After Elias

Author : Eddy Boudel Tan
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2020-09-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781459746442

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After Elias by Eddy Boudel Tan Pdf

2021 Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction — Finalist A modern queer tragedy about a pilot's last words, an interrupted celebration, and the fear of losing everything. “Utterly engrossing. Coen is a hero for our era, darkly struggling amid the aftershocks of loss, but doing so with dignity, humanity, and passion.” — Timothy Taylor, author of The Rule of Stephens When the airplane piloted by Elias Santos crashes one week before their wedding day, Coen Caraway loses the man he loves and the illusion of happiness he has worked so hard to create. The only thing Elias leaves behind is a recording of his final words, and even Coen is baffled by the cryptic message. Numb with grief, he takes refuge on the Mexican island that was meant to host their wedding. But as fragments of the past come to the surface in the aftermath of the tragedy, Coen is forced to question everything he thought he knew about Elias and their life together. Beneath his flawed memory lies the truth about Elias — and himself. From the damp concrete of Vancouver to the spoiled shores of Mexico, After Elias weaves the past with the present to tell a story of doubt, regret, and the fear of losing everything.

Author : Grazia Deledda
Publisher : Northwestern University Press
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0810112515

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Elias Portolu by Grazia Deledda Pdf

Winner of the 1926 Novel Prize for Literature After serving time in mainland Italy for a minor theft, Elias Portolu returns home to Nuoro, in rural Sardinia. Lonely and vulnerable after his prison exile, he falls in love with his brother's fiancée. But he finds himself trapped by social and religious strictures, his passion and guilt winding into a spiral of anguish and paralyzing indecision. For guidance he turns first to the village priest, who advises him to resist temptation; then he turns to the pagan "father of the woods," who recognizes the weakness of human will and urges him to declare his love before it is too late.

Author : Jan Nelson
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
Page : 612 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Chansons de geste
ISBN : 0817302727

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Le Chevalier Au Cygne and La Fin D'Elias by Jan Nelson Pdf

Author : British Museum. Department of Oriental Printed Books and Manuscripts,William Wright
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1870
Category : Manuscripts
ISBN : KBNL:KBNL03000145583

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Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired Since the Year 1838 by British Museum. Department of Oriental Printed Books and Manuscripts,William Wright Pdf

Author : Jonathan Fraser Light
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 1112 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2016-03-25
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781476617442

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The Cultural Encyclopedia of Baseball, 2d ed. by Jonathan Fraser Light Pdf

More than any other sport, baseball has developed its own niche in America’s culture and psyche. Some researchers spend years on detailed statistical analyses of minute parts of the game, while others wax poetic about its players and plays. Many trace the beginnings of the civil rights movement in part to the Major Leagues’ decision to integrate, and the words and phrases of the game (for example, pinch-hitter and out in left field) have become common in our everyday language. From AARON, HENRY onward, this book covers all of what might be called the cultural aspects of baseball (as opposed to the number-rich statistical information so widely available elsewhere). Biographical sketches of all Hall of Fame players, owners, executives and umpires, as well as many of the sportswriters and broadcasters who have won the Spink and Frick awards, join entries for teams, owners, commissioners and league presidents. Advertising, agents, drafts, illegal substances, minor leagues, oldest players, perfect games, retired uniform numbers, superstitions, tripleheaders, and youngest players are among the thousands of entries herein. Most entries open with a topical quote and conclude with a brief bibliography of sources for further research. The whole work is exhaustively indexed and includes 119 photographs.

Author : British Library. Department of Oriental Manuscripts and Printed Books,William Wright
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1870
Category : Syriac language
ISBN : NLI:2497971-10

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Biblical manuscripts by British Library. Department of Oriental Manuscripts and Printed Books,William Wright Pdf

Author : Dieter Reicher,Adrian Jitschin,Arjan Post,Behrouz Alikhani
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2023-01-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783658378493

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Norbert Elias’s African Processes of Civilisation by Dieter Reicher,Adrian Jitschin,Arjan Post,Behrouz Alikhani Pdf

In 1962 Norbert Elias was invited as a temporary professor at the University of Ghana in Legon, Accra. He taught, employed fieldwork, travelled, and met many people in postcolonial Africa. When Elias left Ghana in 1964, he had laid the basic groundwork for a fundamental sociological argument on human societies. The volume on hand is a selection of his unpublished writings based on these experiences. Together they touch upon not only the well-known criticism of Eurocentrism and a developmental perspective but also what could be considered the core of Elias’s work: the concept of civilisation. In a foreword, Dieter Reicher and Adrian Jitschin have endeavoured to explain and break down the relations of Elias’s African experience to the rest of his work and biography. They also clarified some misleading interpretations of Elias’s time in Africa. Finally, Arjan Post has uncovered the previously unknown fascinating story of Elias’ encounter with Malcolm X in an epilogue.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 986 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1888
Category : Electronic
ISBN : HARVARD:32044053410981

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Central Reporter by Anonim Pdf

Author : Sir James Donaldson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1871
Category : Christian literature, Early
ISBN : NLI:2476556-50

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Ante-Nicene Christian Library by Sir James Donaldson Pdf

Author : John George Wenham
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1875
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:600098897

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Readings from the Old Testament, arranged with notes, by J.G. Wenham by John George Wenham Pdf

Author : John Goodwin,Henrietta O'Connor
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2016-03-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317086833

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Norbert Elias's Lost Research by John Goodwin,Henrietta O'Connor Pdf

Based on the re-discovery of a lost sociological project led by Norbert Elias at the University of Leicester, this book re-visits the project: The Adjustment of Young Workers to Work Situations and Adult Roles. Norbert Elias's Lost Research makes use of the interview booklets documenting the lives of nearly 900 Leicester school leavers at the time, to give a unique account of Elias's only foray into large-scale, publicly funded research. Covering all aspects of the research from the development of the research proposal, the selection and management of the research team, the fieldwork, Elias's theoretical work to the ultimate demise of the research project, this book makes a significant contribution to our understanding of existing Eliasian texts by introducing this project to a wider audience and investigating and applying Elias's theoretical work to the areas of youth and school to work transitions. Shedding new light on Elias's thought, whilst exploring questions of methodology and the relevance of older research to modern questions, this book will be of interest to social theorists, as well as sociologists with interests in research methodology and the history of sociology.

Author : A. C. S. Peacock
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2017-03-08
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781474417143

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Islamisation by A. C. S. Peacock Pdf

The spread of Islam and the process of Islamisation (meaning both conversion to Islam and the adoption of Muslim culture) is explored in the twenty-four chapters of this volume. Taking a comparative perspective, both the historical trajectory of Islamisation and the methodological problems in its study are addressed, with coverage moving from Africa to China and from the seventh century to the start of the colonial period in 1800. Key questions are addressed. What is meant by Islamisation? How far was the spread of Islam as a religion bound up with the spread of Muslim culture? To what extent are Islamisation and conversion parallel processes? How is Islamisation connected to Arabisation? What role do vernacular Muslim languages play in the promotion of Muslim culture? The broad, comparative perspective allows readers to develop a thorough understanding of the process of Islamisation over eleven centuries of its history.

Author : Sandy Green
Publisher : BookLocker.com, Inc.
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2023-04-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9798885314206

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SURVIVOR BOY by Sandy Green Pdf

In the year 1743, a boy named Elias was born in Hamburg in what would later become Germany. Elias’ life is forever changed when a fire robs him of his home and entire family. He is unfairly treated by those who promised to take care of him and runs away to live in a shack on his great grandfather’s property. On his own, Elias finds help and comfort with childhood friends and a stray dog which he eventually befriends. He is able to survive by working for food, doing odd jobs, hunting, growing a garden, and careful planning. He gets done whatever job his many employers task him with. When Elias is betrayed and his best friend is killed, he leaves for life as a sailor. While docked in England, he meets and falls in love with Lady Evangeline Duncan. This was a time when class, titles and wealth drew lines that were rarely crossed. Will this love endure? Although a successful sailor, Elias longs for his own family and life as a farmer and hunter and sets out to scout the shores of America with Wild Fox, a Cherokee Indian whose clan lives in Virginia. Elias gains knowledge and skills from Wild Fox. Elias and Wild Fox live for a short time with the clan. Here, Elias learns about clan traditions and becomes as one of them before leaving to explore the lands of wild western Virginia. When he reaches the River of the Elk, Elias decides to make his home nearby. The Canawa Valley of western Virginia is a hostile, untamed land where one must live by skill and wit. Many different tribes of Indians travel through the territory, not all of them friendly. Elias’ childhood after the death of his family helped prepare him to survive so far from civilization. His knowledge of the environment and a willingness to work hard are a must. Elias applies his skills in building and taming the land and his wife brings her traditional growing and crafting skills to bear. Despite starting out with nothing but their bare hands and the desire to survive they thrive. In his golden years Elias takes his wife and visits Hamburg where he is reunited with old friends and learns about the fate of others. At long last, unanswered questions are answered.

Author : Maarten Maartens
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1893
Category : Dutch fiction
ISBN : UIUC:30112041700086

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God's Fool by Maarten Maartens Pdf

Author : Gillian Roberts
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Canada
ISBN : 9780773545069

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Discrepant Parallels by Gillian Roberts Pdf

The 49th parallel has long held a symbolic importance to Canadian cultural nationalists as a strong, though permeable, border. But in contemporary Canadian culture, the border has multiple meanings, and imbalances of cultural power occur both across the Canada-US border as well as within Canada. Discrepant Parallels examines divergent relationships to, and investments in, the Canada-US border in a variety of media, such as travel writing, fiction, poetry, drama, and television. Tracing cultural production in Canada since the 1980s through the periods of FTA and NAFTA negotiations, and into the current, post-9/11 context, Gillian Roberts grapples with the border's changing relevance to Canadian nationalist, Indigenous, African Canadian, and Latin American perspectives. Drawing on Kant and Derrida, she theorizes the 49th parallel to account for the imbalance of cultural, political, and economic power between the two countries, as well as the current challenges to dominant definitions of Canadianness. Focusing on a border that is often overshadowed by the contentious US-Mexico divide, Discrepant Parallels analyzes the desire to establish Canadian-American sameness and difference from a multitude of perspectives, as well as its implications for how Canada is represented within and outside its national borders.