Providence of a Sparrow
Title | Providence of a Sparrow PDF eBook |
Author | Chris Chester |
Publisher | Anchor |
Pages | 306 |
Release | 2004-04-13 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1400033853 |
“There’s a special providence in the fall of a sparrow.” --William Shakespeare, Hamlet B fell twenty-five feet from his nest into the life of Chris Chester. The encounter was providential for both of them. B and Chester spent hours together playing games like bottle-cap fetch or hide-and-seek. They learned “words” in each other’s vocabularies. B developed a fetish for nostrils and a dislike of the color yellow. He grew anxious if Chester came home late from work. At bedtime he would rub his sleepy eyes on Chester’s thumb and settle to sleep in his palm. Chester ended up turning part of his house into an aviary and adjusting his social life to meet B’s demands. This was a small price to pay, though, for the trust and comfort of a twenty-five-gram friend who brought joy and wonder back into his life.
Providence of a Sparrow
Title | Providence of a Sparrow PDF eBook |
Author | Chris Chester |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | House sparrow |
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Providence in the Fall of a Sparrow
Title | Providence in the Fall of a Sparrow PDF eBook |
Author | Lisa Gim |
Publisher | |
Pages | 28 |
Release | 1982 |
Genre | |
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Providence; or, The two sparrows [in verse].
Title | Providence; or, The two sparrows [in verse]. PDF eBook |
Author | Richard Griffith (poet.) |
Publisher | |
Pages | 20 |
Release | 1804 |
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Providence in the Fall of a Sparrow
Title | Providence in the Fall of a Sparrow PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Judge Woerheide |
Publisher | iUniverse |
Pages | 84 |
Release | 2020-03-26 |
Genre | Poetry |
ISBN | 1532090838 |
From 2012 to 2019, Robert Woerheide not only achieved professional success, he also experienced heartbreaking challenges and tragic events. During this time he was, at various points, an honors graduate student, a full-time stay-at-home dad, and an award-winning high school English teacher. With these highs came extreme lows; the full rounding of the human experience. His life fell apart, he lost his children and his freedom, only to find a new kind of wisdom that has since helped him define a new kind of success. Shared in loose chronological order, this collection of poems leads readers through seven years of insight—found in great moments of joy, even during pitfalls of hardship. From weathering a divorce, to finding true love, experiencing the magic of classroom teaching, to the loss of a career and ostracization, these poems describe the hard-won realization that wisdom exists even in the places we might least expect. And always, it is within our reach. Providence in the Fall of a Sparrow is an insightful collection of poetry that illuminates the beauty we can find even in our darkest moments.
The Sparrow
Title | The Sparrow PDF eBook |
Author | Mary Doria Russell |
Publisher | Ballantine Books |
Pages | 450 |
Release | 2008-05-27 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0345510887 |
A visionary work that combines speculative fiction with deep philosophical inquiry, The Sparrow tells the story of a charismatic Jesuit priest and linguist, Emilio Sandoz, who leads a scientific mission entrusted with a profound task: to make first contact with intelligent extraterrestrial life. The mission begins in faith, hope, and beauty, but a series of small misunderstandings brings it to a catastrophic end. Praise for The Sparrow “A startling, engrossing, and moral work of fiction.”—The New York Times Book Review “Important novels leave deep cracks in our beliefs, our prejudices, and our blinders. The Sparrow is one of them.”—Entertainment Weekly “Powerful . . . The Sparrow tackles a difficult subject with grace and intelligence.”—San Francisco Chronicle “Provocative, challenging . . . recalls both Arthur C. Clarke and H. G. Wells, with a dash of Ray Bradbury for good measure.”—The Dallas Morning News “[Mary Doria] Russell shows herself to be a skillful storyteller who subtly and expertly builds suspense.”—USA Today
Sparrow
Title | Sparrow PDF eBook |
Author | Kim Todd |
Publisher | Reaktion Books |
Pages | 194 |
Release | 2013-02-15 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 1861899777 |
Innocent. Invader. Lover. Thief. Sparrows are everywhere and wear many guises. Able to live in the Arctic and the desert, from Beijing to San Francisco, the house sparrow is the most ubiquitous wild bird in the world. They are the subject of elegies by Catullus and John Skelton and listed as “pretty things” in Sei Shonagon’s Pillow Book—but they’re also urban vermin with shocking manners that were so reviled that Mao placed them on the list of Four Pests and ordered the Chinese people to kill them on sight. In Sparrow, award-winning science and natural history writer Kim Todd explores the bird's complex history, biology, and literary tradition. Todd describes the difference between Old World sparrows, like the house sparrow, which can nest in a garage or in an airport, and New World sparrows, which often stake their claim to remote islands or meadows in the high Sierra. In addition, she looks at the nineteenth-century Sparrow War in the United States—a battle over the sparrow’s introduction—which set the stage for decades of discussions of invasive species. She examines the ways in which sparrows have taught us about evolution and the shocking recent decline of house sparrows in cities globally—this disappearance of a bird that seemed hardwired for success remains an ornithological mystery. With lush illustrations, ranging from early woodcuts and illuminated manuscripts to contemporary wildlife photography, this is the first book-length exploration of the natural and cultural history of this beloved, reviled, and ubiquitous bird.