Quiet Moments In A War

Author : Jean-Paul Sartre
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2002-05-21
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780743244077

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Quiet Moments in a War by Jean-Paul Sartre Pdf

In the companion volume to the acclaimed Witness of my Life, Jean-Paul Sartre reveals his life as a soldier, a German prisoner, and a man of Resistance through letters between himself and his “beloved Beaver,” Simone de Beauvoir. Quiet Moments in a War tells the story of Jean-Paul Sartre at the peak of his powers and renown through the exchanging of ideas and intimacies with Simone de Beauvoir from 1940 to 1963. In the pages of this book, readers will find details on Sartre’s war and his path to fame with the publication of his major works. From September 1939 to June 1940, Sartre wrote Beauvoir almost daily as he waited from the frontlines for a German attack. While it was a time of fear and uncertainty, it doubled as a time of great productivity for Sartre as he completed the novel The Age of Reason and sketched out Being and Nothingness. This collection of the letters between Sartre and Beauvoir completes the extraordinary correspondence of one of modern history’s most celebrated couples while documenting the emergence of a great intellectual figure.

Author : Paul McAuley
Publisher : Gollancz
Page : 479 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2010-08-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780575087521

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The Quiet War by Paul McAuley Pdf

Twenty-third century Earth has been ravaged by climate change, and is now dominated by a few powerful families, with millions of people in prison and millions more labouring to rebuild ruined ecosystems. Meanwhile on Jupiter and Saturn, live the Outers. They have built a wild variety of scientific utopias crammed with exuberant creations of the genetic arts. Now they want to colonise Earth and drive human evolution in a new direction. On Earth, some want to launch a pre-emptive strike against the Outers while others wish to exploit the talents of the gene wizards. It is clear that the fragile detente between the two branches of humanity is breaking down and they may be heading towards war . . .

Author : Jocelyn Agate
Publisher : WestBow Press
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2024-02-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9798385018284

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Quiet Moments at the Boulders by Jocelyn Agate Pdf

Quiet Moments at the Boulders is a collection of thoughts, reflections, memories and experiences in short reads. If you’ve ever wondered where the author was coming from when Four Summits to Truce was written, what was behind it, what experiences led to the story, what insights inspired those words, here it is in Quiet Moments at the Boulders, glances and experiences, lessons and expansions, the sad and funny journey that led to a redeemed life. It is a collection of heartfelt thoughts and touching memoirs, lessons of recovery and underserved favor, a life that went from bad to good, reckless to ordinary, chaotic to calm, disruptive to productive, little glances of the moments that led to that. How often do we marvel at the ordinary life which was accomplished by something extraordinary? How often do we marvel at what our life is compared to what it would have been without the miracle of what He did for us? We operate under an incredible and fragile state of grace, we truly do. That’s all there is to it.

Author : Dr W Scott Haine,Professor Jeffrey H Jackson,Professor Leona Rittner
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2013-07-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781409473251

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The Thinking Space by Dr W Scott Haine,Professor Jeffrey H Jackson,Professor Leona Rittner Pdf

The cafe is not only a place to enjoy a cup of coffee, it is also a space - distinct from its urban environment - in which to reflect and take part in intellectual debate. Since the eighteenth century in Europe, intellectuals and artists have gathered in cafes to exchange ideas, inspirations and information that has driven the cultural agenda for Europe and the world. Without the café, would there have been a Karl Marx or a Jean-Paul Sartre? The café as an institutional site has been the subject of renewed interest amongst scholars in the past decade, and its role in the development of art, ideas and culture has been explored in some detail. However, few have investigated the ways in which cafés create a cultural and intellectual space which brings together multiple influences and intellectual practices and shapes the urban settings of which they are a part. This volume presents an international group of scholars who consider cafés as sites of intellectual discourse from across Europe during the long modern period. Drawing on literary theory, history, cultural studies and urban studies, the contributors explore the ways in which cafes have functioned and evolved at crucial moments in the histories of important cities and countries - notably Paris, Vienna and Italy. Choosing these sites allows readers to understand both the local particularities of each café while also seeing the larger cultural connections between these places. By revealing how the café operated as a unique cultural context within the urban setting, this volume demonstrates how space and ideas are connected. As our global society becomes more focused on creativity and mobility the intellectual cafés of past generations can also serve as inspiration for contemporary and future knowledge workers who will expand and develop this tradition of using and thinking in space.

Author : Hazel Rowley
Publisher : Random House
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2011-12-31
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781448114450

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Tête-à-Tête by Hazel Rowley Pdf

They are one of the world's legendary couples. Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre - those passionate, free-thinking Existentialist philosopher-writers - had a committed but notoriously open union that generated no end of controversy. Through original interviews and access to new primary sources, Hazel Rowley portrays them up close: their romantic entanglements, their Parisian café society circle, their discussions of each other's work. Theirs is a great story - and a great story is precisely what they most wanted their lives to be.

Author : Erich Maria Remarque
Publisher : Random House
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2025-01-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780593688670

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All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque Pdf

The classic tale of a young soldier's harrowing experiences in the trenches, widely acclaimed as the greatest war novel of all time—featuring an Introduction by historian Norman Stone. Now a Netflix Film. When twenty-year-old Paul Bäumer and his classmates enlist in the German army during World War I, they are full of youthful enthusiam. But the world of duty, culture, and progress they had been taught to believe in shatters under the first brutal bombardment in the trenches. Through the ensuing years of horror, Paul holds fast to a single vow: to fight against the principle of hate that meaninglessly pits young men of the same generation but different uniforms against one another. Erich Maria Remarque's classic novel not only portrays in vivid detail the combatants' physical and mental trauma, but dramatizes as well the tragic detachment from civilian life felt by many upon returning home. Remarque's stated intention—“to tell of a generation of men who, even though they may have escaped shells, were destroyed by the war"—remains as powerful and relevant as ever, a century after that conflict's end." Everyman's Library pursues the highest production standards, printing on acid-free cream-colored paper, with full-cloth cases with two-color foil stamping, decorative endpapers, silk ribbon markers, European-style half-round spines, and a full-color illustrated jacket. Contemporary Classics include an introduction, a select bibliography, and a chronology of the author's life and times.

Author : Gracie M. Burnett
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2006-02-07
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781465315342

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Quiet Moments with God by Gracie M. Burnett Pdf

Quiet Moments With God I kneel before you Father Humble as a child, This day may bring me challenges I just need to talk awhile. You always reassure me When I come to you in prayer, That your grace is sufficient Through the trials in life I bear. But first, I want to thank you For your goodness, love and grace, Knowing that through you, my Lord Im protected in all I face. In this quiet moment As I open my soul to thee, I feel your love and inner peace That youll do whats best for me. Fear not, I am with you; be not dismayed; I am your God. I will strengthen you, and help you, and uphold you with my right hand of justice. Isaiah 41: 10 Sights Of Nature The beauty of the country The echo through the hills, The different sounds of nature Wild flowers blooming in the fields. Running, catching butterflies Wading bare foot in a stream, The sun is shining through the trees Casting shadows from its beam. How beautiful the country How marvelous is our God, The magnificence of your creation For this we thank you God! I will meditate on the glorious splendor of your majesty, and on your wondrous works. Psalm 145:5

Author : Pastor Adonis Khupe-Ayema
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2016-08-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781524532543

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Quiet Moments with God by Pastor Adonis Khupe-Ayema Pdf

The devotions in this book will equip you, encourage you, and empower you to face the challenges that come with the hustle and bustle of life. As you spend quiet moments with God and meditate on his Word, you will develop a progressive and meaningful relationship with him and grow in the grace and the knowledge of Christ (2 Peter 3:18). Having the assurance that God is always on your side and that He will never leave you nor forsake you (Deuteronomy 31:6). They will give you the boldness and courage to witness as a disciple of Christ.

Author : Helen Zenna Smith
Publisher : The Feminist Press at CUNY
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1993-01-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781558616325

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Not So Quiet... by Helen Zenna Smith Pdf

Praised by the Chicago Sun-Times for its “furious, indignant power,” this story offers a rare, funny, bitter, and feminist look at war. First published in London in 1930, Not So Quiet... (on the Western Front) describes a group of British women ambulance drivers on the French front lines during World War I, surviving shell fire, cold, and their punishing commandant, "Mrs. Bitch." The novel takes the guise of an autobiography by Smith, pseudonym for Evadne Price. The novel's power comes from Smith's outrage at the senselessness of war, at her country's complacent patriotism, and her own daily contact with the suffering and the wounded.

Author : Jean-Paul Sartre
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1994-01
Category : Authors, French
ISBN : 0241002036

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Quiet Moments in a War by Jean-Paul Sartre Pdf

Author : Adrian van den Hoven,Adrian Mirvish
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2010-05-11
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781443822459

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New Perspectives on Sartre by Adrian van den Hoven,Adrian Mirvish Pdf

This volume deals with a number of topics that have not previously been specifically addressed before in a single text. A chapter on Sartre and religion talks about his thought in relation to Christianity, Judaism and Buddhism, while one on Sartre and children discusses his work in relation to the issues of freedom, pregnancy and autism. Beyond this, there are an additional seven chapters covering a wide variety of topics by leading scholars in the fields of philosophy, literature psychology, history and political thought. While prior publications on Sartre have generally divided his work into two periods, pre-and post-Marxist, this volume deliberately stresses a middle and final period as well. As representative of the middle period, there is an emphasis on Notebooks for an Ethics, while Sartre's last work, Hope Now, is also treated as being philosophically significant in its own right. This approach helps to cast a new light on what Sartre has to say about authenticity, childhood and consciousness as embodied, among other subjects. The volume also addresses many and diverse issues of current interest, including those of freedom, Marxism and Sartre's relation to ethics. There are sections of the book that deal with history and the historical situations that helped to shape Sartre’s thought, as well as articles that deal with Sartre as a specifically French thinker. A chapter deals with Sartre’s relation to women , and here the issues of maternity as problematic, plus authentic, adult relationships are discussed. Finally, in addition to authors in philosophy and literature, there are articles by a child psychiatrist and a clinical psychologist to help to provide new insights on Sartre's work. Even as an academic philosopher Sartre always remained an iconoclast and the aim of this book is, at least partially to capture and provide the reader with insight into this spirit.

Author : Travis L. Martin
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2022-07-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780813195667

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War & Homecoming by Travis L. Martin Pdf

In War & Homecoming: Veteran Identity and the Post-9/11 Generation, Travis L. Martin explores how a new generation of veterans is redefining what it means to come home. More than 2.7 million veterans served in Iraq and Afghanistan. Their homecomings didn't include parades or national celebrations. Instead, when the last US troops left Afghanistan, American veterans raised millions of dollars for the evacuation of Afghan refugees, especially those who'd served alongside them. This brand of selflessness is one reason civilians regard veterans with reverence and pride. The phrase "thank you for your service" is ubiquitous. Yet, one in ten post-9/11 veterans struggles with substance abuse. Fifteen to twenty veterans die by suicide every day. Veterans aged eighteen to thirty-four die at the highest rates, leading advocates to focus on concepts like moral injury and collective belonging when addressing psychic wounds. Martin argues that many veterans struggle due to decades of stereotyping and a lack of healthy models of veteran identity. In the American unconscious, veterans are treated as either the superficially praised "hero" or the victimized "wounded warrior," forever defined by past accomplishments. They are often appropriated as symbols in competing narratives of national identity. War & Homecoming critically examines representations of veterans in patriotic rhetoric, popular media, literature, and the lives of those who served. From this analysis, a new veteran identity emerges—veterans as storytellers who reject stereotypes, claim their symbolic authority, and define themselves through literature, art, and service. Their dynamic approach to life after military service allows for continued growth, agency, individuality, and inspiring examples of resilience for others.

Author : W.T. Doyle
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2019-05-20
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781984589613

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The Thirties by W.T. Doyle Pdf

The Thirties: The Evacuation is a nonfiction that follows William’s journey from Stoke Newington in London to the rural settings of Hertfordshire and the family who adopted him. It shares William’s laughter and tears and true stories from the war years, including the young American pilots who were based locally and the British Army girls who fell in love with them.

Author : Leona Rittner,W. Scott Haine
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2016-03-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317014140

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The Thinking Space by Leona Rittner,W. Scott Haine Pdf

The cafe is not only a place to enjoy a cup of coffee, it is also a space - distinct from its urban environment - in which to reflect and take part in intellectual debate. Since the eighteenth century in Europe, intellectuals and artists have gathered in cafes to exchange ideas, inspirations and information that has driven the cultural agenda for Europe and the world. Without the café, would there have been a Karl Marx or a Jean-Paul Sartre? The café as an institutional site has been the subject of renewed interest amongst scholars in the past decade, and its role in the development of art, ideas and culture has been explored in some detail. However, few have investigated the ways in which cafés create a cultural and intellectual space which brings together multiple influences and intellectual practices and shapes the urban settings of which they are a part. This volume presents an international group of scholars who consider cafés as sites of intellectual discourse from across Europe during the long modern period. Drawing on literary theory, history, cultural studies and urban studies, the contributors explore the ways in which cafes have functioned and evolved at crucial moments in the histories of important cities and countries - notably Paris, Vienna and Italy. Choosing these sites allows readers to understand both the local particularities of each café while also seeing the larger cultural connections between these places. By revealing how the café operated as a unique cultural context within the urban setting, this volume demonstrates how space and ideas are connected. As our global society becomes more focused on creativity and mobility the intellectual cafés of past generations can also serve as inspiration for contemporary and future knowledge workers who will expand and develop this tradition of using and thinking in space.

Author : Susan Van Kirk
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2011-05-18
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780544179455

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CliffsNotes on Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front by Susan Van Kirk Pdf

The original CliffsNotes study guides offer expert commentary on major themes, plots, characters, literary devices, and historical background. The latest generation of titles in this series also features glossaries and visual elements that complement the classic, familiar format. In CliffsNotes on All Quiet on the Western Front, Erich Maria Remarque takes you inside the gruesome realities of World War I through the eyes of Paul Baumer, a sensitive teenager and typical infantryman in the German army. This study guide will help you begin to consider how Remarque's views on war might relate to modern-day conflicts. You'll also gain insight into the life and cultural background of the author. Other features that help you study include Character analyses of major players A character map that graphically illustrates the relationships among the characters Critical essays A review section that tests your knowledge A Resource Center full of books, articles, films, and Internet sites Classic literature or modern-day treasure—you'll understand it all with expert information and insight from CliffsNotes study guides.