Dalva

Author : Jim Harrison
Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2013-12-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780802192226

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Dalva by Jim Harrison Pdf

From the New York Times–bestselling author of Legends of the Fall: a beautifully crafted story of one woman’s journey to find her son. From her home on the California coast, Dalva hears the broad silence of the Nebraska prairie where she was born and longs for the son she gave up for adoption years before. Beautiful, fearless, tormented, at forty-five she has lived a life of lovers and adventures. Now, Dalva begins a journey that will take her back to the bosom of her family, to the half-Sioux lover of her youth, and to a pioneering great-grandfather whose journals recount the bloody annihilation of the Plains Indians. On the way, she discovers a story that stretches from East to West, from the Civil War to Wounded Knee and Vietnam—and finds the balm to heal her wild and wounded soul. One of Harrison’s most ambitious novels, Dalva explores an extraordinary family through the strong, engaging voice of an unforgettable woman, confirming Harrison as one of America’s most memorable writers. “There is no putting aside Dalva until the time bombs go off, the identities are revealed, and the skeletons almost literally tumble from the closets . . . Dalva is suspended in its own beauty.” —Louise Erdrich, Chicago Tribune

Author : T. Davis,K. Womack
Publisher : Springer
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2016-01-23
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780230599505

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Postmodern Humanism in Contemporary Literature and Culture by T. Davis,K. Womack Pdf

Davis and Womack investigate the emerging gaps between literary scholarship and the reading experience. The idea of reconciling the void - the locus of our sociocultural disillusionment and despair in an uncertain world - concerns explicit artistic attempts to represent the ways in which human beings seek out meaning, hope and community.

Author : Dao Strom
Publisher : Catapult
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2019-11-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781640092716

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The Gentle Order of Girls and Boys by Dao Strom Pdf

"The book is informed by the Vietnamese immigrations of the nineteen–seventies but is filled with social observation of contemporary middle–class culture and indie sensibility . . . Quietly beautiful, Strom's stories are hip without being ironic." —The New Yorker When The Gentle Order of Girls and Boys was first published in 2006, it was groundbreaking in its depiction of contemporary young Vietnamese women living in the United States, centering their ordinary lives as mothers, lovers, friends, and daughters against the backdrop of immigration and assimilation. Available now for the first time in paperback and featuring an introduction by Isabelle Thuy Pelaud and a new preface by the author, The Gentle Order of Girls and Boys is a beautifully written, psychologically astute foray into the rite of female passage.

Author : Dante Andre Chavez
Publisher : Page Publishing Inc
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2022-08-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781662463280

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Galactic Renaissance by Dante Andre Chavez Pdf

Two separate factions had been formed—the Republican Empire and the Federal Order. A vision has been foretold by a Sirvan Lord, one of the Galactic Legends, during his sleep regarding his own descendant from the future. Thousands of years later, the descendant was born. He lived an unfair life. He started out as a Semanti and later fell to the dark side, becoming a Sirvan, as foretold in a vision dreamt by his ancestor. The descendant had been convinced to turn to the dark side, making him give in. For revenge, he gave the order to slaughter every last Semanti that rejected him, no longer showing mercy on them. The only hope for the Semanti is for someone to bring balance to the Inertia and to the galaxy. In times past, only a very few Semanti knights survived the attack of the Federal Order. One of them, by the name of Jessica Stellox, stood up to a Sirvan named Lord Corvus, who possesses powerful abilities and had a mysterious past. Now, she and the surviving Semanti form the Star Squadron, a band of little known heroes, were to fight against the Federal Order. Out of nowhere, Jessika senses that an old friend is still alive and not dead like everyone thought. Jessika hopes to find out who it is.

Author : William Barillas
Publisher : Ohio University Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2006-02-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780821442012

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The Midwestern Pastoral by William Barillas Pdf

The midwestern pastoral is a literary tradition of place and rural experience that celebrates an attachment to land that is mystical as well as practical, based on historical and scientific knowledge as well as personal experience. It is exemplified in the poetry, fiction, and essays of writers who express an informed love of the nature and regional landscapes of the Midwest. Drawing on recent studies in cultural geography, environmental history, and mythology, as well as literary criticism, The Midwestern Pastoral: Place and Landscape in Literature of the American Heartland relates Midwestern pastoral writers to their local geographies and explains their approaches. William Barillas treats five important Midwestern pastoralists—Willa Cather, Aldo Leopold, Theodore Roethke, James Wright, and Jim Harrison—in separate chapters. He also discusses Jane Smiley, U.S. Poet Laureate Ted Kooser, Paul Gruchow, and others. For these writers, the aim of writing is not merely intellectual and aesthetic, but democratic and ecological. In depicting and promoting commitment to local communities, human and natural, they express their love for, their understanding of, and their sense of place in the American Midwest. Students and serious readers, as well as scholars in the growing field of literature and the environment, will appreciate this study of writers who counter alienation and materialism in modern society.

Author : Marcelo Diversi,Claudio Moreira
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2016-06-03
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781315433042

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Betweener Talk by Marcelo Diversi,Claudio Moreira Pdf

In this literary, co-constructed narrative, two Brazilian scholars explore the spaces “in-between”—between their own biographies, one raised privileged, the other poor; between the experience of being raised in Brazil and finding acceptance in United States universities; between their lives in the academic establishment and their studies of poverty in Latin America; between the constraints of apolitical scholarship and the need to promote social justice; between contrasting styles of researching, theorizing, and writing. Their dialogue seeks to decolonize the world of American scholarship and promote the use of research toward inclusive social justice.

Author : Darin Strauss,Adam Dalva
Publisher : Dark Horse Comics
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2019-05-14
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781506709482

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Olivia Twist: Honor Among Thieves by Darin Strauss,Adam Dalva Pdf

The Dickens classic reimagined as a female-centric, dark futuristic fable. To save a boy she barely knows, teenage orphan Olivia Twist joins THE ESTHERS, a rag-tag girl gang of thieves running free in a dangerous future. Olivia's life in this London of internment camps and strange technology gets even more complicated when she discovers that she has more power and wealth than she's ever dreamed of. But it comes with a great cost. This volume collects issues #1-#4 of Darin Strauss, Adam Dalva, and Emma Vieceli's Olivia.

Author : A.R. Elia
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2006-04-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781411688858

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Opening Round by A.R. Elia Pdf

By AR Elia. 257 Pages. Opening Round, the first book of The Tournament Series, takes the reader through the mystery, detective, sport and supernatural genres into a world of memorable characters who discover they are competing in a golf tournament of eternal importance. Learn more at: MuleBox.com

Author : Nicole N. Aljoe,Ian Finseth
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2014-11-14
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780813936390

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Journeys of the Slave Narrative in the Early Americas by Nicole N. Aljoe,Ian Finseth Pdf

Focusing on slave narratives from the Atlantic world of the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, this interdisciplinary collection of essays suggests the importance—even the necessity—of looking beyond the iconic and ubiquitous works of Olaudah Equiano, Frederick Douglass, and Harriet Jacobs. In granting sustained critical attention to writers such as Briton Hammon, Omar Ibn Said, Juan Francisco Manzano, Nat Turner, and Venture Smith, among others, this book makes a crucial contribution not only to scholarship on the slave narrative but also to our understanding of early African American and Black Atlantic literature. The essays explore the social and cultural contexts, the aesthetic and rhetorical techniques, and the political and ideological features of these noncanonical texts. By concentrating on earlier slave narratives not only from the United States but from the Caribbean, South America, and Latin America as well, the volume highlights the inherent transnationality of the genre, illuminating its complex cultural origins and global circulation.

Author : Esmenia Osborne,Barbara Mcintyre
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2014-10-14
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781317582458

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Colloquial Portuguese of Brazil 2 (eBook And MP3 Pack) by Esmenia Osborne,Barbara Mcintyre Pdf

Do you know Brazilian Portuguese already and want to go a stage further? If you’re planning a visit to Brazil, need to brush up your Brazilian Portuguese for work, or are simply doing a course, Colloquial Portuguese of Brazil 2 is the ideal way to refresh your knowledge of the language and to extend your skills. Colloquial Portuguese of Brazil 2 is designed to help those involved in self-study; structured to give you the opportunity to listen to and read lots of modern, everyday Brazilian Portuguese, it has also been developed to work systematically on reinforcing and extending your grasp of Brazilian Portuguese grammar and vocabulary. Key features of Colloquial Portuguese of Brazil 2 include: Revision; material to help consolidate and build up your basics A wide range of contemporary authentic documents Lots of spoken and written exercises in each unit Highlighted key structures and phrases, a Grammar reference and detailed answer keys A broad range of everyday situations, focusing on Brazil. Supplementary exercises and Brazilian Portuguese language web-links at www.routledge.com/languages Recorded by native speakers, the audio material includes scripted dialogues, texts and extracts from authentic interviews as well as interactive exercises, and will help you perfect your pronunciation and listening skills. For the eBook and MP3 pack, please find instructions on how to access the supplementary content for this title in the Prelims section.

Author : Esmenia Simoes Osborne,Barbara McIntyre
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2008-10-27
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781134084876

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Colloquial Portuguese of Brazil 2 by Esmenia Simoes Osborne,Barbara McIntyre Pdf

Do you know Brazilian Portuguese already and want to go a stage further? If you’re planning a visit to Brazil, need to brush up your Brazilian Portuguese for work, or are simply doing a course, Colloquial Portuguese of Brazil 2 is the ideal way to refresh your knowledge of the language and to extend your skills. Colloquial Portuguese of Brazil 2 is designed to help those involved in self-study; structured to give you the opportunity to listen to and read lots of modern, everyday Brazilian Portuguese, it has also been developed to work systematically on reinforcing and extending your grasp of Brazilian Portuguese grammar and vocabulary. Key features of Colloquial Portuguese of Brazil 2 include: revision; material to help consolidate and build up your basics s wide range of contemporary authentic documents lots of spoken and written exercises in each unit highlighted key structures and phrases, a Grammar reference and detailed answer keys a broad range of everyday situations, focusing on Brazil. supplementary exercises and Brazilian Portuguese language web-links at www.routledge.com/languages. Audio material is available on CD or in MP3 format to accompany Colloquial Portuguese of Brazil 2. Recorded by native speakers, this material includes scripted dialogues, texts and extracts from authentic interviews as well as interactive exercises, and will help you perfect your pronunciation and listening skills.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1853
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OSU:32435056335672

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The New Monthly Magazine by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1853
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NYPL:33433081644332

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New Monthly Magazine, and Universal Register by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1853
Category : English literature
ISBN : UCAL:B3011332

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The New Monthly Magazine and Universal Register by Anonim Pdf

Author : Massimo Pettorino,Heliana Mello,Tommaso Raso
Publisher : Firenze University Press
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Corpora
ISBN : 9788866553519

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Proceedings of the VIIth GSCP International Conference. Speech and Corpora by Massimo Pettorino,Heliana Mello,Tommaso Raso Pdf

The 7th International Conference of the Gruppo di Studi sulla Comunicazione Parlata, dedicated to the memory of Claire Blanche-Benveniste, chose as its main theme Speech and Corpora. The wide international origin of the 235 authors from 21 countries and 95 institutions led to papers on many different languages. The 89 papers of this volume reflect the themes of the conference: spoken corpora compilation and annotation, with the technological connected fields; the relation between prosody and pragmatics; speech pathologies; and different papers on phonetics, speech and linguistic analysis, pragmatics and sociolinguistics. Many papers are also dedicated to speech and second language studies. The online publication with FUP allows direct access to sound and video linked to papers (when downloaded).