David Lee

A collection of narratives and epic tales about the rural Southwest through the eyes of a wise and unlettered pig farmer.

Poems

The Porcine Canticles

Peopled with some of the most authentically drawn characterizations of rural life since Mark Twain, Lee’s is a small town universe—”an aural agrarian saga”—filled with hilarity, love, labor, tragicomedy, and compassionate wisdom. Winner of the 1995 Western States Book Award.

My Town

David Lee’s masterpiece is once again available in this reissued edition. From the cab of an old truck, the voice begins, “Turn right up there / and get off these pavements,” and we’re launched into the monologue and a slow roadtrip along the back roads of southern Utah, driving and drinking. The lone voice is that of John Sims, an unlettered pig farmer, and as he opens the floodgates of memory we hear of pranks, pitfalls, bootleggers, childhood stories, jobs, people, and a tragic accident on an oil rig. Lee balances sadness and hilarity, ribald outpourings and quieter moments of reflection. The humor is easy and quick, but deceiving, as it leads to an exploration, Dante-fashion, of the unexpected depths of John’s life and wisdom.

Driving and Drinking

Irresistably accessible "Pig Poet" - and subject of PBS documentary - is half preacher, half farmer, half genius.

New Poems

News from Down to the Cafe

"One can only wish for more poets like David Lee."--Chowder Review Set in the American Southwest, So Quietly the Earth is a book of landscape meditations on philosophical, theological and environmental issues. Radically departing from his justly famous narratives of rural life, David Lee weaves the archetypal elements of earth, fire, water, and air throughout his poems as he explores spiritual connections to the natural world. David Lee, author of 15 books of poems, was named Utah's first Poet Laureate and in 2001 was a finalist for the United States Poet Laureate. A former seminary candidate, semi-pro baseball player and hog farmer, he recently retired as the head of the languages and literature department at Southern Utah University.

So Quietly the Earth

Irresistably accessible "Pig Poet"--and subject of PBS documentary--is half preacher, half farmer, half genius.

Selected Poems

A Legacy of Shadows

Classroom Worksheets and Activities is a series of books designed to provide teachers ready to use activities with students. The focus of this book is to provide student focused material. Information evaluating, labeling and discussing the text will not be presented in this series.This includes several labeled graphic organizers and advice on how to use them in the classroom. Several of these organizers can be used for assessment.

Teacher's Guide Classroom Worksheets Dear America Notes of an Undocumented Citizen

The Student Workbooks are designed to get students thinking critically about the text they read and provide a guided study format to facilitate in improved learning and retention. Teachers and Homeschool Instructors may use the activities included to improve student learning and organization. Students will construct and identify the following areas of knowledge. Character IdentificationEventsLocationVocabularyMain IdeaConflictAnd more as appropriate to the text.

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Bezzle Books

EXPLORE KOREA WITH CARRIE ANNE. Carrie Anne, a diplomat's daughter, travels through Korea in this brand new book from award winning writer David Lee. Carrie Anne has a secret: she can travel back in time! When her father gives her an important mission, can Carrie Anne use her talent to save the day, or will she be captured by enemy soldiers? Join Carrie Anne as she explores Korea, past and present.

Gyeongju Girls

Marc Jeannerod

D.J. Ingle

This volume contains chapters derived from a N. A. T. O. Advanced Study Institute held in June 1983. As the director of this A. S. I. it was my hope that some of the e1ectrophysiologists could express the potentialities of their work for perceptual theory, and that some perceptionists could speculate on the underlying "units" of perception in a way that would engage the imagination of physio logists. The reader will have to be the judge of whether this was achieved, or whether such a psychophysiological inter1ingua is still overly idealistic. It is clear that after the revolution prec~pitated by Hube1 and Weisel in understanding of visual cortical neurons we still have only a foggy idea of the behavioral output of any particular species of cortical detector. It was therefore particularly unfortunate that two persons who have made great strides in correlating interesting facets of cat cortical physio logy with human psychophysics (Max Cynader and Martin Regan of Dalhousie University) were unable to attend this meeting. Never theless, a number of new and challenging ideas regarding both spatial perception and cortical mechanisms are represented in this volume, and it is hoped that the reader will remember not only the individual demonstrations but the critical questions posed by the apposition of the two different collections of experimental facts. David Ingle April 1984 VII TABLE OF CONTENTS PREFACE V D. N. Lee and D. S. Young Visual Timing of Interceptive Action 1 J. J.

Brain Mechanisms and Spatial Vision

Anamik Saha

Chris Paterson

Anna Zoellner

This anthology explores challenges to understanding the nature of cultural production, exploring innovative new research approaches and improvements to old approaches, such as newsroom ethnography, which will enable clearer, fuller understanding of the workings of journalism and other forms of media and cultural production.

Shifting Sites, Methods, and Politics

Advancing Media Production Research

No one ever adequately prepares for the death of a loved one. Grieving can stun the soul and turn one's world upside down. This book is specifically sculpted to walk the grief journey alongside the sufferer. It highlights spousal loss but covers a gamut of other situations. The answers are not swift and easy, but the book will lead to the place of safety and rest. There is One who understands the turmoil of pain, and He died in the loneliest place imaginable. But His victory over the heaviness of dying can give unparalleled hope and relief to the one wounded by loss. Would you be willing to take the journey with someone who knows your hurt and offers you His strong hand?

Rescue from the Grief Gorge

Now I Lay Me Down Alone

Teacher's Guide Classroom Worksheets Disappearing Earth

Leaves are all around us—in backyards, cascading from window boxes, even emerging from small cracks in city sidewalks given the slightest glint of sunlight. Perhaps because they are everywhere, it’s easy to overlook the humble leaf, but a close look at them provides one of the most enjoyable ways to connect with the natural world. A lush, incredibly informative tribute to the leaf, Nature’s Fabric offers an introduction to the science of leaves, weaving biology and chemistry with the history of the deep connection we feel with all things growing and green. Leaves come in a staggering variety of textures and shapes: they can be smooth or rough, their edges smooth, lobed, or with tiny teeth. They have adapted to their environments in remarkable, often stunningly beautiful ways—from the leaves of carnivorous plants, which have tiny “trigger hairs” that signal the trap to close, to the impressive defense strategies some leaves have evolved to reduce their consumption. (Recent studies suggest, for example, that some plants can detect chewing vibrations and mobilize potent chemical defenses.) In many cases, we’ve learned from the extraordinary adaptations of leaves, such as the invention of new self-cleaning surfaces inspired by the slippery coating found on leaves. But we owe much more to leaves, and Lee also calls our attention back to the fact that that our very lives—and the lives of all on the planet—depend on them. Not only is foliage is the ultimate source of food for every living thing on land, its capacity to cycle carbon dioxide and oxygen can be considered among evolution’s most important achievements—and one that is critical in mitigating global climate change. Taking readers through major topics like these while not losing sight of the small wonders of nature we see every day—if you’d like to identify a favorite leaf, Lee’s glossary of leaf characteristics means you won’t be left out on a limb—Nature’s Fabric is eminently readable and full of intriguing research, sure to enhance your appreciation for these extraordinary green machines.

Leaves in Science and Culture

Nature's Fabric

The poetry of rural Utah. In Prelude, he writes: "I go home every day / don't matter where I am / I'm the prodigal son coming back / I don't even need a Greyhound bus / I can go to my town right now / right here talking to you / because this / is everywhere / I've ever been."

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