Автор: Meis Morgan Название: Ruins ISBN: 0615751741 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780615751740 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 11440.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Meis Morgan Название: The Drunken Silenus ISBN: 1725254123 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781725254121 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 17470.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: The Drunken Silenus is a book that is as hard to categorize as it is to put down--an enlightening and mesmerizing blend of philosophy, history, and art criticism. Morgan Meis begins simply enough, with a painting by the Baroque master Peter Paul Rubens of the figure from Greek mythology who is mentor to Dionysus, god of wine and excess of every kind. We learn who this obscure, minor god is--why he must attend on the god who dies and must be re-born and educated all over again--and why Rubens depicted him not as a character out of a farce, but as one whose plight evokes pity and compassion. The narrative spirals out from there, taking in the history of Antwerp, bloody seventeenth-century religious wars, tales of Rubens's father's near-execution for sleeping with William of Orange's wife, Nietzsche's Birth of Tragedy and the impossibility of there being any meaning to human life, and the destruction of all civilization by nefarious forces within ourselves. All of this is conveyed in language that crackles with intelligence, wit, and dark humor--a voice that at times sounds a bit tipsy and garrulous, but which ultimately asks us to confront the deepest questions of meaning, purpose, and hope in the face of death and tragedy.
Автор: Meis Vincent Название: Deluge ISBN: 0997672803 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780997672800 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 19530.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Meis Jr William a. Название: The Innocents ISBN: 0615976638 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780615976631 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 14890.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Meis Vincent Название: Down in Cuba ISBN: 0615812201 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780615812205 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 17230.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Martin Vandenberg has a routine marriage and an unremarkable career as a professor of Latin American Studies at a small southern California college. To save himself from the ennui of mid life, he heads to Cuba on sabbatical where he will write a book about Cuban icon, Jos Mart . Soon after arriving in Cuba, he is led into the underground world of Havana's Malec n where he comes face to face with his long-sheltered sexual feelings. Leo Flores is a young, unemployed artist adept at the Cuban game of love and survival. With both men longing to be free, though in very different ways, the things they do to help each other are also the things that can destroy them.
Автор: Meis Vincent Название: Tio Jorge ISBN: 061562023X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780615620237 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 17190.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Meis Jr With William a., Sheinbaum Stanley K. Название: Stanley K. Sheinbaum ISBN: 0615570224 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780615570228 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 11440.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
In recent years, American shoppers have become more conscious of their food choices and have increasingly turned to CSAs, farmers' markets, organic foods in supermarkets, and to joining and forming new food co-ops. In fact, food co-ops have been a viable food source, as well as a means of collective and democratic ownership, for nearly 180 years.In Food Co-ops in America, Anne Meis Knupfer examines the economic and democratic ideals of food cooperatives. She shows readers what the histories of food co-ops can tell us about our rights as consumers, how we can practice democracy and community, and how we might do business differently. In the first history of food co-ops in the United States, Knupfer draws on newsletters, correspondence, newspaper coverage, and board meeting minutes, as well as visits to food co-ops around the country, where she listened to managers, board members, workers, and members.What possibilities for change—be they economic, political, environmental or social—might food co-ops offer to their members, communities, and the globalized world? Food co-ops have long advocated for consumer legislation, accurate product labeling, and environmental protection. Food co-ops have many constituents—members, workers, board members, local and even global producers—making the process of collective decision-making complex and often difficult. Even so, food co-ops offer us a viable alternative to corporate capitalism. In recent years, committed co-ops have expanded their social vision to improve access to healthy food for all by helping to establish food co-ops in poorer communities.
Автор: Knupfer, Anne Meis Название: Chicago black renaissance and women`s activism ISBN: 0252072936 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780252072932 Издательство: Wiley EDC Рейтинг: Цена: 20580.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: Following on the heels of the Harlem Renaissance, the Chicago Renaissance was a resonant flourishing of African American arts, literature, theater, music, and intellectualism, from 1930 to 1955. Anne Meis Knupfer's The Chicago Black Renaissance and Women's Activism demonstrates the complexity of black women's many vital contributions to this unique cultural flowering.
The book examines various groups of black female activists, including writers and actresses, social workers, artists, school teachers, and women's club members to document the impact of social class, gender, nativity, educational attainment, and professional affiliations on their activism. Together, these women worked to sponsor black history and literature, to protest overcrowded schools, and to act as a force for improved South Side housing and employment opportunities. Knupfer also reveals the crucial role these women played in founding and sustaining black cultural institutions, such as the first African American art museum in the country; the first African American library in Chicago; and various African American literary journals and newspapers. As a point of contrast, Knupfer also examines the overlooked activism of working-class and poor women in the Ida B. Wells and Altgeld Gardens housing projects.
Автор: David Bastian, Nicholas Meis Название: New Orleans Hurricanes from the Start ISBN: 1455619396 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781455619399 Издательство: Gazelle Book Services Рейтинг: Цена: 32870.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание:
According to the US Army Corps of Engineers, the city of New Orleans is twice as likely to be struck by a hurricane as any other metropolitan area bordering the Gulf of Mexico. In this work, authors David F. Bastian and Nicholas J. Meis explore the historical records of storms that have affected the region in and around south Louisiana since the first colonizers set foot on the Mississippi delta in the late seventeenth century. Using letters, personal diaries, official records, newspaper articles, and expert analyses, Bastian and Meis delve into the effects of the monstrous storms that have irreparably impacted south Louisiana, including what went awry during Katrina in 2005. Also examined is the evolution of New Orleans's protection systems as well as what the city can do to avoid another catastrophe.
Автор: Morgan Clyde E. Название: Annotated Bibliography of the Horn Fly, Haematobia Irritans Irritans (L.): Including References on the Buffalo Fly, H. Irritans Exigua (de Meijere), a ISBN: 0365489301 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780365489306 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 8800.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: Excerpt from Annotated Bibliography of the Horn Fly, Haematobia Irritans Irritans (L.): Including References on the Buffalo Fly, H. Irritans Exigua (De Meijere), And Other Species Belonging to the Genus Haematobia On cattle, H. I. Irritans has two peaks of biting activity during the different seasons - during spring and summer the afternoon peaks were slightly higher than the morning peaks; the reverse was true during late autumn and Winter. On donkeys, only one peak of biting activity was noted (in the morning). About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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