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Book Misgivings

Download or read book Misgivings written by C. K. Williams and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2001-04-09 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the PEN/Voelcker career achievement award in poetry Misgivings is C. K. William's searing recollection of his family's extreme dynamics and of his parents' deaths after years of struggle, bitterness, inner conflict, and, finally, love. Like Kafka's self-revealing Letter to His Father, Misgivings is a full of doubt, both philosophical and personal, but as a work of art it is sure and true. Williams's father was an "ordinary businessman"--angry, demanding, addicted to the tension he created with the people he loved; a man who could recite the Greek myths to his son yet vowed never to apologize to anybody. Wiiiams's mother was a housewife, a woman with a great capacity for pleasure, who was stoical about the family's dire early poverty yet remained affected by it even when they became well-off. Together, these two formed what Williams calls the "conspiracy that made me who I am." His account of their life together and of their deaths--his father's in a final abandonment of the will to live, his mother's with calm resignation--is a literary form of the reconciliation the family achieved at the end of his parents' lives, composed as a series of short takes, a double helix of experience and recollection.

Book Misgivings

Download or read book Misgivings written by C. K. Williams and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2014-09-09 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An intense, refractory memoir by a major poet Misgivings is C. K. Williams's searing recollection of his family's extreme dynamics and of his parents' deaths after years of struggle, bitterness, and inner conflict. Like Kafka's self-revealing Letter to His Father, Misgivings is full of doubt, both philosophical and personal, but as a work of art it is sure and true. Williams's father was an "ordinary businessman"--angry, demanding, addicted to the tension he created with the people he loved; a man who could read the Greek myths aloud to his son yet vowed never to apologize to anybody. His mother was a housewife, a woman with a great capacity for pleasure, who was stoical about the family's dire early poverty yet remained affected by it even when they became well-off. Together, these two formed what Williams calls the "conspiracy that made me who I am." His account of their life together and their deaths--his father's with suicidal despair, and his mother's with calm resignation--is a literary form of the reconciliation the family achieved at the end of his parents' lives. And as literary form it is novel, a series of brilliant short takes, a double helix of experience and recollection. Few contemporary writers have understood their origins so acutely, or so eloquently.

Book The Lover s Dictionary

    Book Details:
  • Author : David Levithan
  • Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
  • Release : 2011-01-21
  • ISBN : 1429994304
  • Pages : 205 pages

Download or read book The Lover s Dictionary written by David Levithan and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2011-01-21 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How does one talk about love? Is it even possible to describe something at once utterly mundane and wholly transcendent, that has the power to consume our lives completely, while making us feel part of something infinitely larger than ourselves? Taking a unique approach to this age-old problem, the nameless narrator of David Levithan's The Lover's Dictionary constructs the story of a relationship as a dictionary. Through these sharp entries, he provides an intimate window into the great events and quotidian trifles of coupledom, giving us an indelible and deeply moving portrait of love in our time.

Book No  I  Misgivings   No  II  Convictions    On Protestantism and Catholicism  Etc

Download or read book No I Misgivings No II Convictions On Protestantism and Catholicism Etc written by MISGIVINGS. and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Japanese War Criminals

    Book Details:
  • Author : Sandra Wilson
  • Publisher : Columbia University Press
  • Release : 2017-02-14
  • ISBN : 0231542682
  • Pages : 436 pages

Download or read book Japanese War Criminals written by Sandra Wilson and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2017-02-14 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beginning in late 1945, the United States, Britain, China, Australia, France, the Netherlands, and later the Philippines, the Soviet Union, and the People's Republic of China convened national courts to prosecute Japanese military personnel for war crimes. The defendants included ethnic Koreans and Taiwanese who had served with the armed forces as Japanese subjects. In Tokyo, the International Military Tribunal for the Far East tried Japanese leaders. While the fairness of these trials has been a focus for decades, Japanese War Criminals instead argues that the most important issues arose outside the courtroom. What was the legal basis for identifying and detaining subjects, determining who should be prosecuted, collecting evidence, and granting clemency after conviction? The answers to these questions helped set the norms for transitional justice in the postwar era and today contribute to strategies for addressing problematic areas of international law. Examining the complex moral, ethical, legal, and political issues surrounding the Allied prosecution project, from the first investigations during the war to the final release of prisoners in 1958, Japanese War Criminals shows how a simple effort to punish the guilty evolved into a multidimensional struggle that muddied the assignment of criminal responsibility for war crimes. Over time, indignation in Japan over Allied military actions, particularly the deployment of the atomic bombs, eclipsed anger over Japanese atrocities, and, among the Western powers, new Cold War imperatives took hold. This book makes a unique contribution to our understanding of the construction of the postwar international order in Asia and to our comprehension of the difficulties of implementing transitional justice.

Book Just a Little Misgiving  Shades of Deception  Book 3

Download or read book Just a Little Misgiving Shades of Deception Book 3 written by Mallory Rush and published by ePublishing Works!. This book was released on 2013-05-08 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Faith Taylor has a secret. Several, actually: One, she's been in love with her sister's husband, Myles Wellington, for years. Two, she's having his baby. Three, he doesn't know it. Myles is consumed with grief, having lost his wife to a terminal illness. Then he discovers that his late wife convinced her sister to be a surrogate to their baby. Torn between fury and gratitude, Myles insists that Faith move in so they can raise the child together, and unknowingly gets too close to Faith's biggest secret of all... until an even bigger secret threatens a loss neither ever imagined. Previously titled: Behind Closed Doors SHADES OF DECEPTION, in series order Just a Little Lie Just a Little Taboo Just a Little Misgiving Just a Little Sin OTHER TITLES by Mallory Rush Outlaws and Heroes, a three book series Bad Boy of New Orleans Hurts So Good Between the Sheets Half-Moon Hearts Kissed by the Beast

Book MisGiving Hearts

    Book Details:
  • Author : J. Haney
  • Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Release : 2018-07-16
  • ISBN : 9781723098741
  • Pages : 242 pages

Download or read book MisGiving Hearts written by J. Haney and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-07-16 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They thought they were safe in their elite little world. They couldn't have been more wrong. When Charity Daniels was seventeen she fell in love with Literature, and a man who taught it. Their forbidden love was held back until graduation, until legally she could be his. Flash forward three years, Charity is studying at Yale and still in love with her Princeton Man. Quinn (Q) Everett is on scholarship at Yale, and finds himself inexplicably in Charity's path. He tries to stay away, but his mouthy best friend thinks he knows better. Suddenly it's lunches and crashing private plans for the duo just to see her. But their flirtations do not go unseen, and Logan's love turns and goes from jealousy to murderous intent. Can these unproven lovers stay the course and avoid the devious plot of a scorn man or will everything crash and burn?

Book Natural Gas Industry

Download or read book Natural Gas Industry written by and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Fascination and Misgivings

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jacques Portes
  • Publisher : Cambridge University Press
  • Release : 2000-10-02
  • ISBN : 0521653231
  • Pages : 468 pages

Download or read book Fascination and Misgivings written by Jacques Portes and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2000-10-02 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book shows the impact of American economic and societal models on French public opinion.

Book A Primer on Parallel Lives

Download or read book A Primer on Parallel Lives written by Dan Gerber and published by Copper Canyon Press. This book was released on 2012-12-04 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Dan Gerber tenderly reels his readers through the ‘beautiful movie’ he calls the passing of time on earth in a language completely unadorned and Zen-like in its quietude. The thing itself carries the weight of these poems, which recall the deep imagery of Vallejo, Neruda and Wright.”—Rain Taxi Dan Gerber is a master of layered, bittersweet imagery. In his seventh book of poems, he writes of childhood misgivings and fears, the oak savannah landscape of California’s central coast, and a near-mystical relationship with nature. As novelist John Nichols once wrote of Gerber’s poetry, “Dan Gerber has an exquisitely muted, yet profound understanding of tragedy, love, family, and the haunting vagaries of nature.” “Some Distance” I wanted to be a stone in the field, simply that, and then I wanted to be the grass around it, and then the cattle grazing under the too blue sky, and then the blue, which has of itself no substance, and yet goes on and on and on. Dan Gerber is the author of a dozen books of poetry, fiction, essays, and memoir. He has earned the Mark Twain Award, Book of the Year honors from ForeWord Magazine, and inclusion in The Best American Poetry. He lives in Santa Ynez, California.

Book The Asperkid s  Secret  Book of Social Rules

Download or read book The Asperkid s Secret Book of Social Rules written by Jennifer Cook and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2012-09-15 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Being a teen or tween isn't easy for anyone but it can be especially tough for Asperkids. Jennifer O'Toole knows; she was one! This book is a top secret guide to all of the hidden social rules in life that often seem strange and confusing to young people with Asperger syndrome. The Asperkid's (Secret) Book of Social Rules offers witty and wise insights into baffling social codes such as making and keeping friends, blending in versus standing out from the crowd, and common conversation pitfalls. Chock full of illustrations, logical explanations, and comic strip practice sessions, this is the handbook that every adult Aspie wishes they'd had growing up. Ideal for all 10-17 year olds with Asperger syndrome, this book provides inside information on over thirty social rules in bite-sized chunks that older children will enjoy, understand, and most importantly use daily to navigate the mysterious world around them.

Book Official Reports of the Debates of the House of Commons of the Dominion of Canada

Download or read book Official Reports of the Debates of the House of Commons of the Dominion of Canada written by Canada. Parliament. House of Commons and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 1970 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Misgivings

Download or read book Misgivings written by Lori Joy Eisner and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book English Cheyenne Dictionary

Download or read book English Cheyenne Dictionary written by Rodolphe Charles Petter and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 1160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Islamic State in Africa

Download or read book The Islamic State in Africa written by Jason Warner and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2022-04-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2019, Islamic State lost its last remaining sliver of territory in Syria, and its Caliph, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was killed. These setbacks seemed to herald the Caliphate's death knell, and many now forecast its imminent demise. Yet its affiliates endure, particularly in Africa: nearly all of Islamic State's cells on the continent have reaffirmed their allegiance, attacks have continued in its name, many groups have been reinvigorated, and a new province has emerged. Why, in Africa, did the two major setbacks of 2019 have so little impact on support for Islamic State? The Islamic State in Africa suggests that this puzzle can be explained by the emergence and evolution of Islamic State's provinces in Africa, which it calls 'sovereign subordinates'. By examining the rise and development of eight Islamic State 'cells', the authors show how, having pledged allegiance to IS Central, cells evolved mostly autonomously, using the IS brand as a means for accrual of power, but, in practice, receiving relatively little if any direction or material support from central command. Given this pattern, IS Central's relative decline has had little impact on its African affiliates-who are likely to remain committed to the Caliphate's cause for the foreseeable future.

Book Concerning bygones

Download or read book Concerning bygones written by George Jacob Holyoake and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book California  Court of Appeal  2nd Appellate District   Records and Briefs

Download or read book California Court of Appeal 2nd Appellate District Records and Briefs written by California (State). and published by . This book was released on with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Number of Exhibits: 28 Received document entitled: EXHIBITS IN SUPPORT OF PETITION FOR WRIT