[PDF] Dancing At The Edge Of The World eBook

Author : Ursula K. Le Guin
Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 44,36 MB
Release : 2017-07-18
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 0802165664

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“Ursula Le Guin at her best . . . This is an important collection of eloquent, elegant pieces by one of our most acclaimed contemporary writers.” —Elizabeth Hand, The Washington Post Book World “I have decided that the trouble with print is, it never changes its mind,” writes Ursula K. Le Guin in her introduction to Dancing at the Edge of the World. But she has, and here is the record of that change in the decade since the publication of her last nonfiction collection, The Language of the Night. And what a mind—strong, supple, disciplined, playful, ranging over the whole field of its concerns, from modern literature to menopause, from utopian thought to rodeos, with an eloquence, wit, and precision that makes for exhilarating reading. “If you are tired of being able to predict what a writer will say next, if you are bored stiff with minimalism, if you want excess and risk and intelligence and pure orneriness, try Le Guin.” —Mary Mackey, San Francisco Chronicle

Author : Ursula K. Le Guin
Publisher : Grove Press
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 44,23 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780802135292

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The celebrated author offers her thoughts on a broad range of subjects, including literary criticism, the state of science fiction writing today, and government and governmental policies.

Author : Maureen O'Hara
Publisher : Triarchy Press
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 31,46 MB
Release : 2012-10-31
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1908009284

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Maureen O'Hara and Graham Leicester explore the competencies - the ways of being, doing, knowing and organising - that can help us navigate in complex and powerful times. They argue that these competencies are innate and within reach of all of us - given the right setting, plenty of practice and some gentle guidance. But they are seldom seen because they are routinely undervalued in today's culture. That must change, the authors insist, and this book is intended to begin that change.The book is based on the authors' extensive research and their practical experience observing the qualities demonstrated by some of today's most successful cultural, political and business leaders. They write of 'persons of tomorrow' that they have witnessed:"e;We find that people who are thriving in the contemporary world, who give us the sense of having it all together and being able to act effectively and with good spirit in challenging circumstances, have some identifiable characteristics in common... They are the people already among us who inhabit the complex and messy problems of the 21st century in a more expansive way than their colleagues. They do not reduce such problems to the scale of the tools available to them, or hide behind those tools when they know they are partial and inadequate. They are less concerned with 'doing the right thing' according to standard procedure than they are with really doing the right thing in the moment, in specific cases, with the individuals involved at the time. In a disciplined yet engaging way they are always pushing boundaries, including their own. They dance at the edge."e;

Author : Han Nolan
Publisher : HMH
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 35,58 MB
Release : 2014-12-16
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 0544612388

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The National Book Award-winning novel of a young girl’s coming of age, from the author of Send Me Down a Miracle. Twelve-year-old Miracle McCloy never liked the story of her remarkable birth, but her grandmother Gigi has always loved telling it. An expert in occult magic, Gigi insists that when Miracle was saved from her dead mother’s womb, it was an omen of greatness to come. But how can Miracle become a prodigy like her father when sometimes she feels like she doesn’t even exist? When her father suddenly vanishes without a trace, Miracle’s life starts feeling less miraculous by the day. The only time she feels whole is when she’s dancing—an activity her grandmother strictly forbids. But shortly after her thirteenth birthday, a life-threatening incident puts her whole world in a harsh new light. And though she does not emerge unscathed, Miracle might finally see the truth about her past, her family, and herself. “Extraordinary . . . Nolan does a masterful job of drawing readers into the girl’s mind and of making them care deeply about her chances for the future.” —School Library Journal (starred review) “Elaborately drawn characters that will surprise readers at every turn . . . Compelling.” —Booklist (starred review)

Author : Gale Warner
Publisher : Hyperion Books
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 15,67 MB
Release : 1998-06-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :

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Thirty-year-old poet and journalist Gale Warner kept a journal in which she recorded her thirteen-month struggle with lymphoma.

Author : Sheila Williams
Publisher : One World
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 30,73 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 034544874X

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After a life of crime and poverty in her hometown of Columbus, Ohio, forty-two-year-old Juanita Lewis, craving a simpler life, drops everything, including her three grown, deadbeat children, to move to Montana. Reprint.

Author : David Hallberg
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 45,16 MB
Release : 2017-11-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1476771170

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David Hallberg, the first American to join the famed Bolshoi Ballet as a principal dancer and the dazzling artist The New Yorker described as “the most exciting male dancer in the western world,” presents a look at his artistic life—up to the moment he returns to the stage after a devastating injury that almost cost him his career. Beginning with his real-life Billy Elliot childhood—an all-American story marred by intense bullying—and culminating in his hard-won comeback, Hallberg’s “moving and intelligent” (Daniel Mendelsohn) memoir dives deep into life as an artist as he wrestles with ego, pushes the limits of his body, and searches for ecstatic perfection and fulfillment as one of the world’s most acclaimed ballet dancers. Rich in detail ballet fans will adore, Hallberg presents an “unsparing…inside look” (The New York Times) and also reflects on universal and relatable themes like inspiration, self-doubt, and perfectionism as he takes you into daily classes, rigorous rehearsals, and triumphant performances, searching for new interpretations of ballet’s greatest roles. He reveals the loneliness he felt as a teenager leaving America to join the Paris Opera Ballet School, the ambition he had to tame as a new member of American Ballet Theatre, and the reasons behind his headline-grabbing decision to be the first American to join the top rank of Bolshoi Ballet, tendered by the Artistic Director who would later be the victim of a vicious acid attack. Then, as Hallberg performed throughout the world at the peak of his abilities, he suffered a crippling ankle injury and botched surgery leading to an agonizing retreat from ballet and an honest reexamination of his entire life. Combining his powers of observation and memory with emotional honesty and artistic insight, Hallberg has written a great ballet memoir and an intimate portrait of an artist in all his vulnerability, passion, and wisdom. “Candid and engrossing” (The Washington Post), A Body of Work is a memoir “for everyone with a heart” (DC Metro Theater Arts).

Author : Miriyam Glazer
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 13,16 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9780737303889

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What does it mean to be Jewish? What are the struggles and joys Jewish people face? Through personal memoirs, fictions, and fables, this collection of stories provides a glimpse into the Jewish spirit that has been dancing on the edge of the world.

Author : Toni G. Boehm
Publisher : Inner Visioning Press
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 24,74 MB
Release : 2009-06-01
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9780970153746

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Those interested in spiritual principles, quantum concepts, self-discovery, and life-altering questions will find many answers in this resource.