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The Porch

Author : Charlie Hailey
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022677001X
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (267 download)

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Download or read book The Porch written by Charlie Hailey and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2021-04-01 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Come with us for a moment out onto the porch. Just like that, we’ve entered another world without leaving home. In this liminal space, an endless array of absorbing philosophical questions arises: What does it mean to be in a place? How does one place teach us about the world and ourselves? What do we—and the things we’ve built—mean in this world? In a time when reflections on the nature of society and individual endurance are so paramount, Charlie Hailey’s latest book is both a mental tonic and a welcome provocation. Solidly grounded in ideas, ecology, and architecture, The Porch takes us on a journey along the edges of nature where the outside comes in, hosts meet guests, and imagination runs wild. Hailey writes from a modest porch on the Homosassa River in Florida. He sleeps there, studies the tides, listens for osprey and manatee, welcomes shipwrecked visitors, watches shadows on its screens, reckons with climate change, and reflects on his own acclimation to his environment. The profound connections he unearths anchor an armchair exploration of past porches and those of the future, moving from ancient Greece to contemporary Sweden, from the White House roof to the Anthropocene home. In his ruminations, he links up with other porch dwellers including environmentalist Rachel Carson, poet Wendell Berry, writers Eudora Welty and Zora Neale Hurston, philosopher John Dewey, architect Louis Kahn, and photographer Paul Strand. As close as architecture can bring us to nature, the porch is where we can learn to contemplate anew our evolving place in a changing world—a space we need now more than ever. Timeless and timely, Hailey’s book is a dreamy yet deeply passionate meditation on the joy and gravity of sitting on the porch.

On the Porch

Author : W. Chase Peeler
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 147732366X
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (773 download)

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Download or read book On the Porch written by W. Chase Peeler and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2021-09-14 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In sunbaked Terlingua, Texas (pop., a few hundred), residents joke that there is a musician under every rock. Located ten miles from Mexico in one of the remotest corners of the United States, the town had a recording studio before it had a school, a well-stocked grocery store, or even a water utility. Open jam sessions are a daily ritual, and some songwriters make a living from their craft despite being thousands of miles from New York or Nashville. Why does such a tiny and isolated place ring with singing and guitars? Based on more than two years of on-the-ground research, On the Porch tells the story of this small but remarkable community. Chase Peeler invites us into the music, introducing us to a cast of characters as unique as the town itself. He reveals how novices and experts perform together—a rarity in contemporary America. He recounts the devastation brought on by a border closure and describes how music is once again uniting people across the Rio Grande. He considers the impact of gentrification in an off-the-grid paradise, and how this threatens to transform a precarious musical ecosystem. On the Porch is a celebration of human musicality, of the role that music plays and can play in our lives, both in Terlingua and beyond.

Out on the Porch

Author : Clifton Dowell
Publisher : Algonquin Books
ISBN 13 : 9780945575931
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (759 download)

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Download or read book Out on the Porch written by Clifton Dowell and published by Algonquin Books. This book was released on 1992-01-01 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Evoking soft summer evenings in the South, a collection of photographs and quotes from such famous writers as William Faulkner and Eudora Welty celebrates the porch as a vital extension of the American character. By the author of Kate Vaiden.

The Boy on the Porch

Author : Sharon Creech
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062207776
Total Pages : 95 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (622 download)

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Download or read book The Boy on the Porch written by Sharon Creech and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2013-09-03 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “This quiet novel sings. A graceful profound story for all ages that speaks well beyond its intended audience.” —Kirkus (starred review) Fans of Newbery Medal winner Sharon Creech's Ruby Holler will love this tween novel about opening your heart and finding family when you least expect it. When a young couple finds a boy asleep on their porch, their lives take a surprising turn. Unable to speak, the boy, Jacob, can't explain his history. All John and Marta know is that they have been chosen to care for him. And as their connection and friendship with Jacob grow, they embrace his exuberant spirit and talents. The three of them blossom into an unlikely family and begin to see the world in brand-new ways.

The Power of the Porch

Author : Trudier Harris
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
ISBN 13 : 9780820318578
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (185 download)

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Download or read book The Power of the Porch written by Trudier Harris and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In ways that are highly individual, says Harris, yet still within a shared oral tradition, Zora Neale Hurston, Gloria Naylor, and Randall Kenan skillfully use storytelling techniques to define their audiences, reach out and draw them in, and fill them with anticipation. Considering how such dynamics come into play in Hurston's Mules and Men, Naylor's Mama Day, and Kenan's Let the Dead Bury Their Dead, Harris shows how the "power of the porch" resides in readers as well, who, in giving themselves over to a story, confer it on the writer. Against this background of give and take, anticipation and fulfillment, Harris considers Zora Neale Hurston's special challenges as a black woman writer in the thirties, and how her various roles as an anthropologist, folklorist, and novelist intermingle in her work. In Gloria Naylor's writing, Harris finds particularly satisfying themes and characters. A New York native, Naylor came to a knowledge of the South through her parents and during her stay on the Sea Islands she wrote Mama Day. A southerner by birth, Randall Kenan is particularly adept in getting his readers to accept aspects of African American culture that their rational minds might have wanted to reject. Although Kenan is set apart from Hurston and Naylor by his alliances with a new generation of writers intent upon broaching certain taboo subjects (in his case gay life in small southern towns), Kenan's Tims Creek is as rife with the otherworldly and the fantastic as Hurston's New Orleans and Naylor's Willow Springs.

The Porch and the Cross

Author : Kevin Vost
Publisher : Angelico Press
ISBN 13 : 1621381714
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (213 download)

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Download or read book The Porch and the Cross written by Kevin Vost and published by Angelico Press. This book was released on 2016-02-29 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Regardless of their sometimes ambiguous concepts of God, the Roman Stoic philosophers did acknowledge Him, but on the basis of reason alone, because they had not met Christ. Nonetheless, they did deduce from God's existence our need to live lives of virtue, honor, tranquility, and self-control--and they developed effective techniques to help us achieve this. Musonius Rufus the teacher, Epictetus the slave, Seneca the adviser to emperors, and Marcus Aurelius, the emperor himself, produced a practical technology we can use to integrate Christian ethics into our own daily practice. As Kevin Vost so wonderfully illustrates in his new book, The Porch and the Cross, the Stoics can help us learn--and remember--what is up to us, and what is up to God alone.

The Porch (As Sanctuary)

Author : Jae Nichelle
Publisher : Vinyl 45
ISBN 13 : 9781936919789
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (197 download)

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Download or read book The Porch (As Sanctuary) written by Jae Nichelle and published by Vinyl 45. This book was released on 2019-12-17 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Sunday Afternoon on the Porch

Author : Jim Heynen
Publisher : Bureau Oak Book
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Sunday Afternoon on the Porch written by Jim Heynen and published by Bureau Oak Book. This book was released on 2008 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1939, just before graduating from high school in the small town of Ridgeway in northeast Iowa, Everett Kuntz spent his entire savings of $12.50 on a 35mm Argus AF camera. He made a camera case from a worn-out boot, scraps from a tin can, and a clasp from his mother's purse. For the next several years, especially during the summers when he worked on his parents' dairy farm, he clicked the shutter of his trusty Argus all around the quiet town. Everett bought movie reel film in bulk from a mail-order house, rolled his own film, and developed it in a closet at home, but he never had the money to print his photographs. More than two thousand negatives stayed in a box while he married, raised a family, and worked as an electrical engineer in the Twin Cities. When he became ill with cancer in the fall of 2002--sixty years after he had developed the last of his bulk film--Everett opened his time capsule and printed the images from his youth. He died in 2003, having brought his childhood town back to life just as he was leaving it. A sense of peace radiates from these images. Whether skinny-dipping in the Turkey River, wheelbarrow-racing, threshing oats, milking cows, visiting with relatives after church, or hanging out at the drugstore or the movies, Ridgeway's hardworking citizens are modest and trusting and luminous in their graceful harmony and their unguarded affection for each other. Visiting the town in 2006 as he was writing the text to accompany these photographs, Jim Heynen crafted vignettes that perfectly complement these rediscovered images by blending fact and fiction to give context and voice to Ridgeway's citizens.

The Porch Series

Author : Cat Clark
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781956620030
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book The Porch Series written by Cat Clark and published by . This book was released on 2023-07-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Embark on a journey of self-discovery, growth, and healing in The Porch Series: Self-Discovery, Growth, & Healing in the Shadow of Sex Addiction. This four-part memoir takes readers on an intimate exploration of Cat Clark's marriage to a sex addict and her courageous path to overcoming PTSD. With unflinching honesty, compassion, and occasional humor, she shares her personal journey from being a partner in a difficult relationship to finding her own voice and reclaiming her life. Through her recovery program and healing process, Cat offers valuable insights and practical tools for navigating the complexities of addiction, betrayal trauma, and setting healthy boundaries. The Porch Series is a candid and inspiring account that will resonate with anyone facing similar challenges. Cat's story reminds us that we are not alone in our struggles and that with determination, support, and self-empowerment, it is possible to heal and embrace a fulfilling life. This memoir serves as a guiding light for those seeking hope, understanding, and the strength to triumph over the shadows of sex addiction.

The Girl on the Porch

Author : Richard Chizmar
Publisher : Cemetery Dance Publications
ISBN 13 : 9781587678820
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (788 download)

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Download or read book The Girl on the Porch written by Richard Chizmar and published by Cemetery Dance Publications. This book was released on 2023-02-20 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the Tuckers' next door neighbor mentions someone rang their doorbell late the previous night, Sarah and Kenny Tucker check their home's security camera and discover something shocking: the doorbell ringer also visited their house... and it was a terrified young woman with a shackle hanging from her right wrist.

Porch Living

Author : James T. Farmer
Publisher : Gibbs Smith
ISBN 13 : 142362534X
Total Pages : 147 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (236 download)

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Download or read book Porch Living written by James T. Farmer and published by Gibbs Smith. This book was released on 2012-04 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Full-color illustrations accompany decorating tips for porches.

On Grandma's Porch

Author : Deborah Smith
Publisher : BelleBooks
ISBN 13 : 1935661213
Total Pages : 143 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (356 download)

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Download or read book On Grandma's Porch written by Deborah Smith and published by BelleBooks. This book was released on 2007-06-01 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stories and "True Facts" about growing up Southern in the good old days. More than a dozen southern authors contribute warm, nostalgic stories and fun trivia about "the era before shopping malls, Disney, and Wal-Mart." Includes the authors' favorite nostalgic recipes.

No Ordinary Men

Author : Fritz Stern
Publisher : New York Review of Books
ISBN 13 : 1590177029
Total Pages : 169 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book No Ordinary Men written by Fritz Stern and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 2013-09-17 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fascinating story of two courageous opponents in Hitler’s Germany who both bravely resisted the Nazis—for World War II history buffs and fans of little-known histories. “A story that needs to be heard.” —Library Journal During the twelve years of Hitler’s Third Reich, very few Germans took the risk of actively opposing his tyranny and terror, and fewer still did so to protect the sanctity of law and faith. In No Ordinary Men, Elisabeth Sifton and Fritz Stern focus on two remarkable, courageous men who did—the pastor and theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer and his close friend and brother-in-law Hans von Dohnanyi—and offer new insights into the fearsome difficulties that resistance entailed. (Not forgotten is Christine Bonhoeffer Dohnanyi, Hans’s wife and Dietrich’s sister, who was indispensable to them both.) From the start Bonhoeffer opposed the Nazi efforts to bend Germany’s Protestant churches to Hitler’s will, while Dohnanyi, a lawyer in the Justice Ministry and then in the Wehrmacht’s counterintelligence section, helped victims, kept records of Nazi crimes to be used as evidence once the regime fell, and was an important figure in the various conspiracies to assassinate Hitler. The strength of their shared commitment to these undertakings—and to the people they were helping—endured even after their arrest in April 1943 and until, after great suffering, they were executed on Hitler’s express orders in April 1945, just weeks before the Third Reich collapsed. Bonhoeffer’s posthumously published Letters and Papers from Prison and other writings found a wide international audience, but Dohnanyi’s work is scarcely known, though it was crucial to the resistance and he was the one who drew Bonhoeffer into the anti-Hitler plots. Sifton and Stern offer dramatic new details and interpretations in their account of the extraordinary efforts in which the two jointly engaged. No Ordinary Men honors both Bonhoeffer’s human decency and his theological legacy, as well as Dohnanyi’s preservation of the highest standard of civic virtue in an utterly corrupted state.

A View from the Porch

Author : Avi Friedman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781550653991
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (539 download)

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Download or read book A View from the Porch written by Avi Friedman and published by . This book was released on 2015-05-01 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the latest updated book from "Canada's housing guru" about how design affects our daily lives This illuminating collection of 22 essays expounds upon the points where design touches life. The essays discuss the big and small things that make us appreciate, or become disconnected from, our homes and neighborhoods. Drawing on his experiences as an architect, planner, world traveler, and educator, Avi Friedman delves into issues such as the North American obsession with monster homes, the impact of scale on the feeling of comfort in our communities, environmental concerns such as deforestation, innovative recycling methods in building materials, the booming do-it-yourself industry, the decline of craftsmanship, and the role of good design in bringing families together. Written with Friedman's trademark flair,A View from the Porch offers a compelling vision of the influence of design in our everyday lives from one of the world's most innovative thinkers. With new material, this is a completely revised edition ofRoom for Thought, originally published in 2005.

The American Porch

Author : Michael Dolan
Publisher : Lyons Press
ISBN 13 : 9781592282715
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (827 download)

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Download or read book The American Porch written by Michael Dolan and published by Lyons Press. This book was released on 2004-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating look at an American institution-a place where public life meets private.

Stories from the Porch

Author : Roger L Guffey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781649902610
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (26 download)

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Download or read book Stories from the Porch written by Roger L Guffey and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-12 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The front porch is an integral component of Appalachian homes and the culture of the people who live there. 'Come on up and sit awhile' is an invitation to friends and strangers alike to join the host on the porch where a screen door separates the privacy of the home and the public square. Porches were the antecedents to today's social media. Impersonal cell phone screens have supplanted the friendly rocking chairs and swings where people shared their stories.Women broke beans and peeled apples, men swapped idle chatter while whittling cedar sticks, children read comic books and fairy tales, and dogs basked in the sunlight. People remembered times long past, courted romantic partners, and mourned the passing of friends and family. Traditions were passed between generations on the porch where the problems of the day evaporated in the cool twilight amidst the sirenic calls of whip-poor-wills and screech owls. Stories from the Porch is a collection of narratives that a visitor might hear while enjoying a slice of apple pie and a cold glass of lemonade or a cup of coffee from a stovetop percolator.

Under the Watsons' Porch

Author : Susan Richards Shreve
Publisher : Yearling
ISBN 13 : 0440419697
Total Pages : 199 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book Under the Watsons' Porch written by Susan Richards Shreve and published by Yearling. This book was released on 2006 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twelve-year-old Ellie's boring summer becomes exciting when she develops a crush on her new next-door neighbor, an older boy with a troubled past, whom her parents have forbidden her to see.