William Humphrey

Author : Bert Almon
Publisher : University of North Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 9781574410440
Total Pages : 490 pages
Book Rating : 4.4X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book William Humphrey written by Bert Almon and published by University of North Texas Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first full-length study of the life and writings of the Texas novelist, William Humphrey, who died August 21, 1997. Based on research in Humphrey's vast archives at the University of Texas, it provides the first full picture of his life and identifies many untraced sources of his work. The guiding principle is an exploration of Humphrey's satire on life-destroying myths: the myths of the hunter, the South, the cowboy hero, the Depression-era outlaw, and, supremely, the myth of Texas. To his dismay, Humphrey was often seen as a celebrator of these myths.

Author : William Humphrey
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1504006356
Total Pages : 58 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book My Moby Dick written by William Humphrey and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2015-02-17 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the acclaimed author of Home from the Hill and The Ordways comes a charming and erudite account of what happens when the fish hooks the fisherman In the Berkshire mountains, novelist and avid outdoorsman William Humphrey discovers a gigantic, one-eyed brown trout lazing in the shallows of a roadside stream. Between three and four feet long and weighing more than thirty pounds, it is a fish too big not to be fished for. It is also, therefore, a fish too big to be caught. Yet Humphrey resolves to do just that, and with a dry fly, no less. What follows is a season-long pursuit of the impossible as the amateur angler practices his technique, devises schemes for getting old One-eye to bite, and steels himself for the climactic showdown. Man and trout will find that they have much to learn from each other. One of the finest fishing stories ever published, My Moby Dick is a small masterpiece about a whale of a fish. This ebook features an illustrated biography of William Humphrey including rare photos form the author’s estate.

Author : William Humphrey
Publisher : LSU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780807121610
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bad Girls at Samarcand written by William Humphrey and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 1997-05-01 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ?

Author : William Humphrey
Publisher : Delta
ISBN 13 : 9780385300797
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book No Resting Place written by William Humphrey and published by Delta. This book was released on 1990 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recreates the circumstances that befell a young Cherokee doctor on the "Trail of Tears" march to a Georgia internment camp.

Author : William Humphrey
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1504006313
Total Pages : 341 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Collected Stories of William Humphrey written by William Humphrey and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2015-02-17 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essential anthology of early short fiction by an American master Set primarily in Texas and Oklahoma during the Great Depression, these extraordinary stories display the unique blend of irony, nostalgia, and sharp-edged lyricism that established William Humphrey as one of America’s finest chroniclers of small-town life. In “The Last Husband,” a bright-eyed newlywed bears witness to the cynical intrigues of an older married couple. “The Human Fly” is the darkly humorous story of a young man’s misguided attempt to create a new identity for himself in the rural Texas community where his name has become a running joke. “Quail for Mr. Forester” is the tender and precisely detailed portrait of a young Southern boy yearning for the glorious past he never knew. In “The Rainmaker,” a self-proclaimed professor of the elements is tarred, feathered, and run out of town for raising a dust storm instead of delivering the promised downpour. He escapes across the Red River and finally succeeds in bringing an end to the drought, only to be forced to flee yet again when a three-day deluge results in disastrous flooding. Marked by the same originality and artistry that distinguished Home from the Hill and The Ordways as two of the finest novels in American literature, The Collected Stories of William Humphrey is a testament to the breathtaking scope of its author’s vision and the graceful precision of his craft. This ebook features an illustrated biography of William Humphrey including rare photos form the author’s estate.

Author : Betty G. Birney
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101100109
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The World According to Humphrey written by Betty G. Birney and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2005-05-05 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first book in the series about everyone's favorite classroom pet! You can learn a lot about life by observing another species. That’s what Humphrey was told when he was first brought to Room 26. And boy, is it true! In addition to having FUN-FUN-FUN in class, each weekend this amazing hamster gets to sleep over with a different student, like Lower-Your-Voice-A.J. and Speak-Up-Sayeh. Soon Humphrey learns to read, write, and even shoot rubber bands (only in self-defense, of course). With lots of friends to help, adventures to enjoy, and a cage with a lock-that-doesn’t- lock, Humphrey's life is almost perfect. If only the teacher, Mrs. Brisbane, wasn’t out to get him! Boys and girls can't help falling in love with Humphrey! Kids will be eager to get their paws on all 12 books in the series!

Author : Andrew N. Sherwood
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134926219
Total Pages : 616 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Greek and Roman Technology: A Sourcebook written by Andrew N. Sherwood and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-10-04 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this volume the authors translate and annotate key passages from ancient authors to provide a history and an analysis of the origins and development of technology. Among the topics covered are: * energy * basic mechanical devices * agriculture * food processing and diet * mining and metallurgy * construction and hydraulic engineering * household industry * transport and trade * military technology. The sourcebook presents 150 ancient authors and a diverse range of literary genres, such as, the encyclopedic Natural Histories of Pliny the Elder, the poetry of Homer and Hesiod, the philosophy of Plato, Aristotle and Lucretius and the agricultural treatise of Varro. Humphrey, Oleson and Sherwood provide a comprehensive and accessible collection of rich and varied sources to illustrate and elucidate the beginnings of technology. Glossaries of technological terminology, indices of authors and subjects, introductions outlining the general significance of the evidence, notes to explain the specific details, and a recent bibliography make this volume a valuable research and teaching tool.

Author : Nicholas Humphrey
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674038908
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Seeing Red written by Nicholas Humphrey and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-06-30 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A brilliantly inventive account of the evolution of consciousness, the best yet” (Paul Broks, Prospect). “Consciousness matters. Arguably it matters more than anything. The purpose of this book is to build towards an explanation of just what the matter is.” Nicholas Humphrey begins this compelling exploration of the biggest of big questions with a challenge to the reader, and himself. What’s involved in “seeing red”? What is it like for us to see someone else seeing something red? Seeing a red screen tells us a fact about something in the world. But it also creates a new fact—a sensation in each of our minds, the feeling of redness. And that’s the mystery. Conventional science so far hasn’t told us what conscious sensations are made of, or how we get access to them, or why we have them at all. From an evolutionary perspective, what’s the point of consciousness? Humphrey offers a daring and novel solution, arguing that sensations are not things that happen to us, they are things we do—originating in our primordial ancestors’ expressions of liking or disgust. Tracing the evolutionary trajectory through to human beings, he shows how this has led to sensations playing the key role in the human sense of Self. The Self, as we now know it from within, seems to have fascinating other-worldly properties. It leads us to believe in mind-body duality and the existence of a soul. And such beliefs—even if mistaken—can be highly adaptive, because they increase the value we place on our own and others’ lives. “Consciousness matters,” Humphrey concludes with striking paradox, “because it is its function to matter. It has been designed to create in human beings a Self whose life is worth pursuing.” Praise for Seeing Red “A wonderful amalgam of science, philosophy, and art. [Seeing Red] is based on deep knowledge of visual processing by the brain and poetic understanding of human experience. This is a remarkable achievement.” —Richard Gregory, Emeritus Professor of Neuropsychology, University of Bristol, and editor of The Oxford Companion to the Mind “A brief, brilliant, and wonderfully lucid contribution to consciousness studies. By combining empirical scientific method, evolutionary theory, and a sensitive appreciation of the arts, Nicholas Humphrey argues plausibly that the “hard problem” of consciousness—the difficulty of explaining the connection between the material brain and the phenomenon of individual selfhood—may itself be the answer to a bigger question: what makes us human?”—David Lodge, author of Consciousness and the Novel: Connected Essays “Illustrating his argument with the musings of poets and painters, Humphrey stylishly inspires curiosity about consciousness.” —Gilbert Taylor, Booklist

Author : Jan Wahl
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780805078879
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Humphrey's Bear written by Jan Wahl and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2005-05 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Humphrey has wonderful adventures with his toy bear after they go to bed at night, just as his father did before him.

Author : Betty G. Birney
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0142426695
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mysteries According to Humphrey written by Betty G. Birney and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-08-01 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: EEK-EEK-EEK! Mrs. Brisbane is missing! Humphrey has always investigated things, like why Speak-Up-Sayeh was so quiet and Tall-Paul and Small-Paul didn't get along, but this is a true mystery--Mrs. Brisbane is missing! She just didn't show up in Room 26 one morning and no one told Humphrey why. The class has a substitute teacher, called Mr. E., but he's no Mrs. Brisbane. Humphrey has just learned about Sherlock Holmes, so he vows to be just as SMART-SMART-SMART about collecting clues and following leads to solve the mystery of Mrs. Brisbane (and a few others along the way). Nominated for twenty-four state awards and the winner of seven, the Humphrey series is a hit across the country.