Download or read book Bacchanalian Romp written by Larry Stewart and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013-07-11 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story opens in 1962 a few miles south of San Francisco. Brian Conners, a freshman in college, majoring in cartoon animation and drama, has just broken up with his girlfriend of 3 years. Brian meets Lee Thorndyke at an 8AM creative writing class. Lee invites Brian to a Mung City party at his parents house in the posh town of Hillsborough. Several hundred bacchanalian and maenad party mongers, wearing togas, sarongs, buskins and wreaths were dancing the Dipsomania Shuffle in the street. They all looked professional. After looting vintage wines from a cabana bar, Brian recites some gibberish poetry and is admitted into Mung City, being granted the honorary title of Silenus, a companion to the god of wine, Dionysus. From high up in a tree at a Tarzan and Jane party, wearing furry breeches, Brian spots Nicole. Brian has his first date with the girl of his dreams, Nicole. Watching Nicole and two of her girlfriends perform Beethovens Opus 56 in C major at a church in San Mateo, Brian falls madly in love with Nicole. Nicole and Brian, and another couple encounter a horrifying storm on the way to Clearlake for some serious water skiing competition. The road is too dangerous to continue so they check into a motel. Lying in bed together becomes a delightful habit until they get busted by Nicoles mother at Brians cottage, two houses away from Nicoles house. They are caught again, dancing in their underwear aboard Nicoles parents yacht by her father. Nicole attends a Mung City bash for the first time. The maenads are dressed as flapper molls and the bacchanalians are dressed as mobsters. Lee and 3 of his good friends strap on electric guitars and perform the rock opera ballet Bacchanalian Romp. Nicole and her bitch friend find a girl stashed inside a closet in Brians cottage. With the help of his good friends, Brian manages to convince Nicole that it was sheer happenstance. Nicole takes Brian to her sacred hideaway, a cave on one of the Farralon Islands. Brian is shocked when he finds out that Lee has taken acid when he asks him to be one of his six best-men at his wedding. The wedding preparations begin. Brian is in for some incredible surprises on the day he marries Nicole at the Grace Cathedral on Nob Hill in San Francisco. Bacchanalian Romp is a smash hit on Broadway.
Download or read book Sehnsucht The C S Lewis Journal written by Grayson Carter and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2009-02-18 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal, established by the Arizona C. S. Lewis Society in 2007, is the only peer-reviewed journal devoted to the study of C. S. Lewis and his writings published anywhere in the world. It exists to promote literary, theological, historical, biographical, philosophical, bibliographical and cultural interest (broadly defined) in Lewis and his writings. The journal includes articles, review essays, book reviews, film reviews and play reviews, bibliographical material, poetry, interviews, editorials, and announcements of Lewis-related conferences, events and publications. Its readership is aimed at academic scholars from a wide variety of disciplines, as well as learned non-scholars and Lewis enthusiasts. At this time, Sehnsucht is published once a year.
Download or read book Jack Lewis and His American Cousin Nat Hawthorne written by D. G. Kehl and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2013-03-29 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When he was a student at Oxford University, C. S. Lewis wrote to a friend expressing his great admiration of and enthusiasm for the novels of Nathaniel Hawthorne, particularly The House of the Seven Gables and Transformation (British title of The Marble Faun). This study examines the parallels between these two kindred spirits and their works, focusing on their similar worldviews, their personal backgrounds and lifestyles, and the "Ultimates" they both pondered. It discusses common themes in their works, such as myth, scientism, and "the great power of blackness." Their respective attitudes toward these issues and others, such as faith, repentance, heaven and hell, confession, church attendance, the clergy, and Puritanism are strikingly similar. Considerable attention is given to "companion pieces" of the two writers, with discussion of the so-called "Fortunate Fall" in The Marble Faun and Perelandra, veil imagery in "The Minister's Black Veil," The Blithedale Romance, and Till We Have Faces, influence of Bunyan's allegory on The Pilgrim's Regress and "The Celestial Railroad," and multiform love in The Four Loves and The House of the Seven Gables. Examination of such affinities between these two writers and their works provides mutual illumination and enhanced appreciation of each.
Download or read book C S Lewis written by William Gray and published by Writers and Their Work (Paperb. This book was released on 1998 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The works of C.S. Lewis appeal widely to a variety of audiences. Lewis is probably most famous for the best-selling Chronicles of Narnia, though William Nicholson's play Shadowlands will have led many readers to Lewis's own account of his tragic bereavement in A Grief Observed. Lewis enjoyed (to the chagrin of his academic colleagues) a tremendous success as a popular theologian. He was also a successful science fiction writer. And last, but by no means least, he was a brilliant and original academic in the field of English Literature. This book weaves together the very different elements in the complex phenomenon of C.S. Lewis, and relates the central concerns of Lewis's life and work to current thinking about psychoanalysis, postmodernism, and the idea of 'a new Humanism'.
Download or read book Chronicles of Transformation written by Leonard J. DeLorenzo and published by Ignatius Press. This book was released on 2022-07-01 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a world grown cold without wonder, how do we reimagine the drama and joy of Christianity? For C. S. Lewis, the answer was to invite us into Narnia, a new world that would help us see our own with fresh, healed eyes. Even now, it is not too late to go there. When Lewis wrote his Chronicles of Narnia, he laid out a land where courage would be tested and character forged—where travelers would find themselves on a journey toward unimaginable beauty. The stories are not for children alone. They touch the mind and soul of anyone who is open to becoming childlike again, including adults who have become too weighed down by life to enjoy its simple glories. The Chronicles of Transformation, edited by University of Notre Dame professor Leonard J. DeLorenzo, is a collaborative work between scholars and artists, aimed to open adult readers' eyes and hearts to the transformative power of Lewis' Narnia, book by book. Jesus teaches,"Unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven." The Chronicles of Narnia, read anew, can help us do just that. Includes seven original illustrations by Stephen Barany.
Download or read book Women in Dada written by Naomi Sawelson-Gorse and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 720 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: his book is the first to make the case that women's changing role in European and American society was critical to Dada.
Download or read book One Click Buy May 2009 Harlequin Presents written by Penny Jordan and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2009-05-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One-Click Buy: May 2009 Harlequin Presents by Penny Jordan,Lucy Monroe,Robyn Donald,Susan Stephens,Catherine Spencer released on May 1, 2009 is available now for purchase.
Download or read book The Andalucian Coast to Coast Walk written by Guy Hunter-Watts and published by Cicerone Press Limited. This book was released on 2018-07-10 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Devised with the aim of linking the two great seas that cradle Andalucía, the Andalucian Coast to Coast Walk crosses the heart of southern Spain, from the small Mediterranean village of Maro to Bolonia beach on the Atlantic seaboard, a day's walk from the bustling port of Tarifa. A village-to-village walk, the 416km trail follows the Penibetic mountain range across the provinces of Málaga, Granada and Cádiz, passing through six beautiful Natural Parks and visiting some of the region's most picturesque and characterful towns and villages, including Ronda. This guide presents the waymarked route in 21 day stages, each with clear route description and mapping and notes on the villages and other local points of interest. You'll find all the practical information needed to plan and execute a successful trip, with advice on when to go, transport, accommodation and food. Useful contacts and a Spanish-English glossary can be found in the appendices. Boasting magnificent mountain scenery, charming villages and a rich and fascinating history, it is little surprise that Andalucía has long been popular with visitors. The Andalucian Coast to Coast Walk showcases the vibrant culture and enchanting landscapes for which the region is famed: it takes in mountain views and dramatic gorges, flower-strewn valleys and cultivated fruit groves, with highlights including Moorish Ronda, Roman ruins at Bolonia and the traditional 'pueblos blancos' (white villages).
Download or read book Planet Narnia written by Michael Ward and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2008-01-15 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For over half a century, scholars have laboured to show that C. S. Lewis's famed but apparently disorganised Chronicles of Narnia have an underlying symbolic coherence, pointing to such possible unifying themes as the seven sacraments, the seven deadly sins, and the seven books of Spenser's Faerie Queene. None of these explanations has won general acceptance and the structure of Narnia's symbolism has remained a mystery. Michael Ward has finally solved the enigma. In Planet Narnia he demonstrates that medieval cosmology, a subject which fascinated Lewis throughout his life, provides the imaginative key to the seven novels. Drawing on the whole range of Lewis's writings (including previously unpublished drafts of the Chronicles), Ward reveals how the Narnia stories were designed to express the characteristics of the seven medieval planets - - Jupiter, Mars, Sol, Luna, Mercury, Venus, and Saturn - - planets which Lewis described as "spiritual symbols of permanent value" and "especially worthwhile in our own generation". Using these seven symbols, Lewis secretly constructed the Chronicles so that in each book the plot-line, the ornamental details, and, most important, the portrayal of the Christ-figure of Aslan, all serve to communicate the governing planetary personality. The cosmological theme of each Chronicle is what Lewis called 'the kappa element in romance', the atmospheric essence of a story, everywhere present but nowhere explicit. The reader inhabits this atmosphere and thus imaginatively gains conna?tre knowledge of the spiritual character which the tale was created to embody. Planet Narnia is a ground-breaking study that will provoke a major revaluation not only of the Chronicles, but of Lewis's whole literary and theological outlook. Ward uncovers a much subtler writer and thinker than has previously been recognized, whose central interests were hiddenness, immanence, and knowledge by acquaintance.
Download or read book Edmund Wilson written by Lewis M. Dabney and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2005 with total page 677 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Jazz Age through the McCarthy era, Edmund Wilson (1895-1972) stood at the center of the American cultural scene. In this biography, Dabney shows why Wilson was and has remained a model for young writers and intellectuals, as well as the favorite critic of the general reader.
Download or read book THE EPICENE CLUB written by Mike P Ireland and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-04-13 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It charts the life of a demure young girl called Hilary. After graduating, she has only known a life looking after her invalid mother until a new lecturer arrives at Llanrheidol.
Download or read book The Delta Solution written by Patrick Robinson and published by Canelo. This book was released on 2019-01-31 with total page 499 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A daring mission deep into enemy waters... Operating out of the Indian Ocean, a heavily armed and professional team of Somali pirates, known as the ‘Somali Marines’, have been capturing large cargo ships in order to ransom them for huge sums of money, enraging the Pentagon. Tensions reach boiling point after they seize two United States ships, and demand 15 million dollars. Against all advice, the ship owners pay up, causing the US military to form an elite hit squad, charged with eliminating the pirates’ operation. Battle-hardened veteran Mack Bedford is deployed to SEAL Team 10 to form The Delta Platoon. His objective: to go the Indian Ocean and obliterate the Somali Marines once and for all. Mack Bedford returns once more in The Delta Solution, his most exciting adventure yet, perfect for fans of James Deegan, Brad Thor and Clive Cussler.
Download or read book The Secrets of a Small English Village written by Roy Gould and published by Austin Macauley Publishers. This book was released on 2021-10-29 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The village’s matriarch, Chantry Bowman-Leggett, has a dilemma. Thirteen dead bodies have been found in the Old Rectory after attending a ‘Swingers party’. Does she call the police or would it be better for the village if the bodies were just made to disappear? Along with the dead bodies, there are secrets buried in the village. And then Detective Inspector Lore comes sniffing around and even more drastic action is called for...
Download or read book Are Men Necessary written by Maureen Dowd and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2005-11-08 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Outspoken, Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times Op-Ed columnist Maureen Dowd tackles the hot-button topic of gender politics in this “funny, biting, and incisive take on women's place in American society today” (Library Journal). Are men afraid of smart, successful women? Why did feminism fizzle? Why are so many of today’s women freezing their faces and emotions in an orgy of plasticity? Is “having it all” just a cruel hoax? In this witty and wide-ranging book, Maureen Dowd looks at the state of the sexual union, raising bold questions and examining everything from economics and presidential politics to pop culture and the “why?” of the Y chromosome. In our ever-changing culture where locker room talk has become the talk of the town, Are Men Necessary? will intrigue Dowd's devoted readers—and anyone trying to sort out the chaos that occurs when sexes collide. THE INSPIRATION FOR WHITNEY CUMMINGS' FORTHCOMING HBO® COMEDY PILOT “A LOT”
Download or read book Top 10 Barcelona written by DK and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-02-09 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Newly revised, updated, and redesigned for 2016. True to its name, DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Top 10 Barcelona covers all the city's major sights and attractions in easy-to-use "top 10" lists that help you plan the vacation that's right for you. This newly updated pocket travel guide for Barcelona will lead you straight to the best attractions the city has to offer, whether you want to discover Antoni Gaudí's masterpieces, visit La Sagrada Familia, or stroll along La Rambla. Expert travel writers have fully revised this edition of DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Top 10 Barcelona. + Brand-new itineraries help you plan your trip to Barcelona. + Maps of walking routes show you the best ways to maximize your time. + New Top 10 lists feature off-the-beaten-track ideas, along with standbys like the top attractions, shopping, dining options, and more. + New typography and fresh layout throughout. You'll still find DK's famous full-color photography and museum floor plans, along with just the right amount of coverage of the city's history and culture.
Download or read book Journal of Neo Latin Studies written by Gilbert Tournoy and published by Leuven University Press. This book was released on 1973 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume 22
Download or read book ANYTHING GOES written by MARTIN DeC HAYNES F.R.C.S and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-01-04 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anything Goes is an unusual and a hilarious collection of short stories by the author Martin Dec Haynes F.R.C.S. who is also a poet, a surgeon, golfer, philatelist and humorist. Because of the author’s vast working experience lots of his stories have a medical theme, but you can rest assured that, coming from Haynes, they are not run-of-the-mill, nay rather they are extremely esoteric and virtually beyond belief. Near the end of the book the writing style takes a detour and a few yarns are narrated as if by idiot types who misspell words, or some of the words are written as they are pronounced, adding greatly to the farcical effect. The last story is about a young man who leaves his wife behind in The Islands, and goes to London to study medicine successfully; then he divorces his island-wife from a distance and takes a spanking new English wife. He is now about to return to his native island but his grandfather is waiting at the airport with a shotgun to blow out his brains. Fortunately, other family members are able to avert the disaster. All in all the collection is a riproaring read.
