Author: James Agee
Publisher: Melville House
ISBN: 1612192130
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
A re-discovered masterpiece of reporting by a literary icon and a celebrated photographer In 1941, James Agee and Walker Evans published Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, a 400-page prose symphony about three tenant farming families in Hale County, Alabama, at the height of the Great Depression. The book shattered journalistic and literary conventions. Critic Lionel Trilling called it the “most realistic and most important moral effort of our American generation.” The origins of Agee and Evans’s famous collaboration date back to an assignment for Fortune magazine, which sent them to Alabama in the summer of 1936 to report a story that was never published. Some have assumed that Fortune’s editors shelved the story because of the unconventional style that marked Famous Men, and for years the original report was presumed lost. But fifty years after Agee’s death, a trove of his manuscripts turned out to include a typescript labeled “Cotton Tenants.” Once examined, the pages made it clear that Agee had in fact written a masterly, 30,000-word report for Fortune. Published here for the first time, and accompanied by thirty of Walker Evans’s historic photos, Cotton Tenants is an eloquent report of three families struggling through desperate times. Indeed, Agee’s dispatch remains relevant as one of the most honest explorations of poverty in America ever attempted and as a foundational document of long-form reporting. As the novelist Adam Haslett writes in an introduction, it is “a poet’s brief for the prosecution of economic and social injustice.”
Cotton Tenants
Author: James Agee
Publisher: Melville House
ISBN: 1612192130
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
A re-discovered masterpiece of reporting by a literary icon and a celebrated photographer In 1941, James Agee and Walker Evans published Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, a 400-page prose symphony about three tenant farming families in Hale County, Alabama, at the height of the Great Depression. The book shattered journalistic and literary conventions. Critic Lionel Trilling called it the “most realistic and most important moral effort of our American generation.” The origins of Agee and Evans’s famous collaboration date back to an assignment for Fortune magazine, which sent them to Alabama in the summer of 1936 to report a story that was never published. Some have assumed that Fortune’s editors shelved the story because of the unconventional style that marked Famous Men, and for years the original report was presumed lost. But fifty years after Agee’s death, a trove of his manuscripts turned out to include a typescript labeled “Cotton Tenants.” Once examined, the pages made it clear that Agee had in fact written a masterly, 30,000-word report for Fortune. Published here for the first time, and accompanied by thirty of Walker Evans’s historic photos, Cotton Tenants is an eloquent report of three families struggling through desperate times. Indeed, Agee’s dispatch remains relevant as one of the most honest explorations of poverty in America ever attempted and as a foundational document of long-form reporting. As the novelist Adam Haslett writes in an introduction, it is “a poet’s brief for the prosecution of economic and social injustice.”
Publisher: Melville House
ISBN: 1612192130
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
A re-discovered masterpiece of reporting by a literary icon and a celebrated photographer In 1941, James Agee and Walker Evans published Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, a 400-page prose symphony about three tenant farming families in Hale County, Alabama, at the height of the Great Depression. The book shattered journalistic and literary conventions. Critic Lionel Trilling called it the “most realistic and most important moral effort of our American generation.” The origins of Agee and Evans’s famous collaboration date back to an assignment for Fortune magazine, which sent them to Alabama in the summer of 1936 to report a story that was never published. Some have assumed that Fortune’s editors shelved the story because of the unconventional style that marked Famous Men, and for years the original report was presumed lost. But fifty years after Agee’s death, a trove of his manuscripts turned out to include a typescript labeled “Cotton Tenants.” Once examined, the pages made it clear that Agee had in fact written a masterly, 30,000-word report for Fortune. Published here for the first time, and accompanied by thirty of Walker Evans’s historic photos, Cotton Tenants is an eloquent report of three families struggling through desperate times. Indeed, Agee’s dispatch remains relevant as one of the most honest explorations of poverty in America ever attempted and as a foundational document of long-form reporting. As the novelist Adam Haslett writes in an introduction, it is “a poet’s brief for the prosecution of economic and social injustice.”
Buckland's Complete Book of Witchcraft
Author: Raymond Buckland
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
ISBN: 0875420508
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
"This complete self-study course in modern Wicca is a treasured classic - an essential and trusted guide that belongs in every witch's library."---Back cover
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
ISBN: 0875420508
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
"This complete self-study course in modern Wicca is a treasured classic - an essential and trusted guide that belongs in every witch's library."---Back cover
Yoga Spirit Journal
Author: Spirit Dreamz Book
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781700194145
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
This Yoga Journal is perfect to be used as a planner journal, to-do list, diary or journal to keep track of your daily work and schedule. It can be used by children, students, schools and colleges and even adults. Specifications: - Large size: 6x9 inches wide - 120 pages of governing college - 120 high quality white paper This book or notebook is suitable for: Gifts for children and adults - Christmas gifts for all ages - Student gifts - Stationery gift sets - Use as a notebook or notebook and for The images, ideas, and much more....
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781700194145
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
This Yoga Journal is perfect to be used as a planner journal, to-do list, diary or journal to keep track of your daily work and schedule. It can be used by children, students, schools and colleges and even adults. Specifications: - Large size: 6x9 inches wide - 120 pages of governing college - 120 high quality white paper This book or notebook is suitable for: Gifts for children and adults - Christmas gifts for all ages - Student gifts - Stationery gift sets - Use as a notebook or notebook and for The images, ideas, and much more....
Yoga Journal
Author: Spirit Dreamz Book
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781700194053
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
This Yoga Journal is perfect to be used as a planner journal, to-do list, diary or journal to keep track of your daily work and schedule. It can be used by children, students, schools and colleges and even adults. Specifications: - Large size: 6x9 inches wide - 120 pages of governing college - 120 high quality white paper This book or notebook is suitable for: Gifts for children and adults - Christmas gifts for all ages - Student gifts - Stationery gift sets - Use as a notebook or notebook and for The images, ideas, and much more....
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781700194053
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
This Yoga Journal is perfect to be used as a planner journal, to-do list, diary or journal to keep track of your daily work and schedule. It can be used by children, students, schools and colleges and even adults. Specifications: - Large size: 6x9 inches wide - 120 pages of governing college - 120 high quality white paper This book or notebook is suitable for: Gifts for children and adults - Christmas gifts for all ages - Student gifts - Stationery gift sets - Use as a notebook or notebook and for The images, ideas, and much more....
The Supreme Source
Author: Chogyal Namkhai Norbu
Publisher: Snow Lion
ISBN:
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
"In this book, the Dzogchen teaching is presented through one of its most ancient texts, the tantra Kunjed Gyalpo, or "The All-creating King" - a personification of the primordial state of enlightenment. This tantra is the fundamental scripture of the Semde, or "Nature of Mind," tradition of Dzogchen and is the most authoritative source for understanding the Dzogchen view."--BOOK JACKET.
Publisher: Snow Lion
ISBN:
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
"In this book, the Dzogchen teaching is presented through one of its most ancient texts, the tantra Kunjed Gyalpo, or "The All-creating King" - a personification of the primordial state of enlightenment. This tantra is the fundamental scripture of the Semde, or "Nature of Mind," tradition of Dzogchen and is the most authoritative source for understanding the Dzogchen view."--BOOK JACKET.
A Buddhist Bible
Author: Dwight Goddard
Publisher: e-artnow
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
For a Westerner at the beginning of the 20th century, Buddhism was a hard science to learn since it consisted of uncountable rituals and teachings, passed over in oral or written form for thousands of years, and therefore differ according to the region and time period it was created a recorded. This book is one of the first attempts to organize the present the core of the Buddhist teachings to a Western reader. Created at the beginning of the 20th century, it started the branch in religious literature and inspired millions of spiritual seekers to find the truth in the religions of the East. The Buddhist Bible tells about the origins of Buddhism, its main variations and divisions, the core philosophy, and the main ritual and beliefs.
Publisher: e-artnow
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
For a Westerner at the beginning of the 20th century, Buddhism was a hard science to learn since it consisted of uncountable rituals and teachings, passed over in oral or written form for thousands of years, and therefore differ according to the region and time period it was created a recorded. This book is one of the first attempts to organize the present the core of the Buddhist teachings to a Western reader. Created at the beginning of the 20th century, it started the branch in religious literature and inspired millions of spiritual seekers to find the truth in the religions of the East. The Buddhist Bible tells about the origins of Buddhism, its main variations and divisions, the core philosophy, and the main ritual and beliefs.
A White Tea Bowl
Author: Mitsu Suzuki
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
ISBN: 1930485824
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 141
Book Description
A White Tea Bowl is a selection of 100 haiku written by Mitsu Suzuki, the widow of Shunryu Suzuki Roshi, and published in celebration of her 100th birthday. The compelling introduction by Zen priest Norman Fischer describes the profound impact on her life and work of war in Japan and social upheaval in America. Part I: 100 Haiku presents a kaleidoscope of poems by Mitsu Suzuki that touch all aspects of her being: her dedication to the Buddha way, the loneliness of a widow's life, her generational role as "Candy Auntie," her sensitive attunement to nature, and her moments of insight into the dharma. The more you read these haiku, the more their wisdom will emerge. Part II: Pickles and Tea contains reminiscences and anecdotes about Mitsu Suzuki by those who lived and studied with her at the San Francisco Zen Center; often these meetings took place in Mitsu's kitchen where she provided countless cups of tea, cookies, and homemade pickles as well as sage advice.
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
ISBN: 1930485824
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 141
Book Description
A White Tea Bowl is a selection of 100 haiku written by Mitsu Suzuki, the widow of Shunryu Suzuki Roshi, and published in celebration of her 100th birthday. The compelling introduction by Zen priest Norman Fischer describes the profound impact on her life and work of war in Japan and social upheaval in America. Part I: 100 Haiku presents a kaleidoscope of poems by Mitsu Suzuki that touch all aspects of her being: her dedication to the Buddha way, the loneliness of a widow's life, her generational role as "Candy Auntie," her sensitive attunement to nature, and her moments of insight into the dharma. The more you read these haiku, the more their wisdom will emerge. Part II: Pickles and Tea contains reminiscences and anecdotes about Mitsu Suzuki by those who lived and studied with her at the San Francisco Zen Center; often these meetings took place in Mitsu's kitchen where she provided countless cups of tea, cookies, and homemade pickles as well as sage advice.
Yoga Journal
Author: Spirit Dreamz Book
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781700194039
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
This Yoga Journal is perfect to be used as a planner journal, to-do list, diary or journal to keep track of your daily work and schedule. It can be used by children, students, schools and colleges and even adults. Specifications: - Large size: 6x9 inches wide - 120 pages of governing college - 120 high quality white paper This book or notebook is suitable for: Gifts for children and adults - Christmas gifts for all ages - Student gifts - Stationery gift sets - Use as a notebook or notebook and for The images, ideas, and much more....
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781700194039
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
This Yoga Journal is perfect to be used as a planner journal, to-do list, diary or journal to keep track of your daily work and schedule. It can be used by children, students, schools and colleges and even adults. Specifications: - Large size: 6x9 inches wide - 120 pages of governing college - 120 high quality white paper This book or notebook is suitable for: Gifts for children and adults - Christmas gifts for all ages - Student gifts - Stationery gift sets - Use as a notebook or notebook and for The images, ideas, and much more....
Atlantis Rising
Author: T. A. Barron
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101638605
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
From T.A. Barron, the New York Times bestselling author of the Merlin Saga, comes a new fantasy world about the origins of Atlantis, perfect for fans of The Lord of the Rings, Eragon, The Beyonders and Percy Jackson and the Olympians. In a magical land called Ellegandia, a young boy named Promi scrapes by, stealing pies, cakes and sweets to survive. But little does he know that his country is a pawn in an ages-old war between good and evil, battled both in the spirit realm and in the human world. Harboring secrets of his own, Promi teams up with a courageous girl named Atlanta and the two vow to save their land—and each other—no matter the cost. But their vow has greater repercussions than they ever could imagine—in fact, it may just bring about the creation of Atlantis, an island cut off from the rest of the world, where magic reigns supreme. With his trademark action, adventure, and poignancy,master of fantasy, T.A. Barron explores a new mythology—the origin of the legendary isle of Atlantis. This book is perfect for fans of Rick Riordan, Brandon Mull, Christopher Paolini and, of course, T. A. Barron’s Merlin Saga. Praise for T. A. Barron’s novels: “Brilliant, significant, and illuminating . . . an intense and profoundly spiritual adventure.”—Lloyd Alexander “A crescendo of miracles.”—Madeleine L’Engle “Interesting and august . . . compelling.”—The New York Times “In the best tradition . . . classic.”—Parents Magazine
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101638605
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
From T.A. Barron, the New York Times bestselling author of the Merlin Saga, comes a new fantasy world about the origins of Atlantis, perfect for fans of The Lord of the Rings, Eragon, The Beyonders and Percy Jackson and the Olympians. In a magical land called Ellegandia, a young boy named Promi scrapes by, stealing pies, cakes and sweets to survive. But little does he know that his country is a pawn in an ages-old war between good and evil, battled both in the spirit realm and in the human world. Harboring secrets of his own, Promi teams up with a courageous girl named Atlanta and the two vow to save their land—and each other—no matter the cost. But their vow has greater repercussions than they ever could imagine—in fact, it may just bring about the creation of Atlantis, an island cut off from the rest of the world, where magic reigns supreme. With his trademark action, adventure, and poignancy,master of fantasy, T.A. Barron explores a new mythology—the origin of the legendary isle of Atlantis. This book is perfect for fans of Rick Riordan, Brandon Mull, Christopher Paolini and, of course, T. A. Barron’s Merlin Saga. Praise for T. A. Barron’s novels: “Brilliant, significant, and illuminating . . . an intense and profoundly spiritual adventure.”—Lloyd Alexander “A crescendo of miracles.”—Madeleine L’Engle “Interesting and august . . . compelling.”—The New York Times “In the best tradition . . . classic.”—Parents Magazine
Journal Yoga Book
Author: Spirit Dreamz Book
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781700194121
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
This Yoga Journal is perfect to be used as a planner journal, to-do list, diary or journal to keep track of your daily work and schedule. It can be used by children, students, schools and colleges and even adults. Specifications: - Large size: 6x9 inches wide - 120 pages of governing college - 120 high quality white paper This book or notebook is suitable for: Gifts for children and adults - Christmas gifts for all ages - Student gifts - Stationery gift sets - Use as a notebook or notebook and for The images, ideas, and much more....
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781700194121
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
This Yoga Journal is perfect to be used as a planner journal, to-do list, diary or journal to keep track of your daily work and schedule. It can be used by children, students, schools and colleges and even adults. Specifications: - Large size: 6x9 inches wide - 120 pages of governing college - 120 high quality white paper This book or notebook is suitable for: Gifts for children and adults - Christmas gifts for all ages - Student gifts - Stationery gift sets - Use as a notebook or notebook and for The images, ideas, and much more....