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Book Padre Parade

    Book Details:
  • Author : San Diego Padres (Baseball team)
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1949
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 58 pages

Download or read book Padre Parade written by San Diego Padres (Baseball team) and published by . This book was released on 1949 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Padres in No Man s Land  Second Edition

Download or read book Padres in No Man s Land Second Edition written by Duff Crerar and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2014-08-01 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Padres in No Man's Land is the compelling story of brave and deeply committed army chaplains who brought faith and courage to Canada's troops during one of history's most devastating wars. Tracing the growth of the Canadian Chaplain Service from its chaotic and controversy-ridden early days to its maturation as an efficient field force, Duff Crerar highlights both the role of the Service on the battlefield and the personal experiences of the chaplains. Refuting the widely held view that chaplains serving overseas were cloistered from front-line realities, Crerar describes the padres' experiences in camps, hospitals, and on the battlefield. He examines how they maintained their faith in the face of death and destruction, and explores the bonds forged between chaplains and troops. Padres in No Man's Land concludes in the postwar era with the decline of the chaplains' hopes for spiritual renewal upon their return to Canada - their dreams dashed not by the war, but by the subsequent peace.

Book The Charismatic Gymnasium

Download or read book The Charismatic Gymnasium written by Maria José de Abreu and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2021-01-15 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Charismatic Gymnasium Maria José de Abreu examines how Charismatic Catholicism in contemporary Brazil produces a new form of total power through a concatenation of the breathing body, theology, and electronic mass media. De Abreu documents a vast religious respiratory program of revival popularly branded as “the aerobics of Jesus.” Pneuma—the Greek term for air, breath, and spirit—is central to this aerobic program, whose goal is to labor on the athletic elasticity of spirit. Tracing the rhetoric, gestures, and spaces that together constitute this new theological community, de Abreu exposes the articulating forces among evangelical Christianity, neoliberal logics, and the rise of right-wing politics. By calling attention to how an ethics of pauperism vitally intersects with the neoliberal ethos of flexibility, de Abreu shows how paradoxes do not hinder but expand the Charismatic gymnasium. The result, de Abreu demonstrates, is the production of a fluid form of totalitarianism and Christianity in Brazil and beyond.

Book Parade s End

    Book Details:
  • Author : Ford Madox Ford
  • Publisher : Vintage
  • Release : 2012-01-03
  • ISBN : 0307744213
  • Pages : 914 pages

Download or read book Parade s End written by Ford Madox Ford and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2012-01-03 with total page 914 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This monumental novel, divided into four separate books, celebrates the end of an era, the irrevocable destruction of the comfortable, predictable society that vanished during World War I.

Book The Parade s End Tetralogy  Some Do Not  No More Parades  A Man Could Stand Up   Last Post

Download or read book The Parade s End Tetralogy Some Do Not No More Parades A Man Could Stand Up Last Post written by Ford Madox Ford and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2023-12-24 with total page 1058 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Parade's End is a tetralogy by Ford Madox. The four novels were originally published under the titles: Some Do Not ... (1924), No More Parades (1925), A Man Could Stand Up — (1926), and Last Post (or The Last Post in the USA) (1928). It is set mainly in England and on the Western Front in World War I, where Ford served as an officer in the Welsh Regiment, a life vividly depicted in the novels. The novels chronicle the life of Christopher Tietjens, a brilliant government statistician from a wealthy landowning family who is serving in the British Army during World War I. His wife Sylvia is a flippant socialite who seems intent on ruining him. Tietjens may or may not be the father of his wife's child. Meanwhile, his incipient affair with Valentine Wannop, a high-spirited pacifist and suffragette, has not been consummated, despite what all their friends believe. The two central novels follow Tietjens in the army in France and Belgium, as well as Sylvia and Valentine in their separate paths over the course of the war. Ford Madox Ford ( 1873 – 1939) was an English novelist, poet, critic and editor whose journals, The English Review and The Transatlantic Review, were instrumental in the development of early 20th-century English literature. He is now remembered best for his publications The Good Soldier, the Parade's End tetralogy and The Fifth Queen trilogy.

Book The Italians of New York

Download or read book The Italians of New York written by Maurizio Molinari and published by New Acdemia+ORM. This book was released on 2012-08-20 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An overview of generations of Italians in the Big Apple, weaving together numerous stories from different epochs and different backgrounds. “If you want to learn something about Italian creativity, come to New York. Here, you will find the pride of flying the Italian colors at the Fifth Avenue Columbus Day Parade, the American patriotism of those who perished at Ground Zero, the courage of firefighters and marines on the frontline of the war against terrorism, the babel of dialects at the Arthur Avenue market, portrayals of social change in the writings of Gay Talese, stories of successful business ventures on the TV shows of Maria Bartiromo and Charles Gasparino, political passion in the battles of Mario Cuomo and Rudy Giuliani, creative imagination in the works of Gaetano Pesce, Renzo Piano and Matteo Pericoli, and provocation in the attire of Lady Gaga . . . The Midtown top managers, who arrived in the past twenty years, operate in the XXI century, while on Fresh Pond Road in Ridgewood the panelle are still prepared according to the Sicilian recipes transmitted from one generation to the next.” —From the Introduction

Book Ford Madox Ford   s Parade   s End

Download or read book Ford Madox Ford s Parade s End written by Ashley Chantler and published by Rodopi. This book was released on 2014-07-10 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The controversial British writer Ford Madox Ford (1873–1939) is increasingly recognized as a major presence in early twentieth-century literature. This series of International Ford Madox Ford Studies was founded to reflect the recent resurgence of interest in him. Each volume is based upon a particular theme, issue, or work; and relates aspects of Ford’s writing, life, and contacts, to broader concerns of his time. Ford is best-known for his fiction, especially The Good Soldier, long considered a modernist masterpiece; and Parade’s End, which Anthony Burgess described as ‘the finest novel about the First World War’, Samuel Hynes has called ‘the greatest war novel ever written by an Englishman’, and which was adapted by Tom Stoppard for the acclaimed 2012 BBC/HBO television series, starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Rebecca Hall. Parade’s End is the subject of the fifteen essays here, by both established experts and new scholars. The volume includes groundbreaking work on the psycho-geography of the war in Ford’s novels; on how the war intensifies self-consciousness about performance and sensation; and on the other writers and artists Ford drew upon, and argued with, in producing his post-war masterpiece.

Book Parade s End  The Complete Tetralogy

Download or read book Parade s End The Complete Tetralogy written by Madox Ford and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-12-05 with total page 1056 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ford Madox Ford's 'Parade's End: The Complete Tetralogy' is a monumental work that delves into the complexities of love, war, and societal change during the tumultuous period of World War I. The tetralogy follows the life of Christopher Tietjens, a man torn between duty and desire, as he navigates the shifting landscapes of his personal life and society at large. Ford's distinctive writing style, characterized by its introspective and psychological depth, offers a profound exploration of human emotions and the impact of war on individuals. The intricate narrative structure and rich character development make this work a masterful piece of modernist literature. Ford Madox Ford, a British writer and editor, drew inspiration from his own experiences serving in the war when creating 'Parade's End'. His keen observations of human nature and the effects of war on individuals add a layer of authenticity to the novel, making it a compelling and emotionally resonant read. Ford's command of language and ability to capture the nuances of human relationships make 'Parade's End' a classic of twentieth-century literature. I highly recommend 'Parade's End: The Complete Tetralogy' to readers interested in immersive and thought-provoking literature that explores the complexities of human nature, love, and war. Ford's masterful storytelling and profound insights into the human condition make this tetralogy a must-read for anyone seeking a deeper understanding of the impact of war on individuals and society.

Book Code of Federal Regulations

Download or read book Code of Federal Regulations written by and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 764 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Special edition of the Federal Register, containing a codification of documents of general applicability and future effect ... with ancillaries.

Book The End of Empire

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  • Author : Martin Bell
  • Publisher : Pen and Sword
  • Release : 2015-07-30
  • ISBN : 1473848180
  • Pages : 231 pages

Download or read book The End of Empire written by Martin Bell and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2015-07-30 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Martin Bell, the former BBC was reporter and Independent MP, served as a soldier in the Suffolk Regiment during the Cyprus emergency between 1957 and 1959. In a chocolate box in the attic many years later he found more than 100 letters that he had sent home to his family. He was not a journalist then, but the letters give a vivid impression of what it was like to be a conscript on active service during the EOKA rebellion against British rule. They describe road blocks and cordons and searches, murders and explosions and riots Ð and a strategy of armed repression that ultimately failed. From this beginning he has written The End of Empire. His narrative is a powerful and personal account of the violent process of decolonization, of the character of the British Army at the time and the impact of National Service on young men who were not much more than Ôkids in uniformÕ. It also gives a graphic insight into the ultimate futility of the use of force in wars among people and it reveals the true story of the insurgency and the campaign to defeat it. By drawing on recently declassified documents, he shows that Cyprus in the late 1950s was run not by the governor but by a military junta. The army commanders were looking for the knockout blow that would deliver victory, but their misguided tactics served only to strengthen support for their enemy. So The End Of Empire is much more than a personal reminiscence. It is an absorbing account of the experience of army life from the perspective of a private soldier, and it is the inside story of how Britain tried to crush a violent rebellion sixty years ago.

Book Scann

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  • Author : Robert Harlow
  • Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
  • Release : 2002-09-10
  • ISBN : 146531573X
  • Pages : 348 pages

Download or read book Scann written by Robert Harlow and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2002-09-10 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Editor Amory Scann, hides from his job and family in a hotel room in order to write a novella about the northern wilderness, half-tamed by mad trapper Linden, after whom Scann’s hometown is named. But it is interrupted by episodes of the story he tells the chambermaid he hopes to seduce; by another concerning the building of the hotel where he’s hiding; by a dream about his own brush with WWll; and by an I-spy story that happens in the room next to his. Judged Harlow’s masterpiece, serio-comedic Scann is a celebration of our most appealing and hard-won humanity.

Book The Pilot and the Commando

Download or read book The Pilot and the Commando written by Anthony Meredith and published by Author House. This book was released on 2011-12-21 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Pilot And The Commando tells the stories of David Carter MBE (a Fleet Air Arm pilot) and his close friend Jos Nicholl MC (an Army commando), giving fresh and vivid insights into what it meant to be a young man on active service in the Second World War, fighting in places as remote as Ceylon, Africa, Madagascar, Yugoslavia and Albania. Major events in which they participated also included the sinking of the Ark Royal off Gibraltar, the Allied landings at Salerno and the liberation of Sicily and Italy. A final chapter puts their wartime service into the context of their later lives. The Pilot And The Commando is much more, however, than just a stirring commemoration of bravery in action. Both David and Jos were committed Christians, and the book (much helped by the use of diaries and letters) has as its central theme the testing and strengthening of their faith through times of deep adversity. Writing of his experiences soon after the war, Jos Nicholl concluded: I have found that Jesus Christ provides the inspiration for every possible occasion or need. He can act as guide and helper and comforter, but primarily He can be the driving force in a life that is devoted to Him, and with this compelling power behind them it becomes true in practice that the people that do know their God shall be strong and do exploits These words find complete exemplification in The Pilot And The Commando. David and Joss story is both uplifting and challenging.

Book Chambers s Journal of Popular Literature  Science and Arts

Download or read book Chambers s Journal of Popular Literature Science and Arts written by and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 1206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Prisoner of Conscience

Download or read book Prisoner of Conscience written by John J. Moran and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-03-13 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An account of the experiences of George Andrew Moran, an absolute conscientious objector during the First World War, written by his son as told to him by his father. George Andrew Moran was one of 35 British conscientious objectors sentenced to death for refusing to obey an order under the Military Service Act of 1916. The sentence was commuted, but he nearly died in prison and emerged physically wrecked. John J. Moran served in World War II.

Book The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914 1918

Download or read book The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914 1918 written by 5th Great Britain. Army. Highland Light Infantry. Battalion and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-09-16 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918" by 5th Great Britain. Army. Highland Light Infantry. Battalion. 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.

Book Parade s End   Part Two   No More Parades

Download or read book Parade s End Part Two No More Parades written by Ford Madox Ford and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2013-03-05 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This early work by Ford Madox Ford was originally published in 1925 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introduction. This is part two of Ford's hugely successful Parade's End tetralogy that has now been adapted into a BBC television drama. Ford Madox Ford was born Ford Madox Hueffer in Merton, Surrey, England on 17th December 1873. The creative arts ran in his family - Hueffer's grandfather, Ford Madox Brown, was a well-known painter, and his German émigré father was music critic of The Times - and after a brief dalliance with music composition, the young Hueffer began to write. Although Hueffer never attended university, during his early twenties he moved through many intellectual circles, and would later talk of the influence that the "Middle Victorian, tumultuously bearded Great" - men such as John Ruskin and Thomas Carlyle - exerted on him. In 1908, Hueffer founded the English Review, and over the next 15 months published Thomas Hardy, H. G. Wells, Joseph Conrad, Henry James, John Galsworthy and W. B. Yeats, and gave débuts to many authors, including D. H. Lawrence and Norman Douglas. Hueffer's editorship consolidated the classic canon of early modernist literature, and saw him earn a reputation as of one of the century's greatest literary editors. Ford continued to write through the thirties, producing fiction, non-fiction, and two volumes of autobiography: Return to Yesterday (1931) and It was the Nightingale (1933). In his last years, he taught literature at the Olivet College in Michigan. Ford died on 26th June 1939 in Deauville, France, at the age of 65.

Book Chronicles of the Spanish Civil War Series

Download or read book Chronicles of the Spanish Civil War Series written by Tricia Goyer and published by Moody Publishers. This book was released on 2008-02-01 with total page 691 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This set includes all three books of the Chronicles of the Spanish Civil War series: A Valley of Betrayal, A Shadow of Treason, and A Whisper of Freedom. In A Valley of Betrayal, Sophie finds herself alone in the war-torn Spanish countryside for reasons beyond her control. What was once a thriving paradise has become a battleground for fascist soldiers and Spanish patriots. It doesn't take long for Sophie to realize just how far from home she really is. Caught in the middle of what is quickly becoming a bloody battleground, she receives tragic news, but remaining in Spain is her only option. The route to safety is blocked and fighting surrounds her. On her darkest night, Sophie takes refuge with a brigade of international compatriots. It is among these volunteers, through the use of her fiance's camera and her art, that she pledges to make the plight of the Spanish people known around the world. In A Shadow of Treason, Sophie discovers that nothing is as she first imagined. When Walt, the reporter who helped her over the border, shows up again after Guernica is bombed, Sophie is given an impossible mission. She must leave behind the man she's fallen in love with and return to the person who betrayed her. Another layer of the war in Spain is revealed as Sophie is drawn into the international espionage schemes that could turn the tide of the war and help protect the soldiers from the International Brigade...she must find a way to get a critical peice of information to Walt in time. In A Whisper of Freedom, battles heat up... not only those being waged by the soldiers on both sides fighting for Spain, but in the hearts and minds of the men and women who must sacrifice more than their dreams in order to save the lives of their loved ones. In this meticulously researched novel, brave and idealistic Sophie, Philip, Jose, and Deion realize their only hope for freedom is escaping Spain's borders. By continuing the story of this band of volunteers during the Spanish Civil War, A Whisper of Freedom proves that courage and commitment don't always result in outward victory. But there are whispers of hope and freedom that resonate through even the darkest night.