Author: Alex Lockwood
Publisher: Lantern Books
ISBN: 1590565363
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
Lockwood explores the dimensions of embodiment from his own body to those of the animals he bears witness to, from bodies of knowledge and those who place themselves in the way of the machinery of death, through to our physical efforts to make sense of a world where so much is desensitized, disembodied, and fragmented. Part of Lantern's {bio}graphies series.
The Pig in Thin Air
Author: Alex Lockwood
Publisher: Lantern Books
ISBN: 1590565363
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
Lockwood explores the dimensions of embodiment from his own body to those of the animals he bears witness to, from bodies of knowledge and those who place themselves in the way of the machinery of death, through to our physical efforts to make sense of a world where so much is desensitized, disembodied, and fragmented. Part of Lantern's {bio}graphies series.
Publisher: Lantern Books
ISBN: 1590565363
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
Lockwood explores the dimensions of embodiment from his own body to those of the animals he bears witness to, from bodies of knowledge and those who place themselves in the way of the machinery of death, through to our physical efforts to make sense of a world where so much is desensitized, disembodied, and fragmented. Part of Lantern's {bio}graphies series.
The Pig in Thin Air
Author: Alex Lockwood
Publisher: {Bio}graphies
ISBN: 9781590565353
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In this searing, honest account of how he came to terms with his destructive habits and changed his relationship with his own body, Alex Lockwood--writer, educator, and activist working in the fields of literature, creative writing, media, and the environment--critically explores the relationship of the body to animal activism. Looking at academic scholarship and animal advocacy organizations, Lockwood explores the dimensions of embodiment from his own body to those of the animals he bears witness to, from bodies of knowledge and those who place themselves in the way of the machinery of death, through to our physical efforts to make sense of a world where so much is desensitized, disembodied, and fragmented. In exploring different modes of activism throughout North America, The Pig in Thin Air asks how animal advocacy and environmental activism can best join forces to tackle these interconnected crises in such a way that we might develop deeper, more authentic compassionate relationships with all other animals, including ourselves. The {bio}graphies series explores the relationships between human and nonhuman animals through scholarship in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences viewed through the lens of autobiography and memoir, to deepen and complicate our perspectives on the other beings with whom we share the planet.
Publisher: {Bio}graphies
ISBN: 9781590565353
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In this searing, honest account of how he came to terms with his destructive habits and changed his relationship with his own body, Alex Lockwood--writer, educator, and activist working in the fields of literature, creative writing, media, and the environment--critically explores the relationship of the body to animal activism. Looking at academic scholarship and animal advocacy organizations, Lockwood explores the dimensions of embodiment from his own body to those of the animals he bears witness to, from bodies of knowledge and those who place themselves in the way of the machinery of death, through to our physical efforts to make sense of a world where so much is desensitized, disembodied, and fragmented. In exploring different modes of activism throughout North America, The Pig in Thin Air asks how animal advocacy and environmental activism can best join forces to tackle these interconnected crises in such a way that we might develop deeper, more authentic compassionate relationships with all other animals, including ourselves. The {bio}graphies series explores the relationships between human and nonhuman animals through scholarship in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences viewed through the lens of autobiography and memoir, to deepen and complicate our perspectives on the other beings with whom we share the planet.
Immortal in Wonderland
Author: Zai XuXianYuan
Publisher: Funstory
ISBN: 1648842674
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 861
Book Description
An ordinary city worker accidentally entered the "Forbidden Land of the Gods" on a journey to ease his mind
Publisher: Funstory
ISBN: 1648842674
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 861
Book Description
An ordinary city worker accidentally entered the "Forbidden Land of the Gods" on a journey to ease his mind
The Oxen at the Intersection
Author: Pattrice Jones
Publisher: Lantern Books
ISBN: 159056460X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 181
Book Description
When Green Mountain College in Poultney, Vermont, announced that two oxen called Bill and Lou would be killed and turned into hamburgers despite their years of service as unofficial college and town mascots, pattrice jones and her colleagues at nearby VINE Sanctuary offered an alternative scenario: to allow the elderly bovines to retire to the sanctuary. What transpired after this simple offer was a catastrophe of miscommunication, misdirection, and misinterpretations, as the college dug in its heels, activists piled on, and social media erupted. Part true-crime mystery, part on-the-ground reportage, and part sociocultural critique, The Oxen at the Intersection is a brilliant unearthing of the assumptions, preconceptions, and biases that led all concerned with the lives and deaths of these two animals to fail to achieve their ends. How and why the threads of this story unspooled, as jones reveals, raises profound questions—most particularly about how ideas rooted in history, race, gender, region, and speciesism intersect and complicate strategy and activism, and their desired outcomes. In the end, notes jones, we must always ask, Where’s the body?
Publisher: Lantern Books
ISBN: 159056460X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 181
Book Description
When Green Mountain College in Poultney, Vermont, announced that two oxen called Bill and Lou would be killed and turned into hamburgers despite their years of service as unofficial college and town mascots, pattrice jones and her colleagues at nearby VINE Sanctuary offered an alternative scenario: to allow the elderly bovines to retire to the sanctuary. What transpired after this simple offer was a catastrophe of miscommunication, misdirection, and misinterpretations, as the college dug in its heels, activists piled on, and social media erupted. Part true-crime mystery, part on-the-ground reportage, and part sociocultural critique, The Oxen at the Intersection is a brilliant unearthing of the assumptions, preconceptions, and biases that led all concerned with the lives and deaths of these two animals to fail to achieve their ends. How and why the threads of this story unspooled, as jones reveals, raises profound questions—most particularly about how ideas rooted in history, race, gender, region, and speciesism intersect and complicate strategy and activism, and their desired outcomes. In the end, notes jones, we must always ask, Where’s the body?
An Academy for Liars
Author: Alexis Henderson
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 059363831X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 465
Book Description
A student will find that the hardest lessons sometimes come from outside the classroom in this stunning dark academia novel from the acclaimed author of The Year of the Witching and House of Hunger. Lennon Carter’s life is falling apart. Then she gets a mysterious phone call inviting her to take the entrance exam for Drayton College, a school of magic hidden in a secret pocket of Savannah. Lennon has been chosen because—like everyone else at the school—she has the innate gift of persuasion, the ability to wield her will like a weapon, using it to control others and, in rare cases, matter itself. After passing the test, Lennon begins to learn how to master her devastating and unsettling power. But despite persuasion’s heavy toll on her body and mind, she is wholly captivated by her studies, by Drayton’s lush, moss-draped campus, and by her brilliant classmates. But even more captivating is her charismatic adviser, Dante, who both intimidates and enthralls her. As Lennon continues in her studies, her control grows, and she starts to uncover more about the secret world she has entered into, including the disquieting history of Drayton College. She is increasingly disturbed by what she learns, for it seems that the ultimate test is to embrace absolute power without succumbing to corruption...and it’s a test she’s terrified she’s going to fail.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 059363831X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 465
Book Description
A student will find that the hardest lessons sometimes come from outside the classroom in this stunning dark academia novel from the acclaimed author of The Year of the Witching and House of Hunger. Lennon Carter’s life is falling apart. Then she gets a mysterious phone call inviting her to take the entrance exam for Drayton College, a school of magic hidden in a secret pocket of Savannah. Lennon has been chosen because—like everyone else at the school—she has the innate gift of persuasion, the ability to wield her will like a weapon, using it to control others and, in rare cases, matter itself. After passing the test, Lennon begins to learn how to master her devastating and unsettling power. But despite persuasion’s heavy toll on her body and mind, she is wholly captivated by her studies, by Drayton’s lush, moss-draped campus, and by her brilliant classmates. But even more captivating is her charismatic adviser, Dante, who both intimidates and enthralls her. As Lennon continues in her studies, her control grows, and she starts to uncover more about the secret world she has entered into, including the disquieting history of Drayton College. She is increasingly disturbed by what she learns, for it seems that the ultimate test is to embrace absolute power without succumbing to corruption...and it’s a test she’s terrified she’s going to fail.
Pigaroons
Author: Arthur Geisert
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780618410583
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Descended from Spanish pirates, the Pigaroons, like their pilfering ancestors before them, stole stuff. One night they steal a crystal-clear block of ice from their neighbors the River Patrollers, who had intended to carve it for entry in the annual ice festival sculpture contest. When the River Patrollers awake to discover the Pigaroons have taken their block of ice, they decide that enough is enough, and they set about devising a plan . . . Arthur Geisert’s etchings will delight readers with their beautiful colors and intricate details in this celebration of another triumph for creative ingenuity.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780618410583
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Descended from Spanish pirates, the Pigaroons, like their pilfering ancestors before them, stole stuff. One night they steal a crystal-clear block of ice from their neighbors the River Patrollers, who had intended to carve it for entry in the annual ice festival sculpture contest. When the River Patrollers awake to discover the Pigaroons have taken their block of ice, they decide that enough is enough, and they set about devising a plan . . . Arthur Geisert’s etchings will delight readers with their beautiful colors and intricate details in this celebration of another triumph for creative ingenuity.
Ethical Vegan
Author: Jordi Casamitjana
Publisher: September Publishing
ISBN: 1912836874
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
'Powerful and poignant.' Virginia McKenna OBE, Born Free Ethical veganism is not just a diet. Not just an opinion; nor a trend. This is a 21st-century revolution which began more than twenty centuries ago. Ethical veganism is not only about the food you choose to consume, it is a coherent philosophical belief that affects most areas of your life, and which could be the answer to today's global crises. Jordi Casamitjana is the vegan zoologist and animal protection campaigner whose landmark Employment Tribunal in 2020 made ethical veganism a protected belief in Great Britain. Ethical Vegan describes Jordi's extraordinary life and the animal encounters which led him to veganism and legal victory. It debunks myths and dispels preconceptions, offering a comprehensive analysis of veganism as a philosophy and as a socio-political transformative movement. Taking in history, science and everyday living, it explores how it is possible to dress ethically, travel, consume and work responsibly and, of course, eat well without compromising vegan ethics. Ethical Vegan is a riveting read - Jordi Casamitjana argues passionately for humans to interact with the world in a positive and compassionate way. This thought-provoking manifesto for doing no harm has the power to open people's minds and help to achieve a better future for all living things and the planet. As informative as it is incisive, as inspiring as it is inviting, this book will become one of the stand-out pieces of literature in the animal liberation movement. A must read whether you are vegan, vegetarian or otherwise!' Jay Brave
Publisher: September Publishing
ISBN: 1912836874
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
'Powerful and poignant.' Virginia McKenna OBE, Born Free Ethical veganism is not just a diet. Not just an opinion; nor a trend. This is a 21st-century revolution which began more than twenty centuries ago. Ethical veganism is not only about the food you choose to consume, it is a coherent philosophical belief that affects most areas of your life, and which could be the answer to today's global crises. Jordi Casamitjana is the vegan zoologist and animal protection campaigner whose landmark Employment Tribunal in 2020 made ethical veganism a protected belief in Great Britain. Ethical Vegan describes Jordi's extraordinary life and the animal encounters which led him to veganism and legal victory. It debunks myths and dispels preconceptions, offering a comprehensive analysis of veganism as a philosophy and as a socio-political transformative movement. Taking in history, science and everyday living, it explores how it is possible to dress ethically, travel, consume and work responsibly and, of course, eat well without compromising vegan ethics. Ethical Vegan is a riveting read - Jordi Casamitjana argues passionately for humans to interact with the world in a positive and compassionate way. This thought-provoking manifesto for doing no harm has the power to open people's minds and help to achieve a better future for all living things and the planet. As informative as it is incisive, as inspiring as it is inviting, this book will become one of the stand-out pieces of literature in the animal liberation movement. A must read whether you are vegan, vegetarian or otherwise!' Jay Brave
The Legendary Game Player
Author: Zhuan JiaLaoLi
Publisher: Funstory
ISBN: 164857484X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 738
Book Description
How could a game without an external connection work? He was going to grind monsters with 10,000 low-leveled accounts! The diaosi Li Feng who was poisoned by the computer actually had the ability to open small accounts without limit! Hot blooded Jianghu Player, WOW players, Questioning players, Conquering players and other old game players must see it!
Publisher: Funstory
ISBN: 164857484X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 738
Book Description
How could a game without an external connection work? He was going to grind monsters with 10,000 low-leveled accounts! The diaosi Li Feng who was poisoned by the computer actually had the ability to open small accounts without limit! Hot blooded Jianghu Player, WOW players, Questioning players, Conquering players and other old game players must see it!
Married You On Condition
Author: Xin Yue
Publisher: Funstory
ISBN: 1647873827
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1948
Book Description
When others transmigrated, Lu Zhu transmigrated, and when others transmigrated, their handsome brothers would fly everywhere, and even the worst among them would be saved by their handsome brothers. Why did Lu Zhu transmigrated, not only did he bring a 'burden bottle', he even brought a 'burden bottle', but he actually unluckily saved Old Lady ...The unlucky star was the top. Lu Zhu accepted it. They had all become self-reliant and found ways to survive. Why did he have to meet a tyrant when he started his own business in the ancient times?Wahaha... The handsome guy was here, and there was more than one of him. The other side was using a group chat, so she might as well use a group chat. It looked like she had had her bad luck, good luck ...What? The lousy Old Lady he saved was the empress dowager. These handsome men were her sons ... Great, not only was there the handsome guy, there was also Jin Shan waiting for Lu Zhu to go splurge, what a beautiful life ...
Publisher: Funstory
ISBN: 1647873827
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1948
Book Description
When others transmigrated, Lu Zhu transmigrated, and when others transmigrated, their handsome brothers would fly everywhere, and even the worst among them would be saved by their handsome brothers. Why did Lu Zhu transmigrated, not only did he bring a 'burden bottle', he even brought a 'burden bottle', but he actually unluckily saved Old Lady ...The unlucky star was the top. Lu Zhu accepted it. They had all become self-reliant and found ways to survive. Why did he have to meet a tyrant when he started his own business in the ancient times?Wahaha... The handsome guy was here, and there was more than one of him. The other side was using a group chat, so she might as well use a group chat. It looked like she had had her bad luck, good luck ...What? The lousy Old Lady he saved was the empress dowager. These handsome men were her sons ... Great, not only was there the handsome guy, there was also Jin Shan waiting for Lu Zhu to go splurge, what a beautiful life ...
Ghost Investigator
Author: Linda Zimmermann
Publisher: Spirited Books
ISBN: 9780971232600
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
A colection of true ghost stories from the Hudson Valley region, by Ghost Investigator Linda Zimmermann. These are the revised and updated versions of those stories previously published in four separate books "Ghosts of Rockland County", "Haunted Hudson Valley", "More Haunted Hudson Valley" and "Haunted Hudson Valley 3."
Publisher: Spirited Books
ISBN: 9780971232600
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
A colection of true ghost stories from the Hudson Valley region, by Ghost Investigator Linda Zimmermann. These are the revised and updated versions of those stories previously published in four separate books "Ghosts of Rockland County", "Haunted Hudson Valley", "More Haunted Hudson Valley" and "Haunted Hudson Valley 3."