Author: Special Libraries Association. San Francisco Bay Region Chapter
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Union List of Serials of the San Francisco Bay Region
Author: Special Libraries Association. San Francisco Bay Region Chapter
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
School Architecture
Author: John Joseph Donovan
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : School buildings
Languages : en
Pages : 740
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : School buildings
Languages : en
Pages : 740
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The Spell of the Sensuous
Author: David Abram
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307830551
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Winner of the International Lannan Literary Award for Nonfiction Animal tracks, word magic, the speech of stones, the power of letters, and the taste of the wind all figure prominently in this intellectual tour de force that returns us to our senses and to the sensuous terrain that sustains us. This major work of ecological philosophy startles the senses out of habitual ways of perception. For a thousand generations, human beings viewed themselves as part of the wider community of nature, and they carried on active relationships not only with other people with other animals, plants, and natural objects (including mountains, rivers, winds, and weather patters) that we have only lately come to think of as "inanimate." How, then, did humans come to sever their ancient reciprocity with the natural world? What will it take for us to recover a sustaining relation with the breathing earth? In The Spell of the Sensuous David Abram draws on sources as diverse as the philosophy of Merleau-Ponty, Balinese shamanism, Apache storytelling, and his own experience as an accomplished sleight-of-hand of magician to reveal the subtle dependence of human cognition on the natural environment. He explores the character of perception and excavates the sensual foundations of language, which--even at its most abstract--echoes the calls and cries of the earth. On every page of this lyrical work, Abram weaves his arguments with a passion, a precision, and an intellectual daring that recall such writers as Loren Eisleley, Annie Dillard, and Barry Lopez.
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307830551
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Winner of the International Lannan Literary Award for Nonfiction Animal tracks, word magic, the speech of stones, the power of letters, and the taste of the wind all figure prominently in this intellectual tour de force that returns us to our senses and to the sensuous terrain that sustains us. This major work of ecological philosophy startles the senses out of habitual ways of perception. For a thousand generations, human beings viewed themselves as part of the wider community of nature, and they carried on active relationships not only with other people with other animals, plants, and natural objects (including mountains, rivers, winds, and weather patters) that we have only lately come to think of as "inanimate." How, then, did humans come to sever their ancient reciprocity with the natural world? What will it take for us to recover a sustaining relation with the breathing earth? In The Spell of the Sensuous David Abram draws on sources as diverse as the philosophy of Merleau-Ponty, Balinese shamanism, Apache storytelling, and his own experience as an accomplished sleight-of-hand of magician to reveal the subtle dependence of human cognition on the natural environment. He explores the character of perception and excavates the sensual foundations of language, which--even at its most abstract--echoes the calls and cries of the earth. On every page of this lyrical work, Abram weaves his arguments with a passion, a precision, and an intellectual daring that recall such writers as Loren Eisleley, Annie Dillard, and Barry Lopez.
Urban Regeneration
Author: Antoni Remesar
Publisher: Edicions Universitat Barcelona
ISBN: 9788447517374
Category : City planning
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
Publisher: Edicions Universitat Barcelona
ISBN: 9788447517374
Category : City planning
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
Lost in America
Author: Sherwin B. Nuland
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307426696
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
A writer renowned for his insight into the mysteries of the body now gives us a lambent and profoundly moving book about the mysteries of family. At its center lies Sherwin Nuland’s Rembrandtesque portrait of his father, Meyer Nudelman, a Jewish garment worker who came to America in the early years of the last century but remained an eternal outsider. Awkward in speech and movement, broken by the premature deaths of a wife and child, Meyer ruled his youngest son with a regime of rage, dependency, and helpless love that outlasted his death. In evoking their relationship, Nuland also summons up the warmth and claustrophobia of a vanished immigrant New York, a world that impelled its children toward success yet made them feel like traitors for leaving it behind. Full of feeling and unwavering observation, Lost in America deserves a place alongside such classics as Patrimony and Call It Sleep.
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307426696
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
A writer renowned for his insight into the mysteries of the body now gives us a lambent and profoundly moving book about the mysteries of family. At its center lies Sherwin Nuland’s Rembrandtesque portrait of his father, Meyer Nudelman, a Jewish garment worker who came to America in the early years of the last century but remained an eternal outsider. Awkward in speech and movement, broken by the premature deaths of a wife and child, Meyer ruled his youngest son with a regime of rage, dependency, and helpless love that outlasted his death. In evoking their relationship, Nuland also summons up the warmth and claustrophobia of a vanished immigrant New York, a world that impelled its children toward success yet made them feel like traitors for leaving it behind. Full of feeling and unwavering observation, Lost in America deserves a place alongside such classics as Patrimony and Call It Sleep.
Renewable and Efficient Electric Power Systems
Author: Gilbert M. Masters
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0471668834
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 676
Book Description
This is a comprehensive textbook for the new trend of distributed power generation systems and renewable energy sources in electric power systems. It covers the complete range of topics from fundamental concepts to major technologies as well as advanced topics for power consumers. An Instructor's Manual presenting detailed solutions to all the problems in the book is available from the Wiley editorial department -- to obtain the manual, send an email to [email protected]
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0471668834
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 676
Book Description
This is a comprehensive textbook for the new trend of distributed power generation systems and renewable energy sources in electric power systems. It covers the complete range of topics from fundamental concepts to major technologies as well as advanced topics for power consumers. An Instructor's Manual presenting detailed solutions to all the problems in the book is available from the Wiley editorial department -- to obtain the manual, send an email to [email protected]
Directory of British Architects, 1834-1914
Author: Antonia Brodie
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 082645514X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 1128
Book Description
A comprehensive biographical directory of some 11,000 British architects who worked between 1834 and 1914 .
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 082645514X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 1128
Book Description
A comprehensive biographical directory of some 11,000 British architects who worked between 1834 and 1914 .
Maryland History in Prints
Author: Laura Rice
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
A stunning visual accompaniment to the history of the state with 330 full color reproductions from the glory days of Maryland printmaking, with accompanying essays.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
A stunning visual accompaniment to the history of the state with 330 full color reproductions from the glory days of Maryland printmaking, with accompanying essays.
Indexed Periodicals
Author: Joseph V. Marconi
Publisher: Ann Arbor, Mich. : Pierian Press
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
Publisher: Ann Arbor, Mich. : Pierian Press
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
Le Deuxième Sexe
Author: Simone de Beauvoir
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0679724516
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 791
Book Description
The classic manifesto of the liberated woman, this book explores every facet of a woman's life.
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0679724516
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 791
Book Description
The classic manifesto of the liberated woman, this book explores every facet of a woman's life.