Songs Of Earth

Author : Elspeth Cooper
Publisher : Tor Books
Page : 508 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2012-02-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781429997256

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The Book of Eador, Abjurations 12:14, is very clear: Suffer ye not the life of a witch. For a thousand years, the Church Knights have obeyed that commandment, sending to the stake anyone who can hear the songs of the earth. There are no exceptions, not even for one of their own. Novice Knight Gair can hear music no one else can, beautiful, terrible music: music with power. In the Holy City, that can mean only one thing: death by fire—until an unlikely intervention gives him a chance to flee the city and escape the flames. With the Church Knights and their witchfinder hot on his heels, Gair hasn't time to learn how to use the power growing inside him, but if he doesn't master it, that power will tear him apart. His only hope is the secretive Guardians of the Veil, though centuries of persecution have almost destroyed their Order, and the few Guardians left have troubles of their own. For the Veil between worlds is weakening, and behind it, the Hidden Kingdom, ever-hungry for dominion over the daylight realm, is stirring. Though he is far from ready, Gair will find himself fighting for his own life, for everyone within the Order of the Veil, and for the woman he has come to love. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Perseus
Publisher : Running Press Miniature Editions
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1995-03-03
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1561385239

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Songs Of The Earth by Perseus Pdf

Our Miniature Editions TM collection continues to grow! Since 1989, when our first minis appeared, Running Press has offered an astonishing range of subjects, sure to find a place in any booklover's library!

Author : Kathleen Dean Moore
Publisher : Catapult
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2022-02-22
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781640095304

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Earth's Wild Music by Kathleen Dean Moore Pdf

At once joyous and somber, this thoughtful gathering of new and selected essays spans Kathleen Dean Moore's distinguished career as a tireless advocate for environmental activism in the face of climate change. In this meditation on the music of the natural world, Moore celebrates the call of loons, howl of wolves, bellow of whales, laughter of children, and shriek of frogs, even as she warns of the threats against them. Each group of essays moves, as Moore herself has been moved, from celebration to lamentation to bewilderment and finally to the determination to act in defense of wild songs and the creatures who sing them. Music is the shivering urgency and exuberance of life ongoing. In a time of terrible silencing, Moore asks, who will forgive us if we do not save nature's songs?

Author : Greg Bear
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 708 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1996-11-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0812536037

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Songs of Earth And Power by Greg Bear Pdf

The Song of Power opened the gateway to the Realm of the Sidhe, allowing young Michael Perrin to slip through. Now Michael faces years of captivity and deadly struggles for the future of the Realm and of Earth--leading finally to a terrible confrontation on the streets of Los Angeles, with the soul of humanity at stake. Weaving the power of music, poetry, and myth into a headlong narrative of nearly overwhelming intensity, Song of Earth and Power is one of the most original fantasy epics of our time, a vast tapestry of relentless suspense, terrible beauty, and brilliant imagination. Originally published years ago in two parts, it now returns in a new edition rewritten by the author and published in a single volume as he originally intended. Wrote Analog on its original appearance: "A delight....A vision of Faery that may owe a bit to a wish to do it right. Read it."

Author : Anna L Wood
Publisher : University Press of Mississippi/The Association for Cultural Equity
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2021-12-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 149684064X

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Songs of Earth by Anna L Wood Pdf

An important update of Alan Lomax's standard-setting Cantometrics system, the first to characterize and classify the mighty instrument of the human voice

Author : Elisabeth Ervin-Blankenheim
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780197502464

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Song of the Earth by Elisabeth Ervin-Blankenheim Pdf

A portrayal of our planet that offers easy-to-grasp discussions of scientific concepts and detailed examinations of Earth's tectonic, biological, and paleontological forces. From the esoteric science of minerals to the interactions between humans and their environment, our planet provides answers to every question we could ask about its history and what lies ahead. The book is illustrated with maps, diagrams, and pictures, explaining everything from how a roiling, molten planet cooled to how the first cyanobacteria began to oxygenate the atmosphere to how the atmosphere has changed over time. Ervin-Blankenheim also provides narratives about pioneering geologists and their groundbreaking discoveries. In viewing the planet as the integrated ecosystem it is, Ervin-Blankenheim showcases how land, water, life, and the atmosphere maintain an elegant yet delicate balance-one that, based on the author's evidence of current trends in the context of past planetary cataclysm, appears to be under imminent threat.

Author : Jan Zwicky
Publisher : London, Ont. : Brick Books
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Poetry
ISBN : UOM:39015042396914

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Songs for Relinquishing the Earth by Jan Zwicky Pdf

Poetry. Winner of the 1999 Governor General's Award for Poetry and shortlisted for the 1999 Pat Lowther Award and the 1999 Dorothy Livesay Award for Poetry (BC Book Prize). SONGS FOR RELINQUISHING THE EARTH contains many poems of praise and grief for the imperiled earth drawing frequently on Jan Zwicky's experience as a musician and philosopher and on the landscapes of the prairies and rural Ontario. SONGS FOR RELINQUISHING THE EARTH was first published by the author in 1996 as a handmade book, each copy individually sewn for its reader in response to a request. It appeared between plain covers on recycled stock, with a small photo (of lavender fields) pasted into each copy. The only publicity was word of mouth. Part of Jan Zwicky's reason for having the author be the maker and distributor of the book was a desire to connect the acts of publication and publicity with the initial act of composition, to have a book whose public gestures were in keeping with the intimacy of the art. She also believed the potential audience was small enough that she could easily sew enough copies to fill requests as they came in. While succeeding in recalling poetry's public life to its roots, she was wrong about the size of that audience and her ability to keep up with demand as word spread, Hence, this facsimile edition. In publishing it, Brick Books has attempted to remain as faithful as possible to the spirit of those original gestures, while making it possible for more readers to have access to this remarkable book.

Author : Jonathan Bate
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2000-09-18
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0674001680

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The Song of the Earth by Jonathan Bate Pdf

In the first ecological reading of English literature, Jonathan Bate traces the distinctions among "nature," "culture," and "environment" and shows how their meanings have changed since their appearance in the literature of the eighteenth century.

Author : Yusef Komunyakaa
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2021-06-15
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 0374600139

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Everyday Mojo Songs of Earth by Yusef Komunyakaa Pdf

New and selected poems from the Pulitzer Prize–winning poet These songs run along dirt roads & highways, crisscross lonely seas & scale mountains, traverse skies & underworlds of neon honkytonk, Wherever blues dare to travel. Everyday Mojo Songs of Earth brings together selected poems from the past twenty years of Yusef Komunyakaa’s work, as well as new poems from the Pulitzer Prize winner. Komunyakaa’s masterful, concise verse conjures arresting images of peace and war, the natural power of the earth and of love, his childhood in the American South and his service in Vietnam, the ugly violence of racism in America, and the meaning of power and morality. The new poems in this collection add a new refrain to the jazz-inflected rhythms of one of our “most significant and individual voices” (David Wojahn, Poetry). Komunyakaa writes of a young man fashioning a slingshot, workers who “honor the Earth by opening shine / inside the soil,” and the sounds of a saxophone filling a dim lounge in New Jersey. As April Bernard wrote in The New York Times Book Review, “He refuses to be trivial; and he even dares beauty.”

Author : John R. Dann
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 564 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2005-12-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0765350475

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Song of the Earth by John R. Dann Pdf

In John R. Dann's thrilling and romantic prehistoric saga, Song of the Axe, the tribe's chieftain was called Grae, after a famous ancestor. Now Dann returns to tell the saga of the wanderings of one prehistoric tribal family over several generations, always led by that famous, original Grae, and by his children. The powerful daughters of River Woman saved young Grae from a flooded river after a volcano erupted and destroyed their tribal home. Then they made him chief, but that's almost the last thing they agree on before the tribe splinters. Grae leads the main group out of Africa ever northward, into central and eastern Europe, always searching for safety and a better life. Challenged by truly monstrous evil tribes, but guided by spirits, they survive. It takes three generations, and three chieftains named Grae, before the tribe comes to rest. Their story is an adventure on the grandest scale, full of dangers, romance, and beguiling mystery in an exotic setting. A rich and complex story told with simplicity, authenticity, and vigor, Song of the Earth is a worthy companion to Song of the Axe.

Author : Greg Bear
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 491 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2014-04-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781497607743

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The Infinity Concerto by Greg Bear Pdf

Music, myth, and magic mix in this tale of a melody not meant for human ears, from the New York Times–bestselling and award-winning author of Darwin’s Radio. Michael Perrin is an aspiring poet, struggling to express the chaotic cadences of his thoughts on paper. He finds a kindred spirit in Arno Waltiri, the film score composer behind several of Michael’s favorite classic movies. The maestro’s greatest piece, however, was performed in front of a live audience only once. The concerto Opus 45, Infinity left its listeners entranced, altered to the very core of their souls. Waltiri’s composition is a song of power. Never meant to be heard by human ears, its melody is as captivating as a siren’s call, its notes ring out like a death knell, and its rhythms shake the very foundations of reality. The music’s otherworldly tones have led Michael through the gate between Earth and the Realm of the Sidhedark, where faeries reign by rule of magic—and where Michael must find his muse if he’s ever to return home. The Infinity Concerto is a fantasy masterpiece by the Hugo and Nebula Award–winning author of the Forerunner Saga, Eon, and other imaginative classics.

Author : Todd Parr
Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2011-02-21
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780316186889

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The EARTH Book (Illustrated Edition) by Todd Parr Pdf

"I take care of the earth because I know I can do little things every day to make a BIG difference..." With his signature blend of playfulness and sensitiviy, Todd Parr explores the important, timely subject of environmental protection and conservation in this eco-friendly picture book. Featuing a circular die-cut Earth on the cover, and printed entirely with recycled materials and nontoxic soy inks, this book includes lots of easy, smart ideas on how we can all work together to make the Earth feel good - from planting a tree and using both sides of the paper, to saving energy and reusing old things in new ways. Best of all, the book includes an interior gatefold with a poster with tips/reminders on how kids can "go green" everyday. Equally whimsical and heartfelt, this sweet homage to our beautiful planet is sure to inspire readers of all ages to do their part in keeping the Earth happy and healthy.

Author : Michael G. Coney
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2012-06-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780575126459

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The Celestial Steam Locomotive by Michael G. Coney Pdf

It is the year 143,624 Cyclic, and Earth possesses only a past. The immortal Alan-Blue-Cloud, remembers what was and what will be, and tells the story of Earth's future history. After the Great Migration, most humans that were left on Earth withdrew into the Domes where they slept and dreamed with the help of the Rainbow. In a village near one of the Domes, Manuel lives as an artist, challenged by the stagnant life that has consumed the village over the centuries. Manuel joins together in partnership with an old man and a sleeping girl in a Dome to form the Triad. Guided by Starquin the Omniscient, they battle the forces that have controlled the Earth and held it in this static state for too long.

Author : Laura Purdie Salas
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 14 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781404852969

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Home on the Earth by Laura Purdie Salas Pdf

Learn about the basic materials that make up the planet Earth, to the tune of "Home on the Range."

Author : David Yeadon
Publisher : Doubleday Books
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : STANFORD:36105038712571

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When the Earth was Young by David Yeadon Pdf