Tom Mann S Memoirs Classic Reprint

Author : Tom Mann
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2017-10-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1527705749

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Tom Mann's Memoirs (Classic Reprint) by Tom Mann Pdf

Excerpt from Tom Mann's Memoirs The reduction of working hours to nine a day, coupled with the stoppage of overtime, had a very important bearing on my life. The firm having agreed to pay extra for overtime, very astutely gave orders immediately for a considerable exten sion of the factory, sufficient to accommodate an additional hundred men and boys. This was exactly what the men had aimed at, and I believe all were delighted at the diminution of overtime. For myself, I very rarely worked any overtime after this during the additional five years I remained there to complete my apprenticeship. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Tom Mann
Publisher : Spokesman Books
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780851247588

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Tom Mann's Memoirs by Tom Mann Pdf

Author : David C. Major,John S. Major
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2008-12-10
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780307480897

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100 One-Night Reads by David C. Major,John S. Major Pdf

Readers everywhere know that nothing soothes the spirit like sinking into a really good book. If you're one of that happy band, you'll quickly recognize the authors of this inspired reading guide as kindred spirits. Here David and John Major have chosen one hundred books that can each be delightfully consumed in one quiet evening. Covering categories from fantasy to fiction, history to humor, mystery to memoir, this addictive volume features books to match all your moods—by both celebrated writers and gifted unknowns, including: • Russell Baker • Willa Cather • Raymond Chandler • F. Scott Fitzgerald • Graham Greene • Edith Hamilton • Dashiell Hammett • Helene Hanff • Ernest Hemingway • Patricia Highsmith • Shirley Jackson • Henry James • W. Somerset Maugham • Mary McCarthy • Walter Mosley • Vladimir Nabokov • Patrick O'Brian • Barbara Pym • Phillip Roth • Vikram Seth • Isaac Bashevis Singer • C. P. Snow • Dylan Thomas • Evelyn Waugh • Edith Wharton • Laura Ingalls Wilder • Virginia Woolf Each selection contains an entertaining discussion of what makes the book special, from an adventurous writing style to a unique sense of humor. The Majors also share insights about the authors and literary anecdotes, as well as recommend other gems on a similar subject or by the same author. A literary companion to relish and refer to again and again, 100 One-Night Reads is a masterpiece in its own right!

Author : Susan Gubar
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2018-11-13
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780393609585

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Late-Life Love: A Memoir by Susan Gubar Pdf

“Winning [and] intelligent. . . . [An] impressive, often heartening addition to the literature of aging.” — Heller McAlpin, Wall Street Journal In this “unique blend of memoir and literary commentary” (Bookpage), acclaimed author and literary scholar Susan Gubar contemplates the beauty and strength of enduring love—both for her husband and for the literature that has shaped her life. Throughout the complications of devoted caregiving, her own ongoing cancer treatments, and a stressful move to a more manageable apartment, Gubar proves that love and desire have no expiration date—on the page or in life. Late-Life Love offers a resounding retort to ageist stereotypes, appraises the obstacles unique to senior couples, and celebrates second chances.

Author : Thomas Mann
Publisher : New York Review of Books
Page : 593 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2021-05-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781681375328

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Reflections of a Nonpolitical Man by Thomas Mann Pdf

A classic, controversial book exploring German culture and identity by the author of Death in Venice and The Magic Mountain, now back in print. When the Great War broke out in August 1914, Thomas Mann, like so many people on both sides of the conflict, was exhilarated. Finally, the era of decadence that he had anatomized in Death in Venice had come to an end; finally, there was a cause worth fighting and even dying for, or, at least when it came to Mann himself, writing about. Mann immediately picked up his pen to compose a paean to the German cause. Soon after, his elder brother and lifelong rival, the novelist Heinrich Mann, responded with a no less determined denunciation. Thomas took it as an unforgivable stab in the back. The bitter dispute between the brothers would swell into the strange, tortured, brilliant, sometimes perverse literary performance that is Reflections of a Nonpolitical Man, a book that Mann worked on and added to throughout the war and that bears an intimate relation to his postwar masterpiece The Magic Mountain. Wild and ungainly though Mann’s reflections can be, they nonetheless constitute, as Mark Lilla demonstrates in a new introduction, a key meditation on the freedom of the artist and the distance between literature and politics. The NYRB Classics edition includes two additional essays by Mann: “Thoughts in Wartime” (1914), translated by Mark Lilla and Cosima Mattner; and “On the German Republic” (1922), translated by Lawrence Rainey.

Author : Ann S. Davis,Albert James Diaz
Publisher : Guide to Reprints
Page : 1008 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1986-12
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : STANFORD:36105211446831

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Guide to Reprints, 1986 by Ann S. Davis,Albert James Diaz Pdf

Author : Ernest Schonfield
Publisher : MHRA
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Art in literature
ISBN : 9781905981052

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Art and Its Uses in Thomas Mann's Felix Krull by Ernest Schonfield Pdf

Thomas Mann's Felix Krull, written between 1910-13 and continued (though never completed) in 1951-54, uses contemporary accounts of these figures as a starting-point from which to explore the aesthetics of society. The early Krull marks an important stage in Mann's development in a number of respects.In writing it, Mann acquired a more flexible conception of identity and a new understanding of the relation between artist and public. Krull also signals a deeper engagement with Goethe and a shift in Mann's work towards a more open treatment of sexuality. The novel presents art as being central to the development of the individual and to social interaction. While Krull is nominally a confidence man, he is more of a performance artist, a purveyor of beauty who relies upon the complicity of his audience. The later Krull takes up where Mann left off and continues the justification of art as an essential human activity. This study draws upon unpublished material in order to provide a comprehensive reading of Felix Krull. It examines the novel within the context of Mann's work as a whole, and, in doing so, it seeks to demonstrate the remarkable continuity of Mann's creative achievement.

Author : Kirsten J. Grimstad
Publisher : Camden House
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 1571131930

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The Modern Revival of Gnosticism and Thomas Mann's Doktor Faustus by Kirsten J. Grimstad Pdf

This study explores the reappearance of Gnostic themes across the landscape of European literature and thought and in major works by Thomas Mann

Author : Lillian Feder
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1983-03-21
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0691014019

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Madness in Literature by Lillian Feder Pdf

To probe the literary representation of the alienated mind, Lillian Feder examines mad protagonists of literature and the work of writers for whom madness is a vehicle of self-revelation. Ranging from ancient Greek myth and tragedy to contemporary poetry, fiction, and drama, Professor Feder shows how literary interpretations of madness, as well as madness itself, reflect the very cultural assumptions, values, and prohibitions they challenge.

Author : Todd Kontje
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2010-11-04
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781139788816

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The Cambridge Introduction to Thomas Mann by Todd Kontje Pdf

Nobel Prize-winner Thomas Mann (1875–1955) is not only one of the leading German novelists of the twentieth century, but also one of the few to transcend national and language boundaries to achieve major stature in the English-speaking world. Famous from the time that he published his first novel in 1901, Mann became an iconic figure, seen as the living embodiment of German national culture. Leading scholar Todd Kontje provides a succinct introduction to Mann's life and work, discussing key moments in Mann's personal life and his career as a public intellectual, and giving readers a sense of why he is considered such an important - and controversial - writer. At the heart of the book is an informed appreciation of Mann's great literary achievements, including the novel The Magic Mountain and the haunting short story Death in Venice.

Author : Peter Kropotkin,Nicolas Walter
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 610 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2010-06-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9780486473161

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Memoirs of a Revolutionist by Peter Kropotkin,Nicolas Walter Pdf

A nonviolent anarchist of the 19th century, Peter Kropotkin offered a revolutionary alternative to Marxism. Although born into the nobility, he worked to subvert the class structure, promoting a philosophy of collective action. In this autobiography, Kropotkin describes his early life in the royal court, military service in Siberia, imprisonment, escape, and exile.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 988 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Editions
ISBN : STANFORD:36105129044264

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Guide to Reprints by Anonim Pdf

Author : R.R. Bowker Company. Department of Bibliography
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1634 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015078265793

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Biographical Books, 1950-1980 by R.R. Bowker Company. Department of Bibliography Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 984 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Books
ISBN : UOM:39015033284590

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Books and Bookmen by Anonim Pdf

Author : Priya Satia
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 473 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2010-02-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199734801

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Spies in Arabia by Priya Satia Pdf

In this groundbreaking book, Priya Satia tracks the intelligence community's tactical grappling with this problem and the myriad cultural, institutional, and political consequences of their methodological choices during and after the Great War.