Download or read book Determined Dreamer written by William Conrad Corley (Jr) and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Bayard Taylor written by Liam Corley and published by Bucknell University Press. This book was released on 2014-08-21 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bayard Taylor (1825–1878) was a nineteenth-century American who combined in his writings and career a catalog of accomplishments and creations that made him one of the most celebrated literary men of his time. The range and significance of Taylor’s oeuvre explains his growing importance today to scholars working in the fields of American studies, gender and queer theory, and the aesthetics of racial and class identities. In less than 35 years, he wrote seventeen volumes of poetry, four novels, eight critical works and translations of German classics, nineteen travel narratives, innumerable magazine essays, stories, and reviews, and thousands of letters to friends, admirers, hostile reviewers, business acquaintances, and intimate male companions. His extraordinary success on the public lecture circuit made him one of the best-known men of his day. Taylor's diplomatic career enhanced his reputation and influence as a travel writer and included service as a writer for the Perry Expedition to Japan, as a charge d’affaires to Russia during the Civil War, and ambassador to Germany in 1878. This analysis of Taylor’s life and works helps to explain three important shifts in American culture: the contradictory development of American ethnocentrism and cosmopolitanism in the nineteenth century; the impact of homophobia and homophilia upon American literary production, criticism, and culture; and the inspirational role played by poetry within a religious and economically-driven society. The introduction describes Taylor's changing fortunes within literary history and presents a methodological approach to the Genteel tradition that recovers its distinctive aesthetic and social values and explains how Taylor is its most winning and significant representative. Taylor was a key figure in the genealogy of American interactions with the Islamic world, and his travel writing demonstrates how individual advancement in an egalitarian society can be linked with aggressive imperialism abroad. Taylor’s novels display a subtle pattern of transgressive sexuality and demonstrate how Taylor's manipulation of reputation and genteel aesthetics created a space for individual expression and freedom. Taylor’s 1870 novel, Joseph and His Friend, is frequently cited as America's first gay novel. This book's analysis of Taylor’s poetry draws the strands of egalitarian racialization and male-male intimacy together with his abiding concern with regional American identities and the mixed influences of religious subcultures.
Download or read book The Lovels of Arden written by "Aurora Floyd" etc. author of "Lady Audley's secret" (is M.E. Braddon., the) and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Aihara written by Unknown Japanese Author and published by w.s.group publishing. This book was released on 2023-06-06 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dive into "Aihara: Field of Love," an emotive journey set in World War II Japan. Explore the lives of Ai and Harada, two young souls navigating their world's uncertainty and forging an indelible bond. Meet compassionate Dr. Harada in the soothing Aihara Clinic, and dreamy Ai who longs to serve in Tokyo. Their contrasting dreams and shared aspirations weave a captivating narrative, blending with the rich tapestry of Japanese tradition. The book beautifully intertwines historical context with intricate character studies, revealing themes of resilience, war's impact, and the power of dreams. Experience an unforgettable journey through love and decisions' profound effects with this digital book available in .epub and .pdf formats. Its resonant depth, evocative imagery, and lyrical prose will linger long after the last page. Discover "Aihara: Field of Love" - a mesmerizing tale you won't soon forget.
Download or read book The Termination Clause written by Tom LaMarr and published by Owl Canyon Press. This book was released on 2020-12-11 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Termination Clause is a comedy about the nature of art, success, and ambition. A young writer of promise is given an advance of sorts to finish his first novel free from outside pressures. An eccentric app millionaire who knew him in high school wants to "invest in the arts," though Randolph J. Simper's motives become increasingly mysterious as a series of bizarre developments, culminating in the appearance of an assassin, sabotage protagonist Clay Turner. Trying to save his own life, marriage, and reputation while sorting out the mystery, Clay also wishes he'd spent more time reviewing the lengthy original contract, which apparently contained a clause allowing Randolph and three other patrons to purchase life insurance on their investment.
Download or read book Couples Passersby written by Botho Strauss and published by Northwestern University Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Short stories on ephemeral relationships. The protagonists pair off, only to find themselves more isolated than they were before, love turns to indifference and lovers into strangers. The cause? Selfishness.
Download or read book The Faithful One written by Michele Chynoweth and published by Morgan James Publishing. This book was released on 2017-03-21 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wealthy and virtuous man faces the ultimate test of faith in this suspenseful and inspiring modern retelling of Job by the author of The Runaway Prophet. Seth Jacobs has it all—health, wealth, a great career, a mansion in greater Boston, a beautiful wife, and three children. But in a series of reversals beyond his control, Seth loses his many fortunes one after the next. His friends, who suggest God has a reason for inflicting so much loss and pain upon him, challenge Seth’s faith. At the lowest depths of his suffering, Seth asks God—as we all do—“Why is this happening to me?” And he receives an unexpected answer. A modern-day story based on the Bible’s Book of Job, The Faithful One inspires us all to keep our faith in the Lord no matter what. “Chynoweth constructs—and then deconstructs—Seth’s life with an eye for detail and an inventive sense of how one tragedy can beget the next.” —Kirkus Reviews
Download or read book Marilyn Monroe As You ve Never Known Her written by Ember Soulkeeper and published by vTricity LLC. This book was released on 2024-09-14 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the untold story of Marilyn Monroe in this captivating, motivational ebook that goes beyond the blonde bombshell myth. Uncover the timeless lessons from a woman who dared to dream big - and ignite your inner star! Dive into the mind of an icon as you explore Marilyn's surprisingly profound wisdom, resilience, and enduring impact on popular culture. From her challenging childhood to her rise as a Hollywood legend, this book reveals Marilyn's lesser-known side – a voracious reader, a champion for equality, and an empathetic woman far ahead of her time. Featuring rare insights, inspirational quotes, and a unique children's bedtime story, this ebook offers something for everyone. Whether you're a long-time fan or new to Marilyn's legacy, you'll find yourself inspired by her journey of self-discovery and empowerment.
Download or read book Macadam Dreams written by Gis_le Pineau and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A cyclone inexorably sweeps Eliette into her past in this novel about the wayward violence of love and nature in Guadeloupe. In Macadam Dreams the celebrated Creole writer Gis_le Pineau cunningly unveils the two cataclysms that have devastated Eliette?s life: first, the cyclone of 1928, when she was only eight years old, and now, Hurricane Hugo, whose destruction shatters the elaborate defenses the old woman has built around the sorrows and madness of her life in the small, accursed town of Savane Mulet. ø As Hugo unleashes its fury, a final blow frees Eliette?s repressed memories of madness, isolation, and loss, and of the grievous failure of a prophecy that promised her a child. A story of self-discovery, Macadam Dreams speaks eloquently of the violence and poverty endured by women of this island nation?violence every bit as devastating, and seemingly inescapable, as the perpetually returning cyclone. Viewed by many as a canonical author in the Creole movement in Francophone literature, Pineau has created an extraordinary work that is recognized as a masterpiece of French-Caribbean literature.
Download or read book A Joyous Adventure written by Baroness Emmuska Orczy and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-08-01 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "A Joyous Adventure" by Baroness Emmuska Orczy. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Download or read book A World of Disorderly Notions written by Aaron R. Hanlon and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 2019-05-30 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shortlist--Oscar Kenshur Book Prize From Jonathan Swift to Washington Irving, those looking to propose and justify exceptions to social and political norms turned to Cervantes’s notoriously mad comic hero as a model. A World of Disorderly Notions examines the literary and political effects of Don Quixote, arguing that what makes this iconic character so influential across oceans and cultures is not his madness but his logic. Aaron Hanlon contends that the logic of quixotism is in fact exceptionalism—the strategy of rendering oneself an exception to everyone else’s rules. As British and American societies of the Enlightenment developed the need to question the acceptance of various forms of imperialism and social contract theory—and to explain both the virtues and limitations of revolutions past and ongoing—it was Quixote’s exceptionalism, not his madness, that captured the imaginations of so many writers and statesmen. As a consequence, the eighteenth century witnessed an explosion of imitations of Quixote in fiction and polemical writing, by writers such as Jonathan Swift, Charlotte Lennox, Henry Fielding, and Washington Irving, among others. Combining literary history and political theory, Hanlon clarifies an ongoing and immediately relevant history of exceptionalism, of how states from Golden Age Spain to imperial Britain to the formative United States rendered themselves exceptions so they could act with impunity. In so doing, he tells the story of how Quixote became exceptional.
Download or read book Indian Muslims and Partition of India written by S.M. Ikram and published by Atlantic Publishers & Dist. This book was released on 1995 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Book Originally Appeared In 1951 Under The Title Makers Of Pakistan And Modern Muslim India(By A.H. Albiruni), And Has Been An Important Source Book For The History Of The Period It Deals With.The Earlier Book, As Its Title Indicat¬Ed, Was An Account Of The Lives And Activities Of The Leaders Who Enabled Muslim India To Recover From The Loss Of Political Power Culminating In The Exile Of The Last Mughul Emperor In 1858, And Who So Guided Its Affairs As To Lead To The Establishment Of The Independent State Of Pakistan.The Original Book Has Been Greatly Enlarged And, Although The Approach Remains Basically Biographical, Many New Chapters Giving The Background Of The Period And Various Historical Developments Have Been Added. Out Of The Fifteen Chapters, Five Are Entirely New, Including A Long Chapter On The Developments In The Areas Which Now Constitute Pakistan With Considerable Additions In Others. Personalities From Muslim Bengal Have Been Fully Dealt With, And Advantage Has Been Taken Of The Publication Of Considerable New Material Relating To Partition To Make The Account Comprehensive. An Im¬Portant New Section Relates To Jinnah, The Man And The Statesman.
Download or read book A Precious Gift written by Rosie Goodwin and published by Bonnier Zaffre Ltd.. This book was released on 2019-10-31 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The heartwarming new wartime saga from the Sunday Times bestselling author of A Maiden's Voyage. 'A vibrant page-turner with entrancing characters' Margaret Dickinson 'Rosie writes such heartwarming sagas' Lyn Andrews Nuneaton, 1911 When Holly Farthing's overbearing grandfather tries to force her to marry a widower twice her age, she finally says no. After he refuses to support her any longer, Holly flees to London, bringing her best friend and maid, Ivy, with her. In the big smoke, Holly searches for the father she's never met and begins nurse training in the local hospital. There she meets the dashing Doctor Parkin. Kind and compassionate, he is everything Holly has ever dreamt of. When Doctor Parkin proposes, Holly finally feels like she'll have the family she so longs for. But soon, she discovers some shocking news that means they can never be together, and her life is suddenly thrown into turmoil. Supporting the war effort, she heads to France and throws herself into volunteering on the front line. Can Holly ever find the happiness she so truly deserves? A Precious Gift is the sixth book in Rosie Goodwin's Days of the Week Collection. Why not try the rest, Mothering Sunday, The Little Angel, A Mother's Grace, The Blessed Child, A Maiden's Voyage and Time to Say Goodbye?
Download or read book German Lyric Poetry written by Charles Timothy Brooks and published by . This book was released on 1863 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Orphan Moon written by Rick Cox and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2013 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thought-provoking and fun to read, Orphan Moon confirms humility as both attainable and revelatory while pride, humility¿s antagonist, breeds ignorance. The book allows bloodlines and family traits spanning six generations to touch in the persons of Joseph Beaumont and Willie Earl Jeffers. Joseph is a self- described Texan, keeper of treasures, and reader of books. He has a rare listening ear and quiet wisdom and becomes a mentor of sorts to the inquisitive adolescent. The awakening of the boy¿s consciousness of heritage while remaining unsure of its relevance or worth provides the backdrop to challenges and adventures of the 1960¿s family clan. Willie Earl is to learn that life, legacy, and spirituality blend together nicely in accord, even as his unlikely Texas tutor, the eccentric Joseph, realizes his own healing.
Download or read book 21 19 written by Alexandra Manglis and published by Milkweed Editions. This book was released on 2019-08-13 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essays on the modern relevance of Thoreau, Whitman, Dickinson, and more “suggest the ways poetry might be both agitator and balm in times of social crisis” (Poets & Writers). The nineteenth century is often viewed as a golden age of American literature, a historical moment when national identity was emergent and ideals such as freedom, democracy, and individual agency were promising, even if belied in reality by violence and hypocrisy. The writers of this “American Renaissance”—Thoreau, Fuller, Whitman, Emerson, and Dickinson, among many others—produced a body of work that has been both celebrated and contested by following generations. As the twenty-first century unfolds in a United States characterized by deep divisions, diminished democracy, and dramatic transformation of identities, the editors of this singular book approached a dozen North American poets, asking them to engage with texts by their predecessors in a manner that avoids both aloofness from the past and too-easy elegy. The resulting essays, delving into topics including race and gun violence, dwell provocatively on the border between the lyrical and the scholarly, casting fresh critical light on the golden age of American literature and exploring a handful of texts not commonly included in its canon. A polyvocal collection that reflects the complexity of the cross-temporal encounter it enacts, 21 | 19 offers a re-reading of the “American Renaissance” and new possibilities for imaginative critical practice today. “Displaying a sophisticated sense of poetics as well as a good grasp of history and its implications for the present moment . . . [the editors] have done a remarkable job of bringing together such a challenging collection.” —Harvard Review
Download or read book Why Not Life Stories of Amazing Achievers written by Lata Upadhyay and published by One Point Six Technology Pvt Ltd. This book was released on 2016-05-05 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Welcome to the real world, where superheroes live. They are no different from us – confronted with life’s turmoils and challenges. Like the young performer in The Music Weaver, whose heart tugs him to leave his cushy life behind for exciting but uncertain possibilities. The mountain porter in The Determined Dreamer,who can’t control his yearning for something bigger, better and greater. The number-whiz in The Mathemagician,who outshines his teachers, even though he fails his high school exams. The aspiring pace-bowler in The Game Changer, whose talent, passion and dedication are dismissed as an impossible dream. The US-educated engineer in The White Knight, who returns to India with stars in his eyes but lands his first job in a dusty small town in the middle of nowhere. • PANDIT RAVI SHANKAR, the sitarist who introduced Indian classical music to the world. • TENZING NORGAY, the first climber to conquer Mount Everest, with Edmund Hillary. • SRINIVASA RAMANUJAN, the one-of-a-kind mathematical genius. • KAPIL DEV, India’s greatest fast bowler and all-rounder. • DR. VERGHESE KURIEN, father of India’s milk revolution. These heroes do not share dreams or circumstances. Yet they have one thing in common. They do not look at what is and ask why. Instead, they imagine how they want things to be and ask WHY NOT? Read about the lives of these five real-life heroes and challenge yourself with WHY NOT? Just like them."
