A House Made Of Light

Author : George E. Toles
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780814329467
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A House Made of Light written by George E. Toles and published by Wayne State University Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the lights go down and the film starts to roll, we give ourselves over to the magic of movies. But as George Toles observes, what we experience in this house of light may strike closer to home than we imagine. In eleven essays, Toles combines aesthetic inquiry with a psychology of spectatorship to illuminate the dialogue between sentiment and irony that unfolds in every good movie. Reflecting a literary critic's and professional screenwriter's ongoing love affair with cinema, each essay plunges the reader into the experience of one or more films, inviting us to ponder the nature and implications of that experience. Toles considers a wide variety of film experience, from Frank Capra to the Coen brothers to Alfred Hitchcock. However escapist a trip to the movies might be, says Toles, there is no escaping some version of "home" in every film experience. Toles examines important homes-from the cottage in Random Harvest to the foreboding Bates house in Psycho-to suggest that the house of film is a frame we long to enter in the spirit of homecoming but one that we cannot possess any more securely than the lost home of our beginnings. As film study marks a return to art-centered criticism, A House Made of Light breaks new ground in its assessment of the creation-and enjoyment-of movies.

Author : Mark Major
Publisher : Birkhäuser
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Made of Light written by Mark Major and published by Birkhäuser. This book was released on 2005 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our visual experience and emotional reaction to buildings is shaped by the control of light and shadow. Light is increasingly integrated into the fabric of buildings and becomes a part of the architecture. This book investigates the basic properties and qualities of light, presents a sketchbook of ideas and observations, and includes an in-depth interview.

Author : Mary Oliver
Publisher : Beacon Press
ISBN 13 : 0807095397
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book House of Light written by Mary Oliver and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 2012-03-28 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of poems by Mary Oliver once again invites the reader to step across the threshold of ordinary life into a world of natural and spiritual luminosity. Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life? —Mary Oliver, "The Summer Day" (one of the poems in this volume) Winner of a 1991 Christopher Award Winner of the 1991 Boston Globe Lawrence L. Winship Book Award

Author : Andrea Perron
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1491829885
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book House of Darkness House of Light written by Andrea Perron and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2014-08-11 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Roger and Carolyn Perron purchased the home of their dreams and eventual nightmares in December of 1970. The Arnold Estate, located just beyond the village of Harrisville, Rhode Island seemed the idyllic setting in which to raise a family. The couple unwittingly moved their five young daughters into the ancient and mysterious farmhouse. Secrets were kept and then revealed within a space shared by mortal and immortal alike. Time suddenly became irrelevant; fractured by spirits making their presence known then dispersing into the ether. The house is a portal to the past and a passage to the future. This is a sacred story of spiritual enlightenment, told some thirty years hence. The family is now somewhat less reticent to divulge a closely-guarded experience. Their odyssey is chronicled by the eldest sibling and is an unabridged account of a supernatural excursion. Ed and Lorraine Warren investigated this haunting in a futile attempt to intervene on their behalf. They consider the Perron family saga to be one of the most compelling and significant of a famously ghost-storied career as paranormal researchers. During a seance gone horribly wrong, they unleashed an unholy hostess; the spirit called Bathsheba; a God-forsaken soul. Perceiving herself to be the mistress of the house, she did not appreciate the competition. Carolyn had long been under siege; overt threats issued in the form of fire…a mother's greatest fear. It transformed the woman in unimaginable ways. After nearly a decade the family left a once beloved home behind though it will never leave them, as each remains haunted by a memory. This tale is an inspiring testament to the resilience of the human spirit on a pathway of discovery: an eternal journey for the living and the dead.

Author : Sherry Petersik
Publisher : Artisan
ISBN 13 : 1579656765
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Young House Love written by Sherry Petersik and published by Artisan. This book was released on 2015-07-14 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This New York Times bestselling book is filled with hundreds of fun, deceptively simple, budget-friendly ideas for sprucing up your home. With two home renovations under their (tool) belts and millions of hits per month on their blog YoungHouseLove.com, Sherry and John Petersik are home-improvement enthusiasts primed to pass on a slew of projects, tricks, and techniques to do-it-yourselfers of all levels. Packed with 243 tips and ideas—both classic and unexpected—and more than 400 photographs and illustrations, this is a book that readers will return to again and again for the creative projects and easy-to-follow instructions in the relatable voice the Petersiks are known for. Learn to trick out a thrift-store mirror, spice up plain old roller shades, "hack" your Ikea table to create three distinct looks, and so much more.

Author : United States. Light-House Board
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 92 pages
Book Rating : 4.0W/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Annual Report of the Light-House Board of the United States to the Secretary of the Treasury for the Fiscal Year Ended written by United States. Light-House Board and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. Light-House Board
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 498 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Annual Report of the Light-House Board of the United States to the Secretary of the Treasury written by United States. Light-House Board and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : William Monahan
Publisher : Odyssey Editions
ISBN 13 : 1623730104
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Light House: A Trifle written by William Monahan and published by Odyssey Editions. This book was released on 2013-02-05 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A hilarious farce, in which a coastal New England hotel, the reader’s expectations, and possibly The Novel itself, are turned inside out by an outrageous cast of characters, a mutinous Author, and the onset of a disastrous storm.

Author : Derek “Deek” Diedricksen
Publisher : Storey Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1612123538
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Microshelters written by Derek “Deek” Diedricksen and published by Storey Publishing. This book was released on 2015-08-25 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you dream of living in a tiny house, or creating a getaway in the backwoods or your backyard, you’ll love this gorgeous collection of creative and inspiring ideas for tiny houses, cabins, forts, studios, and other microshelters. Created by a wide array of builders and designers around the United States and beyond, these 59 unique and innovative structures show you the limits of what is possible. Each is displayed in full-color photographs accompanied by commentary by the author. In addition, Diedricksen includes six sets of building plans by leading designers to help you get started on a microshelter of your own. You’ll also find guidelines on building with recycled and salvaged materials, plus techniques for making your small space comfortable and easy to inhabit.

Author : United States. Light-House Board
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 840 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Report of the Officers Constituting the Light-house Board written by United States. Light-House Board and published by . This book was released on 1852 with total page 840 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: