Автор: Kingsolver Barbara Название: How to Fly (in Ten Thousand Easy Lessons): Poetry ISBN: 0062993089 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780062993083 Издательство: HarperCollins USA Рейтинг: Цена: 2611.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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A gorgeous collection...These poems unplug from TV and social media and the outrage of the moment and turn our attention to the immediate and the everlasting, human intimacy and the power and mystery of nature. (Tampa Bay Times)
Kingsolver brings her gifts of observation and reflection to HOW TO FLY...For a reader wanting to escape, to fly while grounded, this book is a map that offers surprise and delight. (BookPage)
In this intimate collection, the beloved author of The Poisonwood Bible and more than a dozen other New York Times bestsellers, winner or finalist for the Pulitzer and countless other prizes, now trains her eye on the everyday and the metaphysical in poems that are smartly crafted, emotionally rich, and luminous.
In her second poetry collection, Barbara Kingsolver offers reflections on the practical, the spiritual, and the wild. She begins with "how to" poems addressing everyday matters such as being hopeful, married, divorced; shearing a sheep; praying to unreliable gods; doing nothing at all; and of course, flying. Next come rafts of poems about making peace (or not) with the complicated bonds of friendship and family, and making peace (or not) with death, in the many ways it finds us. Some poems reflect on the redemptive powers of art and poetry itself; others consider where everything begins.
Closing the book are poems that celebrate natural wonders--birdsong and ghost-flowers, ruthless ants, clever shellfish, coral reefs, deadly deserts, and thousand-year-old beech trees--all speaking to the daring project of belonging to an untamed world beyond ourselves.
Altogether, these are poems about transcendence: finding breath and lightness in life and the everyday acts of living. It's all terribly easy and, as the title suggests, not entirely possible. Or at least, it is never quite finished.
Автор: Kingsolver, Barbara Название: How to fly ISBN: 0571359892 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780571359899 Издательство: Faber Рейтинг: Цена: 1979.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание: A beautifully produced gift-edition of Barbara Kingsolver`s luminous poetry - to appeal to her loyal fans and fiction readers more generally.
Автор: Tobias ten Brink Название: China`s Capitalism: A Paradoxical Route to Economic Prosperity ISBN: 0812251091 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780812251098 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 9399.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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Since 1978, the end of the Mao era, economic growth in China has outperformed every previous economic expansion in modern history. While the largest Western economies continue to struggle with the effects of the deepest recession since World War II, the People's Republic of China still enjoys growth rates that are massive in comparison. In the country's smog-choked cities, a chaotic climate of buying and selling prevails. Tireless expansion and inventiveness join forces with an attitude of national euphoria in which anything seems possible. No longer merely the "workshop of the world," China is poised to become a global engine for innovation. In China's Capitalism, Tobias ten Brink considers the history of the socioeconomic order that has emerged in the People's Republic. With empirical evidence and a theoretical foundation based in comparative and international political economy, ten Brink analyzes the main characteristics of China's socioeconomic system over time, identifies the key dynamics shaping this system's structure, and discusses current trends in further capitalist development. He argues that hegemonic state-business alliances mostly at the local level, relative homogeneity of party-state elites, the maintenance of a low-wage regime, and unanticipated coincidences between domestic and global processes are the driving forces behind China's rise. He also surveys the limits to the state's influence over economic and social developments such as industrial overcapacity and social conflict. Ten Brink's framework reveals how combinations of three heterogeneous actors—party-state institutions, firms, and workers—led to China's distinctive form of capitalism. Presenting a coherent and historically nuanced portrait, China's Capitalism is essential reading for anyone interested in the socioeconomic order of the People's Republic and the significant challenges facing its continuing development.
Автор: Ten Brink Barbara Название: Eight Pound Cows ISBN: 1643144030 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781643144030 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 1745.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
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Imagine how fun it would be to have pet cows as cute and little as small dogs. Small like Eight Pound Cows It would be so fun to wash them in the sink, to teach them tricks, to take them for walks on rhinestone leashes. Visit barbaratenbrinkbooks.com for more information.
Автор: Ten Brink Barbara Название: Travelling With Isaac Newton ISBN: 164314474X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781643144740 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 3055.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
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This realistic novel takes us on a journey with a girl and her family traveling with Isaac Newton. Their adventure is full of love, discovery, and the thrill of science.
Автор: Ten Brink Barbara Название: On The Island With Charles Darwin ISBN: 1643144707 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781643144702 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 1963.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
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On the Island with Charles Darwin is a work of fiction. While we know lots and lots about the life and work of Charles Darwin through preserved documents, notebooks, publications, letters, correspondence, membership in The Royal Society, we know nothing about the fictional characters I have created around him. The characters, their names, and events are entirely fictional. But they are authentic. I researched many
topics to build a realistic setting and plausible events around the time Charles Darwin was visiting the Gal pagos Archipelago, making observations and journal entries for his manuscript, On the Origin of Species (1859). It was also my great privilege to travel to Gal pagos, to visit the islands of Isla de San Crist bal and Isla Isabela, and experience for myself the entrepreneurial spirit of young naturalists who hire out their boats to take tourists on excursions to witness seals and sea lions, boobies, sharks, marine iguanas, penguins. Rather than travel by cruise ship, I rented Villa Rosa. Th is home was once the sea cucumber warehouse and counting house mentioned throughout the story.
Автор: Ten Brink Barbara Название: In the Springtime with Rachel Carson ISBN: 1643145142 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781643145143 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 3492.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
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A chance meeting between Rachel Carson, one of the greatest scientists of the twentieth century, and a fictional character in our story begins a life-long friendship, a passion to protect the environment, and a love and study of science. Miss Carson and our heroine, Louise, work together to identify the problems afflicting Louise's family farm, implement solutions, and develop a relationship of mutual admiration and respect. Louise honors Miss Carson's legacy by her career choice and continued farm conservation practices.
Автор: Ten Brink Barbara Название: On The Island With Charles Darwin ISBN: 1643144715 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781643144719 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 3274.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
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On the Island with Charles Darwin is a work of fiction. While we know lots and lots about the life and work of Charles Darwin through preserved documents, notebooks, publications, letters, correspondence, membership in The Royal Society, we know nothing about the fictional characters I have created around him. The characters, their names, and events are entirely fictional. But they are authentic. I researched many
topics to build a realistic setting and plausible events around the time Charles Darwin was visiting the Gal pagos Archipelago, making observations and journal entries for his manuscript, On the Origin of Species (1859). It was also my great privilege to travel to Gal pagos, to visit the islands of Isla de San Crist bal and Isla Isabela, and experience for myself the entrepreneurial spirit of young naturalists who hire out their boats to take tourists on excursions to witness seals and sea lions, boobies, sharks, marine iguanas, penguins. Rather than travel by cruise ship, I rented Villa Rosa. Th is home was once the sea cucumber warehouse and counting house mentioned throughout the story.
Автор: Ten Brink Barbara Название: Eight Pound Cows ISBN: 1643144049 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781643144047 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 3274.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
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Imagine how fun it would be to have pet cows as cute and little as small dogs. Small like Eight Pound Cows It would be so fun to wash them in the sink, to teach them tricks, to take them for walks on rhinestone leashes. Visit barbaratenbrinkbooks.com for more information.
Автор: Ten Brink Barbara Название: In the Springtime with Rachel Carson ISBN: 1643145134 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781643145136 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 2400.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
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A chance meeting between Rachel Carson, one of the greatest scientists of the twentieth century, and a fictional character in our story begins a life-long friendship, a passion to protect the environment, and a love and study of science. Miss Carson and our heroine, Louise, work together to identify the problems afflicting Louise's family farm, implement solutions, and develop a relationship of mutual admiration and respect. Louise honors Miss Carson's legacy by her career choice and continued farm conservation practices.
