Sincerely Willis Wade

Author : John P. Marquand
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 399 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2015-07-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781504015769

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Sincerely, Willis Wayde by John P. Marquand Pdf

The unforgettable journey of an American businessman—from his humble origins to his extraordinary successes—and the compromises he made along the way When Willis Wayde first lays eyes on the Harcourt mansion near Clyde, Massachusetts, he is fifteen years old. His father is an engineer at Harcourt Mill, and Willis is awestruck by the family’s wealth and power. Seeking guidance from Henry Harcourt, Willis meets Bess, the old man’s granddaughter. Their friendship eventually blossoms into love as the elder Harcourt takes the young man under his wing, recognizing in Willis a kindred spirit whose instinct for making money matches his own. Pleased with his good fortune, Willis is nevertheless acutely aware of the great social gulf that separates the Waydes from the Harcourts. Determined to make his own way, he sets out on a path that will take him far beyond New England and the insular, old-money world of Henry and Bess. Then the Depression hits, wiping out the Harcourt family fortune. When he comes back into their life, Willis has the power to rescue the last vestige of the family’s prestige: the mill. Torn between his nostalgia for a simpler, more sentimental time and his sharply honed business acumen, Willis must make a fateful decision.

Author : John P. Marquand
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1955
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Sincerely, Willis Wade by John P. Marquand Pdf

Author : Catharine Rush Cabot
Publisher : Daimon
Page : 633 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Medical personnel and patient
ISBN : 9783856306014

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Jung, My Mother and I by Catharine Rush Cabot Pdf

Katy Cabot, a young American woman in Europe, was a patient of psychoanalyst Carl Jung (1875-1961) and part of his Zurich circle from the 1930s through the 1960s. She kept a diary recording the details of her psychoanalytic sessions and her inner and outer experiences. Her daughter Jane grew up in the same environment, and here edits the diary notes and adds her own comments and memories, and photographs and letters. She is now a Jungian analyst in Zurich. c. Book News Inc.

Author : Scott Greer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2017-07-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351484565

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The Concept of Community by Scott Greer Pdf

"Community" is a basic concept, perhaps the basic concept, in social science and in social philosophy. Its meanings are many and varied, yet it is pre-eminent in discussions of man and his world. The editors of this book have selected material from many sources in an attempt to explore the meaning and relevance of the idea of community as it is used in social science, political commentary, and general literature. The book is organized around four basic problems: What aspect of social life is community? What is the character of community in different settings? What is the relationship of politics to community? What is the prospect for community in today's changing world? To answer these questions, the editors have drawn from historical and contemporary sources in political philosophy, empirical social science, anthropology, sociology, history, political science, and ancient and modern literature (e.g., Isaac Bashevis Singer, C. P. Snow, Lawrence Durrell, and others)--all reflecting a broad spectrum of attitudes and approaches. Community is considered in both Western and non-Western societies. The editors introduce each chapter of the book with a critique and provide the reader with an informed general commentary. Including some of the classic statements on the meaning and importance of "community" while drawing upon new sources of insight, this book supplements courses relating to this central concept. Emphasizing the idea of community as an aspect of social organization and political life, it is especially useful in political science and sociology courses dealing with local politics and the urban world.

Author : Dayton Lummis
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2008-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780595484959

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States of Mind by Dayton Lummis Pdf

STATES OF MIND is a collection of the author's letters from Santa Fe, New Mexico, and St David's, Pennsylvania, to a very literate and old-fashioned gentleman in San Francisco. Written between 1993 and 2000, they are insightful, humorous and sometimes grouchy. They reflect two very diverse places in the American landscape-some would say no two places could be more different!-and the author deftly switches roles with changes in locale.

Author : Tony Hilfer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2014-09-25
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781317871248

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American Fiction Since 1940 by Tony Hilfer Pdf

In this remarkable book, Tony Hilfer provides a major survey of the wealth of post-war American fiction. He analyses the major modes and genres of writing, from realist to postmodernist metafiction and black humour, the fiction of social protest, women's writing, and the traditions of African-American, Southern and Jewish-American fiction. Key writers discussed include William Faulkner, Norman Mailer, Ralph Ellison, Saul Bellow, Joseph Heller, Vladimir Nabokov and Joyce Carol Oates. The book concludes by exploring contemporary trends through detailed case-studies of Donald Barthelme and Toni Morrison.

Author : Thomas Leitch
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2019-06-13
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781628923728

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The History of American Literature on Film by Thomas Leitch Pdf

From William Dickson's Rip Van Winkle films (1896) to Baz Luhrmann's big-budget production of The Great Gatsby (2013) and beyond, cinematic adaptations of American literature participate in a rich and fascinating history. Unlike previous studies of American literature and film, which emphasize particular authors like Edith Wharton and Nathaniel Hawthorne, particular texts like Moby-Dick, particular literary periods like the American Renaissance, or particular genres like the novel, this volume considers the multiple functions of filmed American literature as a cinematic genre in its own right-one that reflects the specific political and aesthetic priorities of different national and historical cinemas even as it plays a decisive role in defining American literature for a global audience.

Author : Edward W. Younkins
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2016-03-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781498519304

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Capitalism and Commerce in Imaginative Literature by Edward W. Younkins Pdf

This multidisciplinary collection of essays provides a means to appreciate the richness and variety of fictional portrayals of businesses and businesspersons. The works selected for examination reflect the variety of philosophical, political, economic, cultural, social, and ethical perspectives that have been found in American society over time.

Author : Robert A. Parker
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2013-01-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781300687405

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A Literary Cavalcade-IV by Robert A. Parker Pdf

Robert A. Parker follows up each book he reads, mainly novels, with an evaluation of that book. His comments are informed by his Jesuit upbringing but also by an independent critical view that balances a moral and literary sensibility. In this fourth of six volumes, the authors covered range from Jean Lacouture to Montherlant. The commentaries are listed alphabetically by author, and about 100 authors are included in this volume. Future volumes will cover additional authors alphabetically. The writers here represent a broad range of writing styles, cultural influences, and moral philosophies.

Author : August C. Bolino
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 692 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2012-08-06
Category : History
ISBN : 1475933762

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Men of Massachusetts by August C. Bolino Pdf

As one of the original Thirteen Colonies and birthplace of the American Revolution, Massachusetts has continued the rich tradition of liberty throughout its storied history, becoming a primary contributor to many fields of human endeavor in American society. Massachusetts native August C. Bolino profiles two hundred significant historical personages from this state in Men of Massachusetts. Beginning with a brief history, Bolino traces the role individual men have played throughout the states nearly four-hundred-year history, offering a concise and informative profile of each one. He discusses how Massachusetts has been a leader in reform movements, including education, the abolition of slavery, and womens and African American suffrage. In addition, Bolino depicts how people of Massachusetts spread culture in literature, music, entertainment, and sports, championed liberty, encouraged entrepreneurship, and paved the way for us in the twenty-first century. Profiles include such storied figures as John Adams and Oliver Wendell Holmes, Henry David Thoreau and Nathaniel Hawthorne, Elias Howe and Calvin Coolidge, and, of course, the Kennedy family. A true testament to the remarkable achievements of the people of Massachusetts, this compendium shows the fruits of true liberal philosophy.

Author : Martin Halliwell
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2013-04-19
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780813560663

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Therapeutic Revolutions by Martin Halliwell Pdf

Therapeutic Revolutions examines the evolving relationship between American medicine, psychiatry, and culture from World War II to the dawn of the 1970s. In this richly layered intellectual history, Martin Halliwell ranges from national politics, public reports, and healthcare debates to the ways in which film, literature, and the mass media provided cultural channels for shaping and challenging preconceptions about health and illness. Beginning with a discussion of the profound impact of World War II and the Cold War on mental health, Halliwell moves from the influence of work, family, and growing up in the Eisenhower years to the critique of institutional practice and the search for alternative therapeutic communities during the 1960s. Blending a discussion of such influential postwar thinkers as Erich Fromm, William Menninger, Erving Goffman, Erik Erikson, and Herbert Marcuse with perceptive readings of a range of cultural text that illuminate mental health issues--among them Spellbound, Shock Corridor, Revolutionary Road, and I Never Promised You a Rose Garden--this compelling study argues that the postwar therapeutic revolutions closely interlink contrasting discourses of authority and liberation.

Author : Andrew M. Kamarck
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2017-09-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351763042

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Economics for the Twenty-first Century: The Economics of the Economist-fox by Andrew M. Kamarck Pdf

This title was first published in 2001. To be effective, economics must take into consideration the complex nature of human beings and the contextual, institutional, social and historical factors at play. This text is designed to help economists to be economic foxes by increasing the range of economists' tools, drawing on the knowledge and experience of other disciplines, to cope better with the extraordinary complexity of the modern economy. The objective is to provide the same kind of revelation in understanding an economy that an artist possesses in the visual arts. A beginner looking at a still life sees a green bottle, a red apple and a yellow cloth on a table top. An artist, however, can point out to him all the nuances of colour. Following a rapid dissection of the canonical hypotheses of contemporary economic theory, different sectors of the real economy are explored: the corporation; corporate governance; services; the public sector; civil society; professions; social capital; national cultures; and the tropics.

Author : William Darby
Publisher : Popular Press
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0879723904

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Necessary American Fictions by William Darby Pdf

William Darby gives us a comprehensive and (mostly) sympathetic reading of over fifty novels and a few movies from the 1950s. He examines titles such as Mandingo, The Invisible Man, I the Jury, Catcher in the Rye, Battle Cry, The Caine Mutiny, The Revolt of Mamie Stover, The Manchurian Candidate, Hawaii, The Bramble Bush, Peyton Place, Ten North Frederick, A Stone for Danny Fisher, The Bad Seed, Not as a Stranger, The Blackboard Jungle, From Here to Eternity, and Compulsion.

Author : Norton E.. Long
Publisher : Ardent Media
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Local government
ISBN : 0685702588

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The Polity by Norton E.. Long Pdf

Author : Bill Selmeier
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2009-04-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780578024172

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Spreading the Barcode by Bill Selmeier Pdf

Personal memories of Bill Selmeier from the 1970s when he contributed to the establishment of the U.P.C. barcode