Human Geography

Politics & Social Sciences

Nelson, Stephanie

Social Sciences

Harcourt Brace College Publishers

God and the Land: The Metaphysics of Farming in Hesiod and Vergil

In this pathbreaking book, which includes a powerful new translation of Hesiod's Works and Days by esteemed translator David Grene, Stephanie Nelson argues that a society's vision of farming contains deep indications about its view of the human place within nature, and our relationship to the divine. She contends that both Hesiod in the Works and Days and Vergil in the Georgics saw farming in this way, and so wrote their poems not only about farming itself, but also about its deeper ethical and religious implications.Hesiod, Nelson argues, saw farming as revealing that man must live by the sweat of his brow, and that good, for human beings, must always be accompanied by hardship. Within this vision justice, competition, cooperation, and the need for labor take their place alongside the uncertainties of the seasons and even of particular lucky and unlucky days to form a meaningful whole within which human life is an integral part. Vergil, Nelson argues, deliberately modeled his poem upon the Works and Days, and did so in order to reveal that his is a very different vision. Hesiod saw the hardship in farming; Vergil sees its violence as well. Farming is for him both our life within nature, and also our battle against her. Against the background of Hesiods poem, which found a single meaning for human life, Vergil thus creates a split vision and suggests that human beings may be radically alienated from both nature and the divine. Nelson argues that both the Georgics and the Works and Days have been misread because scholars have not seen the importance of the connection between the two poems, and because they have not seen that farming is the true concern of both, farming in its deepest and most profoundly unsettling sense.

Literature & Fiction

Grene, David

History & Criticism

Oxford University Press

About the Author\nStephanie Nelson, professor of classical studies at Boston University, is the author of 
Aristophanes and His Tragic Muse: Comedy, Tragedy and the Polis in 5th 
Century Athens.\nA comparative study of two classicliterary works, from a specialist in Joyce and Homer\nTime and Identity in“Ulysses” and the “Odyssey” offers a unique in-depth comparative study oftwo classic literary works, examiningessential themes such as change, the self, and humans’ dependence on andisolation from others. Stephanie Nelson shows that in these texts, both Joyceand Homer address identity by looking at the paradox of time—that people areconstantly changing yet remain the same across the years.\nIn Nelson’s analysis, both Ulyssesand the Odyssey explore dichotomiesincluding the permanence of names and shifting of stories, independence andconnection, and linear and cyclical narrative. Nelson discusses Homer’scontrast of ordinary to mythic time alongside Joyce’s contrast of “clocktime”to experienced time. She analyzes the characters Odysseus and Leopold Bloom,alienated from their previous selves; Telemachus and Stephen Dedalus, trappedby the past; and Penelope and Molly Bloom, able to recast time through weaving,storytelling, and memory. These concepts are also explored through Joyce’sradically different narrative styles and Homer’s timeless world of the gods.\nNelson’s thoroughknowledge of ancient Greece, Joyce, narratology, oral tradition, andtranslation results in a volume that speaks across literary specializations. Thisbook makes the case that Ulysses andthe Odyssey should be read togetherand that each work highlights and clarifies aspects of the other. As Joyce’s charactersare portrayed as both flux and fixity, readers will see Homer’s hero fight hisway out of myth and back into the constant changes of human existence.\nA volume in the Florida James Joyce Series, edited bySebastian D. G. Knowles

Time and Identity in Ulysses and the Odyssey (Florida James Joyce)

British & Irish

University Press of Florida

This book doubles as a user's manual for the author's interactive website on sharing ger grocery shopping secrets plus heart-stirring stories from the receiving end of America's food pantries.

Greatest Secrets of the Coupon Mom

Business & Money

Personal Finance

Dpl Pr

Discouraged that you will never fulfill your dreams? Stephanie Nelson, creator of the wildly successful Coupon Mom movement, shares an inspiring, motivating roadmap for achieving dreams, saving money, and giving generously with big faith. If you feel stuck in life and unable to make progress toward your deepest hopes and dreams, let Stephanie Nelson share a practical path to reaching your full potential. The creator of the Coupon Mom and jump-starter of the coupon craze that started in 2008 with the recession, Stephanie can relate to holding on to dreams that seem bigger than abilities. She started the Coupon Mom website with a thirty-five dollar investment and never borrowed or spent more than the project earned. With no extra money or experience in technology, Stephanie grew a tiny website into a multimillion-dollar business that has helped millions of people save money and donate groceries to charities, all while using the free Coupon Mom program. Sharing her story to unpack life lessons, Stephanie shares a path to <ul> <li>banish fear and embrace opportunity,</li> <li>develop a vision and pursue dreams,</li> <li>identify God's plan to use your abilities to help others, and</li> <li>build community by including others in your success.</li> </ul> It's never too late to imagine more, chase your dreams, and impact the world through your unique gifts and talents; Stephanie shows readers how to exchange their ordinary for God's extraordinary. Imagine More will encourage anyone who wants to use their passions and skills to benefit others and fulfill their most cherished dreams. &nbsp; Bonus content: The 35-page bonus ebook, Imagine More Savings: Digital Hacks,is included via QR code in the book and ebook.

Imagine More: Do What You Love, Discover Your Potential

Business Development & Entrepreneurship

Thomas Nelson

The creator of couponmom.com and frequent talk-show guest shares strategic techniques for saving money at the grocery store while eating well, counseling readers on everything from wholesale clubs to natural-food stores. (Personal finance).

The Coupon Mom's Guide to Cutting Your Grocery Bills in Half: The Strategic Shopping Method Proven to Slash Food and Drugstore Costs (Thorndike Large Print Health, Home & Learning)

Reference

Consumer Guides

Thorndike Press

The vampire drug, brew, nearly ruined Gwen Sparks’ life. Just when things started to get back to normal between her and Aiden, she is summoned by the North American Witches Council to their central city of Moon. A war is imminent between vampires and witches, and Gwen’s experiences with brew are being used to fuel the fire. She is about to discover just how powerful she is with the help of the ruggedly handsome Angel of Death and just how far some people will go to get what they want. Gwen is going to learn exactly what it means to be Deceived.

Deceived

Romance

Vampires

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Having prevented the war between the witches and vampires, Gwen Sparks was ready to move on and heal. She thought she could go home and her life would return to normal-she thought wrong. Being a spirit walker offers her protection, but it also put her life in danger as others covet what she possesses. A bounty is placed on Gwen and rogues, who will stop at nothing to get the job done, relentlessly track her.With no choice but to head to New Orleans to retrieve a special dagger, Gwen comes face to face with the angel of Death and the feelings she has been denying. Living in a world where everyone has a motive, can Gwen find the inner strength she needs to save her own life?

Coveted - Book 3 in the Gwen Sparks Series

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Fantasy

For the first time, Anna Avery was looking forward to the future. She’s mated to her soul mate. The pack has become her new family and she has friends she can confide in. She had every reason to look ahead, until a vision put her future happiness in jeopardy. Someone is set on destroying her mate, Adam, and only Anna can prevent this possible future. While trying to unravel the hazy web of her premonition, she finds out the annual pack conference will take place on her mountain. And Adam’s parents will be attending. As only a “made” wolf, Anna will have to face their prejudice and possibly make the hardest decision she has ever had to make. Because saving Adam’s life might just mean walking away from him for forever.

Embracing the Wolf (The Anna Avery Series)

Deceived (The Gwen Sparks series)

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