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In Wildwood
Forests, according to folklore, are places of mystery and fear the haunts of fierce animals and fiercer men. Yet for our ancestors the forests were sources of food and fuel, managed spaces. The forest of Pen Gelli in Wales was used by charcoal burners in the Iron Age and after, while Strata Florida served the needs of a Cistercian Abbey: the maple forests of Vermont reclaimed land used until the 19th century for sheep-farming. In these forests photographer Pete Davis has been exploring the dichotomy in forest fact and fable for over a decade, marking the changes worked by time, weather and human intervention. This is not a vision of the green splendour or the dark mystery of the forest, but rather the intimacy and subtlety marked by change and time. With an appreciation by Conway Lloyd Morgan.
Dedicated
We browse through countless options on Netflix, unable to commit to watching any given movie--and losing time skimming reviews and considering trailers. Davis argues that this is the defining characteristic of the moment: keeping our options open. And this culture of restlessness and indecision is causing tension in the lives of young people today: We want to keep our options open, and yet we yearn for the purpose, community, and depth that can only come from making deep commitments. Weaving together examples from history, personal stories, and applied psychology, Davis offers a meaningful answer to our modern frustrations and a practical path to joy. -- adapted from jacket
Celtic Light
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Great Little Tin Sheds of Wales
Hardback with dust jacket. Contains forty large format black and white photographs from the series of photographs 'Great Little Tin Sheds of Wales'. This classic body of work by Pete Davis which was exhibited in numerous venues in the UK over thirty years ago, has been revived in this new publication to coincide with Pete's major retrospective exhibition. This book contains some new images from the series not printed, exhibited or published before. Original prints from this collection are represented in many public art and photography collections in galleries and museums in the UK and Europe and also in many private collections. A book of the work has been long overdue and requested by many people who have retained memories of the exhibition. This book now satisfies those many enquiries.
How to Get Away
In How to Get Away, Jon Staff and Pete Davis consider our troubled relationship with technology, urbanization, and work. When and why have we become so dependent on our cell phones? How do green spaces--and the lack of them--affect our minds, bodies, and relationships? Why is it so hard for us to set aside our work and take a real vacation? Blending cultural history with contemporary research and insights from scholars and trend-watchers, Staff and Davis present a compelling case for restoring balance between technology and disconnection, city and nature, and work and leisure. Along the way, the authors draw on their own experience, the lives of pioneers and innovators like landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted and conservationist Margaret Murie, lifestyle trends like homesteading and hygge, and the wisdom of philosophers, poets, and scientists ranging from Aristotle to Oliver Sacks. How to Get Away offers a nuanced perspective on our past, a call to action for our present, and a hopeful vision for a more balanced future.
The Expressive Land
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Our Bicentennial Crisis
Harvard Law School's stated mission is "to educate leaders who contribute to the advancement of justice and the well-being of society." With only one fifth of graduates pursuing public interest work after law school, Harvard Law is falling short of its mission. In this comprehensive call to action, Pete Davis examines the source of this civic deficit and proposes what, in Harvard Law¿s third century, the school community should do to rectify it.
Summary of Pete Davis's Dedicated
Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 I believe that my generation, the millennials, is defined by our infinite browsing mode. We never want to commit to any one identity or place or community, so we remain like liquid, able to adapt to any future shape. #2 I began to realize that there were a lot of heroes out there who had clicked out of Infinite Browsing Mode, and they were the teachers I had throughout my life. They were demanding more of me but still committed to me if I committed to learning. #3 The Counterculture of Commitment is a group of people who have made radical commitments to particular things, places, causes, and people. They are rebels who live their lives in defiance of the dominant culture. #4 The heroes of the Counterculture of Commitment were the dramatic events that stood in their way, such as daily boredom and distraction and uncertainty. Their big moments looked a lot less like sword-waving and a lot more like gardening.
All Played Out
Italia '90 - Gazza cried and football changed forever. Once you could ignore football, avoid the back pages, turn the telly over, leave the pub. Now that's not possible because on 4 July 1990 in Turin's Stadium of the Alps gazza cried, England lost and football changed forever. Pete Davies witnessed all of this first hand. The players, the hooligans, the agents, the journalists, the fans - the full cast of football's rowdy circus. For nine month he had access to the England squad and their manager, Bobby Robson, talking to them freely about their hopes, their fears, their methods and their lives. So this is the real story, the unedited verdion. All Played Out - the first and last book to give the inside story of the greatest show on Earth. 'Pete Davies is incapable of writing a dull sentence...one of the most outrageously entertaining books of the year' Daily Post.
