The Practice of the Wild: Essays (Snyder Gary)(Paperback)

The Practice of the Wild: Essays (Snyder Gary)(Paperback)

The nine captivatingly meditative essays in The Practice of the Wild display the deep understanding and wide erudition of Gary Snyder in the ways of Buddhist belief, wildness, wildlife, and the world. These essays, first published in 1990, stand as the mature centerpiece of Snyder's work and

Distant Neighbors: The Selected Letters of Wendell Berry and Gary Snyder (Snyder Gary)(Paperback)

Turtle Island (Snyder Gary)(Paperback)

These Pulitzer Prize-winning poems and essays by the author of No Nature range from the lucid, lyrical, and mystical to the political. All, however, share a common vision: a rediscovery of North America and the ways by which we might become true natives of the land for the first

Tawny Grammar: Essays (Snyder Gary)(Paperback)

Two beautifully paired essays, 'Tawny Grammar' and 'Good, Wild, Sacred,' serve to offer an autobiographical framework for Gary Snyder's long work as a poet, environmentalist, and a leader of the Buddhist community in North America. He begins standing outside a community hall in Portland, Oregon, in

Mountains and Rivers Without End: Poem (Snyder Gary)(Paperback)

In simple, striking verse, legendary poet Gary Snyder weaves an epic discourse on the topics of geology, prehistory, and mythology. First published in 1996, this landmark work encompasses Asian artistic traditions, as well as Native American storytelling and Zen Buddhist philosophy, and celebrates

Earth House Hold (Snyder Gary)(Paperback)

'As a poet,' Snyder tells us, 'I hold the most archaic values on earth. They go back to the late Paleolithic; the fertility of the soil, the magic of animals, the power-vision in solitude, the terrifying intuition and rebirth; the love and ecstasy of the dance, the common work of the tribe.' He

Gone to the Woods: A True Story of Growing Up in the Wild (Paulsen Gary)(Paperback / softback)

International Arbitration: Law and Practice (Born Gary B.)(Paperback)

International Arbitration: Law and Practice (Second Edition) provides a comprehensive coverage of the basic principles and legal doctrines, and the practice, of international arbitration. It contains a systematic and concise treatment of all aspects of the arbitral process, including international

Social Practices (Kraus Chris)(Paperback)

Essays on and around art and art practices by the author of I Love Dick.A border isn't a metaphor. Knowing each other for over a decade makes us witnesses to each other's lives. My escape is his prison. We meet in a bar and smoke Marlboros.--from Social PracticesMixing biography, autobiography,

Balkans as Europe, 1821-1914 (Snyder Timothy)(Pevná vazba)

This collection of essays places the Balkans at the center of European developments, not as a conflict-ridden problem zone, but rather as a full-fledged European region. Contrary to the commonly held perception, contributors to the volume argue, the Balkans did not lag behind the rest of European

Scent Of Magic (Snyder Maria V.)(Paperback / softback)

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The Decay of Lying: And Other Essays (Wilde Oscar)(Paperback)

A selection of Oscar Wilde's writings that underscore his notion that 'Life imitates Art far more than Art imitates Life' The Decay of Lying includes two of Wilde's most comprehensive--and witty--explorations of his aesthetic philosophy: The Decay of Lying and The Critic as Artist. Throughout

Language, Counter-Memory, Practice: Selected Essays and Interviews (Foucault Michel)(Paperback)

Because of their range, brilliance, and singularity, the ideas of the philosopher-critic-historian Michel Foucault have gained extraordinary currency throughout the Western intellectual community. This book offers a selection of seven of Foucault's most important published essays, translated from

Site Planning: International Practice (Hack Gary)(Paperback)

A comprehensive, state-of-the-art guide to site planning, covering planning processes, new technologies, and sustainability, with extensive treatment of practices in rapidly urbanizing countries.Cities are built site by site. Site planning--the art and science of designing settlements on the

When Was Modernism: Essays on Contemporary Cultural Practice in India (Kapur Geeta)(Paperback)

A commitment to modernity is the underlying theme of this volume. Through essays that are interpretive and theoretical, the author seeks to situate the modern in contemporary cultural practice. The essays divide into three sections. The first two sections, Artists and Artworks and Film/Narratives,

The Essays: A Selection (Montaigne Michel)(Paperback)

A survey of one of the giants of Renaissance thought, The Essays: A Selection collects some of Michel de Montaigne's most startling and original works, translated from the French and edited with an introduction and notes by M.A. Screech in Penguin Classics. To overcome a crisis of melancholy after

Raising Eyebrows (Barwin Gary)(Paperback)

The surrealist antics of Gary Barwin will run the predictability of your universe through a particle accelerator. Watch as your right eyebrow turns into you as a child. Watch Jeff connect the mower to the Internet to cut other people's lawns. Hear the sploosh as Barwin drops some extra syllables in

Aztec (Jennings Gary)(Paperback)

Gary Jennings's Aztec is the extraordinary story of the last and greatest native civilization of North America. Told in the words of one of the most robust and memorable characters in modern fiction, Mixtli-Dark Cloud, Aztec reveals the very depths of Aztec civilization from the peak and

End of the End of the Earth - Essays (Franzen Jonathan)(Paperback)

The Economics of Discrimination (Becker Gary S.)(Paperback)

This second edition of Gary S. Becker's The Economics of Discrimination has been expanded to include three further discussions of the problem and an entirely new introduction which considers the contributions made by others in recent years and some of the more important problems remaining. Mr

Undercommons - Fugitive Planning & Black Study (Harney Stefano)(Paperback / softback)

In this series of essays Fred Moten and Stefano Harney draw on the theory and practice of the black radical tradition as it supports, inspires, and extends contemporary social and political thought and aesthetic critique. Today the general wealth of social life finds itself confronted by mutations

The Collected Essays of Virginia Woolf (Woolf Virginia)(Paperback)

A collection of the finest essays written by one of the greatest essay writers in the English

The Gentlemen's Club (Douglas Gary M.)(Paperback)

In The Gentlemen's Club, Gary Douglas, the founder of Access Consciousness(R), and a diverse group of men talk candidly about women, relationships, sex, sexual energy, masturbation, and being a man in this reality. Their wide-ranging conversations are in turn, funny, moving, outrageous, raunchy,

The Heart of the Soul: Emotional Awareness (Zukav Gary)(Paperback)

New York Times mega-bestselling author of The Seat of the Soul, Gary Zukav takes a giant leap forward in his message, with this guide to the next level of spiritual growth.'THE LONGEST JOURNEY YOU WILL MAKE IN YOUR LIFE IS FROM YOUR HEAD TO YOUR HEART.' With the rare combination of profound