Wintergreen

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Publisher : Catapult
ISBN 13 : 1940436230
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (44 download)

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Book Synopsis Wintergreen by : Robert Michael Pyle

Download or read book Wintergreen written by Robert Michael Pyle and published by Catapult. This book was released on 2015-10-13 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the Willapa Hills of southwest Washington, both the human community and the forest community are threatened with extinction. Virtually every acre of the hills has been logged, often repeatedly, in the past hundred years, endangering both the land and the people, leaving dying towns as well as a devastated ecosystem. Weaving vivid portraits of the place and its inhabitants—animal, plant, and human—with the story of his own love affair with the hills, Robert Michael Pyle has written a book so even–handed in its passion that it has been celebrated by those who make their living with a chain saw as well as by environmentalists. As he writes, 'My sympathies lie with the people and the woods, but not with the companies that have used them both with equal disregard. In his vivid portrayal of the land, plants, people and animals of the Willapa Hills of Washington State, Bob Pyle makes the modest patch of land he writes about a metaphor for the world.

Afloat in the Forest

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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The Unsworth Manor Nudes

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Publisher : P.Z. Walker
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Unsworth Manor Nudes written by P.Z. Walker and published by P.Z. Walker. This book was released on with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unsworth Manor, home of Cedric, Earl of Unsworth, his wife Margarete and their children. Margarete, of royal German descent, receives an invitation to visit her distant relative, Emperor Wilhelm II. They decide to make the journey. It will introduce them to a lifestyle that none of them had ever heard of before, but that will never leave them anymore.

The Not-So-Nude Ride of Lady Godiva

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Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101585625
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (15 download)

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Book Synopsis The Not-So-Nude Ride of Lady Godiva by : David Haviland

Download or read book The Not-So-Nude Ride of Lady Godiva written by David Haviland and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-06-14 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is said that history is written by the winners. However, the “winners” aren’t always the best historians. Enter David Haviland, to set the record straight. In his quirky, inimitable style, Haviland separates fact from fiction regarding some of history’s most well-known people and events, such as: Lady Godiva: By far, history’s most famous nudist equestrian. But how nude was she, really? And how did this same legend give rise to the term “Peeping Tom”? The Boston Tea Party: What was the cause of this famous “party” that wasn’t really a party? (Hint: If you guessed a rise in taxes, you’re dead wrong!) World War I: How did a directionally challenged chauffeur spark the Great War? Queen Victoria: Nowadays, the word “Victorian” is synonymous with stuffy prudishness. But would a prude pose nude for a provocative portrait, or become “close” with a young Indian servant? In The Not-So-Nude Ride of Lady Godiva, Haviland untangles fallacy, farce, and misrepresentation of historic proportions. The end result is a wholly fascinating, highly educational compendium of historical folly that will entertain readers young and old!

Old Fields

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Publisher : University of Virginia Press
ISBN 13 : 0813935164
Total Pages : 735 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (139 download)

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Book Synopsis Old Fields by : John R. Stilgoe

Download or read book Old Fields written by John R. Stilgoe and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 2014-03-04 with total page 735 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Glamour subverts convention. Models, images, and even landscapes can skew ordinary ways of seeing when viewed through the lens of photography, suggesting new worlds imbued with fantasy, mystery, sexuality, and tension. In Old Fields, John Stilgoe—one of the most original observers of his time—offers a poetic and controversial exploration of the generations-long effort to portray glamour. Fusing three forces in contemporary American culture—amateur photography after 1880; the rise of glamour and fantasy; and the often-mysterious quality of landscape photographs—Stilgoe provides a wide-ranging yet concentrated take on the cultural legacy of our photographic history. Through the medium of "shop theory"—the techniques, tools, and purpose-made equipment a maker uses to realize intent—Stilgoe looks at the role of Eastman Kodak in shaping the ways photographers purchased cameras and films, while also mapping the divisions that were created by European-made cameras. He then goes on to argue that with the proliferation of digital cameras, smart phones, and Instagram, young people’s lack of knowledge about photographic technique is in direct correlation to their lack of knowledge of the history of glamour photography. In his exploration of the rise of glamour and fantasy in contemporary American culture, Stilgoe offers a provocative and very personal look into his enduring fascination with, and the possibilities inherent in, creating one’s own images.

Afloat in the Forest

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Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 373267908X
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (326 download)

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Book Synopsis Afloat in the Forest by : Captain Mayne Reid

Download or read book Afloat in the Forest written by Captain Mayne Reid and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2018-05-15 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: Afloat in the Forest by Captain Mayne Reid

Nude Descending an Empire

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Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN 13 : 0822980290
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (229 download)

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Book Synopsis Nude Descending an Empire by : Sam Taylor

Download or read book Nude Descending an Empire written by Sam Taylor and published by University of Pittsburgh Press. This book was released on 2014-09-15 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a collection of politically engaged poetry for the 21st century, Nude Descending and Empire develops the lyrical voice of a citizen-poet speaking to the urgency of our contemporary moment, especially its ecological crisis. This is a book that brings all the supposed sensitivity of poetry into contact with the world we actually live in—with all its crises, madness, and modernity—and insists that we feel it all. A reader will recognize many of the urgent political issues of our time, yet will find them re-inhabited and transformed here by the imaginative power of poetry. Our great ecological crisis is cast as the fulfillment of a long history of violence, domination, lies, and alienation—in one word, empire—and the book suggests that a livable future requires that we wholly inhabit our body-heart-mind and discover a new paradigm.

Blue Nude

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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439181314
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (391 download)

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Book Synopsis Blue Nude by : Elizabeth Rosner

Download or read book Blue Nude written by Elizabeth Rosner and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-09-14 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once a prominent painter, Danzig now shares his wisdom and technique with students at San Francisco’s Art Institute—yet his own canvases remain empty. When he meets Israeli-born Merav, the beautiful new model for his class, he senses she may reignite his artistic passion. Merav moved to California to escape the danger and violence of the Middle East, yet she cannot outrun her fears about the past. As the characters challenge one another, Rosner lyrically uncovers their disparate upbringings, their creative awakenings, and their similarly painful, often catastrophic, love lives to propel them toward reconciliation, redemption, and ultimately revival.

Nude Queen of the Communist Cannibals

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Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 059552205X
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (955 download)

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Download or read book Nude Queen of the Communist Cannibals written by B. J. Buhrow and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2008-06 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of poems tells the stories of strippers, saints, lawyers, drag queens, aliens and of course, the nude queen of the communist cannibals. It deals with the fraught relationships of men and women and the tender and sad relationships between humans and animals in vivid and original language. These poems are sexy, funny, cutting edge and crazy.

Devolution of the Nude

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Publisher : David R. Godine Publisher
ISBN 13 : 9780879239558
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (395 download)

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Book Synopsis Devolution of the Nude by : Lynne McMahon

Download or read book Devolution of the Nude written by Lynne McMahon and published by David R. Godine Publisher. This book was released on 1993 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poems by Lynne McMahon.

The Nude on the Postcard

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Publisher : Creators Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1945630884
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (456 download)

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Book Synopsis The Nude on the Postcard by : Regis McCafferty

Download or read book The Nude on the Postcard written by Regis McCafferty and published by Creators Publishing. This book was released on 2018-03-30 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Max Grant, private investigator, slipped his right hand inside his coat and wrapped it around the butt of his .38 snubnose. A few feet from the entrance to his building he paused, staring through a couple double-double bourbons and nighttime fog. There was someone hunched over in the alcove—someone wearing a dark raincoat. Not moving, not snoring, just crouched like a cat ready to spring. In his neighborhood, it could be a drunk, but if it was, it was the first in his memory to sleep it off in the doorway of his building . . . It was a woman! She started to rise slowly, using the alcove wall for support. About two-thirds of the way to a complete standing position, she stopped, tilted her head back, and looked directly at him. "The door is locked." He debated. Not whether to answer but whether to put his snubnose away. She looked harmless enough. He put it back in the holster. "Yeah, it's locked. Why do you want in?" So begins the search for the daughter of a world-wise woman—a daughter purposely made addicted to heroin and cocaine and forced to work in a brothel to provide money and information to a Nazi spy organization operating in New York City prior to America's entry into World War II.

The Last Crucible

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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1787585891
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (875 download)

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Download or read book The Last Crucible written by J.D. Moyer and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-09-21 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book 3 in the Reclaimed Earth series, praised by Analog SF, Compelling Science Fiction, Cemetery Dance and more! Earth is mostly depopulated in the wake of a massive supervolcano, but civilization and culture are preserved in vast orbiting ringstations, as well as in a few isolated traditional communities on Earth. Jana, a young Sardinian woman, is in line to become the next maghiarja (sorceress) by way of an ancient technology that hosts a community of minds. Maro, an ambitious worldship artist, has designs to use the townsfolk as guinea pigs in a brutally invasive psychological experiment. Jana must protect her people and lead them into the future, while deciding whom to trust amongst possible ringstation allies. FLAME TREE PRESS is the imprint of long-standing Independent Flame Tree Publishing, dedicated to full-length original fiction in the horror and suspense, science fiction & fantasy, and crime / mystery / thriller categories. The list brings together fantastic new authors and the more established; the award winners, and exciting, original voices. Learn more about Flame Tree Press at www.flametreepress.com and connect on social media @FlameTreePress

The Floating University

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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226825175
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (268 download)

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Download or read book The Floating University written by Tamson Pietsch and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2023-05-17 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Floating University sheds light on a story of optimism and imperialist ambition in the 1920s. In 1926, New York University professor James E. Lough—an educational reformer with big dreams—embarked on a bold experiment he called the Floating University. Lough believed that taking five hundred American college students around the globe by ship would not only make them better citizens of the world but would demonstrate a model for responsible and productive education amid the unprecedented dangers, new technologies, and social upheavals of the post–World War I world. But the Floating University’s maiden voyage was also its last: when the ship and its passengers returned home, the project was branded a failure—the antics of students in hotel bars and port city back alleys that received worldwide press coverage were judged incompatible with educational attainment, and Lough was fired and even put under investigation by the State Department. In her new book, Tamson Pietsch excavates a rich and meaningful picture of Lough’s grand ambition, its origins, and how it reveals an early-twentieth-century America increasingly defined both by its imperialism and the professionalization of its higher education system. As Pietsch argues, this voyage—powered by an internationalist worldview—traced the expanding tentacles of US power, even as it tried to model a new kind of experiential education. She shows that this apparent educational failure actually exposes a much larger contest over what kind of knowledge should underpin university authority, one in which direct personal experience came into conflict with academic expertise. After a journey that included stops at nearly fifty international ports and visits with figures ranging from Mussolini to Gandhi, what the students aboard the Floating University brought home was not so much knowledge of the greater world as a demonstration of their nation’s rapidly growing imperial power.

Thorns

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Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1497632439
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (976 download)

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Download or read book Thorns written by Robert Silverberg and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2014-04-01 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Science Fiction Grand Master’s Thorns “holds up chillingly well after all these decades. A dark pastiche upon Beauty and the Beast” (SF Reviews). In a world where humanity has colonized the solar system and begun to explore more of the local galaxy, a vast audience follows real-life stories presented by wealthy media mogul Duncan Chalk. To satisfy his audience’s voyeuristic needs—and his own appetite for others’ pain—he pairs Minner Burris, an emotionally withdrawn space explorer who was captured and freakishly surgically altered by aliens, with Lona Kelvin, a suicidal seventeen-year-old girl who donated eggs for a fertility experiment that produced one hundred babies, none of whom she has been allowed to adopt or even see. Chalk promises to solve their personal problems in return for a joint performance tour. Though the love affair doesn’t last, Chalk keeps the couple on the hook by making new offers. While Minner and Lona struggle to cope with their newfound celebrity and Chalk’s broken promises, they will uncover the true nature of their manipulator—and risk everything to regain the humanity that has been stolen from them . . . An early exploration of media exploitation and a deep look at freak-show entertainment on a mass scale, this novel was one of the earliest of Silverberg’s mature masterworks. “Masterful . . . This is a sophisticated novel, beautifully written, intelligent and insightful, with wonderful dialogue and a satisfying conclusion.” —Fantasy Literature “Silverberg’s brooding, post-utopian, rumination has the makings of a great science fiction novel. . . . A worthwhile read which rambles along a dark path . . . Well done.” —Science Fiction Ruminations

The Windmill

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Total Pages : 716 pages
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Decisions of the Indecent Publications Tribunal

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 484 pages
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Download or read book Decisions of the Indecent Publications Tribunal written by New Zealand. Indecent Publications Tribunal and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Italian Actress

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Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 1438430469
Total Pages : 118 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (384 download)

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Download or read book The Italian Actress written by Frank Lentricchia and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2010-03-30 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set in Italy, Frank Lentricchia's sixth novel features a has-been Italian American filmmaker, once internationally acclaimed for the beauty of his images and his experiments in pornography but now stuck in prolonged creative drought. At an obscure film festival in Volterra he meets the aging but still stunning Claudia Cardinale, star of Fellini's 81⁄2. She falls in love with him, but he resists, yet all the while wanting not to resist. Instead of remaining with Cardinale, he casts his lot with a perverse but compelling couple who convince him that he can regain his renown and achieve artistic immortality if he will only make a new film starring the two of them—an explicitly sexual film of shocking violence. The Italian Actress is a meditation, by turns lyrical and bluntly brutal, on our obsession with celebrity, ambition, the cult of youthful beauty, romantic desire, the aging body, mortality, the power of the visual image, and underneath it all, the nature of visuality itself.