Author: Alyssa Petersel
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780692584118
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
"A journey through the lives of young Eastern European Jews that's not to be missed." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review) How do we come to be who we are spiritually? How does our political and social environment influence our development of self? A young American author immerses herself in modern Jewish Hungary. The twenty-one stories she shares will make you laugh, make you cry, and make you want to be your own best self. Somehow I Am Different provides an opportunity to connect in a world that otherwise begs us to stand alone. This book serves as a reminder that in spite of the factors working against us, we have the power to make a difference. In their own words, Hungarian participants will tell you that "Instead of emphasizing our victimhood, we should really tell another story" (Tamas Buchler) and "Maybe I am not perfect, but I am me. At least I am me." (Devora Hurwitz)."
Somehow I Am Different
Author: Alyssa Petersel
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780692584118
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
"A journey through the lives of young Eastern European Jews that's not to be missed." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review) How do we come to be who we are spiritually? How does our political and social environment influence our development of self? A young American author immerses herself in modern Jewish Hungary. The twenty-one stories she shares will make you laugh, make you cry, and make you want to be your own best self. Somehow I Am Different provides an opportunity to connect in a world that otherwise begs us to stand alone. This book serves as a reminder that in spite of the factors working against us, we have the power to make a difference. In their own words, Hungarian participants will tell you that "Instead of emphasizing our victimhood, we should really tell another story" (Tamas Buchler) and "Maybe I am not perfect, but I am me. At least I am me." (Devora Hurwitz)."
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780692584118
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
"A journey through the lives of young Eastern European Jews that's not to be missed." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review) How do we come to be who we are spiritually? How does our political and social environment influence our development of self? A young American author immerses herself in modern Jewish Hungary. The twenty-one stories she shares will make you laugh, make you cry, and make you want to be your own best self. Somehow I Am Different provides an opportunity to connect in a world that otherwise begs us to stand alone. This book serves as a reminder that in spite of the factors working against us, we have the power to make a difference. In their own words, Hungarian participants will tell you that "Instead of emphasizing our victimhood, we should really tell another story" (Tamas Buchler) and "Maybe I am not perfect, but I am me. At least I am me." (Devora Hurwitz)."
The Book of Disquiet: The Complete Edition
Author: Fernando Pessoa
Publisher: New Directions Publishing
ISBN: 0811226948
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
For the first time—and in the best translation ever—the complete Book of Disquiet, a masterpiece beyond comparison The Book of Disquiet is the Portuguese modernist master Fernando Pessoa’s greatest literary achievement. An “autobiography” or “diary” containing exquisite melancholy observations, aphorisms, and ruminations, this classic work grapples with all the eternal questions. Now, for the first time the texts are presented chronologically, in a complete English edition by master translator Margaret Jull Costa. Most of the texts in The Book of Disquiet are written under the semi-heteronym Bernardo Soares, an assistant bookkeeper. This existential masterpiece was first published in Portuguese in 1982, forty-seven years after Pessoa’s death. A monumental literary event, this exciting, new, complete edition spans Fernando Pessoa’s entire writing life.
Publisher: New Directions Publishing
ISBN: 0811226948
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
For the first time—and in the best translation ever—the complete Book of Disquiet, a masterpiece beyond comparison The Book of Disquiet is the Portuguese modernist master Fernando Pessoa’s greatest literary achievement. An “autobiography” or “diary” containing exquisite melancholy observations, aphorisms, and ruminations, this classic work grapples with all the eternal questions. Now, for the first time the texts are presented chronologically, in a complete English edition by master translator Margaret Jull Costa. Most of the texts in The Book of Disquiet are written under the semi-heteronym Bernardo Soares, an assistant bookkeeper. This existential masterpiece was first published in Portuguese in 1982, forty-seven years after Pessoa’s death. A monumental literary event, this exciting, new, complete edition spans Fernando Pessoa’s entire writing life.
Sometimes I Lie
Author: Alice Feeney
Publisher: Flatiron Books
ISBN: 1250144833
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
ALICE FEENEYS NEW YORK TIMES AND INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER “Boldly plotted, tightly knotted—a provocative true-or-false thriller that deepens and darkens to its ink-black finale. Marvelous.” —AJ Finn, author of The Woman in the Window My name is Amber Reynolds. There are three things you should know about me: 1. I’m in a coma. 2. My husband doesn’t love me anymore. 3. Sometimes I lie. Amber wakes up in a hospital. She can’t move. She can’t speak. She can’t open her eyes. She can hear everyone around her, but they have no idea. Amber doesn’t remember what happened, but she has a suspicion her husband had something to do with it. Alternating between her paralyzed present, the week before her accident, and a series of childhood diaries from twenty years ago, this brilliant psychological thriller asks: Is something really a lie if you believe it's the truth?
Publisher: Flatiron Books
ISBN: 1250144833
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
ALICE FEENEYS NEW YORK TIMES AND INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER “Boldly plotted, tightly knotted—a provocative true-or-false thriller that deepens and darkens to its ink-black finale. Marvelous.” —AJ Finn, author of The Woman in the Window My name is Amber Reynolds. There are three things you should know about me: 1. I’m in a coma. 2. My husband doesn’t love me anymore. 3. Sometimes I lie. Amber wakes up in a hospital. She can’t move. She can’t speak. She can’t open her eyes. She can hear everyone around her, but they have no idea. Amber doesn’t remember what happened, but she has a suspicion her husband had something to do with it. Alternating between her paralyzed present, the week before her accident, and a series of childhood diaries from twenty years ago, this brilliant psychological thriller asks: Is something really a lie if you believe it's the truth?
The Difference Between Somehow and Someway
Author: Aly Martinez
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
The world gave me everything. After surviving a plane crash, I was lucky to be alive. It was a harsh truth, but one that changed my perspective on how fragile life could be. So when a fellow survivor caught my eye, I owed it to myself to take a chance and follow my heart. Bowen Michaels was guarded and broody, but I saw through his well-formed armor. Much like me, he was broken and lost, but together we found our way through the darkness. For a brief moment, wrapped in his arms, it felt like maybe he was right about fate and we'd been destined to find each other all along. But when buried secrets of the past erupt, igniting us both, it was hard to believe we'd been fated for anything other than failure. The world gave me everything. And then it took it all away.
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
The world gave me everything. After surviving a plane crash, I was lucky to be alive. It was a harsh truth, but one that changed my perspective on how fragile life could be. So when a fellow survivor caught my eye, I owed it to myself to take a chance and follow my heart. Bowen Michaels was guarded and broody, but I saw through his well-formed armor. Much like me, he was broken and lost, but together we found our way through the darkness. For a brief moment, wrapped in his arms, it felt like maybe he was right about fate and we'd been destined to find each other all along. But when buried secrets of the past erupt, igniting us both, it was hard to believe we'd been fated for anything other than failure. The world gave me everything. And then it took it all away.
Community and Difference
Author: Roberto A. Peña
Publisher: Peter Lang
ISBN: 9780820468440
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
Community and Difference: Teaching, Pluralism, and Social Justice contains seven very different chapters. In each chapter, educators describe how their experiences with oppression came to inform their commitment to teaching for social justice. Relying on principles taken from heuristic inquiry to show what people know and what experience has spun, this book provides evidence of the promise of narrative storytelling as a means of teaching for social justice. The voices of the storytellers are honest and compelling, inviting readers to listen, to know others as they know themselves, and to experience a journey that is largely collective - that knows hope, and that offers a semblance of understanding and grace.
Publisher: Peter Lang
ISBN: 9780820468440
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
Community and Difference: Teaching, Pluralism, and Social Justice contains seven very different chapters. In each chapter, educators describe how their experiences with oppression came to inform their commitment to teaching for social justice. Relying on principles taken from heuristic inquiry to show what people know and what experience has spun, this book provides evidence of the promise of narrative storytelling as a means of teaching for social justice. The voices of the storytellers are honest and compelling, inviting readers to listen, to know others as they know themselves, and to experience a journey that is largely collective - that knows hope, and that offers a semblance of understanding and grace.
Not a Song Like Any Other
Author: Mori Ōgai
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
ISBN: 082484629X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
The literary writings of Mori Ōgai (1862-1922), one of the giant figures of the Meiji period, have become increasingly well known to readers of English through a number of recent translations of his novels and short stories. Ōgai was more than a writer of fiction, however. He has long been regarded in Japan as one of the most influential intellectual and artistic figures of his period, possessing a wide range of enthusiasms and concerns, many developed through his early European experiences. Not a Song Like Any Other attempts to reveal the full range of Ōgai’s creative endeavor, providing trenchant examples of his remarkable range, from dramatist and storyteller to poet and polemicist, all translated into English for the first time. The first of seven parts, “The Author Himself,” offers a variety of self portraits and other insights into Ōgai’s character through his essays—laconic, ironic, detached—written over the course of his career. “Mori Ōgai in Germany” reveals his responses to living in Germany in the 1880s and seeing for the first time how his country was being interpreted from the outside. It includes his celebrated and spirited defense of his country, originally published in a German newspaper. “Mori Ōgai and the World of Politics” relates his uneasy reactions to Japanese society at a later phase in his career. The fourth section provides some of the first information available in English concerning his lifelong interest in painting and other aspects of the visual arts in the Japan of his day. Ōgai’s theatrical experiments are briefly chronicled in Part 5. “Four Unusual Stories” offers new evidence of the range of the writer’s interests and ambitions. The final section includes some of the first translations of Ōgai’s poetry available in English. Contributors: Richard Bowring, Sarah Cox, Sanford Goldstein, Andrew Hall, Mikiko Hirayama, Helen Hopper, Marvin Marcus, Keiko McDonald, J. Thomas Rimer, Hiroaki Sato, William J. Tyler.
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
ISBN: 082484629X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
The literary writings of Mori Ōgai (1862-1922), one of the giant figures of the Meiji period, have become increasingly well known to readers of English through a number of recent translations of his novels and short stories. Ōgai was more than a writer of fiction, however. He has long been regarded in Japan as one of the most influential intellectual and artistic figures of his period, possessing a wide range of enthusiasms and concerns, many developed through his early European experiences. Not a Song Like Any Other attempts to reveal the full range of Ōgai’s creative endeavor, providing trenchant examples of his remarkable range, from dramatist and storyteller to poet and polemicist, all translated into English for the first time. The first of seven parts, “The Author Himself,” offers a variety of self portraits and other insights into Ōgai’s character through his essays—laconic, ironic, detached—written over the course of his career. “Mori Ōgai in Germany” reveals his responses to living in Germany in the 1880s and seeing for the first time how his country was being interpreted from the outside. It includes his celebrated and spirited defense of his country, originally published in a German newspaper. “Mori Ōgai and the World of Politics” relates his uneasy reactions to Japanese society at a later phase in his career. The fourth section provides some of the first information available in English concerning his lifelong interest in painting and other aspects of the visual arts in the Japan of his day. Ōgai’s theatrical experiments are briefly chronicled in Part 5. “Four Unusual Stories” offers new evidence of the range of the writer’s interests and ambitions. The final section includes some of the first translations of Ōgai’s poetry available in English. Contributors: Richard Bowring, Sarah Cox, Sanford Goldstein, Andrew Hall, Mikiko Hirayama, Helen Hopper, Marvin Marcus, Keiko McDonald, J. Thomas Rimer, Hiroaki Sato, William J. Tyler.
A Journey Shared
Author: Greg Campbell
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595346359
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
A Journey Should Be Shared... We were not meant to live alone. We do not. We cannot. Life is meant to be shared. From the humble beginnings of a random blog page, to the pages of A Journey Shared you are invited to come along and share the Journey! From the depths of sorrow of losing a loved one, to the joys and innocence of a baby girl. The tight, uncomfortable places of trusting a Father we cannot see, to the jaw-dropping miracles. He provides along the way. The Journey of a follower of Jesus is never dull. And it's meant to be shared. Five main sections deal with the everyday challenges of understanding and dealing with sin, the many aspects of doing life together with other people, the pain and ultimately the hope of dealing with lives lost, and the slow struggle of learning to trust the love of our Father along the way. How great is our God! And how great is this life we live with Him! Life like it ought a be! Jesus said, "I came that you might have life, and life to the full!" Come, let's travel together on A Journey Shared.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595346359
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
A Journey Should Be Shared... We were not meant to live alone. We do not. We cannot. Life is meant to be shared. From the humble beginnings of a random blog page, to the pages of A Journey Shared you are invited to come along and share the Journey! From the depths of sorrow of losing a loved one, to the joys and innocence of a baby girl. The tight, uncomfortable places of trusting a Father we cannot see, to the jaw-dropping miracles. He provides along the way. The Journey of a follower of Jesus is never dull. And it's meant to be shared. Five main sections deal with the everyday challenges of understanding and dealing with sin, the many aspects of doing life together with other people, the pain and ultimately the hope of dealing with lives lost, and the slow struggle of learning to trust the love of our Father along the way. How great is our God! And how great is this life we live with Him! Life like it ought a be! Jesus said, "I came that you might have life, and life to the full!" Come, let's travel together on A Journey Shared.
The Witches In Love Part 3: 6 Fantasy Fiction Romance Short Stories
Author: Elizabeth Reed
Publisher: LB Books
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
The Witches In Love Part 3: 6 Fantasy Fiction Romance Short Stories Total word count 22,560. Please note that each of these short stories can all be bought as a standalone single story. The Lady Of The Woods Lord Godfrey Merton finds himself frustrated on taking the wrong path which sees him soon lost in the wild woodlands. However, he could not foresee that his mere mistake would see him making the most important discovery of his life as he comes face to face with the mysterious lady of the woods. The Prince’s Choice Prince David of Stratford has to make the choice of a wife from Lord Merton’s many daughters. Not wanting to marry at all David is reluctant to join with any of the prospects meant as a bride for him, until that is someone quite unexpectedly catches his eye, and what follows onwards can only be described as pure magic! A Journey’s Start Zachary is eager to embark on a new beginning far away from the mundane life he had once known. He had hoped for much adventure, but even he could not have foreseen that his fate would be entwined with a mystery woman possessing the most magical of voices and spirit. The Witch’s Secret Ronan is taken by surprise when his uncle Master Sultan brings back after his long travels a troop of prisoners from a distant land to which he is unfamiliar with. Little information is disclosed to him of their origins or the reason for their gloomy fate, but he is given specific instructions to guard them carefully under lock and key. If only it were that easy, with Ronan becoming obsessed to find out the mystery behind the prisoners, and especially one prisoner specifically, a young beautiful woman called Samira, who possesses the most amazing blue eyes that haunt him in his dreams. A Place Of Love And Magic Frazer was looking for a place of sanctuary when he ran away into the forbidden forest. He had only expected a little peace and quiet away from his troubles, but what and whom he discovers in the forest will change his life forever! A Place Of Love And Magic: The Return Princess Oona enters into the sacred forest with Tristan the stable master, hoping to find the one who has summoned her there. She had not envisaged just how much her visit would change her. Not only does she get the answers back to the mystery surrounding her origins, but she also comes to learn more importantly the true nature of love!
Publisher: LB Books
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
The Witches In Love Part 3: 6 Fantasy Fiction Romance Short Stories Total word count 22,560. Please note that each of these short stories can all be bought as a standalone single story. The Lady Of The Woods Lord Godfrey Merton finds himself frustrated on taking the wrong path which sees him soon lost in the wild woodlands. However, he could not foresee that his mere mistake would see him making the most important discovery of his life as he comes face to face with the mysterious lady of the woods. The Prince’s Choice Prince David of Stratford has to make the choice of a wife from Lord Merton’s many daughters. Not wanting to marry at all David is reluctant to join with any of the prospects meant as a bride for him, until that is someone quite unexpectedly catches his eye, and what follows onwards can only be described as pure magic! A Journey’s Start Zachary is eager to embark on a new beginning far away from the mundane life he had once known. He had hoped for much adventure, but even he could not have foreseen that his fate would be entwined with a mystery woman possessing the most magical of voices and spirit. The Witch’s Secret Ronan is taken by surprise when his uncle Master Sultan brings back after his long travels a troop of prisoners from a distant land to which he is unfamiliar with. Little information is disclosed to him of their origins or the reason for their gloomy fate, but he is given specific instructions to guard them carefully under lock and key. If only it were that easy, with Ronan becoming obsessed to find out the mystery behind the prisoners, and especially one prisoner specifically, a young beautiful woman called Samira, who possesses the most amazing blue eyes that haunt him in his dreams. A Place Of Love And Magic Frazer was looking for a place of sanctuary when he ran away into the forbidden forest. He had only expected a little peace and quiet away from his troubles, but what and whom he discovers in the forest will change his life forever! A Place Of Love And Magic: The Return Princess Oona enters into the sacred forest with Tristan the stable master, hoping to find the one who has summoned her there. She had not envisaged just how much her visit would change her. Not only does she get the answers back to the mystery surrounding her origins, but she also comes to learn more importantly the true nature of love!
The Witches in Love Collection Part 3 & 4: 12 Fantasy Fiction Romance Short Stories
Author: Elizabeth Reed
Publisher: LB Books
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 71
Book Description
The Witches in Love Collection Part 3 & 4 12 Fantasy Fiction Romance Short Stories. Please note that each of these short stories can all be bought as a standalone single story, as well as in parts 3 and 4. The Lady Of The Woods Lord Godfrey Merton finds himself frustrated on taking the wrong path which sees him soon lost in the wild woodlands. The Prince’s Choice Prince David of Stratford has to make the choice of a wife from Lord Merton’s many daughters. A Journey’s Start Zachary is eager to embark on a new beginning far away from the mundane life he had once known. He had hoped for much adventure, but even he could not have foreseen that his fate would be entwined with a mystery woman possessing the most magical of voices and spirit. The Witch’s Secret Ronan is taken by surprise when his uncle Master Sultan brings back after his long travels a troop of prisoners from a distant land to which he is unfamiliar with. A Place Of Love And Magic Frazer was looking for a place of sanctuary when he ran away into the forbidden forest. A Place Of Love And Magic: The Return Princess Oona enters into the sacred forest with Tristan the stable master, hoping to find the one who has summoned her there. The Witch’s Sight Tessa can see what most people cannot, including the long voyage of her best friend Edward who will sail off leaving her to find his fortune. The Witch’s Promise Alanna promises to give Ramsey anything he wishes so long as he releases her unharmed. She presumed that he would want riches or power. The Witch’s Chosen Companion Maria has always cared for her carefree friend Ali, but the thought of leaving all she has known to start upon a long journey with him leaves her afraid. The Witch’s Kidnap When Cole kidnaps Edith from her chamber, he believes he has everything all under control and Edith entirely in his power. The Witch’s Deception Cassius is not having much luck of late. First tricked by a beautiful thief named Arianna who has stolen his priceless family dagger and then later by half senile old woman who delivers him false information. The Witch’s Revelation Ragor has battled his whole life with his identity, not knowing who or what he is. But it is only when his adopted people turn against him in the most vicious of ways that he is forced to confront the truth about himself.
Publisher: LB Books
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 71
Book Description
The Witches in Love Collection Part 3 & 4 12 Fantasy Fiction Romance Short Stories. Please note that each of these short stories can all be bought as a standalone single story, as well as in parts 3 and 4. The Lady Of The Woods Lord Godfrey Merton finds himself frustrated on taking the wrong path which sees him soon lost in the wild woodlands. The Prince’s Choice Prince David of Stratford has to make the choice of a wife from Lord Merton’s many daughters. A Journey’s Start Zachary is eager to embark on a new beginning far away from the mundane life he had once known. He had hoped for much adventure, but even he could not have foreseen that his fate would be entwined with a mystery woman possessing the most magical of voices and spirit. The Witch’s Secret Ronan is taken by surprise when his uncle Master Sultan brings back after his long travels a troop of prisoners from a distant land to which he is unfamiliar with. A Place Of Love And Magic Frazer was looking for a place of sanctuary when he ran away into the forbidden forest. A Place Of Love And Magic: The Return Princess Oona enters into the sacred forest with Tristan the stable master, hoping to find the one who has summoned her there. The Witch’s Sight Tessa can see what most people cannot, including the long voyage of her best friend Edward who will sail off leaving her to find his fortune. The Witch’s Promise Alanna promises to give Ramsey anything he wishes so long as he releases her unharmed. She presumed that he would want riches or power. The Witch’s Chosen Companion Maria has always cared for her carefree friend Ali, but the thought of leaving all she has known to start upon a long journey with him leaves her afraid. The Witch’s Kidnap When Cole kidnaps Edith from her chamber, he believes he has everything all under control and Edith entirely in his power. The Witch’s Deception Cassius is not having much luck of late. First tricked by a beautiful thief named Arianna who has stolen his priceless family dagger and then later by half senile old woman who delivers him false information. The Witch’s Revelation Ragor has battled his whole life with his identity, not knowing who or what he is. But it is only when his adopted people turn against him in the most vicious of ways that he is forced to confront the truth about himself.
Nobody yet Knows Who I Am
Author: Robert Ayres Carter
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1469123983
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
Nobody Yet Knows Who I Am: A Personal History: 1943 - 1953 is the second volume in Robert Ayres Carters memoir. The first volume, Sundays Child, was published in 2005 by Xlibris. This volume opens with the authors military service as an enlisted man in the United States Army in World War II, highlighted by a tour of duty in the China- Burma Theater. Returning to the States in 1946, Mr. Carters story then resumes with his career as a book salesman, a student in New York City, a Fulbright Scholar at the Sorbonne in Paris, and as an Instructor of French at Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri. The book closes in 1953, with Mr. Carter once again back in New York City, this time determined on a career as a professional writer.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1469123983
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
Nobody Yet Knows Who I Am: A Personal History: 1943 - 1953 is the second volume in Robert Ayres Carters memoir. The first volume, Sundays Child, was published in 2005 by Xlibris. This volume opens with the authors military service as an enlisted man in the United States Army in World War II, highlighted by a tour of duty in the China- Burma Theater. Returning to the States in 1946, Mr. Carters story then resumes with his career as a book salesman, a student in New York City, a Fulbright Scholar at the Sorbonne in Paris, and as an Instructor of French at Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri. The book closes in 1953, with Mr. Carter once again back in New York City, this time determined on a career as a professional writer.