Download or read book The Prophet Musaicum Vintage Classics written by Kahlil Gibran and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2020-12-17 with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Prophet is a book of 26 prose poetry essays written in English by the Lebanese artist, philosopher and writer Kahlil Gibran. The prophet, Almustafa, has lived in the foreign city of Orphalese for 12 years and is about to board a ship which will carry him home. He is stopped by a group of people, with whom he discusses topics such as life and the human condition. The book is divided into chapters dealing with love, marriage, children, giving, eating and drinking, work, joy and sorrow, houses, clothes, buying and selling, crime and punishment, laws, freedom, reason and passion, pain, self-knowledge, teaching, friendship, talking, time, good and evil, prayer, pleasure, beauty, religion, and death.
Download or read book Middlemarch Musaicum Vintage Classics written by George Eliot and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2020-12-17 with total page 577 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Middlemarch, mirrors the complexity and the calm under the storm of a seemingly simple and boring provincial life. Full of colorful characters, rich in satire and suspense, Middlemarch remains the great English novels, a modern tale, a classic which till this day make us wonder and question ourselves. Significant themes include the status of women, the nature of marriage, idealism, self-interest, religion, hypocrisy, political reform, and education. Story is centered on the lives of the residents of Middlemarch, a fictitious Midlands town, from 1829 onwards—the years preceding the 1832 Reform Act. The narrative is variably considered to consist of three or four plots of unequal emphasis: the life of Dorothea Brooke; the career of Tertius Lydgate; the courtship of Mary Garth by Fred Vincy; and the disgrace of Nicholas Bulstrode.
Download or read book Lilith Musaicum Vintage Classics written by Ada Langworthy Collier and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2020-12-17 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lilith is a rendition of the old rabbinical legend of Lilith, the first woman, whose life story was dropped unrecorded from the early world, and whose home, hope, and Eden were passed to another woman. The author warns us in her preface that she has not followed the legend closely. In her hands, Lilith becomes an embodiment of mother-love that has existed forever, and it is her name that lends its itself to the lullabies repeated to young children. The author not only freely changes the legend of Lilith, but is free with the unities of her own story. It is full of internal inconsistencies in narrative, and anachronisms. The legend is to the effect that God first created Adam and Lilith, equal in authority; that the clashing this led to was so great, that Lilith was cast out from Eden, and the marital experiment tried again, on a different principle, by the creation of Eve.
Download or read book Purposeful Pain written by Susan Guise Sheridan and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-01-03 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pain is an evolutionary and adaptive mechanism to prevent harm to an individual. Beyond this, how it is defined, expressed, and borne is dictated culturally. Thus, the study of pain requires a holistic approach crossing cultures, disciplines, and time. This volume explores how and why pain-inducing behaviors are selected, including their potential to demonstrate individuality, navigate social hierarchies, and express commitment to an ideal. It also explores how power dynamics affect individual choice, at times requiring self-induced suffering. Taking bioanthropological and bioarchaeological approaches, this volume focuses on those who purposefully seek pain to show that, while often viewed as “exotic,” the pervasiveness of pain-inducing practices is more normative than expected. Theory and practice are employed to re-conceptualize pain as a strategic path towards achieving broader individual and societal goals. Past and present motivations for self-inflicted pain, its socio-political repercussions, and the physical manifestations of repetitive or long-term pain inducing behaviors are examined. Chapters span geographic and temporal boundaries and a wide variety of activities to illustrate how purposeful pain is used by individuals for personal expression and manipulated by political powers to maintain the status quo. This volume reveals how bioarchaeology illuminates paleopathology, how social theory enhances bioarchaeology, and how ethnography benefits from a longer temporal perspective.
Download or read book Constructing Eschatology written by Nixon de Vera and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2022-01-03 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work seeks to provide a critical analysis of the prophecies in the book of Isaiah that parallels the prophetic insights in the book of Revelation. The underlying question is, “To what extent has God foreordained things, especially before and during the final judgment?” The author thinks all that concerns God’s majestic plan, i.e., to accomplish God’s purpose for humanity, is covered in its entirety. God is highly active in foreordaining things, and whatever God foreordains shall be fulfilled in the end. Isaiah’s conception of the interplay between the themes of punishment and healing is central to his eschatological trajectory. In this respect, theologically speaking, the total restoration of Israel signifies the restoration of all humankind. Such an eschatology might accommodate the notion of Christian Universalism.
Download or read book The Romance of Words written by Ernest Weekley and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mark Twain in Context written by John Bird and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-01-02 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mark Twain In Context provides the fullest introduction in one volume to the multifaceted life and times of one of the most celebrated American writers. It is a collection of short, lively contributions covering a wide range of topics on Twain's life and works. Twain lived during a time of great change, upheaval, progress, and challenge. He rose from obscurity to become what some have called 'the most recognizable person on the planet'. Beyond his contributions to literature, which were hugely important and influential, he was a businessman, an inventor, an advocate for social and political change, and ultimately a cultural icon. Placing his life and work in the context of his age reveals much about both Mark Twain and America in the last half of the nineteenth century, the twentieth century, and the first decades of the twenty-first century.
Download or read book Daughter of the Land written by Gene Stratton-Porter and published by Applewood Books. This book was released on 2010-05-12 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Subjects: Farm life; Sex role; Indiana; Fiction / Action
Download or read book Realist Cinema as World Cinema written by Lúcia Nagib and published by Film Culture in Transition. This book was released on 2020-10-19 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents the bold and original proposal to replace the general appellation of 'world cinema' with the more substantive concept of 'realist cinema'. Veering away from the usual focus on modes of reception and spectatorship, it locates instead cinematic realism in the way films are made. The volume is structured across three innovative categories of realist modes of production: 'non-cinema', or a cinema that aspires to be life itself; 'intermedial passages', or films that incorporate other artforms as a channel to historical and political reality; and 'total cinema', or films moved by a totalising impulse, be it towards the total artwork, total history or universalising landscapes. Though mostly devoted to recent productions, each part starts with the analysis of foundational classics, which have paved the way for future realist endeavours, proving that realism is timeless and inherent in cinema from its origin.
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Download or read book Gibbon s Solitude written by W. B. Carnochan and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 1987 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Stanford University Press classic.
Download or read book 9 11 Final Report of the National Commission written by Thomas R. Eldridge and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-12-17 with total page 467 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The '9/11 Final Report of the National Commission' epitomizes an unparalleled amalgamation of investigative journalism, governmental analysis, and historical documentation. This anthology navigates through the labyrinthine events leading up to, during, and following the cataclysmic attacks of September 11, 2001. It boasts a diversity of literary styles, from methodical fact-finding to poignant narrative recounting, setting it apart from singular historical texts. The work stands as a testament to the complexity of global terrorism and the multifaceted response it necessitates, inviting readers to dissect the manifold layers of security, policy, and human endurance intertwined with this modern epoch. The authors, comprising esteemed members of The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, bring forth a collective expertise enriched by backgrounds in law, security, governmental policy, and terrorism studies. Their collaborative effort harmonizes diverse perspectives into a coherent narrative that charts the evolution of national and international counterterrorism policy. By situating the events within broader historical and cultural movements, the report extends beyond mere recounting, offering insights into the seismic shifts in political landscapes and public consciousness. Recommending this book transcends academic interest; it is an imperative exploration for anyone vested in the intricacies of global politics, the dynamics of international relations, and the human stories behind headline events. The '9/11 Final Report' not only educates but fosters a critical dialogue about the lessons learned and the ongoing implications for future policies. It challenges readers to confront the realities of a post-9/11 world, making it an indispensable resource for understanding the complexities of contemporary history.
Download or read book The Heavenly Twins written by Sarah Grand and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2020-04-09 with total page 974 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Heavenly Twins is a Victorian feminist novel which deals with issues of marriage, outlets for women's abilities and sexual morality. Following the affairs of three heroines, Evadne, Edith, and Angelica, the novel demonstrates the dangers of the moral double standard which overlooked men's promiscuity while punishing women for the same acts.
Download or read book Before Marx Socialism and Communism in France 1830 48 written by Paul E Corcoran and published by Springer. This book was released on 1983-08-25 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Study of Medieval London written by Walter Besant and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-11-13 with total page 810 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Medieval London is a historical account of the England's capital during the Middle Ages, written by Sir Walter Besant, English novelist and historian who dedicated most of his life researching history and topography of London. The work is divided in three parts: first part is historical and it deals with mediaeval sovereigns of England and their treatment of the city; second part presents general view of London, dealing with social life, customs, tradition, and other aspect of city life such as trade, crime, literature or sports. Final part of the work is ecclesiastical and deals with religion, religious houses and objects of faith that signified the capital of England in the Middle Ages.
Download or read book A Color Notation How to Numerically Describe Colors written by A. H. Munsell and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2020-12-17 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Color Notation is a book written by Albert Henry Munsell, an American painter, teacher of art, and the inventor of the Munsell color system. Munsell color system is an early attempt at creating an accurate system for numerically describing colors. The Munsell color order system has gained international acceptance and has served as the foundation for many color order systems.
Download or read book A Christmas Child written by Mary Louisa Molesworth and published by . This book was released on 2019-10-31 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Christmas Child by Mrs Molesworth is a sketch of boy-life, or rather, though Ted grows to boyhood, of child-life; for it is the child that is the more vividly portrayed. And a very sweet, tenderly drawn sketch it is, with life and reality manifest throughout. Very few can rival Mrs Molesworth in the power of making us see the children of fancy; and in this Christmas Child something has given to her pen a special power.
