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Author : S. D. Chrostowska
Publisher : punctum books
Page : 561 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2019-04-10
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781950192212

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Matches by S. D. Chrostowska Pdf

It takes any number of forms. Epigrams. Aphorisms. Fragments. Sayings. Dicta. Sententiae. Facetiae. Pearls of wisdom. Fractions of truth. Maxims. Definitions. Jottings. Miscellaneous musings. Meditations. Ricordi. Pensées. Ephemera. Miniatures. Sketches. Vignettes. Denkbilder. Capriccios. Tiny 'fires without flames' ... In returning to these genres, Matches goes back to the drawing board of modern critique. It sets out to rekindle short-form literary-philosophical reflection, with roots in the Antiquity of Heraclitus and Hippocrates, apogee in the French moralistes (La Rochefoucauld, Pascal, Chamfort ...), and late splendour in German letters (Nietzsche, Kraus, Jünger ...). Moving from art and aesthetics to philosophies past and present, through natural and technological landscapes, beneath the constellations of politics, history and ethics, along the byways of contemporary literary culture--the slow reader with a little spare time will not fail to be struck. Here are pages to peruse and mistrust, texts to think with, a book to put down and ponder, to ponder and put down. A tome to keep handy, handle often, and strike repeatedly against the rough patches of the mind.

Author : Thirii Myo Kyaw Myint
Publisher : Graywolf Press
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2021-08-17
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781644451540

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Names for Light by Thirii Myo Kyaw Myint Pdf

Winner of the Graywolf Press Nonfiction Prize, a lyrical meditation on family, place, and inheritance Names for Light traverses time and memory to weigh three generations of a family’s history against a painful inheritance of postcolonial violence and racism. In spare, lyric paragraphs framed by white space, Thirii Myo Kyaw Myint explores home, belonging, and identity by revisiting the cities in which her parents and grandparents lived. As she makes inquiries into their stories, she intertwines oral narratives with the official and mythic histories of Myanmar. But while her family’s stories move into the present, her own story—that of a writer seeking to understand who she is—moves into the past, until both converge at the end of the book. Born in Myanmar and raised in Bangkok and San Jose, Myint finds that she does not have typical memories of arriving in the United States; instead, she is haunted by what she cannot remember. By the silences lingering around what is spoken. By a chain of deaths in her family line, especially that of her older brother as a child. For Myint, absence is felt as strongly as presence. And, as she comes to understand, naming those absences, finding words for the unsaid, means discovering how those who have come before have shaped her life. Names for Light is a moving chronicle of the passage of time, of the long shadow of colonialism, and of a writer coming into her own as she reckons with her family’s legacy.

Author : Tomas Gonzalez
Publisher : Archipelago
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2020-08-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781939810601

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Difficult Light by Tomas Gonzalez Pdf

Grappling with his son's death, the painter David explores his grief through art and writing, etching out the rippled landscape of his loss. Over twenty years after his son's death, nearly blind and unable to paint, David turns to writing to examine the deep shades of his loss. Despite his acute pain, or perhaps because of it, David observes beauty in the ordinary: in the resemblance of a woman to Egyptian portraits, in the horseshoe crabs that wash up on Coney Island, in the foam gathering behind a ferry propeller; in these moments, González reveals the world through a painter's eyes. From one of Colombia's greatest contemporary novelists, Difficult Light is a formally daring meditation on grief, written in candid, arresting prose.

Author : Hiroshi Osada
Publisher : Enchanted Lion Books
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2020-04-07
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1592702910

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Every Color of Light by Hiroshi Osada Pdf

Poetic and sparse, a bedtime story told by the elements.

Author : Katie Powner
Publisher : Baker Books
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2021-10-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781493433766

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A Flicker of Light by Katie Powner Pdf

Secrets are like pennies. Everybody's got one, even the poorest among us. For generations, the Jensens have raised their families in the small Montana town of Moose Creek, where gossip spreads faster than the wind. Yet some secrets need to be told. When twenty-one-year-old Bea discovers she's pregnant on the heels of her husband losing his job, she's forced to admit she needs help and asks her dad for a place to stay. But past resentments keep her from telling him all that's going on. Mitch Jensen is thrilled to have a full house again, though he's unimpressed with Bea's decisions: dropping out of college, marrying so young--and to an idealistic city kid, of all things. Mitch hopes to convince Bea to return to the path he's always envisioned for her, but she's changed since her mom died. And he refuses to admit how much he's changed, too, especially now that he might be losing his mother as well. Grandma June is good at spinning stories, but there's one she's never told. Now that her mind is starting to fade, her time to tell it is running out. But if she reveals the truth before her memories are gone forever, the Jensen family will never be the same. "Powner will be the next big star in Christian fiction."--Library Journal starred review

Author : Markette Sheppard
Publisher : Denene Millner Books/Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2020-05-05
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781534476516

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What Is Light? by Markette Sheppard Pdf

This lyrical and luminously illustrated picture book explores the beauty of the everyday moments in a child’s world. Light can be so many things! The twinkle of a faraway star, a firefly captured in a jar, a mother’s love, a turtle dove... Through this thoughtful and celebratory book, young readers will discover the special glow in everything from nature to the smiles of loved ones. Each page reveals a different sparkle found in a child’s simple but extraordinary world. The light revealed on the final page makes a fitting finale for this sweet, bright tale.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1106 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Aids to navigation
ISBN : OSU:32435062869607

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Light List by Anonim Pdf

Author : Cheryl J. Heser
Publisher : Morgan James Publishing
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2018-06-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781683508700

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Walking at the Speed of Light by Cheryl J. Heser Pdf

Walking at the Speed of Light is a perceptive offering of memoir and reflections that can be taken one at a time and provide insight and healing for all kinds of darkness. Although many books have addressed grief and depression related to Christian faith, a book that gives readers a Christian perspective on these subjects through forward thinking including organ donation and positive life building offers a unique opportunity. Walking at the Speed of Light begins with the death of Cheryl J. Heser’s thirty-three-year-old son, Joshua, the grief experiences that followed, and the organ donation that affected the lives of over 100 people. Cheryl then provides chapters related to the Light of the World, sharing insight and nurturing for grief and depression as well as an enthusiastic embracing of all aspects of the enlightened Christian faith journey.

Author : Pope Francis
Publisher : Image
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2013-11-19
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780804185851

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Lumen Fidei: The Light of Faith by Pope Francis Pdf

The encyclical letter Lumen Fidei is the great monument of the Year of Faith declared by Pope Benedict XVI and brought to completion by Pope Francis. It is a capstone of the year, but at the same time a milestone of a long road, a road we have only begun to travel: the road of the New Evangelization.” –from the Foreword by Scott Hahn On June 29, 2013 Pope Francis issued his first papal letter reflecting on the nature of belief and the need to renew our faith for a bright future of charity and love for all. "The light of Faith: this is how the Church's tradition speaks of the great gift brought by Jesus," Pope Francis writes. "In John's Gospel, Christ says of himself: 'I have come as light into the world, that whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness.'" Here is an illuminating work inviting all to lead a more spiritual and faith-based, a reminder that with faith comes service, and with service to others and to God comes heaven on earth.

Author : Keela Vaughn
Publisher : WestBowPress
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2014-02-19
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781490826103

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Finding the Light in the Darkness by Keela Vaughn Pdf

Join me on a ten-year journey through some dark times in my life. Times that I felt helpless, stressed, bitter, and depressed as a result of my husband's illness. I have no magic spell to help others, but I feel God has given me these trials so that I can tell my story and help someone who might be going through the same thing. This life can be full of so many dark times. Please walk down this path with me and follow the light one step at a time, which will help us find our way! Let me share with you how through my trials God led me to finding the light in the darkness!

Author : Electric Light
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1878
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NLS:V000572511

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All about the Electric Light. An Illustrated Guide to Its Production, Cost, and Practical Application, Etc by Electric Light Pdf

Author : Gary Waldman
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2002-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 048642118X

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Introduction to Light by Gary Waldman Pdf

Designed for a nonmathematical undergraduate optics course addressed to art majors, this four-part treatment discusses the nature and manipulation of light, vision, and color. Questions at the end of each chapter help test comprehension of material, which is almost completely presented in a nonmathematical manner. 170 black-and-white illustrations. 1983 edition.

Author : Jane Wegscheider Hyman
Publisher : Tarcher
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : UOM:49015001106385

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The Light Book by Jane Wegscheider Hyman Pdf

Describes the role of sunlight and moonlight in setting bodily rhythms, which effect every aspect of our health and well-being.

Author : William Gibson
Publisher : Spectra
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2012-11-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307831187

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Virtual Light by William Gibson Pdf

NEW YORK TIMES bestseller • 2005: Welcome to NoCal and SoCal, the uneasy sister-states of what used to be California. The millennium has come and gone, leaving in its wake only stunned survivors. In Los Angeles, Berry Rydell is a former armed-response rentacop now working for a bounty hunter. Chevette Washington is a bicycle messenger turned pickpocket who impulsively snatches a pair of innocent-looking sunglasses. But these are no ordinary shades. What you can see through these high-tech specs can make you rich—or get you killed. Now Berry and Chevette are on the run, zeroing in on the digitalized heart of DatAmerica, where pure information is the greatest high. And a mind can be a terrible thing to crash. . . . Praise for Virtual Light “Both exhilarating and terrifying . . . Although considered the master of 'cyberpunk' science fiction, William Gibson is also one fine suspense writer.”—People “A stunner . . . A terrifically stylish burst of kick-butt imagination.”—Entertainment Weekly “Convincing . . . frightening . . . Virtual Light is written with a sense of craft, a sense of humor and a sense of the ultimate seriousness of the problems it explores.”—Chicago Tribune “In the emerging pop culture of the information age, Gibson is the brightest star.”—The San Diego Union-Tribune

Author : John Alton
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2013-02-05
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780520275843

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Painting With Light by John Alton Pdf

"A wonderful introduction to the workings of the Hollywood system. We learn in rich and yet accessible detail about special effects, technical wizardry and gadgetry, lighting, make-up, the breakdown of crews, and filming strategies. The book is legendary and its reprint is a major event for film study."—Dana Polan, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University