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An Elemental ThingWith An Elemental Thing, Weinberger turns from his celebrated political chronicles to the timelessness of the subjects of his literary essays. With the wisdom of a literary archaeologist astronomer anthropologist zookeeper, he leads us through histories, fables, and meditations about the ten thousand things in the universe: the wind and the rhinoceros, Catholic saints and people named Chang, the Mandaeans on the Iran Iraq border and the Kaluli in the
With An Elemental Thing, Weinberger turns from his celebrated political chronicles to the timelessness of the subjects of his literary essays. With the wisdom of a literary archaeologist-astronomer-anthropologist-zookeeper, he leads us through histories, fables, and meditations about the ten thousand things in the universe: the wind and the rhinoceros, Catholic saints and people named Chang, the Mandaeans on the Iran-Iraq border and the Kaluli in the mountains of New Guinea. Among the thirty-five essays included are a poetic biography of the prophet Muhammad, which was praised by the London Times for its "great beauty and grace," and "The Stars," a reverie on what's up there that has already been translated into Arabic, Chinese, Hindi, and Maori.Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Published: 05/17/2007
ISBN: 9780811216944
Pages: 194
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.30w x 0.70d
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informative
Format: Paperback
most relevant for today’s challenges
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Reviewed in the United States on August 17, 2018
★★★★★ 5
Great for grad students
Format: Paperback
Bought this as a textbook for my class; good book
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Reviewed in the United States on August 20, 2020
★★★★★ 3
Good Review of the Intel Disciplines
Format: Kindle
I rented this book as required for an intelligence collections course I as taking. It is a good rundown on the different INT disciplines and the bureaucratic organizations managing the different INT categories. This book does not really touch on the various collection programs used to manage collections, or what the nomenclature of those requirements are, so reading this book will not teach you about intelligence collection management beyond gaining a foundational understanding of what the various INTs are used for.
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Reviewed in the United States on December 13, 2019
★★★★★ 1
Don't buy school books from Amazon
Format: Paperback
Thought I bought new, book came with an obsurd "Amazon Rentals" sticker on it. Looks used and abused. Will not be buying books needed for school from Amazon ever again.
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Reviewed in the United States on March 6, 2021
★★★★★ 4
A great academic primer
Format: Paperback
I found this to a great source for looking up details on how the IC defines the types of data it gathers. It's not necessarily a straight-read type of title, but I do keep it by my sofa, when reading the daily paper. It helps to better understand the viability of such things like the use of patrol planes along the Arabian Gulf borders or how the raw data of the Steele Dossier helps inform the decision makers, for example.
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Reviewed in the United States on August 4, 2019