Author: Jennifer Armstrong
Publisher: Dial
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Thinking he is dreaming, Pierre, a lazy, foolish man, shows no fear as he performs many amazing and dangerous circus acts.
Pierre's Dream
Author: Jennifer Armstrong
Publisher: Dial
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Thinking he is dreaming, Pierre, a lazy, foolish man, shows no fear as he performs many amazing and dangerous circus acts.
Publisher: Dial
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Thinking he is dreaming, Pierre, a lazy, foolish man, shows no fear as he performs many amazing and dangerous circus acts.
Dreamtelling
Author: Pierre Sorlin
Publisher: Reaktion Books
ISBN: 9781861891501
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
In Dreamtelling, Pierre Sorlin does not deal with our nocturnal visions per se, but rather with what we say regarding them. He explores the influence of dreams on our imaginations, and the various – sometimes inconsistent, always imperfect – theories people have contrived to elucidate them.
Publisher: Reaktion Books
ISBN: 9781861891501
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
In Dreamtelling, Pierre Sorlin does not deal with our nocturnal visions per se, but rather with what we say regarding them. He explores the influence of dreams on our imaginations, and the various – sometimes inconsistent, always imperfect – theories people have contrived to elucidate them.
The Last Spike
Author: Pierre Berton
Publisher: Anchor Canada
ISBN: 038567354X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
In the four years between 1881 and 1885, Canada was forged into one nation by the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway. The Last Spike reconstructs the incredible story of how some 2,000 miles of steel crossed the continent in just five years — exactly half the time stipulated in the contract. Pierre Berton recreates the adventures that were part of this vast undertaking: the railway on the brink of bankruptcy, with one hour between it and ruin; the extraordinary land boom of Winnipeg in 1881–1882; and the epic tale of how William Van Horne rushed 3,000 soldiers over a half-finished railway to quell the Riel Rebellion. Dominating the whole saga are the men who made it all possible — a host of astonishing characters: Van Horne, the powerhouse behind the vision of a transcontinental railroad; Rogers, the eccentric surveyor; Onderdonk, the cool New Yorker; Stephen, the most emotional of businessmen; Father Lacombe, the black-robed voyageur; Sam Steele, of the North West Mounted Police; Gabriel Dumont, the Prince of the Prairies; more than 7,000 Chinese workers, toiling and dying in the canyons of the Fraser Valley; and many more — land sharks, construction geniuses, politicians, and entrepreneurs — all of whom played a role in the founding of the new Canada west of Ontario.
Publisher: Anchor Canada
ISBN: 038567354X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
In the four years between 1881 and 1885, Canada was forged into one nation by the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway. The Last Spike reconstructs the incredible story of how some 2,000 miles of steel crossed the continent in just five years — exactly half the time stipulated in the contract. Pierre Berton recreates the adventures that were part of this vast undertaking: the railway on the brink of bankruptcy, with one hour between it and ruin; the extraordinary land boom of Winnipeg in 1881–1882; and the epic tale of how William Van Horne rushed 3,000 soldiers over a half-finished railway to quell the Riel Rebellion. Dominating the whole saga are the men who made it all possible — a host of astonishing characters: Van Horne, the powerhouse behind the vision of a transcontinental railroad; Rogers, the eccentric surveyor; Onderdonk, the cool New Yorker; Stephen, the most emotional of businessmen; Father Lacombe, the black-robed voyageur; Sam Steele, of the North West Mounted Police; Gabriel Dumont, the Prince of the Prairies; more than 7,000 Chinese workers, toiling and dying in the canyons of the Fraser Valley; and many more — land sharks, construction geniuses, politicians, and entrepreneurs — all of whom played a role in the founding of the new Canada west of Ontario.
Persist and Pursue
Author: Pierre Nzuah
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781939216670
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 423
Book Description
Persist and Pursue is a stirring memoir recounting the unlikely, remarkable journey of Pierre Nzuah from a remote village in the Central African nation of Cameroon to a graduate degree in electrical engineering in the United States.His polygamous family survived by subsistence farming while living in a mud-brick compound without electricity or potable water. His parents were in no rush to send Pierre, their eleventh of seventeen children, to school. At the age of eight, which is very late for a child to begin formal education, he ran out of patience and began sneaking out of the compound-without his father's knowledge-to start attending primary school. Even as a young boy, his hunger for learning was that strong.Pierre's story is exceptional because he does not come from a wealthy family, but driven by a constant hunger for success, he persevered through extraordinary circumstances and hardships to realize his dreams.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781939216670
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 423
Book Description
Persist and Pursue is a stirring memoir recounting the unlikely, remarkable journey of Pierre Nzuah from a remote village in the Central African nation of Cameroon to a graduate degree in electrical engineering in the United States.His polygamous family survived by subsistence farming while living in a mud-brick compound without electricity or potable water. His parents were in no rush to send Pierre, their eleventh of seventeen children, to school. At the age of eight, which is very late for a child to begin formal education, he ran out of patience and began sneaking out of the compound-without his father's knowledge-to start attending primary school. Even as a young boy, his hunger for learning was that strong.Pierre's story is exceptional because he does not come from a wealthy family, but driven by a constant hunger for success, he persevered through extraordinary circumstances and hardships to realize his dreams.
The Way of the Fight
Author: Georges St-Pierre
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062195670
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 183
Book Description
The renowned UFC fighter tells his remarkable life story from bullied kid to world champion in this New York Times–bestselling memoir. For mixed martial arts fighter Georges St-Pierre, the greatest asset is not physical strength or athleticism—it’s a sense of purpose. From his beginnings as a small, mercilessly bullied child first discovering karate to his years as a struggling garbage collector who spent all his free time in the gym, his hard-fought rise in the sport of mixed martial arts, and his long, painful recovery from a career-threatening injury, Georges never lost sight of his ambition to become the greatest martial artist of all time. In The Way of the Fight, Georges reveals what propelled him not only to become a champion but to embrace obstacles as opportunities to build character. The Way of the Fight is an inspirational look into the mindset of a master. To Georges, all life is competition, and there’s no more perfect metaphor for competition than the life of a fighter. He explains the value of discipline, risk and even fear, with the wisdom of one who knows that his next fight could always be his last. Drawing inspiration from fighting legends, Eastern philosophy and a trusted inner circle, The Way of the Fight is a powerful, life-changing guide to living with purpose.
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062195670
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 183
Book Description
The renowned UFC fighter tells his remarkable life story from bullied kid to world champion in this New York Times–bestselling memoir. For mixed martial arts fighter Georges St-Pierre, the greatest asset is not physical strength or athleticism—it’s a sense of purpose. From his beginnings as a small, mercilessly bullied child first discovering karate to his years as a struggling garbage collector who spent all his free time in the gym, his hard-fought rise in the sport of mixed martial arts, and his long, painful recovery from a career-threatening injury, Georges never lost sight of his ambition to become the greatest martial artist of all time. In The Way of the Fight, Georges reveals what propelled him not only to become a champion but to embrace obstacles as opportunities to build character. The Way of the Fight is an inspirational look into the mindset of a master. To Georges, all life is competition, and there’s no more perfect metaphor for competition than the life of a fighter. He explains the value of discipline, risk and even fear, with the wisdom of one who knows that his next fight could always be his last. Drawing inspiration from fighting legends, Eastern philosophy and a trusted inner circle, The Way of the Fight is a powerful, life-changing guide to living with purpose.
Pierre
Author: Herman Melville
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Male authors
Languages : en
Pages : 524
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Male authors
Languages : en
Pages : 524
Book Description
Pierre (Or, the Ambiguities)
Author: Herman Melville
Publisher: Graphic Arts Books
ISBN: 1513275054
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Pierre: or, The Ambiguities (1852) is a novel by American writer Herman Melville. Published the year after Moby-Dick—a critical and commercial failure—Pierre: or, The Ambiguities is a psychological novel in the tradition of Gothic fiction. Melville struggled to find a publisher who would pay him in advance for the book, and its appearance prompted widespread ridicule and condemnation in the press, with some critics claiming that Melville himself had gone mad. The novel plunged Melville deeper into financial ruin, and all but ensured that his next novels, Israel Potter and The Confidence-Man, would be his last. Pierre Glendinning Jr. is a nineteen-year-old heir who lives with his widowed mother at their family manor in upstate New York. Engaged to the beautiful and respectable Lucy Tartan, Pierre stands to inherit—with his mother’s approval—a life of comfort and wealth. When he meets a young woman named Isabel Banford, his father’s illegitimate daughter, Pierre devises a plan he believes will solve everyone’s problems: he will marry Isabel, who will inherit her share of their father’s wealth, thereby preserving his father’s honor and sparing his mother the embarrassment of her husband’s infidelity. Pierre marries Isabel in secret, and when he tells his mother is thrown out of the house and cut off from his family for good. He moves with Isabel to New York City, where he hopes to make a life for himself as a writer, but the sins of the past refuse to let him rest as he wrestles with his choices and discovers the true nature of his seemingly good intentions. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Herman Melville’s Pierre: or, The Ambiguities is a classic of American literature reimagined for modern readers.
Publisher: Graphic Arts Books
ISBN: 1513275054
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Pierre: or, The Ambiguities (1852) is a novel by American writer Herman Melville. Published the year after Moby-Dick—a critical and commercial failure—Pierre: or, The Ambiguities is a psychological novel in the tradition of Gothic fiction. Melville struggled to find a publisher who would pay him in advance for the book, and its appearance prompted widespread ridicule and condemnation in the press, with some critics claiming that Melville himself had gone mad. The novel plunged Melville deeper into financial ruin, and all but ensured that his next novels, Israel Potter and The Confidence-Man, would be his last. Pierre Glendinning Jr. is a nineteen-year-old heir who lives with his widowed mother at their family manor in upstate New York. Engaged to the beautiful and respectable Lucy Tartan, Pierre stands to inherit—with his mother’s approval—a life of comfort and wealth. When he meets a young woman named Isabel Banford, his father’s illegitimate daughter, Pierre devises a plan he believes will solve everyone’s problems: he will marry Isabel, who will inherit her share of their father’s wealth, thereby preserving his father’s honor and sparing his mother the embarrassment of her husband’s infidelity. Pierre marries Isabel in secret, and when he tells his mother is thrown out of the house and cut off from his family for good. He moves with Isabel to New York City, where he hopes to make a life for himself as a writer, but the sins of the past refuse to let him rest as he wrestles with his choices and discovers the true nature of his seemingly good intentions. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Herman Melville’s Pierre: or, The Ambiguities is a classic of American literature reimagined for modern readers.
The Power of a Dream
Author: Mathias Pierre
Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub
ISBN: 9781456340629
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
In Haiti, heirs of a glorious past, we remain a group of people capable of great things in the face of adversity, motivated by a surprising individual strength to survive and provide for our individual needs. However, 200 years of history also attest to our inability to build a better environment for ourselves. In his book entitled “THE POWER OF A DREAM,” Mathias Pierre proves that an individual's social or economic origins or the color of his skin cannot condemn him. Education and determination to fulfill his dream led Mr. Pierre out of a precarious situation and into one of a model entrepreneur, the embodiment of success. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=125064967 …This book recounts his family's origins and their migratory trek from his native city to Port-au-Prince, the capital, to escape the shame of paternal failure. His academic career from elementary school to high school was fraught with difficulties due to miserable economic conditions and the challenges of getting an education in Haiti. His university studies were seen as a culmination of his ambitions, like the fulfillment of his father's dream which set him free. Alas, it was only an illusion that those of the middle class experience at their own expense. He still had to cling to a dream, to the magic of a dream, to believe in the power of education, in perseverance that pays off at the end of the journey, in success that depends on discipline. That's hard in Haiti where attitudes and paradigms are not conducive to prosperity creation; survival, destruction of whatever prosperity symbolizes, and where trust is a rare commodity. In 2008, Mathias Pierre learned at his expense that it is not enough to succeed in Haiti to be accepted, success must be achieved with others. GaMa was the target, like a lot of other businesses, of food riots. Who is Mathias Pierre? When I look back at my past and at my current involvement in my country's business sector, I realize not only is it possible to change one's future, but the future can be learned and shaped. I came from a very precarious economic situation and I was able to establish model of financial performance by applying certain principles that I am revealing today in my book: “THE POWER OF A DREAM.” http://www.nextbillion.net/blog/2010/05/17/moving-from-survival-to-entrepreneurship-in-haiti.)
Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub
ISBN: 9781456340629
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
In Haiti, heirs of a glorious past, we remain a group of people capable of great things in the face of adversity, motivated by a surprising individual strength to survive and provide for our individual needs. However, 200 years of history also attest to our inability to build a better environment for ourselves. In his book entitled “THE POWER OF A DREAM,” Mathias Pierre proves that an individual's social or economic origins or the color of his skin cannot condemn him. Education and determination to fulfill his dream led Mr. Pierre out of a precarious situation and into one of a model entrepreneur, the embodiment of success. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=125064967 …This book recounts his family's origins and their migratory trek from his native city to Port-au-Prince, the capital, to escape the shame of paternal failure. His academic career from elementary school to high school was fraught with difficulties due to miserable economic conditions and the challenges of getting an education in Haiti. His university studies were seen as a culmination of his ambitions, like the fulfillment of his father's dream which set him free. Alas, it was only an illusion that those of the middle class experience at their own expense. He still had to cling to a dream, to the magic of a dream, to believe in the power of education, in perseverance that pays off at the end of the journey, in success that depends on discipline. That's hard in Haiti where attitudes and paradigms are not conducive to prosperity creation; survival, destruction of whatever prosperity symbolizes, and where trust is a rare commodity. In 2008, Mathias Pierre learned at his expense that it is not enough to succeed in Haiti to be accepted, success must be achieved with others. GaMa was the target, like a lot of other businesses, of food riots. Who is Mathias Pierre? When I look back at my past and at my current involvement in my country's business sector, I realize not only is it possible to change one's future, but the future can be learned and shaped. I came from a very precarious economic situation and I was able to establish model of financial performance by applying certain principles that I am revealing today in my book: “THE POWER OF A DREAM.” http://www.nextbillion.net/blog/2010/05/17/moving-from-survival-to-entrepreneurship-in-haiti.)
Meanwhile in Dopamine City
Author: DBC Pierre
Publisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 0571334008
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 407
Book Description
***Shortlisted for the Goldsmiths Prize 2020*** FROM THE BOOKER PRIZE-WINING AUTHOR OF VERNON GOD LITTLE 'Pierre's high-risk prose explores and expands the cartoonish, taboo-busting outer edges of literary possibility.' -- Independent *** It's a big bad world out there, in Dopamine City. All Lonnie Cush wants is to keep his kids safe. But Shelby-Ann - his little girl, the maddening apple of his eye - has other ideas: Shelby-Ann wants her first smartphone. So new realities are rocketing their way to 37 Palisade Row, where everything will change, every day, and at mortal speed. Until Lonnie finds himself in a stitch: he'll have to join this new world, or wither in it. Or can he mastermind a vanishing act? The story of a hapless father's love and loss, and a speedball, starburst satire, Meanwhile in Dopamine City is a passionate, freewheeling work from the winner of the Booker Prize: a riotous cry for the soul and the flesh and the heart in the cooling bathwater of our automatic times.
Publisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 0571334008
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 407
Book Description
***Shortlisted for the Goldsmiths Prize 2020*** FROM THE BOOKER PRIZE-WINING AUTHOR OF VERNON GOD LITTLE 'Pierre's high-risk prose explores and expands the cartoonish, taboo-busting outer edges of literary possibility.' -- Independent *** It's a big bad world out there, in Dopamine City. All Lonnie Cush wants is to keep his kids safe. But Shelby-Ann - his little girl, the maddening apple of his eye - has other ideas: Shelby-Ann wants her first smartphone. So new realities are rocketing their way to 37 Palisade Row, where everything will change, every day, and at mortal speed. Until Lonnie finds himself in a stitch: he'll have to join this new world, or wither in it. Or can he mastermind a vanishing act? The story of a hapless father's love and loss, and a speedball, starburst satire, Meanwhile in Dopamine City is a passionate, freewheeling work from the winner of the Booker Prize: a riotous cry for the soul and the flesh and the heart in the cooling bathwater of our automatic times.
Pierre Auguste Renoir
Author: Auguste Renoir
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Artists
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Artists
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description