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She succeeds brilliantly, however, with a vivid fidelity to Kafka's vision, driving home the way he makes us at once sympathetic to his anti-hero, Gregor Samsa, and repulsed by him. -\u003cstrong\u003eArlice Davenport\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Kafka's survey of the insectile situation of young Jews in inner Bohemia can hardly be improved upon: 'With their posterior legs they were still glued to their father's Jewishness and with their wavering anterior legs they found no new ground.' There is a sense in which Kafka's Jewish question ('What have I in common with Jews?') has become everybody's question, Jewish alienation the template for all our doubts. What is Muslimness? What is femaleness? What is Polishness? These days we all find our anterior legs flailing before us. 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A full-color edition, The Envelope Poems presents a selection in facsimile publication of her crucially important, most experimental late work. The Envelope Poems is a selection from a larger collection, previously co-published by New Directions and Christine Burgin: Emily Dickinson's The Gorgeous Nothings, a project created by the visual artist Jen Bervin and the noted Dickinson scholar Marta L. Werner, which presented all of Emily Dickinson's late compositions on envelopes. The Envelope Poems collects color facsimiles of 30 of her envelope writings with visual transcriptions by Bervin and Werner. This selection of these facsimiles of Dickinson's late work on envelopes makes this poetry available in a small, affordable gift-size cloth edition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"p\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"p\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFull-color facsimiles are accompanied by Marta L. Werner and Jen Bervin's pioneering transcriptions of Dickinson's handwriting. Their transcriptions allow us to read the texts, while the facsimiles let us see exactly what Dickinson wrote (the variant words, crossings-out, dashes, directional fields, spaces, columns, and overlapping planes).\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"p\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Gorgeous Nothings is proof that one of our most important poets can still amaze and teach us new thing about the practice of poetry.--Hannah Star Rogers\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Gorgeous Nothings\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a rare gift for all poetry lovers.--Craig Morgan Teicher\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Gorgeous Nothings\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis one of the most ambitious, important literary feats of the year. It's stunning, revelatory, and it functions as a key text to Dickinson's oeuvre: seeing it demands a tectonic shift in the way we read her, brings her back to us even more extremely idiosyncratic than we could have guessed.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDickinson's incandescent thinking is everywhere on display, and the makeshift nature of the scraps gives us a vivid idea of what composition must have felt like for a woman whose thoughts raced far ahead of her ability to capture them.--Dan Chiasson\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eVisual poets around the world will soon be mining these endlessly suggestive fragments.--Marjorie Perloff\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eArguably America's greatest poet,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/naturenurture.shop\/collections\/emily-dickinson\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Emily Dickinson\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEmily Dickinson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1830-1886) published fewer than a dozen of her eighteen hundred poems during her lifetime.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJen Bervin\u003c\/b\u003e's work includes\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Dickinson Composites\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Desert\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNets\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMarta Werner\u003c\/b\u003e's books include\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEmily Dickinson's Open Folios: Scenes of Reading, Surfaces of Writing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRadical Scatters: An Electronic Archive of Emily Dickinson's Late Fragments and Related Texts\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"p\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"p\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"p\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNew Directions Publishing Corporation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"p\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"p\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePub Date: October 04, 2016\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"p\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"p\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e0.5\" H x 7.1\" L x 5.2\" W \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"p\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"p\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e96 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"p\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"p\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ehardcover\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"W.W. 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Werner, this book offers a new understanding and appreciation of the genius of Emily Dickinson.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003eThis book is a rare gift for all poetry lovers.--Craig Morgan Teicher\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003eVisual poets around the world will soon be mining these endlessly suggestive fragments.--Marjorie Perloff\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003eThis book is a testament to the lasting power of Dickinson's work and a new insight into the way her work arose. 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Never have I been so aware at once of the beauty of the poetry, the physicality of Homer's world, and the moral ambiguity of those who inhabit it.--\u003cstrong\u003eSusan Chira\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003eEmily Wilson's crisp and musical version is a cultural landmark.... This translation will change the way the poem is read in English.--\u003cstrong\u003eCharlotte Higgins\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003eEmily Wilson has given us a staggeringly superior translation--true, poetic, lively and readable, and always closely engaged with the original Greek--that brings to life the fascinating variety of voices in Homer's great epic.--\u003cstrong\u003eRichard F. Thomas, Harvard University\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003eIn her powerful new translation, Emily Wilson... has chosen immediacy and naturalism over majestic formality. She preserves the musicality of Homer's poetry, opting for an iambic pentameter whose approachable storytelling tone invites us in, only to startle us with eruptions of beauty.... Wilson's transformation of such a familiar and foundational work is... astonishing.--\u003cstrong\u003eRebecca Newberger Goldstein\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003eWilson's translation is a superb achievement and a striking departure from the tradition of Homeric translation into English.... There is no elaborate or antiquated diction, just a crispness and clear-headedness that will seem quite alien to anyone familiar with earlier versions.... Wilson has produced a wonderfully distinctive--and modern--version of the poem.--\u003cstrong\u003eHenry Power\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003eThis translation is a marvel! Bold and timely and ever so exciting.... As majestic as literature gets.--\u003cstrong\u003eMax Porter, author of Grief Is the Thing With Feathers\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"p\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"p\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEmily Wilson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis professor of classical studies and graduate chair of the Program in Comparative Literature and Literary Theory at the University of Pennsylvania. Wilson attended Oxford University (Balliol College, B.A., and Corpus Christi College, M.Phil.) and Yale University (Ph.D.). 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Most of all, he reminds us, every step of the way, of what's on offer every time we walk out the door.--Nina MacLaughlin, author of Summer Solstice: An Essay\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA beautiful and thought-provoking journey of discovery, which will leave you very glad that you walked a while with Ben Shattuck.--Eric Jay Dolin, author of Rebels at Sea\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI think Thoreau would have liked this book, and that's a high recommendation.--Bill McKibben, author of The End of Nature\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA gorgeous reminder that walking is the most radical form of locomotion nowadays.--Nick Offerman\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBen Shattuck asks of Thoreau 'Why was it so comforting to read this antique account of winter and loss?'--and I felt the same about Shattuck's book. 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These stunning photographs of the natural geysers and terraces in Yellowstone, the rocks and ravines in the Grand Canyon, the winding rivers and majestic mountains in Glacier and Grand Teton national parks, the mysterious Carlsbad Caverns, the architecture of ancient Indian villages, and many other evocative views of the American West demonstrate the genius of Adams' technical and aesthetic inventiveness.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn these glorious, seminal images we see the inspired reverence for the wilderness that has made Ansel Adams' work an enduring influence on environmentalism as well as art.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction by Alice Gray Kings River Canyon, California Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona Native Americans and their Land Zion National Park, Utah Saguaro National Monument, Arizona, Death Valley National Moument, California Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico Boulder Dam, Colorado Rockey Mountain National Park, Colorado Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming Glacier National Park, Montana Bibliography Index\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnsel Adams\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1902-1984) was one of the most prolific and highly acclaimed photographers of the twentieth century, and the author of dozens of publications. He helped establish the department of photography at New York's Museum of Modern Art and founded the Friends of Photography in Carmel, California, and the Center for Creative Photography at the University of Arizona in Tucson. A member of the board of directors of the Sierra Club for thirty-seven years, Adams was instrumental in the growth of the American conservationist movement.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlice Gray\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a writer and editor based in Louisville, Kentucky. 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Examining the often surprising ways that crows and humans interact, John Marzluff and Tony Angell contend that those interactions reflect a process of \"cultural coevolution.\" They offer a challenging new view of the human-crow dynamic--a view that may change our thinking not only about crows but also about ourselves. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFeaturing more than 100 original drawings, the book takes a close look at the influences people have had on the lives of crows throughout history and at the significant ways crows have altered human lives. 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Crows are elegant without benefit of fancy and colorful plumage; they are animated and physically imposing, the fuel for artistic inspiration.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eQ: You've studied crows and ravens extensively. Does it seem that they in turn study you?\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ci\u003eA: (Marzluff) I particularly remember a raven who carefully approached one of myb traps, stopped short of stepping into it, and reached over to pull the grass camouflage off the trap's trigger. He turned to look down the road at me before emphatically throwing the grass into the road and deftly reaching over the trap to grab the bread I used as bait. 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He always used it in this context during his time with me.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eQ: What might your readers be most surprised to learn about these birds?\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ci\u003eA: Our conclusion that crows have culture, and that it affects and is affected by human culture, makes us realize that we share more than some would like to think with other animals. The tales from people who have witnessed apparent crow murders, funerals, and visitations from dead relatives will certainly shake readers. We hope that by bringing up such controversial crow traits, others will study them and help us all understand the actions of these powerful birds. That crows and their kin possess culture that in some ways parallels our own is a consideration not easily addressed.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\"A fascinating look at the corvid family, illustrated with Mr. Angell's delightful black-and-white drawings.\"--Stuart Ferguson, \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"There is a wealth of folklore, biology and anecdote here about all species of crows--a cornucopia of corvid memorabilia. This is a well-researched, fascinating book to read, evocatively illustrated by Angell's charming idiosyncratic scraperboards.\"--Tim Birkhead, \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Sleek, evocative illustrations--a mysterious light seems to come directly from the eyes and feathers of these birds. . . . Learning how to slow down and observe animals around us is one simple way to form a stronger bond with nature. \u003ci\u003eIn the Company of Crows and Ravens\u003c\/i\u003e is a subtle and beautiful reminder of this simple truth.\"--Susan Salter Reynolds, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Intriguing and inspiring insights. . . . [A] rich tapestry of folklore and science. . . . [A] comprehensive account of the impact of crows on human culture.\"--Joanna Dally, \u003ci\u003eScience\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"[A] superb study that should deepen our understanding, and perhaps appreciation, of these fascinating birds.\"-- \u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Engrossing.\"--Rebecca Solnit, \u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e \u003cb\u003eJohn M. 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In between pouring precious, pulverized minerals onto handmade paper to create the prismatic, refractive surfaces of his art, he comes into the quiet space in the studio in a discipline of awareness, waiting, prayer, and praise.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRanging from the Bible to T. S. Eliot, Mark Rothko, and Japanese Kintsugi technique, he shows how, unless we are making something, we cannot know the depth of God's being and God's grace permeating our lives. This poignant and beautiful book offers the perspective of, in Christian Wiman's words, an \"accidental theologian,\" one who comes to spiritual questions always through the prism of art.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eArt and Faith\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efeatures more biblical exegesis than studio tips, as the painter wrestles eloquently with art-averse fellow Christians who prefer narrow-minded 'culture war' to the 'culture care' he advocates.\"\u003cstrong\u003e-- \u003ci\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"A beautiful book. . . . \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eArt and Faith\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e should be widely read. 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Fujimura's sensitive, evocative theology will appeal to believers interested in the role religion can play in the creation of art.\"\u003cstrong\u003e-- \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"A brilliant, dense, and far-reaching study of the relationship between art, artist, and the living Creator. . . . Fujimura brings his passion, talent, knowledge, and love of God and man strongly to bear.\"\u003cstrong\u003e--Richard Christman, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eForefront\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"One of the most beautiful aspects of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eArt and Faith\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and I would argue one of the most appealing aspects of Christianity itself, is the insistence that though the world is broken, its brokenness is the basis of its rebirth. . . . Fujimura often uses moving personal anecdotes . . . that lure us in with their warmth, humor, and tenderness. And anyone interested in the creative act or worried about our culture's elevation of consuming over making will find plenty to mull over.\"\u003cstrong\u003e--Scott Beauchamp, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Examiner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"[In] this delightful book . . . Fujimura teaches us what he has learned on his path to God, and in so doing reveals the depth dimension to any artistic making. . . . Fujimura writes powerfully of the need for Christians to reengage with this finesse for making and set aside the culture wars of apologetics. . . . We need to help reopen the pathways to God.\"\u003cstrong\u003e--Terence Sweeney, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eDappled Things\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Fujimura's manifesto. . . . An invitation to us all to remember, reflect, and reclaim humanity's first (and often forgotten) vocation of being cocreators with the ultimate Creator.\"\u003cstrong\u003e--Zachary Lee, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eFare Forward\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMakoto Fujimura\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is an artist whose exhibitions in New York and Asia have been featured in the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eAtlantic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and other leading publications. 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Beautifully written, like a great work of fiction--except, incredibly, it's all true.--\u003cstrong\u003ePhillip Prodger, author of An Alternative History of Photography\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnika Burgess has not only an eye for overlooked images but also an ear for the unusual characters and distinctive voices that narrated this history as it unfolded in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Her enthusiasm for photography's surprising stories, and her occasional wry aside from the shores of the twenty-first century, is infectious.--\u003cstrong\u003eKim Beil, author of Good Pictures: A History of Popular Photography\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA scintillating history that'll have you looking at photography in a new light.--\u003cstrong\u003eKirkus Reviews (starred review)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e[A] captivating whirlwind tour. ... Full of colorful details about the ingenuity of early photographers ... [ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eFlashes of Brilliance\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e] is a thrilling history of a medium and its seismic impact.-- \u003cstrong\u003e\"Publishers Weekly\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e[E]legantly written ... 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[An] artful account.--\u003cstrong\u003eAnn Fabian \"National Book Review\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eArtfully bridges a gap of nearly 100 years to shape the timeless story of a shared human experience with nature.--\u003cstrong\u003eJoan Meiners \"Arizona Republic\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e[Melissa L. Sevigny] whips jaw-dropping metaphor from thin air, not losing momentum as she weaves beautiful poetry through a clear, engaging narrative.--\u003cstrong\u003eRebecca Lawton \"Boatman's Quarterly Review\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSweeps up the reader in its seamless weaving of histories with a geographically rich narrative.... 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But the expanse of the watershed and the rich soils of its floodplain lured European settlers and American pioneers, who had a different vision: the river was a foe to conquer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCenturies of human attempts to own, contain, and rework the Mississippi River, from Thomas Jefferson's expansionist land hunger through today's era of environmental concern, have now transformed its landscape. Upholt reveals how an ambitious and sometimes contentious program of engineering--government-built levees, jetties, dikes, and dams--has not only damaged once-vibrant ecosystems but may not work much longer. Carrying readers along the river's last remaining backchannels, he explores how scientists are now hoping to restore what has been lost.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRich and powerful,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Great River\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003edelivers a startling account of what happens when we try to fight against nature instead of acknowledging and embracing its power--a lesson that is all too relevant in our rapidly changing world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGives readers a direct sensory encounter with the beauty and boldness of the river....[T]ells an eloquent story of the ways the Mississippi River is a separate world, hidden in plain sight.--W. Ralph Eubanks \"Washington Post\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eExamines the Mississippi's tortuous history, from its geological origins to the present day, with particular attention on our long struggle to mold the river for our own purposes.--Gerard Helferich \"Wall Street Journal\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn experienced paddler who has rowed from St. Louis to the Gulf of Mexico, Upholt takes a deep dive into the Mississippi's past, present, and future, interspersing research and reporting with stories from his own travels.--Alex Heard \"Outside Magazine\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn his deeply researched book \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Great River\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Boyce Upholt makes clear that a true accounting of the mighty river has all of the elements of a frontier novel: violence, death, greed, resilience and big dreams.--Bob Timmons \"Star Tribune\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSweeping...An ode to the river and a serious, expansive piece of scholarly research about its history....[Upholt] enriches the history by interweaving geography and geology, hydrology, ecology and travelogue--both historic and lyrically personal, and salts it with villains and heroes and colorful tales and lore.--Mary Ann Sternberg \"New Orleans Times-Picayune\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFascinating....Ranging across thousands of miles, [Upholt] demonstrates how the United States has deformed and manipulated one of the world's largest watersheds in the short-sighted service of economic development, often with catastrophic, unintended consequences.--Jake Bittle \"Grist\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA majestic history of the Mississippi River....[A]n exceptional natural history that never loses sight of the human players involved.-- \"Publishers Weekly (starred review)\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA lively survey of Old Man River, born of extensive research and travel....A fluent addition to the literature of America's rivers.-- \"Kirkus Reviews\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Great River\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is easily one of the best books ever written about the Mississippi. It brings depth of scholarship to everything from geology to history to current politics, all of it elegantly written.--John M. Barry, author of Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWith tributaries of history, geography, engineering, and environmental science, Boyce Upholt's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Great River\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e brings clarity and cohesion to a topic that intermixes complex stories across, quite literally, a million square miles. Using elements of travelogue and including fine maps, this compelling book takes readers through the making and unmaking of the Mississippi River, and leaves them with a hunch that, in the end, the river will remake itself.--Richard Campanella, Associate Dean for Research, Tulane University School of Architecture and author of Draining New Orleans\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWith masterful research and reporting, Boyce Upholt makes a compelling case that, despite our centuries-long efforts to control its unpredictable pulses with concrete, steel, and earthen berms, the Mississippi River in many ways remains wild as ever. And he shows us why that is good.--Dan Egan, author of The Death and Life of the Great Lakes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFew books have ever chronicled a landform as beautifully as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Great River\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, a thorough and wise meditation on the United States's mightiest watershed. Like a savvy riverboat captain, Boyce Upholt expertly pilots his narrative across shoals of history and through oxbows of science; like the Mississippi itself, his book braids and bends, carrying its readers from deep time to the Anthropocene on a swift current of reportage.--Ben Goldfarb, author of Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn epic alluvial chronicle. On his travels through the geological, hydrological, archeological, and historical records, Boyce Upholt unearths the stories and meanings, injustices and mysteries and fugitive beauties to be found among the relict meanders and chemical refineries of the flood plains. As the best environmental journalism does, by bringing the past to bear upon the present, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Great River\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e complicates our understanding of both.--Donovan Hohn, author of Moby-Duck: The True Story of 28,800 Bath Toys Lost at Sea and of the Beachcombers, Oceanographers, Environmentalists, and Fools, Including the Author, Who Went in Sea\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBoyce Upholt\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a journalist and essayist whose writing has appeared in the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eAtlantic\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eNational Geographic\u003c\/em\u003e, the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eOxford American\u003c\/em\u003e, and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eVirginia Quarterly Review\u003c\/em\u003e, among other publications. 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Egan's narrative reflects a nuanced understanding of history and science, which is matched by his keen perceptions about public policy.-- \"National Book Review\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis book feels urgent to policymakers and laypersons alike.--Kerri Arsenault \"Literary Hub\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDan Egan\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis the author of the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebestseller\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Death and Life of the Great Lakes\u003c\/em\u003e. A two-time finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, he lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with his wife and children.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eW. W. 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Rich with stories from so many cultures, Nehrig shows how the creation and embellishment of textiles not just gave a voice to those who were allowed none--but also power, hope, and fortitude across the ages.--Aarathi Prasad, author of Silk\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is a book of discovery. Merging researched histories with personal encounters, Nicole Nehrig unravels stories of textile making that are surprising and illuminating, evidencing women's long practiced connection to their physical, spiritual, and emotional worlds.--Clare Hunter, author of Threads of Life\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn in-depth and wide-ranging exploration of women's power to create--a must for anyone interested in craft and social history.--Esther Rutter, author of This Golden Fleece\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eWith Her Own Hands\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e tells captivating stories of women from around the world and through the centuries--so different but united in their creation of textiles for economic power, political force, and creative expression. 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In Wilson's hands, this thrilling, magical, and often horrifying tale now gallops at a pace befitting its legendary battle scenes, in crisp but resonant language that evokes the poem's deep pathos and reveals palpably real, even \"complicated,\" characters--both human and divine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe culmination of a decade of intense engagement with antiquity's most surpassingly beautiful and emotionally complex poetry, Wilson's Iliad now gives us a complete Homer for our generation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"If Wilson's version has an English model, it is the moving plainness of Matthew Arnold's 'Sohrab and Rustum.'... Though he never produced a translation himself, I think [Arnold] would have recognized his Homer--a poet 'eminently rapid... eminently plain and direct'--in Wilson's.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e--Gregory Hays,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"[Wilson] preserves the musicality of Homer's poetry, opting for an iambic pentameter whose approachable storytelling tone invites us in, only to startle us with eruptions of beauty.... Wilson's transformation of such a familiar and foundational work is... astonishing.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e--Rebecca Newberger Goldstein,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eAtlantic\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"In the history of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eOdyssey\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e translations, few have exerted such a cultural influence that they become 'classics' in their own right.... I predict that Emily Wilson will win a place in this roll-call of the most significant translations of the poem in history. She certainly deserves the honour.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e--Edith Hall,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWilson's style is like the proverbial mountain stream--clean and clear, and bubbling along at pace.... Wilson's strong authorial voice and open and accessible style...make this volume the definitive \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eIliad\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e for our times. Readable, relevant and from the heart, this is the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eIliad\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e we have all been waiting for, whether we knew it or not.--\u003cstrong\u003eNaoíse Mac Sweeney \"Washington Post\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWilson's admirers hoped that her second Homeric translation would be as great an achievement as the first. What they might not have expected is that it would be better.... Emily Wilson has not only produced fresh and limpid new translations of two foundational ancient poems. She has also given a new generation of readers the tools to approach Homer, with comfort and confidence, for the very first time. For those who knew the poems already, she lets Homer speak to them in a new voice.--\u003cstrong\u003eJohanna Hanink \"Slate\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWilson's deep love for and understanding of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eIliad\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e--by her own admission, the greater of her Homeric loves--shine through every page of this superb translation. The completion of her verse Homer amounts to nothing less than the renewal of an English poetic tradition.--\u003cstrong\u003eDaniel Walden \"Bulwark\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe experience of reading Homer must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of a new translation. In her version of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Iliad\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, [Emily] Wilson enlivens the epic with rich sanguinary nutrients.... The result is an \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eIliad\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e of clarity and approachability, its violence rendered with brutal intimacy: Wilson's translation is zippy, and it zips the reader to a place and time of alien savagery.... [T]he vigor of language and vision is undeniable.-- \u003cstrong\u003e\"Atlantic\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThere's nothing stiff or cool about Emily Wilson's stirring translation of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Iliad\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, which whips and crackles beneath the familiar meter of loose iambic pentameter. Wilson tells it all in plain English, to elegant effect.... [S]he deftly coaxes the original's Dactylic hexameters into our own accentual tongue. We feel her joy, birthed by hard labor.... Wilson has pulled off a thrilling achievement, framing ancient questions in a fresh light.--\u003cstrong\u003eHamilton Cain \"Boston Globe\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSuperb. Emily Wilson's beautiful, fluent, memorable translation tells us once again that the Olympian gods and the would-be superhumans who want to emulate them are not yet dead in our world.--\u003cstrong\u003eRowan Williams \"New Statesman\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWilson is at her best when writing of the battlefield.... [S]he has a knack for the consonantal sounds of warfare. Her opening description of Achilles' anger, which will lead inexorably to more men's weapons clanging against metal, terms it 'cataclysmic wrath.' Her priority is those iambic Shakespearean rhythms: the beat makes this the perfect translation to read aloud.--\u003cstrong\u003eKate Maltby \"Financial Times\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWilson has again presented a Homer that sings, in sprightly iambic pentameter and pellucid language that avoids ponderosities like, well, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eponderosities\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003epellucid\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.... The shortness of Wilson's lines...abetted by her unfussy diction and lyricism, are easy on the reader's eye and seem to help the mind grasp the breadth of Homer's canvas at any given moment while still marveling at details.... A masterful, highly readable rendering of the Greek classic.--\u003cstrong\u003eKirkus Reviews, starred review\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSeduce[s] with its crystalline clarity, elegance, sensuality, sometimes breathless pace and above all emotional clout.--\u003cstrong\u003eEdith Hall \"Guardian\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWilson achieves her register--at once plain spoken and slightly removed from everyday speech--partly by studiously avoiding contractions and allowing for metrically convenient epicisms like 'mighty, ' mixed in with natural-seeming phrases like 'only just heard the news about the war.' The effect is not so much to bring the characters of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eIliad\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e into the contemporary sphere, as to bring us into theirs.... Wilson has said that she is an \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eIliad\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e person rather than an \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eOdyssey\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e one. And I have to say that for all that I enjoyed her \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eOdyssey\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, I have been even more absorbed by her \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eIliad\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. It's a poem you read with your heart in your throat.--\u003cstrong\u003eA. E. Stallings \"Spectator\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEmily Wilson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a professor of classical studies at the University of Pennsylvania. She has been named a Fellow of the American Academy in Rome in Renaissance and early modern studies, a MacArthur Fellow, and a Guggenheim Fellow. 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Logic and Compromise: England, Rome, and the Holy Roman Empire, 1100-1122 -- 2. The Crusader Enemy: Byzantium, Venice, and the Crusader kingdoms, 1100-1138 -- 3. Anarchy: England, Western Francia, and the Kingdom of Jerusalem, 1120-1139 -- 4. The Lost Homeland: China, Dai Viet, and Khmer, 1127-1150 -- 5. Crusade Resurrected: The Turkish and Crusader kingdoms, with visitations from Germany and France, 1128-1149 -- 6. Reconquista and Rediscovery: The Spanish peninsula, 1134-1146 -- 7. Questions of Authority: France and Italy, 1135-1160 -- 8. The New Song: China, 1141-1165 -- 9. The Heiji Disturbance: Japan, 1142-1159 -- 10. Death of an Army: Goryeo, 1146-1197 -- 11. The First Plantagenet: England and Western Francia, 1147-1154 -- 12. Frederick Barbarossa: Germany and Italy, 1147-1177 -- 13. The Almohads in Spain: North Africa and Spain, 1147-1177 -- 14. Many Nations: Africa, sometime in the twelfth century -- 15. The Last Fatimid Caliph: Turkish and Crusader kingdoms, 1149-1171 -- 16. Monks and Brahmans: South India, 1150-1189 -- 17. Conquest of the Willing: Northern India, 1150-1202 -- 18. Death of a Priest: England and France, 1154-1170 -- 19. Foreign Relations: Byzantium, Hungary, and the Balkans, 1157-1168 -- 20. The Venetian Problem: Byzantium and Italy, 1171-1185 -- 21. Resentments: England Ireland and France, 1171-1186 -- 22. Saladin: The Turkish and Crusader kingdoms, 1171-1188 -- 23. The Gempei War: Japan, 1179-1185 -- 24. Kings' Crusade: England, France, and the Turkish and Crusader kingdoms, 1188-1199 -- 25. The Sack of Constantinople: Byzantium and Europe, 1195-1204 -- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePart 2. Invasions, Heresies, and Uprisings \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e-- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e26. Westward: Central and South America, 1200 -- 27. The Mongol School of Warfare: China, North and Central Asia, 1201-1215 -- 28. John Softsword: England and France, 1203-1213 -- 29. Sundiata of the Mali: Africa, 1263-1240 -- 30. The Jokyu War: Japan, 1203-1242 -- 31. The Unwanted Throne: The old Byzantine lands, 1204-1225 -- 32. The First Delhi Sultanate: Northern and central India, 1206-1236 -- 33. Heresy: France, 1209-1210 -- 34. Reconquest and Failure: France and the Spanish peninsula, 1210-1213 -- 35. From Bouvines to Magna Carta: France, England and the Holy Roman Empire, 1213-1217 -- 36. The Birth of the Inquisition: France, 1215-1229 -- 37. Moving Westward: China, North and Central Asia, and the Middle East, 1215-1229 -- 38. South of India: India and Sri Lanka, 1215-1283 -- 39. The Fifth Crusade: Egypt and the Crusader kingdoms, 1217-1221 -- 40. From the Golden Bull to the Baltic Crusade: Hungary, Poland, and the lands of the Lithuanians, 1218-1233 -- 41. Lakeshores, Highlands, and Hilltops: Africa, 1221-1290 -- 42. The Sixth Crusade: The Holy Roman Empire, the Crusader kingdoms, and the Ayyubid empire, 1223-1229 -- 43. The Tran Dynasty: Southeast Asia, 1224-1257 -- 44. Young Kings: England France, and the kingdoms of Spain, 1227-1242 -- 45. The Mongol Horde: Most of Asia and Europe, 122P-1248 -- 46. The Debt of Hatred: The Holy Roman Empire, 1229-1250 -- 47. The Shadow of God: India, 1236-1266 -- 48. The Seventh Crusade: France, Egypt, and Syria, 1244-1250 -- 49. The Splintering Khanate: The Mongol conquests, 1246-1264 -- 50. The Mamluks of Egypt: Egypt, Syria, and the Mongol lands, 1250-1268 -- 51. Louis the Saint: France and the Kingdom of Jerusalem, 1250-1267 -- 52. The Lions Den: Germany, Italy, Sicily, and England 1252-1273 -- 53. The Recapture of Constantinople: The Latin Empire and the empire of Nicaea, 1254-1261 -- 54. The Last Crusades: North Africa, Egypt, France, Italy, and the Crusader kingdoms, 1270-1291 -- 55. Kublai Khan: China, Japan, Goryeo, Champa, and the Dai Viet, 1273-1294 -- 56. The Sicilian Vespers: Germany, Italy, Sicily, Aragon, and France, 1274-1288 -- 57. The Wars of Edward I: England Scotland Wales, and France, 1275-1299 -- 58. The Second Sultanate of Delhi: India, 1287-1300 -- 59. The End of the Papal Monarchy: France, Germany, and Italy, 1301-1317 -- 60. The Appearance of the Ottomans: Byzantium and the Turks of the Il-khanate, 1302-1347 -- 61. The Fall of the Khilji: India, 1303-1320 -- 62. The Triumph of the Bruce: Scotland England and Ireland 1304-1314 -- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePart 3. Catastrophes -- 63. The Great Famine: All of Europe, 1310-1321 -- 64. The Sultan and the Khan: Egypt, the Il-khanate, and the Golden Horde, 1310-1335 -- 65. Mansa Musa of Mali: West Africa, 1312-1360 -- 66. After the Famine: France and England, 1318-1330 -- 67. The Southern and Northern Courts: Japan, 1318-1339 -- 68. Rebellions: India, 1320-1351 -- 69. Naming the Renaissance: Germany, Italy, and France, 1322-1341 -- 70. The Cities in the Lake: Central America, 1325-1375 -- 71. A Hundred Years of War: France and England 1329-1347 -- 72. The End of the World: Asia, Europe, and India, 1338-1353 -- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePart 4. Regroupings -- 73. The Will to War: France, England and the Spanish kingdoms, 1349-1369 -- 74. White Lotus, Red Turban: China, 1351-1382 -- 75. After the Mongols: Southeast Asia, 1351-1399 -- 76. The Turks and the Desperate Emperor: Byzantium and the lands of the Turks, with side journeys to France and Italy -- 77. The Disintegration of Delhi: India and Sri Lanka, 1352-1388 -- 78. The Union of Krewo: Poland, Hungary, and Lithuania, 1364-1399 -- 79. The Rebirth of the Mongol Horde: Central Asia, the Middle East, India, and the lands of the Rus', 1367-1399 -- 80. Compromises and Settlements: The Korean peninsula and Japan, 1368-1392 -- 81. The House of Visconti and the Papal States: France and Italy, 1368-1390 -- 82. Bad Beginnings: France and England, 1369-1381 -- 83. Dislocation: Africa, 1370-1399 -- 84. Madness and Usurpation: Castile, Portugal, England, and France, 1383-1401 -- 85. The Battle of Nicopolis: The Ottoman empire, Constantinople, and the lands of eastern Europe, 1385-1396 -- 86. The Union and Disunion of Kalmar: Scandinavia, 1387-1449 -- 87. The Hussite Uprising: Germany, Italy, Hungary, and Bohemia, 1388-1419 -- 88. The Taking of France: France and England 1401-1420 -- 89. After Timurlane: The north of India, the empire of Timur, the lands of the Ottoman Turks, Egypt, and Byzantium, 1401-1415 -- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePart 5. Endings -- 90. The Withdrawal of the Ming: China and the land of the Dai Viet, 1405-1455 -- 91. Failure: The old lands of the Holy Roman Empire and the remnants of Byzantium, 1412-1440 -- 92. Perpetual Slavery: Portugal, Castile, and Africa, 1415-1455 -- 93. The Loss of France: France and England 1422-1453 -- 94. 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