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Gardens: An Essay on the Human Condition

Gardens: An Essay on the Human Condition

Robert Pogue Harrison

Voltaire famously urged us to cultivate our gardens; with this compelling volume, Robert Pogue Harrison reminds us of the nature of that responsibility - and its enduring importance to humanity.
Juvenescence: A Cultural History of Our Age

Juvenescence: A Cultural History of Our Age

Robert Pogue Harrison

Like all of Robert Pogue Harrison's books, Juvenescence ranges brilliantly across cultures and history, tracing the ways that the spirits of youth and age have inflected each other from antiquity to the present.
The Body of Beatrice

The Body of Beatrice

Robert Pogue Harrison

Harrison's elegant poems follow in the steps of his work on interpreting the classic "Divine Comedy"by Dante. (Poetry)
Forests: The Shadow of Civilization

Forests: The Shadow of Civilization

Robert Pogue Harrison

Consistently insightful and beautifully written, this work is especially compelling at a time when the forest, as a source of wonder, respect, and meaning, disappears daily from the earth.
The Dominion of the Dead

The Dominion of the Dead

Robert Pogue Harrison

... Tra ordine della storia e storicità; Robert C. Miner, Vico; Richard Manson, The Theory of Knowledge of Giambattista Vico; Franceso Botturi, La Sapienza della storia; Paolo Rossi, The Dark Abyss of Time; Cecilia Miller, Giambattista Vico;and  ...
Gardens: An Essay on the Human Condition

Gardens: An Essay on the Human Condition

Robert Pogue Harrison

Translated by Paul Kottman. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2005. —— —. In Spite of Plato: A Feminist Rewriting of Ancient Philosophy. Translated by Serena Anderlini-D'Onofrio and Áine O'Healy. New York: Routledge, 1995. —— —.
The Ancestry of Nathan Lewis Harrison Revisited Nineteen ...

The Ancestry of Nathan Lewis Harrison Revisited Nineteen ...

Keith Harrison

(1936- ) (1931 –1989) With Grandmother: Melissa Blanche (Graham) [Harrison] Kemp, 1936 John Kistler Harrison, 1944 Peggy Ann (Harrison), 1944 2004 [Left to Right, Back Row]: John Kistler Harrison; Lee Scott Harrison; John Damoose ...
Abby Carnelia's One and Only Magical Power

Abby Carnelia's One and Only Magical Power

David Pogue

Kids will be dying to unearth their own magical powers after reading this whimsical debut by tech personality David Pogue.
OS X El Capitan: The Missing Manual

OS X El Capitan: The Missing Manual

David Pogue

The new edition of David Pogue's #1 bestselling Mac book shows you how to use key new features such as swiping gestures, Notes, a new Spotlight search system, the Safari pinning feature, and Split View.
David Pogue's Digital Photography: The Missing Manual

David Pogue's Digital Photography: The Missing Manual

David Pogue

Explains how to evaluate digital cameras, compose and capture scenes, adjust color balance, crop out unwanted elements, sharpen focus, apply special effects, and prepare images for printing.
iPhone: The Missing Manual

iPhone: The Missing Manual

David Pogue

Written by Missing Manual series creator and former New York Times columnist David Pogue, this updated guide shows you everything you need to know about the new features and user interface of iOS 9 for the iPhone.
Reports from Commissioners

Reports from Commissioners

Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons

Timothy Owens Sarah Parry - - - Robert Parry Sarah Pate Jasper Feck, Esquiro George Redrope Jonathan Treen Thomas Rowlands Samuel Harrison William Harrison John Hesketh John Bebbington Robert Parry Thomas Gee - William ...
Choosing Real: An Invitation to Celebrate When Life Doesn't ...

Choosing Real: An Invitation to Celebrate When Life Doesn't ...

Bekah Jane Pogue

Getting real with Him saved my life." --from the Introduction In Choosing REAL, author Bekah Pogue walks with us into life's unplanned circumstances--specifically frantic schedules, pain, transition, feelings of unworthiness, loneliness, ...
Proceedings of the ... Annual Communication of the M. W. ...

Proceedings of the ... Annual Communication of the M. W. ...

Freemasons. Grand Lodge of New Jersey

M., Robert Durgwell, s. w., Charles L. Nesler, J. w., John D. Harrison, treas., Lewis D. Crans, p. ... Nicholas R. Haring, Henry F. Haurey, Isaac M. Harrison, Ernst Hartwick, John P. King, Christian Klemm, George P. Lyon, Peter W. Martin, jun., ...
Passing/Out: Sexual Identity Veiled and Revealed

Passing/Out: Sexual Identity Veiled and Revealed

Kelby Harrison

Daniel Hurewitz and Kelby Harrison Introduction Daniel Hurewitz and Kelby Harrison examine issues of ethics and power in passing in oppressive systems. Harrison considers the role of power through a feminist, Foucaultian, and critical race ...
Lead Pollution: Causes and control

Lead Pollution: Causes and control

Roger Harrison

Causes and control Roger Harrison ... of this book, a balanced, impartial approach is theaim, with emphasis being given to reviewing the most significant published work in the field. (1) © R. M. Harrison and D. P. H. Laxen Contents Preface.
Kentucky's Governors

Kentucky's Governors

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Lowell H. Harrison ... Anthony Wayne and William H. Harrison in the 1794 Indian war. Later, as an ardent supporter of the War of 1812, Desha would serve again under General Harrison. Desha's key interests, however, were agriculture and ...
Stormwater Design for Sustainable Development

Stormwater Design for Sustainable Development

Ronald L. Rossmiller

This concept was developed and then presented in a book by Harrison (2008) ( Rick Harrison, Rick Harrison Site Design, Published by SLDI). Coving is a varying of front yard setbacks, with its spacious meandering of openness, that gives a ...
The Words and Music of George Harrison

The Words and Music of George Harrison

Ian Inglis

This book offers a comprehensive assessment of the music of George Harrison, revealing him as one of the most gifted and authentic singer-songwriters of his generation. • Includes a comprehensive discography of George Harrison's entire ...
The Collected Papers of Roger Harrison

The Collected Papers of Roger Harrison

Roger Harrison

The Collected Papers of Roger Harrison brings the author's hard-to-find classic works together with new material written expressly for this collection.
A Ripple of Hope: The Life of Robert F. Kennedy

A Ripple of Hope: The Life of Robert F. Kennedy

Barbara Harrison

A photo essay that focuses on the life of Robert F. Kennedy, from his childhood with the Kennedy clan to his assassination in 1968, with an emphasis on his commitment to social issues.
Radioactivity Reconnaissance of Part of North-central Clear ...

Radioactivity Reconnaissance of Part of North-central Clear ...

John David Wells

John David Wells, Jack Edward Harrison. The radioactivity data of this report were collected largely by Wells; Harrison is responsible for most of the information on the Freeland-Lamartine area (Harrison and Wells, manuscript in preparation).
The Silent Wife

The Silent Wife

A.S.A. Harrison

As the novel advances into treacherous territory, Harrison's elegant, incisive prose gets dirtier, more dangerous' Observer Soon to be a major motion picture starring Nicole Kidman.
Behemoth: A History of the Factory and the Making of the ...

Behemoth: A History of the Factory and the Making of the ...

Joshua B. Freeman

... Klein, No Logo, 197–98, 365–79; Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele, “As Apple Grew, American Workers Left Behind,” Nov. 16, 2011, http:// americawhatwentwrong.org/story/as-apple-grew-american-workers-left-behind/; David Pogue, “What Cameras Inside Foxconn Found,” Feb. 23, 2012, http:// pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/23/what-cameras-inside-foxconn-found/. Lüthje, “Electronics Contract Manufacturing,” 231, 234, 236–37; Boy Lüthje, Stefanie Hürtgen, Peter Pawlicki, ...
Wild Bees: New and Selected Poems

Wild Bees: New and Selected Poems

Martin Harrison

In this new collection, Harrison has gathered together some of his best works and included some alluring and lyrical new works.
Benjamin Harrison: America's 23rd President

Benjamin Harrison: America's 23rd President

Jean Kinney Williams

Presents a biography of Benjamin Harrison
50 Simple Questions for Every Christian

50 Simple Questions for Every Christian

Guy P. Harrison

Christians will find the book useful as a basis for developing their apologetics, while skeptics will welcome Harrison's probing rational analysis of religious claims. From the Trade Paperback edition.
Department of State News Letter

Department of State News Letter

More editions

... Merwin Humphrey Robert F. Illing R. Allen Irvine Miss Harriet W. Isom L. Richard Jackson Dee Valentine Jacobs John K. Jessup, Jr. Stephen Tillman Johnson Curtis W. ... J. Roesch Fernando E. Rondon Robert J. Ryan, Jr. Irving L. Sanders P. Peter Sarros Larry W. Sennakis Charles Arthur Semones Norman T. Shaft Harrison B. Sherwood Robert Siegel John P. Sifling Lester P. Slezak Richard J. Slott ...
Newsletter

Newsletter

United States. Department of State

... III George Merwin Humphrey Robert F. Illing R. Allen Irvine Miss Harriet W. Ison L. Richard Jackson Dee Valentine Jacobs John K. Jessup, Jr. Stephen Tillman Johnson ... J. Roesch Fernando E. Rondon Robert J. Ryan, Jr. Irving L. Sanders P. Peter Sarros Larry W. Sennakis Charles Arthur Semones Norman T. Shaft Harrison B. Sherwood Robert Siegel John P. Sifling Lester P. Slezak Richard J. Slott ...

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