The Ceremony Of Innocence

Author : Dorothy Cummings McLean
Publisher : Ignatius Press
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781586177317

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Ceremony of Innocence by Dorothy Cummings McLean Pdf

Riots. Terrorist attacks. Neo-Nazi violence. In modern-day Germany, journalist Catriona McClelland has seen it all while covering the contemporary European scene for a Catholic news organization. Keeping herself above the political fray in her professional life, she has also managed to keep herself from personal entanglements-still hurt from the wounds of a broken relationship. Things come to a head when her boyfriend Dennis, frustrated with a lack of commitment, leaves her for Suzy Davis, an idealistic young Canadian who is involved with a left-wing protest movement. But when Suzy is murdered... who is complicit and who is innocent? Ripped from the headlines, Ceremony of Innocence is a very contemporary novel of Europe on the edge of social breakdown. Train stations are bombed and migrants targeted for violence as journalists and other tastemakers watch from their positions of privilege. Dorothy Cummings McLean's realistic narrative does not describe the feats of heroes. Rather, it unnervingly lays bare the way religious faith and moral reasoning can be easily manipulated and compromised.

Author : Ronald Ribman
Publisher : Dramatists Play Service Inc
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Danes
ISBN : 082220195X

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The Ceremony of Innocence by Ronald Ribman Pdf

THE STORY: As Michael Smith describes ... Ribman has plunged into history and written a play about eleventh-century England and its pacifist King Ethelred. Ethelred has negotiated a treaty with Sweyn of Denmark whereby England pays tribute in silver

Author : Madeleine Bunting
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2022-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1783787503

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Ceremony of Innocence by Madeleine Bunting Pdf

When a Muslim woman goes missing, a family's entanglement with Britain's imperial legacy comes to light in this evocative page-turner.

Author : Taylor Caldwell
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 525 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2016-11-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781504039024

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Ceremony of the Innocent by Taylor Caldwell Pdf

New York Times Bestseller: The quest for the American Dream soars to new heights in this coming-of-age story of a young woman and her country. Living with her aunt in poor, rural Preston, Pennsylvania, thirteen-year-old Ellen Watson loves books and music and is completely oblivious to her own beauty. But her extraordinary looks arouse envy and malice in the female townspeople—and lust in the males. Hired as a housemaid in the palatial home of the village mayor, Ellen soon catches the attention of his son, Jeremy Porter, who captures her heart in turn. He offers to send her to school, and four years later he proposes marriage. As the years pass, Ellen’s life parallels the hopes, dreams, and fears of a no-longer innocent nation. As America’s enemies gather, Ellen must face her own demons. The wife of the scion of a powerful political family, she has everything she could ever desire: security, children, and a successful, adoring husband. But when tragedy rips her life apart, Ellen will be forced to confront some terrible truths about her marriage, her family, and herself. Played out against the backdrop of early twentieth-century America, Ceremony of the Innocent intertwines Ellen’s personal journey with America’s emergence from the devastation of World War I. It raises vital questions, such as: Are we as good as we believe we are? And is faith enough to keep us moving forward even in the face of unimaginable loss?

Author : Daranna Gidel
Publisher : Onyx Books
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1992-08-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0451403223

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Ceremony of Innocence by Daranna Gidel Pdf

A timeless, compulsively-readable story about three young people bound forever by the harsh realities of love and hatred, tragedy and triumph. Lucy, Ellis, and Juliana draw on their hidden strengths to break free of a rich, corrupt family--and in doing so, are thrust into a web of greed and betrayal. A magnificent debut by an exciting new voice in American fiction.

Author : John Ehrenfeld
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2019-10-08
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781000011647

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The Right Way to Flourish by John Ehrenfeld Pdf

In this ground-breaking book, pre-eminent thought leader in the fields of sustainability and flourishing, John R. Ehrenfeld, critiques the concept of sustainability as it is understood today and which is coming more and more under attack as unclear and ineffective as a call for action. Building upon the recent work of cognitive scientist, Iain McGilchrist, who argues that the human brain’s two hemispheres present distinct different worlds, this book articulates how society must replace the current foundational left-brain-based beliefs – a mechanistic world and a human driven by self interest – with new ones based on complexity and care. Flourishing should replace the lifeless metrics now being used to guide business and government, as well as individuals. Until we accept that our modern belief structure is, itself, the barrier, we will continue to be mired in an endless succession of unsolved problems.

Author : Humphrey Hawksley
Publisher : Headline Book Pub Limited
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0747221138

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Ceremony of Innocence by Humphrey Hawksley Pdf

Having witnessed the murder of his best friend by a Chinese colonel, Hong Kong police commando Mike McKillop welcomes the opportunity to assist a CIA agent on the run and confront the murderer.

Author : Chinua Achebe
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1994-09-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780385474542

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Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe Pdf

“A true classic of world literature . . . A masterpiece that has inspired generations of writers in Nigeria, across Africa, and around the world.” —Barack Obama “African literature is incomplete and unthinkable without the works of Chinua Achebe.” —Toni Morrison Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read Things Fall Apart is the first of three novels in Chinua Achebe's critically acclaimed African Trilogy. It is a classic narrative about Africa's cataclysmic encounter with Europe as it establishes a colonial presence on the continent. Told through the fictional experiences of Okonkwo, a wealthy and fearless Igbo warrior of Umuofia in the late 1800s, Things Fall Apart explores one man's futile resistance to the devaluing of his Igbo traditions by British political andreligious forces and his despair as his community capitulates to the powerful new order. With more than 20 million copies sold and translated into fifty-seven languages, Things Fall Apart provides one of the most illuminating and permanent monuments to African experience. Achebe does not only capture life in a pre-colonial African village, he conveys the tragedy of the loss of that world while broadening our understanding of our contemporary realities.

Author : Nick Bantock
Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1991-08-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0877017883

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Griffin and Sabine by Nick Bantock Pdf

Don't miss The Pharos Gate, the final volume in the Griffin & Sabine story. Published simultaneously with the 25th-anniversary edition of Griffin & Sabine, the book finally shares what happened to the lovers. Griffin: It's good to get in touch with you at last. Could I have one of your fish postcards? I think you were right—the wine glass has more impact than the cup. –Sabine But Griffin had never met a woman named Sabine. How did she know him? How did she know his artwork? Who is she? Thus begins the strange and intriguing correspondence of Griffin and Sabine. And since each letter must be pulled from its own envelope, the reader has the delightful, forbidden sensation of reading someone else's mail. Griffin & Sabine is like no other illustrated novel: appealing to the poet and artist in everyone and sure to inspire a renaissance in the fine art of letter-writing, it tells an extraordinary story in an extraordinary way.

Author : Robert Cormier
Publisher : Delacorte Press
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2001-12-04
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780385729925

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The Rag and Bone Shop by Robert Cormier Pdf

Twelve-year old Jason is accused of the brutal murder of a young girl. Is he innocent or guilty? The shocked town calls on an interrogator with a stellar reputation: he always gets a confession. The confrontation between Jason and his interrogator forms the chilling climax of this terrifying look at what can happen when the pursuit of justice becomes a personal crusade for victory at any cost.

Author : Lisa Bortolotti
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2020-06-25
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780198863984

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The Epistemic Innocence of Irrational Beliefs by Lisa Bortolotti Pdf

In an ideal world, our beliefs would satisfy norms of truth and rationality, as well as foster the acquisition, retention, and use of other relevant information. In reality, we have limited cognitive capacities and are subject to motivational biases on an everyday basis. We may also experience impairments in perception, memory, learning, and reasoning in the course of our lives. Such limitations and impairments give rise to distorted memory beliefs, confabulated explanations, and beliefs that are elaborated delusional, motivated delusional, or optimistically biased. In this book, Lisa Bortolotti argues that some irrational beliefs qualify as epistemically innocent, where, in some contexts, the adoption, maintenance, or reporting of the beliefs delivers significant epistemic benefits that could not be easily attained otherwise. Epistemic innocence does not imply that the epistemic benefits of the irrational belief outweigh its epistemic costs, yet it clarifies the relationship between the epistemic and psychological effects of irrational beliefs on agency. It is misleading to assume that epistemic rationality and psychological adaptiveness always go hand-in-hand, but also that there is a straight-forward trade-off between them. Rather, epistemic irrationality can lead to psychological adaptiveness, which in turn can support the attainment of epistemic goals. Recognising the circumstances in which irrational beliefs enhance or restore epistemic performance informs our mutual interactions and enables us to take measures to reduce their irrationality without undermining the conditions for epistemic success.

Author : Elissa Wall,Lisa Pulitzer
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2009-10-13
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780061752841

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Stolen Innocence by Elissa Wall,Lisa Pulitzer Pdf

“Both creepy…and quite moving.” —New York Times Book Review “Wall’s story couldn’t be more timely.” —People Stolen Innocence is the gripping New York Times bestselling memoir of Elissa Wall, the courageous former member of Utah’s infamous FLDS polygamist sect whose powerful courtroom testimony helped convict controversial sect leader Warren Jeffs in September 2007. At once shocking, heartbreaking, and inspiring, Wall’s story of subjugation and survival exposes the darkness at the root of this rebel offshoot of the Mormon faith.

Author : James Reston, Jr.
Publisher : Three Rivers Press (CA)
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2007-04-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781400082445

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Fragile Innocence by James Reston, Jr. Pdf

A personal memoir by the author of Warriors of God describes his own daughter Hillary's courageous battle with a devastating chronic illness, its impact on the entire family, and the daunting medical and social implications of such controversial issues as stem cell research, animal organ transplants, and reproductive and therapeutic cloning. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.

Author : Robert Kilroy-Silk
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0727830147

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The Ceremony of Innocence by Robert Kilroy-Silk Pdf

Author : Hanya Yanagihara
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 407 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2013-08-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780385536783

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The People in the Trees by Hanya Yanagihara Pdf

A thrilling anthropological adventure story with a profound and tragic vision of what happens when cultures collide—from the bestselling author of National Book Award–nominated modern classic, A Little Life “Provokes discussions about science, morality and our obsession with youth.” —Chicago Tribune It is 1950 when Norton Perina, a young doctor, embarks on an expedition to a remote Micronesian island in search of a rumored lost tribe. There he encounters a strange group of forest dwellers who appear to have attained a form of immortality that preserves the body but not the mind. Perina uncovers their secret and returns with it to America, where he soon finds great success. But his discovery has come at a terrible cost, not only for the islanders, but for Perina himself. Look for Hanya Yanagihara’s latest bestselling novel, To Paradise.