Woman and Nature: The Roaring Inside Her"A West Coast feminist and poet draws from myth, legend, history, religion, sociology, science, and other sources to trace the evolution of attitudes toward and perceptions of women and nature."--Goodreads website. |
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Page 128
Probability The theory of chance consists in reducing all the events of the same
kind to a certain number of cases equally possible . . . and in determining the
number of cases favorable to the event whose possibility is sought . PIERRE
SIMON ...
Probability The theory of chance consists in reducing all the events of the same
kind to a certain number of cases equally possible . . . and in determining the
number of cases favorable to the event whose possibility is sought . PIERRE
SIMON ...
Page 147
There was the world we always knew possible . In our fleshless bodies we felt
our hearts drop infinitely . To see what we had given up . In our terror . In our
desire to speed as fast as possible . To be away from the terrifying roar , the
blinding ...
There was the world we always knew possible . In our fleshless bodies we felt
our hearts drop infinitely . To see what we had given up . In our terror . In our
desire to speed as fast as possible . To be away from the terrifying roar , the
blinding ...
Page 207
... how she has stayed on her feet becomes clear , how she has learned to keep
secrets , learned to keep going , to preserve what was possible , learned every
code , lived underground , lived on the barest means possible , her body , how
she ...
... how she has stayed on her feet becomes clear , how she has learned to keep
secrets , learned to keep going , to preserve what was possible , learned every
code , lived underground , lived on the barest means possible , her body , how
she ...
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Contents
PROLOGUE | 1 |
LAND Her Changing Face | 47 |
TIMBER What Was There for Them | 56 |
Copyright | |
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