Author: Jon Davis
Publisher: Copper Canyon Press
ISBN: 1556593155
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
"Davis is as good as DeLillo at playing off our internal hunger for meaning against surface senselessness. And Davis catches the surface brilliantly."--American Book Review Punctuated by subversive humor, verbal theatrics, and moments of strange, luminous beauty, Davis' clear, unsentimental poems are meditations and mediations on contemporary existence and the unreliability of language, emotions, and the memory to gather it all in. Jon Davis, author of five collections of poetry, earned his MFA from the University of Montana. He has received a Lannan Literary Award and currently teaches at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Preliminary Report
Author: Jon Davis
Publisher: Copper Canyon Press
ISBN: 1556593155
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
"Davis is as good as DeLillo at playing off our internal hunger for meaning against surface senselessness. And Davis catches the surface brilliantly."--American Book Review Punctuated by subversive humor, verbal theatrics, and moments of strange, luminous beauty, Davis' clear, unsentimental poems are meditations and mediations on contemporary existence and the unreliability of language, emotions, and the memory to gather it all in. Jon Davis, author of five collections of poetry, earned his MFA from the University of Montana. He has received a Lannan Literary Award and currently teaches at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Publisher: Copper Canyon Press
ISBN: 1556593155
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
"Davis is as good as DeLillo at playing off our internal hunger for meaning against surface senselessness. And Davis catches the surface brilliantly."--American Book Review Punctuated by subversive humor, verbal theatrics, and moments of strange, luminous beauty, Davis' clear, unsentimental poems are meditations and mediations on contemporary existence and the unreliability of language, emotions, and the memory to gather it all in. Jon Davis, author of five collections of poetry, earned his MFA from the University of Montana. He has received a Lannan Literary Award and currently teaches at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Monthly Catalogue, United States Public Documents
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1268
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1268
Book Description
Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1040
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1040
Book Description
Publications Catalog of the U.S. Department of Commerce
Author: United States. Department of Commerce. Office of Publications
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 822
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 822
Book Description
Missouri River Basin Progress Report
Author: Interior Missouri Basin Field Committee
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Missouri River Valley
Languages : en
Pages : 614
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Missouri River Valley
Languages : en
Pages : 614
Book Description
Energy Research Abstracts
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Power resources
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Power resources
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
Yosemite and the Mariposa Grove
Author: Frederick Law Olmsted
Publisher: Yosemite Conservancy
ISBN: 9780939666690
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
When Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan visited Yosemite National Park, they both called out Fredrick Law Olmsted as a major influence and inspiration for their documentary film, The National Parks: America's Best Idea. To celebrate Mr. Olmsted and his contributions to our National Parks, the Yosemite Conservancy, in partnership with Heyday Books, has reprinted "Yosemite and the Mariposa Grove: A Preliminary Report, 1865" with a new foreword by Dayton Duncan and Ken Burns. This seminal book is a must read for anyone interested in the National Parks and our public lands. The first eloquent expression of the need for conservation in 1865 is found in this remarkable and prescient report by Frederick Law Olmsted. No statement since has been so cogent or powerful. Pristine natural landscapes, Olmsted observed, provide people with "refreshing rest and re-invigoration." They are good - perhaps essential - for the soul. Which is why, he noted, that from time immemorial they have most often become the exclusive domain of any society's most privileged classes, "a monopoly, in a very peculiar manner, of a very few, very rich people." Olmsted believed a great democracy had a greater obligation: "to provide means of protection for all its citizens in the pursuit of happiness." That meant, he argued, that "the establishment by government of great public grounds for the free enjoyment of the people . . . is thus justified and enforced as a political duty." Olmsted gave additional reasons for creating public parks, including that they are undeniably good for the local, state, and national economy because of the tourist business they engender. His report also included practical advice about building roads and shelters, as well as instituting regulations to zealously protect the "dignity of the scenery." All of his points are as pertinent today as they were when he first read them to his fellow Yosemite commissioners nearly 150 years ago. But in deliberately borrowing from our nation's founding document, which proclaims that the "pursuit of happiness" is among the inalienable rights of every human being, and in attaching that notion to why Yosemite (or any other future park) should not be allowed to become "a rich man's park," Olmsted infused the national park idea with its most enduring principle."
Publisher: Yosemite Conservancy
ISBN: 9780939666690
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
When Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan visited Yosemite National Park, they both called out Fredrick Law Olmsted as a major influence and inspiration for their documentary film, The National Parks: America's Best Idea. To celebrate Mr. Olmsted and his contributions to our National Parks, the Yosemite Conservancy, in partnership with Heyday Books, has reprinted "Yosemite and the Mariposa Grove: A Preliminary Report, 1865" with a new foreword by Dayton Duncan and Ken Burns. This seminal book is a must read for anyone interested in the National Parks and our public lands. The first eloquent expression of the need for conservation in 1865 is found in this remarkable and prescient report by Frederick Law Olmsted. No statement since has been so cogent or powerful. Pristine natural landscapes, Olmsted observed, provide people with "refreshing rest and re-invigoration." They are good - perhaps essential - for the soul. Which is why, he noted, that from time immemorial they have most often become the exclusive domain of any society's most privileged classes, "a monopoly, in a very peculiar manner, of a very few, very rich people." Olmsted believed a great democracy had a greater obligation: "to provide means of protection for all its citizens in the pursuit of happiness." That meant, he argued, that "the establishment by government of great public grounds for the free enjoyment of the people . . . is thus justified and enforced as a political duty." Olmsted gave additional reasons for creating public parks, including that they are undeniably good for the local, state, and national economy because of the tourist business they engender. His report also included practical advice about building roads and shelters, as well as instituting regulations to zealously protect the "dignity of the scenery." All of his points are as pertinent today as they were when he first read them to his fellow Yosemite commissioners nearly 150 years ago. But in deliberately borrowing from our nation's founding document, which proclaims that the "pursuit of happiness" is among the inalienable rights of every human being, and in attaching that notion to why Yosemite (or any other future park) should not be allowed to become "a rich man's park," Olmsted infused the national park idea with its most enduring principle."
Chapter of Report ... of the State Mineralogist Covering Mining in California and the Activities of the State Mining Bureau
Author: California State Mining Bureau
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gold mines and mining
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gold mines and mining
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
Digest of Proceedings of the Railway Signal Association
Author: Railway Signal Association
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 582
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 582
Book Description
Successful Grant Proposals in Science, Technology and Medicine
Author: Sandra Oster
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 110703809X
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 391
Book Description
A practical guide to writing scientific grant proposal narratives, with in-depth examples covering content, organisational alternatives, phrasing and argumentation.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 110703809X
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 391
Book Description
A practical guide to writing scientific grant proposal narratives, with in-depth examples covering content, organisational alternatives, phrasing and argumentation.