For As Far As The Eye Can See

Author : Susan Denham Wade
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2019-09-16
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780750992947

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A History of Seeing in Eleven Inventions by Susan Denham Wade Pdf

Eyes were one of the very first body parts to evolve more than 500 million years ago, and their structure has remained virtually unchanged through most of evolutionary history. But eyes alone were never enough for Homo sapiens. From the mastery of fire a million years ago to the smartphone today, humans have repeatedly invented new ways to see their surroundings, each other and themselves. Artificial light, art, mirrors, writing, lenses, printing, photography, film, television, smartphones – these tools didn't just add to our visual repertoire, they shaped cultures around the world and made us who we are. Drawing on sources from anthropology to zoology, neuroscience to Netflix, As Far As the Eye Can See traces the history of seeing from the first evolutionary stirrings of sight and discovers that each time we changed how or what we see, we changed ourselves and the world around us. Along the way, it finds, sight slowly eclipsed our other senses. Are we now at 'peak seeing', the author asks. Can our eyes keep up with technology? Have we gone as far as the eye can see?

Author : Robert Bausch
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2014-11-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781620402610

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Far as the Eye Can See by Robert Bausch Pdf

Bobby Hale is a Union veteran several times over. After the war, he sets his sights on California, but only makes it to Montana. As he stumbles around the West, from the Wyoming Territory to the Black Hills of the Dakotas, he finds meaning in the people he meets-settlers and native people-and the violent history he both participates in and witnesses. Far as the Eye Can See is the story of life in a place where every minute is an engagement in a kind of war of survival, and how two people-a white man and a mixed-race woman-in the midst of such majesty and violence can manage to find a pathway to their own humanity. Robert Bausch is the distinguished author of a body of work that is lively and varied, but linked by a thoughtfully complicated masculinity and an uncommon empathy. The unique voice of Bobby Hale manages to evoke both Cormac McCarthy and Mark Twain, guiding readers into Indian country and the Plains Wars in a manner both historically true and contemporarily relevant, as thoughts of race and war occupy the national psyche.

Author : Bill Finch,Beth Maynor Young,Rhett Johnson,John C. Hall
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2012-10-22
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780807838099

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Longleaf, Far as the Eye Can See by Bill Finch,Beth Maynor Young,Rhett Johnson,John C. Hall Pdf

Longleaf forests once covered 92 million acres from Texas to Maryland to Florida. These grand old-growth pines were the "alpha tree" of the largest forest ecosystem in North America and have come to define the southern forest. But logging, suppression of fire, destruction by landowners, and a complex web of other factors reduced those forests so that longleaf is now found only on 3 million acres. Fortunately, the stately tree is enjoying a resurgence of interest, and longleaf forests are once again spreading across the South. Blending a compelling narrative by writers Bill Finch, Rhett Johnson, and John C. Hall with Beth Maynor Young's breathtaking photography, Longleaf, Far as the Eye Can See invites readers to experience the astounding beauty and significance of the majestic longleaf ecosystem. The authors explore the interactions of longleaf with other species, the development of longleaf forests prior to human contact, and the influence of the longleaf on southern culture, as well as ongoing efforts to restore these forests. Part natural history, part conservation advocacy, and part cultural exploration, this book highlights the special nature of longleaf forests and proposes ways to conserve and expand them.

Author : Robert Melançon
Publisher : Biblioasis
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2013-03-29
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781927428191

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For As Far as the Eye Can See by Robert Melançon Pdf

In the 144 poems of For as Far as the Eye Can See, Robert Melançon re-imagines the sonnet as a "rectangle of twelve lines," and poetry as "a monument as fragile as the grass." Impressionistic, seasonal, allusive, in language sharp and clean, this form-driven collection is both a book of hours and a measured meditation on art, nature, and the vagaries of perception. Robert Melançon is one of Québec’s most revered contemporary poets and a two-time winner of the Governor General’s Award. A longtime translator of Canadian poet A.M. Klein, Melançon has been the poetry columnist for Le Devoir and the Radio-Canada program En Toutes Lettres; he is also a critic and has been a professor at the University of Montreal. In addition to the Governor General's Award he is a past recipient of the Prix Victor-Barbeau and the Prix Alain-Grandbois.

Author : LeRoy Bailey, Jr.
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-27
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780359228416

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AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE by LeRoy Bailey, Jr. Pdf

Author : Paul Virilio
Publisher : Berg Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 1847885403

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Art as Far as the Eye Can See by Paul Virilio Pdf

Paul Virilio puts art back where it matters - at the centre of politics. Art used to be an engagement between artist and materials. But in our new media world art has changed, its very materials have changed and have become technologized. This change reflects a broader social shift. Speed and politics - what Virilio defined as the key characteristics of the twentieth century - have been transformed in the twenty-first century to speed and mass culture. And the defining characteristic of mass culture today is panic. This induced panic relies on a new, all-seeing technology. And the first casualty of this is the human response. What we are losing is the very human 'art of seeing', one individual's engagement with another or with an event, be that political or artistic. What we are losing is our sense of the aesthetic. Where art used to talk of the aesthetics of disappearance, it must now confront the disappearance of the aesthetic.

Author : David Brill
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Appalachian Trail
ISBN : WISC:89081237760

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As Far as the Eye Can See by David Brill Pdf

Many an armchair hiker has dreamed of traversing the Appalachian Trail in its entirety. In 1979, David Brill became one of the first of a new generation to complete the Georgia-to-Maine hike. Published by The Appalachian Trail Conference, As Far as the Eye Can See chronicles his six-month, 2,100-mile walk, a quest to live simply and deliberately, with room to grow, to breathe, to change, to discover what really mattered to him. This book is required reading for anyone interested in getting beyond the day-to-day slog of the hike to explore the emotional and spiritual dimensions of a long journey on foot.

Author : Mark Nepo
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2011-09-01
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9780757391798

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As Far As the Heart Can See by Mark Nepo Pdf

Stories carry the seeds of our humanness. They help us, teach us, heal us, and connect us to what matters. As Far As the Heart Can See is an invitation to be in relationship with deep and life-giving material. Many spiritual gurus present dense metaphysical theses with an intellectual approach for "working" a spiritual path; poet and philosopher Mark Nepo reaches people through their hearts, bringing something fresh and new to the field by stimulating change through reflection of thoughts and feelings. The stories he shares in As Far As the Heart Can See come from many places—from Nepo's personal history to dreams to the myths of our ancestors. Each one is an invitation to awaken an aspect of living in relationship with the sacred. Following each of the forty-five stories are three forms of an invitation to further the conversation: journal questions, table questions, and meditations. The questions, whether reflected upon in a journal or discussed in deeper conversation with friends or family, are meant to lead the seeker down unimagined paths and back into life; the meditations are meant to ground the learning. These stories and parables about universal concepts and themes offer a poet's sensuality and a philosopher's sensibility to personalizing the journey of the human experience in the world.

Author : Jonathan Bryan
Publisher : Bonnier Publishing Ltd.
Page : 125 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2018-07-12
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781911600794

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Eye Can Write by Jonathan Bryan Pdf

Can you imagine not being able to speak or communicate? The silence, the loneliness, the pain. But, inside you disappear to magical places, and even meet your best friend there. However, most of the time you remain imprisoned within the isolation. Waiting, longing, hoping. Until someone realises your potential and discovers your key, so your unlocking can begin. Now you are free, flying like a wild bird in the open sky. A voice for the voiceless. Jonathan Bryan has severe cerebral palsy, a condition that makes him incapable of voluntary movement or speech. He was locked inside his own mind, aware of the outside world but unable to fully communicate with it until he found a way by using his eyes to laboriously choose individual letters, and through this make his thoughts known. In Eye can Write, we read of his intense passion for life, his mischievous sense of fun, his hopes, his fears and what it's like to be him. This is a powerful book from an incredible young writer whose writing ability defies age or physical disability - a truly inspirational figure. Foreword by Sir Michael Morpurgo A portion of the proceeds from the sale of this book will be donated to Jonathan Bryan's charity, Teach Us Too. http://www.teachustoo.org.uk/

Author : Julie Hodgson
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2018-09-14
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789188045980

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As Far As the Eye Can See by Julie Hodgson Pdf

Lolo's father is Swedish her mother is Indian. The family move from Sweden back to India, and Lolo beings an adventure in the jungle, that she will never forget... It is amazing how helping someone, or something can change your whole life forever!

Author : Isaac Asimov
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Science
ISBN : 0586202811

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Far as Human Eye Could See by Isaac Asimov Pdf

Author : Lawrence Weiner
Publisher : Dia Art Foundation
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015029888446

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Displacement by Lawrence Weiner Pdf

Artwork by Lawrence Weiner.

Author : Theo. LeSieg
Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers
Page : 37 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1999-09-28
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780375800337

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The Eye Book by Theo. LeSieg Pdf

Our eyes see flies. Our eyes see ants. Sometimes they see pink underpants. Oh, say can you see? Dr. Seuss’s hilarious ode to eyes gives little ones a whole new appreciation for all the wonderful things to be seen!

Author : John Elder Robison
Publisher : Crown
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2008-09-09
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780307396181

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Look Me in the Eye by John Elder Robison Pdf

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “As sweet and funny and sad and true and heartfelt a memoir as one could find.” —from the foreword by Augusten Burroughs Ever since he was young, John Robison longed to connect with other people, but by the time he was a teenager, his odd habits—an inclination to blurt out non sequiturs, avoid eye contact, dismantle radios, and dig five-foot holes (and stick his younger brother, Augusten Burroughs, in them)—had earned him the label “social deviant.” It was not until he was forty that he was diagnosed with a form of autism called Asperger’s syndrome. That understanding transformed the way he saw himself—and the world. A born storyteller, Robison has written a moving, darkly funny memoir about a life that has taken him from developing exploding guitars for KISS to building a family of his own. It’s a strange, sly, indelible account—sometimes alien yet always deeply human.

Author : William Safire
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2004-06-02
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0743258126

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No Uncertain Terms by William Safire Pdf

Examines and provides comments on language trends while tracing the origins of timely words and phrases that discuss such topics as technology, entertainment, and everyday life.