This book looks at the fascinating history and culture of the Aborigines.

Aborigine Dreaming: An Introduction to the Wisdom and Thought of the Aboriginal Traditions of Australia

Politics & Social Sciences

Cowan, James

Social Sciences

Thorsons Pub.

The "trembling balance" in Lawrence's work, considered either as theoretical system or in its phenomenological form, is characterized by the dynamic qualities of interrelatedness and flux. Cowan shows that, in Lawrence's conception, the dynamic experience of life's quickness necessarily involves giving up static equilibrium in the ebb and flow of human consciousness between self and other, bringing about a sequence of stability, instability, resilience, and creative change.
Lawrence's conception of art as a recreation of the "trembling balance" of life is explored in his treatment of the figure of the artist in a number of his major novels. Because his conception of art is biologically based, Lawrence locates the aesthetic balance he seeks to establish between blood consciousness and spiritual consciousness firmly in the body, most often in the imagery of the male body. Lawrence identifies with Melville, who was for him an example of the "true artist" as myth-maker, reconciling Christian and pagan consciousness in an organic symbolism rooted in unconscious experience. Cowan provides a critical study of Lawrence's dualism, dealing with ideas and issues that were intensely personal for Lawrence.

D. H. Lawrence and the Trembling Balance

Literature & Fiction

British & Irish

Penn State University Press

When the Venetian cartographer-monk Fra Mauro sets out to create the definitive map of the world, he has no idea that the project will become the adventure of a lifetime, challenging most of his familiar concepts about the world. As he receives travellers from far away into his cell and listens to their descriptions of the strange and fantastic places they've seen, Fra Mauro comes to see that the world consists of much more than continents and kingdoms, that it is also made up of a vast, equally real, interior landscape of beliefs, aspirations, and dreams. As he struggles to reconcile conflicting views of reality his map begins to take on extraordinary dimensions, raising unforeseen questions and pushing the boundaries of his previous conception.

Mapmakers Dream Meditations of Fra Mauro

Contemporary

Hodder&Stoughton

James Cowan lived in Italy for three years walking in the footsteps of Francis, following his journeys, breathing his air and sleeping in his caves and grottoes. He discovered a man who, in a sense, de-institutionalised the medieval Church, who represented a mystical Christian tradition and stood up to leaders and theologians and all the great citadels of monastic influence This attempt to enter into the spirit of Francis as also a celebration of Italy and its ability to inspire the imagination.

Francis: A Saint's Way

Biographies & Memoirs

Triumph Books

A monk who is confined to his quarters strives to make a map of the world based on traveler's tales of distant lands and exotic places, and he comprehends not only nations and countries, but internal journeys of hopes and dreams. Reprint.

A Mapmaker's Dream: The Meditations of Fra Mauro, Cartographer to the Court of Venice

Grand Central Publishing

Messengers of the gods: Tribal elders reveal the ancient wisdom of the earth

Bell Tower

Shares the outlook of the natives of northwestern Australia, Borneo, and the Torres Strait Islands

Messengers Of The Gods: Tribal Elders Reveal the Ancient Wisdom of the Earth (Bell Tower)

Religion & Spirituality

Harmony

Written in the style of popular television programs such as "Rescue 911," this collection features five stories involving life- threatening situations and includes clear instructions and valuable advice on evaluating and managing emergency situations. Original.

Trouble at Moosehead Lake (Emergency Rescue)

Cowan, Lois

Scholastic Paperbacks

A collection of five realistic stories about Matt and Davey, junior members of their town's Rescue Squad, features a tale of a tobogganing accident in which Davey falls through the ice and nearly freezes to death. Original.

Nightmare at Norton's Mills

Children's Books

Action & Adventure

Apple

Two men dreaming: A memoir, a journey

Brandl & Schlesinger

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