1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910461638403321

Autore

Zaqṭān Ghassān

Titolo

Like a straw bird it follows me and other poems [[electronic resource] /] / Ghassan Zaqtan ;  translated from the Arabic by Fady Joudah

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Haven, : Yale University Press, 2012

ISBN

1-280-06215-0

9786613519900

0-300-18363-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (144 p.)

Collana

A Margellos world republic of letters book

Altri autori (Persone)

JoudahFady <1971->

Disciplina

892.7/16

Soggetti

Arabic poetry

Middle Eastern poetry

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Translator's Preface -- Acknowledgments -- From Luring The Mountain (1998) -- From Biography In Charcoal (2003) -- Like A Straw Bird It Follows Me (2008) -- Alone And The River Before Me -- The Orchard Of Roman Olives -- Notes

Sommario/riassunto

In this inspired translation of Like a Straw Bird It Follows Me, Ghassan Zaqtan's tenth and most recent poetry collection, along with selected earlier poems, Fady Joudah brings to English-language readers the best work by one of the most important and original Palestinian poets of our time. With these poems Zaqtan enters new terrain, illuminating the vision of what Arabic poetry in general and Palestinian poetry in particular are capable of. Departing from the lush aesthetics of such celebrated predecessors as Mahmoud Darwish and Adonis, Zaqtan's daily, delicate narrative, whirling catalogues, and at times austere aesthetics represent a new trajectory, a significant leap for young Arabic poets today.In his preface to the volume, Joudah analyzes and explores the poet's body of work. "Ghassan Zaqtan's poems, in their constant unfolding," Joudah writes, "invite us to enter them, exit them, map and unmap them, code and decode them, fill them up and empty them, with the living and nonliving, the animate and inanimate, toward



a true freedom."

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910704749503321

Autore

Manier Daniel J.

Titolo

Summary of science, activities, programs, and policies that influence the rangewide conservation of greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) / / by D.J. Manier [and ten others] ; in cooperation with the Bureau of Land Management

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Reston, Virginia : , : U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, , 2013

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 170 pages) : color illustrations, color maps

Collana

Open-file report ; ; 2013-1098

Soggetti

Sage grouse - West (U.S.)

Sage grouse - Conservation - West (U.S.)

Sagebrush steppe ecology - West (U.S.)

Range ecology - West (U.S.)

Range management - Environmental aspects - West (U.S.)

Habitat conservation - West (U.S.)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed Nov. 27, 2013).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-151).



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910789734303321

Autore

McCrae Niall

Titolo

The moon and madness [[electronic resource] /] / Niall McCrae

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Luton, U.K.], : Andrews U.K. Ltd., 2011

ISBN

1-283-44550-6

9786613445506

1-84540-331-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (262 p.)

Disciplina

616.89071

Soggetti

Mental illness

Human beings - Effect of the moon on

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Front Matter; Title Page; Publisher Information; Foreword; Preface; Introduction; Body Matter; Nearest Heaven; The Medieval Cosmos; Lunacy in the Age of Reason; Eclipsed by Mental Science; An Elusive Proof; Our Mischievous Minds; A Distracting Glow; Tidal Rhythms; Reconciling Mind and Cosmos; Back Matter; Bibliography; Also Available

Sommario/riassunto

Lunacy, the legendary notion of minds unhinged by the moon, continues to captivate the popular imagination. Although it violates the assumptions of modern science and psychiatry, such belief remains common among mental health workers. Furthermore, several studies have found a small, unexplained correlation between behaviour and the lunar cycle. The book is divided into two parts. It begins with a historical account of the lunacy concept, followed by an investigation of hypothetical mechanism...