books by Counterpoint Press     books:     Counterpoint Press      IN THE LAND OF TEMPLE CAVES: From St. Emilion to Paris's St. Sulpice : Notes on Art and the Human Spirit Frederick W. Turner Counterpoint Press, 2004 A cri de Coeur from one of America's most eloquent and respected naturalists on why Art does matter. In September 2001, following moments when civilization seemed to have unraveled, Frederick Turner undertook a quest for confirmation that Art does matter, that it is the preeminent human expression of the Life Force; that it is as undeniably ...             A Welcoming Life: The M.F.K. Fisher Scrapbook Counterpoint Press, 1998 Great fun for M.F.K. Fisher fans (and who isn't a fan?) M.F.K.Fisher was one of America's best prose writers ever. Though known for her writings about food, it's insufficient to say she was a food writer. Her real subject was herself, her journeys through life and relationships, and her ability to render intensely personal ...             Three Short Novels Wendell Berry Counterpoint Press, 2002 Three's Delightful Company A long time fan of Wendell Berry's poetry, I have truly enjoyed discovering the town of Port William and the lively characters that inhabit and haunt the land that Berry has crafted through various novels. "Three Short Novels" is a collection of some of his prize ...             Strange as This Weather Has Been: A Novel Ann Pancake Counterpoint Press, 2007 Layer upon layer This book is as deep and powerful as the sludge ponds it tell us about. It was so interesting I had actually to find out the real events of the Buffalo Creek disaster. But even pictures can't effect you like the raw emotion in this book. Well written, emotional, and ...             A Complicated Kindness Miriam Toews Counterpoint Press, 2005 Rebel angels Nomi, the first person narrator, is growing up in an isolated Mennonite community in Manitoba. They apparently drive cars and use electricity but are sufficiently distinctive that tourists come to photograph them. (She has great fun mocking the attitudes of the ...             The Scent of God: A Memoir Beryl Singleton Bissell Counterpoint Press, 2006 The Scent of God: A Memoir of Spirituality & Love When I was an adolescent growing up in a small Kansas town, I sometimes dreamt of becoming a nun--even though I was not Catholic. My cousin, Virginia, had given her life to God and went off to a convent. It all seemed so dramatic and selfless, and I admired her courage ...             The Art of the Commonplace: The Agrarian Essays of Wendell Berry Wendell Berry, Edited, ... Counterpoint Press, 2002 Savor the wisdom in this book and then take action For me the central theme of this book can be illustrated in this quote. " I don't think it is appreciated how much of an outdoor book the Bible is." Berry is a deeply religious man who lives his religion every moment in his deep, deep connections to the land, to all ...             Appetites: Why Women Want Caroline Knapp Counterpoint Press, 2003 One More in the Name of Love Alice Walker once wrote, "Art unfailingly reflects its creator's heart. Art . . . comes from a heart open to all the possible paths there might be to a healthier tomorrow." Caroline Knapp's artistry was in writing and publishing her internal dialogues. This book ...             Jayber Crow: A Novel Wendell Berry Counterpoint Press, 2000 None better. I used to read a lot of books and I never felt the need to quantify or compare one book to another. But when I finished Jayber Crow I knew that this was the best book I had ever read. As other reviews here will testify, it is astounding how Wendell Berry ...             Life Is a Miracle: An Essay Against Modern Superstition Wendell Berry Counterpoint Press, 2000 One beautiful essay Life is a Miracle is one beautiful essay on the folly and pretensions of scientism. If this is your kind of book, you'll get a good laugh reading the venomous review (number 17) by a Dr. Strickland. He calls himself "davexray", so we know how clever he is, but ...             Body Toxic: An Environmental Memoir Susanne Antonetta Counterpoint Press, 2001 Read it twice, then talk ! I feel so many emotions when I think of this book, I mean talk about a onion with its dozens of layers and you start to understand my love of this book. If you can't get it, that this book to me is an emotional plea from deep within her soul, well then you should stick ...             Beloved Stranger Clare Boylan Counterpoint Press, 2001 The Adventures of the Beginning of the End This is the story of a married couple who for fifty years shared their life with each other. Lily,the wife,has always been the type of woman with no aspirations other than to be a good wife and mother(noble in itself,if you are with the right man.) Dick,her husband was ...             The Element of Lavishness: Letters of William Maxwell and Sylvia Townsend Warner, 1938-1978 Sylvia Townsend Warner, William Maxwell Counterpoint Press, 2000 Letters that show delight in language and friendship Sylvia Townsend Warner counted herself very lucky to have William Maxwell as her New Yorker editor and readers of this volume of their correspondence would agree Warner wrote 153 stories between 1936 and 1977 and found a devoted and discering fan in Maxwell. Many of ...             A Woman Unknown: Voices from a Spanish Life Lucia Graves Counterpoint Press, 2000 A beautiful inheritance I've not read another book as lovely as this one in a long time! The estimable daughter of Robert Graves creates in beautiful prose an estimable voice of her own, while wearing warm and honorable traces of her father's literary genius; there's a common clarity, and ...             1929 Frederick Turner Counterpoint Press, 2004 Capturing a rich period in American music history This novel based on the life of self-taught jazz pianist Bix Beiderbecke focuses on his career highlights and the evolution of the 1920s jazz scene, capturing a rich period in American music history by using the actual characters of the times and embellishing their ...          products you might be interested in search for books commonplace, complicated, environmental, lavishness, scrapbook, superstition      toavi.com    web we recommend None better. randomly chosen cell phone: HTC Touch Smartphone (Sprint)