The Grass Library

Author : David Brooks
Publisher : Brandl & Schlesinger
ISBN 13 : 0648202798
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Grass Library written by David Brooks and published by Brandl & Schlesinger. This book was released on 2019 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A philosophical and poetic journey recounting the author’s relationship with his four sheep and other animals in his home in the Blue Mountains. Both memoir and eloquent testament to animal rights. 'One of the most beautifully written books about animals I have ever read. I know of nothing else like it published in this or any other country. Deep, sensitive, charming, instructive and above all, humble. I cannot imagine anyone reading it without coming away in some profound sense altered.' — Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson, author of When Elephants Weep '...a gorgeous book. Anyone who loves animals will be enchanted…but it’s a book that will challenge your thinking as well...highly recommended.' — ANZ LitLovers LitBlog

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Publisher : Transaction Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781412837057
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Grass Lark written by and published by Transaction Publishers. This book was released on with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is remarkable how persistent a "minor" writer may be. He may lack the large vision and universal message of the great writer, but instead possess a clear, true, intense view of particular places, peoples, and situations that renders his work unique and irreplacable. Lafcadio Hearn (18501904) is such a figure in American literature. Best known as a scholar of Japanese culture, Hearn was a remarkable journalist, translator, travel writer, and perhaps second only to Poe in the literature of the macabre and supernatural. Hearn's life, as strange and colorful as his work, is brilliantly recounted in Elizabeth Stevenson's sensitive and sympathetic biography. The range of Hearn's writing is reflected in the peripatetic course of his life. The son of an Irish father and a Greek mother, he was born on the Ionian island of Leucadia, was raised in Dublin, and came to America at the age of nineteen. His early career was spent as a journalist. Without a trace of condescension or pity he entered into the lives of the dock workers of Cincinnati, the Creoles of New Orleans and Martinique, and later the common villagers of Japan, describing how they lived and worked and what they believed. No mere seeker after the exotic, Hearn's immersion in Japanese culture following his emigration in 1890 was born of a profound affinity of mind and sensibility. In Japan, the clarity and force of his expression matured. Here Hearn found a beautifully ordered, artistically sensitive society, but one indifferent to individualism. In later years, he saw a society also increasingly susceptible to modern forces of authoritarianism, militarism, and xenophobia. Horrified by the dehumanizing potential of these forces, in East and West alike, Hearn remained acutely sensitive to the most minute experience. His study of Japanese folklore and his retelling of its tales and ghost stories combine insight into the universals of the larger human world with an exquisite appreciation of how small things matter. Elizabeth Stevenson's book is as much about the writer as the man. While giving an accurate measure of the scale of Hearn's achievement, she makes a compelling case for its artistry. Her reading demonstrates that his writings are not mere aids to the understanding of various cultures but ends in themselves. Hearn did not just translate the folklore of other cultures, he recreated it. The Grass Lark will interest literary scholars, American studies specialists, and folklorists. Elizabeth Stevenson held a variety of positions during her working life. She found a home at Emory University and retired as Candler Professor of American Studies in its graduate division, The Institute of the Liberal Arts. She is the author of Henry Adams and Babbitts and Bohemians, both available from Transaction.

Author : Markus Neteler
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1402080654
Total Pages : 415 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Open Source GIS: A GRASS GIS Approach written by Markus Neteler and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-01-17 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the first edition of Open Source GIS: A GRASS GIS Approach was published in 2002, GRASS has undergone major improvements. This second edition includes numerous updates related to the new development; its text is based on the GRASS 5.3 version from December 2003. Besides changes related to GRASS 5.3 enhancements, the introductory chapters have been re-organized, providing more extensive information on import of external data. Most of the improvements in technical accuracy and clarity were based on valuable feedback from readers. Open Source GIS: A GRASS GIS Approach, Second Edition, provides updated information about the use of GRASS, including geospatial modeling with raster, vector, and site data, image processing, visualization, and coupling with other open source tools for geostatistical analysis and web applications. A brief introduction to programming within GRASS encourages new development. The sample data set used throughout the book has been updated and is available on the GRASS web site. This book also includes links to sites where the GRASS software and on-line reference manuals can be downloaded and additional applications can be viewed.

Author : Charles Leslie
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 548 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Defence of a Book Intituled, The Snake in the Grass written by Charles Leslie and published by . This book was released on 1700 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Mark Doty
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 1324006056
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book What Is the Grass: Walt Whitman in My Life written by Mark Doty and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2020-04-14 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “[An] incisive, personal mediation.” —New York Times Book Review Mark Doty has always felt haunted by Walt Whitman’s perennially new American voice, and by his equally radical claims about body and soul. In What Is the Grass, Doty effortlessly blends biography, criticism, and memoir to keep company with Whitman and his Leaves of Grass, tracing the resonances between his own experience and the legendary poet’s life and work.

Author : Molly Blaisdell
Publisher : Capstone
ISBN 13 : 9781404822924
Total Pages : 38 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Grass Patch Project written by Molly Blaisdell and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2008 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A story about classmates who try to grow grass for a contest teaches young readers about grasses.

Author : California State Library
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1086 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book News Notes of California Libraries written by California State Library and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 1086 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vols. for 1971- include annual reports and statistical summaries.

Author : Joanne Mattern
Publisher : Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
ISBN 13 : 9780836863314
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How Grass Grows written by Joanne Mattern and published by Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP. This book was released on 2005-12-15 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents information on the growth of grass, including its growth from seeds and the way that its structure allows it to grow back after being cut.

Author : Maria Thompson Daviess
Publisher : Wentworth Press
ISBN 13 : 9780526151141
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Blue Grass and Broadway written by Maria Thompson Daviess and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2019-02-27 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Stacey Greenwell
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1440878706
Total Pages : 361 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Library Programs and Services written by Stacey Greenwell and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2023-06-15 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ninth edition of this popular overview of the various programs and services offered by libraries offers best practice and useful tips for implementing them effectively. Building on the strong foundation of the previous editions, award-winning author G. Edward Evans returns with a new co-author, Stacey Greenwell, for this update that combines their signature style of textbook readability, informality, and sometimes humor, as well as their knack for balancing foundational topics and new trends. A new feature in this edition is the incorporation of the concept of "library social work" through "Social Work Connections" sidebars in each chapter. Anecdotes throughout the text and "Career Connections" sidebars offer practical advice and specific current examples. Greenwell and Evans have combined several chapters from the previous edition and expanded discussions of new trends while retaining and updating the fundamentals. The ninth edition is a welcome update for library and information science courses and a valuable handbook for public services librarians.