Download or read book Man Descending written by Guy Vanderhaeghe and published by New Canadian Library. This book was released on 2010-12-17 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These superbly crafted stories reveal an astonishing range, with settings that vary from a farm on the Canadian prairies to Bloomsbury in London, from a high-rise apartment to a mine-shaft. Vanderhaeghe has the uncanny ability to show us the world through the eyes of an eleven-year-old boy as convincingly as he reveals it through the eyes of an old man approaching senility. Moving from the hilarious farce of teenage romance all the way to the numbing tragedy of life in a ward for incurables, these twelve stories inspire belief, admiration, and enjoyment, and come together to form a vibrant chronicle of human experience from a gifted observer of life’s joys and tribulations. This is Guy Vanderhaeghe’s brilliant first book of fiction.
Download or read book The Canadian Short Story written by Reingard M. Nischik and published by Camden House. This book was released on 2007 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beginning in the 1890s, reaching its first full realization by modernist writers in the 1920s, and brought to its heyday during the Canadian Renaissance starting in the 1960s, the short story has become Canada's flagship genre. It continues to attract the country's most accomplished and innovative writers today, among them Margaret Atwood, Mavis Gallant, Alice Munro, Carol Shields, and many others. Yet in contrast to the stature and popularity of the genre and the writers who partake in it, surprisingly little literary criticism and theory has been devoted to the Canadian short story. This collection redresses that imbalance by providing the first collection of critical interpretations of a range of thirty well-known and often-anthologized Canadian short stories from the genre's beginnings through the twentieth century. A historical survey of the genre introduces the volume and a timeline comparing the genre's development in Canada, the US, and Great Britain via representative examples completes it. The collection is geared both to specialists in and to students of Canadian literature. For the latter it is of particular benefit that the volume provides not only a collection of interpretations, but a comprehensive introduction to the history of the Canadian short story. Reingard M. Nischik is professor and chair of American Literature at the University of Constance, Germany.
Download or read book Johannine Perspectives on the Death of Jesus written by Martinus Christianus Boer and published by Peeters Publishers. This book was released on 1996 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do the Gospel and Epistles of John depict the death of Jesus, and why do they do so in the way that they do ? The argument of this study is that there is a diversity of theological perspectives on Jesus' death in the Johannine Corpus and that at least some of that diversity can be elucidated with reference to the changing Sitze im Leben of the Johannine community. This book thus attempts to correlate Johannine theology with Johannine history, building on the earlier labors of Raymond E. Brown and J. Louis Martyn in particular. Part One assesses recent trends in Johannine scholarship and gives a fresh account of the history of Johannine Christianity and of its literary legacy. Part Two then investigates Jesus' death in the Gospel and Epistles of John, attempting to understand and to explain the diversity of Johannine theological perspectives with reference to historical developments and sociological realities. Focal point of discussion and analysis are Johannine passages which relate Jesus' death to the fulfillment of Scripture (e.g. John 12:37-39, 19:24, 36-37), to his departure or going away (e.g., 14:2-3), to his exaltation and glorification (e.g. 3:14, 8:28, 12:32-34; 13:31), and to the language of flesh, blood and water (John 6:51-56; 13:1-20; 19:34; I John I:7; 4:2; 5:6-8; 2 John 7).
Download or read book Parliamentary Papers written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons and published by . This book was released on 1853 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Sparks of Genius written by Robert Scott Root-Bernstein and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2001 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this bold book, Robert and Michele Root-Bernstein vividly describe how geniuses from Albert Einstein and Richard Feynman to e.e. cummings and Isabel Allende use a common toolbox of mental skills to create new ideas and expressions in every area of the arts and sciences. Illustrations, photos.
Download or read book Profiles in Canadian Literature written by Jeffrey M. Heath and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 1991 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Profiles in Canadian Literature is a wide-ranging series of essays on Canadian authors. Each profile acquaints the reader with the writer's work, providing insight into themes, techniques, and special characteristics, as well as a chronology of the author's life. Finally, there is a bibliography of primary works and criticism that suggests avenues for further study. "I know of no better introduction to these writers, and the studies in question are full of basic information not readily obtainable elsewhere." -U of T Quarterly.
Download or read book A History of Canadian Fiction written by David Staines and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-08-05 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A History of Canadian Fiction is the first one-volume history to chart its development from earliest times to the present day. Recounting the struggles and the glories of this burgeoning area of investigation, it explains Canada's literary growth alongside its remarkable history. Highlighting the people who have shaped and are shaping Canadian literary culture, the book examines such major figures as Mavis Gallant, Mordecai Richler, Alice Munro, Margaret Atwood, Michael Ondaatje, and Thomas King, concluding with young authors of today whose major successes reflect their indebtedness to their Canadian forbearers.
Download or read book The Sixth Commandment written by Will Pierce and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2016-07-06 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a story of demonic possession and the soldier of God that fights this demonic man. Nelson Spears is Hollywoods most notorious serial killer, who is grafted with Barouch, a demon who has risen from the underworld with enormous supernatural strength. When the police find out that conventional tactics will not subdue this demonic man, they seek priests to aid them in the capture of this demonic man. Can these priests and their soldier of God named Michael save them from this demon, or will this demon continue its killing spree through vessels such as Nelson?
Download or read book John the Theologian and his Paschal Gospel written by John Behr and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2019-03-20 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study brings three different kinds of readers of the Gospel of John together with the theological goal of understanding what is meant by Incarnation and how it relates to Pascha, the Passion of Christ, how this is conceived of as revelation, and how we speak of it. The first group of readers are the Christian writers from the early centuries, some of whom (such as Irenaeus of Lyons) stood in direct continuity, through Polycarp of Smyrna, with John himself. In exploring these writers, John Behr offers a glimpse of the figure of John and the celebration of Pascha, which held to have started with him. The second group of readers are modern scriptural scholars, from whom we learn of the apocalyptic dimensions of John's Gospel and the way in which it presents the life of Christ in terms of the Temple and its feasts. With Christ's own body, finally erected on the Cross, being the true Temple in an offering of love rather than a sacrifice for sin. An offering in which Jesus becomes the flesh he offers for consumption, the bread which descends from heaven, so that 'incarnation' is not an event now in the past, but the embodiment of God in those who follow Christ in the present. The third reader is Michel Henry, a French Phenomenologist, whose reading of John opens up further surprising dimensions of this Gospel, which yet align with those uncovered in the first parts of this work. This thought-provoking work brings these threads together to reflect on the nature and task of Christian theology.
Download or read book The Men Who Flew the English Electric Lightning written by Martin W Bowman and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2021-03-23 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The early 1950s were a boom time for British aviation. The lessons of six years of war had been learned and much of the research into jet engines, radar and aerodynamics had begun to reach fruition. In Britain, jet engine technology led the world, while wartime developments into swept wing design in Germany and their transonic research program were used to give western design teams a quantum leap in aircraft technology. At English Electric, 'Teddy' Petter's design team were keen to capitalize on the success of their Canberra jet bomber and rose to the challenge of providing a high speed interceptor for the RAF. Martin W. Bowman describes the career of the Lightning in detail using first-hand accounts of what it was like to fly and service this thoroughbred. Illustrated with over 200 color and b/w photographs, appendices listing Lightning squadrons, production totals, individual aircraft histories and with the first in-depth analysis into why a third of all Lightnings were lost, The Men Who Flew the English Electric Lightning is a fine record of the last truly great all-British fighter.
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Download or read book Mountain Craft written by Various Authors and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2022-08-21 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Mountain Craft" written by Various and edited by Geoffrey Winthrop Young was a seminal piece of reference material for climbers in the 1900s. Unlike many mountain books at the time, this wasn't meant to be a climbing guide. It was meant to teach you all about mountaineering. It was written and edited with a passion for the activity and it resonates with other such adventurous souls.
Download or read book The Open Mind written by Kevin Sullivan and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-02-26 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Festschrift draws on the research interests of Christopher Rowland. The collection of essays comes from former doctoral students and other friends, many of whom shed light on the angelic contribution to the thought-world of developing Christianity. The significance of the Jewish contribution to developing Christian ideology is critically assessed, including the impact of the original Jewish sources on the earliest Christian belief. The distinguished contributors to this volume include April DeConick, Paul Foster, John Rogerson, Tobias Nicklas and Andrei Orlov.
Download or read book The Dreamer written by Qamrul A. Khanson and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2005-10-28 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book titled "The Dreamer" is a successful attempt to study the evolution of dreams, its origin, its impact on human psyche and its detrimental effect on Dreamer's future course of life. The Dreams have been analysed by Messenger-Prophets of Almighty The-God, by Messengers' companions, scholars and many intellectuals in religious and non-religious communities until the present times. The process of Dream Delineation is very important and it would continue to amaze people who wish to reap the benefits from the correct Dreams. Such individuals would be ahead of many of their compatriots in materialism and spirituality. In this book "The Dreamer" the envisioned dreams have been categorised in different chapters to understand each and every kind of dreams individually by its nature, domain, background habitat and logic. Though main deliberations are from The Qur'an, Ahadiths, Atharats, conforming Biblical text but other scientific references have been sought to make this book widely beneficial for every section of life style without any prejudice to culture and religion. The inclusion of secular perceptions of Dreaming covers the non-religious desire to gain benefits from the endowed blessings of Almighty The-God. The overall scientific approach to Dreaming does not alter its divine importance but the secret knowledge from the dreams buds out to provide fragrance of life to each and every human born with this beautiful trait. By reading this book, people of different cultures and religions would blossom in the form of colourful foliage covering the scientific visions of Humankind. May Almighty make this book useful to all genuine Dreamers who seek His Almighty's Guidance for their betterment? So help us Almighty The-God (Ameen / A'men).
Download or read book The Twin Mystery Or A Dashing Rescue written by Nicholas Carter and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-11-20 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nicholas Carter's 'The Twin Mystery; Or, A Dashing Rescue' is a gripping detective novel set in 19th-century London, known for its intricate plot twists and vivid character development. In this thrilling adventure, readers are taken on a journey through the city's dark alleys as they follow the protagonist, Detective Smith, in his quest to solve the mysterious disappearance of a pair of identical twins. Carter's descriptive prose and attention to detail immerse the reader in the atmospheric setting, creating a sense of urgency that keeps the pages turning. The book showcases Carter's skill in crafting a well-paced narrative that keeps readers on the edge of their seats. Fans of classic detective fiction will appreciate the nod to the literary traditions of the genre. Nicholas Carter, a former police detective himself, brings his firsthand experience to 'The Twin Mystery; Or, A Dashing Rescue', infusing the story with authenticity and realism. Carter's background in law enforcement lends credibility to the investigative procedures depicted in the novel, adding an extra layer of depth to the storytelling. Through his writing, Carter sheds light on the intricacies of criminal investigations, offering readers a glimpse into the complexities of solving crimes in a bygone era. I highly recommend 'The Twin Mystery; Or, A Dashing Rescue' to fans of detective fiction looking for a captivating read that combines suspense, intrigue, and historical detail. Nicholas Carter's expertly crafted novel is sure to delight mystery enthusiasts with its clever plot twists and engaging storytelling.
Download or read book Canada s Storytellers Les grands crivains du Canada written by Andrew David Irvine and published by University of Ottawa Press. This book was released on 2021-03-24 with total page 1100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For over three-quarters of a century, the Governor General’s Literary Awards have been awarded annually in a variety of evolving categories. Fifteen Governors General have served as their patron. The impressive list continues to grow apace: between 1936 and 2018, the awards recognized 719 books in English and French and have been presented to 580 authors, illustrators, and translators. This beautifully illustrated bilingual compendium presents the biographies of all 580 award laureates, many accompanied by stunning archival portraits. This is the final instalment in Andrew Irvine’s remarkable and comprehensive research into what has become a touchstone of Canada’s literary culture. Together with Canada’s Best and The Governor General’s Literary Awards of Canada: A Bibliography, this work provides readers with a definitive overview of this literary prize. By itself, Canada’s Storytellers is an invaluable reading companion for anyone wanting to be introduced to many of our most influential authors, illustrators, and translators working in both French and English over the past decades. It belongs on the shelf of every enthusiast of Canadian literature. Bilingual edition.
