Best Selling Books by David Park

In this beautifully illustrated biography, compiled from comprehensive and sweeping interviews, Nancy Boas traces Parks resolute search for a new kind of figuration, one that would penetrate abstract expressionisms thickly layered surfaces and infuse them with human presence.

--First full-length book in two decades devoted to the art and life of this important American artist. Includes more than 90 plates illustrating Park''s development and career --Park''s paintings have seen a resurgence of interest among collectors and institutions, with 2009 exhibitions at Washington''s Phillips Collection and Stanford University''s Cantor Arts Center; pieces recently auctioned for $2.7 million at Christie''s and $1.4 million at Sotheby''s David Park, Painter: Nothing Held Back chronicles the brief but remarkably prolific career of this American artist, who died in 1960 at age 49. He was an integral part of the San Francisco Bay art community from the early 1930s on, and is counted as one of the group of immensely gifted artists who made up the Bay Area Figurative Painting movement in its nascent years of the 1950s. A painter deeply committed to humanity as a subject in an era that exalted abstraction, Park''s work can be startling for its depth of feeling even today. Writing about him recently, San Francisco critic Kenneth Baker noted: Park''s freedom from irony will strike anyone sated by postmodernist flippancy as enviable and almost beyond achievement today.

The Grand Contraption tells the story of humanity''s attempts through 4,000 years of written history to make sense of the world in its cosmic totality, to understand its physical nature, and to know its real and imagined inhabitants. No other book has provided as coherent, compelling, and learned a narrative on this subject of subjects. David Park takes us on an incredible journey that illuminates the multitude of elaborate "contraptions" by which humans in the Western world have imagined the earth they inhabit--and what lies beyond. Intertwining history, religion, philosophy, literature, and the physical sciences, this eminently readable book is, ultimately, about the "grand contraption" we''ve constructed through the ages in an effort to understand and identify with the universe. According to Park, people long ago conceived of our world as a great rock slab inhabited by gods, devils, and people and crowned by stars. Thinkers imagined ether to fill the empty space, and in the comforting certainty of celestial movement they discerned numbers, and in numbers, order. Separate sections of the book tell the fascinating stories of measuring and mapping the Earth and Heavens, and later, the scientific exploration of the universe. The journey reveals many common threads stretching from ancient Mesopotamians and Greeks to peoples of today. For example, humans have tended to imagine Earth and Sky as living creatures. Not true, say science-savvy moderns. But truth isn''t always the point. The point, says Park, is that Earth is indeed the fragile bubble we surmise, and we must treat it with the reverence it deserves.

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By the author of The Big Snow, this is David Park''s first collection of short stories, published by Bloomsbury for the first time to tie-in with the publication of his wonderful new novel, Swallowing the Sun

A major book on a major American Impressionist.

Expanded and updated, this study guide reflects the up-to-the-moment life applications that teens will find in the book itself. They will be challenged to dig deeper into God''s Word by relevant, thought-provoking questions throughout.

An examination of the continuities and differences between American Impressionism and Realism. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

In "The Book of Jade," David Park Barnitz crafts a strikingly modernist collection of poems that eloquently intertwine themes of beauty, transience, and spiritual contemplation. Influenced by the Symbolist movement, Barnitz employs vivid imagery and rich symbolism to explore the complexities of human experience and the nature of existence. The poems reflect a yearning for transcendence, using the jade stone as a metaphor for the resolve and endurance found in life''Äôs fleeting moments. The lyrical quality of the work showcases Barnitz''s adeptness in manipulating language and form, inviting readers to delve deeper into the philosophical underpinnings of his artistry. David Park Barnitz, an American poet and compelling thinker of the 19th century, was significantly influenced by the Romantic ideals of beauty and nature, as well as the emerging discussions around spirituality and human consciousness. His own life experiences, including his travels and exposure to diverse cultures, informed his poetic vision, enabling him to fuse personal insights with broader existential inquiries. Barnitz''s innovative style and exploration of profound themes reflect a desire to bridge the gap between the material and the metaphysical. "The Book of Jade" is highly recommended for readers seeking a profound poetic exploration of life''Äôs transient beauty and deeper meanings. Barnitz''Äôs unique blending of symbol and emotion offers a treasure trove for both seasoned poetry lovers and those new to the genre, making it an essential addition to any literary collection.

''To write well about Ulster while keeping terrorism from monopolising the foreground is infinitely hard. This wise, sincere, troubling novel shows how it should be done'' The Times ''To pull off this sort of story satisfactorily demands a skill in timing and a clarity in presentation which are beyond most novelists: but Park doesn''t put a foot wrong'' Sunday Telegraph ________________________ Returning to rural Northern Ireland for a fresh start, John Cameron takes on the role of headmaster at his old primary school. But as dark memories are disturbed and his marriage falters, Cameron is left feeling powerless in this fractured community. Driven by unresolved grief and tormented by his waking dreams, he is forced to confront his past as he struggles to prevent history from repeating itself.

Forty devotionals for teenagers that include Bible verses, anecdotes, questions, and prayers.

There is a time of night when the ghosts grow more active. This hour is the witching hour. Here is a collection of 13 ghostly tales. Be careful when you read, we wouldn''t want to get ... "Lost in the Witching Hour" Table of Contents Approaching by Ryan Tandy Sonic Fear by Michael Kleen Amanda by Walter Conley In My Dreams are Halle''s Embers by Rhesa Sealy Never Too Late by Rick McQuiston Battlefield of Souls by Richard Farren Barber Crybaby Bridge by Christian A. Larsen What Happened to Little Caitlin by Nicky Peacock When the Goatman Comes by Amelia Cotter Charlatan Charade by Amy Braun The Patience Factor by Rick McQuiston DO NOT DISTURB: The Glen Tavern Entities by Jason Hughes Cleopatra''s Ghost by Anton Sim The Whorehouse Ghosts by James David Park

A heartbreaking story of tragedy and of the past catching up with a father in modern-day Northern Ireland ''One of the shrewdest observers of the way we live now'' Independent ''Park is an excellent writer; psychologically astute, lyrically unflinching'' Telegraph ''He writes prose of gravity and grace'' Guardian Having survived a brutal childhood in the heart of Belfast, Martin has built a life that he never imagined, and always fears he does not deserve. He has a devoted wife, a son and a daughter whose academic success is launching her out of her proud father''s orbit. Returning home one night to find police cars waiting, he thinks his sins have finally caught up with him, but instead the news is wholly unexpected; a senseless and devastating tragedy. And in the face of the trauma, which tears his fragile family apart, Martin finds that the violence of his past has not gone but is merely dormant; its call must be answered.

It is December in Belfast, Christmas is approaching and three sets of people are about to make their way to Amsterdam. Alan, a university art teacher stands watching the grey sky blacken waiting for George Best''s funeral cortege to pass. He will go to Amsterdam to see Bob Dylan in concert but also in the aftermath of his divorce, in the hope that the city which once welcomed him as a young man and seemed to promise a better future, will reignite those sustaining memories. He doesn''t yet know that his troubled teenage son Jack will accompany his pilgrimage. Karen is a single mother struggling to make ends meet by working in a care home and cleaning city centre offices. She is determined to give her daughter the best wedding that she can. But as she boards the plane with her daughter''s hen party she will soon be shocked into questioning where her life of sacrifices has brought her. Meanwhile middle-aged couple, Marion and Richard are taking a break from running their garden centre to celebrate Marion''s birthday. In Amsterdam, Marion''s anxieties and insecurities about age, desire and motherhood come to the surface and lead her to make a decision that threatens to change the course of her marriage. As these people brush against each other in the squares, museums and parks of Amsterdam, their lives are transfigured as they encounter the complexities of love in a city that challenges what has gone before. Tender and humane, and elevating the ordinary to something timeless and important, The Light of Amsterdam is a novel of compassion and rare dignity.

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