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The Cradle Place

Author : Thomas Lux
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 0618619445
Total Pages : 86 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (186 download)

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Download or read book The Cradle Place written by Thomas Lux and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2005-12 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Cradle Place is a collection from Thomas Lux, a self-described "recovering surrealist" and winner of the Kingsley Tufts Award. These fifty-two poems bring to full life the "refreshing iconoclasms" Rita Dove so admired in Lux's earlier work. His voice is plainspoken but moody, humorous and edgy, and ever surprising. These are philosophical poems that ask questions about language and intention, about the sometimes untidy connections between the human and natural worlds. In the poem "Terminal Lake," Lux undermines notions of benign nature, finding dark currents beneath the surface: "it's a huge black coin, / it's as if the real lake is drained / and this lake is the drain: gaping, language- / less, suck- and sinkhole." In the ominous "Render, Render," the narrator asks us to consider a concentration of the essences of our lives: all that is physical, spiritual, remembered, and dreamed for, melded together to make the messy self we present to the world. Lux's voice is intelligent without being bookish, urgent and unrelentingly evocative. He has long been a strong advocate for the relevance of poetry in American culture. The Los Angeles Times praises Lux for his "compelling rhythms, his biting irony, and his steady devotion to a craft that often seems thankless." As Sven Birkerts noted, "Lux may be one of the poets on whom the future of the genre depends."

Jane Doe and Cradle of All Worlds

Author : Jeremy Lachlan
Publisher : Carolrhoda Books ®
ISBN 13 : 1541546539
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (415 download)

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Download or read book Jane Doe and Cradle of All Worlds written by Jeremy Lachlan and published by Carolrhoda Books ®. This book was released on 2019-05-07 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Doe and his infant daughter, Jane, appeared on the steps of the Manor the night the earthquakes started and the gateway to the Otherworlds closed. The people on the remote island of Bluehaven have despised them ever since, blaming Jane and her father for their exile. Fourteen years after that night, the largest earthquake yet strikes. The Manor awakens, dragging John into its labyrinth. Accompanied by a pyromaniac named Violet and a trickster named Hickory, Jane must rescue her father and defeat an immortal villain who is trying to harness the mythical power of the Manor.

The Cradle

Author : Patrick Somerville
Publisher : Hachette+ORM
ISBN 13 : 031607263X
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book The Cradle written by Patrick Somerville and published by Hachette+ORM. This book was released on 2009-03-09 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Early one summer morning, Matthew Bishop kisses his still-sleeping wife Marissa, gets dressed and eases his truck through Milwaukee, bound for the highway. His wife, pregnant with their first child, has asked him to find the antique cradle taken years before by her mother Caroline when she abandoned Marissa, never to contact her daughter again. Soon to be a mother herself, Marissa now dreams of nothing else but bringing her baby home to the cradle she herself slept in. His wife does not know -- does not want to know -- where her mother lives, but Matt has an address for Caroline's sister near by and with any luck, he will be home in time for dinner. Only as Matt tries to track down his wife's mother, he discovers that Caroline, upon leaving Marissa, has led a life increasingly plagued by impulse and irrationality, a mysterious life that grows more inexplicable with each new lead Matt gains, and door he enters. As hours turn into days and Caroline's trail takes Matt from Wisconsin to Minnesota, Illinois, and beyond in search of the cradle, Matt makes a discovery that will forever change Marissa's life, and faces a decision that will challenge everything he has ever known. Elegant and astonishing, Patrick Somerville tells the story of one man's journey into the heart of marriage, parenthood, and what it means to be a family. Confirming the arrival of an exuberantly talented writer, The Cradle is an uniquely imaginative debut novel that radiates with wisdom and wonder.

Before the Cradle Falls

Author : James F. David
Publisher : Forge Books
ISBN 13 : 1429955031
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book Before the Cradle Falls written by James F. David and published by Forge Books. This book was released on 2004-05-16 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paralyzed by drink and despair since the accidental death of his young daughter, Shelby, Detective Kyle Sommers nonetheless must lead a task force to catch a brutal serial killer. Nicknamed the Cradle Robber, this murderer has methodically snuffed out the lives of children all along the California coast. Now he's come to Portland. While investigating, Sommers learns that a strange man has been saving local children from various dangers-then mysteriously disappearing. With the help of Sherrie Nolan, a brilliant and embittered scientist, Sommers learns that the man is a time traveler who, grieving for his own murdered child, has vowed to use his brilliant mind to create a way for a future generation of children to live. And Sommers hungrily hopes to save children who have died in the past as well. Particularly Shelby. Laughed off the task force as word spreads of his theory, Sommers investigates on his own. Desperate to undo his tragic history and rebuild his career, Sommers determines that the way to stop the Cradle Robber is to get to the time traveler. But the Cradle Robber has hatched a diabolical scheme. Intent on continuing his carnage, the baby-killer has laid a trap for both Sommers and the time traveler . . . one sure to destroy every adult and child in the city. "David (Ship of the Damned) has contributed a fine novel to that popular genre, the well-told tale. One can only hope that the survivors will make a return appearance. " - Publishers Weekly At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Cat's Cradle

Author : Kurt Vonnegut
Publisher : Dial Press
ISBN 13 : 0307567273
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (75 download)

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Download or read book Cat's Cradle written by Kurt Vonnegut and published by Dial Press. This book was released on 2009-11-04 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A free-wheeling vehicle . . . an unforgettable ride!”—The New York Times Cat’s Cradle is Kurt Vonnegut’s satirical commentary on modern man and his madness. An apocalyptic tale of this planet’s ultimate fate, it features a midget as the protagonist, a complete, original theology created by a calypso singer, and a vision of the future that is at once blackly fatalistic and hilariously funny. A book that left an indelible mark on an entire generation of readers, Cat’s Cradle is one of the twentieth century’s most important works—and Vonnegut at his very best. “[Vonnegut is] an unimitative and inimitable social satirist.”—Harper’s Magazine “Our finest black-humorist . . . We laugh in self-defense.”—Atlantic Monthly

The Cradle of Humanity

Author : Mark Maslin
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198704526
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (987 download)

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Download or read book The Cradle of Humanity written by Mark Maslin and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the fundamental questions of our existence is why we are so smart. There are lots of drawbacks to having a large brain, including the huge food intake needed to keep the organ running, the frequency with which it goes wrong, and our very high infant and mother mortality rates compared with other mammals, due to the difficulty of giving birth to offspring with very large heads. So why did evolution favour the brainy ape? This question has been widely debated among biological anthropologists, and in recent years, Maslin and his colleagues have pioneered a new theory that might just be the answer. Looking back to a crucial period some 1.9 million years ago, when brain capacity increased by as much as 80%, The Cradle of Humanity explores the implications of two adaptive responses by our hominin ancestors to rapid climatic changes - big jaws, and big brains. Maslin argues that the impact of changing landscapes and fluctuating climates that led to the appearance of intermittent freshwater lakes in East Africa may have played a key role in human evolution. Alongside the physical evidence of fossils and tools, he considers social theories of why a large, complex brain would have provided a major advantage when trying to survive in the constantly changing East African landscape.

Cradle to Cradle

Author : William McDonough
Publisher : North Point Press
ISBN 13 : 1429973846
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book Cradle to Cradle written by William McDonough and published by North Point Press. This book was released on 2010-03-01 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A manifesto for a radically different philosophy and practice of manufacture and environmentalism "Reduce, reuse, recycle" urge environmentalists; in other words, do more with less in order to minimize damage. But as this provocative, visionary book argues, this approach perpetuates a one-way, "cradle to grave" manufacturing model that dates to the Industrial Revolution and casts off as much as 90 percent of the materials it uses as waste, much of it toxic. Why not challenge the notion that human industry must inevitably damage the natural world? In fact, why not take nature itself as our model? A tree produces thousands of blossoms in order to create another tree, yet we do not consider its abundance wasteful but safe, beautiful, and highly effective; hence, "waste equals food" is the first principle the book sets forth. Products might be designed so that, after their useful life, they provide nourishment for something new-either as "biological nutrients" that safely re-enter the environment or as "technical nutrients" that circulate within closed-loop industrial cycles, without being "downcycled" into low-grade uses (as most "recyclables" now are). Elaborating their principles from experience (re)designing everything from carpeting to corporate campuses, William McDonough and Michael Braungart make an exciting and viable case for change.

Blackflame

Author : Will Wight
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780989671781
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (717 download)

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Download or read book Blackflame written by Will Wight and published by . This book was released on 2017-08-18 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lindon has a year left.When his time runs out, he'll have to fight an opponent that no one believes he can beat. Unless he learns sacred arts the right way, from scratch, he won't have a chance to win...and even then, the odds are against him.In the course of their training, he and Yerin travel to the Blackflame Empire, where they fight to master an ancient power.Success means a chance at life, but failure means death.In the sacred arts, only those who risk the most can travel far.

The Christmas Cradle

Author : Charlotte Hubbard
Publisher : Zebra Books
ISBN 13 : 142013311X
Total Pages : 349 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (21 download)

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Download or read book The Christmas Cradle written by Charlotte Hubbard and published by Zebra Books. This book was released on 2015 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Christmas Cradle For the peaceful town of Willow Ridge, November presents an early holiday surprise. Stranded in the snow, 18-year-old Lena Esh and her boyfriend Josiah Witmer need more than a place to stay for the night. Lena defied her strict family and their judgmental beliefs to run away with Josiah and have his baby. But she's starting to wonder if he can prove as responsible as he is passionate. And she isn't sure how--or if--they can ever find a place to truly call home. Expecting their own miracle baby, Miriam and Ben Hooley rally the town to help the young couple, and Lena draws strength from their unexpected support. Though trouble may come calling, in this season of joyous rebirth, a little child will lead them. And two couples will see their dreams of forever family come true . . .

Cradle of the Middle Class

Author : Mary P. Ryan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521274036
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book Cradle of the Middle Class written by Mary P. Ryan and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1981 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 1981 Bancroft Prize. Focusing primarily on the middle class, this study delineates the social, intellectual and psychological transformation of the American family from 1780-1865. Examines the emergence of the privatized middle-class family with its sharp division of male and female roles.

Skysworn (6x9 Trade Paperback)

Author : Will Wight
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781959001232
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book Skysworn (6x9 Trade Paperback) written by Will Wight and published by . This book was released on 2023-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With his duel fast approaching, Lindon is locked away in prison. As a Blackflame, he is too dangerous to remain free. The Skysworn, protectors of the Empire, have imprisoned him to keep him under control until the day of his promised fight arrives. When it does, he will face Jai Long. But a new danger approaches the Empire, closer every day. A legendary creature of impossible size and an endless thirst for blood. A Dreadgod. Only the Skysworn stand between the people of the land and total annihilation. And Lindon may be forced to join them.

Wintersteel

Author : Will Wight
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781959001430
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book Wintersteel written by Will Wight and published by . This book was released on 2025-02-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The eighth volume in the New York Times best-selling Cradle series! As the Uncrowned King tournament reaches its final rounds tensions between the competing factions are higher than ever. The outcome may determine the power balance throughout the rest of the world. Each Monarch schemes to seize any advantage they can...while far away a Dreadgod stirs. When the tournament ends the Dreadgod will rise. Whether it will be driven back into the sea or allowed to rampage depends on the Monarchs. And on which of them is left standing.

House of Blades

Author : Will Wight
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780989671705
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (717 download)

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Download or read book House of Blades written by Will Wight and published by . This book was released on 2013-07 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Simon can only watch, helpless, as his family is killed and his friends captured by enemy Travelers-men and women who can summon mystical powers from otherworldly Territories. To top it off, another young man from Simon's village discovers that he's a savior prophesied to destroy evil and save the realm.Prophecy has nothing to say about Simon. He has no special powers, no magical weapons, and no guarantee that he'll survive. But he sets off anyway, alone, to gain the power he needs to oppose the Travelers and topple their ruthless Overlord. It may not be his destiny, but Simon's determined to rescue his fellow villagers from certain death.Because who cares about prophecy, really?

Technical Regulations

Author : United States. War Department
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 750 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Technical Regulations written by United States. War Department and published by . This book was released on with total page 750 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Origin and History of Irish Names of Places

Author : Patrick Weston Joyce
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 534 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book The Origin and History of Irish Names of Places written by Patrick Weston Joyce and published by . This book was released on 1875 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Popular Mechanics

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Popular Mechanics written by and published by . This book was released on 1980-05 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Popular Mechanics inspires, instructs and influences readers to help them master the modern world. Whether it’s practical DIY home-improvement tips, gadgets and digital technology, information on the newest cars or the latest breakthroughs in science -- PM is the ultimate guide to our high-tech lifestyle.

Cradle Song

Author : Stacey Lynn Brown
Publisher : C&r Press
ISBN 13 : 9780981501055
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Cradle Song written by Stacey Lynn Brown and published by C&r Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poetry. African American Studies. Stacey Lynn Brown's voice contains multitudes, yet paradoxically sings a single "song" in this collection of southern-tinged monologues. C&R is honored to publish Brown's well-crafted, powerful and moving book, which was recently reviewed by Jenny Mueller in The St. Louis Post-Dispatch.