John Graves: 11 books
by John Graves
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2007
From “the most honest writer in America” comes this witty, wise, no-holds-barred memoir about man’s best friends—canine and cold, hard steel (Jim Harrison, author of Dead Man’s Float).
John Graves has been praised by fellow authors as “the best-loved writer in Texas” (Rick Bass) and...
Goodbye to a River
A Narrative
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2010
In the 1950s, a series of dams was proposed along the Brazos River in north-central Texas. For John Graves, this project meant that if the stream’s regimen was thus changed, the beautiful and sometimes brutal surrounding countryside would also change, as would the lives of the people whose rugged...
Hard Scrabble
Observations on a Patch of Land
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2016
"A kind of homemade book—imperfect like a handmade thing, a prize. It's a galloping, spontaneous book, on occasion within whooping distance of that greatest and sweetest of country books, Ivan Turgenev's A Sportsman's Notebook." —Edward Hoagland, New York Times Book Review"His subjects...
From a Limestone Ledge
Some Essays and Other Ruminations about Country Life in Texas
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2016
"Another fine, reflective, anecdotal look at rural Texas." —New Yorker"Graves writes eloquently about a countryman's concerns. There's not a false note in the book." —Boston Globe"Like the unmortared stone fences of Graves's native hill country, From a Limestone Ledge is constructed of bits and pieces...
Broken Wing
Birds, Blades and Broken Promises
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2016
Today's wind turbines
Kill millions of birds worldwide: raptors are threatened with extinction
Require significant amounts of CO2 to manufacture
Deliver electricity intermittently, at best
Require enormous back up coal and gas fired power plants creating yet more CO2
Can be unhealthy or harmful...
Vid@ en el trabajo
Éxito empresarial para gente de fe
Language: Spanish
Release Date: August 13, 2006
Las personas de fe necesitan sentirse cómodas e intencionales en dos mundos: el mundo del reino y el mundo comercial, mezclando y balanceando cada uno de ellos. Los autores John C. Maxwell, Stephen Graves y Thomas Addington identifican las herramientas básicas que los seguidores de Jesús deben tener en su caja de herramientas: El llamado, el servicio, el carácter y la habilidad.
Mapping "Race"
Critical Approaches to Health Disparities Research
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2013
Researchers commonly ask subjects to self-identify their race from a menu of preestablished options. Yet if race is a multidimensional, multilevel social construction, this has profound methodological implications for the sciences and social sciences. Race must inform how we design large-scale data...
The Mind Illuminated
A Complete Meditation Guide Integrating Buddhist Wisdom and Brain Science for Greater Mindfulness
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2017
A revolutionary, science-based approach to meditation from a neuroscientist turned meditation master, The Mind Illuminated is an accessible, step-by-step toolkit for anyone looking to start—or improve—their daily meditation practice.
The book that bestselling meditation teacher Sharon Salzberg...
Achieving sustainable production of milk Volume 2
Safety, quality and sustainability
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2017
Summarises current research on pathogenic risks affecting milk and ways they can be controlled on the farm;
Reviews ways of measuring and reducing the environmental impact of dairy farming such as better grassland management;
Assesses the wider role of dairy farming and how it can be improved in the developing world
Planning for Rural Resilience
Coping with Climate Change and Energy Futures
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2015
Climate change and an evolving non-renewable energy sector threaten the future viability and sustainability of communities across the country. While rural communities have a special place in the national fabric, they often lack the resources to tackle these important and evolving threats. Planning...
Mediated Images of the South
The Portrayal of Dixie in Popular Culture
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012
Mediated Images of the South: The Portrayal of Dixie in Popular Culture, edited by Alison F. Slade, Dedria Givens-Carroll and Amber J. Narro, is an anthology that explores the impact of the image of the Southerner within mass communication and popular culture. The contributors offer a contemporary...