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Author : W S Merwin
Release : 2024-01-30
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Book Synopsis Unchopping a Tree by : W S Merwin
Download or read book Unchopping a Tree written by W S Merwin. This book was released on 2024-01-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An intimate, beautifully illustrated gift edition of poet laureate W. S. Merwin's wondrous story about how to resurrect a fallen tree
Author : Ernesto Verdeja
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Genre : Philosophy
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Book Synopsis Unchopping a Tree by : Ernesto Verdeja
Download or read book Unchopping a Tree written by Ernesto Verdeja. This book was released on . Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Political violence does not end with the last death. A common feature of mass murder has been the attempt at destroying any memory of victims, with the aim of eliminating them from history. Perpetrators seek not only to eliminate a perceived threat, but also to eradicate any possibility of alternate, competing social and national histories. In his timely and important book, Unchopping a Tree, Ernesto Verdeja develops a critical justification for why transitional justice works. He asks, “What is the balance between punishment and forgiveness? And, “What are the stakes in reconciling?” Employing a normative theory of reconciliation that differs from prevailing approaches, Verdeja outlines a concept that emphasizes the importance of shared notions of moral respect and tolerance among adversaries in transitional societies. Drawing heavily from cases such as reconciliation efforts in Latin America and Africa—and interviews with people involved in such efforts—Verdeja debates how best to envision reconciliation while remaining realistic about the very significant practical obstacles such efforts face Unchopping a Tree addresses the core concept of respect across four different social levels—political, institutional, civil society, and interpersonal—to explain the promise and challenges to securing reconciliation and broader social regeneration.
Author : William Stanley Merwin
Release : 1970
Genre : Fiction
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Book Synopsis The Miner's Pale Children by : William Stanley Merwin
Download or read book The Miner's Pale Children written by William Stanley Merwin. This book was released on 1970. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Release : 2012-12-15
Genre : Nature
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Book Rating : 722/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Power of Trees by :
Download or read book The Power of Trees written by . This book was released on 2012-12-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intimate in size yet quietly breathtaking in scope, this graceful gift book will forever change how you think, and how you feel, about trees. In poetically sparse scientific observations, renowned conservation biologist Gretchen Daily narrates the evolution, impact, and natural wonder of trees. Alongside photographs by Chuck Katz, the text and images form a quiet and moving meditation on The Power of Trees. Twenty-six duotone black and white photographs illustrate the development of trees: how trunks were formed, what tree rings tell us about human societies, and how trees define the future of humanity. Pictures of trees threading through the landscape - dotting mountainsides, braiding along the sides of glassine rivers - bear witness to the lyrical force and clarity of Daily's observations. Recreating the authors’ hike together through the landscape of the Skagit River in Washington State, the balletic movement between Daily’s commentary and Katz’s vision reaches out to readers, inviting them to enjoy the landscape through a scientific understanding of trees. At once emotional and intellectual, The Power of Trees is the first collection of nature photographs that invites the reader to not only delight in the gorgeous play between light and shadow, but also the fascinating natural mechanisms that create such striking natural beauty. An ecologist by training, Gretchen Daily is an internationally acclaimed conservancy advocate and scholar. Her role as a National Trustee for The Nature Conservancy will feature prominently in the national marketing campaign to bridge the gap between scientific educators and the general nature reader.
Author : Donald Culross Peattie
Release : 2013-10-10
Genre : Nature
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Book Rating : 579/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis An Almanac for Moderns by : Donald Culross Peattie
Download or read book An Almanac for Moderns written by Donald Culross Peattie. This book was released on 2013-10-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Almanac for Moderns contains a short essay for each day of the year that contemplates a unique but factual aspect of unbridled nature. According to a review in Nation, this collection of essays manages to “appeal to the ordinary lover of nature . . . but the turn of Peattie’s mind is poetic and speculative.” The New York Times calls this book “a fine and subtle perception . . . rising at times to an intense lyric beauty . . . a book which the reader will deeply treasure, and to which he will repeatedly return.”
