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Epic Geography

Author : Michael A. Seidel
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400856906
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book Epic Geography written by Michael A. Seidel and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2014-07-14 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In proposing that places, movements, and directions are deeply implicated in the narrative structure of Ulysses, Michael Seidel contends that Joyce recreates in Dublin the significant epic geography of the Odyssey. The author demonstrates how Joyce adjusts the spaces of Ulysses to accommodate the three theaters of Homeric action as mapped by Victor Berard's Lex Pheniciens et I'Odyssee. Originally published in 1976. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

The Geography of Risk

Author : Gilbert M. Gaul
Publisher : Sarah Crichton Books
ISBN 13 : 0374718520
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (747 download)

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Download or read book The Geography of Risk written by Gilbert M. Gaul and published by Sarah Crichton Books. This book was released on 2019-09-03 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This century has seen the costliest hurricanes in U.S. history—but who bears the brunt of these monster storms? Consider this: Five of the most expensive hurricanes in history have made landfall since 2005: Katrina ($160 billion), Ike ($40 billion), Sandy ($72 billion), Harvey ($125 billion), and Maria ($90 billion). With more property than ever in harm’s way, and the planet and oceans warming dangerously, it won’t be long before we see a $250 billion hurricane. Why? Because Americans have built $3 trillion worth of property in some of the riskiest places on earth: barrier islands and coastal floodplains. And they have been encouraged to do so by what Gilbert M. Gaul reveals in The Geography of Risk to be a confounding array of federal subsidies, tax breaks, low-interest loans, grants, and government flood insurance that shift the risk of life at the beach from private investors to public taxpayers, radically distorting common notions of risk. These federal incentives, Gaul argues, have resulted in one of the worst planning failures in American history, and the costs to taxpayers are reaching unsustainable levels. We have become responsible for a shocking array of coastal amenities: new roads, bridges, buildings, streetlights, tennis courts, marinas, gazebos, and even spoiled food after hurricanes. The Geography of Risk will forever change the way you think about the coasts, from the clash between economic interests and nature, to the heated politics of regulators and developers.

The Dragon Daughter and Other Lin Lan Fairy Tales

Author : Juwen Zhang
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691225060
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (912 download)

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Download or read book The Dragon Daughter and Other Lin Lan Fairy Tales written by Juwen Zhang and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2022-03-08 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A delightful collection of modern Chinese tales The Dragon Daughter and Other Lin Lan Fairy Tales brings together forty-two magical Chinese tales, most appearing for the first time in English. These stories have been carefully selected from more than a thousand originally published in the early twentieth century under the pseudonyms Lin Lan and Lady Lin Lan—previously unknown in the West, and now acclaimed as the Brothers Grimm of China. The birth of the tales began in 1924, when one author, Li Xiaofeng, published a set of literary stories under the Lin Lan pen name, an alias that would eventually be shared by an editorial team. Together, this group gathered fairy tales (tonghua) from rural regions across China. Combining traditional oral Chinese narratives with elements from the West, the selections in this collection represent different themes and genres—from folk legends to comic tales. Characters fall for fairies, experience predestined love, and have love/hate relationships with siblings. Garden snails and snakes transform into cooking girls, and dragon daughters construct houses. An introduction offers historical and social context for understanding the role that the Lin Lan stories played in modern China. Appendixes include information on tale types and biographies of the writers and contributors. The Dragon Daughter and Other Lin Lan Fairy Tales is a captivating testament to the power of storytelling.

Map Types

Author : Ann Becker
Publisher : Crabtree Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9780778742692
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (426 download)

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Download or read book Map Types written by Ann Becker and published by Crabtree Publishing Company. This book was released on 2009 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Map Types examines what maps are and how different maps are created and used. The book features beautiful color images, stunning historic and contemporary maps, and easy-to-follow text.

Mississippi

Author : Amy Van Zee
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781602534681
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (346 download)

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Download or read book Mississippi written by Amy Van Zee and published by . This book was released on 2010-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the customs, people, and places of Mississippi. Maps and symbols are included to enrich the student's understanding of geography and state identity.

Mapping Europe

Author : Paul Rockett
Publisher : Mapping the Continents
ISBN 13 : 9780778726159
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (261 download)

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Download or read book Mapping Europe written by Paul Rockett and published by Mapping the Continents. This book was released on 2016-08-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "First published in 2015 by The Watts Publishing Group"--Title page verso.

Geography, Topography, Landscape

Author : Marios Skempis
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3110315319
Total Pages : 568 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book Geography, Topography, Landscape written by Marios Skempis and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2013-12-12 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By introducing a multifaceted approach to epic geography, the editors of the volume wish to provide a critical assessment of spatial perception, of its repercussions on shaping narrative as well as of its discursive traits and cultural contexts. Taking the genre-specific boundaries of Greco-Roman epic poetry as a case in point, a team of international scholars examines issues that lie at the heart of modern criticism on human geography. Modern and ancient discourse on space representations revolves around the nation-shaping force of geography, the gendered dynamics of landscapes, the topography of isolation and integration, the politics of imperialism, globalization, environmentalism as well as the power of language and narrative to turn space into place. One of the major aims of the volume is to show that the world of the Classics is not just the origin, but the essence of current debates on spatial constructions and reconstructions.

Map Parts

Author : Kate Torpie
Publisher : Crabtree Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9780778742685
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (426 download)

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Download or read book Map Parts written by Kate Torpie and published by Crabtree Publishing Company. This book was released on 2009 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the fascinating world of maps.

The Pomegranates and Other Modern Italian Fairy Tales

Author :
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 069122465X
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (912 download)

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Download or read book The Pomegranates and Other Modern Italian Fairy Tales written by and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2021-09-14 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of magical Italian folk and fairy tales—most in English for the first time The Pomegranates and Other Modern Italian Fairy Tales presents twenty magical stories published between 1875 and 1914, following Italy’s political unification. In those decades of political and social change, folklorists collected fairy tales from many regions of the country while influential writers invented original narratives in standard Italian, drawing on traditional tales in local dialects, and translated others from France. This collection features a range of these entertaining jewels from such authors as Carlo Collodi, most celebrated for the novel Pinocchio, and Domenico Comparetti, regarded as the Italian Grimm, to Grazia Deledda, the only Italian woman to have received the Nobel Prize in Literature. With one exception, all of these tales are appearing in English for the first time. The stories in this volume are linked by themes of metamorphosis: a man turns into a lion, a dove, and an ant; a handsome youth emerges from a pig’s body; and three lovely women rise out of the rinds of pomegranates. There are also more introspective transformations: a self-absorbed princess learns about manners, a melancholy prince finds joy again, and a complacent young woman discovers gratitude. Cristina Mazzoni provides a comprehensive introduction that situates the tales in their cultural and historical context. The collection also includes period illustrations and biographical notes about the authors. Filled with adventures, supernatural and fantastic events, and brave and flawed protagonists, The Pomegranates and Other Modern Italian Fairy Tales will delight, surprise, and astonish.

Wild Animal Atlas

Author :
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 1426307276
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (263 download)

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Download or read book Wild Animal Atlas written by and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2010 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Combines informational text, facts, maps, and photographs to teach children about geography, animals, habitats, endangered species, and more.

Everything Mythology

Author : B. A. Hoena
Publisher : Everything
ISBN 13 : 1426314981
Total Pages : 66 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (263 download)

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Download or read book Everything Mythology written by B. A. Hoena and published by Everything. This book was released on 2014 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Battle mysterious monsters, join a quest with a courageous hero, and feast and frolic with the gods [in this introduction to mythology around the world]"--Page 4 of cover.

Epic

Author : Herbert F. Tucker
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199232997
Total Pages : 748 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (992 download)

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Download or read book Epic written by Herbert F. Tucker and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-11-29 with total page 748 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Literary history has conventionally viewed Milton as the last real practitioner of the epic in English verse. Herbert Tucker's spirited book shows that the British tradition of epic poetry was unbroken from the French Revolution to World War I.

Europe

Author : Mary Lindeen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781503824973
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (249 download)

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Download or read book Europe written by Mary Lindeen and published by . This book was released on 2018-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Text and photographs introduce the geography, people, culture, and animals of Europe.

The Epic

Author : Anthony Welch
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192514326
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (925 download)

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Download or read book The Epic written by Anthony Welch and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2024-10-29 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring The epic is an ancient and universal form of artistic expression. Storytellers around the globe have long told of heroes who are touched by greatness and win lasting fame. These sprawling heroic tales convey the grandeur and pain of human life. They have been preserved for millennia in Sumerian clay tablets, Egyptian papyrus rolls, fragmentary manuscripts salvaged from European monasteries, oral traditions in Africa and Central Asia, and contemporary poetry and film. In this Very Short Introduction, Anthony Welch places the Western epic canon alongside traditional heroic poetry from Asia, Africa, and the Near East. Tracing shared themes and practices that unite the world's epic literature, the author asks what roles epic poets serve in society and how do they differ from other narrative forms. Welch argues that the epic confronts key aspects of the human condition - heroism, community, sacrifice, death - with special force and urgency. Ranging widely from Gilgamesh to Derek Walcott's Omeros, this book acquaints readers with some of the world's greatest literary works and asks why the epic holds such power over our imaginations. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.

Physical Maps

Author : Ellen Rodger
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780778744924
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (449 download)

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Download or read book Physical Maps written by Ellen Rodger and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maps can show more than just citiesthey can also show you what the landscape looks like in different areas. Children will learn how colors and symbols are used to represent different physical features such as bodies of water, mountains, and deserts.

Map My Community

Author : Harriet Brundle
Publisher : Mapping My World
ISBN 13 : 9780778750123
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book Map My Community written by Harriet Brundle and published by Mapping My World. This book was released on 2018-08-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "First published by Book Life in 2018"--Copyright page.

Where Am I?

Author : Bobbie Kalman
Publisher : My World
ISBN 13 : 9781427110725
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Where Am I? written by Bobbie Kalman and published by My World. This book was released on 2011-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fun book introduces readers to basic geography words. On each page, a child gives clues to the kind of landform they are sitting on. Then they ask the question, "Where am I?" Young readers learn about mountains, caves, deserts, and other things in our natural world. An activity at the ends asks readers to match photos with their landform names.