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The Grasshopper

2005-11-09 Philosophy
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Release : 2005-11-09
Genre : Philosophy
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Book Rating : 905/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis The Grasshopper by : Bernard Suits

Download or read book The Grasshopper written by Bernard Suits. This book was released on 2005-11-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the mid twentieth century the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein famously asserted that games are indefinable; there are no common threads that link them all. "Nonsense," says the sensible Bernard Suits: "playing a game is a voluntary attempt to overcome unnecessary obstacles." The short book Suits wrote demonstrating precisely that is as playful as it is insightful, as stimulating as it is delightful. Suits not only argues that games can be meaningfully defined; he also suggests that playing games is a central part of the ideal of human existence, so games belong at the heart of any vision of Utopia. Originally published in 1978, The Grasshopper is now re-issued with a new introduction by Thomas Hurka and with additional material (much of it previously unpublished) by the author, in which he expands on the ideas put forward in The Grasshopper and answers some questions that have been raised by critics.

Grasshopper Jungle

2014-02-11 Young Adult Fiction
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Release : 2014-02-11
Genre : Young Adult Fiction
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Book Rating : 068/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Grasshopper Jungle by : Andrew Smith

Download or read book Grasshopper Jungle written by Andrew Smith. This book was released on 2014-02-11. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A 2015 Michael L. Printz Honor Book Winner of the 2014 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Fiction "Raunchy, bizarre, smart and compelling." --Rolling Stone “Grasshopper Jungle is simultaneously creepy and hilarious. Reminds me of Kurt Vonnegut’s in “Slaughterhouse Five,” in the best sense.” --New York Times Book Review In the small town of Ealing, Iowa, Austin and his best friend, Robby, have accidentally unleashed an unstoppable army. An army of horny, hungry, six-foot-tall praying mantises that only want to do two things. This is the truth. This is history. It’s the end of the world. And nobody knows anything about it. You know what I mean. Funny, intense, complex, and brave, Grasshopper Jungle brilliantly weaves together everything from testicle-dissolving genetically modified corn to the struggles of recession-era, small-town America in this groundbreaking coming-of-age stunner.

Grasshopper

2007-12-18 Fiction
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Release : 2007-12-18
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 092/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Grasshopper by : Barbara Vine

Download or read book Grasshopper written by Barbara Vine. This book was released on 2007-12-18. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “They have sent me here because of what happened on the pylon.” When Clodagh Brown writes these words at the age of nineteen, she believes that she is leaving behind the traumatic events of her youth. But Clodagh soon learns that you can never entirely escape your past. In the aftermath of the incident on the pylon--one of the great electrified structures that dot the English countryside like so many gargantuan grasshoppers--Clodagh goes off to university, moves into a basement flat arranged by her unsympathetic family, and finds freedom trekking across London's rooftops with a gang of neighborhood misfits. As she begins a thrilling relationship with a fellow climber, however, both Clodagh and the reader are haunted by the memory of the pylon and of the terrible thing that happened there--and by the eerie sense that another tragedy is just a footfall away.

The Grasshopper & the Ants

2015-04-07 Juvenile Fiction
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Release : 2015-04-07
Genre : Juvenile Fiction
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Book Rating : 817/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis The Grasshopper & the Ants by : Jerry Pinkney

Download or read book The Grasshopper & the Ants written by Jerry Pinkney. This book was released on 2015-04-07. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this stunning companion to the Caldecott Medal-winning The Lion & the Mouse and the highly acclaimed The Tortoise & the Hare, a playful grasshopper wonders why the busy ants around him won't join in his merrymaking as the seasons pass by. But when winter arrives, he soon sees the value of his friends' hard work--just as the ants learn the value of sharing what they've worked for. Featuring a striking, surprise gatefold page, this third book in Jerry Pinkney's gorgeous trilogy of picture book fables subtly suggests a resonant moral: Don't put off for tomorrow what you can do today.

Are You a Grasshopper?

2004 Grasshoppers
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Release : 2004
Genre : Grasshoppers
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Book Rating : 069/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Are You a Grasshopper? by : Judy Allen

Download or read book Are You a Grasshopper? written by Judy Allen. This book was released on 2004. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For use in schools and libraries only. Young children will make many amazing discoveries about creatures in their own backyards in this intriguing tale of a day in the life of a grasshopper.

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