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Author : John Graves
Release : 1996
Genre : Literary Collections
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 960/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis A John Graves Reader by : John Graves
Download or read book A John Graves Reader written by John Graves. This book was released on 1996. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gathers a selection of the National Book award nominated author's short stories, excerpts, and essays reflecting his life, career, and recurring literary themes
Author : John Graves
Release : 2010-11-10
Genre : Travel
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 353/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Goodbye to a River by : John Graves
Download or read book Goodbye to a River written by John Graves. This book was released on 2010-11-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 1950s, a series of dams was proposed along the Brazos River in north-central Texas. For John Graves, this project meant that if the stream’s regimen was thus changed, the beautiful and sometimes brutal surrounding countryside would also change, as would the lives of the people whose rugged ancestors had eked out an existence there. Graves therefore decided to visit that stretch of the river, which he had known intimately as a youth. Goodbye to a River is his account of that farewell canoe voyage. As he braves rapids and fatigue and the fickle autumn weather, he muses upon old blood feuds of the region and violent skirmishes with native tribes, and retells wild stories of courage and cowardice and deceit that shaped both the river’s people and the land during frontier times and later. Nearly half a century after its initial publication, Goodbye to a River is a true American classic, a vivid narrative about an exciting journey and a powerful tribute to a vanishing way of life and its ever-changing natural environment.
Author : John Graves
Release : 2019-07-24
Genre : Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 306/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Death by Design by : John Graves
Download or read book Death by Design written by John Graves. This book was released on 2019-07-24. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When CDC HQ is brutally attacked, Jake and Soliz crisscross the globe to find Tracker – before she exterminates humanity.
Author : John Graves
Release : 2007-06-01
Genre : Sports & Recreation
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 321/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis My Dogs and Guns by : John Graves
Download or read book My Dogs and Guns written by John Graves. This book was released on 2007-06-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Blue and Some Other Dogs" is a brilliant memoir about Graves' Basque-Australian sheep dog. "Guns of a Lifetime" tells the stories related to the guns this octogenarian Texan has owned, beginning with a "rusted and cylinderless" revolver. "So here are the stories," Graves writes. "They are not all ‘nice’ tales in contemporary terms. Political correctness, as presently defined, may be perpetrated here and there, though I hope no parts will seem like the maunderings of a Deep South redneck. But if they do, the hell with it. I am too old to fret about such matters." It’s delightful writing from a treasure of a writer.
Author : Robert Graves
Release : 2018-04-03
Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 465/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Reader Over Your Shoulder by : Robert Graves
Download or read book The Reader Over Your Shoulder written by Robert Graves. This book was released on 2018-04-03. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The best book on writing ever published” (Patricia T. O’Conner, author of Woe Is I). When Robert Graves and Alan Hodge decided to collaborate on this manual for writers, the world was in total upheaval. Graves had fled Majorca three years earlier at the start of the Spanish Civil War, and as they labored over their new project, they witnessed the fall of France and the evacuation of Allied forces at Dunkirk. Soon the horror of World War II would reach British soil as well, as the Luftwaffe began bombing London in an effort to destroy the resolve of the English people. Graves and Hodge believed that at a time when their whole world was falling apart, the survival of English prose sentences—of writing that was clear, concise, and intelligible—had become paramount if hope were going to outlive the onslaught. They came up with forty-one principles for writing, the majority devoted to clarity, the remainder to grace of expression. They studied the prose of a wide range of noted authors and leaders, finding much room for improvement. Successful communication could mean the difference between war and peace, life and death, and they were determined to contribute to its survival. The importance of good writing continues today, as obfuscation, propaganda, manipulative language, and sloppy standards are all too common—and this classic guide is just as useful and important as ever. Note: This edition restores the full, original 1943 text. “To see what really expert mavens can do in applying their rule-based expertise to clearing up bad prose, get hold of a copy of The Reader Over Your Shoulder.” —The Atlantic
