Hour of the Ox
Title | Hour of the Ox PDF eBook |
Author | Marci Calabretta Cancio-Bello |
Publisher | University of Pittsburgh Press |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2016-10-24 |
Genre | Poetry |
ISBN | 9780822964216 |
Winner of the 2015 Donald Hall Prize for Poetry Hour of the Ox received the 2015 AWP Donald Hall Prize for Poetry, selected by Crystal Ann Williams, who called it “a timeless collection written by a poet of exceptional talent and grace, a voice as tough as it is tender.” Cancio-Bello examines the multiplicity of distance, wanderlust, and grief at the intersection between filial and cultural responsibility. Desires are sloughed off, replaced by new ones, re-cultivated as mythos. These poems offer a complex and necessary new perspective on the elegiac immigrant song.
The Ox-Bow Incident
Title | The Ox-Bow Incident PDF eBook |
Author | Walter Van Tilburg Clark |
Publisher | Modern Library |
Total Pages | 290 |
Release | 2011-10-12 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0307807401 |
Set in 1885, The Ox-Bow Incident is a searing and realistic portrait of frontier life and mob violence in the American West. First published in 1940, it focuses on the lynching of three innocent men and the tragedy that ensues when law and order are abandoned. The result is an emotionally powerful, vivid, and unforgettable re-creation of the Western novel, which Clark transmuted into a universal story about good and evil, individual and community, justice and human nature. As Wallace Stegner writes, [Clark's] theme was civilization, and he recorded, indelibly, its first steps in a new country.
Riding the Ox Home
Title | Riding the Ox Home PDF eBook |
Author | John Daido Loori |
Publisher | Shambhala Publications |
Total Pages | 107 |
Release | 2002-08-13 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 157062951X |
Maps and guideposts are helpful when we undertake a journey. The ten Ox-Herding Pictures, the accompanying ancient poems, and a modern commentary by John Daido Loori, sketch the spiritual path encountered in Zen training, a path of exhaustive study of the self and the realization of the ultimate nature of reality. The Ox-Herding Pictures can be our companion on the Way of self-discovery, our compass and perspective when we need one. They are a bottomless source of mysterious wisdom to which we can return again and again for inspiration, and they translate easily into the gritty reality of spiritual practice that emerges from and grounds us in the inescapable relevance of our daily lives. The exquisite versions of the pictures found in the book are traditional Chinese nanga brush paintings by Gyokusei Jikihara Sensei, a modern Japanese master of calligraphy and a teacher in the Obaku School of Zen. The traditional verses accompanying them have been translated by John Daido Loori and Kazuaki Tanahashi, translator and editor of Enlightenment Unfolds: The Essential Teachings of Zen Master Dogen.
The Ox
Title | The Ox PDF eBook |
Author | W. C. L. Martin |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 202 |
Release | 1847 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
The Grumpy Old Ox
Title | The Grumpy Old Ox PDF eBook |
Author | Raymond Arroyo |
Publisher | Sophia Institute Press |
Total Pages | 32 |
Release | 2020-09-20 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 9781644131787 |
This new children's Christmas book by bestselling author Anthony DeStefano tells the story of a mean-spirited, prideful old ox who has lost his sight"¬‚¬"both physically and spiritually"¬‚¬"but who nevertheless experiences the transformative power of God's grace after he witnesses the birth of Jesus Christ in a humble stable in Bethlehem. Illustrated by New York Times bestselling artist Richard Cowdrey, this new holiday book teaches children the true meaning of Christmas while also explaining the central message of Christianity: that faith in Jesus leads us to resurrection and new life. Moreover, it shows the profound connection between spiritual pride and blindness. Like the main character in Dickens' A Christmas Carol, this Scrooge of an ox is a slave to his own anger and crippled by his own coldness. He seems destined to live out his days frustrated, unhappy and alone"¬‚¬"until he makes a life-altering decision of faith that brings him the miraculous gift of healing and joy. This uplifting, inspiring book will delight all Christians, though Catholics especially will appreciate its powerful Eucharistic message. Connecting the manger in the stable, from which the ox eats his food, to birth of the Son of God, the story shows that Jesus is the Bread of Life; that he came into the world to feed the hungry, to restore sight to the blind, and to set free those who are captive to sin. All of this is contained in a 32-page picture book that is sure to entertain and enthrall children with its adorable rhymes and beautiful illustrations for years to come.
Ox, House, Stick
Title | Ox, House, Stick PDF eBook |
Author | Don Robb |
Publisher | Charlesbridge Publishing |
Total Pages | 51 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 1570916098 |
See how the Roman alphabet began and how it has changed through the years.
How to Raise an Ox
Title | How to Raise an Ox PDF eBook |
Author | Eihei Dogen |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | 194 |
Release | 2011-08-23 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0861718755 |
The writings of Zen master Dogen are among the highest achievements not only of Japanese literature but of world literature. Dogen's writings are a near-perfect expression of truth, beautifully expressing the best of which the human race is capable. In this volume, Francis Cook presents ten selections from Dogen's masterwork, the Shobogenzo, as well as six of his own essays brilliantly illuminating the mind of this peerless master.