Tranquillity And Ruin

Author : Danyl McLauchlan
Publisher : Victoria University Press
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2021-09-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781776563982

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Tranquillity and Ruin by Danyl McLauchlan Pdf

Danyl McLauchlan wanted to get closer to the hidden truth of things. But it was starting to look like the hidden truth of things was that nothing was real, everything was suffering, and he didn't really exist.In these essays Danyl explores ideas and paths that he hopes will make him freer and happier &– or, at least, less trapped, less medicated and less depressed. He stays at a monastery and meditates for eight hours a day. He spends time with members of a new global movement who try to figure out how to do the most possible good in the world. He reads forbiddingly complex papers on neuroscience and continental philosophy and shovels clay with a Buddhist monk until his hands bleed. He tries to catch a bus. Tranquillity and Ruin is a light-hearted contemplation of madness, uncertainty and doom. It's about how, despite everything we think we know about who we are, we can still be surprised by ourselves.'There are passages you'll read multiple times, not because it's difficult or obfuscating, but because it's complicated, and beautiful in the way that all complicated things are beautiful.' —Alie Benge, The Spinoff'An incisive exploration of what makes us human, from one of the

Author : Katja Millay
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2013-06-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781476730943

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The Sea of Tranquility by Katja Millay Pdf

Teenage former piano prodigy Nastya Kashnikov and Josh Bennett, a lonely boy at her school, enter into an intense relationship, with neither unaware of the dark secrets the other's past holds. Original.

Author : Donald Wesling
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2016-06-17
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781317226819

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Wordsworth and the Adequacy of Landscape by Donald Wesling Pdf

First published in 1970, this stylistic and interpretative account of some of Wordsworth’s major poetry examines description and meditation in his landscape writing. It describes the integration of two kinds of thinking, and a variety of beauties and lapses that come from their separation. Although Wordsworth’s deepest affinity was with nature, the author argues the finest landscape writing of the poet’s late twenties and early thirties derives from his attempt to humanise his love of nature. This work therefore aims to examine the way in which Wordsworth strives in his poetry to extend his range of concern from love of nature to love of mankind.

Author : Danyl McLauchlan
Publisher : Victoria University Press
Page : 437 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2016-09-01
Category : FICTION
ISBN : 9780864739407

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Unspeakable Secrets of the Aro Valley by Danyl McLauchlan Pdf

A sleepy bohemian neighborhood becomes the unexpected setting for an adventure story as a lively cast of characters that include a brilliant but troubled young writer, a voluptuous healer, and a shadowy cult and its sinister leader take on an ancient legend of the occult. From the mysterious and the horrific to the comedic and the erotic, Unspeakable Secrets of the Aro Valley is a dark and hilarious odyssey through Wellington’s underbelly that weaves through trail of riddles, a struggle for ultimate power, and a final, unspeakable secret.

Author : Niccolo Machiavelli
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1979-01-25
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781101128091

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The Portable Machiavelli by Niccolo Machiavelli Pdf

In the four and a half centuries since Machiavelli’s death, no single and unanimously accepted interpretation of his ideas has succeeded in imposing itself upon the lively debate over the meaning of his works. Yet there has never been any doubt about the fundamental importance of Machiavelli’s contribution to Western political theory.The Portable Machiavelli brings together the complete texts of The Prince, Belfagor, and Castruccio Castracani, newly translated by Peter Bondanella and Mark Musa especially for this volume. In addition, the editors include an abridged version of The Discourses; a play, The Mandrake Root, in its entirety; seven private letters; and selections from The Art of War and The History of Florence.

Author : Argyro Loukaki
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 411 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2016-12-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781351921732

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Living Ruins, Value Conflicts by Argyro Loukaki Pdf

Using monuments and ruins by way of illustration, this fascinating book examines the symbolic, ideological, geographical and aesthetic importance of Greek classical iconography for the Western world. It examines how classical Greek monuments are simultaneously perceived as sublime national symbols and as a mythological and archetypal reference against which Western modernism is measured. The book investigates the dialogue this double identity leads to, as well as frequent clashes between ancient (but also later) monuments and their modern urban or regional environment. Living Ruins, Value Conflicts examines the complex historical process of monument restoration and enhancement, and analyses the nexus of changing perceptions, aesthetic visions and formal principles over the past two centuries. The book shows the ways in which archaeology and monumentality affect modern life, the modern aesthetic, our notions of nationhood, of place, of self - and the limits to and possibilities for national development imposed by the need to ensure ruins are kept 'alive'.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 878 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1849
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:555010626

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The baptist Magazine by Anonim Pdf

Author : Emily St. John Mandel
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2022-04-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781443466110

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Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel Pdf

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NATIONAL BESTSELLER “One of [Mandel’s] finest novels and one of her most satisfying forays into the arena of speculative fiction yet.” —The New York Times “Mandel’s sensational sixth novel offers immense pleasures of puzzle box plotting and high-flying imagination. . . . Masterfully plotted and deeply moving, this visionary novel folds back on itself like a hall of mirrors to explore just what connects us to one another, and how many extraordinary contingencies bring us to each ordinary day of our lives.” —Esquire From the acclaimed, bestselling author of Station Eleven and The Glass Hotel, a “bold and exciting” (The Economist) and “transcendent” (Wall Street Journal) novel filled with “puncturing emotional truths” (Glamour) In this captivating tale of imagination and ambition, a seemingly disparate array of people come into contact with a time traveller who must resist the pull to change the past and the future. The cast includes a British exile on the west coast of Canada in the early 1900s; the author of a bestselling novel about a fictional pandemic who embarks on a galaxy-spanning book tour during the outbreak of an actual pandemic; a resident of a moon colony almost 300 years in the future; and a lonely girl who films an old-growth forest and experiences a disruption in the recording. Blurring the lines between reality and fantasy, Emily St. John Mandel’s dazzling story follows these engrossing characters across space and time as their lives ultimately intersect. Sea of Tranquility is a breathtaking and wondrous examination of the ties that bind us together, by a master storyteller.

Author : John Galsworthy
Publisher : Hardpress Publishing
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2012-08-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1290872678

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The Inn of Tranquillity; Studies and Essays by John Galsworthy Pdf

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.

Author : George Crabb
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 864 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1884
Category : Synonyms
ISBN : OSU:32435009707910

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English Synonymes Explained in Alphabetical Order by George Crabb Pdf

Author : Charles Bucke
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2020-07-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783752339024

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Ruins of Ancient Cities by Charles Bucke Pdf

Reproduction of the original: Ruins of Ancient Cities by Charles Bucke

Author : Peter F. Hamilton
Publisher : Orbit
Page : 1302 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2008-10-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780316040402

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The Reality Dysfunction by Peter F. Hamilton Pdf

The Reality Dysfunction is a modern classic of science fiction from Peter F. Hamilton, an extraordinary feat of storytelling on a truly epic scale. "A space opera that is big, boisterous, and has something for everyone." —Science Fiction Weekly Space is not the only void. . . In AD 2600 the human race is finally beginning to realize its full potential. Hundreds of colonized planets scattered across the galaxy host a multitude of prosperous and wildly diverse cultures. Genetic engineering has pushed evolution far beyond nature's boundaries, defeating disease and producing extraordinary spaceborn creatures. Huge fleets of sentient trader starships thrive on the wealth created by the industrialization of entire star systems. And throughout inhabited space the Confederation Navy keeps the peace. A true golden age is within our grasp. But on a primitive colony planet, a renegade criminal's chance encounter with an utterly alien entity unleashes the most primal of humanity’s fears. An extinct race which inhabited the galaxy aeons ago called it "The Reality Dysfunction." It is the nightmare which has prowled beside us since the beginning of history. The Night’s Dawn Trilogy The Reality Dysfunction The Neutronium Alchemist The Naked Go

Author : Julia Hell,Andreas Schönle
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 530 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2010-03-19
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780822390749

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Ruins of Modernity by Julia Hell,Andreas Schönle Pdf

Images of ruins may represent the raw realities created by bombs, natural disasters, or factory closings, but the way we see and understand ruins is not raw or unmediated. Rather, looking at ruins, writing about them, and representing them are acts framed by a long tradition. This unique interdisciplinary collection traces discourses about and representations of ruins from a richly contextualized perspective. In the introduction, Julia Hell and Andreas Schönle discuss how European modernity emerged partly through a confrontation with the ruins of the premodern past. Several contributors discuss ideas about ruins developed by philosophers such as Immanuel Kant, Georg Simmel, and Walter Benjamin. One contributor examines how W. G. Sebald’s novel The Rings of Saturn betrays the ruins erased or forgotten in the Hegelian philosophy of history. Another analyzes the repressed specter of being bombed out of existence that underpins post-Second World War modernist architecture, especially Le Corbusier’s plans for Paris. Still another compares the ways that formerly dominant white populations relate to urban-industrial ruins in Detroit and to colonial ruins in Namibia. Other topics include atomic ruins at a Nevada test site, the connection between the cinema and ruins, the various narratives that have accrued around the Inca ruin of Vilcashuamán, Tolstoy’s response in War and Peace to the destruction of Moscow in the fire of 1812, the Nazis’ obsession with imperial ruins, and the emergence in Mumbai of a new “kinetic city” on what some might consider the ruins of a modernist city. By focusing on the concept of ruin, this collection sheds new light on modernity and its vast ramifications and complexities. Contributors. Kerstin Barndt, Jon Beasley-Murray, Russell A. Berman, Jonathan Bolton, Svetlana Boym, Amir Eshel, Julia Hell, Daniel Herwitz, Andreas Huyssen, Rahul Mehrotra, Johannes von Moltke, Vladimir Paperny, Helen Petrovsky, Todd Presner, Helmut Puff, Alexander Regier, Eric Rentschler, Lucia Saks, Andreas Schönle, Tatiana Smoliarova, George Steinmetz, Jonathan Veitch, Gustavo Verdesio, Anthony Vidler

Author : William Dwight Whitney
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 924 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1877
Category : English language
ISBN : UOM:39015019084147

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A Compendious German and English Dictionary by William Dwight Whitney Pdf

Author : Ann Granger
Publisher : Canelo
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2018-05-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781788631006

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Rack, Ruin and Murder by Ann Granger Pdf

“Fans of Granger’s earlier Mitchell and Markby series will not be disappointed with the crimes put before Campbell and Carter.” —Oxford Mail When old Monty Bickerstaffe discovers a dead body in his drawing room, it’s up to Inspector Jess Campbell to get to the bottom of the mystery. Monty is a recluse, holed up in his crumbling manor house being generally unpleasant to everyone, even those relatives he actually likes. When his family and locals claim they’ve never seen the murder victim before, Campbell smells a lie. With the help of Superintendent Ian Carter, she will have to dig deep into the murky past of Monty and his family, all the way to the shocking truth. Rack, Ruin and Murder is a pulse-pounding adventure, perfect for fans of T. E. Kinsey, Ann Cleeves and Faith Martin. Praise for the writing of Ann Granger “A well-written, well-crafted traditional British mystery by a writer with an assured grasp of her technique.” —reviewingtheevidence.com “Characterization, as ever with Granger, is sharp and astringent.” —The Times “The story just gets more complex, mysterious and chilling.” —Good Book Guide “For once a murder novel which displays a gentle touch and a dash of wit.” —The Northern Echo “A clever and lively book.” —Margaret York