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How the Ceremony Ends/The Water Demon (Storycuts)

Su Tong
How the Ceremony Ends The Water Demon Storycuts Book PDF

Author : Su Tong
Publisher : Random House
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2011-11-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781448125791

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How the Ceremony Ends/The Water Demon (Storycuts) by Su Tong Pdf

In 'How the Ceremony Ends', it was last winter that the folklorist paid his visit to the village of Eight Pines. He wanted to collect folk tales and customs, to re-enact the ceremonies of life and death that only old men still remember. But somehow he managed to provoke the villagers. In 'The Water Demon', at the beginning, no-one noticed the little girl on the bridge. No-one knew what she was doing; she just stood and watched. She would call out loudly, 'Here comes the water demon! Get out of the water or he will get you by the feet!' and tear away out of sight. Then, one day, there was no little girl on the bridge. Part of the Storycuts series, these two short stories were previously published in the collection Madwoman on the Bridge.

On Saturdays (Storycuts)

Su Tong
On Saturdays Storycuts Book PDF

Author : Su Tong
Publisher : Random House
Page : 15 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2011-11-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781448125869

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On Saturdays (Storycuts) by Su Tong Pdf

You don't expect some guy making small talk on a train to turn into a real friend, but that was just the kind of friend Papa Qi was. And afterwards, Saturday became Papa Qi's visiting day. Every Saturday. Part of the Storycuts series, this short story was previously published in the collection Madwoman on the Bridge.`

Home in May (Storycuts)

Su Tong
Home in May Storycuts Book PDF

Author : Su Tong
Publisher : Random House
Page : 17 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2011-11-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781448125838

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Home in May (Storycuts) by Su Tong Pdf

Yongshan is taking her son back to Licheng to visit relatives, and to see the town where she grew up. But when they get there, all she could find were desolate houses. Even the people on the street seemed not to recognise her. But then, in the rubble of her old neighbourhood, Yongshan finds something to grab hold of - a memento of the past. Part of the Storycuts series, this short story was previously published in the collection Madwoman on the Bridge.

The Boat to Redemption

Su Tong
The Boat to Redemption Book PDF

Author : Su Tong
Publisher : Random House
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2010-01-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781409094104

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The Boat to Redemption by Su Tong Pdf

Disgraced Secretary Ku has been banished from the Party - it has been officially proved he does not have a fish-shaped birthmark on his bottom and is therefore not the son of a revolutionary martyr, but the issue of a river pirate and a prostitute. Mocked by the citizens of Milltown, Secretary Ku leaves the shore for a new life among the boat people on a fleet of industrial barges. Refusing to renounce his high status, he maintains a distance - with Dongliang, his teenage son - from the gossipy lowlifes who surround him. One day a feral little girl, Huixian, arrives looking for her mother, who has jumped to her death in the river. The boat people, and especially Dongliang, take her to their hearts. But Huixian sows conflict wherever she goes, and soon Dongliang is in the grip of an obsession for her. He takes on Life, Fate and the Party in the only way he knows . . .

Kingdom of Fife (Storycuts)

Irvine Welsh
Kingdom of Fife Storycuts Book PDF

Author : Irvine Welsh
Publisher : Random House
Page : 133 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2011-11-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781448129164

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Kingdom of Fife (Storycuts) by Irvine Welsh Pdf

Will Jason King ever charm the young rider Jenni Cahill and gain long-anticipated access to her jodhpurs? Part of the Storycuts series, this story was previously published in the collection If You Liked School, You'll Love Work.

The Girl Who Escaped ISIS

Farida Khalaf,Andrea C. Hoffmann
The Girl Who Escaped ISIS Book PDF

Author : Farida Khalaf,Andrea C. Hoffmann
Publisher : Random House
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2016-07-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781473524163

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The Girl Who Escaped ISIS by Farida Khalaf,Andrea C. Hoffmann Pdf

Our world as it once was In August 2014, Farida was, like any ordinary teenager, enjoying the last days of summer before her final year at school. However, her peaceful mountain village in northern Iraq was an ISIS target as their genocide against the Yazidi people began. The catastrophe ISIS murdered the men and boys in the village, including Farida's father and brother, and took the women hostage. Farida was one of them. She was held in a slave camp, in the homes of ISIS members and finally in a desert training camp. Continually she struggled, resisted and fought against her captors, showing unimaginable strength and bravery. This is my story Eventually, Farida managed to plot her escape and fled into the desert with five young girls in her care, but defeating ISIS was just the first step in her journey. In this book she tells her remarkable and inspiring story.

Petulia's Rouge Tin: Penguin Specials

Su Tong
Petulia s Rouge Tin Penguin Specials Book PDF

Author : Su Tong
Publisher : Penguin Group Australia
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2018-06-08
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781760144524

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Petulia's Rouge Tin: Penguin Specials by Su Tong Pdf

Who would have anticipated that Petulia, stripped of her silk gowns, would be forced to denounce the Red Delight Pavilion? Or believed that Autumn Grace would cry in desperation as nuns shave off her locks? After years working side-by-side, their sudden goodbye was the first sign of a changing society. Still, the scent of rouge filling their memories keeps them close, despite the twists and turns that life throws at them. Until one day, the promise of love and stability becomes a temptation neither can deny. . .

The Space of Literature

Maurice Blanchot
The Space of Literature Book PDF

Author : Maurice Blanchot
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2015-11
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780803278776

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The Space of Literature by Maurice Blanchot Pdf

Maurice Blanchot, the eminent literary and cultural critic, has had a vast influence on contemporary French writers--among them Jean Paul Sartre and Jacques Derrida. From the 1930s through the present day, his writings have been shaping the international literary consciousness. The Space of Literature, first published in France in 1955, is central to the development of Blanchot's thought. In it he reflects on literature and the unique demand it makes upon our attention. Thus he explores the process of reading as well as the nature of artistic creativity, all the while considering the relation of the literary work to time, to history, and to death. This book consists not so much in the application of a critical method or the demonstration of a theory of literature as in a patiently deliberate meditation upon the literary experience, informed most notably by studies of Mallarmé, Kafka, Rilke, and Hölderlin. Blanchot's discussions of those writers are among the finest in any language.

The Digital Cathedral

Keith Anderson
The Digital Cathedral Book PDF

Author : Keith Anderson
Publisher : Church Publishing, Inc.
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2015-05-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780819229960

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The Digital Cathedral by Keith Anderson Pdf

Provides both practical and theological perspectives on using media appropriately and pastorally. Rapid cultural and technological changes through the last two decades have changed the context for ministry. The development of digital social media and advances in affordable, mobile technologies have dramatically changed the way most people interact with others, communicate, organize, and participate in communities. The Digital Cathedral is a warm embrace of the rich traditions of Christianity, especially the recovery of the pre-modern sense of cathedral, which encompassed the depth and breadth of daily life within the physical and imaginative landscape of the church. It is for anyone who seeks to effectively minister in a digitally-integrated world, and who wishes to embody the networked, relational, and incarnational characteristics of that ministry.

Isolated Experiences

James Brusseau
Isolated Experiences Book PDF

Author : James Brusseau
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1998-01-29
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780791497876

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Isolated Experiences by James Brusseau Pdf

By extending Gilles Deleuze's philosophy through diverse literary tracts, this book develops an account of what it means to be different and enters important contemporary debates about identity and the nature of solitude. At the same time, the book elaborates a limited philosophy. From unusual writings and rare human experiences, James Brusseau forges compelling understandings that scrupulously preserve his subjects' irregularities. The resulting philosophic narrative remains strictly localized; it elucidates narrow bands of experience and refuses broadening generalizations. The book's first section rigorously elaborates Deleuze's pioneering notion of difference. The second part conceives certain individuals as embodying difference and then employs the conception to elude difficulties blocking recent work on subjectivity. Part three combines insights from the first two parts with Isabelle Eberhardt's North African travel journals. In Eberhardt, Brusseau finds sexualities and a solitude that only Deleuze's unique notion of difference can explain. An energetic interaction between philosophy and literature drives this book. Brusseau weaves back and forth between the genres, engaging diverse literatures not only to embody but also to refine his philosophic positions. The literary authors he discusses range from Shakespeare and Fitzgerald to Borges, Bataille, and Eberhardt.

The Christian Invention of Time

Simon Goldhill
The Christian Invention of Time Book PDF

Author : Simon Goldhill
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 517 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2022-02-03
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781009080835

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The Christian Invention of Time by Simon Goldhill Pdf

Time is integral to human culture. Over the last two centuries people's relationship with time has been transformed through industrialisation, trade and technology. But the first such life-changing transformation – under Christianity's influence – happened in late antiquity. It was then that time began to be conceptualised in new ways, with discussion of eternity, life after death and the end of days. Individuals also began to experience time differently: from the seven-day week to the order of daily prayer and the festal calendar of Christmas and Easter. With trademark flair and versatility, world-renowned classicist Simon Goldhill uncovers this change in thinking. He explores how it took shape in the literary writing of late antiquity and how it resonates even today. His bold new cultural history will appeal to scholars and students of classics, cultural history, literary studies, and early Christianity alike.

Madwoman on the Bridge (Storycuts)

Su Tong
Madwoman on the Bridge Storycuts Book PDF

Author : Su Tong
Publisher : Random House
Page : 22 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2011-11-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781448125845

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Madwoman on the Bridge (Storycuts) by Su Tong Pdf

The madwoman was wearing a white velvet cheongsam. Standing on the bridge, she revelled in her own faded splendour. Normal people pay no attention to madwomen, but one woman from Shaoxing stayed on the bridge that afternoon to talk to this one; what was she coveting? Part of the Storycuts series, this short story was previously published in the collection Madwoman on the Bridge.

The Lost City of Z

David Grann
The Lost City of Z Book PDF

Author : David Grann
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2009-08-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9781847378057

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The Lost City of Z by David Grann Pdf

**NOW A MAJOR FILM STARRING ROBERT PATTINSON, CHARLIE HUNNAM AND SIENNA MILLER** ‘A riveting, exciting and thoroughly compelling tale of adventure’JOHN GRISHAM The story of Colonel Percy Harrison Fawcett, the inspiration behind Conan Doyle's The Lost World, by the author of the international Number One bestsellers KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON and THE WAGER Fawcett was among the last of a legendary breed of British explorers. For years he explored the Amazon and came to believe that its jungle concealed a large, complex civilization, like El Dorado. Obsessed with its discovery, he christened it the City of Z. In 1925, Fawcett headed into the wilderness with his son Jack, vowing to make history. They vanished without a trace. For the next eighty years, hordes of explorers plunged into the jungle, trying to find evidence of Fawcett's party or Z. Some died from disease and starvation; others simply disappeared. In this spellbinding true tale of lethal obsession, David Grann retraces the footsteps of Fawcett and his followers as he unravels one of the greatest mysteries of exploration. ‘A wonderful story of a lost age of heroic exploration’ Sunday Times ‘Marvellous ... An engrossing book whose protagonist could out-think Indiana Jones’ Daily Telegraph ‘The best story in the world, told perfectly’ Evening Standard ‘A fascinating and brilliant book’ Malcolm Gladwell

Language and Superdiversity

Zane Goebel
Language and Superdiversity Book PDF

Author : Zane Goebel
Publisher : Oxford Studies in Sociolinguis
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780199795420

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Language and Superdiversity by Zane Goebel Pdf

Scholars of language ideology have encouraged us to reflect on and explore where social categories come from, how they have been reproduced, and whether and to what extent they are relevant to everyday interactional practices. Taking up on these issues, this book focuses on how ethnicity has been semiotically constructed, valued, and reproduced in Indonesia since Dutch colonial times, and how this category is drawn upon in everyday talk. In doing so, this book also seeks to engage with scholarship on superdiversity while highlighting some points of engagement with work on ideas about community. The book draws upon a broad range of scholarship on Indonesia, recordings of Indonesian television from the mid-1990s onwards, and recordings of the talk of Indonesian students living in Japan. It is argued that some of the main mechanisms for the reproduction and revaluation of ethnicity and its links with linguistic form include waves of technological innovations that bring people into contact (e.g. changes in transportation infrastructure, introduction of print media, television, radio, the internet, etc.), and the increasing use of one-to-many participation frameworks such as school classrooms and the mass media. In examining the talk of sojourning Indonesians the book goes on to explore how ideologies about ethnicity are used to establish and maintain convivial social relations while in Japan. Maintaining such relationships is not a trivial thing and it is argued that the pursuit of conviviality is an important practice because of its relationship with broader concerns about eking out a living.

The Dinosaur Lords

Victor Milán
The Dinosaur Lords Book PDF

Author : Victor Milán
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2015-07-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781429966115

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The Dinosaur Lords by Victor Milán Pdf

"It's like a cross between Jurassic Park and Game of Thrones." —George R. R. Martin A world made by the Eight Creators on which to play out their games of passion and power, Paradise is a sprawling, diverse, often brutal place. Men and women live on Paradise as do dogs, cats, ferrets, goats, and horses. But dinosaurs predominate: wildlife, monsters, beasts of burden–and of war. Colossal plant-eaters like Brachiosaurus; terrifying meat-eaters like Allosaurus, and the most feared of all, Tyrannosaurus rex. Giant lizards swim warm seas. Birds (some with teeth) share the sky with flying reptiles that range in size from bat-sized insectivores to majestic and deadly Dragons. Thus we are plunged into Victor Milán's splendidly weird world of The Dinosaur Lords, a place that for all purposes mirrors 14th century Europe with its dynastic rivalries, religious wars, and byzantine politics...except the weapons of choice are dinosaurs. Where vast armies of dinosaur-mounted knights engage in battle. During the course of one of these epic battles, the enigmatic mercenary Dinosaur Lord Karyl Bogomirsky is defeated through betrayal and left for dead. He wakes, naked, wounded, partially amnesiac–and hunted. And embarks upon a journey that will shake his world. The Dinosaur Lords Series #1 The Dinosaur Lords #2 The Dinosaur Knights #3 The Dinosaur Princess At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.