Author: W. Awdry
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781855912083
Category : Children's stories
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Percy's Predicament
Author: W. Awdry
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781855912083
Category : Children's stories
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781855912083
Category : Children's stories
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Lost in the Cosmos
Author: Walker Percy
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1453216340
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
“A mock self-help book designed not to help but to provoke . . . to inveigle us into thinking about who we are and how we got into this mess.” (Los Angeles Times Book Review). Filled with quizzes, essays, short stories, and diagrams, Lost in the Cosmos is National Book Award–winning author Walker Percy’s humorous take on a familiar genre—as well as an invitation to serious contemplation of life’s biggest questions. One part parody and two parts philosophy, Lost in the Cosmos is an enlightening guide to the dilemmas of human existence, and an unrivaled spin on self-help manuals by one of modern America’s greatest literary masters.
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1453216340
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
“A mock self-help book designed not to help but to provoke . . . to inveigle us into thinking about who we are and how we got into this mess.” (Los Angeles Times Book Review). Filled with quizzes, essays, short stories, and diagrams, Lost in the Cosmos is National Book Award–winning author Walker Percy’s humorous take on a familiar genre—as well as an invitation to serious contemplation of life’s biggest questions. One part parody and two parts philosophy, Lost in the Cosmos is an enlightening guide to the dilemmas of human existence, and an unrivaled spin on self-help manuals by one of modern America’s greatest literary masters.
The Moviegoer
Author: Walker Percy
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1453216251
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
In this National Book Award–winning novel from a “brilliantly breathtaking writer,” a young Southerner searches for meaning in the midst of Mardi Gras (The New York Times Book Review). On the cusp of his thirtieth birthday, Binx Bolling is a lost soul. A stockbroker and member of an established New Orleans family, Binx’s one escape is the movie theater that transports him from the falseness of his life. With Mardi Gras in full swing, Binx, along with his cousin Kate, sets out to find his true purpose amid the excesses of the carnival that surrounds him. Buoyant yet powerful, The Moviegoer is a poignant indictment of modern values, and an unforgettable story of a week that will change two lives forever. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Walker Percy including rare photos from the author’s estate.
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1453216251
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
In this National Book Award–winning novel from a “brilliantly breathtaking writer,” a young Southerner searches for meaning in the midst of Mardi Gras (The New York Times Book Review). On the cusp of his thirtieth birthday, Binx Bolling is a lost soul. A stockbroker and member of an established New Orleans family, Binx’s one escape is the movie theater that transports him from the falseness of his life. With Mardi Gras in full swing, Binx, along with his cousin Kate, sets out to find his true purpose amid the excesses of the carnival that surrounds him. Buoyant yet powerful, The Moviegoer is a poignant indictment of modern values, and an unforgettable story of a week that will change two lives forever. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Walker Percy including rare photos from the author’s estate.
Daisy
Author: W. Awdry
Publisher: Egmont Books (UK)
ISBN: 9781405234764
Category : Children's stories
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Each book in this series features one of Thomas the Tank Engine's very good friends.
Publisher: Egmont Books (UK)
ISBN: 9781405234764
Category : Children's stories
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Each book in this series features one of Thomas the Tank Engine's very good friends.
Walker Percy and the Crisis of Meaning
Author: Justin N. Bonanno
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3031370236
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 203
Book Description
In this book, Justin N. Bonanno builds off of the recent philosophical work on Walker Percy’s writings. While it is valuable to appreciate Percy as a novelist, Bonanno approaches Percy from the perspective of Continental philosophy and the rhetorical tradition. Unpacking the works of several key authors that influenced Percy (e.g. Sartre and Heidegger), Bonanno offers a fresh philosophical account of Percy's ideas concerning the relationship between symbols and existence. In particular, he focuses on how Percy’s ideas emerge from the thought of Ernst Cassirer, Susanne Langer, Jacques Maritain, Jean-Paul Sartre, Gabriel Marcel, Martin Heidegger, Viktor Shklovsky, Søren Kierkegaard, and St. Thomas Aquinas.
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3031370236
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 203
Book Description
In this book, Justin N. Bonanno builds off of the recent philosophical work on Walker Percy’s writings. While it is valuable to appreciate Percy as a novelist, Bonanno approaches Percy from the perspective of Continental philosophy and the rhetorical tradition. Unpacking the works of several key authors that influenced Percy (e.g. Sartre and Heidegger), Bonanno offers a fresh philosophical account of Percy's ideas concerning the relationship between symbols and existence. In particular, he focuses on how Percy’s ideas emerge from the thought of Ernst Cassirer, Susanne Langer, Jacques Maritain, Jean-Paul Sartre, Gabriel Marcel, Martin Heidegger, Viktor Shklovsky, Søren Kierkegaard, and St. Thomas Aquinas.
Signposts in a Strange Land
Author: Walker Percy
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1453216375
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
Writings on the South, Catholicism, and more from the National Book Award winner: “His nonfiction is always entertaining and enlightening” (Library Journal). Published just after Walker Percy’s death, Signposts in a Strange Land takes readers through the philosophical, religious, and literary ideas of one of the South’s most profound and unique thinkers. Each essay is laced with wit and insight into the human condition. From race relations and the mysteries of existence, to Catholicism and the joys of drinking bourbon, this collection offers a window into the underpinnings of Percy’s celebrated novels and brings to light the stirring thoughts and voice of a giant of twentieth century literature.
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1453216375
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
Writings on the South, Catholicism, and more from the National Book Award winner: “His nonfiction is always entertaining and enlightening” (Library Journal). Published just after Walker Percy’s death, Signposts in a Strange Land takes readers through the philosophical, religious, and literary ideas of one of the South’s most profound and unique thinkers. Each essay is laced with wit and insight into the human condition. From race relations and the mysteries of existence, to Catholicism and the joys of drinking bourbon, this collection offers a window into the underpinnings of Percy’s celebrated novels and brings to light the stirring thoughts and voice of a giant of twentieth century literature.
Branch Line Engines
Author: Wilbert Awdry
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780603575518
Category : Children's stories, English
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A collection of four stories chronicling the adventures of several railway engines.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780603575518
Category : Children's stories, English
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A collection of four stories chronicling the adventures of several railway engines.
Walker Percy's Search for Community
Author: John F. Desmond
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 9780820325880
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
In this criticism of Percy, John F. Desmond traces the writer's enduring concerns with community. These concerns, Desmond argues, were grounded in the realism of such Scholastics as Aquinas and Duns Scotus.
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 9780820325880
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
In this criticism of Percy, John F. Desmond traces the writer's enduring concerns with community. These concerns, Desmond argues, were grounded in the realism of such Scholastics as Aquinas and Duns Scotus.
Percy and Harold
Author: W. Awdry
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780439338363
Category : Helicopters
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description
In the first story, being cheeky Percy the tank engine gets in trouble then runs away. In the second story, Percy meets Harold the helicopter and races him.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780439338363
Category : Helicopters
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description
In the first story, being cheeky Percy the tank engine gets in trouble then runs away. In the second story, Percy meets Harold the helicopter and races him.
Walker Percy's Sacramental Landscapes
Author: Allen Pridgen
Publisher: Susquehanna University Press
ISBN: 9781575910406
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
Sometimes oblivious to the sacramental signs of life, sometimes clear-eyed, both Will at the end of The Second Coming and Tom at the end of The Thanatos Syndrome finally assent to the wondrous possibilities these signs signify. They begin to believe in the possibilities for a life that waits for them on the horizon and down the road."--BOOK JACKET.
Publisher: Susquehanna University Press
ISBN: 9781575910406
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
Sometimes oblivious to the sacramental signs of life, sometimes clear-eyed, both Will at the end of The Second Coming and Tom at the end of The Thanatos Syndrome finally assent to the wondrous possibilities these signs signify. They begin to believe in the possibilities for a life that waits for them on the horizon and down the road."--BOOK JACKET.