28 Paradises

Download 28 Paradises full books in PDF, epub, and Kindle. Read online 28 Paradises ebook anywhere anytime directly on your device. Fast Download speed and no annoying ads. We cannot guarantee that every ebooks is available!

28 Paradises

Author : Patrick Modiano
Publisher : David Zwirner Books
ISBN 13 : 164423002X
Total Pages : 81 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (442 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis 28 Paradises by : Patrick Modiano

Download or read book 28 Paradises written by Patrick Modiano and published by David Zwirner Books. This book was released on 2019-05-21 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published in English for the first time, 28 Paradises is the marriage of prose and painting by Nobel-prize winning author Patrick Modiano and his partner, the illustrator Dominique Zehrfuss. 28 Paradises is a rare book: it reveals not only the individual talents of the authors, Modiano and Zehrfuss, but also the depth of the couple’s creative union. Sensitively translated into English for the first time by Damion Searls, 28 Paradises captures the exquisite sadness of waking from a beautiful dream. There are twenty-eight dreams in this book, or perhaps one dream in twenty-eight parts—visions of paradise imagined by Zehrfuss during a time of deep sadness. Captured first in Zehrfuss’s brightly colored gouaches, each paradise was then refashioned as a poem by Modiano. Zehrfuss’s paintings are Edens in miniature, and rather than describe them outright, Modiano dreams himself into these reveries in quiet, understated verse. The reader enters this shared realm in an experience less like paging through a book and more like slipping into a shared world. These paradises are wishes for moments when a painting, or a poem, or a lover—perhaps they are not so different—relieves the loneliness of being human. As Modiano writes with a touch of wistfulness, “The Lilliputian painted her paradises / And I / Next to her / Wrote a poem.” A pure example of ekphrastic writing—poetry inspired by paintings—this book shows how writing and visual art can together create a unique emotional experience. First published by Editions de l’Olivier/ Le Seuil in 2005

Paradise Rot

Author : Jenny Hval
Publisher : Verso Books
ISBN 13 : 178663385X
Total Pages : 119 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (866 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Paradise Rot by : Jenny Hval

Download or read book Paradise Rot written by Jenny Hval and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2018-10-02 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jo is in a strange new country for university and having a more peculiar time than most. In a house with no walls, shared with a woman who has no boundaries, she finds her strange home coming to life in unimaginable ways. Jo's sensitivity and all her senses become increasingly heightened and fraught, as the lines between bodies and plants, dreaming and wakefulness, blur and mesh. This debut novel from critically acclaimed artist and musician Jenny Hval presents a heady and hyper-sensual portrayal of sexual awakening and queer desire.

A Counterfeiter's Paradise

Author : Ben Tarnoff
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101574836
Total Pages : 459 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (15 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis A Counterfeiter's Paradise by : Ben Tarnoff

Download or read book A Counterfeiter's Paradise written by Ben Tarnoff and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-03-06 with total page 459 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This tale of counterfeiting is a treat for everyone...a delightful history lesson...Admirable and altogether charming." -The Washington Post As Ben Tarnoff reminds us in this entertaining narrative history, get-rich-quick schemes are as old as America itself. Indeed, the speculative ethos that pervades Wall Street today, Tarnoff suggests, has its origins in the counterfeiters who first took advantage of America's turbulent economy. In A Counterfeiter's Paradise, Tarnoff chronicles the lives of three colorful counterfeiters who flourished in early America, from the colonial period to the Civil War. Driven by desire for fortune and fame, each counterfeiter cunningly manipulated the political and economic realities of his day. Through the tales of these three memorable hustlers, Tarnoff tells the larger tale of America's financial coming-of-age, from a patchwork of colonies to a powerful nation with a single currency.

The Battle for Paradise

Author : Naomi Klein
Publisher : Haymarket Books
ISBN 13 : 1608464318
Total Pages : 53 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (84 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Battle for Paradise by : Naomi Klein

Download or read book The Battle for Paradise written by Naomi Klein and published by Haymarket Books. This book was released on 2018-06-05 with total page 53 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fearless necessary reporting . . . Klein exposes the ‘battle of utopias’ that is currently unfolding in storm-ravaged Puerto Rico” (Junot Díaz, author of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao) “We are in a fight for our lives. Hurricanes Irma and María unmasked the colonialism we face in Puerto Rico, and the inequality it fosters, creating a fierce humanitarian crisis. Now we must find a path forward to equality and sustainability, a path driven by communities, not investors. And this book explains, with careful and unbiased reporting, only the efforts of our community activists can answer the paramount question: What type of society do we want to become and who is Puerto Rico for?” —Carmen Yulín Cruz, Mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico In the rubble of Hurricane Maria, Puerto Ricans and ultrarich “Puertopians” are locked in a pitched struggle over how to remake the island. In this vital and startling investigation, bestselling author and activist Naomi Klein uncovers how the forces of shock politics and disaster capitalism seek to undermine the nation’s radical, resilient vision for a “just recovery.” All royalties from the sale of this book in English and Spanish go directly to JunteGente, a gathering of Puerto Rican organizations resisting disaster capitalism and advancing a fair and healthy recovery for their island. “Klein chronicles the extraordinary grassroots resistance by the Puerto Rican people against neoliberal privatization and Wall Street greed in the aftermath of the island’s financial meltdown, of hurricane devastation, and of Washington’s imposition of an outside control board over the most important U.S. colony.” —Juan González, cohost of Democracy Now! and author of Harvest of Empire: A History of Latinos in America

Earthly Paradises

Author : Maureen Carroll
Publisher : Getty Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780892367214
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (672 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Earthly Paradises by : Maureen Carroll

Download or read book Earthly Paradises written by Maureen Carroll and published by Getty Publications. This book was released on 2003 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The cultivation of gardens played an integral role in both the public and private spheres of the ancient world. Whether grown as sources of food, symbols of wealth and prestige, or as dwellings for the gods, gardens were nurtured at every level of society. In this beautifully illustrated book, Maureen Carroll examines the most recent evidence for the existence, functions, and designs of gardens from the second millennium B.C. to the middle of the first millennium A.D. in the cultures of the ancient Near East, Egypt, Greece, Italy, and the provinces of the Roman Empire. She looks at gardens in their many forms, including house gardens, orchards and parks, sacred gardens and cemetery gardens, and dedicates a chapter to gardens in ancient poetry. She also discusses ancient horticultural practices and the role of gardeners, concluding with a chapter on the survival of ancient gardening traditions in the Islamic and Byzantine worlds, and the perception and depiction of paradise in those cultures. Evidence is drawn from archaeological excavations, which can reveal the remains of gardens that were never mentioned in written sources, as well as from textual, pictorial, and environmental sources. Illustrated with delightful images from tomb and wall paintings, sculptural reliefs and manuscripts, as well as with informative reconstructions and plans, this book provides fascinating insights into the earthly paradises of antiquity. Book jacket.

From Paradise to the Promised Land

Author : T. Desmond Alexander
Publisher : Baker Academic
ISBN 13 : 1493434640
Total Pages : 467 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (934 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis From Paradise to the Promised Land by : T. Desmond Alexander

Download or read book From Paradise to the Promised Land written by T. Desmond Alexander and published by Baker Academic. This book was released on 2022-04-12 with total page 467 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This accessibly written textbook has been a popular introduction to the Pentateuch for over twenty-five years. It identifies the major themes of the first five books of the Bible and offers an overview of their contents. Unlike some academic studies, it focuses on how the books from Genesis to Deuteronomy form a continuous story that provides an important foundation for understanding the whole Bible. This new edition has been substantially updated throughout to reflect the author's refined judgments and to address the future of pentateuchal studies.

Paradise Reconsidered in Gnostic Mythmaking

Author : Tuomas Rasimus
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9047426703
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (474 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Paradise Reconsidered in Gnostic Mythmaking by : Tuomas Rasimus

Download or read book Paradise Reconsidered in Gnostic Mythmaking written by Tuomas Rasimus and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2009-10-31 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a new understanding of Sethianism and the origins of Gnosticism by examining the mythology in and social reality behind a group of texts to which certain leaders of the early church occasionally attached the label ‘Ophite.’ In the unique Ophite mythology, which rewrites the Genesis paradise story and is attested, for example, in Irenaeus’ Adversus haereses 1.30, The Apocryphon of John and On the Origin of the World, the snake’s advice to eat of the tree of knowledge is considered positive, the creator and his angels are turned into demonic beasts and the true Godhead is presented as an androgynous heavenly projection of Adam and Eve. It is argued that Hans-Martin Schenke’s influential model of the ‘Sethian system’ only reveals part of a larger whole to which the Ophite material belongs as an important and organic component.

Slavers in Paradise

Author : Henry Evans Maude
Publisher : [email protected]
ISBN 13 : 9780708116074
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (16 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Slavers in Paradise by : Henry Evans Maude

Download or read book Slavers in Paradise written by Henry Evans Maude and published by [email protected]. This book was released on 1981 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Losing Paradise

Author : Tammo Steenhuis
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317103394
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (171 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Losing Paradise by : Tammo Steenhuis

Download or read book Losing Paradise written by Tammo Steenhuis and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-22 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taking a uniquely interdisciplinary view of the Eastern Mediterranean region's water problems, this book considers some of the technical and regulatory solutions being proposed or implemented to solve the difficulties of diminished or polluted water supplies. Stressing the importance of traditional and historical cultural understanding in addressing the water crisis, the authors demonstrate that what is required is an integrated legal, social and scientific management system appropriate to each country's stage of development and their cultural heritage. Using case studies from Lebanon, Italy, Spain, Egypt, Greece, Jordan and Cyprus, the authors focus on the urgency of the present crisis faced by each country and the need for cooperation. The suggested solutions also serve as a paradigm for the rest of the world as it faces similar issues of water shortage.

Paradise Reforged

Author : James Belich
Publisher : Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited
ISBN 13 : 1742288235
Total Pages : 848 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (422 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Paradise Reforged by : James Belich

Download or read book Paradise Reforged written by James Belich and published by Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited. This book was released on 2002-05-22 with total page 848 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the eagerly awaited companion to Professor James Belich's acclaimed Making Peoples, published in New Zealand, Britain and the United States in 1996. Making Peoples was hailed as a turning point in the writing of New Zealand history.Paradise Reforged picks up where Making Peoples left off, taking the story of the New Zealanders from the 1880s to the end of the twentieth century. It begins with the search for 'Better Britain' and ends by analysing the modern Maori resurgence, the new Pakeha consciousness, and the implications of a reinterpreted past for New Zealand's future. Along the way the book deals with subjects ranging from sport and sex to childhood and popular culture.Critics hailed Making Peoples as 'brilliant' and 'the most ambitious book yet written on this country's past'. Paradise Reforged, its successor, adopts a similarly incisive, original sweep across the New Zealand historical landscape in confronting the myths of the past.

PARADISE LOST

Author : John Milton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (3 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis PARADISE LOST by : John Milton

Download or read book PARADISE LOST written by John Milton and published by . This book was released on 1754 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Paradise Now

Author : April D. De Conick
Publisher : Society of Biblical Lit
ISBN 13 : 1589832574
Total Pages : 482 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (898 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Paradise Now by : April D. De Conick

Download or read book Paradise Now written by April D. De Conick and published by Society of Biblical Lit. This book was released on 2006 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Colonizing Paradise

Author : Jefferson Dillman
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
ISBN 13 : 0817318585
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (173 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Colonizing Paradise by : Jefferson Dillman

Download or read book Colonizing Paradise written by Jefferson Dillman and published by University of Alabama Press. This book was released on 2015-06-30 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Dillman elegantly explores the evolution of English and British perceptions of the landscape of the West Indies and how their representations were used to support the development of the islands they colonized"--

Bluegrass Paradise

Author : Gary A. O'Dell
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813196736
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Bluegrass Paradise by : Gary A. O'Dell

Download or read book Bluegrass Paradise written by Gary A. O'Dell and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2023-03-28 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the earliest days of the United States as settlers made their way west and into what would eventually become Kentucky, they were faced with many challenges in the task of surveying and claiming new and unknown land. Among the highest priorities for new residents was to determine if their chosen homestead could provide the fertile soil and fresh water they needed to sustain life and service their agricultural needs. Kentucky, with its underlying base of predominantly limestone rock—perfectly suited to the natural formation of caves, sinking streams, and springs of cool water—proved the ideal location on which to build their new lives. In Bluegrass Paradise: Royal Spring and the Birth of Georgetown, Kentucky, author Gary A. O'Dell tells the story of the Royal Spring, the largest spring in central Kentucky. Practical and essential to the creation of a successful settlement, the spring and its location became the primary reason pioneers would eventually congregate here and found the city of Georgetown as one of the earliest Kentucky communities. In the ensuing 250 years, the Royal Spring has faithfully served the water needs of the community and the locale remains a cherished cultural and historical asset that provides greenspace within a rapidly growing city.

Trees of Paradise and Pillars of the World

Author : Elizabeth A. Newsome
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 0292788029
Total Pages : 533 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (927 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Trees of Paradise and Pillars of the World by : Elizabeth A. Newsome

Download or read book Trees of Paradise and Pillars of the World written by Elizabeth A. Newsome and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2010-07-05 with total page 533 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Assemblies of rectangular stone pillars, or stelae, fill the plazas and courts of ancient Maya cities throughout the lowlands of southern Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, and western Honduras. Mute testimony to state rituals that linked the king's power to rule with the rhythms and renewal of time, the stelae document the ritual acts of rulers who sacrificed, danced, and experienced visionary ecstasy in connection with celebrations marking the end of major calendrical cycles. The kings' portraits are carved in relief on the main surfaces of the stones, deifying them as incarnations of the mythical trees of life. Based on a thorough analysis of the imagery and inscriptions of seven stelae erected in the Great Plaza at Copan, Honduras, by the Classic Period ruler "18-Rabbit-God K," this ambitious study argues that stelae were erected not only to support a ruler's temporal claims to power but more importantly to express the fundamental connection in Maya worldview between rulership and the cosmology inherent in their vision of cyclical time. After an overview of the archaeology and history of Copan and the reign and monuments of "18-Rabbit-God K," Elizabeth Newsome interprets the iconography and inscriptions on the stelae, illustrating the way they fulfilled a coordinated vision of the king's ceremonial role in Copan's period-ending rites. She also links their imagery to key Maya concepts about the origin of the universe, expressed in the cosmologies and mythic lore of ancient and living Maya peoples.

Another Day in Paradise

Author : Jim Toomey
Publisher : Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780740720123
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (21 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Another Day in Paradise by : Jim Toomey

Download or read book Another Day in Paradise written by Jim Toomey and published by Andrews McMeel Publishing. This book was released on 2001-09-06 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Another Day In Paradise" marks the latest collection of the popular strip, which takes a satirical, sea-floor look at modern culture through the eyes of Sherman, his sidekick sea turtle Fillmore, and schools of other coral reef critters.

Dividing Paradise

Author : Jennifer Sherman
Publisher : University of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520305140
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (23 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Dividing Paradise by : Jennifer Sherman

Download or read book Dividing Paradise written by Jennifer Sherman and published by University of California Press. This book was released on 2021-03-23 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How rural areas have become uneven proving grounds for the American Dream Late-stage capitalism is trying to remake rural America in its own image, and the resistance is telling. Small-town economies that have traditionally been based on logging, mining, farming, and ranching now increasingly rely on tourism, second-home ownership, and retirement migration. In Dividing Paradise, Jennifer Sherman tells the story of Paradise Valley, Washington, a rural community where amenity-driven economic growth has resulted in a new social landscape of inequality and privilege, with deep fault lines between old-timers and newcomers. In this complicated cultural reality, "class blindness" allows privileged newcomers to ignore or justify their impact on these towns, papering over the sentiments of anger, loss, and disempowerment of longtime locals. Based on in-depth interviews with individuals on both sides of the divide, this book explores the causes and repercussions of the stark inequity that has become commonplace across the United States. It exposes the mechanisms by which inequality flourishes and by which Americans have come to believe that disparity is acceptable and deserved. Sherman, who is known for her work on rural America, presents here a powerful case study of the ever-growing tensions between those who can and those who cannot achieve their visions of the American dream.