Homing Instinct

1998 Architecture

Author : John Connell
Release : 1998
Genre : Architecture
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 465/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Homing Instinct written by John Connell. This book was released on 1998. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For true hands-on builders and armchair architects--a fully illustrated guidebook to every aspect of planning, designing, and constructing a home, written by the visionary co-founder of the Yestermorrow Design/Building School. Includes questionnaires that help readers identify "sequences" of their lives. Illustrated.

Homing Instincts

2017-05-02 Family & Relationships

Author : Sarah Menkedick
Release : 2017-05-02
Genre : Family & Relationships
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 423/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Homing Instincts written by Sarah Menkedick. This book was released on 2017-05-02. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Long-Listed for the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay Sarah Menkedick spent her twenties trekking alone across South America, teaching English to recalcitrant teenagers on Reunion Island, picking grapes in France and camping on the Mongolian grasslands; for her, meaning and purpose were to be found on the road, in flight from the ordinary. Yet the biggest and most transformative adventure of her life might be one she never anticipated: at 31, she moves into a tiny 19th-century cabin on her family's Ohio farm, and begins the journey into motherhood. In eight vivid and boldly questioning essays, Menkedick explores the luminous, disorienting time just before and after becoming a mother. As she reacquaints herself with the subtle landscapes of the Midwest, and adjusts to the often surprising physicality of pregnancy, she ruminates on what this new stage of life means for her long-held concepts of self, settling, and creative fulfillment. In “Millie, Mildred, Grandma Menkedick,” she considers the nature of story through the life of her tough German grandmother, who raised two boys as a single mother in the 1950s and then spent her seventies traveling the world with her best friend Marge; in “Motherland,” on a trip back to Oaxaca, Mexico to visit her husband’s family, she finally embraces her Midwestern roots; in “The Milk Cave,” she discovers in breastfeeding a new appreciation for the spiritual and artistic potential of boredom; and in “The Lake,” she revisits her childhood with her father, whose relentless optimism and mystical streak she sees anew once she has a child of her own. A story of a traveler come home to the farm; of becoming a mother in spite of reservations and doubt; and of learning to appreciate the power and beauty of the quotidian, Homing Instincts speaks to the deepest concerns and hopes of a generation.

The Homing Instinct

2014-04-08 Nature

Author : Bernd Heinrich
Release : 2014-04-08
Genre : Nature
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 637/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book The Homing Instinct written by Bernd Heinrich. This book was released on 2014-04-08. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A noted naturalist explores the centrality of home in the lives of humans and other animals . . . A special treat for readers of natural history” (Kirkus Reviews). Every year, many species make the journey from one place to another, following the same paths and ending up in the same places. Every year since boyhood, the acclaimed scientist and author Bernd Heinrich has done the same, returning to a beloved patch of western Maine woods. Which led him to wonder: What is the biology in humans of this primal pull toward a particular place, and how is it related to animal homing? In The Homing Instinct, Heinrich explores the fascinating mysteries of animal migration: how geese imprint true visual landscape memory; how scent trails are used by many creatures to locate their homes with pinpoint accuracy; and how even the tiniest of songbirds are equipped for solar and magnetic orienteering over vast distances. And he reminds us that to discount our human emotions toward home is to ignore biology itself. “A graceful blend of science and memoir . . . [Heinrich’s] ability to linger and simply be there for the moment when, for instance, an elderly spider descends from a silken strand to take the insect he offers her is the heart of his appeal.” —Julie Zickefoose, The Wall Street Journal “Deep and insightful writing.” —David Gessner, The Washington Post

Homing Instincts

2018-04-17 Family & Relationships

Author : Sarah Menkedick
Release : 2018-04-17
Genre : Family & Relationships
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 84X/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Homing Instincts written by Sarah Menkedick. This book was released on 2018-04-17. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sarah Menkedick spent her twenties trekking alone across South America, teaching English to recalcitrant teenagers on Reunion Island, picking grapes in France and camping on the Mongolian grasslands; for her, meaning and purpose were to be found on the road, in flight from the ordinary. Yet the biggest and most transformative adventure of her life might be one she never anticipated: at 31, she moves into a tiny 19th-century cabin on her family's Ohio farm, and begins the journey into motherhood. In eight vivid and boldly questioning essays, Menkedick explores the luminous, disorienting time just before and after becoming a mother. As she reacquaints herself with the subtle landscapes of the Midwest, and adjusts to the often surprising physicality of pregnancy, she ruminates on what this new stage of life means for her long-held concepts of self, settling, and creative fulfillment. In “Millie, Mildred, Grandma Menkedick,” she considers the nature of story through the life of her tough German grandmother, who raised two boys as a single mother in the 1950s and then spent her seventies traveling the world with her best friend Marge; in “Motherland,” on a trip back to Oaxaca, Mexico to visit her husband’s family, she finally embraces her Midwestern roots; in “The Milk Cave,” she discovers in breastfeeding a new appreciation for the spiritual and artistic potential of boredom; and in “The Lake,” she revisits her childhood with her father, whose relentless optimism and mystical streak she sees anew once she has a child of her own. A story of a traveler come home to the farm; of becoming a mother in spite of reservations and doubt; and of learning to appreciate the power and beauty of the quotidian, Homing Instincts speaks to the deepest concerns and hopes of a generation.

Homing Instincts

2018 Biography & Autobiography

Author : Dionisia Morales
Release : 2018
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 189/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Homing Instincts written by Dionisia Morales. This book was released on 2018. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A collection of essays exploring the concepts of moving and resettling, belonging to a place, migrating and being a newcomer"--

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