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7 produkter
Hammer & Nail
Notes of a Journeywoman
Av Kate Braid
Häftad, 2021
176 kr
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In the long-awaited follow-up to her 2012 memoir, Journeywoman, Kate Braid returns with an honest and thought-provoking collection of essays reflecting on her career in a male-dominated profession and on the changes female tradespeople have witnessed. In 1977, Kate Braid began work as one of the …
Well-Mannered Storm
The Glenn Gould Poems
Av Kate Braid
Häftad, 2008
139 kr
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This is an exploration of loose correspondence between one of Canada's greatest musicians, Glenn Gould, and "K", an admiring fan. Braid weaves an intimate dynamic as K struggles with the loss of her hearing in one ear, finding her greatest comfort in Gould's music -- particularly when he plays …
To This Cedar Fountain
Av Kate Braid
Häftad, 2012
151 kr
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Emily Carr recorded the experience of the West Coast soul in her living landscapes and her portraits of BC's towering firs. Kate Braid, in To This Cedar Fountain, engages Carr in conversation as only a kindred spirit could: a West Coaster, an artist, a woman with an affinity for timber. In these …
Journeywoman
A Carpenter's Story
Av Kate Braid
Häftad, 2012
187 kr
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Since women started working in the trades in the 1970s, very little has been published about their experiences. In this provocative and important book, Kate Braid tells the story of how she became a carpenter in the face of scepticism and discouragement. In 1977 when Braid was broke and out of …
Rough Ground Revisited
Av Kate Braid
Häftad, 2015
145 kr
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Covering Rough Ground, Kate Braid's first book, was published in 1991 and awarded the Pat Lowther Award for Best Book of Poetry by a Canadian Woman. Since then Kate has written extensively in prose, poetry and on CBC Radio about her and other women's experiences in the construction trades. Her work …
Elemental
Av Kate Braid
Häftad, 2018
154 kr
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Usually, we take for granted or plain ignore the Earth we walk on, the Sky above, the Water we drink and bathe in or that falls as rain, the Fire we assume for heat, and the Wood that makes up our landscape and building materials. But over fifteen years as a construction carpenter, Kate Braid began …
