Bibi wein (11 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Provocative from the opening lines, this is a treasure trove of love, loss, humor, and self-discovery amidst the trees and cabins of the Adirondack Mountains:Somewhere around the age of 40, when I should have been deciding if I wanted to take my last chance at having a second child, should have been looking for a good job? I began instead to learn everything I could about staying out all night in the woods. Since I live in Manhattan, this pursuit could hardly be construed as even marginally relevant to my real life.Think Gretal Ehrlich and Annie Dillard. But this work is both more personal and more universal. Think Barbara Kingsolver?s Prodigal Summer for sensitivity to the natural world and narrative sweep.This book stands out from other tales of the land: it is about the romance and primitive majesty of the wilderness, how it shelters and awes us, terrifies us, and ultimately provides us with a sense of place. Here is exquisitely detailed narration balanced with sharp insights into modern life in the wilderness.?Bibi Wein offers a lovely and penetrating look into the thickets of the Adirondack woods and of the human heart.? ?Bill McKibben, author of The End of Nature?The Way Home is a beautifully written, deeply spiritual and disarmingly honest meditation on nature?that found in the glorious out-of-doors as well as that of the infinitely less elegant (and far more exasperating) human being. Think of it as modern-day Walden?a way to sit in an armchair and experience the soul-stirring revelations that are offered when one learns to keep quiet and let the land speak.? ?Elizabeth Berg, author of The Art of Mending.…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. First Paperback Edition. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Zustand: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good+. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good+. First Edition. Color Photographs; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 224 pages; 2001 Kodansha International. Oversize HC/DJ. 1st edtion. Snugly bound and neat in crisp edged and uniformly bright pictorial dust jacket. Just mild shelf wear to jacket edges and spine ends; trace dust spotting to the top edge. Light shelf evidence to the jacket surfaces. Contents clean, bright, and unmarked. Profusely illustrated with color photographs. VG++/VG+ . Oversize book may require additional charges for expedited or international shipping.…

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 205 pages. 8.00x5.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.

hardback. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. hardback, octavo, a very good tightly bound copy in a well preserved dust wrapper, the text is clean and unmarked, 214pp.

Zustand: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Zustand: New.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Presumed First Edition, First printing. x, 309, [1] pages. Appendix. DJ has wear, soiling, tears and chips. Edge soiling. From the DJ: a study in depth of our alienated children. Bibi Wein has written, co-authored or contributed to a dozen books. Her short fiction, features and essays have appeared in numerous national magazines and literary journals, including Mademoiselle, OMNI, Kalliope, Other Voices, and American Letters & Commentary. She works as an editorial consultant, feature writer, and teacher of creative writing. The Way Home is her first book of creative nonfiction. Winner of the 2003 Tupelo Press Literary Fiction/Non-Fiction Prize. From an article in The New York Times: This book is based on first hand research (from the acid heads of Hashbury to the malcontents of exurbia), on intensive interviews with both the author's subjects and their mentors. A 27 year old novelist. Bibi Wein divides her teenagers into three groups: the dopers, the street dwellers, and the political radicals. What ties them together, inevitably, is their sense of being out of place and out of tune. They are strangers everywhere. One typical "doper" in Pennsylvania describes his decision to drop out this way: "Everyone thought I left Kentwood because I was too smart for the system. Actually, I left out of fear. Fear of the social order. Just a general feeling of âI don't fit in.' " A "political" girl in California explained the lure of drugs: "Depression. A feeling like there's no place for me. There's always unconsciousness to escape to. . . ." Pampered yet ignored by their parents, bored to tears in school, lavished with material goodsâ"Miss Wein tells us that the kids of her title have had few opportunities to test themselves, to prove their worth. Her cast of characters (too many of them stock figures) are hardly paragons. Sometimes they come across as thoughtless and self indulgent, fleeing to Nirvanas of peace and love that never were. They seldom make the same effort to understand their parents that they demand their parents make to understand them. For the most part, however, she finds the "runaway generation" intelligent, vibrantâ"and unwilling to swallow the goals and standards handed down to them. "It is indeed a terrified society," she concludes, "that must go to the lengths we do to keep youth and its ideas and energies so suppressed. . . . We are fortunate that more and more of our adolescents are rising above our fears and falsehoodsâ"and claiming their right to a voice in their own lives and the world we all live in.".…

Ril. cm. 24x28, pp. 223, ill. a col. e in b/n. Monografia sull'utilizzo del bambù nell'artigianato giapponese, dalle lanterne all'ombrello, dai cestini agli aquiloni. L'autrice è membro della American Bamboo Society, un indizio del numero degli appassionati di questo argomento.