Burning the Midnight Oil

Burning the Midnight Oil

Author: Phil Cousineau

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2013-12-16

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 193674077X

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In Burning the Midnight Oil, word-wrangler extraordinaire Phil Cousineau has gathered an eclectic and electric collection of soulful poems and prose from great thinkers throughout the ages. Whether beguiling readers with glorious poetry or consoling them with prayers from fellow restless souls, Cousineau can relieve any insomniac's unease. From St. John of the Cross to Annie Dillard, Beethoven to The Song of Songs, this refreshingly insightful anthology soothes and inspires all who struggle through the dark of the night. These "night thoughts" vividly illustrate Alfred North Whitehead's liberating description of "what we do without solitude" and also evoke Henry David Thoreau's reverie, "Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake." The night writers in Cousineau's vesperal collection range from saints, poets, and shamans to astronomers and naturalists, and tells of ancient tales and shining passages from the most brilliant (albeit insomniac) writers of today. These poetic ponderances sing of the falling darkness, revel in dream-time, convey the ache of melancholy, conspire against sleeplessness, vanquish loneliness, contemplate the night sky, rhapsodize on love, and languorously greet the first rays of dawn. Notable night owls include Rabandranath Tagore, Mary Oliver, Manley Hopkins, Jorge Borges and William Blake.


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Download or read book Burning the Midnight Oil written by Phil Cousineau and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-12-16 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Burning the Midnight Oil, word-wrangler extraordinaire Phil Cousineau has gathered an eclectic and electric collection of soulful poems and prose from great thinkers throughout the ages. Whether beguiling readers with glorious poetry or consoling them with prayers from fellow restless souls, Cousineau can relieve any insomniac's unease. From St. John of the Cross to Annie Dillard, Beethoven to The Song of Songs, this refreshingly insightful anthology soothes and inspires all who struggle through the dark of the night. These "night thoughts" vividly illustrate Alfred North Whitehead's liberating description of "what we do without solitude" and also evoke Henry David Thoreau's reverie, "Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake." The night writers in Cousineau's vesperal collection range from saints, poets, and shamans to astronomers and naturalists, and tells of ancient tales and shining passages from the most brilliant (albeit insomniac) writers of today. These poetic ponderances sing of the falling darkness, revel in dream-time, convey the ache of melancholy, conspire against sleeplessness, vanquish loneliness, contemplate the night sky, rhapsodize on love, and languorously greet the first rays of dawn. Notable night owls include Rabandranath Tagore, Mary Oliver, Manley Hopkins, Jorge Borges and William Blake.

Burning the Midnight Oil

Burning the Midnight Oil

Author: Andon Manaj

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2017-12-15

Total Pages: 118

ISBN-13: 9781981688494

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Life is short, but the short term that is given to us is filled full of crazy adventures. When you immigrate to a new country for a better life; the adventures keep chasing you. As much as the time and space tries to bring you down hard, you deal the same blows back through the humor and try to take it's essence in a good light.


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Download or read book Burning the Midnight Oil written by Andon Manaj and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-12-15 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life is short, but the short term that is given to us is filled full of crazy adventures. When you immigrate to a new country for a better life; the adventures keep chasing you. As much as the time and space tries to bring you down hard, you deal the same blows back through the humor and try to take it's essence in a good light.

Sketching Stuff

Sketching Stuff

Author: Charlie O'Shields

Publisher: Doodlewash Books

Published: 2018-11-22

Total Pages: 281

ISBN-13: 0960021922

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Charlie O'Shields is the creator of Doodlewash®, founder of World Watercolor Month in July, and host of the Sketching Stuff podcast. Every single day, for over three years, he created a watercolor illustration and wrote a short essay about whatever came to mind that day and posted it on his blog. These are some of the collected favorites along with some brand new musings. With over 180 illustrations, this book is part personal memoir and sometimes just a randomly fun romp through the sillier bits of this crazy world we all inhabit. Written to take on the impossible task of inspiring creativity, unleashing your inner child, and instilling hope, it will, at the very least, make you smile and touch your heart.


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Download or read book Sketching Stuff written by Charlie O'Shields and published by Doodlewash Books. This book was released on 2018-11-22 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charlie O'Shields is the creator of Doodlewash®, founder of World Watercolor Month in July, and host of the Sketching Stuff podcast. Every single day, for over three years, he created a watercolor illustration and wrote a short essay about whatever came to mind that day and posted it on his blog. These are some of the collected favorites along with some brand new musings. With over 180 illustrations, this book is part personal memoir and sometimes just a randomly fun romp through the sillier bits of this crazy world we all inhabit. Written to take on the impossible task of inspiring creativity, unleashing your inner child, and instilling hope, it will, at the very least, make you smile and touch your heart.

Burning Midnight Oil

Burning Midnight Oil

Author: Ayla Nichols

Publisher: Blurb

Published: 2019-04-16

Total Pages: 60

ISBN-13: 9780368608537

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Ayla uses inspiration from nature to tell the compelling story of how she came to be the person she is today. A heartbreaking yet fulfilling journey from destitute to joy, My Labyrinth is a must read in the series of Burning Midnight Oil.


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Download or read book Burning Midnight Oil written by Ayla Nichols and published by Blurb. This book was released on 2019-04-16 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ayla uses inspiration from nature to tell the compelling story of how she came to be the person she is today. A heartbreaking yet fulfilling journey from destitute to joy, My Labyrinth is a must read in the series of Burning Midnight Oil.

Beds Are Burning: Midnight Oil - The Journey

Beds Are Burning: Midnight Oil - The Journey

Author: Mark Dodshon

Publisher: Penguin Group Australia

Published: 2016-10-11

Total Pages: 432

ISBN-13: 176014357X

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Download or read book Beds Are Burning: Midnight Oil - The Journey written by Mark Dodshon and published by Penguin Group Australia. This book was released on 2016-10-11 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Burning Midnight Oil

Burning Midnight Oil

Author: Ayla Nichols

Publisher:

Published: 2019-03-21

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9780368471162

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This is the first time I am telling my story, start to finish. Using nature I depict the thoughts and feelings I have struggled with the most over the years. This book has been my healing process and releasing it to the world is the beginning of my forgiveness process.


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Download or read book Burning Midnight Oil written by Ayla Nichols and published by . This book was released on 2019-03-21 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first time I am telling my story, start to finish. Using nature I depict the thoughts and feelings I have struggled with the most over the years. This book has been my healing process and releasing it to the world is the beginning of my forgiveness process.

A Shepherd to Fools

A Shepherd to Fools

Author: Drew Mendelson

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2021-08-12

Total Pages: 422

ISBN-13: 1664187812

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A Shepherd to Fools is the second of Drew Mendelson’s trilogy of Vietnam War novels that began with Song Ba To and will conclude with Poke the Dragon. Shepherd: It is the ragged end of the Vietnam war. With the debacle of a failing South Vietnamese invasion of Northern Laos as background, A Shepherd to Fools tells the harrowing tale of a covert Hatchet Team of US soldiers and Montagnard mercenaries. They are ordered to find and capture or kill a band of American deserters, called Longshadows, before the world learns of their paralyzing rebellion. An earlier attempt to capture them failed disastrously, the facts of it buried. Captain Hugh Englander commands the Hatchet Team. He is a humorless bastard, sneering and discourteous to every regular army soldier. He cares little for the welfare of his own men and nothing for the lives of the deserters. The conflict between him and Captain David Weisman, the artillery officer assigned to the mission for artillery support, threatens to tear the team apart. Deep in the Laotian jungle, the team is caught in a final, horrific battle facing an enemy armed with Sarin nerve gas, the “worst of the worst” of the war’s clandestine weapons.


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Download or read book A Shepherd to Fools written by Drew Mendelson and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2021-08-12 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Shepherd to Fools is the second of Drew Mendelson’s trilogy of Vietnam War novels that began with Song Ba To and will conclude with Poke the Dragon. Shepherd: It is the ragged end of the Vietnam war. With the debacle of a failing South Vietnamese invasion of Northern Laos as background, A Shepherd to Fools tells the harrowing tale of a covert Hatchet Team of US soldiers and Montagnard mercenaries. They are ordered to find and capture or kill a band of American deserters, called Longshadows, before the world learns of their paralyzing rebellion. An earlier attempt to capture them failed disastrously, the facts of it buried. Captain Hugh Englander commands the Hatchet Team. He is a humorless bastard, sneering and discourteous to every regular army soldier. He cares little for the welfare of his own men and nothing for the lives of the deserters. The conflict between him and Captain David Weisman, the artillery officer assigned to the mission for artillery support, threatens to tear the team apart. Deep in the Laotian jungle, the team is caught in a final, horrific battle facing an enemy armed with Sarin nerve gas, the “worst of the worst” of the war’s clandestine weapons.

Strict Rules

Strict Rules

Author: Andrew McMillan

Publisher: Hachette UK

Published: 2017-02-28

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 0733638090

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Midnight Oil are an iconic Australian band, known for their songs of social conscience and their conviction. They didn't get that way by accident - one tour in 1986 changed them forever, as they joined the Warumpi Band to play to remote Aboriginal communities. Journalist Andrew McMillan was a witness to this tour and he documented it all in STRICT RULES. This contemporary Australian classic charts not just the development of an eternally popular band but a moment in time when Australian culture changed, because the songs produced by Midnight Oil thereafter became embedded in the nation's minds. With Peter Garrett back at the helm of the Oils, the band will embark on a reunion tour in 2017. Peter Garrett will write an epilogue for this new edition of STRICT RULES, which also contains drummer Rob Hirst's original foreword.


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Download or read book Strict Rules written by Andrew McMillan and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2017-02-28 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Midnight Oil are an iconic Australian band, known for their songs of social conscience and their conviction. They didn't get that way by accident - one tour in 1986 changed them forever, as they joined the Warumpi Band to play to remote Aboriginal communities. Journalist Andrew McMillan was a witness to this tour and he documented it all in STRICT RULES. This contemporary Australian classic charts not just the development of an eternally popular band but a moment in time when Australian culture changed, because the songs produced by Midnight Oil thereafter became embedded in the nation's minds. With Peter Garrett back at the helm of the Oils, the band will embark on a reunion tour in 2017. Peter Garrett will write an epilogue for this new edition of STRICT RULES, which also contains drummer Rob Hirst's original foreword.

Burning the Midnight Oil

Burning the Midnight Oil

Author: Andon Manaj

Publisher: Andon Manaj

Published: 2019-04-15

Total Pages: 118

ISBN-13:

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As a young writer, Mr. Manaj took up to filling several journals during his childhood. Unfortunately, all of them demised on a fiery death. Just like every writer in their begining days, the author could not deem any of his works as something that was good enough for publication. But then, 2017 came around and the author salvaged only one of his works. What was resting in his nightstand drawer with the stupendous title of SSDD (titled as a clear tribute to one of the greatest horror genre authors of this day), became Burning the Midnight Oil. Thought to be only a test publication for the author so he could test the waters of the self-publishing world, it was the key that set the wheels in motion for the author to write the upcoming sci-fi novel The Beast Within. Filled up with memories from his childhood, the author provides us with a clear picture of him being brought up in Albania. Hs adventures, whether they were joyful or painful. Within the book you will also find a deep contrast of the Albanian ways, totally different than the portraying of the albanians (as gangsters and mafiosos that kill and destroy other mafia empires) by Hollywood.


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Download or read book Burning the Midnight Oil written by Andon Manaj and published by Andon Manaj. This book was released on 2019-04-15 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a young writer, Mr. Manaj took up to filling several journals during his childhood. Unfortunately, all of them demised on a fiery death. Just like every writer in their begining days, the author could not deem any of his works as something that was good enough for publication. But then, 2017 came around and the author salvaged only one of his works. What was resting in his nightstand drawer with the stupendous title of SSDD (titled as a clear tribute to one of the greatest horror genre authors of this day), became Burning the Midnight Oil. Thought to be only a test publication for the author so he could test the waters of the self-publishing world, it was the key that set the wheels in motion for the author to write the upcoming sci-fi novel The Beast Within. Filled up with memories from his childhood, the author provides us with a clear picture of him being brought up in Albania. Hs adventures, whether they were joyful or painful. Within the book you will also find a deep contrast of the Albanian ways, totally different than the portraying of the albanians (as gangsters and mafiosos that kill and destroy other mafia empires) by Hollywood.

The West in Action

The West in Action

Author: Jessica Nugent

Publisher:

Published: 2012-09-01

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 9780974228532

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Collectors Edition of artist Andy Thomas' action western and historical art. Complete within a slip-case you can enjoy this 128 page collection of his oil paintings, many with stories written by Thomas. Other stories are images of gunfights, Indian fights of long ago based on historical facts and written logs.


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Download or read book The West in Action written by Jessica Nugent and published by . This book was released on 2012-09-01 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collectors Edition of artist Andy Thomas' action western and historical art. Complete within a slip-case you can enjoy this 128 page collection of his oil paintings, many with stories written by Thomas. Other stories are images of gunfights, Indian fights of long ago based on historical facts and written logs.