Points For A Compass Rose

Author : Evan Connell
Publisher : Catapult
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 43,9 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 : Evan S. Connell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1311294085

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Points for a Compass Rose by Evan S. Connell Pdf

Author : Anna Burke
Publisher : Bywater Books
Page : 445 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2018-06-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781612941202

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Compass Rose by Anna Burke Pdf

In the year 2513, the only thing higher than the seas is what’s at stake for those who sail them. Rose was born facing due north, with an inherent perception of cardinal points flowing through her veins. Her uncanny sense of direction earns her a coveted place among the Archipelago Fleet elite, but it also attracts the attention of Admiral Comita, who sends her on a secret mission deep into pirate territory. Accompanied by a ragtag crew of mercenaries and under the command of Miranda, a captain as bloodthirsty as she is alluring, Rose discovers the hard way that even the best sense of direction won’t be enough to keep her alive if she can’t learn to navigate something far more dangerous than the turbulent seas. Aboard the mercenary ship, Man o’ War, Rose learns quickly that trusting the wrong person can get you killed—and Miranda’s crew have no intention of making things easy for her—especially Miranda’s trusted first mate, Orca, who is as stubborn as she is brutal.

Author : Arthur Sze
Publisher : Copper Canyon Press
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2016-08-22
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781619321380

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Compass Rose by Arthur Sze Pdf

2015 Pulitzer Prize finalist "Compass Rose [is] a collection in which the poet uses capacious intelligence and lyrical power to offer a dazzling picture of our inter-connected world."—Pulitzer Prize finalist announcement [Sze] brings together disparate realms of experience—astronomy, botany, anthropology, Taoism—and observes their correspondences with an exuberant attentiveness."—The New Yorker A child playing a game, tea leaves resting in a bowl, an abandoned dog, a foot sticking out from a funeral pyre, an Afghan farmer pausing as mortars fire at the enemy: in Arthur Sze's tenth book, the world spins on many points of reference, unfolding with full sensuous detail. Arthur Sze is the author of The Ginkgo Light (2009), Quipu (2005), and The Redshifting Web (1998). He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Author : Ursula K. Le Guin
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2015-08-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781473214378

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The Compass Rose by Ursula K. Le Guin Pdf

'The gems in this impressive collection have the same power to disconcert as her best novels' Martin Amis 'Her worlds have a magic sheen . . . she moulds them into dimensions we can only just sense. She is unique. She is legend' THE TIMES North to Orsinia and the boundaries between reality and madness ... South to discover Antarctica with nine South American women ... West to find an enchanted harp and the borderland between life and death ... and onward to all points on and off the compass. Twenty astonishing stories from acclaimed author Ursula K. Le Guin carry us to worlds of wonder and horror, desire and destiny, enchantment and doom.

Author : Tish Rabe
Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2019-06-18
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780593126769

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There's a Map on My Lap! by Tish Rabe Pdf

The Cat in the Hat introduces beginning readers to maps–the different kinds (city, state, world, topographic, temperature, terrain, etc.); their formats (flat, globe, atlas, puzzle); the tools we use to read them (symbols, scales, grids, compasses); and funny facts about the places they show us (“Michigan looks like a scarf and a mitten! Louisiana looks like a chair you can sit in!”).

Author : John Casey
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2011-10-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780375709135

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Compass Rose by John Casey Pdf

A Providence Journal Best Book of the Year A Seattle Times Best Book of the Year John Casey follows up his National Book Award-winning novel Spartina with an extraordinary return to the marshes of Rhode Island’s South County. Elsie Buttrick, the prodigal daughter of Sawtooth Point, has just given birth to Rose, the child conceived during her passionate affair with Dick Pierce. At first she is wary of the discomfort her presence poses to Dick’s wife, May, and other inhabitants of their gossipy, insular community. But as Rose slowly becomes the unofficially adopted daughter and little sister of half the town, she magnetically steers everyone in her orbit toward unexpected—and unbreakable—relationships.

Author : Diane Turner,Thelma Greco
Publisher : Thorsons Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Personality
ISBN : 0007127464

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Personality Compass by Diane Turner,Thelma Greco Pdf

This unique system gives you the key to identifying and locating fundamental personality profile precisely fits you, your friends and family.

Author : Evan S. Connell
Publisher : Catapult
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2013-02-01
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781619022034

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Notes from a Bottle Found on the Beach at Carmel by Evan S. Connell Pdf

Praise for Notes from a Bottle Found on the Beach at Carmel: “A unique tour de force.” --The New York Times Book Review “One of the most remarkable books that I have read in a long time.” --Kenneth Rexroth “Mr. Connell’s Notes are what one intelligent, sensitive artist has been able to salvage from all experience as testimony to the rather pathetic integrity of the human species in the face of extinction. The book is no manual or tract, however, although its political meaning is unmistakable, but a work of art, even a work of high art.” --Hayden Carruth

Author : Thomas McKenzie
Publisher : Rabbit Room
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2014-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0996049908

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The Anglican Way by Thomas McKenzie Pdf

Author : Evan S. Connell
Publisher : Catapult
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2015-07-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781619026933

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Deus Lo Volt! by Evan S. Connell Pdf

God wills it! The year is 1095 and the most prominent leaders of the Christian World are assembled in a meadow in France. Deus lo volt! This cry is taken up, echoes forth, is carried on. The Crusades have started, and wave after wave of Christian pilgrims rush to assault the growing power of Muslims in the Holy Land. Two centuries long, it will become the defining war of the Western world.

Author : Hope Larson
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 47,7 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 : Silvanus Phillips Thompson,British Academy
Publisher : Franklin Classics
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2018-10-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0342705393

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The Rose of the Winds by Silvanus Phillips Thompson,British Academy Pdf

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Edith Pattou
Publisher : HMH Books For Young Readers
Page : 515 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2018-10-23
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781328581587

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East by Edith Pattou Pdf

A beautiful, new edition of the beloved fantasy hailed as "the stuff of epic tale telling" (Booklist), perfect for fans of Beauty and the Beast from New York Timesbest-selling author Edith Pattou. Rose has always longed for adventure, so when an enormous white bear appears one evening and makes her a mysterious offer, she accepts. In exchange for health and prosperity for her ailing family, she must live with the white bear in a distant castle. But Rose soon realizes that all isn't as it seems. As she tries to settle into her new life, she makes a devastating mistake. Now she must choose: return to her safe and loving family or go on a dangerous quest to fix what she has broken--and perhaps lose her heart along the way. A sweeping romantic epic as timeless as any fairy tale and thrilling as only the best fantasy novels can be.

Author : Matthew H. Edney
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2019-04-12
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780226605715

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Cartography by Matthew H. Edney Pdf

“In his most ambitious work to date, [Edney] questions the very concept of ‘cartography’ to argue that this flawed ideal has hobbled the study of maps.” —Susan Schulten, author of A History of America in 100 Maps Over the past four decades, the volumes published in the landmark History of Cartography series have both chronicled and encouraged scholarship about maps and mapping practices across time and space. As the current director of the project that has produced these volumes, Matthew H. Edney has a unique vantage point for understanding what “cartography” has come to mean and include. In this book Edney disavows the term cartography, rejecting the notion that maps represent an undifferentiated category of objects for study. Rather than treating maps as a single, unified group, he argues, scholars need to take a processual approach that examines specific types of maps—sea charts versus thematic maps, for example—in the context of the unique circumstances of their production, circulation, and consumption. To illuminate this bold argument, Edney chronicles precisely how the ideal of cartography that has developed in the West since 1800 has gone astray. By exposing the flaws in this ideal, his book challenges everyone who studies maps and mapping practices to reexamine their approach to the topic. The study of cartography will never be the same. “[An] intellectually bracing and marvellously provocative account of how the mythical ideal of cartography developed over time and, in the process, distorted our understanding of maps.” —Times Higher Education “Cartography: The Ideal and Its History offers both a sharp critique of current practice and a call to reorient the field of map studies. A landmark contribution.” —Kären Wigen, coeditor of Time in Maps