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Peacock in the Desert

Author : Karni Singh Jasol
Publisher : Museum of Fine Arts (Houston)
ISBN 13 : 9780300232967
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (329 download)

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Download or read book Peacock in the Desert written by Karni Singh Jasol and published by Museum of Fine Arts (Houston). This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A beautiful book that presents nearly four centuries of artistic creation from one of the largest former princely states in India, the kingdom of Marwar-Jodhpur in southwestern Rajasthan Peacock in the Desert traces the evolution of royal identity in the kingdom of Marwar-Jodhpur in southwestern Rajasthan from the 17th century to the establishment of independence after 1947, presenting the area as a microcosm of India's extraordinarily vibrant culture. An international team of contributors has contextualized these regional narratives in relation to external--and even global--forces. The book thus offers a new perspective on the acquisition and commissioning of objects through patronage, diplomacy, matrimonial alliances, trade, and conquest. It sheds fresh light on the influential role of women at the royal courts and examines monarchies as lenses onto cross-cultural relationships, the unrecognized roles of groups marginalized in earlier accounts, cultural heterodoxy, and large-scale multicultural exchange. Exploring these webs of connection, Peacock in the Desert makes a transformative contribution to scholarship. Its multidisciplinary approach to artistic and cultural exchange offers pathbreaking insights, adding crucial chapters to the story of India's royal visual splendor. Distributed for the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Exhibition Schedule: The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (03/04/18-08/19/18) Seattle Art Museum (10/18/18-01/21/19) Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto (03/09/19-09/02/19)

Peacock in the Desert

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 2 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book Peacock in the Desert written by and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 2 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Peacock in the Desert

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 7 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (111 download)

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Download or read book Peacock in the Desert written by and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 7 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Miriam in the Desert

Author : Jacqueline Hechtkopf
Publisher : Kar-Ben
ISBN 13 : 0761362320
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (613 download)

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Download or read book Miriam in the Desert written by Jacqueline Hechtkopf and published by Kar-Ben. This book was released on 2010-08-01 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the Israelites, freed from slavery in Egypt, follow Moses through the desert, his sister Miriam comforts them through the wilderness. Miriam's grandson Bezalel draws pictures in the sand as he dreams of the future. When his great-uncle Moses clibs the mountain to receive God's laws, Bezalel learms he is the chosen artist who will craft the Holy Ark.

In the Shadow of the Sabertooth

Author : Doug Peacock
Publisher : AK Press
ISBN 13 : 1849351414
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (493 download)

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Download or read book In the Shadow of the Sabertooth written by Doug Peacock and published by AK Press. This book was released on 2013-07-15 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Doug Peacock, as ever, walks point for all of us. Not since Bill McKibben’s The End of Nature has a book of such import been presented to readers. Peacock’s intelligence defies measure. His is a beautiful, feral heart, always robust, relentless with its love and desire for the human race to survive, and be sculpted by the coming hard times: to learn a magnificent humility, even so late in the game. Doug Peacock’s mind is a marvel—there could be no more generous act than the writing of this book. It is a crowning achievement in a long career sent in service of beauty and the dignity of life."—Rick Bass, author of Why I Came West and The Lives of Rocks Our climate is changing fast. The future is uncertain, probably fiery, and likely terrifying. Yet shifting weather patterns have threatened humans before, right here in North America, when people first colonized this continent. About 15,000 years ago, the weather began to warm, melting the huge glaciers of the Late Pleistocene. In this brand new landscape, humans managed to adapt to unfamiliar habitats and dangerous creatures in the midst of a wildly fluctuating climate. What was it like to live with huge pack-hunting lions, saber-toothed cats, dire wolves, and gigantic short-faced bears, to hunt now extinct horses, camels, and mammoth? Are there lessons for modern people lingering along this ancient trail? The shifting weather patterns of today—what we call "global warming"—will far exceed anything our ancestors previously faced. Doug Peacock's latest narrative explores the full circle of climate change, from the death of the megafauna to the depletion of the ozone, in a deeply personal story that takes readers from Peacock's participation in an archeological dig for early Clovis remains in Livingston, MT, near his home, to the death of the local whitebark pine trees in the same region, as a result of changes in the migration pattern of pine beetles with the warming seasons. Writer and adventurer Doug Peacock has spent the past fifty years wandering the earth's wildest places, studying grizzly bears and advocating for the preservation of wilderness. He is the author of Grizzly Years; Baja; and Walking It Off and co-author of The Essential Grizzly. Peacock was named a 2007 Guggenheim Fellow, and a 2011 Lannan Fellow.

Grizzly Years

Author : Doug Peacock
Publisher : Holt Paperbacks
ISBN 13 : 142993347X
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book Grizzly Years written by Doug Peacock and published by Holt Paperbacks. This book was released on 2011-04-01 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For nearly twenty years, alone and unarmed, author Doug Peacock traversed the rugged mountains of Montana and Wyoming tracking the magnificent grizzly. His thrilling narrative takes us into the bear's habitat, where we observe directly this majestic animal's behavior, from hunting strategies, mating patterns, and denning habits to social hierarchy and methods of communication. As Peacock tracks the bears, his story turns into a thrilling narrative about the breaking down of suspicion between man and beast in the wild.

Peacock in the Desert

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book Peacock in the Desert written by and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Educator resource guide for the exhibition. This guide looks at four works of art from Jodhpur’s rich history and thriving contemporary culture and explores ideas of family, gender, identity and representation, and religion. Contains background information, looking questions, and activity suggestions.

Was It Worth It?

Author : Doug Peacock
Publisher : Patagonia
ISBN 13 : 9781952338045
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book Was It Worth It? written by Doug Peacock and published by Patagonia. This book was released on 2022-01-11 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "If wilderness is outlawed, only outlaws can save wilderness." Edward Abbey In a collection of gripping stories of adventure, Doug Peacock, loner, iconoclast, environmentalist, and contemporary of Edward Abbey, reflects on a life lived in the wild, asking the question many ask in their twilight years: "Was It Worth It?" Recounting sojourns with Abbey, but also Peter Matthiessen, Doug Tompkins, Jim Harrison, Yvon Chouinard and others, Peacock observes that what he calls "solitary walks" were the greatest currency he and his buddies ever shared. He asserts that "solitude is the deepest well I have encountered in this life," and the introspection it affords has made him who he is: a lifelong protector of the wilderness and its many awe-inspiring inhabitants. With adventures both close to home (grizzlies in Yellowstone and jaguars in the high Sonoran Desert) and farther afield (tigers in Siberia, jaguars again in Belize, spirit bears in the wilds of British Columbia, all the amazing birds of the Galapagos), Peacock acknowledges that Covid 19 has put "everyone's mortality in the lens now and it's not necessarily a telephoto shot." Peacock recounts these adventures to try to understand and explain his perspective on Nature: That wilderness is the only thing left worth saving. In the tradition of Peacock's many best-selling books, Was It Worth It? is both entertaining and thought provoking. It challenges any reader to make certain that the answer to the question for their own life is "Yes!"

Bees, Snails, & Peacock Tails

Author : Betsy Franco
Publisher : Margaret K. McElderry Books
ISBN 13 : 9781416903864
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book Bees, Snails, & Peacock Tails written by Betsy Franco and published by Margaret K. McElderry Books. This book was released on 2008-08-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Come explore the hidden shapes and patterns in nature. The peacock's flashy tail is a masterpiece of color and shape. A buzzing beehive is built of tiny hexagons. Even a snake's skin is patterned with diamonds. Poet Betsy Franco and Caldecott Honor winner Steve Jenkins bring geometry to life in this lively, lyrical look at the shapes and patterns that can be found in the most unexpected places.

Desert Cabal

Author : Amy Irvine
Publisher : Torrey House Press
ISBN 13 : 1937226964
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (372 download)

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Download or read book Desert Cabal written by Amy Irvine and published by Torrey House Press. This book was released on 2018-11-06 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Amy Irvine implores us to trade in our solitude for solidarity, to recognize ourselves in each other and in the places we love, so that we might come together to save them." —PAM HOUSTON As Edward Abbey’s Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness turns fifty, its iconic author, who has inspired generations of rebel-rousing advocacy on behalf of the American West, is due for a tribute as well as a talking to. In Desert Cabal: A New Season in the Wilderness, Amy Irvine admires the man who influenced her life and work while challenging all that is dated—offensive, even—between the covers of Abbey’s environmental classic. From Abbey’s quiet notion of solitude to Irvine’s roaring cabal, the desert just got hotter, and its defenders more nuanced and numerous.

Paradise Garden

Author : Robert Peacock
Publisher : Chronicle Books (CA)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book Paradise Garden written by Robert Peacock and published by Chronicle Books (CA). This book was released on 1996 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A truly remarkable pictorial homage to Howard Finster's spiritual and artistic "garden" outside of Atlanta, Georgia. Finster has been busy for the last 25 years creating a kind of mystical Disney World populated by "found" sculpture, paintings, and writings. It would be easy to dismiss Finster as a "kook," but the contributing photographers ably capture for posterity the man's work with a loving detail that conveys the powerful urgency of his art. The color photographs are accompanied by Finster's own descriptions of how he created the garden, and commentary by fans such as David Byrne. Lacks an index. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Counting Sheep

Author : Gary Paul Nabhan
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
ISBN 13 : 9780816513987
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (139 download)

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Download or read book Counting Sheep written by Gary Paul Nabhan and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unusual anthology demonstrates the range of possibilities in nature writing with contributions from Charles Bowden, Julian Hayden, Danny Lopez, Charles Sheldon, Ann Zwinger, and others". Essential reading for naturalists and conservationists. Highly recommended".--Library Journal.

Empires and Anarchies

Author : Michael Quentin Morton
Publisher : Reaktion Books
ISBN 13 : 1780238614
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (82 download)

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Download or read book Empires and Anarchies written by Michael Quentin Morton and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2017-09-15 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Oil lies at the heart of the modern history of the Middle East. For decades, the world’s largest oil reserves have enriched the region’s nations. But oil wealth has not brought with it universal prosperity. It has, though, transformed the Middle Eastern people and societies—enriching empires and engendering anarchies. Empires and Anarchies is an unconventional history of oil in the Middle East. In Michael Quentin Morton’s account the burnt-out remains of Saddam Hussein’s armaments and the human tragedy of the Arab Spring are as much of the story as the shimmering skylines of oil-rich nations. From the first explorers trudging through the desert to the excesses of the Peacock Throne and the high stakes of OPEC, Morton lays out the history of oil in compelling detail, arguing that oil simultaneously enriched and fractured the Middle East, eroding traditional ways of life, and eventually contributing to the rise of Islamic radicalism. The book is essential reading for anyone interested in the promises and peril of the world’s oil boom.

Libby, Montana

Author : Andrea Peacock
Publisher : Big Earth Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781555663193
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (631 download)

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Download or read book Libby, Montana written by Andrea Peacock and published by Big Earth Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sequel to Civil Action-W.R. Grace company, owners of a vermiculite mine in that small Montana town, never told the miners what it knew: there was asbestos in the vermiculite, and the asbestos was destroying the miners lungs.

Mr Peacock's Possessions

Author : Lydia Syson
Publisher : Bonnier Publishing Fiction Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 147140370X
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (714 download)

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Download or read book Mr Peacock's Possessions written by Lydia Syson and published by Bonnier Publishing Fiction Ltd.. This book was released on 2018-05-17 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An intimate, intense and beautifully realised novel of possession, power and the liberating loss of innocence, this will delight fans of MISTER PIP and THE POISONWOOD BIBLE. Oceania, 1879. For two years the Peacocks, a determined family of settlers, have struggled to make a remote volcanic island their home. At last, a ship appears. The six Pacific Islanders on board have travelled over eight hundred miles in search of new horizons. Hopes are high, until a vulnerable boy vanishes. In their search for the lost child, settlers and newcomers together uncover far more than they were looking for. The island's secrets force young Lizzie Peacock to question her deepest convictions, and slowly this tiny, fragile community begins to fracture . . . 'Intelligent, beautifully written' The Times 'Historical fiction fans, meet your new favourite author' Stella Magazine 'Beautifully written, immaculately researched and powerfully imagined' Lancashire Evening Post

First Sight of the Desert

Author : Kathryn J. Abajian
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780874807998
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (79 download)

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Download or read book First Sight of the Desert written by Kathryn J. Abajian and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An intimate portrayal of Ella Peacock, a reclusive artist who lived in purposeful isolation in Spring City and exalted in the desert landscape and rural setting, masterfully translating her surroundings to canvas; a remarkable role model for a life of voluntary simplicity, devotion to work, and dedication to an uncompromising artistic vision.

The Lobo Outback Funeral Home

Author : Dave Foreman
Publisher : Big Earth Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781555663391
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (633 download)

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Download or read book The Lobo Outback Funeral Home written by Dave Foreman and published by Big Earth Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Lobo Outback Funeral Home: A Novel" by Dave Foreman, Foreword by Doug Peacock. Jack Hunter, disillusioned and burned-out on environmental activism after years as a Sierra Club lobbyist, leaves Washington, D.C. for southwestern New Mexico's Diablo National Forest. Getting caught up in the bloody consequences of his cynicism, he discovers the true cost of not taking a stand for what he loves.