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Category : Pilot guides
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
On a Friday Noon
Author: Hans-Ruedi Weber
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
ISBN: 9782825405833
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
ISBN: 9782825405833
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Morning, Noon, and Night
Author: Arnold Weinstein
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0679604472
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 465
Book Description
From Homer and Shakespeare to Toni Morrison and Jonathan Safran Foer, major works of literature have a great deal to teach us about two of life’s most significant stages—growing up and growing old. Distinguised scholar Arnold Weinstein’s provocative and engaging new book, Morning, Noon, and Night, explores classic writing’s insights into coming-of-age and surrendering to time, and considers the impact of these revelations upon our lives. With wisdom, humor, and moving personal observations, Weinstein leads us to look deep inside ourselves and these great books, to see how we can use art as both mirror and guide. He offers incisive readings of seminal novels about childhood—Huck Finn’s empathy for the runaway slave Jim illuminates a child’s moral education; Catherine and Heathcliff’s struggle with obsessive passion in Wuthering Heights is hauntingly familiar to many young lovers; Dickens’s Pip, in Great Expectations, must grapple with a world that wishes him harm; and in Marjane Satrapi’s autobiographical Persepolis, little Marjane faces a different kind of struggle—growing into adolescence as her country moves through the pain of the Iranian Revolution. In turn, great writers also ponder the lessons learned in life’s twilight years: both King Lear and Willy Loman suffer as their patriarchal authority collapses and death creeps up; Brecht’s Mother Courage displays the inspiring indomitability of an aging woman who has “borne every possible blow. . . but is still standing, still moving.” And older love can sometimes be funny (Rip Van Winkle conveniently sleeps right through his marriage) and sometimes tragic (as J. M. Coetzee’s David Lurie learns the hard way, in Disgrace). Tapping into the hearts and minds of memorable characters, from Sophocles’ Oedipus to Artie in Art Spiegelman’s Maus, Morning, Noon, and Night makes an eloquent and powerful case for the role of great literature as a knowing window into our lives and times. Its intelligence, passion, and genuine appreciation for the written word remind us just how crucial books are to the business of being human.
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0679604472
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 465
Book Description
From Homer and Shakespeare to Toni Morrison and Jonathan Safran Foer, major works of literature have a great deal to teach us about two of life’s most significant stages—growing up and growing old. Distinguised scholar Arnold Weinstein’s provocative and engaging new book, Morning, Noon, and Night, explores classic writing’s insights into coming-of-age and surrendering to time, and considers the impact of these revelations upon our lives. With wisdom, humor, and moving personal observations, Weinstein leads us to look deep inside ourselves and these great books, to see how we can use art as both mirror and guide. He offers incisive readings of seminal novels about childhood—Huck Finn’s empathy for the runaway slave Jim illuminates a child’s moral education; Catherine and Heathcliff’s struggle with obsessive passion in Wuthering Heights is hauntingly familiar to many young lovers; Dickens’s Pip, in Great Expectations, must grapple with a world that wishes him harm; and in Marjane Satrapi’s autobiographical Persepolis, little Marjane faces a different kind of struggle—growing into adolescence as her country moves through the pain of the Iranian Revolution. In turn, great writers also ponder the lessons learned in life’s twilight years: both King Lear and Willy Loman suffer as their patriarchal authority collapses and death creeps up; Brecht’s Mother Courage displays the inspiring indomitability of an aging woman who has “borne every possible blow. . . but is still standing, still moving.” And older love can sometimes be funny (Rip Van Winkle conveniently sleeps right through his marriage) and sometimes tragic (as J. M. Coetzee’s David Lurie learns the hard way, in Disgrace). Tapping into the hearts and minds of memorable characters, from Sophocles’ Oedipus to Artie in Art Spiegelman’s Maus, Morning, Noon, and Night makes an eloquent and powerful case for the role of great literature as a knowing window into our lives and times. Its intelligence, passion, and genuine appreciation for the written word remind us just how crucial books are to the business of being human.
United States Coast Pilot
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Category : Pilot guides
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Pilot guides
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Toward, Around, and Away from Tahrir
Author: Amanda Fields
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1443859168
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
How do we understand current events in Egypt? Prior to January 25, 2011, when asked about unusual images, sights, or sounds, Cairene responses ranged from a litany of complaints to well-rehearsed, guidebook descriptions of picturesque neighborhoods and magnificent ruins. Occasionally, however, a thoughtful resident would remain silent, leaving visitors and guests to accept the surrounding smiles, shrugs, honking horns, blaring loudspeakers, and strings of expletives as background ambience. During the revolution, when the call for freedom and democracy became more coherent, the demand for change further complicated questions about Egyptian identity. This volume focuses on written and oral expression as viewed through the lenses of rhetoric, language and communication in order to further understand some of the changes that appear to have altered and strengthened Egyptians’ perceptions of themselves.
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1443859168
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
How do we understand current events in Egypt? Prior to January 25, 2011, when asked about unusual images, sights, or sounds, Cairene responses ranged from a litany of complaints to well-rehearsed, guidebook descriptions of picturesque neighborhoods and magnificent ruins. Occasionally, however, a thoughtful resident would remain silent, leaving visitors and guests to accept the surrounding smiles, shrugs, honking horns, blaring loudspeakers, and strings of expletives as background ambience. During the revolution, when the call for freedom and democracy became more coherent, the demand for change further complicated questions about Egyptian identity. This volume focuses on written and oral expression as viewed through the lenses of rhetoric, language and communication in order to further understand some of the changes that appear to have altered and strengthened Egyptians’ perceptions of themselves.
Tonight at Noon
Author: Sue Mingus
Publisher: Pantheon
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
"Tonight at Noon" is the story of the tumultuous, passionate marriage of Sue and Charlie Mingus, and of Sue's personal odyssey inside and outside its confines. An illuminating look at an important chapter in jazz history and at the inner workings of a rare and complex artist, it is essentially a love story--heartbreaking, joyous, and unforgettable.
Publisher: Pantheon
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
"Tonight at Noon" is the story of the tumultuous, passionate marriage of Sue and Charlie Mingus, and of Sue's personal odyssey inside and outside its confines. An illuminating look at an important chapter in jazz history and at the inner workings of a rare and complex artist, it is essentially a love story--heartbreaking, joyous, and unforgettable.
Morbidity and Mortality
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Category : Communicable diseases
Languages : en
Pages : 562
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Communicable diseases
Languages : en
Pages : 562
Book Description
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
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Category : Diseases
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
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Category : Diseases
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
Narratives of the Voyages of Pedro Sarmiento de Gambóa to the Straits of Magellan
Author: Clements R. Markham
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317090306
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 309
Book Description
The volume covers the voyages of 1579-1589, translated and edited, with notes and an introduction. The supplementary material includes the 1894 annual report. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1895.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317090306
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 309
Book Description
The volume covers the voyages of 1579-1589, translated and edited, with notes and an introduction. The supplementary material includes the 1894 annual report. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1895.
Phi Gamma Delta Quarterly
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Category : Greek letter societies
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
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Category : Greek letter societies
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
The Official Guide of the Railways and Steam Navigation Lines of the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada, Mexico and Cuba
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Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 1534
Book Description
Also time tables of railroads in Central America. Air line schedules.
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Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 1534
Book Description
Also time tables of railroads in Central America. Air line schedules.