Brief Candle

Author : Mahesh Dattani
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2010-10-30
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9788184752991

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BRIEF CANDLE by Mahesh Dattani Pdf

Brief Candle: Three Plays brings together the most recent work of Sahitya Akademi award-winner Mahesh Dattani as he continues to explore subjects that need to be addressed but are relentlessly brushed under the carpet of middle-class morality—incest; gender bias and death. The title play is set in a hospital ward where terminally ill patients put up an energetic farce in memory of their friend who died of cancer. The blurring of lines between their romp and the events of their own lives leads to revelations that are both tragic and life-affirming. In the radio play The Girl Who Touched the Stars; Bhavna—now an astronaut ready to take off on a mission into outer space—reflects on her past in this moment of glory; only to confront the bitter truths she has tried to ignore all her life. The fragile fabric of familial relations is ripped apart in Thirty Days in September when memories of a traumatic past return to haunt a mother and her daughter. Playful and poignant; devastating and redemptive; these critically acclaimed plays lay bare the far-reaching consequences of the choices we make; confirming Dattani as one of India’s foremost dramatists.

Author : Wesley Hall
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2003-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780595274413

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Brief Candle by Wesley Hall Pdf

Brief Candle is a humorous biographical fiction about an English professor coming to terms with a mid-life crisis. Jake Boswell, a Victorian born in America during the Jazz Age, discovers that he is deeply in love with a trailerhouse girl. This comes after thirty years of good behavior and marriage to the same woman. Finally at the top of the academic ladder, Jake finds himself facing two enormous problems: at home a wife who has become a dipsomaniac and at work an endless wave of young liberated retreads. Lola, once a lovely and charming companion, has become a migraine disaster; but even so, if Heather Roberts had stayed in her trailerhouse with her two kids and her beer-guzzling and guitar-playing husband, he would (more than likely) have stayed in the rut he had dug for himself. Part of the blame might also be shared by the politicians in Washington who thought up the idea of paying young mothers stuck in trailerhouses to go back to college to learn something besides how to have babies.

Author : Martin Klammer
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2018-07-31
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781532647871

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Out, Out, Brief Candle! by Martin Klammer Pdf

Out, Out, Brief Candle! is the remarkable story of African children who have survived terrible fires and gone on to thrive at Children of Fire, a charity based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Martin Klammer recalls his time helping the children develop their personal writing and rehearse and perform Macbeth. Told with affection and humor, Out, Out, Brief Candle! is an inspiring story of an exceptional African “family.” The South African novelist and children’s writer Sindiwe Magona says of Out, Out, Brief Candle!: “This is a brave book. The ‘voices’ of these tender survivors of fire—their struggles, their fortitude—may bring us nearer to becoming more effective in minding the children given to us as a trust. Martin Klammer has brought the unheard cries of those whose lives have been forever altered by the scourge of fire to our ears and eyes. Are we listening? Do we see?”

Author : Instaread
Publisher : Instaread
Page : 15 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2015-10-23
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781944195229

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Brief Candle in the Dark by Instaread Pdf

Brief Candle in the Dark by Geraldine Brooks | Summary & Analysis Preview: Brief Candle in the Dark: My Life in Science by Richard Dawkins is an autobiographical depiction of his experiences as a world-renowned scientist and atheist. Dawkins has experienced an endless amount of notable events in his life, many of which were very public, such as debates, conference, and television appearances. In this second volume of his memoirs, these life experiences have inspired memories of other events, background stories of people he knew, and scientific analysis of Dawkins’ theories of evolution, natural selection, biology, and religion, particularly atheism versus creationism. From 1970 to 1990, Dawkins served as University Lecturer in Animal Behaviour in the zoology department at Oxford University, and from 1990 to 1995, he was promoted to Reader. He also gave tutorials in New College, where he was made a fellow in 1970. He served on a number of committees, including a committee that discussed candidates to invite to attend the school… PLEASE NOTE: This is a summary and analysis of the book and NOT the original book. Inside this Instaread Summary & Analysis of Brief Candle in the DarkSummary of bookIntroduction to the Important People in the bookAnalysis of the Themes and Author’s Style

Author : Kate Pennington
Publisher : Hodder Children's Books
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2011-10-06
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781444909609

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Brief Candle by Kate Pennington Pdf

At 13, Emily is tall, restless and impatient - ladylike she certainly isn't! Emily despises such things as needlework, but she has a vivid imagination and is a keen artist and, along with her talented sister, Charlotte, loves to write. But Emily stumbles upon a real-life story, when she encounters the vagabond Heslington while out walking her beloved dog, Captain, on the Yorkshire Moors. Heslington is hiding out in an abandoned cottage, on the run from someone, but claims he is guilty of nothing. All he can tell Emily is that he is passionately in love with a Miss Martha Holmes, but has been forbidden from seeing her. Martha's family believe Heslington is only after her money, but he is prepared to live like a pauper, he says, if he can only be with the girl he loves. Touched by his story, Emily finds herself drawn into the whole sorry mess, acting as a reluctant go-between for Martha and Heslington, but convinced she is doing the right thing. But when Heslington reveals his dark side, Emily finds herself doubting him, not knowing what to believe. Is Heslington the love-torn romantic hero of her imaginings or he is mad...?

Author : Richard Dawkins
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2015-09-29
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780062288462

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Brief Candle in the Dark by Richard Dawkins Pdf

In this hugely entertaining sequel to the New York Times bestselling memoir An Appetite for Wonder, Richard Dawkins delves deeply into his intellectual life spent kick-starting new conversations about science, culture, and religion and writing yet another of the most audacious and widely read books of the twentieth century—The God Delusion. Called “one of the best nonfiction writers alive today” (Stephen Pinker) and a “prize-fighter” (Nature), Richard Dawkins cheerfully, mischievously, looks back on a lifetime of tireless intellectual adventure and engagement. Exploring the halls of intellectual inquiry and stardom he encountered after the publication of his seminal work, The Selfish Gene; affectionately lampooning the world of academia, publishing, and television; and studding the pages with funny stories about the great men and women he’s known, Dawkins offers a candid look at the events and ideas that encouraged him to shift his attention to the intersection of culture, religion, and science. He also invites the reader to look more closely at the brilliant succession of ten influential books that grew naturally out of his busy life, highlighting the ideas that connect them and excavating their origins. On the publication of his tenth book, the smash hit, The God Delusion, a “resounding trumpet blast for truth” (Matt Ridley), Richard Dawkins was catapulted from mere intellectual stardom into a circle of celebrity thinkers dubbed, “The New Atheists”—including Christopher Hitchens, Sam Harris, and Daniel Dennett. Throughout A Brief Candle in the Dark, Dawkins shares with us his infectious sense of wonder at the natural world, his enjoyment of the absurdities of human interaction, and his bracing awareness of life’s brevity: all of which have made a deep imprint on our culture.

Author : William Mayer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Operas
ISBN : UCSD:31822002480127

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Brief Candle by William Mayer Pdf

Author : Robert Hare Powel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1934
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OSU:32435001688654

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Brief Candle by Robert Hare Powel Pdf

Author : Carlo Ardito
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015046888841

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Brief Candle by Carlo Ardito Pdf

Author : Martin Boris
Publisher : Crown Publishing Group (NY)
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0517574845

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Brief Candle by Martin Boris Pdf

The Gerbers are the ideal couple; they have everything until their 16-year-old daughter is killed by a drunk driver. When Mark realizes that he is unable to share his sorrow with Laura or help her deal with her own feelings of grief, life together becomes unbearable, and they soon separate. Each enters into a relationship with someone else. These relationships ultimately provide the catalyst for the Gerbers to reunite. -- Amazon.com.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Council on Library & Information Resources
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : UOM:39015075633613

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No Brief Candle by Anonim Pdf

Author : Dennis Bartholomeusz
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1969-03-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0521069254

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Macbeth and the Players by Dennis Bartholomeusz Pdf

There is now considerable support for the view that a performance by an actor of genius can constitute a critical interpretation of a play and that only through such performance studies can a completely valid judgement about the play be made. In this paperback edition of a pioneering work, Dennis Bartholomeusz reconstructs from prompt copies, playbills and contemporary accounts, the major interpretations of the roles of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth on the English stage from 1611 to the 1960s and relates the outstanding peformances of Burbage and Olivier, Siddons and Thorndike to the overall production history of Macbeth.

Author : Terry Eagleton
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2008-04-24
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780191579035

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The Meaning of Life: A Very Short Introduction by Terry Eagleton Pdf

We have all wondered about the meaning of life. But is there an answer? And do we even really know what we're asking? Terry Eagleton takes a stimulating and quirky look at this most compelling of questions: at the answers explored in philosophy and literature; at the crisis of meaning in modern times; and suggests his own solution to how we might rediscover meaning in our lives.

Author : Texx Norman
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2003-11-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781411603097

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Portrait of the Poet As a Wild Hare by Texx Norman Pdf

A Selection of poems from earlier works, along with new poems.

Author : Nafiza Azad
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2019-05-14
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781338306057

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The Candle and the Flame by Nafiza Azad Pdf

Azad's debut YA fantasy is set in a city along the Silk Road that is a refuge for those of all faiths, where a young woman is threatened by the war between two clans of powerful djinn. Fatima lives in the city of Noor, a thriving stop along the Silk Road. There the music of myriad languages fills the air, and people of all faiths weave their lives together. However, the city bears scars of its recent past, when the chaotic tribe of Shayateen djinn slaughtered its entire population -- except for Fatima and two other humans. Now ruled by a new maharajah, Noor is protected from the Shayateen by the Ifrit, djinn of order and reason, and by their commander, Zulfikar.But when one of the most potent of the Ifrit dies, Fatima is changed in ways she cannot fathom, ways that scare even those who love her. Oud in hand, Fatima is drawn into the intrigues of the maharajah and his sister, the affairs of Zulfikar and the djinn, and the dangers of a magical battlefield.In this William C. Morris YA Debut Award finalist novel, Nafiza Azad weaves an immersive tale of magic and the importance of names; fiercely independent women; and, perhaps most importantly, the work for harmony within a city of a thousand cultures and cadences.