Download or read book Lost Soul written by John Makeham and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2020-10-26 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the mid-1980s, Taiwan and mainland China have witnessed a sustained resurgence of academic and intellectual interest in ruxue—“Confucianism”—variously conceived as a form of culture, an ideology, a system of learning, and a tradition of normative values. This discourse has led to a proliferation of contending conceptions of ruxue, as well as proposals for rejuvenating it to make it a vital cultural and psycho-spiritual resource in the modern world. This study aims to show how ruxue has been conceived in order to assess the achievements of this enterprise; to identify which aspects of ru thought and values academics find viable, and why; to highlight the dynamics involved in the ongoing cross-fertilization between academics in China and Taiwan; and to examine the relationship between these activities and cultural nationalism. Four key arguments are developed. First, the process of intellectual cross-fertilization and rivalry between scholars has served to sustain academic interest in ruxue. Second, contrary to conventional wisdom, party-state support in the PRC does not underpin the continuing academic discourse on ruxue. Third, cultural nationalism, rather than state nationalism, better explains the nature of this activity. Fourth, academic discourse on ruxue provides little evidence of robust philosophical creativity.
Download or read book The Orchard of Lost Souls written by Nadifa Mohamed and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2014-03-04 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From one of Granta's Best of Young British Novelists comes The Orchard of Lost Souls, a stunning novel illuminating Somalia's tragic civil war. It is 1987 and Hargeisa waits. Whispers of revolution travel on the dry winds, but still the dictatorship remains secure. Soon, through the eyes of three women, we will see Somalia fall. Nine-year-old Deqo has left the vast refugee camp where she was born, lured to the city by the promise of her first pair of shoes. Kawsar, a solitary widow, is trapped in her little house with its garden clawed from the desert, confined to her bed after a savage beating in the local police station. Filsan, a young female soldier, has moved from Mogadishu to suppress the rebellion growing in the north. As the country is unraveled by a civil war that will shock the world, the fates of these three women are twisted irrevocably together. Nadifa Mohamed was born in Hargeisa and was exiled before the outbreak of war. In The Orchard of Lost Souls, she returns to Hargeisa in her imagination. Intimate, frank, brimming with beauty and fierce love, this novel is an unforgettable account of ordinary lives lived in extraordinary times.
Download or read book Lost Soul written by Les Rolston and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-02-21 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sam Postlethwaite was a Confederate soldier buried in an unmarked grave in Rhode Island. Beginning with nothing more than a handful of dirt, author Les Rolston's innocent curiosity about this mysterious soldier's grave became a journey of thousands of miles that eventually led him to the soldier's family. The result is this factual account of Postlethwaite's odyssey and the author's determined efforts to learn his story. Other important facets of this affecting historical account are the experiences of Postlethwaite's fourteen-year-old brother, who found glory with Stonewall Jackson in the Shenandoah Valley; and a boy from a prominent Rhode Island family who was emotionally ruined by the Civil War. Both their families, embittered by war, were destined to merge through a Civil War romance and marriage. This book is a tribute to all of the people, Northerners and Southerners, who joined together to choose forgiveness and understanding over bitterness and hatred.
Download or read book The Lost Soul of Higher Education written by Ellen Schrecker and published by The New Press. This book was released on 2010-08-24 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The professor and historian delivers a major critique of how political and financial attacks on the academy are undermining our system of higher education. Making a provocative foray into the public debates over higher education, acclaimed historian Ellen Schrecker argues that the American university is under attack from two fronts. On the one hand, outside pressure groups have staged massive challenges to academic freedom, beginning in the 1960s with attacks on faculty who opposed the Vietnam War, and resurfacing more recently with well-funded campaigns against Middle Eastern Studies scholars. Connecting these dots, Schrecker reveals a distinct pattern of efforts to undermine the legitimacy of any scholarly study that threatens the status quo. At the same time, Schrecker deftly chronicles the erosion of university budgets and the encroachment of private-sector influence into academic life. From the dwindling numbers of full-time faculty to the collapse of library budgets, The Lost Soul of Higher Education depicts a system increasingly beholden to corporate America and starved of the resources it needs to educate the new generation of citizens. A sharp riposte to the conservative critics of the academy by the leading historian of the McCarthy-era witch hunts, The Lost Soul of Higher Education, reveals a system in peril—and defends the vital role of higher education in our democracy.
Download or read book Lost Souls written by Anthony Schmitz and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2011-09-14 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “I start my story. Which, if I do say so myself, is a fine story for a Sunday drive. It’s a love story, at least up to the point that it gets tangled up in death and lies.” And so begins Father Hoven’s journey back to St. Jude and back to the memory of a time when he was “right out of the seminary and ready to set the world straight.” The young priest, however, could hardly be prepared for residents of the Minnesota community who harbored in the midst of their devout natures a host of dark secrets and earthy desires. Father Hoven tells of his early days in their company, speaking alternately with the sweetness of youthful ambitions and the ironic wisdom of old age. His is one of the most delightful voices in American fiction today.
Download or read book Lost Souls of Lakewood written by Charlie Hodge and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2021-04-12 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: GHOSTS HAUNT LAKEWOOD LANDS AND BLAYLOCK’S MANSION. WHO ARE THEY? WHY ARE THEY THERE? Straight out of a fairy tale or thriller movie, Blaylock's Mansion leaps into stunning view as one traverses a gentle curve in the road. Surrounded by spellbinding gardens and majestic trees, the 16,000-square-foot Tudor-Revival style architecture deep in the harsh, spectacular mountains of southeastern British Columbia captures the eye and the imagination. Selwyn G. Blaylock learned all about harsh and spectacular things. In 1899 the young metallurgist graduated from Quebec's McGill University and ventured to Trail, B.C. During the next three decades his meteoric rise to President of Consolidated Mining and Smelting (later known as Cominco) had tremendous impact around the world. Yet Blaylock was to pay a price in several ways. His life carried the great weight of expectation and demand, blended with responsibility and accountability. Some might suggest guilt. The controversial death of union organizer Ginger Goodwin remains linked to Blaylock, as does his role in ‘the bomb’ dropped on Japan. Many believed Selwyn to be a haunted man. Blaylock was not the only unique, larger-than-real-life character to live in the mansion or on the large property known as Lakewood. A number of fascinating characters also resided there before and after him. Some of them never left. From First Nation hunters, Hudson Bay Company workers, two mayors, freemasons, and a Civil War hero to a smooth-talking, high-rolling con man from California, veteran Canadian writer Charlie Hodge brings to life a variety of real and fictional characters and their common denominator in Lost Souls of Lakewood - The History and Mystery of Blaylock’s Mansion It features several spellbinding tales within the main story, each one worthy of its own novel. Lost Souls of Lakewood is a must read for anyone with an interest in history, mystery or ghosts.
Download or read book The City written by Allen J. Scott and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Los Angeles has grown from a scattered collection of towns and villages to one of the largest megacities in the world. The editors of THE CITY have assembled a variety of essays examining the built environment and human dynamics of this extraordinary modern city, emphasizing the dramatic changes that have occurred since 1960. 58 illustrations.
Download or read book The Society of Misfit Stories Presents Volume Two written by Julie Ann Dawson and published by Bards and Sages Publishing. This book was released on 2018-08-07 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Society of Misfit Stories Presents this eclectic collection of exceptional novelettes and novellas from some of the most unique voices in the speculative genres. This diverse anthology offers readers an enticing assortment of high fantasy, alien adventure, paranormal investigations, haunts both real and imagined, and more. In Volume II: Last Chances by Michael Gardner The Good Seed by Tom Howard The Last Hunt by Claire Salcedo Justice is Blind by Dawn Vogel Indigo Alyeska by Rhonda Eikamp Rolling Reality by Margret A. Treiber Up In Smoke by Milo James Fowler The Case of the Yuletide Bride by Aaron Vlek Fire in the Woods by T.R. North Red Sun Rising by Mike Adamson The Municipality of Lost Souls by Jeannie Wycherley Zombie Island by Derek Muk Forbidden Fruit by Calvin Demmer The Thousand-Year Colony by Russell Hemmell The Mail Order Bride by Nidhi Singh A Whisper in Scales by E. K. Wagner The Soul in the Machine by Daniel Kilkelly Three Times a Ronin Shouts by S.H. Mansouri A Portrait of Life by Fred McGavran Emily in the Wall by Neil Davies The Borrowscale Defection by Susanne Dutton Blood and Sand: A Cult Love Story by Larry Griffin Metal Skin by Francis J Burns Down in the Clockwork City by Mark William Chase Let Them Eat Cake by Aaron Moskalik The Abbot's Garden by Stewart C Baker The Man that Moved the Mountain by Nestor Delfino A Totem's Tale by Beeman Post-Modem Alchemy by Michael Andre-Driussi A Christmas Tree by Rhema Sayers Unseen by Jacob Adams Unwelcome Guests by Shannon Lawrence Single Combat by David W. Landrum The Resurrection of Hasan II by Hamad Al-Rayes The Worst of Times by Elana Gomel
Download or read book Municipal Dreams written by John Boughton and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2018-04-17 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traversing the nation, Municipal Dreams offers an architectural tour of some of the best and most remarkable of our housing estates, and in doing so offers an engrossing social history of housing in Britain. John Broughton asks us to understand better their complex story and to rethink our prejudices. His accounts include extraordinary planners and architects who wished to elevate working men and women through design and the politicians, high and low, who shaped their work, the competing ideologies which have promoted state housing and condemned it, the economics which has always constrained our housing ideals, the crisis wrought by Right to Buy, and the evolving controversies around regeneration. He shows how the loss of the dream of good housing for all is a danger for the whole of society - as was seen in the fire in Grenfell Tower.
Download or read book The Municipality of Lost Souls written by Jeannie Wycherley and published by Bark at the Moon Books. This book was released on 2020-06-23 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vengeful souls don't stay dead They taunt the minds of the living until they throw themselves from clifftops. Yet death turns a profit when you drive ships onto rocks to plunder riches. Agatha knows one thing for sure: respect the dead. Especially those who did not die quietly. Now, a lonely witch has conjured a young sailor's soul. And woken them all. Only Agatha knows the truth. She hears it in the whispers drifting across the waves. She hears it in the crackle of the flames. And the marauders will stop at nothing to silence her. Shh ... Listen ... The Dead Are Coming ... From the Amazon bestselling author of Crone comes a thoroughly original and spellbinding piece of storytelling. The Municipality of Lost Souls is a gothic ghost story set in 1860s England with characters destined to haunt you forever. For readers of dark fantasy who love witchcraft, magic and a little spookiness. For fans of Daphe du Maurier, Laura Purcell, Michelle Paver and Stacey Halls. 'A 5-star winner from Queen of the Night Terrors' - Amazon reviewer. 'Really got my heart pounding' - Amazon reviewer. 'Female Stephen King!' - Amazon reviewer. Jeannie Wycherley is the author of several books set in East Devon, including Crone, recipient of a Chill with a Book Readers Award (2018) and an Indie B.R.A.G medallion (2017), Beyond the Veil (2018) and the bestselling Wonky Inn cozy mystery series.
Download or read book Lost Souls written by Anthony Schmitz and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I start my story. Which, if I do say so myself, is a fine story for a Sunday drive. It's a love story, at least up to the point that it gets tangled up in death and lies." And so begins Father Hoven's journey back to St. Jude and back to the memory of a time when he was "right out of the seminary and ready to set the world straight." The young priest, however, could hardly be prepared for residents of the Minnesota community who harbored in the midst of their devout natures a host of dark secrets and earthy desires. Father Hoven tells of his early days in their company, speaking alternately with the sweetness of youthful ambitions and the ironic wisdom of old age. His is one of the most delightful voices in American fiction today.
Download or read book Congressional Record written by United States. Congress and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Man traps of the City written by Thomas Edward Green and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The changing role of local politics in Britain written by Leach, Stephen and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2006-07-26 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Local Government Act 2000 has transformed the way in which local politics operates within local authorities. Local councillors have had to adjust to the introduction of elected mayors, cabinet government and scrutiny committees, and cope with a range of other new initiatives. This book is a unique attempt to provide a coherent analysis of the impact of these changes on the world of local politics. The book provides a comprehensive review of the operation of politics in local government, including the impact of national and local political parties on the behaviour of party groups in local authorities, the way party groups interact with each other, the changing role of local political leadership and the relationship of local politicians with senior council officers. The changing role of local politics in Britain Is essential reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students and their teachers on local government, politics, public policy and public administration courses, as well as officers in local authorities who wish to gain a deeper understanding of the political environment in which they work.
Download or read book The Philadelawareans and Other Essays Relating to Delaware written by John Andrew Munroe and published by University of Delaware Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents a varied sampling of the author's writings from the past sixty years, along with some previously unpublished materials. It begins with a long prologue that the author calls a literary autobiography, and this story is continued and amplified in introductory notes that accompany each of the following items. the relationship between Delaware and the city of Philadelphia. This theme reappears in many guises in the background of other items as, for example, in a summary of New Castle's history, in an investigation of an experiment in nonresident representation in Congress, and in explanation of the unique importance of an early Wilmington collector of customs. In the last essay, previously unpublished, the relationship is personalized in a reminiscence contributing to the autobiographical theme with which the book began. at the University of Delaware.
Download or read book Life in Cythera written by Charles Coddington and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2017-09-05 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cythera, the city that obeys Murphys Law faithfully (if something can go wrong, it will) is revisited in two tales, outlining one mishap after another. In the first tale, a day in the life of a taxi driver is examined. Fred, the driver, encounters more than his fair share of oddball characters and zany predicaments. And a visitor is on hand to take note of a city that never ceases to confound the rational mind. In the second tale, a mayoral election is being held, and the fate of Cythera rests upon which of the candidates succeeds in amassing the most votes. The trouble is, Why would anyone want to be the mayor of the city that never ceases to confound the rational mind?
Download or read book The Lost Souls and Their Bodies written by Esther Kish and published by Esther Kish. This book was released on 2014-01-07 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Lost Souls and their Bodies" satirically explores the socio-political settings of the Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western lands from which main characters originate only to be united on a Northern island. They all experience voids described as a fictional space of nothingness. Worldly ambitions can never be sufficient for the souls and are barely ever satiable for their bodies coming from different cultures and religions; Islam, Judaism and Christianity. Each character has a dream that reflects their deepest longings and fears despite decadent life settings. Yet they only truly find fulfillment in moments of disinterested love when destiny brings them together. The magical character - the Unwell Man - represents a crazy man from Lea's town in the chaotic Southern lands with a soul that registers injustice, war tragedy, birth and death. Borderless and separated, united and confined; it is a journey of the lost souls and their bodies to their final destination.
