Download or read book A Hero Like You written by Nikki Rogers and published by . This book was released on 2020-10-10 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Hero Like You looks at everyday heroes and highlights qualities such as loyalty, compassion, resourcefulness, justice, and courage. The lyrical rhyme and relatable illustrations remind us that we all have the opportunity to be a hero by helping others, doing right and making the world a better place. "What the world needs is a hero like you!"
Download or read book On Heroes Hero worship and the Heroic in History written by Thomas Carlyle and published by . This book was released on 1852 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The English Hero written by and published by . This book was released on 1773 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Very English Hero written by Peter J. Conradi and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-08-01 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Modest, handsome and a fine poet, eccentric Englishman Frank Thompson made an unlikely soldier. Brother of E. P. Thompson and lover of Iris Murdoch, Frank was an intellectual idealist, a rare combination of brilliant mind and enormous heart. Of his wartime experiences, Frank wrote prodigiously. His letters, diaries and poetry still read fresh and intimate today - and it is from these that Peter J. Conradi brings vividly to life a brilliantly attractive and courageous personality. Aged just twenty-three, Frank was captured, tortured and executed in Bulgaria. A soldier of principle and integrity, he fought a poet's war; a very English hero from a very different era.
Download or read book A Hero of Our Time written by Mikhail Lermontov and published by Xist Publishing. This book was released on 2015-09-04 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Novel About Opposites “In the first place, [his eyes] never laughed when he laughed. Have you ever noticed this peculiarity some people have? It is either the sign of an evil nature or of a profound and lasting sorrow.” - Mikhail Lermontov, A Hero of Our Time ‘The Hero of Our Time’, Grigory Alexandrovich Pechorin is actually a traditional antihero who destroys the life of others around him. He is a 19th-century Casanova who can’t find peace and happiness, often contemplating on the meaning of life and destiny. His story is seen through many eyes: a fellow brother-in-arms, the narrator and ultimately Pechorin himself. How will he end up: as a misunderstood hero or as a vile villain? Xist Publishing is a digital-first publisher. Xist Publishing creates books for the touchscreen generation and is dedicated to helping everyone develop a lifetime love of reading, no matter what form it takes
Download or read book The English Hero or Sir Francis Drake reviv d Being a full account of the voyages of that renowned commander Revised corrected inlarged By R B i e Nathaniel Crouch With a portrait of Drake The fourth edition written by R. B. and published by . This book was released on 1716 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Hero with a Thousand Faces written by Joseph Campbell and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 1988 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of heroism in the myths of the world - an exploration of all the elements common to the great stories that have helped people make sense of their lives from the earliest times. It takes in Greek Apollo, Maori and Jewish rites, the Buddha, Wotan, and the bothers Grimm's Frog-King.
Download or read book The English Hero written by R. B and published by . This book was released on 1750 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Woman As Hero In Old English Literature written by Jane Chance and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2005-06-16 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first comprehensive study of heroic women figures in Anglo-Saxon literature investigates English secular and religious prose and poetry from the seventh to the eleventh centuries. Given the paucity of surviving literature from the Anglo-Saxon period, the works which feature major women characters -- often portrayed as heroes -- seem surprisingly numerous. Even more striking is the strength of the female characterizations, given the medieval social ideal of women as peaceful, passive members of society. The task of this study is to examine the existing sources afresh, asking new questions about the depictions of women in the literature of the period. Particular attention is focused on the failed, possibly adulterous women of 'The Wife's Lament' and 'Wulf and Eadwacer', the monstrous mother of Grendel in 'Beowulf', and the chaste but heroic figures and saints Judith, Juliana, and Elene. The book relies for its analysis on recent and standard texts in Anglo-Saxon studies and literature, as well as a thorough grounding in Latin and vernacular historical documents and Anglo-Saxon writings other than the focal literary texts.
Download or read book Early English Hero Tales written by Jeannette Augustus Marks and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2021-05-19 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work is a fascinating collection of Early English hero tales written for children. The author attempts to take the little readers on a journey to a Palace of English literature, where he will introduce them to many marvels. He includes enchanting stories about the earliest English hero, Beowulf, all the adventures of the young Welsh boy, Taliesin, the battle of Cuchulain and Ferdiad, who the dishonest Irish Queen Maeve deceived. The author also presents details on how the first great English poet, Cædmon, started writing songs. In addition, the author wrote of the courage of a young shepherd who had become a saint, of the young Prince Alfred who won a book as a reward, of a man who was under a spell whom Marie de France called a Werewolf, and mainly of the wonders which King Arthur's magician, Merlin, worked and many more captivating tales. Contents include: Introduction The First English Hero Welsh Magic The Battle at the Ford Cædmon the Cowherd The Shepherd of Lauderdale The Boy Who Won a Prize A Fisherman's Boy The Werewolf At Geoffrey's Window A Famous Kitchen Boy
Download or read book The Female Hero in English Renaissance Tragedy written by L. Hopkins and published by Springer. This book was released on 2002-09-23 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on female tragic heroes in England from c.1610 to c.1645. Their sudden appearance can be linked to changing ideas about the relationships between bodies and souls; men's bodies and women's; marriage and mothering; the law; and religion. Though the vast majority of these characters are closer to villainesses than heroines, these plays, by showing how misogyny affected the lives of their central characters, did not merely reflect their culture, but also changed it.
Download or read book The English Hero 1660 1880 written by Robert Folkenflik and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Female Hero in American and British Literature written by Carol Pearson and published by New York : Bowker. This book was released on 1981 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Hero and Leander written by Christopher Marlowe and published by . This book was released on 1821 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Hero written by Perry Moore and published by Random House. This book was released on 2008 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thom Creed, the gay son of a disowned superhero, finds that he, too, has special powers and is asked to join the very League that rejected his father, and it is there that Thom finds other misfits whom he can finally trust.
Download or read book Death of a Hero written by Richard Aldington and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-02-26 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the great World War I antiwar novels—honest, chilling, and brilliantly satirical Based on the author's experiences on the Western Front, Richard Aldington's first novel, Death of a Hero, finally joins the ranks of Penguin Classics. Our hero is George Winterbourne, who enlists in the British Expeditionary Army during the Great War and gets sent to France. After a rash of casualties leads to his promotion through the ranks, he grows increasingly cynical about the war and disillusioned by the hypocrisies of British society. Aldington's writing about Britain's ignorance of the tribulations of its soldiers is among the most biting ever published. Death of a Hero vividly evokes the morally degrading nature of combat as it rushes toward its astounding finish. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Download or read book What Makes a Hero written by Elizabeth Svoboda and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-08-29 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An entertaining investigation into the biology and psychology of why we sacrifice for other people Researchers are now applying the lens of science to study heroism for the first time. How do biology, upbringing, and outside influences intersect to produce altruistic and heroic behavior? And how can we encourage this behavior in corporations, classrooms, and individuals? Using dozens of fascinating real-life examples, Elizabeth Svoboda explains how our genes compel us to do good for others, how going through suffering is linked to altruism, and how acting heroic can greatly improve your mental health. She also reveals the concrete things we can do to encourage our most heroic selves to step forward. It’s a common misconception that heroes are heroic just because they’re innately predisposed to be that way. Svoboda shows why it’s not simply a matter of biological hardwiring and how anyone can be a hero if they're committed to developing their heroic potential.
