Author: Norman Manea
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300197802
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 401
Book Description
At the center of The Hooligan’s Return is the author himself, always an outcast, on a bleak lifelong journey through Nazism and communism to exile in America. But while Norman Manea’s book is in many ways a memoir, it is also a deeply imaginative work, traversing time and place, life and literature, dream and reality, past and present. Autobiographical events merge with historic elements, always connecting the individual with the collective destiny. Manea speaks of the bloodiest time of the twentieth century and of the emergence afterward of a global, competitive, and sometimes cynical modern society. Both a harrowing memoir and an ambitious epic project, The Hooligan’s Return achieves a subtle internal harmony as anxiety evolves into a delicate irony and a burlesque fantasy. Beautifully written and brilliantly conceived, this is the work of a writer with an acute understanding of the vast human potential for both evil and kindness, obedience and integrity.
The Impossible Return
Author: Abebe Zegeye
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781569024126
Category : Ethiopia
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
"This book tells the story about an African Jewish community known as the Beta Israel that used to live in the northern part of Ethiopia. They were repatriated to Israel in many waves with the aid of the Israeli government and the Jewish Diaspora. The Beta Israel had struggled and faced hardships in order to live out their destiny which was to migrate to the Promised Land. However, their struggle did not stop there. They have had to struggle again to overcome unexpected and new challenges after their long anticipated migration. The book is organized around these two issues"--
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781569024126
Category : Ethiopia
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
"This book tells the story about an African Jewish community known as the Beta Israel that used to live in the northern part of Ethiopia. They were repatriated to Israel in many waves with the aid of the Israeli government and the Jewish Diaspora. The Beta Israel had struggled and faced hardships in order to live out their destiny which was to migrate to the Promised Land. However, their struggle did not stop there. They have had to struggle again to overcome unexpected and new challenges after their long anticipated migration. The book is organized around these two issues"--
Return to Sender
Author: Julia Alvarez
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0375891617
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 267
Book Description
After Tyler's father is injured in a tractor accident, his family hires migrant Mexican workers to help save their Vermont farm from foreclosure. Tyler isn’ t sure what to make of these workers. Are they undocumented? And what about the three daughters, particularly Mari, the oldest, who is proud of her Mexican heritage but also increasingly connected her American life. Her family lives in constant fear of being discovered by the authorities and sent back to the poverty they left behind in Mexico. Can Tyler and Mari find a way to be friends despite their differences? In a novel full of hope, but no easy answers, Julia Alvarez weaves a beautiful and timely story that will stay with readers long after they finish it.
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0375891617
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 267
Book Description
After Tyler's father is injured in a tractor accident, his family hires migrant Mexican workers to help save their Vermont farm from foreclosure. Tyler isn’ t sure what to make of these workers. Are they undocumented? And what about the three daughters, particularly Mari, the oldest, who is proud of her Mexican heritage but also increasingly connected her American life. Her family lives in constant fear of being discovered by the authorities and sent back to the poverty they left behind in Mexico. Can Tyler and Mari find a way to be friends despite their differences? In a novel full of hope, but no easy answers, Julia Alvarez weaves a beautiful and timely story that will stay with readers long after they finish it.
The Return
Author: Rachel Harrison
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0593641671
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
A group of friends reunite after one of them has returned from a mysterious two-year disappearance in this edgy and haunting debut. Julie is missing, and no one believes she will ever return—except Elise. Elise knows Julie better than anyone, and feels it in her bones that her best friend is out there and that one day Julie will come back. She’s right. Two years to the day that Julie went missing, she reappears with no memory of where she’s been or what happened to her. Along with Molly and Mae, their two close friends from college, the women decide to reunite at a remote inn. But the second Elise sees Julie, she knows something is wrong—she’s emaciated, with sallow skin and odd appetites. And as the weekend unfurls, it becomes impossible to deny that the Julie who vanished two years ago is not the same Julie who came back. But then who—or what—is she?
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0593641671
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
A group of friends reunite after one of them has returned from a mysterious two-year disappearance in this edgy and haunting debut. Julie is missing, and no one believes she will ever return—except Elise. Elise knows Julie better than anyone, and feels it in her bones that her best friend is out there and that one day Julie will come back. She’s right. Two years to the day that Julie went missing, she reappears with no memory of where she’s been or what happened to her. Along with Molly and Mae, their two close friends from college, the women decide to reunite at a remote inn. But the second Elise sees Julie, she knows something is wrong—she’s emaciated, with sallow skin and odd appetites. And as the weekend unfurls, it becomes impossible to deny that the Julie who vanished two years ago is not the same Julie who came back. But then who—or what—is she?
Return from the Stars
Author: Stanisław Lem
Publisher: New York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Hal Bregg is an astronaut who returns from a space mission in which only 10 biological years have passed for him, while 127 years have elapsed on earth. He finds that the earth has changed beyond recognition, filled with human beings who have been medically neutralized. How does an astronaut join a civilization that shuns risk? Translated by Barbara Marszal and Frank Simpson. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book
Publisher: New York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Hal Bregg is an astronaut who returns from a space mission in which only 10 biological years have passed for him, while 127 years have elapsed on earth. He finds that the earth has changed beyond recognition, filled with human beings who have been medically neutralized. How does an astronaut join a civilization that shuns risk? Translated by Barbara Marszal and Frank Simpson. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book
Gods from Outer Space
Author: Erich von Daniken
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
The Hooligan's Return
Author: Norman Manea
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300197802
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 401
Book Description
At the center of The Hooligan’s Return is the author himself, always an outcast, on a bleak lifelong journey through Nazism and communism to exile in America. But while Norman Manea’s book is in many ways a memoir, it is also a deeply imaginative work, traversing time and place, life and literature, dream and reality, past and present. Autobiographical events merge with historic elements, always connecting the individual with the collective destiny. Manea speaks of the bloodiest time of the twentieth century and of the emergence afterward of a global, competitive, and sometimes cynical modern society. Both a harrowing memoir and an ambitious epic project, The Hooligan’s Return achieves a subtle internal harmony as anxiety evolves into a delicate irony and a burlesque fantasy. Beautifully written and brilliantly conceived, this is the work of a writer with an acute understanding of the vast human potential for both evil and kindness, obedience and integrity.
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300197802
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 401
Book Description
At the center of The Hooligan’s Return is the author himself, always an outcast, on a bleak lifelong journey through Nazism and communism to exile in America. But while Norman Manea’s book is in many ways a memoir, it is also a deeply imaginative work, traversing time and place, life and literature, dream and reality, past and present. Autobiographical events merge with historic elements, always connecting the individual with the collective destiny. Manea speaks of the bloodiest time of the twentieth century and of the emergence afterward of a global, competitive, and sometimes cynical modern society. Both a harrowing memoir and an ambitious epic project, The Hooligan’s Return achieves a subtle internal harmony as anxiety evolves into a delicate irony and a burlesque fantasy. Beautifully written and brilliantly conceived, this is the work of a writer with an acute understanding of the vast human potential for both evil and kindness, obedience and integrity.
The Return
Author: Lacey Sturm
Publisher: Baker Books
ISBN: 1493412663
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
It's easy to go through days, weeks, even years on autopilot, moving from one activity to another, rarely taking the time to consider what it's all for anyway. Why did God make us? What does he want us to do with the time he has given us? And how can we find out? In her bestselling story-driven style, Christian rocker Lacey Sturm shares with readers the beautiful struggle of learning what one's unique gifts are and pursuing them wholeheartedly. She helps them see each day as a gift from God, find balance in their busy lives, and discover the joy of giving God's gifts back to him by using them to bring him glory. Young people especially will love this openhanded and openhearted take on what to do with their lives, as will those who feel like they've been coasting or heading down the wrong path.
Publisher: Baker Books
ISBN: 1493412663
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
It's easy to go through days, weeks, even years on autopilot, moving from one activity to another, rarely taking the time to consider what it's all for anyway. Why did God make us? What does he want us to do with the time he has given us? And how can we find out? In her bestselling story-driven style, Christian rocker Lacey Sturm shares with readers the beautiful struggle of learning what one's unique gifts are and pursuing them wholeheartedly. She helps them see each day as a gift from God, find balance in their busy lives, and discover the joy of giving God's gifts back to him by using them to bring him glory. Young people especially will love this openhanded and openhearted take on what to do with their lives, as will those who feel like they've been coasting or heading down the wrong path.
The Point of No Return
Author: Rick Renner
Publisher: Destiny Image Publishers
ISBN: 1606838571
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
Adventure beyond anything you’ve ever imagined awaits you! You’ve reached a crossroads in your life, and you know it. If you’re ever going to step out and obey what God is asking you to do, it’s now or never. Your heart calls for you to reach for the adventure of a lifetime. It’s scary to do something you’ve never done, but that’s exactly what it’ll take for you to accomplish more than you’ve already done. The unknown and its risks may seem daunting, but the alternative of remaining trapped in mediocrity because you refused to try is an unbearable thought. Yet you can’t help but wonder, What should I do now? In his classic and updated message, The Point of No Return, Rick Renner presents a clear, no-nonsense approach to help you prepare for and carry out each new assignment God gives you in pursuit of His purpose for your life. God’s grace is sufficient, and His wisdom will instruct and equip you to do His will. Are you willing to trust Him by stepping out to cross your own personal point of no return?
Publisher: Destiny Image Publishers
ISBN: 1606838571
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
Adventure beyond anything you’ve ever imagined awaits you! You’ve reached a crossroads in your life, and you know it. If you’re ever going to step out and obey what God is asking you to do, it’s now or never. Your heart calls for you to reach for the adventure of a lifetime. It’s scary to do something you’ve never done, but that’s exactly what it’ll take for you to accomplish more than you’ve already done. The unknown and its risks may seem daunting, but the alternative of remaining trapped in mediocrity because you refused to try is an unbearable thought. Yet you can’t help but wonder, What should I do now? In his classic and updated message, The Point of No Return, Rick Renner presents a clear, no-nonsense approach to help you prepare for and carry out each new assignment God gives you in pursuit of His purpose for your life. God’s grace is sufficient, and His wisdom will instruct and equip you to do His will. Are you willing to trust Him by stepping out to cross your own personal point of no return?
Return Statements
Author: Gregg Lambert
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 1474413935
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Gregg Lambert examines two facets of the return to religion in the 21st century: the resurgence of overtly religious themes in contemporary philosophy and the global 'post-secular' turn that has been taking place since 9/11. He asks how these two 'returns to religion' can be taking place simultaneously, and explores the relationship between them. Lambert reflects on statements of these returns from contemporary philosophers including Alain Badiou, John D. Caputo, Jacques Derrida and Jean-Luc Nancy. He discovers a unique - and forboding - sense of the term 'religion' that belongs exclusively to our contemporary perspective.
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 1474413935
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Gregg Lambert examines two facets of the return to religion in the 21st century: the resurgence of overtly religious themes in contemporary philosophy and the global 'post-secular' turn that has been taking place since 9/11. He asks how these two 'returns to religion' can be taking place simultaneously, and explores the relationship between them. Lambert reflects on statements of these returns from contemporary philosophers including Alain Badiou, John D. Caputo, Jacques Derrida and Jean-Luc Nancy. He discovers a unique - and forboding - sense of the term 'religion' that belongs exclusively to our contemporary perspective.
The Return to Cosmology
Author: Stephen Edelston Toulmin
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520054653
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520054653
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description