Recessional

Author : James A. Michener
Publisher : Dial Press Trade Paperback
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2015-09-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780812986808

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Recessional by James A. Michener Pdf

In this remarkable novel, Pulitzer Prize–winning author James A. Michener draws on his unparalleled gift for storytelling, his deep understanding of American society, and his own life experiences to illuminate the challenges of aging and the folly of youth. As the new director of a Florida retirement home known as the Palms, Andy Zorn suffers no shortage of loving support from his “elders,” a group of five passionate, outspoken residents. Still, Andy’s shortcomings tear him apart. But when he meets an extraordinary young woman who has been forced to rebuild her life after suffering crippling injuries, he finds himself falling in love. And with a few gentle jabs from his more mature friends, he discovers a wonderful new purpose in life. Praise for Recessional “The best moments in the novel occur when the characters disclose what’s in their hearts and minds with rueful, snappy humor.”—The New York Times Book Review “Michener hooks you with wonderfully humorous scenes. These are then interwoven between the moments of pain and heartache brought about by life choices we all must make.”—Tulsa World “Engaging . . . One will be drawn into the novelist’s world. . . . The lush natural setting provides James Michener plenty to show and tell.”—The Washington Times

Author : David Mamet
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2022-04-05
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780063159006

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Recessional by David Mamet Pdf

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! “Savagery appeased can only grow. Once you give in to it, it must escalate, like a fire searching for air.” The man who won the Pulitzer Prize for GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS, who wrote the classic films THE VERDICT and WAG THE DOG sounds his alarm about the Visigoths at our gates. In RECESSIONAL he calls out, skewers, mocks, and, most importantly, dissects the virus of conformity which is now an existential threat to the West. A broad-ranging journey through history, the Bible, and literature, RECESSIONAL examines how politics and cultural attitudes about rebellion have shifted in the United States in the last generation. By screaming down freedom of thought and expression, Mamet explains, we kill invention and democracy – the foundations of security and growth. A wickedly funny, wistful and wry appeal to the free-thinking citizen, RECESSIONAL is a vital warning that if we don’t confront the cultural thuggery now, the commissars and their dupes will transform the Land of the Free into the dictatorship at which they aim.

Author : Richard J. Mouw
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2004-08-02
Category : Music
ISBN : 080282160X

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Wonderful Words of Life by Richard J. Mouw Pdf

While many evangelical congregations have moved away from hymns and hymnals, these were once central fixtures in the evangelical tradition. This book examines the role and importance of hymns in evangelicalism, not only as a part of worship but as tools for theological instruction, as a means to identity formation, and as records of past spiritual experiences of the believing community. Written by knowledgeable church historians, Wonderful Words of Life explores the significance of hymn-singing in many dimensions of American Protestant and evangelical life. The book focuses mainly on church life in the United States but also discusses the foundational contributions of Isaac Watts and other British hymn writers, the use of gospel songs in English Canada, and the powerful attraction of African-American gospel music for whites of several religious persuasions. Includes appendixes on the American Protestant Hymn Project and on hymns in Roman Catholic hymnals. Contributors: Susan Wise Bauer Thomas E. Bergler Virginia Lieson Brereton Esther Rothenbusch Crookshank Kevin Kee Richard J. Mouw Mark A. Noll Felicia Piscitelli Robert A. Schneider Rochelle A. Stackhouse Jeffrey VanderWilt

Author : David Gilmour
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2019-08-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780141990897

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The Long Recessional by David Gilmour Pdf

'Superb, beautifully written, touching and occasionally very funny' Andrew Roberts David Gilmour's superb biography of Rudyard Kipling is the first to show how the life and work of the great writer mirrored the trajectory of the British Empire, from its zenith to its final decades. His famous poem 'Recessional' celebrated Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in 1897, but his last poems warned of the dangers of Nazism, and in those intervening years Kipling, himself an icon of the Empire, was transformed from an apostle of success to a prophet of national decline. As Gilmour makes clear, Kipling's mysterious stories and poetry deeply influenced the way his readers saw both themselves and the British Empire, and they continue to challenge us today. 'A fine, fair and generous work ... Gilmour's celebrated life of Curzon demonstrated his mastery of imperial nuance and esoteric character, and he brings to this book just the right combination of empathy, distaste and fastidious detachment ... there is never a flaccid line, and never a hasty judgement' Jan Morris, New Statesman 'Every now and again a book comes along that sheds new light on a life we thought we knew. David Gilmour's beautifully-written biography of Rudyard Kipling is just such a work ... This is literary biography at its very finest' George Rosie, Sunday Herald 'An enthralling biography of a mind ... essential reading for anyone who cares about how a writer finds, and passionately lives, his subject' Ruth Padel, Daily Telegraph 'The best Kipling biography yet written ... Gilmour's account of this driven man shines with intelligence' J. B. Pick, Scotsman

Author : Steve Sint
Publisher : Lark Books
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Photography
ISBN : 1579905463

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Wedding Photography by Steve Sint Pdf

In this information-packed guide, Steve Sing gives photographers the best of his...experience in shooting weddings and events.

Author : Hale Bradt
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Science
ISBN : 0521535514

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Astronomy Methods by Hale Bradt Pdf

Astronomy Methods is an introduction to the basic practical tools, methods and phenomena that underlie quantitative astronomy. Taking a technical approach, the author covers a rich diversity of topics across all branches of astronomy, from radio to gamma-ray wavelengths. Topics include the quantitative aspects of the electromagnetic spectrum, atmospheric and interstellar absorption, telescopes in all wavebands, interferometry, adaptive optics, the transport of radiation through matter to form spectral lines, and neutrino and gravitational-wave astronomy. Clear, systematic presentations of the topics are accompanied by diagrams and problem sets. Written for undergraduates and graduate students, this book contains a wealth of information that is required for the practice and study of quantitative and analytical astronomy and astrophysics.

Author : Paul Turner
Publisher : Liturgical Press
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2012-09-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780814662953

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Let Us Pray by Paul Turner Pdf

Since its initial publication in 2006, Paul Turner'sLet Us Pray has become a valuable resource for understanding, planning, and celebrating the Eucharist.This new edition, thoroughly updated by the author to be in full continuity with the Revised English Translation of The Roman Missal, will be one that priests, liturgical ministers, planners, and students will want to keep close at hand. Turner offers helpful explanations for the principal rubrics for a typical Sunday Mass. He reflects on the place of ritual within the context of Catholic piety and then explores the regulations governing the furnishings, vestments, and ministers. Hecarefully walks readers through the entire Mass from the entrance procession to the dismissal. The book is cross-referenced to answer most questions about the Sunday ritual.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Electronic
ISBN : MINN:31951P00849744E

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U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper by Anonim Pdf

Author : David Palacios,Philip D. Hughes,Vincent Jomelli,Luis M. Tanarro
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 637 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2023-10-21
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780323997133

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European Glacial Landscapes by David Palacios,Philip D. Hughes,Vincent Jomelli,Luis M. Tanarro Pdf

European Glacial Landscapes: The Holocene presents the current state of knowledge on glacial landscapes of Europe and nearby areas over the Holocene to deduce the influence of atmospheric and oceanic currents and the insolation forcing variability and volcanic activity on Holocene paleoclimates, the existence of asynchronies in the timing of occurrence of glacier expansion and shrinkage during the Holocene, time lags between the identification of oceanic and atmospheric changes and those occurring in glacial extension during the Holocene, the role of Holocene glaciers on the climate of Europe, and on sea level variability, and the delimitation of landscapes that need special protection. Students, academics and researchers in Geography, Geology, Environmental Sciences, Physics and Earth Science departments will find this book provides novel findings of all the major European Regions in a single publication, with updated information about Holocene glacial geomorphology and paleo-climatology and clear figures that model the landscapes covered. Provides a synthesis and summary of glacial processes in Europe over the Holocene period Features research from experts in palaeo-climatology, palaeo-oceanography and palaeo-glaciology Includes access to a companion website with an interactive map, photos of glacial features, and geospatial data related to European Glacial Landscapes

Author : Richard Heber Newman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1888
Category : Sermons
ISBN : COLUMBIA:CR60037504

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Sermons in All Souls Monthly, 1888-1891 by Richard Heber Newman Pdf

Author : Michael Ann Holly
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Art
ISBN : 0801498961

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Panofsky and the Foundations of Art History by Michael Ann Holly Pdf

No one has been more influential in the contemporary practice of art history than Erwin Panofsky, yet many of his early seminal papers remain virtually unknown to art historians. As a result, Michael Ann Holly maintains, art historians today do not have access to the full range of methodological considerations and possibilities that Panofsky's thought offers, and they often remain unaware of the significant role art history played in the development of modern humanistic thought. Placing Panofsky's theoretical work first in the context of the major historical paradigms generated by Hegel, Burckhardt, and Dilthey, Holly shows how these paradigms themselves became the grounds for creative controversy among Panofsky's predecessors--Riegl, Wölfflin, Warburg, and Dvorák, among others. She also discusses how Panofsky's struggle with the terms and concepts of neo-Kantianism produced in his work remarkable parallels with the philosophy of Ernst Cassirer. Finally, she evaluates Panofsky's better known and later "iconological" studies by reading them against the earlier essays and by comparing his earlier ideas with the vision that has inspired recent work in the philosophy of history, semiotics, and the philosophy of science.

Author : Tom McCarthy,Elisabeth Bronfen
Publisher : Diaphanes
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : English fiction
ISBN : 3037345896

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Recessional, by Tom McCarthy,Elisabeth Bronfen Pdf

In this essay, based on a talk he gave in Zürich, award-winning British novelist Tom McCarthy unearths a pattern, a rationale that is working both in and against the canon of modern(ist) literature, of authors such as Thomas Pynchon, Maurice Blanchot, Thomas Mann, Joseph Conrad, James Joyce and William Faulkner. McCarthy tackles a specific obsession with time that haunts their works; a time that is marked by arrest, pause, suspension, interval, eternal moments, tool-downage, waiting. Recessional time, as it were. Time-out-of-time. this is precisely that time (or tense) of fiction that is central to Tom McCarthy's own writing. This essay is followed by a conversation with the author in which he discusses his own practice of writing.

Author : Joseph R. Urgo,Merrill Maguire Skaggs
Publisher : Associated University Presse
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0838641571

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Violence, the Arts, and Willa Cather by Joseph R. Urgo,Merrill Maguire Skaggs Pdf

Willa Cather was devoted to making art in the face of violence. Here, she emerges as a resource for survival in an age of terror, an artist who encourages her readers to feel at home in the nexus of creativity and terror, and to seek creative responses to the horror of human life.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1404 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1961
Category : Geology
ISBN : IOWA:31858027720220

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Geological Survey Professional Paper by Anonim Pdf

Author : Maggie Daniels,Carrie Loveless
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2007-03-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136349140

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Wedding Planning and Management by Maggie Daniels,Carrie Loveless Pdf

Wedding Planning and Management provides a comprehensive introduction to the planning and management of weddings. Looking through an event management lens, Maggie Daniels and Carrie Loveless thoroughly explore the foundations, practice, and business of wedding planning. They include over 50 case studies, provide planning checklists, and set standards for best practice. The emphasis on diversity encompasses traditions from cultures around the globe. The book is designed so that consultants, brides, grooms, vendors, scholars, and those simply fascinated by weddings can appreciate and apply the material. Visually stunning with over 150 images captured by award winning photojournalist Rodney Bailey, the full color pages lavishly illustrate concepts and spark the imagination. Award Winning Book, Best of Category: http://www.bbboston.org/pageAboutUs_BookShowWinners.cfm'showYear=2008 As featured on ABC News Nightline and United Press International