Author: Adlai E. Stevenson
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 407
Book Description
Adlai E. Stevenson's 'Something of Men I Have Known' is a captivating collection of personal essays that delve into the complexities of human nature and provide insightful reflections on the author's experiences with various individuals. Stevenson's literary style is marked by profound introspection and keen observations, making the book a compelling read that offers readers a deep understanding of the intricacies of human relationships and behavior. Set against the backdrop of the mid-20th century, Stevenson's writings offer a glimpse into the social and political landscape of the time, shedding light on the values and ideals that shaped society. The book serves as a valuable contribution to the genre of memoir and offers a unique perspective on the human experience. Adlai E. Stevenson, known for his career in politics and diplomacy, brings a wealth of knowledge and insight to his writing, drawing from his personal encounters and interactions with a diverse array of individuals. His ability to distill complex emotions and motivations into thought-provoking prose demonstrates his talent as a writer and thinker. 'Something of Men I Have Known' is a must-read for anyone interested in delving into the intricacies of human nature and gaining a deeper understanding of the human experience.
Something of Men I Have Known
Author: Adlai E. Stevenson
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 407
Book Description
Adlai E. Stevenson's 'Something of Men I Have Known' is a captivating collection of personal essays that delve into the complexities of human nature and provide insightful reflections on the author's experiences with various individuals. Stevenson's literary style is marked by profound introspection and keen observations, making the book a compelling read that offers readers a deep understanding of the intricacies of human relationships and behavior. Set against the backdrop of the mid-20th century, Stevenson's writings offer a glimpse into the social and political landscape of the time, shedding light on the values and ideals that shaped society. The book serves as a valuable contribution to the genre of memoir and offers a unique perspective on the human experience. Adlai E. Stevenson, known for his career in politics and diplomacy, brings a wealth of knowledge and insight to his writing, drawing from his personal encounters and interactions with a diverse array of individuals. His ability to distill complex emotions and motivations into thought-provoking prose demonstrates his talent as a writer and thinker. 'Something of Men I Have Known' is a must-read for anyone interested in delving into the intricacies of human nature and gaining a deeper understanding of the human experience.
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 407
Book Description
Adlai E. Stevenson's 'Something of Men I Have Known' is a captivating collection of personal essays that delve into the complexities of human nature and provide insightful reflections on the author's experiences with various individuals. Stevenson's literary style is marked by profound introspection and keen observations, making the book a compelling read that offers readers a deep understanding of the intricacies of human relationships and behavior. Set against the backdrop of the mid-20th century, Stevenson's writings offer a glimpse into the social and political landscape of the time, shedding light on the values and ideals that shaped society. The book serves as a valuable contribution to the genre of memoir and offers a unique perspective on the human experience. Adlai E. Stevenson, known for his career in politics and diplomacy, brings a wealth of knowledge and insight to his writing, drawing from his personal encounters and interactions with a diverse array of individuals. His ability to distill complex emotions and motivations into thought-provoking prose demonstrates his talent as a writer and thinker. 'Something of Men I Have Known' is a must-read for anyone interested in delving into the intricacies of human nature and gaining a deeper understanding of the human experience.
I Who Have Never Known Men
Author: Jacqueline Harpman
Publisher: Seven Stories Press
ISBN: 9781888363432
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
A work of fantasy, I Who Have Never Known Men is the haunting and unforgettable account of a near future on a barren earth where women are kept in underground cages guarded by uniformed groups of men. It is narrated by the youngest of the women, the only one with no memory of what the world was like before the cages, who must teach herself, without books or sexual contact, the essential human emotions of longing, loving, learning, companionship, and dying. Part thriller, part mystery, I Who Have Never Known Men shows us the power of one person without memories to reinvent herself piece by piece, emotion by emotion, in the process teaching us much about what it means to be human.
Publisher: Seven Stories Press
ISBN: 9781888363432
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
A work of fantasy, I Who Have Never Known Men is the haunting and unforgettable account of a near future on a barren earth where women are kept in underground cages guarded by uniformed groups of men. It is narrated by the youngest of the women, the only one with no memory of what the world was like before the cages, who must teach herself, without books or sexual contact, the essential human emotions of longing, loving, learning, companionship, and dying. Part thriller, part mystery, I Who Have Never Known Men shows us the power of one person without memories to reinvent herself piece by piece, emotion by emotion, in the process teaching us much about what it means to be human.
Men Explain Things to Me
Author: Rebecca Solnit
Publisher: Haymarket Books
ISBN: 1608464571
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 145
Book Description
The National Book Critics Circle Award–winning author delivers a collection of essays that serve as the perfect “antidote to mansplaining” (The Stranger). In her comic, scathing essay “Men Explain Things to Me,” Rebecca Solnit took on what often goes wrong in conversations between men and women. She wrote about men who wrongly assume they know things and wrongly assume women don’t, about why this arises, and how this aspect of the gender wars works, airing some of her own hilariously awful encounters. She ends on a serious note— because the ultimate problem is the silencing of women who have something to say, including those saying things like, “He’s trying to kill me!” This book features that now-classic essay with six perfect complements, including an examination of the great feminist writer Virginia Woolf’s embrace of mystery, of not knowing, of doubt and ambiguity, a highly original inquiry into marriage equality, and a terrifying survey of the scope of contemporary violence against women. “In this series of personal but unsentimental essays, Solnit gives succinct shorthand to a familiar female experience that before had gone unarticulated, perhaps even unrecognized.” —The New York Times “Essential feminist reading.” —The New Republic “This slim book hums with power and wit.” —Boston Globe “Solnit tackles big themes of gender and power in these accessible essays. Honest and full of wit, this is an integral read that furthers the conversation on feminism and contemporary society.” —San Francisco Chronicle “Essential.” —Marketplace “Feminist, frequently funny, unflinchingly honest and often scathing in its conclusions.” —Salon
Publisher: Haymarket Books
ISBN: 1608464571
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 145
Book Description
The National Book Critics Circle Award–winning author delivers a collection of essays that serve as the perfect “antidote to mansplaining” (The Stranger). In her comic, scathing essay “Men Explain Things to Me,” Rebecca Solnit took on what often goes wrong in conversations between men and women. She wrote about men who wrongly assume they know things and wrongly assume women don’t, about why this arises, and how this aspect of the gender wars works, airing some of her own hilariously awful encounters. She ends on a serious note— because the ultimate problem is the silencing of women who have something to say, including those saying things like, “He’s trying to kill me!” This book features that now-classic essay with six perfect complements, including an examination of the great feminist writer Virginia Woolf’s embrace of mystery, of not knowing, of doubt and ambiguity, a highly original inquiry into marriage equality, and a terrifying survey of the scope of contemporary violence against women. “In this series of personal but unsentimental essays, Solnit gives succinct shorthand to a familiar female experience that before had gone unarticulated, perhaps even unrecognized.” —The New York Times “Essential feminist reading.” —The New Republic “This slim book hums with power and wit.” —Boston Globe “Solnit tackles big themes of gender and power in these accessible essays. Honest and full of wit, this is an integral read that furthers the conversation on feminism and contemporary society.” —San Francisco Chronicle “Essential.” —Marketplace “Feminist, frequently funny, unflinchingly honest and often scathing in its conclusions.” —Salon
A Man of Samples; Something about the men he met "On the Road"
Author: William H. Maher
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3387049854
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3387049854
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.
Report of Special Committee to Investigate the Indian Problem of the State of New York
Author: New York (State). Legislature. Assembly. Special Committee to Investigate the Indian Problem
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
The Determinants of Free Will
Author: James A. Easterbrook
Publisher: Academic Press
ISBN: 1483264815
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
The Determinants of Free Will: A Psychological Analysis of Responsible, Adjustive Behavior deals with the concept of personal adjustment as freedom of will and a personal responsibility. The book reviews the definitions, rationale, and general framework of concepts of free will, responsibility, and other terminologies. The text explains the determinants of free will; it also analyzes 1) educated intelligence and 2) efficacy as the determinants of mental health or proper personal adjustment. The text explains the philosophy of Kurt Goldstein and cites references to evidence pointing to the differences in thought among people who have forward-looking or situation-dependent behaviors. The issue of independence in a social context is also discussed. This topic includes the determinants of maladjustments and self-disciplined members of society. The text also examines motivation and informational independence through literature dealing with mechanisms of behavioral autonomy. The book also reviews the sharing of freedom and the limits to freedom of will. The text is suitable for psychologists, psychoanalysts, guidance counselors, child educators, and behavioral therapists.
Publisher: Academic Press
ISBN: 1483264815
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
The Determinants of Free Will: A Psychological Analysis of Responsible, Adjustive Behavior deals with the concept of personal adjustment as freedom of will and a personal responsibility. The book reviews the definitions, rationale, and general framework of concepts of free will, responsibility, and other terminologies. The text explains the determinants of free will; it also analyzes 1) educated intelligence and 2) efficacy as the determinants of mental health or proper personal adjustment. The text explains the philosophy of Kurt Goldstein and cites references to evidence pointing to the differences in thought among people who have forward-looking or situation-dependent behaviors. The issue of independence in a social context is also discussed. This topic includes the determinants of maladjustments and self-disciplined members of society. The text also examines motivation and informational independence through literature dealing with mechanisms of behavioral autonomy. The book also reviews the sharing of freedom and the limits to freedom of will. The text is suitable for psychologists, psychoanalysts, guidance counselors, child educators, and behavioral therapists.
Men who Have Made the Empire
Author: George Griffith
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
The Red Cross Magazine
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Red Cross
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Red Cross
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
Let Something Good Be Said
Author: Frances E. Willard
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 0252056493
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 235
Book Description
The definitive collection of speeches and writings of one of America's most important social reformers Celebrated as the most famous woman in America at the time of her death in 1898, Frances E. Willard was a leading nineteenth-century American temperance and women's rights reformer and a powerful orator. President of Evanston College for Ladies (before it merged with Northwestern University) and then professor of rhetoric and aesthetics and the first dean of women at Northwestern, Willard is best known for leading the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU), America's largest women's organization. The WCTU shaped both domestic and international opinion on major political, economic, and social reform issues, including temperance, women's rights, and the rising labor movement. In what Willard regarded as her most important and far-reaching reform, she championed a new ideal of a powerful, independent womanhood and encouraged women to become active agents of social change. Willard's reputation as a powerful reformer reached its height with her election as president of the National Council of Women in 1888. This definitive collection follows Willard's public reform career, providing primary documents as well as the historical context necessary to clearly demonstrate her skill as a speaker and writer who addressed audiences as diverse as political conventions, national women's organizations, teen girls, state legislators, church groups, and temperance advocates. Including Willard's representative speeches and published writings on everything from temperance and women's rights to the new labor movement and Christian socialism, Let Something Good Be Said is the first volume to collect the messages of one of America's most important social reformers who inspired a generation of women to activism.
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 0252056493
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 235
Book Description
The definitive collection of speeches and writings of one of America's most important social reformers Celebrated as the most famous woman in America at the time of her death in 1898, Frances E. Willard was a leading nineteenth-century American temperance and women's rights reformer and a powerful orator. President of Evanston College for Ladies (before it merged with Northwestern University) and then professor of rhetoric and aesthetics and the first dean of women at Northwestern, Willard is best known for leading the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU), America's largest women's organization. The WCTU shaped both domestic and international opinion on major political, economic, and social reform issues, including temperance, women's rights, and the rising labor movement. In what Willard regarded as her most important and far-reaching reform, she championed a new ideal of a powerful, independent womanhood and encouraged women to become active agents of social change. Willard's reputation as a powerful reformer reached its height with her election as president of the National Council of Women in 1888. This definitive collection follows Willard's public reform career, providing primary documents as well as the historical context necessary to clearly demonstrate her skill as a speaker and writer who addressed audiences as diverse as political conventions, national women's organizations, teen girls, state legislators, church groups, and temperance advocates. Including Willard's representative speeches and published writings on everything from temperance and women's rights to the new labor movement and Christian socialism, Let Something Good Be Said is the first volume to collect the messages of one of America's most important social reformers who inspired a generation of women to activism.
X-Men
Author: Various
Publisher: Marvel Entertainment
ISBN: 1302481002
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 383
Book Description
Missing for months, Professor X seemingly returns - and debuts an All-Newer, All-Different team of X-Men! But when this new group kidnaps Shadowcat, something seems off to the real X-Men. When the truth is revealed, it'll spark a globetrotting hunt for Charles Xavier! The search will lead to a showdown with the re-formed, but far from reformed, Brotherhood of Evil Mutants...and reveal the menace of Cerebro! But for the Children of the Atom to survive, must Professor X die? Plus, Gambit's back! But so is the Juggernaut! Meanwhile, Colossus has a ghostly Christmas, Kitty Pryde and Marrow play cat and mouse with the terrorist Flag-Smasher, and the X-Men find themselves trapped in a land of epic fantasy! CollectingÿUncanny X-Men (1963) #360-365; X-Men (1991) #80-84, 1/2; X-Men Unlimited (1993) #22.
Publisher: Marvel Entertainment
ISBN: 1302481002
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 383
Book Description
Missing for months, Professor X seemingly returns - and debuts an All-Newer, All-Different team of X-Men! But when this new group kidnaps Shadowcat, something seems off to the real X-Men. When the truth is revealed, it'll spark a globetrotting hunt for Charles Xavier! The search will lead to a showdown with the re-formed, but far from reformed, Brotherhood of Evil Mutants...and reveal the menace of Cerebro! But for the Children of the Atom to survive, must Professor X die? Plus, Gambit's back! But so is the Juggernaut! Meanwhile, Colossus has a ghostly Christmas, Kitty Pryde and Marrow play cat and mouse with the terrorist Flag-Smasher, and the X-Men find themselves trapped in a land of epic fantasy! CollectingÿUncanny X-Men (1963) #360-365; X-Men (1991) #80-84, 1/2; X-Men Unlimited (1993) #22.