Author: Javier Marías
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 1101972106
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
An exhilarating collection of critical and personal writings—spanning more than twenty years of work—from the internationally renowned author of The Infatuations and A Heart So White. • "The most subtle and gifted writer in contemporary Spanish literature." —The Boston Globe Javier Marías is a tireless examiner of the world around us: essayist, novelist, translator, voracious reader, enthusiastic debunker of pretension, and vigorous polymath. He is able to discover what many of us fail to notice or have never put into words, and he keeps looking long after most of us have turned away. This new collection of essays--by turns literary, philosophical, and autobiographical--journeys from the crumbling canals of Venice to the wide horizons of the Wild West, and Marías captures each new vista with razor-sharp acuity and wit. He explores, with characteristic relish, subjects ranging from soccer to classic cinema, from comic books and toy soldiers to mortality and memory, from "The Most Conceited of Cities" to "Why Almost No One Can Be Trusted," making each brilliantly and inimitably his own. Trenchant and wry, subversive and penetrating, Between Eternities is a collection of dazzling intellectual curiosity, offering a window into the expansive mind of the man so often said to be Spain's greatest living writer.
Between Eternities
Author: Javier Marías
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 1101972106
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
An exhilarating collection of critical and personal writings—spanning more than twenty years of work—from the internationally renowned author of The Infatuations and A Heart So White. • "The most subtle and gifted writer in contemporary Spanish literature." —The Boston Globe Javier Marías is a tireless examiner of the world around us: essayist, novelist, translator, voracious reader, enthusiastic debunker of pretension, and vigorous polymath. He is able to discover what many of us fail to notice or have never put into words, and he keeps looking long after most of us have turned away. This new collection of essays--by turns literary, philosophical, and autobiographical--journeys from the crumbling canals of Venice to the wide horizons of the Wild West, and Marías captures each new vista with razor-sharp acuity and wit. He explores, with characteristic relish, subjects ranging from soccer to classic cinema, from comic books and toy soldiers to mortality and memory, from "The Most Conceited of Cities" to "Why Almost No One Can Be Trusted," making each brilliantly and inimitably his own. Trenchant and wry, subversive and penetrating, Between Eternities is a collection of dazzling intellectual curiosity, offering a window into the expansive mind of the man so often said to be Spain's greatest living writer.
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 1101972106
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
An exhilarating collection of critical and personal writings—spanning more than twenty years of work—from the internationally renowned author of The Infatuations and A Heart So White. • "The most subtle and gifted writer in contemporary Spanish literature." —The Boston Globe Javier Marías is a tireless examiner of the world around us: essayist, novelist, translator, voracious reader, enthusiastic debunker of pretension, and vigorous polymath. He is able to discover what many of us fail to notice or have never put into words, and he keeps looking long after most of us have turned away. This new collection of essays--by turns literary, philosophical, and autobiographical--journeys from the crumbling canals of Venice to the wide horizons of the Wild West, and Marías captures each new vista with razor-sharp acuity and wit. He explores, with characteristic relish, subjects ranging from soccer to classic cinema, from comic books and toy soldiers to mortality and memory, from "The Most Conceited of Cities" to "Why Almost No One Can Be Trusted," making each brilliantly and inimitably his own. Trenchant and wry, subversive and penetrating, Between Eternities is a collection of dazzling intellectual curiosity, offering a window into the expansive mind of the man so often said to be Spain's greatest living writer.
Meanwhile, Between Two Eternities of Darkness
Author: Gummbah
Publisher: de Harmonie
ISBN: 9789061698678
Category : Caricatures and cartoons
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Now that Gummbah is (in his own words) `world-famous and notorious in almost the entire Netherlands and Flanders as well', it is time for the rest of the world to be introduced to his revolting creations. A collection of single-panel, individual cartoons, at once dark and hilarious, the one thing they all have in common is that they make a lifestyle out of non-conformist behaviour and seem only to exist at the filthy edges of humanity.
Publisher: de Harmonie
ISBN: 9789061698678
Category : Caricatures and cartoons
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Now that Gummbah is (in his own words) `world-famous and notorious in almost the entire Netherlands and Flanders as well', it is time for the rest of the world to be introduced to his revolting creations. A collection of single-panel, individual cartoons, at once dark and hilarious, the one thing they all have in common is that they make a lifestyle out of non-conformist behaviour and seem only to exist at the filthy edges of humanity.
Between Eternities
Author: Gregory Bruce Smith
Publisher: Lexington Books
ISBN: 1461632994
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 665
Book Description
Between Eternities reflects on the possibility of political philosophy as an ongoing, architectonic activity that is necessarily linked to both the past and future. Almost all contemporary work in political philosophy either studies the subject with an eye to past tradition—choosing a winner from that tradition and then deducing what follows from the posited premises in a thoroughly modern, constructivist fashion—or else limits itself to drawing out what follows from already accepted premises and principles. There is almost no effort to reflect upon the prerequisites for the tradition being an ongoing undertaking that can have a unique future. Between Eternities attempts to set loose that thinking toward the future.
Publisher: Lexington Books
ISBN: 1461632994
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 665
Book Description
Between Eternities reflects on the possibility of political philosophy as an ongoing, architectonic activity that is necessarily linked to both the past and future. Almost all contemporary work in political philosophy either studies the subject with an eye to past tradition—choosing a winner from that tradition and then deducing what follows from the posited premises in a thoroughly modern, constructivist fashion—or else limits itself to drawing out what follows from already accepted premises and principles. There is almost no effort to reflect upon the prerequisites for the tradition being an ongoing undertaking that can have a unique future. Between Eternities attempts to set loose that thinking toward the future.
Vedanta Treatise: The Eternities
Author: A. Parthasarathy
Publisher: A. Parthasarathy
ISBN: 9381094101
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
For those seeking answers on the purpose and ultimate goal of human life, this is an intensive answer. Vedanta Treatise: The Eternities is the seminal work by A. Parthasarathy, and forms the core of the findings of over 60 years of research and study into the ancient wisdom of the Himalayas. The book expounds the ancient philosophy of Vedanta. It presents the eternal principles of life and living. Living is a technique that needs to be learnt and practised by one and all. The technique provides the formula for remaining active all through life while maintaining inner peace. It helps one develop a powerful intellect to meet the challenges of the world. Above all, the Treatise helps one evolve spiritually. It provides the knowledge and guidance to reach the ultimate in human perfection. The goal of Self-realisation.
Publisher: A. Parthasarathy
ISBN: 9381094101
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
For those seeking answers on the purpose and ultimate goal of human life, this is an intensive answer. Vedanta Treatise: The Eternities is the seminal work by A. Parthasarathy, and forms the core of the findings of over 60 years of research and study into the ancient wisdom of the Himalayas. The book expounds the ancient philosophy of Vedanta. It presents the eternal principles of life and living. Living is a technique that needs to be learnt and practised by one and all. The technique provides the formula for remaining active all through life while maintaining inner peace. It helps one develop a powerful intellect to meet the challenges of the world. Above all, the Treatise helps one evolve spiritually. It provides the knowledge and guidance to reach the ultimate in human perfection. The goal of Self-realisation.
Between the Acts
Author: Henry Woodd Nevinson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English essays
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English essays
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
Between Two Eternities
Author: Barbara Brett
Publisher: Backinprint.com
ISBN: 9780595089451
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Theirs was a once-in-a-lifetime love. Every moment was a miracle. And then he was asked to make the ultimate sacrifice. . .
Publisher: Backinprint.com
ISBN: 9780595089451
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Theirs was a once-in-a-lifetime love. Every moment was a miracle. And then he was asked to make the ultimate sacrifice. . .
Between Two Eternities
Author: Rosemary Kay
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780747274896
Category : Infants (Newborn)
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
When Rosemary Kay's baby, Saul, was born, he was nearly four months premature and weighed only 1 lb 4 oz. The doctors said he only had a 25% chance of survival. In fact, he did survive for five harrowing months, before eventually dying of meningitis, just days before he was due to go home. This is Saul's story. Written from Saul's perspective, from when he was in the womb through his stay in hospital to after he eventually gave up the fight, we see the adult world through his eyes, interwoven with a deep stream of consciousness which links Saul to the history of earlier generations of his family. This is a remarkable and original insight into the tragedy of losing a baby, written with immense courage. Far from bleak or morbid, by contrast it is a moving celebration of life. BETWEEN TWO ETERNITIES marks the stunning debut of a hugely talented writer.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780747274896
Category : Infants (Newborn)
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
When Rosemary Kay's baby, Saul, was born, he was nearly four months premature and weighed only 1 lb 4 oz. The doctors said he only had a 25% chance of survival. In fact, he did survive for five harrowing months, before eventually dying of meningitis, just days before he was due to go home. This is Saul's story. Written from Saul's perspective, from when he was in the womb through his stay in hospital to after he eventually gave up the fight, we see the adult world through his eyes, interwoven with a deep stream of consciousness which links Saul to the history of earlier generations of his family. This is a remarkable and original insight into the tragedy of losing a baby, written with immense courage. Far from bleak or morbid, by contrast it is a moving celebration of life. BETWEEN TWO ETERNITIES marks the stunning debut of a hugely talented writer.
The Westminster Review
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 622
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 622
Book Description
Conserving Humanity at the Dawn of Posthuman Technology
Author: Joseph R. Carvalko Jr.
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030264076
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
This volume examines the latest scientific and technological developments likely to shape our post-human future. Using a multidisciplinary approach, the author argues that we stand at the precipice of an evolutionary change caused by genetic engineering and anatomically embedded digital and informational technologies. The author delves into current scientific initiatives that will lead to the emergence of super smart individuals with unique creative capacities. He draws on technology, psychology and philosophy to consider humans-as-they-are relative to autonomy, creativity, and their place in a future shared with ‘post humans.’ The author discusses the current state of bioethics and technology law, both which policymakers, beset by a torrent of revolutionary advances in bioengineering, are attempting to steer. Significantly, Carvalko addresses why we must both preserve the narratives that brought us to this moment and continue to express our humanity through, music, art, and literature, to ensure that, as a uniquely creative species, we don’t simply vanish in the ether of an evolution brought about by our own technology.
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030264076
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
This volume examines the latest scientific and technological developments likely to shape our post-human future. Using a multidisciplinary approach, the author argues that we stand at the precipice of an evolutionary change caused by genetic engineering and anatomically embedded digital and informational technologies. The author delves into current scientific initiatives that will lead to the emergence of super smart individuals with unique creative capacities. He draws on technology, psychology and philosophy to consider humans-as-they-are relative to autonomy, creativity, and their place in a future shared with ‘post humans.’ The author discusses the current state of bioethics and technology law, both which policymakers, beset by a torrent of revolutionary advances in bioengineering, are attempting to steer. Significantly, Carvalko addresses why we must both preserve the narratives that brought us to this moment and continue to express our humanity through, music, art, and literature, to ensure that, as a uniquely creative species, we don’t simply vanish in the ether of an evolution brought about by our own technology.
Translation Series
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description