House of Steps : Finding the Path Home - 13 Angebote vergleichen

Lieferung aus: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, Free shipping.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, ThriftBooks - Yankee Clipper [54992501], Windsor Locks, CT, U.S.A.
A copy that has been read, but remains in excellent condition. Pages are intact and are not marred by notes or highlighting, but may contain a neat previous owner name. The spine remains undamaged. An ex-library book and may have standard library stamps and/or stickers. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.

Lieferung aus: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, Usually ships in 1-2 business days.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, TheBookCellar-NH.
For vicarious seekers of the simple life who loved Going to Ground, here are more graceful and pithy essays--from its author's move to a quirky habitat in rural Kansas. "Lovely," said the Chicago Tribune of Going to Ground, which the Washington Post Book World called "by turns pert and engaging, musing and meditative . . . gives us the warmth of Amy Blackmarr's friendship, and the remarkable gift of watching her come to know herself. " Now Blackmarr returns from her granddaddy's old Georgia pond-side cabin to a northeast Kansas bluff and a tree-high house crazily cobbled into four floors of rocky walls, mazelike stairs, and drafts. Alone with her three dogs, she again weaves scenes from her past into reflections on the present, plucking from everyday life the bright gems of wonder and meaning in an extraordinary world. In the vibrant midwestern silence, where far-off voices play alarming tricks at night, Blackmarr gets lost in the woods, battles wasps but refuses to step on roaches, takes in her third stray dog, frets over the "corruption" of her mother, confronts a blushing mailman with her Victoria's Secret catalog, collects bugs in a bowl, and confronts her own perfectionism. All teach her the deepest lessons about herself, her community, and her God. Like Kathleen Norris's The Cloister Walk and Annie Dillard's Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, House of Steps is an ode to "the remarkable and incorruptible process of living from day to ordinary day." Warm, lyrical, and gently ironic, it is Blackmarr's "clear space you can go back to and rest in on days when you can't put your feet on that ground.", Hardcover, Ausgabe: 1st, Label: Viking Adult, Viking Adult, Produktgruppe: Book, Publiziert: 1999-07-01, Freigegeben: 1999-07-01, Studio: Viking Adult, Verkaufsrang: 3577902.

Lieferung aus: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, Usually ships in 1-2 business days, Real shipping costs can differ.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, PhillyBooks21.
When the award of a graduate fellowship brings Amy Blackmarr to Kansas from her grandfather's old pond-side fishing shack in rural South Georgia--"where the scents of pine straw on damp mornings and peanuts drying in October fields were deep and warm and familiar"--she rents a hippie house in the country that quickly becomes the setting for a tangled string of quirky events. With characteristic humor, irony, and an unfailing sense of wonder, Blackmarr gets lost in the woods, battles wasps but falls in love with a roach, frets over the "corruption" of her mother, calls the sheriff on her neighbors, laments her perfectionism, collects bugs in a bowl, and takes in yet another stray dog. The chaotic, often contemplative, always revealing journey into her own nature is reflected in the vibrant natural settings Blackmarr inhabits; yet her discoveries provide readers warm and lyrical proof that they don't have to escape into the woods to understand themselves, or their world, more deeply. Originally published in 1999, this edition of "House of Steps includes a new unpublished essay. Paperback, Edition: Revised ed. Label: Mercer University Press, Mercer University Press, Product group: Book, Published: 2003-07-01, Studio: Mercer University Press, Sales rank: 6984055.

Lieferung aus: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, Lagernd.
americas,biographical,biographies,biographies and history,biography and history,classics,essays,essays and correspondence,history,history and criticism, There are dozens of "finding home" memoirs on the shelves these days, accounts by men and women who, tired of fast-lane life and following Henry Thoreau's footsteps, make for the countryside to raise barns, sheep, and families. Only a few of these well-intentioned autobiographies (notably Linda Hasselstrom's Feels Like Far) are set on the Great Plains, that huge, ego-deflating ocean of grass that runs from northern Canada to the Mexican border. With House of Steps, Georgia-bred writer and radio commentator Amy Blackmarr stakes her literary claim to a little slice of the Plains, an old farm on the outskirts of Lawrence, Kansas. Her house, she writes, was "built by a flower child as the 1960s faded," and it's a ramshackle creation indeed, full of odd angles, staircases that lead to paralyzing heights (whence her title), and unmapped nooks and crannies--just the sort of place where a curious person could find plenty of ways to pass the time. In vignettes that betray their origins as radio sketches, Blackmarr recounts her days of getting to know the ways of the landscape, the passing seasons, the flora, and especially the fauna, among which prominently figure ill-tempered wasps, spiders, and field mice. Her memoir has many charms, including her meditation on the silence that accompanies a life alone in the far countryside, a life sometimes fraught with danger but more often laced with wonder. --Gregory McNamee.

Lieferung aus: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, Versandkosten nach: USA.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, The Book Cellar.
Viking Adult. Hardcover. 0670882372 BRAND NEW. Over 1,000,000 satisfied customers since 1997! We ship daily M-F. Choose expedited shipping (if available) for much faster delivery. Delivery confirmation on all US orders. . New. 1999-07-01.

Lieferung aus: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, Versandkosten nach: USA.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, Discover Books.
Viking Adult. Hardcover. GOOD. Gently used may contain ex-library markings, possibly has some light highlighting, textual notations, and or underlining. Text is still easily readable.

Lieferung aus: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, In Stock.
americas,biographical,biographies,biographies and history,biography and history,classics,essays,essays and correspondence,history,history and criticism, House of Steps : Finding the Path Home, When the award of a graduate fellowship brings Amy Blackmarr to Kansas from her grandfather's old pond-side fishing shack in rural South Georgia--"where the scents of pine straw on damp mornings and peanuts drying in October fields were deep and warm and familiar"--she rents a hippie house in the country that quickly becomes the setting for a tangled string of quirky events. With characteristic humor, irony, and an unfailing sense of wonder, Blackmarr gets lost in the woods, battles wasps but falls in love with a roach, frets over the "corruption" of her mother, calls the sheriff on her neighbors, laments her perfectionism, collects bugs in a bowl, and takes in yet another stray dog. The chaotic, often contemplative, always revealing journey into her own nature is reflected in the vibrant natural settings Blackmarr inhabits; yet her discoveries provide readers warm and lyrical proof that they don't have to escape into the woods to understand themselves, or their world, more deeply. Originally published in 1999, this edition of "House of Steps includes a new unpublished essay.

Lieferung aus: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, Shipping costs to: USA.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, Wonder Book.
Mercer University Press. Used - Very Good. Very Good condition.

Lieferung aus: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, free shipping to: USA.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, Ebooksweb COM LLC.
Mercer University Press. Paperback. 0865549125 . New. 2003-07-01. Revised ed..

Lieferung aus: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, zzgl. Versandkosten, Verandgebiet: DOM.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, Motor City Books, MI, Brownstown, [RE:5].
Hardcover.