The Grasshopper

Author: Bernard Suits
Publisher: Broadview Press
ISBN: 1460401905
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 190

Book Description
In the mid twentieth century the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein famously asserted that games are indefinable; there are no common threads that link them all. "Nonsense," says the sensible Bernard Suits: "playing a game is a voluntary attempt to overcome unnecessary obstacles." The short book Suits wrote demonstrating precisely that is as playful as it is insightful, as stimulating as it is delightful. Suits not only argues that games can be meaningfully defined; he also suggests that playing games is a central part of the ideal of human existence, so games belong at the heart of any vision of Utopia. Originally published in 1978, The Grasshopper is now re-issued with a new introduction by Thomas Hurka and with additional material (much of it previously unpublished) by the author, in which he expands on the ideas put forward in The Grasshopper and answers some questions that have been raised by critics.

The Grasshopper Book

Author:
Publisher: Sunstone Press
ISBN: 0865346909
Category : Grasshoppers
Languages : en
Pages : 138

Book Description
Bronson's fascinating book about grasshoppers and other related insects--crickets and katydids--reveals how they are equipped for life and how they act from birth to death. Particularly interesting are the incidents and examples that are drawn from his observation of his own insect collection.

Grasshopper Jungle

Author: Andrew Smith
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101590068
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 418

Book Description
A 2015 Michael L. Printz Honor Book Winner of the 2014 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Fiction "Raunchy, bizarre, smart and compelling." --Rolling Stone “Grasshopper Jungle is simultaneously creepy and hilarious. Reminds me of Kurt Vonnegut’s in “Slaughterhouse Five,” in the best sense.” --New York Times Book Review In the small town of Ealing, Iowa, Austin and his best friend, Robby, have accidentally unleashed an unstoppable army. An army of horny, hungry, six-foot-tall praying mantises that only want to do two things. This is the truth. This is history. It’s the end of the world. And nobody knows anything about it. You know what I mean. Funny, intense, complex, and brave, Grasshopper Jungle brilliantly weaves together everything from testicle-dissolving genetically modified corn to the struggles of recession-era, small-town America in this groundbreaking coming-of-age stunner.

Are You a Grasshopper?

Author: Judy Allen
Publisher: Turtleback Books
ISBN: 9781417741069
Category : Grasshoppers
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
For use in schools and libraries only. Young children will make many amazing discoveries about creatures in their own backyards in this intriguing tale of a day in the life of a grasshopper.

Ant and Grasshopper

Author: Luli Gray
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1416951407
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32

Book Description
Work and play are both important, in this fresh, heartwarming take on a classic fable from Aesop. Full color.

Grasshopper

Author: Barbara Vine
Publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
ISBN: 0307426092
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 402

Book Description
“They have sent me here because of what happened on the pylon.” When Clodagh Brown writes these words at the age of nineteen, she believes that she is leaving behind the traumatic events of her youth. But Clodagh soon learns that you can never entirely escape your past. In the aftermath of the incident on the pylon--one of the great electrified structures that dot the English countryside like so many gargantuan grasshoppers--Clodagh goes off to university, moves into a basement flat arranged by her unsympathetic family, and finds freedom trekking across London's rooftops with a gang of neighborhood misfits. As she begins a thrilling relationship with a fellow climber, however, both Clodagh and the reader are haunted by the memory of the pylon and of the terrible thing that happened there--and by the eerie sense that another tragedy is just a footfall away.

Grasshopper Summer

Author: Ann Turner
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0689835221
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 164

Book Description
In 1874 eleven-year-old Sam and his family move from Kentucky to the southern Dakota Territory, where harsh conditions and a plague of hungry grasshoppers threaten their chances for survival.

Grasshopper

Author: Kelly Riggs
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781721026760
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 102

Book Description
Grasshopper is a candid story about the life of an Outlaw Motorcycle Club member, told in vivid detail. Grasshopper, A.K.A. Bruce Wayne Harrison, story begins in 1955 when he was a young boy learning about life on an Indiana farm. His life changes as the admiration for his big brother Gary evolves, (still evident today) and the events that have separated them for the rest of their lives. You will enjoy the happy moments as well as be heart-struck by his suffering. As you walk in his shoes, you'll discover the patriotism that drove him to volunteer to fight for freedom in Vietnam and the memories that have plagued him ever since. Grasshopper lived the American dream but, like most of us, he didn't recognize it. Feeling with wind in your face and salt in your nose, you will understand what drives a man to romance the road on two wheels. Prepare yourself for an emotional roller coaster as you discover the forces that transformed Bruce Wayne Harrison into Grasshopper. For the first time ever the details of Grasshoppers life are made public. Finally understand what happens when a man is transformed from an average American boy in Indiana, into an Outlaw Boss in Tampa, Florida. Understand how one man filled the void in his heart, that most of us don't understand. Know what it's like to ride with the Brothers of the Outlaw Motorcycle Club. Finally, feel what it's like to..."

The Great Endarkenment

Author: Elijah Millgram
Publisher:
ISBN: 0199326029
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 313

Book Description
Philosophers have not appreciated how pervasive and deep division of labor is, and consequently they have not noticed the many intellectual devices deployed in managing it. The Great Endarkenment makes the case that those devices are central pieces of puzzles that have traditionally been on philosophers' agendas.

The Grasshopper & the Ants

Author: Jerry Pinkney
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 9780316400817
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
In this stunning companion to the Caldecott Medal-winning The Lion & the Mouse and the highly acclaimed The Tortoise & the Hare, a playful grasshopper wonders why the busy ants around him won't join in his merrymaking as the seasons pass by. But when winter arrives, he soon sees the value of his friends' hard work--just as the ants learn the value of sharing what they've worked for. Featuring a striking, surprise gatefold page, this third book in Jerry Pinkney's gorgeous trilogy of picture book fables subtly suggests a resonant moral: Don't put off for tomorrow what you can do today.