Dead Men S Watches

Author : Hugh Hood
Publisher : House of Anansi
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0887841686

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Dead Men's Watches by Hugh Hood Pdf

In this tenth book in Hugh Hood's highly acclaimed series, The New Age, two linked novellas explore the transforming powers of love. In the first novella Matthew Goderich discovers that his late Uncle Philip has had a secret and emotionally rewarding romantic life. In the second novella Matthew nurses his childhood friend, Adam, through a long, painful, and terminal AIDS-induced illness. Matthew, in the first novella, is the detached observer and dogged detective who comes to understand love; in the second, he finally becomes fully engaged with the emotion of loving as he rids himself of his homophobia and learns to appreciate and embrace Adam, his lifelong friend. Matthew's emotional awakening corresponds with society's growing awareness in the early 1980s of the nature and extent of the AIDS crisis. Dead Men's Watches continues Hugh Hood's vivid portrayal of Canadian social history and teaches us that the gift of love is all that matters in the end.

Author : Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1876
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB11335833

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Dead Men's Shoes by Mary Elizabeth Braddon Pdf

Author : Jay Ellis
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2013-11-05
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781135513436

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No Place for Home by Jay Ellis Pdf

This book was written to venture beyond interpretations of Cormac McCarthy's characters as simple, antinomian, and non-psychological; and of his landscapes as unrelated to the violent arcs of often orphaned and always emotionally isolated and socially detached characters. As McCarthy usually eschews direct indications of psychology, his landscapes allow us to infer much about their motivations. The relationship of ambivalent nostalgia for domesticity to McCarthy's descriptions of space remains relatively unexamined at book length, and through less theoretical application than close reading. By including McCarthy's latest book, this study offer the only complete study of all nine novels. Within McCarthy studies, this book extends and complicates a growing interest in space and domesticity in his work. The author combines a high regard for McCarthy's stylistic prowess with a provocative reading of how his own psychological habits around gender issues and family relations power books that only appear to be stories of masculine heroics, expressions of misogynistic fear, or antinomian rejections of civilized life.

Author : W.J. Keith
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2002-03-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780773570085

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Canadian Odyssey by W.J. Keith Pdf

Published between 1975 and 2000 and completed shortly before his death, Hugh Hood's twelve-volume novel-series The New Age/Le nouveau siècle represents a major achievement in Canadian fiction. Hood takes us on a remarkable, though challenging, journey in time and space while chronicling the life of his intellectually inquisitive protagonist, Matt Goderich. Moving from history and politics to literature and the arts, from popular song to the vagaries of fashion, from urban stress to the relaxations of cottage-country, these novels explore the texture of Canadian life with a depth and comprehensiveness that, when fully grasped, are dazzling. In Canadian Odyssey W.J. Keith steers general readers and specialist students alike through the complexities of Hood's scheme. He presents biographical information about the planning and writing of the series, places it among other examples of "Roman-Fleuve," offers background concerning Hood's literary influences, and provides novel-by-novel discussions of each book. Written in a straightforward style, avoiding jargon and the excesses of literary theory, Canadian Odyssey makes a convincing case for The New Age as a great Canadian masterpiece.

Author : James Wickersham
Publisher : University of Alaska Press
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2010-03-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781602231139

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Old Yukon by James Wickersham Pdf

In this humorous and upbeat memoir, James Wickersham describes his career as a pioneer judge and later as a congressional representative assigned to a vast, snow-covered district, extending over 300,000 square miles in the undeveloped Alaska Territory. Wickersham’s many adventures include traveling by dogsled over hundreds of miles through snow-covered mountains; serving as judge for the trials of many famous outlaws in the midst of the gold strikes; and hunting, mining, and climbing in his local Alaska wilderness. Though he was instrumental in the early history of Alaska, and his legacy is evident throughout the state—for example, he named the city of Fairbanks—this is the first and only work to focus on Wickersham’s life during this pivotal time in Alaska’s history.

Author : Hwang Ha-Yong
Publisher : Dog Ear Publishing
Page : 518 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781608440931

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My Father's War by Hwang Ha-Yong Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 886 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1886
Category : American literature
ISBN : NYPL:33433081647509

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The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art by Anonim Pdf

Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1818
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:555094208

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Reports from Committees by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons Pdf

Author : William Shakespeare,John Lotherington
Publisher : Race Point Pub
Page : 1299 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2014-10-10
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781631060243

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The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare,John Lotherington Pdf

"I would challenge you to a battle of wits, but I see you are unarmed." - William Shakespeare Arm yourself with this volume from the Knickerbocker Classic series, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, including 16 comedies, 10 histories, 12 tragedies and all the poems and sonnets of the world's most influential writer. This collection includes poems and plays that were not included in Shakespeare's First Folio of 1623 to make one complete, authentic collection. For Shakespeare fans worldwide, this stunning gift edition has a full cloth binding, foil blocking on the spine, ribbon marker, and is packaged neatly in an elegant slipcase. The Complete Works of William Shakespeare contains essential reading like Hamlet, Romeo & Juliet, King Lear, Othello, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Macbeth, Julius Caesar and Henry V alongside many lesser-known gems for a complete Shakespearean education.

Author : Frank Rosell
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2018-04-13
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780226536538

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Secrets of the Snout by Frank Rosell Pdf

Dogs and humans have worked side by side for thousands of years, and over the millennia we’ve come to depend upon our pooches as hunters, protectors, and faithful companions. But when it comes to the extraordinary quality of man’s best friend which we rely on most, the winner is clear—by a nose. In Secrets of the Snout, Frank Rosell blends storytelling and science as he sniffs out the myriad ways in which dogs have been trained to employe their incredible olfactory skills, from sussing out cancer and narcotics to locating endangered and invasive species, as well as missing persons (and golf balls). With 300 million receptors to our mere 5 million, a dog’s nose is estimated to be between 100,000 and 100 million times more sensitive than a human’s. No wonder, then, that our nasally inferior species has sought to unleash the prodigious power of canine shnozzes. Rosell here takes us for a walk with a pack of superhero sniffers including Tutta, a dog with a fine nose for fine wine; the pet-finder pooch AJ; search-and-rescue dog Barry; the hunting dog Balder; the police dogs Rasko and Trixxi; the warfare dog Lisa; the cancer detection dog Jack; Tucker, who scents floating killer whale feces; and even Elvis, who can smell when you’re ovulating. With each dog, Rosell turns his nose to the evolution of the unique olfactory systems involved, which odors dogs detect, and how they do it. A celebration of how the canine sense for scents works—and works for us—Secrets of the Snout will have dog lovers, trainers, and researchers alike all howling with delight. Exploring this most pointed of canine wonders, Rosell reveals the often surprising ways in which dogs are bettering our world, one nose at a time.

Author : Kay DiBianca
Publisher : Wordstar Publishing
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2020-09-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Dead Man's Watch by Kay DiBianca Pdf

SAVING ONE LIFE IS LIKE SAVING THE WHOLE WORLD Half-sisters Kathryn Frasier and Cece Goldman stumble into another mystery in this second book in the Watch series. When a former acquaintance of Kathryn's is accused of murder, she and Cece go on a mission to prove his innocence by finding the real killer. But things are never what they seem in this tangled web, and Kathryn's spunky determination to solve the mystery pushes her closer and closer to a deadly climax.

Author : Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783385499072

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Dead Men's Shoes. A Novel by Mary Elizabeth Braddon Pdf

Reprint of the original, first published in 1876.

Author : Richard J. Lane
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2012-04-27
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781136816345

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The Routledge Concise History of Canadian Literature by Richard J. Lane Pdf

The Routledge Concise History of Canadian Literature introduces the fiction, poetry and drama of Canada in its historical, political and cultural contexts. In this clear and structured volume, Richard Lane outlines: the history of Canadian literature from colonial times to the present key texts for Canadian First Peoples and the literature of Quebec the impact of English translation, and the Canadian immigrant experience critical themes such as landscape, ethnicity, orality, textuality, war and nationhood contemporary debate on the canon, feminism, postcoloniality, queer theory, and cultural and ethnic diversity the work of canonical and lesser-known writers from Catherine Parr Traill and Susanna Moodie to Robert Service, Maria Campbell and Douglas Coupland. Written in an engaging and accessible style and offering a glossary, maps and further reading sections, this guidebook is a crucial resource for students working in the field of Canadian Literature.

Author : Eric Red
Publisher : Pinnacle Books
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2021-06-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780786046843

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The Crimson Trail by Eric Red Pdf

Joe Noose follows a trail of blood through the valley of death—in this bold Western series from Eric Red, acclaimed author of The Guns of Santa Sangre and The Wolves of El Diablo. HUNT FOR THE CATTLE DRIVE KILLER Joe Noose knows what fear looks like. He sees it in the eyes of his new friends—a dozen trail-hardened cattle men who don’t scare easily. It’s not the 500-mile trek across treacherous Montana territory that’s got them spooked. It’s not the 3,000 heads of cattle they’ve got to wrangle either. They’re afraid that someone on this drive—one of their own team—is a serial killer. Five wranglers are already dead. Every man is a suspect. And the woman rancher in charge is paying Joe Noose to root out the evil on this cursed cattle drive—by riding alongside the killer . . . Praise for Eric Red’s The Guns of Santa Sangre and The Wolves of El Diablo “Blood-soaked weird west story. . . . Red places a premium on action. Readers will enjoy.” —Publishers Weekly “Readers will rediscover an Old West genre.” —True West “In the Old West, there are bad guys and even badder guys. But Eric Red’s are the biggest baddest of all.” —Jack Ketchum, author of Off Season “Bloody fights, desert vistas [and] a touch of romance make this a fast-paced adventure.” —Library Journal

Author : Hugh Hood
Publisher : House of Anansi
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0887841716

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Great Realizations by Hugh Hood Pdf

"Hugh Hood skillfully presents the penultimate book in his ambitious and highly acclaimed 12-volume New Age series, which poignantly animates the social fabric of Canada in the latter part of the 20th century and beyond."