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Life Above the Clouds

Author : Steven DeLay
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 1438492138
Total Pages : 514 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (384 download)

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Download or read book Life Above the Clouds written by Steven DeLay and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2023-02-01 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leaving a promising career in academic philosophy to embark on a career in film, American director Terrence Malick has created cinematic works of art that are also deeply philosophical. His contribution to philosophy through a half century of filmmaking has become the focus of increasing scholarly attention. Inviting the reader along a journey of reflections at the intersection of film, art, and philosophy, Life Above the Clouds brings together an international team of contributors to present the most current and definitive statement of the filmmaker's work. Accessibly written and exploring films such as Badlands, Days of Heaven, The Thin Red Line, The New World, The Tree of Life, To the Wonder, Knight of Cups, Song to Song, and A Hidden Life, the nineteen essays herein will be of interest not only to scholars and students of philosophy, theology, film studies, and aesthetics, but also to anyone with a true love of film.

Above the Clouds

Author : Anatoli Boukreev
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1250097487
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Above the Clouds written by Anatoli Boukreev and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2015-09-08 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A breathtaking and lavishly illustrated autobiography in essays on Anatoli Boukreev, the late world-famous mountaineer and author of The Climb. When Anatoli Boukreev died on the slopes of Annapurna on Christmas day, 1997, the world lost one of the greatest adventurers of our time. In Above the Clouds, both the man and his incredible climbs on Mt. McKinley, K2, Makalu, Manaslu, and Everest-including his diary entries on the infamous 1996 disaster, written shortly after his return-are immortalized. There also are minute technical details about the skill of mountain climbing, as well as personal reflections on what life means to someone who risks it every day. Fully illustrated with gorgeous color photos, Above the Clouds is a unique and breathtaking look at the world from its most remote peaks.

Just Under the Clouds

Author : Melissa Sarno
Publisher : Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 1524720089
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (247 download)

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Download or read book Just Under the Clouds written by Melissa Sarno and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2018-06-05 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can you still have a home if you don't have a house? In the spirit of The Truth About Jellyfish and Fish in a Tree comes a stunning debut about a family struggling to find something lasting when everything feels so fleeting. Always think in threes and you'll never fall, Cora's father told her when she was a little girl. Two feet, one hand. Two hands, one foot. That was all Cora needed to know to climb the trees of Brooklyn. But now Cora is a middle schooler, a big sister, and homeless. Her mother is trying to hold the family together after her father's death, and Cora must look after her sister, Adare, who's just different, their mother insists. Quick to smile, Adare hates wearing shoes, rarely speaks, and appears untroubled by the question Cora can't help but ask: How will she find a place to call home? After their room at the shelter is ransacked, Cora's mother looks to an old friend for help, and Cora finally finds what she has been looking for: Ailanthus altissima, the "tree of heaven," which can grow in even the worst conditions. It sets her on a path to discover a deeper truth about where she really belongs. Just Under the Clouds will take root in your heart and blossom long after you've turned the last page. "[A] heartbreaking yet hopeful story of a family searching for a place to belong." --Publishers Weekly "[A] thought provoking debut about the meaning of home and the importance of family."--Horn Book Magazine

Above the Clouds: How I Carved My Own Path to the Top of the World

Author : Kilian Jornet
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0008412138
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Above the Clouds: How I Carved My Own Path to the Top of the World written by Kilian Jornet and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2020-09-03 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most accomplished mountain runner of all time contemplates his record-breaking climb of Mount Everest in this profound and free-flowing memoir—an intellectual and spiritual journey that moves from the earth’s highest peak to the soul’s deepest reaches.

SAIL Above the Clouds

Author : Carole Fontaine
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781736150603
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (56 download)

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Download or read book SAIL Above the Clouds written by Carole Fontaine and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-11 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: GET ONBOARD AND GET INSPIRED!Unafraid to 'rock the boat,' this sailor-turned-author drops her truth bombs-like an anchor. Here's your chance to live vicariously through one woman's journey of finding her voice, taking control of her health, and discovering her passions, strength and capacity for love and forgiveness. Join Carole as she moves onto a boat, adapts to a new lifestyle, learns hard 'beginner' lessons, sails the breathtaking ocean, survives gale storms, and navigates life for 20 years in a meager 41 feet of living space with an unconventional husband and, of course, a dog.S.A.I.L. Above the Clouds weaves big emotions, humorous impasses, and motivating results through topics such as overcoming major health concerns and chronic disease, tackling mental health, surviving the doldrums of a 30-year marriage, discovering life's purpose, and learning when you're the crab's dinner, or receiving a naked spank from Mother Nature.How to SIMPLIFY Your Life is the first of a four-book series where each book represents a unique aspect from the author's signature program S.A.I.L: Simplify, Align, Integrate, Let Go. Readers will benefit from tips and insights on how to simplify all aspects of their life while exploring different healing modalities, writing prompts, and exercises following each chapter.It is packed with stories that will make readers laugh, cry, or cringe-all weaved into an interactive set of tools that invites you to dive deep into a journey of self-discovery and come out of it energized, enlightened, and inspired!Raise your sails and set course on an exciting and purpose-driven adventure!

My Life Above the Clouds

Author : Benjamin M. Scribner
Publisher : Sunstone Press
ISBN 13 : 1632930501
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (329 download)

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Download or read book My Life Above the Clouds written by Benjamin M. Scribner and published by Sunstone Press. This book was released on 2015-03-02 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who hasn’t dreamed of escaping a humdrum existence, shredding unrelenting debts, thumbing a nose at ravenous utility behemoths, and fleeing to some remote mountain hideaway? Ben did! Pull up a chair, pour a pleasing beverage, and follow his journey as he strives to exist off the grid, on ten magnificent acres atop an Idaho mountain. In that isolated setting, as he labors to convert its tiny cabin into a self-sufficient abode, he began to imagine that he was evolving into a modern-day Henry David Thoreau. His story chronicles, with humor and wisdom, his first year with his struggles, trials, errors, lessons learned, blunders made, friends acquired, and curious encounters with neighborhood wildlife. It is informative, enlightening, funny, and inspirational. Military yarns, trucker’s tales, and anecdotes abound, and liberally laced with the wit and wisdom of Henry David.

In the Clouds

Author : Elly MacKay
Publisher : Tundra Books
ISBN 13 : 0735266964
Total Pages : 45 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (352 download)

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Download or read book In the Clouds written by Elly MacKay and published by Tundra Books. This book was released on 2022-04-19 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A luminous journey into the sky for daydreamers and cloud enthusiasts big and small, from renowned paper-diorama artist Elly MacKay. A bored and curious little girl wishes for a bit of sunshine on a cloudy day. But a friendly bird soon whisks her off for an adventure in the sky, where she can contemplate questions both scientific and philosophical in nature: how do clouds float? Or carry the rain? Where do they go when they disappear? Are there clouds on other planets? Do they have memories? Have they ever seen a girl like her? This dreamy picture book from the inimitable Elly MacKay features her trademark stunning, light-infused spreads that beautifully capture the wondrousness of clouds and the power of nature to inspire and stimulate imaginations.

Above the Clouds

Author : Takie Sugiyama Lebra
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520076028
Total Pages : 463 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Above the Clouds written by Takie Sugiyama Lebra and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1995-03-27 with total page 463 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an ethnographic study of the modern Japanese aristocracy. The author gained entry into the tightly-knit "kazoku" and conducted more than 100 interviews with its members. Winner of the Association of American University Presses Hiromi Arisawa Award

Kingdom Above the Cloud

Author : Maggie Platt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781620205884
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (58 download)

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Download or read book Kingdom Above the Cloud written by Maggie Platt and published by . This book was released on 2020-04-17 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Terrence Malick

Author : Robert Sinnerbrink
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350063622
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Terrence Malick written by Robert Sinnerbrink and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-07-11 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many critics have approached Terrence Malick's work from a philosophical perspective, arguing that his films express philosophy through cinema. With their remarkable images of nature, poetic voiceovers, and meditative reflections, Malick's cinema certainly invites philosophical engagement. In Terrence Malick: Filmmaker and Philosopher, Robert Sinnerbrink takes a different approach, exploring Malick's work as a case of cinematic ethics: films that evoke varieties of ethical experience, encompassing existential, metaphysical, and religious perspectives. Malick's films are not reducible to a particular moral position or philosophical doctrine; rather, they solicit ethically significant forms of experience, encompassing anxiety and doubt, wonder and awe, to questioning and acknowledgment, through aesthetic engagement and poetic reflection. Drawing on a range of thinkers and approaches from Heidegger and Cavell, Nietzsche and Kierkegaard, to phenomenology and moral psychology Sinnerbrink explores how Malick's films respond to the problem of nihilism the loss of conviction or belief in prevailing forms of value and meaning and the possibility of ethical transformation through cinema: from self-transformation in our relations with others to cultural transformation via our attitudes towards towards nature and the world. Sinnerbrink shows how Malick's later films, from The Tree of Life to Voyage of Time, provide unique opportunities to explore cinematic ethics in relation to the crisis of belief, the phenomenology of love, and film's potential to invite moral transformation.

Our House in the Clouds

Author : Judy Blankenship
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 0292745273
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (927 download)

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Download or read book Our House in the Clouds written by Judy Blankenship and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2013-03-15 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While many baby boomers are downsizing to a simpler retirement lifestyle, photographer and writer Judy Blankenship and her husband Michael Jenkins took a more challenging leap in deciding to build a house on the side of a mountain in southern Ecuador. They now live half the year in Cañar, an indigenous community they came to know in the early nineties when Blankenship taught photography there. They are the only extranjeros (outsiders) in this homely, chilly town at 10,100 feet, where every afternoon a spectacular mass of clouds rolls up from the river valley below and envelopes the town. In this absorbing memoir, Blankenship tells the interwoven stories of building their house in the clouds and strengthening their ties to the community. Although she and Michael had spent considerable time in Cañar before deciding to move there, they still had much to learn about local customs as they navigated the process of building a house with traditional materials using a local architect and craftspeople. Likewise, fulfilling their obligations as neighbors in a community based on reciprocity presented its own challenges and rewards. Blankenship writes vividly of the rituals of births, baptisms, marriages, festival days, and deaths that counterpoint her and Michael’s solitary pursuits of reading, writing, listening to opera, playing chess, and cooking. Their story will appeal to anyone contemplating a second life, as well as those seeking a deeper understanding of daily life in the developing world.

Above the Clouds

Author : Jonathan Bach
Publisher : William Morrow
ISBN 13 : 9780688117603
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (176 download)

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Download or read book Above the Clouds written by Jonathan Bach and published by William Morrow. This book was released on 1993 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Jonathan Bach, the son of author Richard Bach, was named after the soaring, learning spirit of his father's most famous book, Jonathan Livingston Seagull." "Jonathan was two years old when Richard left the family and divorced his wife, creating what society calls a "broken home." From the day he was told that Richard didn't want to be a dad, Jonathan had an excuse to hate his father, to see him as nothing more than a failure and a coward." "Above the Clouds is the true story of how Jonathan's compelling search to learn the truth amid a sea of half-truths gave him the courage at age twenty-one to plow through his confusion and meet Richard. It is how Jonathan and Richard finally begin to know each other." "As Jonathan establishes a loving relationship with his father, he discovers that Richard is not a failure as a father. He learns that being from a broken home is not a destiny for self-destruction; that we can choose not to learn or we can check our assumptions by opening our minds; we can stay safe in the walls we build to protect us or we can shatter them to make peace with the past and live an enlightened future."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

My Terminal Life

Author : Amy Lyn Schnitzler
Publisher : D'Elefont Press
ISBN 13 : 9780578866864
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (668 download)

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Download or read book My Terminal Life written by Amy Lyn Schnitzler and published by D'Elefont Press. This book was released on 2021-06-09 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you were diagnosed with a terminal illness today, what would you do with the rest of your life? People sometimes ask themselves this question theoretically as a kind of inspirational exercise. And most say things like quitting their job and traveling the world, or going skydiving, or any number of things that might make them feel more alive. But for Amy Lyn Schnitzler, there was nothing theoretical about the question. Amy was first diagnosed with breast cancer in April of 2016 when she was 26-years-old. By November, it had progressed to metastatic; a terminal diagnosis.For Amy, her terminal diagnosis was everything you might expect - heartbreaking, fear-inducing and painful - but it was also a wake up call. She didn't want to go skydiving or traveling. She wanted to live. Not for adventure, but for herself and those who loved her. She decided to catalogue her journey through blogging. These posts and other writings have become My Terminal Life: Cancer Habitation and Other Life Adventures. Her stories are funny, raw, and honest. They take us from her body shame to walking a fashion show runway in lingerie, and from the depths of her despair to a determination not only to live, but to thrive. Through it all, she portrays a heroic willingness to be transparent about her experiences so that others might better understand.

Above the Clouds

Author : V Karl Whitfield
Publisher : Page Publishing Inc
ISBN 13 : 1662477813
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (624 download)

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Download or read book Above the Clouds written by V Karl Whitfield and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2022-10-17 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Carl Allen Hampton has spent five years building Millennium Realty into a powerhouse brokerage in the Detroit Metro market. Standing beside him during this journey has been long-time girlfriend and fiance', Pamela Matthews, and long-time employee, Angela Miles. This story follows his journey to success and chronicles how he makes some powerful enemies along the way. His life falls apart when two months before his and Pam's wedding, she abruptly moves out. Adding insult to injury, she starts a professional and romantic relationship with his bitter rival, Jason Davis. Things get worse when the investors in a blockbuster deal pull out at the last minute. Carl Allen must raise three million, five hundred thousand dollars, in forty-five days or go bankrupt. Bankruptcy is not an option, he'd lose everything he's worked years to build. What started as a routine day, changed his life when he walked by Felicia's Bump N Curl. Sitting under the dryer was Jessica Williams, a sultry, and voluptuous woman. They locked eyes and the fire started to burn. The attraction was mutual, and Jessica stopped by Millennium Realty to introduce herself. Three days before it seemed he's about to go bankrupt, Jessica steps up and provides the money he needs. Carl Allen soon finds out that this money comes with hella strings! Jessica's sketchy past and ruthless reputation lead him down a path he'd rather not have taken. Before the journey is over, Carl Allen finds himself facing the Detroit Police Department, the Department of Justice, (DOJ), and the Internal Revenue Service, (IRS). These are minor complications, the entanglement with Jessica might just cost him his life. Carl Allen finds out the hard way, when you play with fire, you will probably get burned. Page | 2

Into the Clouds: The Race to Climb the World’s Most Dangerous Mountain (Scholastic Focus)

Author : Tod Olson
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1338207377
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (382 download)

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Download or read book Into the Clouds: The Race to Climb the World’s Most Dangerous Mountain (Scholastic Focus) written by Tod Olson and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2020-04-21 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A nail-biting tale of survival and brotherhood atop one of the world's most dangerous mountains. This fast-paced, three-part narrative takes readers on three expeditions over 15 years to K2, one of the deadliest mountains on Earth. Roped together, these teams of men face perilously high altitudes and battering storms in hopes of reaching the summit. As each expedition sets out, they carve new paths along icy slopes and unforgiving rock, creating camps on ledges so narrow they fear turning over in their sleep. But disaster strikes -- in 1939, four men never make it down the mountain. Fourteen years later, a man develops blood clots in his legs at 25,000 feet, leaving his team with no safe path off the mountain. Filled with displays of incredible strength and heart-stopping danger, Into the Clouds tells the incredible stories of the men whose quest to conquer a mountain became a battle to survive the descent.

The Sun Above the Clouds

Author : Paul Hebert
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781946875068
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (75 download)

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Download or read book The Sun Above the Clouds written by Paul Hebert and published by . This book was released on 2018-03-12 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Paul Hebert's inspirational memoir, The Sun Above the Clouds, travel back to a day when men cleared wooded homesteads by hand and horse but raised their families with violence. Watch Paul escape his upbringing to find joy and purpose in being a lineman, skiing, travel, nature, and love, after defeating alcoholism and brawling. Then endure the tragedy of a 14-thousand-volt electrocution that left Paul dead and ultimately without hands and feet. Enjoy the love and friendship that helped rebuild a life filled with family, sports, friends old and new, travel, and a new purpose to share a personal message of safety, forgiveness, and friendship. And with all the jewels of wisdom gained along the way, arrive at the sentient conclusion, that triumph outshines tragedy, if you choose it to.

Immanent Frames

Author : John Caruana
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 1438470185
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (384 download)

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Download or read book Immanent Frames written by John Caruana and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2018-05-31 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For some time now, thinkers across the humanities and social sciences have increasingly called into question the once-dominant view of the relationship between modernity and secularism, prompting some to speak of a "postsecular turn." Until now, film studies has largely been silent about this development, even though cinema itself has been a major vehicle for such reflection. This fact became inescapable in 2011 when Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life and Lars von Trier's Melancholia were released within days of each other. While these two audacious and controversial films present seemingly opposite perspectives—the former a thoughtful meditation on faith, the latter a portrayal of nontriumphalist atheism—together they raise critical questions about transcendence and immanence in modern life. These films are, however, only the most conspicuous of a growing body of works that call forth similar and related questions—what this collection aptly calls "postsecular cinema." Taking the nearly simultaneous release of The Tree of Life and Melancholia as its starting point and framing device, this pioneering collection sets out to establish the idea of postsecular cinema as a distinct body of films and a viable critical category. Adopting a film-philosophy approach, one group of essays examines Malick's and von Trier's films, while another looks at works by Chantal Akerman, Denys Arcand, the Dardenne brothers, and John Michael McDonagh, among others. The volume closes with two important interviews with Luc Dardenne and Jean-Luc Nancy that invite us to reflect more deeply on some of the central concerns of postsecular cinema.