Eye on the West

Eye on the West
Title Eye on the West PDF eBook
Author George Miles
Publisher Beinecke Rare Book Library
Pages 0
Release 2018
Genre Photography
ISBN 9780300232851

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The histories of the North American West and photography have been intertwined since photography reached America. From the middle of the 19th century, images of the West have continuously played a significant role in defining the ways the region is perceived not only within America but around the world. Eye on the West presents the work of seventeen contemporary photographers of the West, including David Plowden, Laura McPhee, Miguel Gandert, Karen Halverson, Toba Tucker, Richard Buswell, John Willis, David Ottenstein, Lauren Henkin, and Will Wilson. Beautiful reproductions of 34 photographs are accompanied by brief essays by George Miles and by the artists themselves, contributing to multiple conversations about how visual art continues to reflect and shape our understanding of Western American society, culture, and politics. Distributed for the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Exhibition Schedule: The Beinecke Rare Books & Manuscripts Library, Yale University (09/01/18-12/16/18)

Far as the Eye Can See

Far as the Eye Can See
Title Far as the Eye Can See PDF eBook
Author Robert Bausch
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Pages 364
Release 2014-11-04
Genre Fiction
ISBN 1620402610

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Bobby Hale is a Union veteran several times over. After the war, he sets his sights on California, but only makes it to Montana. As he stumbles around the West, from the Wyoming Territory to the Black Hills of the Dakotas, he finds meaning in the people he meets-settlers and native people-and the violent history he both participates in and witnesses. Far as the Eye Can See is the story of life in a place where every minute is an engagement in a kind of war of survival, and how two people-a white man and a mixed-race woman-in the midst of such majesty and violence can manage to find a pathway to their own humanity. Robert Bausch is the distinguished author of a body of work that is lively and varied, but linked by a thoughtfully complicated masculinity and an uncommon empathy. The unique voice of Bobby Hale manages to evoke both Cormac McCarthy and Mark Twain, guiding readers into Indian country and the Plains Wars in a manner both historically true and contemporarily relevant, as thoughts of race and war occupy the national psyche.

The Sun's Eye

The Sun's Eye
Title The Sun's Eye PDF eBook
Author Anne Walmsley
Publisher Hachette UK
Pages 192
Release 2021-03-25
Genre Fiction
ISBN 1398319600

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There have been many great and enduring works of literature by Caribbean authors over the last century. The Caribbean Contemporary Classics collection celebrates these deep and vibrant stories, overflowing with life and acute observations about society. In the vast Atlantic The sun's eye blazes over the edge of the ocean And watches the islands in a great bow curving From Florida down to the South American coast. The poems and stories included in The Sun's Eye present a selection of old favourites and new discoveries, celebrating the rich, warm, vibrant and vital life in the string of islands which curve down from Florida to the South American coast. A great celebration of Caribbean culture, and testimonial to all who have felt the warmth of the Caribbean sun and the whisper of the Caribbean breeze. Suitable for readers aged 11 and above.

Through the Eye of a Needle

Through the Eye of a Needle
Title Through the Eye of a Needle PDF eBook
Author Peter Brown
Publisher Princeton University Press
Pages 806
Release 2013-09-02
Genre History
ISBN 1400844533

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A sweeping intellectual history of the role of wealth in the church in the last days of the Roman Empire Jesus taught his followers that it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter heaven. Yet by the fall of Rome, the church was becoming rich beyond measure. Through the Eye of a Needle is a sweeping intellectual and social history of the vexing problem of wealth in Christianity in the waning days of the Roman Empire, written by the world's foremost scholar of late antiquity. Peter Brown examines the rise of the church through the lens of money and the challenges it posed to an institution that espoused the virtue of poverty and called avarice the root of all evil. Drawing on the writings of major Christian thinkers such as Augustine, Ambrose, and Jerome, Brown examines the controversies and changing attitudes toward money caused by the influx of new wealth into church coffers, and describes the spectacular acts of divestment by rich donors and their growing influence in an empire beset with crisis. He shows how the use of wealth for the care of the poor competed with older forms of philanthropy deeply rooted in the Roman world, and sheds light on the ordinary people who gave away their money in hopes of treasure in heaven. Through the Eye of a Needle challenges the widely held notion that Christianity's growing wealth sapped Rome of its ability to resist the barbarian invasions, and offers a fresh perspective on the social history of the church in late antiquity.

Eye from the Edge

Eye from the Edge
Title Eye from the Edge PDF eBook
Author Ruben Llamas
Publisher
Pages 179
Release 2012-01-01
Genre Hispanic Americans
ISBN 9781885401601

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A real American memoir of mid-20th Century, West Oakland, California. A rare glimpse into urban adventures, immigrant challenges and musical culture. An easy and interesting read for all ages.

In the Mind's Eye

In the Mind's Eye
Title In the Mind's Eye PDF eBook
Author Thomas G. West
Publisher
Pages 428
Release 1997
Genre Education
ISBN

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According to West, creative visual thinkers (many of whom have had difficulty with verbal skills), aided by computers, will be at the forefront of innovation in a dramatically changing society.

Apollo's Eye

Apollo's Eye
Title Apollo's Eye PDF eBook
Author Denis Cosgrove
Publisher JHU Press
Pages 364
Release 2001-05-11
Genre History
ISBN 9780801864919

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"Cosgrove's analysis traces a pattern of associations between global images and the formation of Western identities, paying tribute to the richly complex cosmographic tradition out of which today's geographical imagination has emerged."--BOOK JACKET.