of goat behavior: ·An extensive breed guide that teaches you how to make the best choice of breed for your lifestyle ·Fencing and housing ·Health and wellness ·Whether to raise goats for product (milk, meat, fiber) or for companionship ·And moreGet Your Goat is written for the new goat keeper, with all the right questions in mind!
Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group USA
ISBN: 1610581873
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
Get Your Goat is a comprehensive, engaging way to answer all your questions about keeping goats, as backyard farm animal or even as a pet. It’s all about back to basics: consumers are rejecting consumption and looking for more and more ways to reconnect with the earth, the community, and their food sources. Many people who have tried keeping chickens, toyed with turkeys, or even just fantasized about converting their quarter-acre suburban yard into a pasture has no doubt wondered: What about goats? I don't live on a farm—how do these lively, intelligent creatures fit into my life?This is a complete handbook for keeping all breeds of goats on smaller acreage. It includes essential information on the nuts and bolts of goat behavior: ·An extensive breed guide that teaches you how to make the best choice of breed for your lifestyle ·Fencing and housing ·Health and wellness ·Whether to raise goats for product (milk, meat, fiber) or for companionship ·And moreGet Your Goat is written for the new goat keeper, with all the right questions in mind!
GoatMan
Author: Thomas Thwaites
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 1616894938
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
The dazzling success of The Toaster Project, including TV appearances and an international book tour, leaves Thomas Thwaites in a slump. His friends increasingly behave like adults, while Thwaites still lives at home, "stuck in a big, dark hole." Luckily, a research grant offers the perfect out: a chance to take a holiday from the complications of being human—by transforming himself into a goat. What ensues is a hilarious and surreal journey through engineering, design, and psychology, as Thwaites interviews neuroscientists, animal behaviorists, prosthetists, goat sanctuary workers, and goatherds. From this, he builds a goat exoskeleton—artificial legs, helmet, chest protector, raincoat from his mum, and a prosthetic goat stomach to digest grass (with help from a pressure cooker and campfire)—before setting off across the Alps on four legs with a herd of his fellow creatures. Will he make it? Do Thwaites and his readers discover what it truly means to be human? GoatMan tells all in Thwaites's inimitable style, which NPR extols as "a laugh-out- loud-funny but thoughtful guide through his own adventures."
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 1616894938
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
The dazzling success of The Toaster Project, including TV appearances and an international book tour, leaves Thomas Thwaites in a slump. His friends increasingly behave like adults, while Thwaites still lives at home, "stuck in a big, dark hole." Luckily, a research grant offers the perfect out: a chance to take a holiday from the complications of being human—by transforming himself into a goat. What ensues is a hilarious and surreal journey through engineering, design, and psychology, as Thwaites interviews neuroscientists, animal behaviorists, prosthetists, goat sanctuary workers, and goatherds. From this, he builds a goat exoskeleton—artificial legs, helmet, chest protector, raincoat from his mum, and a prosthetic goat stomach to digest grass (with help from a pressure cooker and campfire)—before setting off across the Alps on four legs with a herd of his fellow creatures. Will he make it? Do Thwaites and his readers discover what it truly means to be human? GoatMan tells all in Thwaites's inimitable style, which NPR extols as "a laugh-out- loud-funny but thoughtful guide through his own adventures."
Goats of Anarchy
Author: Leanne Lauricella
Publisher: Rock Point Gift & Stationery
ISBN: 1631062859
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 147
Book Description
In the book Goats of Anarchy, Leanne shares adorable photos of her goats with descriptions of their personalities, touching rescue stories, and funny anecdotes about their antics.
Publisher: Rock Point Gift & Stationery
ISBN: 1631062859
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 147
Book Description
In the book Goats of Anarchy, Leanne shares adorable photos of her goats with descriptions of their personalities, touching rescue stories, and funny anecdotes about their antics.
Dairy Goats for Pleasure and Profit
Author: Harvey Considine
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Goat breeds
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Goat breeds
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Freddy's Train Ride
Author: Rick Leslie
Publisher: Steck-Vaughn
ISBN: 9780817272647
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
This pairing of fiction and non-fiction literature features a story about Freddy, the frog and what happens when he gets loose on the train. The companion book presents a historic look at trains in the United States.
Publisher: Steck-Vaughn
ISBN: 9780817272647
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
This pairing of fiction and non-fiction literature features a story about Freddy, the frog and what happens when he gets loose on the train. The companion book presents a historic look at trains in the United States.
The Goat in the Rug
Author: Charles L. Blood
Publisher: Turtleback Books
ISBN: 9780833559548
Category : Navajo Indians
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Geraldine, a goat, describes each step as she and her Navajo friend make a rug, from the hair clipping and carding to the dyeing and actual weaving.
Publisher: Turtleback Books
ISBN: 9780833559548
Category : Navajo Indians
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Geraldine, a goat, describes each step as she and her Navajo friend make a rug, from the hair clipping and carding to the dyeing and actual weaving.
GOA Kids - Goats of Anarchy: The Goat with Many Coats
Author: Leanne Lauricella
Publisher: Walter Foster Jr.
ISBN: 1633223337
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 35
Book Description
Brought to live at the Goats of Anarchy farm, a small goat named Prospect is given a series of coats to keep warm during the winter.
Publisher: Walter Foster Jr.
ISBN: 1633223337
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 35
Book Description
Brought to live at the Goats of Anarchy farm, a small goat named Prospect is given a series of coats to keep warm during the winter.
City Goats
Author: Jennie Grant
Publisher: Mountaineers Books
ISBN: 1594857008
Category : House & Home
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
CLICK HERE to download the chapter called "Legalizing Goats In Your City" from City Goats Time Magazine calls author Jennie Grant the, "godmother of goat lovers." * Explains the how-to and benefits of keeping and raising milking goats on your city lot * Get a healthy source of milk, as well as a hobby that will change your life * Longtime urban goat keeper Jennie Grant is an experienced city goat farmer and Goat Justice activist JENNIE GRANT is your average 40-something mother with a bungalow in Seattle's leafy Madrona neighborhood, a happy middle-school child, a tolerant husband, and a pug named Eddie. She also happens to keep chickens and two milking goats, Snowflake and Eloise, and is regionally known as the passionate founder of the Goat Justice League. Since Grant began keeping milking goats several years ago, she has learned firsthand the remarkable benefits and beauty of keeping goats -- how much healthier and easier to maintain a yard with goats can be, the tolerance levels of neighbors, the health benefits of non-industrial foods, and how interacting with goats inspires a connection with nature. City Goats: The Goat Justice League's Guide to Urban Goat Keeping is her step-by-step guide to raising a pair of dairy goats in your urban or suburban backyard, from learning city zoning requirements and selecting goats to setting up your yard, building a goat shed, feeding and caring, kidding, and milking. Practical and at times comical (just like a goat!), connected both to nature and the city, and slightly rebellious -- City Goats: The Goat Justice League's Guide to Urban Goat Keeping is a book for gardeners, people committed to eating locally, and anyone who has ever pondered joining the backyard goat revolution.
Publisher: Mountaineers Books
ISBN: 1594857008
Category : House & Home
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
CLICK HERE to download the chapter called "Legalizing Goats In Your City" from City Goats Time Magazine calls author Jennie Grant the, "godmother of goat lovers." * Explains the how-to and benefits of keeping and raising milking goats on your city lot * Get a healthy source of milk, as well as a hobby that will change your life * Longtime urban goat keeper Jennie Grant is an experienced city goat farmer and Goat Justice activist JENNIE GRANT is your average 40-something mother with a bungalow in Seattle's leafy Madrona neighborhood, a happy middle-school child, a tolerant husband, and a pug named Eddie. She also happens to keep chickens and two milking goats, Snowflake and Eloise, and is regionally known as the passionate founder of the Goat Justice League. Since Grant began keeping milking goats several years ago, she has learned firsthand the remarkable benefits and beauty of keeping goats -- how much healthier and easier to maintain a yard with goats can be, the tolerance levels of neighbors, the health benefits of non-industrial foods, and how interacting with goats inspires a connection with nature. City Goats: The Goat Justice League's Guide to Urban Goat Keeping is her step-by-step guide to raising a pair of dairy goats in your urban or suburban backyard, from learning city zoning requirements and selecting goats to setting up your yard, building a goat shed, feeding and caring, kidding, and milking. Practical and at times comical (just like a goat!), connected both to nature and the city, and slightly rebellious -- City Goats: The Goat Justice League's Guide to Urban Goat Keeping is a book for gardeners, people committed to eating locally, and anyone who has ever pondered joining the backyard goat revolution.
The Bible Unfiltered
Author: Michael S. Heiser
Publisher: Lexham Press
ISBN: 1683590414
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 149
Book Description
The Bible is mysterious, surprising—and often deeply misunderstood. Dr. Michael Heiser, an expert in the ancient near east and author of the best selling The Unseen Realm, explores the most unusual, interesting, and least understood parts of the Bible and offers insights that will inspire, inform, and surprise you on every page. Dr. Heiser has helped to remind the church of the supernatural worldview of the Bible. In The Bible Unfiltered, you will see his methods and expertise applied to dozens of specific passages and topics. Gleaned from his years working as Faithlife's scholar-in-residence, this is some of the very best of Dr. Heiser's work.
Publisher: Lexham Press
ISBN: 1683590414
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 149
Book Description
The Bible is mysterious, surprising—and often deeply misunderstood. Dr. Michael Heiser, an expert in the ancient near east and author of the best selling The Unseen Realm, explores the most unusual, interesting, and least understood parts of the Bible and offers insights that will inspire, inform, and surprise you on every page. Dr. Heiser has helped to remind the church of the supernatural worldview of the Bible. In The Bible Unfiltered, you will see his methods and expertise applied to dozens of specific passages and topics. Gleaned from his years working as Faithlife's scholar-in-residence, this is some of the very best of Dr. Heiser's work.