Download or read book A Pinnacle of Feeling written by Sean McCann and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2008-10-06 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is no more powerful symbol in American political life than the presidency, and the image of presidential power has had no less profound an impact on American fiction. A Pinnacle of Feeling is the first book to examine twentieth-century literature's deep fascination with the modern presidency and with the ideas about the relationship between state power and democracy that underwrote the rise of presidential authority. Sean McCann challenges prevailing critical interpretations through revelatory new readings of major writers, including Richard Wright, Gertrude Stein, Henry Roth, Zora Neale Hurston, Saul Bellow, Ralph Ellison, Norman Mailer, Don Delillo, and Philip Roth. He argues that these writers not only represented or satirized presidents, but echoed political thinkers who cast the chief executive as the agent of the sovereign will of the American people. They viewed the president as ideally a national redeemer, and they took that ideal as a model and rival for their own work. A Pinnacle of Feeling illuminates the fundamental concern with democratic sovereignty that informs the most innovative literary works of the twentieth century, and shows how these works helped redefine and elevate the role of executive power in American culture.
Download or read book Pinnacle City written by Matt Carter and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2020-09-29 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pinnacle City is many things to many people. To some it is a glittering metropolis, a symbol of prosperity watched over by the all-star superhero team, the Pinnacle City Guardians. Beyond the glitz and glamour, there is another city, one still feeling the physical and economic damage of the superhero-villain battles of generations past. The lower class, immigrants, criminals, aliens, sorcerers, and non-humans alike call this city home, looking to make a living, which is becoming increasingly difficult as the two sides of the city seem prepared to boil over into a violent conflict. Private investigator Eddie Enriquez, born with the ability to read the histories of objects by touch, still bears the scars of his time as a youthful minion for a low-level supervillain, followed by stints in prison and the military. Though now trying to live a straight-and-narrow life, he supports a drinking problem and painkiller addiction by using his powers to track down insurance cheats. When a mysterious woman enters his office asking him to investigate the death of prominent non-human rights activist Quentin Julian, a crime the police and heroes are ignoring, he takes the case in the hopes of doing something good. Superhero Kimberly Kline has just hit it big, graduating from her team of young heroes to the Pinnacle City Guardians with the new codename of Solar Flare. With good looks, powers that include flight, energy manipulation, superhuman strength, durability, and speed, as well as a good family name, the sky is the limit for her. Upbeat, optimistic, and perhaps a little naïve from the upper-crust life she was raised in, she hopes to make her family, and the world, proud by being the greatest superhero she can be . . . but things aren't always as they seem.
Download or read book The Pinnacle written by F. Afzal and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The PINNACLE asks, would you give up your emotional freedom to make the world a better place? This is the dilemma facing 21-year-old Anna Black. Whisked out of her normal life on an otherwise typical day, Anna suddenly finds herself in the custody of a mysterious corporation called The Pinnacle—located somewhere over the hilltops, away from society.The Pinnacle’s stated mission is to rid the world of crime, and they’ve selected Anna and twenty-three other test subjects to participate in a series of virtual-reality challenges to test their emotions and collect data using cutting-edge technology. But as the trials become more and more emotionally challenging, Anna begins to question if the corporation is taking its mission too far. Through Anna’s journey, THE PINNACLE touches upon the future of neurology, emotions, trust, social groups, human nature, and the promises and perils of technology, but can Anna and the others resist the high-tech tools innovated by the trial leaders and ultimately escape the Pinnacle for good?"--Amazon.
Download or read book Going Above and Beyond written by Katharine C. Giovanni and published by Newroad Publishing. This book was released on 2009-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether for a business owner or an employee, this guide will show how to offer concierge-level customer service that will provide an edge in today’s competitive business world. From interviews with top concierges to helping review nonverbal cues and body language, the information presented will help polish a professional image, refine communication skills, and teach the core beliefs and values that lead to extraordinary customer service.
Download or read book The Processing Pinnacle written by Steven Simpson and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Experiential education focuses mainly on the idea that there are two components to experience: the action and reflection. The Processing Pinnacle offers a theoretical approach to more effective processing, the reflective component of experience. Offering different points of view from the growing world of experiential education, the authors consider the difficulties of processing and suggest techniques to remove these “roadblocks". Utilizing the metaphor of the mountain, the authors demonstrate how and when certain facilitator methods may elicit immediate response and make a lasting impression on the individual, encouraging reflection as a personal response to life experience. Easy to implement and conversational in tone, The Processing Pinnacle contains valuable guidance for anyone who teaches experientially."--pub. desc.
Download or read book Commentary on the Gospel of Matthew written by John Albert Broadus and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 684 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Because You Loved Me written by M. William Phelps and published by Pinnacle Books. This book was released on 2007 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes how Jeanne Dominico, a hard-working single mother, was stabbed to death by her fourteen-year-old daughter, who had been convinced by her mentally disturbed Internet boyfriend that Jeanne was trying to keep them apart.
Download or read book Passages written by Gail Sheehy and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-10-08 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn how to better navigate the challenges of adult life with Gail Sheehy’s landmark bestseller—named one of the ten most influential books of our times by the Library of Congress. For decades, Gail Sheehy’s Passages has been inspiring readers to see the predictable crises of adult life as opportunities for growth. She charts the stages between 18 and 50 as unfolding in a pattern of adult development: once recognized, more easily managed. Passages is an insightful road map of adulthood that illustrates with vivid stories our continuing personality and sexual changes throughout the “Trying 20s,” “Catch 30s,” “Forlorn 40s,” and “Refreshed (or Resigned) 50s.” One comment is continuously repeated by men, women, singles, couples, and people who recover from a midlife crisis: “This book changed my life.”
Download or read book The Psychology of Feeling and Emotion written by Christian Alban Ruckmick and published by . This book was released on 1936 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Shamans Through Time written by Jeremy Narby and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2004-09-09 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A survey of five centuries of writings on the world's great shamans-the tricksters, sorcerers, conjurers, and healers who have fascinated observers for centuries. This collection of essays traces Western civilization's struggle to interpret and understand the ancient knowledge of cultures that revere magic men and women-individuals with the power to summon spirits. As written by priests, explorers, adventurers, natural historians, and anthropologists, the pieces express the wonder of strangers in new worlds. Who were these extraordinary magic-makers who imitated the sounds of animals in the night, or drank tobacco juice through funnels, or wore collars filled with stinging ants? Shamans Through Time is a rare chronicle of changing attitudes toward that which is strange and unfamiliar. With essays by such acclaimed thinkers as Claude Lévi-Strauss, Black Elk, Carlos Castaneda, and Frank Boas, it provides an awesome glimpse into the incredible shamanic practices of cultures around the world.
Download or read book The Herald of Asia written by and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 870 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Call It Sleep written by Henry Roth and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2013-10-22 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Henry Roth published his debut novel Call It Sleep in 1934, it was greeted with considerable critical acclaim though, in those troubled times, lackluster sales. Only with its paperback publication thirty years later did this novel receive the recognition it deserves—--and still enjoys. Having sold-to-date millions of copies worldwide, Call It Sleep is the magnificent story of David Schearl, the "dangerously imaginative" child coming of age in the slums of New York.
Download or read book Things Fall Apart written by Michael Paget-Wilkes and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2020-05-29 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book calls for a major paradigm shift in the church's thinking and practice if the church is to engage with the upcoming generations of the third decade of this fast-changing twenty-first century. Just as the church has had to adapt to a changing context in the past, it now needs to engage seriously with this post-enlightenment, post-human, techno-centric age of artificial intelligence. However, the church also needs to recall its counter-cultural, prophetic role, following Elijah, Jeremiah, Amos, Jesus, and Paul, challenging society as it faces complex dilemmas raised by technology-driven development in these unprecedented times. The church will have to acknowledge unaddressed weaknesses in the past: of identifying with established power rather than vulnerability and the marginalized; of depending on a hierarchical, ministerial order at the expense of the ministry of every believer; of acquiescing to materialist, anthropocentric, and consumerist growth as an undisputable norm. This book develops the vision of a church engaged in the mission of God: of welcoming technological development but with an eye on kingdom values; of promoting innovation, so long as it does not result in a growth of inequality, or at the expense of the environment; of pointing towards a humanity that deepens its relationships with its Creator, its fellow humans, and its environment. The author calls on grassroots believers to reflect and act, within their local communities, as inspired and empowered daughters and sons of God, in the knowledge that following Jesus Christ provides a radical new paradigm for living, learning and leading, in and through these times of epochal change.
Download or read book Star Children written by Shelley Vecchitto and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2019-11-07 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shelley Vecchitto’s life has led her to working with people around the world by facilitating groups and helping seekers fulfill their highest purpose. Her gifts allow her to provide a bridge of understanding to those pursuing deep connection with their soul expression in this life, and that connection allowed Shelley to discover a truth of her own. Star Children offers a radical rethinking of the nature of children commonly considered troubled or ill, providing a refreshingly positive, spiritually-oriented perspective on the unconventional. Find out why Star Children are coming to earth, as well as the hidden messages behind miscarriage, childhood illness, and accidental death. This book is also a guide to self-knowledge and spiritual development for the friends, parents, and caretakers of Star Children, offering advice on how to nurture them. Learn to understand the Star Child you love while realizing that you, too, are a special Star Child. Exercises throughout the text offer ways to explore the material and incorporate it into your life, while Shelley’s warm enthusiam encourages us all to break free from old limitations and discover inner strengths and abilities.
Download or read book Social Welfare written by and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book How Long Have You Been Standing Here God written by Michael Jean Nystrom-Schut and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2005-05-24 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: TRILOGY BOOK TWO includes three books from my numerous writings. Writing and philosophizing for so long now, I am pleased to get to do this while others simply cant take the time. In my journeys, I dont know if I am getting closer to knowing anything, and it seems the more I know, the more I know I dont know. I suppose all we can be sure of, is that as long as we are alive, we have the opportunity to keep searching, while continuing to delve into our minds and hearts for clues to greater meaning and purpose on earth. How long have you been standing here, God? is the title of the book, and it comes to you along with two others, Evolution: Facts and Fairy Tales and Amistad (Spanish for friendship). All three were written with you (the reader and fellow life-mate) especially in mind. If you struggle with your personal spirituality, and need greater awareness that God is on all sides of you, then maybe How long have you been standing here, God? (Book One) will be helpful. If you are wondering about your origins, trying to figure out how it all came about, then perhaps Evolution: Facts and Fairy Tales (Book Two) will make things even more confusing! During my time in Central America, I have learned plenty about the concept of friendship, and I mean that in the context of the whole of life. Amistad (Book Three) is a book about befriending the people, places and things that make up our lives.
Download or read book Common Sense written by and published by . This book was released on 1874 with total page 618 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
