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A Novel

Piranesi's house is no ordinary building: its rooms are infinite, its corridors endless, its walls lined with thousands upon thousands of statues. Within the labyrinth of halls an ocean is imprisoned; and waves thunder up staircases, while rooms are flooded in an instant. But Piranesi is not a...

In , the world watched in shock as the unstoppable Wall Street bull market went into a freefall, wiping out fortunes and igniting a depression that would reshape a generation. But behind the flashing ticker tapes and panicked traders, another drama unfolded—one of visionaries and fraudsters,...

London, UK: The Menard Press, 1982. First UK Edition. Octavo, 95 pages. In Good condition, contained in a plastic covering with a cardboard backing. White spine with black lettering. Covers have mild to moderate age-toning, stains on the front and rear covers, has mild wear along the fore corners, has mild wear along the edges, and mild wear along the spine. Textblock has mild wear along the fore

From an innovator of autofiction comes a meditation on grief, care, Buddhism, and artmaking. 'This is a story. It is a story about someone accompanying another to the last gate.'Years ago, Kristjana Gunnars ...

The Incredible Story of a Child Raised by Monkeys

Check out Life Is So Good - One man’s extraordinary journey through the twentieth century and how he learned to read at age 98   “Things will be all right. People need to hear that. Life is good, just as it is. There isn’t anything I would change about my life.”—George Dawson   In this remarkable book, George Dawson, a slave’s grandson who learned to read at age 98 and lived to the age of 103, reflects on his life and shares valuable lessons in living, as well as a fresh, firsthand view of America during the entire sweep of the twentieth century. Richard Glaubman captures Dawson’s irresistible voice and view of the world, offering insights into humanity, history, hardships, and happiness. From segregation and civil rights, to the wars and the presidents, to defining moments in history, George Dawson’s description and assessment of the last century inspires readers with the message that has sustained him through it all: “Life is so good. I do believe it’s getting better.”   WINNER OF THE CHRISTOPHER AWARD   “A remarkable autobiography . . . . the feel-good story of the year.”—The Christian Science Monitor   “A testament to the power of perseverance.”—USA Today   “Life Is So Good is about character, soul and spirit. . . . The pride in standing his ground is matched—maybe even exceeded—by the accomplishment of [George Dawson’s] hard-won education.”—The Washington Post   “Eloquent . . . engrossing . . . an astonishing and unforgettable memoir.”—Publishers Weekly   Look for special features inside. Join the Circle for author chats and more. by George Dawson and Richard Glaubman on Bookshop.org US!

A Memoir

Meditations on the Forbidden from Contemporary Appalachia

Ancient Customs, Profound Traditions, and the Last People Keeping Them Alive

Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World

How the Arts Transform Us

Jesus' Son: Stories (Picador Modern Classics Book 3)

Word Painting: A Guide to Writing More Descriptively [McClanahan, Rebecca] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Word Painting: A Guide to Writing More Descriptively

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Black Elk Speaks: The Complete Edition - Kindle edition by Neihardt, John G., Deloria Jr., Vine, Deloria, Philip J.. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Black Elk Speaks: The Complete Edition.

How is a movie made and what exactly does a director do? This book attempts to illuminate every circumstance, internal and external, emotional and technical, involved in the arduous process that culminates in what we see on the big screen. Only the director knows the background to the scenes, beh...

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The Singing Wilderness (Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage) [Sigurd F. Olson, Francis Lee Jaques] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Singing Wilderness (Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage)

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By the time of his early death in 1988, Raymond Carver had established himself as one of the great practitioners of the American short story, a writer who had not only found his own voice but imprinted it in the imaginations of thousands of readers. his last collection, includes seven new wo...

Devouring Time is the definitive biography of Jim Harrison--one of America's most beloved writers--and a penetrating deep dive into the life of the talent behind Legends of the Fall, Dalva, and True North. Jim Harrison (1937-2016) was widely considered one of the finest voices of his generation. His twenty-one books of fiction and fourteen books of poetry influenced a generation of writers. Harrison helped to shape the course of contemporary American literature, revitalizing in particular the novella form, of which he was a recognized master. Harrison's literary achievements were matched only by the literary persona that he cultivated during a fecund time in American letters and in the company of a remarkable cohort of friends, writers, actors, and artists, including Thomas McGuane, Peter Matthiessen, Jimmy Buffett, and Jack Nicholson. His articles for such magazines as Sports Illustrated, Playboy, Esquire, and Outside in the 1970s won him a loyal readership who reveled in his high spirits and prodigious appetites. For all his notoriety as a writer of prose, however, poetry remained his first and longest-abiding love. He cherished his geographic remoteness from what he called the "dream coasts" of New York City and Los Angeles, preferring to hunt, fish, and drink in the backwoods bars of Michigan, Arizona, and Montana. Based on more than one hundred original interviews and drawing upon Harrison's collected papers, Devouring Time is the first and only literary biography of this beloved author, whose playful, irreverent, and spiritual work continues to find and delight new readers.

The Life and Poetry of Wandering Monk Saigyo

Alternating between the loveable irascibility and self-mocking humor reminiscent of the poet Cold Mountain (Han Shan), Budbill's poems view the modern world from the viewpoint of a New England hermit-scholar. Remarkable for their generous spirit, accessibility and biting criticism, these poems present a poet of strong mind and voice.

A radically inventive excavation of one man’s life and our relationship to the earth by the critically acclaimed author of The Great Floodgates of the Wonderworld Justin Hocking grew up in a part o…

In the summer of 2009, Miranda July was struggling to finish writing the screenplay for her much-anticipated second film. During her increasingly long lunch breaks, she began to obsessively read the PennySaver, the iconic classifieds booklet that reached everywhere and seemed to come from nowhere. Who was the person selling the "Large Leather Jacket, $10"? It seemed important to find out—or at least it was a great distraction from the screenplay.Accompanied by photographer Brigitte Sire, July crisscrossed Los Angeles to meet a random selection of PennySaver sellers, glimpsing thirteen surprisingly moving and profoundly specific realities, along the way shaping her film, and herself, in unexpected ways.Elegantly blending narrative, interviews, and photographs with July's off-kilter honesty and deadpan humor, this is a story of procrastination and inspiration, isolation and connection, and grabbing hold of the invisible world. Check out this preview of the paperback edition! Read Miranda's GQ (UK) interview. You can get the inside scoop on the book with this series of excerpts on the New Yorker's Book Bench, or find about the book-inspired store that July started. And, to hear it from July herself, check out this Book Beast interview.Praise for It Chooses You:Voted a "Can't Miss Read for December 2011" by Oprah Magazine. "July, an artist, writer, performer and film-maker who creates work 'about people trying to connect in one way or another and the importance of that' has moved from casual wondering to something substantive and extraordinary."—Hermione Hoby, The Guardian"Captivatingly original... a sort of documentary memoir in which July, an actor and director as well as a writer, affectionately celebrates the upside of eccentricity."—Gale Walden, O magazine "From the outside what she’s doing is such a small and seemingly trivial thing, but from the inside of it, it’s absolutely everything. It becomes grand in scale and importance. Everything hinges on July’s ability to not only make it through the Pennysaver obstacle course she’s set up for herself, but to make sense of it at the end." —Sundance Channel

A counterculture cookbook for these strange times.  Mixing memoir and loose recipes, this book intends to inspire a “free” approach to cooking and eating. A literally down-to-earth approach – as in: food grown, purchased, cooked, and consumed with an awareness of the Earth. A reflection