Ninety miles separate Cuba and Key West, Florida. Crossing that distance, thousands of Cubans have lost their lives. For Cuban American poet Virgil Suárez, that expanse of ocean represents the state of exile, which he has imaginatively bridged in over two decades of compelling poetry."Whatever isn't..
Why was Jesus, Son of God, from an obscure village in Galilee What does it mean to our spirituality that he chose not to seek favor from the powerful, but identified with the marginalized, the powerless and those in need of healing In this remarkable rereading of the life of Jesus, theologian Virg..
A collection of essential quotations from the renowned fashion designer, DJ, and stylistAbloh-isms is a collection of essential quotations from American fashion designer, DJ, and stylist Virgil Abloh, who was a major creative figure in the worlds of pop culture and art. Abloh began his career as Kan..
A verse translation of Virgil's poem about the adventures of Aeneas after the fall of Troy Author: Virgil Publisher: Pearson Binding: Paperback Language: English ISBN-10: 0024277800 ISBN-13: 9780024277800..
"Virgilian studies in England were raised to a new plane with the publication of R.G. Austin's commentary on Aeneid II (1964). His Aeneid IV (1955) had given a slightly meagre foretaste of the riches to be revealed in the editions of Aeneid II, I (1971), and VI. Austin's contribution to our understa..
Studies the medicinal practices of American Indians, noting their use of plants and special techniques for treating illness and injuries Author: Vogel, Virgil J. Publisher: Univ of Oklahoma Pr Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0806108630 ISBN-13: 9780806108636..
As new book. All our books are individually inspected, rated and described. Never EX-LIB unless specifically listed as such. Author: Bivand, Roger S.; Pebesma, Edzer J.; G mez-Rubio, Virgilio Publisher: Springer Binding: Paperback Language: English ISBN-10: 0387781706 ISBN-13: 9780387781709..
In Capacity Planning for Web Services: Metrics, Models, and Methods, two leading Web capacity planning experts introduce quantitative performance predictive models for every major Web scenario -- especially the latest Web services, e-commerce, and mobile applications. Discover how to identify and ad..
Virgil (Publius Vergilius Maro) was born in 70 BCE near Mantua and was educated at Cremona, Milan and Rome. Slow in speech, shy in manner, thoughtful in mind, weak in health, he went back north for a quiet life. Influenced by the group of poets there, he may have written some of the doubtful poems i..
electrical/computer science and engineering series Author: Bottom, Virgil E Publisher: Van Nostrand Reinhold Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0442262019 ISBN-13: 9780442262013..
From radical abolitionist John Brown to presidential candidate Bob Dole to visionary environmentalist Wes Jackson, Kansas history is bursting with fascinating stories of individuals who made a difference to the nation and whose lives reveal much about our collective past. Prominent Kansas historian ..
(MP3 format, 8:17, 15 MB) (MP3 format, 4:41, 8.5 MB)"Arms and the man I sing." So begins one of the greatest works of literature in any language. Written more than two thousand years ago, The Aeneid tells the story of Aeneas' seven-year journey from the ruins of Troy to Italy, where he becomes the f..
In dramatic and narrative power, Virgil’s Aeneid is the equal of its great Homeric predecessors, The Iliad and The Odyssey. It surpasses them, however, in the intense sympathy it displays for its human actors-a sympathy that makes events such as Aeneas’s escape from Troy and search for a new homelan..
(Vocal Score). English Only. Author: Thomson, Virgil Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc. Binding: Paperback Language: English ISBN-10: 0793570085 ISBN-13: 0073999385601..
This book is in nice condition, A Classic Author: Faires, Virgil Mering Publisher: Macmillan Pub Co Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0023355301 ISBN-13: 9780023355301..
The only book that lets artists explore the highest levels of realistic oil painting.As more and more artists today look to the past, there has been a tremendous resurgence of interest in painting realistically-in creating convincing illusions of three-dimensional depth on two dimensional surfaces. ..
Surprisingly, this is the first full-scale scholarly commentary on the Eclogues to appear in this century. These ten short pastorals are among the best known poems in Latin literature. Clausen's commentary provides a comprehensive guide to both the poems and the considerable scholarship surrounding ..
The famed translation by the greatest literary figure of Restoration EnglandVirgil's epic vividly recounts Aeneas's tortuous journey after the Trojan War and the struggles he faced as he lay the foundations for the greatest continental empire. Rendered into a vigorous and refined English by the most..
A masterful new verse translation of one of the greatest nature poems ever written.Virgil’s Georgics is a paean to the earth and all that grows and grazes there. It is an ancient work, yet one that speaks to our times as powerfully as it did to the poet’s. This unmatched translation presents the poe..
When Christopher Columbus arrived in the New World in 1492, there began a new way of the cross, traced for five hundred years in the lives of the poor and oppressed peoples of the Americas.These short meditations on the stations by such figures as Gustavo Guiterrez, Enrique Dussel, Leonardo Boff, He..