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Flower of the Desert

Author : Antonio Negri
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 1438458487
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (384 download)

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Download or read book Flower of the Desert written by Antonio Negri and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2015-10-26 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A profound meditation on Leopardi’s art and thought as well as a reframing and reassertion of Negri’s own philosophical and political project of liberation. Antonio Negri, one of Italy’s most influential and controversial contemporary philosophers, offers in this book a radical new interpretation of the nineteenth-century Italian poet Giacomo Leopardi. For Negri, Leopardi is not the bitter, idealistic individualist of conventional literary history, but rather a profoundly materialist thinker who sees human solidarity as the only possible solution to the catastrophes of history and politics. Negri traces Leopardi’s resistance to the transcendental idealism of Kant and Hegel, with its emphasis on reason’s power to resolve real antagonisms into abstract syntheses, and his gradual development of a sophisticated poetic materialism focused on the constructive power of the imagination and its “true illusions.” Like Nietzsche (who admired him), Leopardi provides an alternative to modernity within modernity, expressing a force of rupture and recomposition—a uniquely Italian one—that is as relevant now as it was in the nineteenth century, and which connects to the theory of Empire as the political constitution of the present that Negri has elaborated in collaboration with Michael Hardt. Antonio Negri is the coauthor (with Michael Hardt) of Empire; Multitude: War and Democracy in the Age of Empire; and Commonwealth. Timothy S. Murphy is Houston-Truax-Wentz Professor of English at Oklahoma State University. He has translated several of Negri’s works, including Trilogy of Resistance; Books for Burning: Between Civil War and Democracy in 1970s Italy; and Subversive Spinoza: (Un)contemporary Variations.

Desert Flower

Author : Waris Dirie
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061952273
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (619 download)

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Download or read book Desert Flower written by Waris Dirie and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-06-06 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An “outstandingly dramatic and moving” memoir of fleeing a brutal girlhood in Somalia—and becoming a supermodel and UN special ambassador (Kirkus Reviews). To escape an arranged marriage to a sixty-year-old man, Waris Dirie ran away from her oppressive life in the African desert when she was barely in her teens, illiterate and impoverished, with nothing to her name but a tattered shawl. She traveled alone across the dangerous Somali desert to Mogadishu—the first leg of a remarkable journey that would take her to London, where she worked as a house servant; then to nearly every corner of the globe as an internationally renowned fashion model; and ultimately to New York City, where she became a human rights ambassador for the U.N. Poignant and powerfully told, Desert Flower is Waris’s extraordinary story. “Affecting and at times very entertaining . . . it is Dirie’s remarkable lack of narcissism or entitlement that makes her so captivating a raconteur.” —Publishers Weekly “Written with innocence and warmth, this book shows how one woman’s tragedy can help others.” —The New York Times Book Review “Waris’s story is one of remarkable courage. From the deserts of Somalia to the world of high fashion, she battles against oppression and emerges a real champion. She is the most beautiful inspiration to anyone.” —Elton John

Desert Flowers

Author : Paul Pen
Publisher : AmazonCrossing
ISBN 13 : 9781542046053
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (46 download)

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Download or read book Desert Flowers written by Paul Pen and published by AmazonCrossing. This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rose and Elmer have created an idyllic sanctuary for themselves and their five daughters in Mexico's Baja California desert. Out there in the middle of nowhere, blissfully cut off from the burdens of modern society, they're free to raise their beautiful family...and preserve its secret. And they're never giving it up. Then a young hiker named Rick comes looking for a place to stay. It's just for the night, he says--but long enough for Rose and Elmer to fear they've made a horrible mistake. As the stranger grows more intrusive and more suspicious, the couple know they must do what they can to protect themselves. What they don't know is that Rick has a secret, too. Soon, home and family will prove to be as cold and dark as the desert nights. And even with so many places to run, there's still no escape from the past that binds them.

The Arizona Low Desert Flower Garden

Author : Kirti Mathura
Publisher : Gibbs Smith
ISBN 13 : 1586858963
Total Pages : 145 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (868 download)

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Download or read book The Arizona Low Desert Flower Garden written by Kirti Mathura and published by Gibbs Smith. This book was released on 2007 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deserts pose a particularly difficult challenge to gardeners. Surprising toany desert newcomers, it is possible to have a beautifully invitingandscape in the desert and minimize the use of precious water resources. TheArizona Flowerscaper" offers the key to successful desert gardening and is aeneral understanding of the extreme climate, seasons, and soil conditions.hrough wise plant choices, gardens emerge that intrigue and delight, oftenith little maintenance involved. The illustrated plants can be viewedogether through a unique tri-cut format, showing the plant at maturity andith appropriate details of foliage or flora. Offering plant selections fromround the world, the "Arizona Flowerscaper" is an essential resource foresert gardeners everywhere.

Clementina's Cactus

Author : Ezra Jack Keats
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0451479572
Total Pages : 21 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (514 download)

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Download or read book Clementina's Cactus written by Ezra Jack Keats and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1999-06-01 with total page 21 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Keats departs from his traditional style for his one and only wordless picture book, Clementina's Cactus. Clementina and her father are out for a walk in the desert when Clementina discovers a lone cactus, all shriveled and prickly. But Clementina discovers there is something beautiful hiding inside that thick skin.

Desert Children

Author : Waris Dirie
Publisher : Virago
ISBN 13 : 0349006423
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (49 download)

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Download or read book Desert Children written by Waris Dirie and published by Virago. This book was released on 2014-11-20 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fashion model, UN ambassador and courageous spirit, Waris Dirie was born into a family of tribal desert nomads in Somalia. She told her story - enduring female circumcision at five years old; running away through the desert; being discovered by Terence Donovan and becoming a top fashion model - in her book, the worldwide bestseller, DESERT FLOWER. In DESERT DAWN she wrote about becoming a UN Special Ambassador against FGM (female genital mutilation) and returning to her family in Somalia. DESERT CHILDREN tells us how she and the journalist Corinna Milborn have investigated the practice of FGM in Europe - they estimate that up to 500,000 women and girls have undergone or are at risk of FGM. At the moment, France is the only European country in which offenders are convicted and no European country officially recognises the threat of genital mutilation as a reason for asylum. Here are the voices of women who have felt encouraged and emboldened by Waris Dirie's courage. They speak out for the first time and move us to action.

Georgia O'Keeffe, 1887-1986

Author : Britta Benke
Publisher : Taschen
ISBN 13 : 9783822858615
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (586 download)

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Download or read book Georgia O'Keeffe, 1887-1986 written by Britta Benke and published by Taschen. This book was released on 2000 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: About the idiosyncratic of O'Keeffe's career The art of American painter Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986) is splendid with color and laden with hidden sensuality. O'Keeffe's name rests mainly on the large-format flower pictures that have assured her an unusual place in the annals of art, between realist and abstract. >Our Basic Art Series study traces the idiosyncratic of O'Keeffe's career, and numerous illustrations document the most important periods in her lengthy life in art. About the series: Each book in TASCHEN's Basic Art series features: a detailed chronological summary of the life and oeuvre of the artist, covering his or her cultural and historical importance a concise biography approximately 100 illustrations with explanatory captions

Flores en El Desierto

Author : Paula Allen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780813044354
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (443 download)

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Download or read book Flores en El Desierto written by Paula Allen and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An account, including stunning photographs, of the search by some of the women of the town of Calama, Chile, for the remains of their loved ones who were murdered and "disappeared" by the Pinochet regime.

The Night Flower: The Blooming of the Saguaro Cactus

Author : Lara Hawthorne
Publisher : Candlewick Press
ISBN 13 : 153623284X
Total Pages : 33 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (362 download)

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Download or read book The Night Flower: The Blooming of the Saguaro Cactus written by Lara Hawthorne and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2024-01-09 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hawthorne delivers an exquisitely illustrated picture book about the Saguaro cactus which grows in the Sonoran desert in Arizona and its flower, which blooms only one night a year. Full color.

Shore Wildflowers of California, Oregon, and Washington

Author : Philip A. Munz
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520309014
Total Pages : 355 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book Shore Wildflowers of California, Oregon, and Washington written by Philip A. Munz and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-12-22 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1964.

Introduction to California Desert Wildflowers

Author : Philip Alexander Munz
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520236325
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (363 download)

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Download or read book Introduction to California Desert Wildflowers written by Philip Alexander Munz and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spring in the desert provides some of the most spectacular wildflowers shows in California, making this the perfect wildflower book to pack for a day in the Mojave or Colorado Deserts.

The Flower in the Desert

Author : Neil Del Strother
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780956347107
Total Pages : 81 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (471 download)

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Download or read book The Flower in the Desert written by Neil Del Strother and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Desert Flower and Desert Dawn Omnibus

Author : Waris Dirie
Publisher : Virago Press
ISBN 13 : 9781844081059
Total Pages : 470 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (81 download)

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Download or read book Desert Flower and Desert Dawn Omnibus written by Waris Dirie and published by Virago Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: * Inspirational, dramatic and extraordinary - the autobiography of a Somalian nomad circumcised at 5, sold in marriage at 13, who became an American model and is now at the young age of 30, the UN spokeswoman against circumcision

Cactus and Flower

Author : Sarah Williamson
Publisher : Abrams
ISBN 13 : 1683358465
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (833 download)

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Download or read book Cactus and Flower written by Sarah Williamson and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2020-04-07 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This bright, gentle, thoughtful picture book explores friendship and natural life cycles for readers young and old Cactus and Flower spend their days in the desert, side by side. They watch the sun come up; they watch the sun go down. They play with their animal friends. And they grow, slowly but surely. Then one day, Flower loses a petal. Cactus and Flower know what this means. But they know, too, that this is the way life goes: Slowly but surely, petals will fall, and new buds will bloom.

Desert Dawn

Author : Waris Dirie
Publisher : Virago Press
ISBN 13 : 9781844080083
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book Desert Dawn written by Waris Dirie and published by Virago Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fashion model, UN ambassador and courageous spirit, Waris Dirie is a remarkable woman, born into a traditional family of tribal desert nomads in Somalia. She told her story - enduring, at five years old, the ancient and savage custom of female circumcision; running away at twelve on foot through the desert in order to escape an arranged marriage; being discovered by Terence Donovan as she worked as a cleaner in London; and becoming a top fashion model - in her book, the worldwide bestseller, Desert Flower. Although Waris Dirie fled her homeland, she never forgot the country and culture that moulded her. The world of famine and violence, where women have no voice and no place - the very world that nearly destroyed her also gave her the tools to survive. She traces the roots of her courage, resilience and humour back to her motherland, and most particularly to her mother. Desert Dawn is the story of that return and a testimony to the stubborn fact that you can love something dearly and yet not love all that it represents. Desert Dawn is about coming home.

In Defense of Plants

Author : Matt Candeias
Publisher : Mango Media Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1642504548
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (425 download)

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Download or read book In Defense of Plants written by Matt Candeias and published by Mango Media Inc.. This book was released on 2021-03-16 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Study of Plants in a Whole New Light “Matt Candeias succeeds in evoking the wonder of plants with wit and wisdom.” ―James T. Costa, PhD, executive director, Highlands Biological Station and author of Darwin's Backyard #1 New Release in Nature & Ecology, Plants, Botany, Horticulture, Trees, Biological Sciences, and Nature Writing & Essays In his debut book, internationally-recognized blogger and podcaster Matt Candeias celebrates the nature of plants and the extraordinary world of plant organisms. A botanist’s defense. Since his early days of plant restoration, this amateur plant scientist has been enchanted with flora and the greater environmental ecology of the planet. Now, he looks at the study of plants through the lens of his ever-growing houseplant collection. Using gardening, houseplants, and examples of plants around you, In Defense of Plants changes your relationship with the world from the comfort of your windowsill. The ruthless, horny, and wonderful nature of plants. Understand how plants evolve and live on Earth with a never-before-seen look into their daily drama. Inside, Candeias explores the incredible ways plants live, fight, have sex, and conquer new territory. Whether a blossoming botanist or a professional plant scientist, In Defense of Plants is for anyone who sees plants as more than just static backdrops to more charismatic life forms. In this easily accessible introduction to the incredible world of plants, you’ll find: • Fantastic botanical histories and plant symbolism • Passionate stories of flora diversity and scientific names of plant organisms • Personal tales of plantsman discovery through the study of plants If you enjoyed books like The Botany of Desire, What a Plant Knows, or The Soul of an Octopus, then you’ll love In Defense of Plants.

The Flower in the Desert

Author : Neil Del Strother
Publisher : Neil del Strother
ISBN 13 : 9780956347138
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (471 download)

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Download or read book The Flower in the Desert written by Neil Del Strother and published by Neil del Strother. This book was released on 2009-10-01 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In just under three hours this short allegorical novel will take you from the busy-ness of your mind into the peace of your heart. It is a deeply healing book, full of tenderness and love, about listening to and following your heart. Brandon Bays, International Bestselling Author of The Journey, says: Neil guides us on a trip through life's emotions and illustrates the gift of love available to each of us when we open and surrender in our worst fears and realise the gift therein. Read this and be inspired. This book compares to the work of Antoine de Saint-Exupery, Khalil Gibran, Paulo Coelho, Marilynne Robinson and Richard Bach. It echoes the essential nature of the journey we all share - a journey with no beginning and no end; a journey that is, in truth, not a journey at all. Jonathan Horwitz, co-director of the Scandinavian Centre for Shamanic Studies, says the book is: A beautiful allegory for our times of the seasons of our lives, of re-empowerment, and what it really means to be alive. This is a story to share with those you love. This book is appropriate for all ages - adults, young people and children. Mainly through word of mouth it's selling very well in the UK, mainland Europe and the US. It is also a school reader in northern Italy. For further details and to buy a hardcopy version of the book see: www.theflowerinthedesert.com