Download or read book When Letters Still Mattered written by Marques Vickers and published by Marquis Publishing. This book was released on 2016-03-16 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compilation of chronological written correspondence can provide valuable insights into the growth and development of an individual. “When Letters Still Mattered” is a 137-page autobiographical portrait by California artist Marques Vickers. Each profile candidly summarizes the effect of thirty writings and individuals that distinctly influenced his life. His early writings reveal glimpses of his immediate family relations including several humorous and touching accounts of his Alabama raised aunts, beloved grandfather and his most remembered letter from his mother recounting the separate and unexpected deaths of three acquaintances. Drawing from his formative years correspondence, Vickers recounts the exploits of an ethically straying local minister, his close relationship with his freedom-obsessed dog and his reaction to a greeting card delivered on the morning of Christmas Day by the postman. Subsequent chapters address his earliest failed encounters with intimacy and romance, a fortunate near-miss and his ongoing resolve to achieve equilibrium with a partner. He traces the labyrinth that defined his first marriage, initially fueled by a tenderly composed poem. Vickers shares lessons and disappointments culled from an often dehumanizing workplace and a noble gesture of fidelity that transcended his own humiliation of being very publicly fired from a high-profile job. The author details a twenty-year friendship with a mentor, Marshall, once a renowned public personality. Marshall had formerly managed the swank Los Angeles Coconut Grove nightclub, Las Vegas Flamingo Hotel and dated actress Marilyn Monroe during her prime. Marshall’s own fallen acclaim due to his 1950s Las Vegas association was accompanied by an admirable loyalty that he maintained until his death with formerly renowned actors, prizefighters and celebrities that had endured their own reversals of fortune. For the author, Marshall’s insight and experiences provided an enlightening glimpse of the tenuousness of fame. Weaving through various accounts, Vickers encounters a variety of diverse personalities, acquaintances and friends, ranging from a perverse travel agent he encountered in Rio de Janeiro to a counseling therapist seeking to sort out her own passionate and wordy nature. His final chapter concerns a book inscription sent to him by painter Andrew Wyatt’s famed muse Helga Testorf as a notable gift of friendship. Her ordeal and the accompanying controversy and public condemnation she endured were overshadowed by the dignity she maintained throughout in his eyes. The passages from each correspondence are concise with the focus oriented primarily on Vickers’ interpretations and storytelling. The cumulative effect of his analysis is that of an artist looking inwardly and coming to terms with who he is, how he arrived there and why he actively creates. This mirror of one’s past and the resulting conclusions become a reference guideline. The author discovered these illustrative samplings shaped his present behavioral patterns and decision-making priorities. The texts provide tangible and enduring time capsules of thought and expression by individuals who mattered most for diverse reasons to the author.
Download or read book Before I Go written by Peter Kreeft and published by Sheed & Ward. This book was released on 2007-10-15 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Renowned Catholic writer Peter Kreeft presents 67 things he has learned about life, faith, morality, priorities, marriage, and more as his legacy to his children— and to readers. He shares his practical wisdom, as well as his concern for truth and goodness, in a beautifully written and compelling style.
Download or read book Why Race Still Matters written by Alana Lentin and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2020-04-22 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Why are you making this about race?' This question is repeated daily in public and in the media. Calling someone racist in these times of mounting white supremacy seems to be a worse insult than racism itself. In our supposedly post-racial society, surely it’s time to stop talking about race? This powerful refutation is a call to notice not just when and how race still matters but when, how and why it is said not to matter. Race critical scholar Alana Lentin argues that society is in urgent need of developing the skills of racial literacy, by jettisoning the idea that race is something and unveiling what race does as a key technology of modern rule, hidden in plain sight. Weaving together international examples, she eviscerates misconceptions such as reverse racism and the newfound acceptability of 'race realism', bursts the 'I’m not racist, but' justification, complicates the common criticisms of identity politics and warns against using concerns about antisemitism as a proxy for antiracism. Dominant voices in society suggest we are talking too much about race. Lentin shows why we actually need to talk about it more and how in doing so we can act to make it matter less.
Download or read book Letters on Church Matters written by Alexander James Beresford Beresford Hope and published by . This book was released on 1851 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Letters on Anglican Orders and Other Matters written by John Williams (Roman Catholic Priest.) and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book A Letter to the Bishops of St Asaph and Bangor on matters relating to the well being of the Church in their dioceses By a North Wales Incumbent written by Thomas Vowler SHORT (successively Bishop of Sodor and Man and of St. Asaph.) and published by . This book was released on 1851 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Letters to a Sceptic on Religious Matters written by James Balmes and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-01-27 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.
Download or read book Why Reading Books Still Matters written by Martha C. Pennington and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-08-29 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bringing together strands of public discourse about valuing personal achievement at the expense of social values and the impacts of global capitalism, mass media, and digital culture on the lives of children, this book challenges the potential of science and business to solve the world’s problems without a complementary emphasis on social values. The selection of literary works discussed illustrates the power of literature and human arts to instill such values and foster change. The book offers a valuable foundation for the field of literacy education by providing knowledge about the importance of language and literature that educators can use in their own teaching and advocacy work.
Download or read book A Letter to the People of the United States Touching the Matter of Slavery written by Theodore Parker and published by . This book was released on 1848 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Message from the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress at the Commencement of the Second Session of the Forty seventh Congress written by United States. President (1881-1885 : Arthur) and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 1030 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book No clerical mistakes as to matters of fact 3 letters to F F Trench in reply to his Clerical mistakes corrected written by Henry Collins (curate of Crosserlough.) and published by . This book was released on 1848 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Letter to the Lord Bishop of Chester on Some Ecclesiastical Matters Adverted to by Him But More Especially on One Or Two Proposed Alterations and Improvements Recommended in His Primary Charge to the Clergy of His Diocese written by Thomas Cadogan Willats and published by . This book was released on 1826 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Works of John Locke A letter to the Right Rev Edward Lord Bishop of Worcester concerning Mr Locke s Essay of human understanding Mr Locke s reply An answer to Remarks upon an Essay concerning human understanding Mr Locke s reply to the Bishop of Worcester s answer to his second Letter written by John Locke and published by . This book was released on 1801 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Abridgment Containing the Annual Message of the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress with Reports of Departments and Selections from Accompanying Papers written by United States. President and published by . This book was released on 1883 with total page 1040 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book KL written by Nikolaus Wachsmann and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2015-04-14 with total page 881 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents an integrated account of the Nazi concentration camps from their inception in 1933 through their demise in the spring of 1945.
Download or read book Mail Orders written by Sunka Simon and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 2002-03-28 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores contemporary uses of letters and letter writing—including electronic mail—in literature, film, and art.
