Compass Points

Author : Edward Hoagland
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2002-03-26
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780375702402

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In a luminous memoir of a life richly lived, one of America’s finest writers explores the themes that have shaped his life and work: the glories of the natural world, the lure of working for a circus and fighting forest fires, the afflictions of temporary blindness and blocked speech, and the enduring influence of literary friendships, including John Berryman’s, Edward Abbey’s, and his mentor, Archibald MacLeish. From his childhood in rural Connecticut to some of the earth’s last remaining wildernesses, Hoagland has traveled the world wielding his unusual gift for observation. In Compass Points he delivers an honest and lively accounting of his voyages through two marriages; the New York parties he attended as a precocious young writer; Vermont hippiedom and academia; his many vivid sojourns into Europe, Alaska, British Columbia, the Sudan; and, perhaps most unforgettably, his stint in the “Animal Department” of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus fifty years ago. Leavened with Hoagland’s trademark humor and insight, Compass Points is an entertaining and moving account of the days and nights of one of our most eminent literary voices.

Author : Robert Chodos
Publisher : Between The Lines
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : 9781896357324

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Compass points is a radical new history of the twentieth century. Plot your own course through a wide range of creative and forthright articles by some of Canada's best essayists and authors. Each section, organized by decade, grapples with crucial developments in politics, economics, society, and culture in canada and abroad.

Author : Edward Hoagland
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2007-12-18
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780307425331

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Compass Points by Edward Hoagland Pdf

In a luminous memoir of a life richly lived, one of America’s finest writers explores the themes that have shaped his life and work: the glories of the natural world, the lure of working for a circus and fighting forest fires, the afflictions of temporary blindness and blocked speech, and the enduring influence of literary friendships, including John Berryman’s, Edward Abbey’s, and his mentor, Archibald MacLeish. From his childhood in rural Connecticut to some of the earth’s last remaining wildernesses, Hoagland has traveled the world wielding his unusual gift for observation. In Compass Points he delivers an honest and lively accounting of his voyages through two marriages; the New York parties he attended as a precocious young writer; Vermont hippiedom and academia; his many vivid sojourns into Europe, Alaska, British Columbia, the Sudan; and, perhaps most unforgettably, his stint in the “Animal Department” of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus fifty years ago. Leavened with Hoagland’s trademark humor and insight, Compass Points is an entertaining and moving account of the days and nights of one of our most eminent literary voices.

Author : Mathias Enard
Publisher : New Directions Publishing
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2018-03-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780811226639

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Compass by Mathias Enard Pdf

Winner of the 2015 Prix Goncourt, an astounding novel that bridges Europe and the Islamic world On the shortlist for the 2017 Man Booker International Prize As night falls over Vienna, Franz Ritter, an insomniac musicologist, takes to his sickbed with an unspecified illness and spends a restless night drifting between dreams and memories, revisiting the important chapters of his life: his ongoing fascination with the Middle East and his numerous travels to Istanbul, Aleppo, Damascus, and Tehran, as well as the various writers, artists, musicians, academics, orientalists, and explorers who populate this vast dreamscape. At the center of these memories is his elusive, unrequited love, Sarah, a fiercely intelligent French scholar caught in the intricate tension between Europe and the Middle East. With exhilarating prose and sweeping erudition, Mathias Énard pulls astonishing elements from disparate sources—nineteenth-century composers and esoteric orientalists, Balzac and Agatha Christie—and binds them together in a most magical way.

Author : Hope Larson
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2016-06-28
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781466895935

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Compass South by Hope Larson Pdf

It's 1860 in New York City. When 12-year-old twins Alexander and Cleopatra's father disappears, they join the Black Hook Gang and are caught by the police pulling off a heist. They agree to reveal the identity of the gang in exchange for tickets to New Orleans. But once there, Alex is shanghaied to work on a ship that is heading for San Francisco via Cape Horn. Cleo stows away on a steamer to New Granada where she hopes to catch a train to San Francisco to find her brother. Neither Alexander nor Cleo realizes the real danger they are in-they are being followed by pirates who think they hold the key to treasure. How they outwit the pirates and find each other makes for a fast-paced, breathtaking adventure. A Margaret Ferguson Book

Author : George E. Martin
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9781461206293

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Geometric Constructions by George E. Martin Pdf

Geometric constructions have been a popular part of mathematics throughout history. The first chapter here is informal and starts from scratch, introducing all the geometric constructions from high school that have been forgotten or were never learned. The second chapter formalises Plato's game, and examines problems from antiquity such as the impossibility of trisecting an arbitrary angle. After that, variations on Plato's theme are explored: using only a ruler, a compass, toothpicks, a ruler and dividers, a marked rule, or a tomahawk, ending in a chapter on geometric constructions by paperfolding. The author writes in a charming style and nicely intersperses history and philosophy within the mathematics, teaching a little geometry and a little algebra along the way. This is as much an algebra book as it is a geometry book, yet since all the algebra and geometry needed is developed within the text, very little mathematical background is required. This text has been class tested for several semesters with a master's level class for secondary teachers.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : East African Publishers
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2024-05-13
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 996625370X

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Social Studies STD 4 by Anonim Pdf

Author : Great Britain. Hydrographic Department
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1862
Category : Compass
ISBN : COLUMBIA:CU50499017

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Admiralty Manual for Ascertaining and Applying the Deviations of the Compass Caused by the Iron in a Ship by Great Britain. Hydrographic Department Pdf

Author : Ron Ritchhart,Mark Church,Karin Morrison
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2011-03-25
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781118015018

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Making Thinking Visible by Ron Ritchhart,Mark Church,Karin Morrison Pdf

A proven program for enhancing students' thinking and comprehension abilities Visible Thinking is a research-based approach to teaching thinking, begun at Harvard's Project Zero, that develops students' thinking dispositions, while at the same time deepening their understanding of the topics they study. Rather than a set of fixed lessons, Visible Thinking is a varied collection of practices, including thinking routines?small sets of questions or a short sequence of steps?as well as the documentation of student thinking. Using this process thinking becomes visible as the students' different viewpoints are expressed, documented, discussed and reflected upon. Helps direct student thinking and structure classroom discussion Can be applied with students at all grade levels and in all content areas Includes easy-to-implement classroom strategies The book also comes with a DVD of video clips featuring Visible Thinking in practice in different classrooms.

Author : Gary R. Oliver
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2018-10-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781351602846

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Managerial Accountant’s Compass by Gary R. Oliver Pdf

This is the first detailed view of the managerial accountant’s role and responsibilities in organization setting. Its aim is to foster role development: the opportunity to work at an advanced level of practice. Accounting studies develop technical skills associated with topics, and, responding to defined scenarios but provide very little guidance on what to recognizing and approaching the broad problems or challenges under conditions of uncertainty. It is a double first because it provides the managerial accountant’s compass as a general purpose analytical framework for managerial accounting independent of any selected theory and method. The metaphor of a compass creates a mental schema for its four points named (1) goals and principles, (2) boundaries and constraints, (3) methods and models, and, (4) collegial relationships. Dynastic Chinese and some other Central Asian cultures, view the center as a fifth principal direction, giving a total of five points. The center represents a high standard ethical conduct and self-care, or moral compass. Managerial Accountant’s Compass offers an integrated and systematic guide to approaching situations that are constantly changing. It gives a protective starting pattern which produces new meanings and awareness of the ambiguity and uncertainty for each situation. Ultimately the managerial accountant’s compass can help you make more effective sense of yourself, your expertise and your practice in the organization where you work, which should open career opportunities.

Author : Don Geary
Publisher : Stackpole Books
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1995-08-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780811743990

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Using a Map & Compass by Don Geary Pdf

Choosing and operating a compass, interpreting maps, navigating in the wild, and handling outdoor emergencies.

Author : Derek Walters
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 140276622X

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The Chinese Astrology Bible by Derek Walters Pdf

Written by a leading authority on the history and practice of Chinese astrology, this comprehensive new entry in the continuing Bible series brings together all the basics on this ancient form of divination. Filled with color photographs and beautiful illustrations, it covers everything from the 12 animals of the zodiac to calculating your sign to creating a detailed analysis of your chart based on the exact time of your birth. There’s also advice on developing your horoscope further, as well as using Chinese astrology in conjunction with Eastern medicine and feng shui.

Author : Henry Piddington
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1848
Category : Marine meteorology
ISBN : UCSD:31822039256862

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The Sailor's Horn-book for the Law of Storms by Henry Piddington Pdf

Author : Evan Connell
Publisher : Catapult
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2012-10-01
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781619021303

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Points for a Compass Rose by Evan Connell Pdf

"We have here on the planet with us a man of such courage and strength of spirit that he has not lost what Alfred Adler calls 'the nerve for excellence.' He has kept it despite the burden of an awareness not only of the enormity of his project and of the limitations of his own human understanding, but also of the abject ignorance and indifference of his audience... "Somehow Connell makes you care. Many modern poets demand a good deal of work; Connell excites it. Sometimes the note–taker's [narrator] tone is hectoring, even belligerent; if you have any competitive spirit at all, you seize a thread—any thread—follow it, and lo, it traces a pattern. . . you understand at last that these notes are not tentative explorations, and far less are they 'expression:' they are instead the magnificent artifices of a giant intellect... "These poems are masterpieces. You could bend a lifetime of energy to their study, and have lived well. The fabric of their meaning is seamless, inexhaustible. . . their language is steely and bladelike; from both of its surfaces flickering lights gleam. Each page sheds insight on every other page; understanding snaps back and forth, tacking like a sloop up the long fjord of mystery."—Annie Dillard, Harper

Author : Pearson Education Asia Pte. Ltd
Publisher : Pearson Education South Asia
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9814098590

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Longman Atlas by Pearson Education Asia Pte. Ltd Pdf