The Illiterate

Author : Jim Freed
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2015-11-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0692554777

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The Illiterate by Jim Freed Pdf

The Illiterate is an absurdist comedy about a writer named Jones who wakes up one morning unable to read. After discovering his illiteracy, Jones consults a number of doctors and friends. But instead of providing relief, his encounters make him increasingly confused and ultimately cause his life to fall apart. His illiteracy creates an existential crisis - a crisis further complicated by the simple fact that Jones suffers from an ailment that no one he seeks help from can understand. Feeling alienated from his former life, Jones eventually embraces the nihilism his new condition seems to push him toward. He embarks on a surreal adventure throughout New York City, one governed only by his impulses and instinctual reactions, which culminates when he's tricked into working as a sideshow freak on Coney Island. In the end, left with only a crippling sense of paranoia, Jones decides to leave the city for good in order to distance himself from his past and focus on his future. Immediately after he acts on this resolution and finds himself in a car speeding away from the city, Jones discovers that, oddly enough, he can read once again.

Author : Ágota Kristóf
Publisher : New Directions Publishing
Page : 53 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2023-04-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780811234863

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The Illiterate by Ágota Kristóf Pdf

In 2004, late in her legendary career, Ágota Kristóf wrote this slim dagger of a memoir about being a refugee after fleeing Hungary in 1956 Narrated in a series of stark, brief vignettes, The Illiterate is Ágota Kristóf’s memoir of her childhood, her escape from Hungary in 1956 with her husband and small child, her early years working in factories in Switzerland, and the writing of her first novel, The Notebook. Few writers can convey so much in so little space. Fierce yet almost pointedly flat and documentarian in tone, Kristóf portrays with a disturbing level of detail and directness an implacable message of loss: first, she is forced to learn Russian as a child (with the Soviet takeover of Hungary, Russian became obligatory at school); next, at age twenty-one, she finds herself required to learn French to survive: I have spoken French for more than thirty years, I have written in French for twenty years, but I still don’t know it. I don’t speak it without mistakes, and I can only write it with the help of dictionaries, which I frequently consult. It is for this reason that I also call the French language an enemy language. There is a further reason, the most serious of all: this language is killing my mother tongue.

Author : Blair Cook
Publisher : FriesenPress
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2016-08-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781460289945

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The Illiterate Executive by Blair Cook Pdf

It is essential that every business executive be conversant in the principles of finance. This is a handbook for developing your financial acumen to give you a stronger voice inside the executive boardroom. From accounting to finance, from risk management to capital allocation -- no stone is left unturned. This is a one-stop reference source to guide any executive through the most important decisions and conversations that go on in the executive boardrooms of every organization. Stories of failed executives illustrate the importance of financial acumen and provide a launching point for discussing finance principles in practical scenarios. Whether you are running your own company or an executive in a larger organization, you will become an impressive financial practitioner without getting mired in the details and theoretical complexities contained in most financial textbooks. Learn what matters and how to use it to your advantage to: - Analyze financial information with ease; - Make smarter business decisions; - Develop strategy and allocate capital with a financial return in mind; - Hire and manage financial people better, and; - Avoid financial disasters that can ruin your company.

Author : Henkjan Honing
Publisher : Amsterdam University Press
Page : 25 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Art
ISBN : 9789056296896

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The Illiterate Listener by Henkjan Honing Pdf

We have known for some time that babies possess a keen perceptual sensitivity for the melodic, rhythmic and dynamic aspects of speech and music: aspects that linguists are inclined to categorize under the term ‘prosody’, but which are in fact the building blocks of music. Only much later in a child’s development does he make use of this ‘musical prosody’, for instance in delineating and subsequently recognizing word boundaries. In this essay Henkjan Honing makes a case for ‘illiterate listening’, the human ability to discern, interpret and appreciate musical nuances already from day one, long before a single word has been uttered, let alone conceived. It is the preverbal and preliterate stage that is dominated by musical listening. See also the download version.

Author : William Meredith
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1872
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NYPL:33433066650916

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Love Letter from an Impossible Land by William Meredith Pdf

Author : Jonathan Kozol
Publisher : Doubleday
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2011-11-02
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780307800572

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Illiterate America by Jonathan Kozol Pdf

It is startling and it is shaming: in a country that prides itself on being among the most enlightened in the world, 25 million American adults cannot read the poison warnings on a can of pesticide, a letter from their child’s teacher, or the front page of a newspaper. An additional 35 million read below the level needed to function successfully in our society. The United States ranks forty-ninth among 158 member nations of the UN in literacy, and wastes over $100 billion annually as a result. The problem is not merely an embarrassment, it is a social and economic disaster. In Illiterate America, Jonathan Kozol, author of National Book Award-winning Death at an Early Age, addresses this national disgrace. Combining hard statistics and heartrending stories, he describes the economic and the human costs of illiteracy. Kozol analyses and condemns previous government action—and inaction—and, in a passionate call for reform, he proposes a specific program to conquer illiteracy. One out of every three American adults cannot read this book—which is why everyone else must.

Author : Chia Gounza Vang
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2023-01-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1953100554

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The Illiterate Daughter by Chia Gounza Vang Pdf

In war torn Laos, thirteen-year-old Nou daydreams of the legendary heroes and mythical beings who live in the folklore stories she loves to hear. Remembering them helps her ignore physical pain as she struggles through the endless chores expected of a dutiful daughter. Each night, she examines the two books given to her by her ex-soldier father and prays for an end to the Vietnam War. Only peace will allow her to attend school and learn to read the secrets locked inside her wondrous books. In a late-night Communist attack on her village, Nou's home, books, and illusion of safety are lost in the deadly flames and rifle fire that follow. Although her family escapes into the jungle, they leave behind unknown numbers of dead and missing friends and neighbors. As her father desperately searches for a place to rebuild their home, he learns that the Communist soldiers who control the country are intent upon killing any man who fought alongside the Americans. Nou's family must flee their homeland or live under constant threat of imprisonment and torture. But escape from Laos requires a guide able to smuggle large numbers of refugees through the jungle's high mountain passes and across the Mekong River into Thailand, routes watched by patrols instructed to shoot to kill. While the number of dead who litter their escape route increases, Nou increasingly draws upon her "worthless" folklore heroes for help in getting her surviving family members closer to freedom.

Author : American Association of School Administrators,National Education Association of the United States. Department of Superintendence
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1883
Category : Education
ISBN : IND:30000119083792

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Official Report by American Association of School Administrators,National Education Association of the United States. Department of Superintendence Pdf

Author : National Education Association of the United States
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1884
Category : Education
ISBN : UCAL:B3433500

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Proceedings, Abstracts of Lectures and a Brief Report of the Discussions of the National Teachers' Association, the National Association of School Superintendents and the American Normal School Association by National Education Association of the United States Pdf

Author : Allen Hilton
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2018-04-19
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567662897

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Illiterate Apostles by Allen Hilton Pdf

Allen Hilton examines how pagan critics ridiculed the early Christians for being uneducated, and how a few literate Christians took up pen to defend the illiterate members of their churches. Hilton sheds light on the peculiarity of this "defense†?, in which the authors openly admit that the critics have the facts on their side, noting that the Book of Acts even calls two of its heroes, Peter and John, illiterates. Why did the authors of these biblical texts, intent on presenting Christianity in a positive light, volunteer such a negative detail? The answer to this question reveals a fascinating social exchange that first surrounded education levels in antiquity, and proceeded to make its way into the New Testament. This volume provides context for pagan education as opposed to early Christian illiteracy – touching upon the methods of ancient learning and the relationship between Christian and pagan schools – and analyses the 'uneducated virtue' of the Apostles. Hilton provides a useful window onto the social construction of ancient education and ushers readers into the everyday experience of ancient Christians, and those who disdained and defended them.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1883
Category : Congregational churches
ISBN : WISC:89066111022

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The American Missionary by Anonim Pdf

Vols. 13-62 include abridged annual reports and proceedings of the annual meetings of the American Missionary Association, 1869-1908; v. 38-62 include abridged annual reports of the Congregational Home Missionary Society's Executive Committee, 1883/84-1907/08.

Author : Sunita Thankappan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2021-01-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798593023827

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Illiteracy to Literacy Track by Sunita Thankappan Pdf

This book will help everyone who wants to be literate in the English language. As literacy defines as the ability to read, write, and understand.In simple words, Literate people describe as those who know to read, write and understand any language, and Illiterate people who unable to read & write.My motto is to help people to become literate in the English language. The book "Illiteracy to literacy track will guide people to start and learn English. I have listed and covered some of the basic details of the English language in this book. It will guide everyone to learn the English language better. For your reference, my channel link, app link, and short grammar pdf are provided to find it easier to learn & understand. I have created the video file of the book. If you need a copy, please send me an email.

Author : Rosalind Crone
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2022-05-12
Category : Prisoners
ISBN : 9780198833833

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Illiterate Inmates by Rosalind Crone Pdf

'Illiterate Inmates' tells the story of the emergence, at the turn of the nineteenth century, of a powerful idea - the provision of education in prisons for those accused and convicted of crime - and its execution over the century that followed, drawing on evidence from both local and convict prisons.

Author : Will Rogers
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1494093421

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The Illiterate Digest by Will Rogers Pdf

This is a new release of the original 1924 edition.

Author : National Conference of Charities and Correction (U.S.). Annual Session
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1885
Category : Charities
ISBN : WISC:89031525744

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Proceedings of the National Conference of Charities and Correction, at the ... Annual Session Held in ... by National Conference of Charities and Correction (U.S.). Annual Session Pdf