Items related to The Pine Island Paradox: Making Connections in a Disconnecte...
Synopsis
Can the love reserved for family and friends be extended to a place? In her latest book, acclaimed author Kathleen Dean Moore reflects on how deeply the environment is entrenched in the human spirit, despite the notion that nature and humans are somehow separate. Moore's essays, deeply felt and often funny, make connections in what can appear to be a disconnected world. Written in parable form, her stories of family and friends of wilderness excursions with her husband and children, camping trips with students, blowing up a dam, her daughter's arrest for protesting the war in Iraq affirm an impulse of caring that belies the abstract division of humans from nature, of the sacred from the mundane. Underlying these wonderfully engaging stories is the author’s belief in a new ecological ethic of care, one that expands the idea of community to include the environment, and embraces the land as family.
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
About the Author
Kathleen Dean Moore is chair of the Department of Philosophy at Oregon State University.
From Booklist
Possessing the soul of a poet and the voice of a troubadour, Moore writes luminous essays about what it means to love a place not in the glib way one "loves" a cold drink on a hot day but passionately, a love that is so deep, so ingrained, it must be encoded in one's DNA. A university philosophy professor, Moore brings a refined sensibility to a worldview so precise that it can focus appreciatively on the delicate ballet of microorganisms swimming in a tidal pool, so expansive that it can relate that ballet to the ecology of the world as a whole. The paradox of an island, as Moore observes with elegiac remorse and wonder, is its apparent isolation, a solitude that conceals a teeming universe relentlessly threatened precisely because it remains unseen. Moore, with graceful insight and lyrical eloquence, reveals worlds that dare not be missed, revels in the joy of their discovery, and extols the rewards of their stewardship. Carol Haggas
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
- PublisherMilkweed Editions
- Publication date2005
- ISBN 10 1571312811
- ISBN 13 9781571312815
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages272
- Rating
Buy New
Learn more about this copy
US$ 10.51
Shipping:
FREE
Within U.S.A.
Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace
Stock Image
The Pine Island Paradox: Making Connections in a Disconnected World (The World As Home)
Seller: SecondSale, Montgomery, IL, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Condition: Good. Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc. Seller Inventory # 00049516884
Quantity: 3 available
Stock Image
The Pine Island Paradox: Making Connections in a Disconnected World (The World As Home)
Seller: Orion Tech, Kingwood, TX, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
paperback. Condition: Fair. Seller Inventory # 1571312811-4-30672971
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
The Pine Island Paradox : Making Connections in a Disconnected World
Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Condition: Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Seller Inventory # 4941931-6
Quantity: 2 available
Stock Image
The Pine Island Paradox: Making Connections in a Disconnected World
Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.7. Seller Inventory # G1571312811I3N00
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
The Pine Island Paradox: Making Connections in a Disconnected World
Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.7. Seller Inventory # G1571312811I4N00
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
The Pine Island Paradox: Making Connections in a Disconnected World
Seller: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.7. Seller Inventory # G1571312811I4N00
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
The Pine Island Paradox: Making Connections in a Disconnected World
Seller: ThriftBooks-Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.7. Seller Inventory # G1571312811I4N00
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
The Pine Island Paradox: Making Connections in a Disconnected World (World As Home, The)
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Paperback. Condition: Good. Cover and edges shows light shelf wear. Pages are clean and intact. Seller Inventory # mon0002234880
Quantity: 4 available
Stock Image
The Pine Island Paradox: Making Connections in a Disconnected World (The World As Home)
Seller: HPB-Ruby, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!. Seller Inventory # S_375584765
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
The Pine Island Paradox: Making Connections in a Disconnected World (The World As Home)
Seller: Seattle Goodwill, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Condition: Good. May have some shelf-wear due to normal use. Your purchase funds free job training and education in the greater Seattle area. Thank you for supporting Goodwills nonprofit mission!. Seller Inventory # 0KVOG200C9IU_ns
Quantity: 1 available