Author: Tim Woods
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781916081253
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Twisted Mountains
Author: Tim Woods
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781916081253
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781916081253
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Xenophobic Mountains
Author: Alexandra Cotofana
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3031131126
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
This book, based on ethnographic research in Romania, traces the ontological red lines that form a world in which xenophobic landscapes are possible. The last couple hundred years in Romania’s history have been marked by change of political regimes, but this manuscript pays equal attention to an important continuity in Romania’s ontological world: its understanding of the landscape, and the relationship between Romanian people and their land. From political discourses to children’s books, to literature, and explanations found for everyday events, the book follows the ways in which the landscape of Romania has been understood as a sentient being imbued with willpower and ability to act on the world. The sentience specific to Romania’s landscape is characterized by xenophobia—a fear and distrust of ethno-religious others—that has been historically interpreted by Romanians as manifesting through acts of violence enacted by the landscape towards various groups of humans understood as dangerous to the country’s unity. The novelty of this book lies in the fact that it is an in-depth analysis of an ontological world in which sentient landscapes are de-romanticized and presented in their uncomfortable complexity. The concept of sentient xenophobic mountains can add a great deal to the current literature on the ontological turn and ontological multiplicities, by questioning binaries like colonized/colonizer, indigenous/colonial, sentient landscape/industrial superpower. Romania’s history makes it a good case study for this exercise, as the country has been at the margins of empires, both desired because of its natural resources and rejected because of the perceived inferiority of its people, both racialized and racist, both neoliberal and imagining absolute sovereignty.
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3031131126
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
This book, based on ethnographic research in Romania, traces the ontological red lines that form a world in which xenophobic landscapes are possible. The last couple hundred years in Romania’s history have been marked by change of political regimes, but this manuscript pays equal attention to an important continuity in Romania’s ontological world: its understanding of the landscape, and the relationship between Romanian people and their land. From political discourses to children’s books, to literature, and explanations found for everyday events, the book follows the ways in which the landscape of Romania has been understood as a sentient being imbued with willpower and ability to act on the world. The sentience specific to Romania’s landscape is characterized by xenophobia—a fear and distrust of ethno-religious others—that has been historically interpreted by Romanians as manifesting through acts of violence enacted by the landscape towards various groups of humans understood as dangerous to the country’s unity. The novelty of this book lies in the fact that it is an in-depth analysis of an ontological world in which sentient landscapes are de-romanticized and presented in their uncomfortable complexity. The concept of sentient xenophobic mountains can add a great deal to the current literature on the ontological turn and ontological multiplicities, by questioning binaries like colonized/colonizer, indigenous/colonial, sentient landscape/industrial superpower. Romania’s history makes it a good case study for this exercise, as the country has been at the margins of empires, both desired because of its natural resources and rejected because of the perceived inferiority of its people, both racialized and racist, both neoliberal and imagining absolute sovereignty.
Fiji
Author: Sir Alan Burns
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiji
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiji
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Across a Hundred Mountains
Author: Reyna Grande
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0743269586
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Grande puts a human face on the epic story about those who make it across the border into America, those who never make it across, and those who are left behind.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0743269586
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Grande puts a human face on the epic story about those who make it across the border into America, those who never make it across, and those who are left behind.
Wise Animals 2
Author: Majede Motalebi
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 9781477266120
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 58
Book Description
Wise animals is included stories about gimmick and imprudence, wisdom and ignorance, light and dark! stories are written by: Majed Motalebi and illustration is by: Andrea Pecchia
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 9781477266120
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 58
Book Description
Wise animals is included stories about gimmick and imprudence, wisdom and ignorance, light and dark! stories are written by: Majed Motalebi and illustration is by: Andrea Pecchia
A Gay Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Author: Bert Shrader
Publisher: Riverdale Avenue Books LLC
ISBN: 1626014361
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description
Imagine a series of Gay Games before there was a Federation of Gay Games. Imagine a gaycation entrepreneur staging his own Olympiad in a small Mexican town, hiring hustlers to play athletes and then watching in amazement as they start competing for real. A Gay Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum is a sexy, surprisingly sweet story about men discovering their true selves in an artificial environment and finding out that love always takes home the gold!
Publisher: Riverdale Avenue Books LLC
ISBN: 1626014361
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description
Imagine a series of Gay Games before there was a Federation of Gay Games. Imagine a gaycation entrepreneur staging his own Olympiad in a small Mexican town, hiring hustlers to play athletes and then watching in amazement as they start competing for real. A Gay Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum is a sexy, surprisingly sweet story about men discovering their true selves in an artificial environment and finding out that love always takes home the gold!
Annals of Botany
Author: Isaac Bayley Balfour
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 670
Book Description
Vols. 1-13 include Botanical necrology for 1887-89; vols. 1-4 include section called Record of current literature.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 670
Book Description
Vols. 1-13 include Botanical necrology for 1887-89; vols. 1-4 include section called Record of current literature.
Mystery on Junk Mountain
Author: Jeannie Melton
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1410791807
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1410791807
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description
Bicycling with Butterflies
Author: Sara Dykman
Publisher: Timber Press
ISBN: 1643260456
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
Winner of the 2021 National Outdoor Book Award Sara Dykman made history when she became the first person to bicycle alongside monarch butterflies on their storied annual migration—a round-trip adventure that included three countries and more than 10,000 miles. Equally remarkable, she did it solo, on a bike cobbled together from used parts. Her panniers were recycled buckets. In Bicycling with Butterflies, Dykman recounts her incredible journey and the dramatic ups and downs of the nearly nine-month odyssey. We’re beside her as she navigates unmapped roads in foreign countries, checks roadside milkweed for monarch eggs, and shares her passion with eager schoolchildren, skeptical bar patrons, and unimpressed border officials. We also meet some of the ardent monarch stewards who supported her efforts, from citizen scientists and researchers to farmers and high-rise city dwellers. With both humor and humility, Dykman offers a compelling story, confirming the urgency of saving the threatened monarch migration—and the other threatened systems of nature that affect the survival of us all.
Publisher: Timber Press
ISBN: 1643260456
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
Winner of the 2021 National Outdoor Book Award Sara Dykman made history when she became the first person to bicycle alongside monarch butterflies on their storied annual migration—a round-trip adventure that included three countries and more than 10,000 miles. Equally remarkable, she did it solo, on a bike cobbled together from used parts. Her panniers were recycled buckets. In Bicycling with Butterflies, Dykman recounts her incredible journey and the dramatic ups and downs of the nearly nine-month odyssey. We’re beside her as she navigates unmapped roads in foreign countries, checks roadside milkweed for monarch eggs, and shares her passion with eager schoolchildren, skeptical bar patrons, and unimpressed border officials. We also meet some of the ardent monarch stewards who supported her efforts, from citizen scientists and researchers to farmers and high-rise city dwellers. With both humor and humility, Dykman offers a compelling story, confirming the urgency of saving the threatened monarch migration—and the other threatened systems of nature that affect the survival of us all.
Waikiki, Honolulu and Oahu
Author: Sharon Hamblin
Publisher: Hunter Publishing, Inc
ISBN: 1588436799
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
The island is home to about 900,000 people (75% of the resident population of the state). The city of Honolulu - largest city, state capital, and main deepwater marine port for the State of Hawai'i - is located here. Well-known features include Waikiki, Pearl Harbor, Diamond Head, Hanauma Bay, Kane'ohe Bay and the North Shore. Written by a resident of the island, this is the most detailed guide available, covering all the hotels and restaurants, the sights and activities - illustrated with maps and photos throughout.
Publisher: Hunter Publishing, Inc
ISBN: 1588436799
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
The island is home to about 900,000 people (75% of the resident population of the state). The city of Honolulu - largest city, state capital, and main deepwater marine port for the State of Hawai'i - is located here. Well-known features include Waikiki, Pearl Harbor, Diamond Head, Hanauma Bay, Kane'ohe Bay and the North Shore. Written by a resident of the island, this is the most detailed guide available, covering all the hotels and restaurants, the sights and activities - illustrated with maps and photos throughout.