Voices In Time

Author : Hugh MacLennan
Publisher : McGill-Queen's University Press
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2011-04-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780773586253

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Voices in Time by Hugh MacLennan Pdf

In the 1980s the Bureaucracy eliminated all knowledge of the past in the wake of a nuclear holocaust. In 2030 André Gervais discovers two metal boxes containing manuscripts, diaries, and other personal papers that have somehow survived and asks an old man, John Wellfleet, to use these documents to discover the past. In doing so, Wellfleet learns the truth about two relatives: his older cousin Timothy Wellfleet, a Montreal TV journalist at the time of the 1970 War Measures Act, and his stepfather, Conrad Dehmel, a German scholar struggling to keep his Jewish fiancée and himself safe from Hitler's Gestapo. Hugh MacLennan skillfully juxtaposes the insanity of life in Nazi Germany, the political climate of Montreal in the 1960s, and the perspective of an old man looking back on the conditions that led to world destruction as the background to an unforgettable love story.

Author : John O'Connor
Publisher : Heinemann Educational Publishers
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Biography
ISBN : 0435125249

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Voices in Time by John O'Connor Pdf

This lively collection of literary non-fiction contains extracts and activities for exploring and comparing letters, biography, autobiography, journals, reportage, diaries and speeches, all written at different periods in time. Age 12+ The New Windmill Literature File provides photocopiable activities to help you link Voices in Time and other popular New Windmills to Framework objectives and approaches to learning and teaching. See The New Windmill Literature File for more information.

Author : Eduardo Galeano
Publisher : Metropolitan Books
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2007-04-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781429900355

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Voices of Time by Eduardo Galeano Pdf

A striking mosaic of memories, observations, and legends that together reveal the author's own story and a grand, compassionate vision of life itself In this kaleidoscope of reflections, renowned South American author Eduardo Galeano ranges widely, from childhood to love, music, plants, fear, indignity, and indignation. In the signal style of his bestselling and much-admired Memory of Fire trilogy—brief fragments that build steadily into an organic whole—Galeano offers a rich, wry history of his life and times that is both calmly philosophical and fiercely political. Beginning with blue algae, the earliest of life forms, these 333 vignettes alight on the Galeano family's immigration to Uruguay in the early twentieth century, the fate of love letters intercepted by a military dictatorship, abuses by the rich and powerful, the latest military outrages, and the author's own encounters with all manner of living matter, including generals, bums, dissidents, soccer stars, ducks, and trees. Out of these meditations emerges neither anger nor bitterness, but a celebration of a blessed life in a harsh world. Poetic and passionate, scathing and lyrical, delivered with Galeano's inimitable mix of gentle comedy and fierce moral judgment, Voices of Time is a deeply personal statement from a great and beloved writer.

Author : Silvia Bonucci
Publisher : Steerforth Press
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Fiction
ISBN : WISC:89095632691

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Voices from a Time by Silvia Bonucci Pdf

From the dawn of the twentieth century until World War II, members of a Jewish family in Trieste experienced great historical and cultural events - the birth of Freudian psychoanalysis, World War I, the end of the Austro-Hungarian Empire that turned Trieste into an Italian city, Fascism. In Voices from a Time, the main characters take turns describing the family's life in the first person. Central to the story is Gemma, a frivolous but fascinating woman, an adulteress wife and irresponsible mother who behaves like an eternal child. The other family members try to keep up with Gemma and her eccentricities, often paying a high price to do so. The backdrop for this fascinating and beautifully told story contains the radiant and mundane world of fin de si'cle society, the atmosphere of Jewish Trieste, the irredentist movement, an encounter with Freud in Vienna, economic and financial downfall, and the cultural squalor of Italian Fascism.

Author : Ursula K. Le Guin
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Ansul (Imaginary places)
ISBN : 9780152056780

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Voices by Ursula K. Le Guin Pdf

Young Memer takes on a pivotal role in freeing her war-torn homeland from its oppressive captors.

Author : J. G. Ballard
Publisher : Phoenix
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1992-09-17
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1857990005

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The Voices of Time by J. G. Ballard Pdf

Author : Natalia Ginzburg
Publisher : New Directions Publishing
Page : 119 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2021-05-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780811231015

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Voices in the Evening by Natalia Ginzburg Pdf

From one of Italy’s greatest writers, a stunning novel “filled with shimmering, risky, darting observation” (Colm Tóibín) After WWII, a small Italian town struggles to emerge from under the thumb of Fascism. With wit, tenderness, and irony, Elsa, the novel’s narrator, weaves a rich tapestry of provincial Italian life: two generations of neighbors and relatives, their gossip and shattered dreams, their heartbreaks and struggles to find happiness. Elsa wants to imagine a future for herself, free from the expectations and burdens of her town’s history, but the weight of the past will always prove unbearable, insistently posing the question: “Why has everything been ruined?”

Author : F. R. Tallis
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2014-05-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780230770539

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The Voices by F. R. Tallis Pdf

From F. R. Tallis, the highly-acclaimed author of the Vienna Blood series, comes the spine-chilling psychological thriller, The Voices. Once you've heard them, you'll never forget them . . . In the scorching summer of 1976 – the hottest since records began – Christopher Norton, his wife Laura and their young daughter Faye settle into their new home in north London. The faded glory of the Victorian house is the perfect place for Norton, a composer of film soundtracks, to build a recording studio of his own. But soon in the long, oppressively hot nights, Laura begins to hear something through the crackle of the baby monitor. First, a knocking sound. Then come the voices . . .

Author : Charles Fernyhough
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2016-10-04
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780465096817

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The Voices Within by Charles Fernyhough Pdf

We live immersed in thought. But do we actually know what a thought is? To answer this question, psychology professor Charles Fernyhough draws on everything from neuroscience to literary history to grasp the true nature of this most inscrutable of acts: thinking. Whether a medieval saint who hears voices or a writer absorbed in an imagined world, a daydreamer riding the subway or a captivated reader, we experience thought as a creative inner dialogue featuring multiple voices. Fernyhough uses this conception to demystify mental illness, showing that imagining voices is intimately linked to the feeling of artistic production. Drawing on literature, film, and psychology, as well as cognitive science, The Voices Within is a poetic venture into the depths of our mind. It will revolutionize the way we hear and understand the voices in our heads.

Author : Steven Millhauser
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2015-04-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780385351607

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Voices in the Night by Steven Millhauser Pdf

From the Pulitzer and Story Prize winner: sixteen new stories—provocative, funny, disturbing, enchanting—that delve into the secret lives and desires of ordinary people, alongside retellings of myths and legends that highlight the aspirations of the human spirit. Beloved for the lens of the strange he places on small town life, Steven Millhauser further reveals in Voices in the Night the darkest parts of our inner selves to brilliant and dazzling effect. Here are stories of wondrously imaginative hyperrealism, stories that pose unforgettably unsettling what-ifs, or that find barely perceivable evils within the safe boundaries of our towns, homes, and even within our bodies. Here, too, are stories culled from religion and fables: Samuel, who hears the voice of God calling him in the night; a young, pre-enlightenment Buddha, who searches for his purpose in life; Rapunzel and her Prince, who struggle to fit the real world to their dream. Heightened by magic, the divine, and the uncanny, shot through with sly and winning humor, Voices in the Night seamlessly combines the whimsy and surprise of the familiar with intoxicating fantasies that take us beyond our daily lives, all done with the hallmark sleight of hand and astonishing virtuosity of one of our greatest contemporary storytellers.

Author : Ulli Lust
Publisher : New York Review of Books
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2017-10-10
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781681371061

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Voices in the Dark by Ulli Lust Pdf

Germany, in the final years of the Third Reich. Hermann Karnau is a sound engineer obsessed with recording the human voice in all its variations—the rantings of leaders, the roar of crowds, the rasp of throats constricted in fear—and indifferent to everything else. Employed by the Nazis, his assignments take him to Party rallies, to the Eastern Front, and into the household of Joseph Goebbels. There he meets Helga, the eldest daughter: bright, good-natured, and just beginning to suspect the horror that surrounds her... Based on an acclaimed novel by Marcel Beyer, Voices in the Dark is the first fictional graphic novel by Ulli Lust, whose award-winning graphic memoir Today Is the Last Day of the Rest of Your Life appeared in English in 2013. It is the story of an unlikely friendship and of a childhood betrayed, a grim parable of naïveté and evil, and a vivid, unsettling masterpiece. This NYRC edition is a trade paperback and features full color throughout and new English hand-lettering.

Author : Tony Allan,Charles Phillips
Publisher : Time Life Medical
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Africa
ISBN : UOM:49015002595354

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Voices of the Ancestors by Tony Allan,Charles Phillips Pdf

This book is filled with strange stories, mystic rites, angry gods, vision quests and magic symbols at the heart of African culture.

Author : Elizabeth Verdick
Publisher : Free Spirit Publishing
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2015-05-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781631980121

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Voices Are Not for Yelling by Elizabeth Verdick Pdf

As parents and teachers know, yelling comes naturally to children. This friendly, encouraging book, geared to preschool and primary children, introduces and reinforces where and when to use an “indoor voice” or an “outdoor voice.” In classic Best Behavior style the author tells young readers, “Your voice is a powerful tool. How you use it is up to you.” Vivid illustrations show the times and places for an indoor voice, the ways people ask us to quiet our voices, and times when yelling might occur. “What happens if you’re mad or frustrated or really, really excited? Your voice gets louder and LOUDER.” But yelling hurts people’s ears and feelings. Children learn that they can quiet their voice and use their words to talk about a problem. “Think before you yell, and use your words well!” Includes a special section for parents and caregivers with activities and discussion starters. The Best Behavior series uses simple words and delightful full-color illustrations to guide children to choose peaceful, positive behaviors. Select titles are available in two versions: a durable board book for ages baby–preschool, and a longer, more in-depth paperback for ages 4–7. Kids, parents, and teachers love these award-winning books. All include helpful tips and ideas for parents and caregivers.

Author : Anthony Browne
Publisher : Random House
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2018-08-09
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781787620209

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Voices in the Park by Anthony Browne Pdf

Four different voices tell their own versions of the same walk in the park. The radically different perspectives give a fascinating depth to this simple story which explores many of the author's key themes, such as alienation, friendship and the bizarre amid the mundane. Anthony Browne's world-renowned artwork is full of expressive gorillas, vibrant colours and numerous nods to Magritte and other artists, while being uniquely Browne's own style.

Author : J. S. Park
Publisher : Moody Publishers
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2020-05-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780802498816

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The Voices We Carry by J. S. Park Pdf

Reclaim Your Headspace and Find Your One True Voice As a hospital chaplain, J.S. Park encountered hundreds of patients at the edge of life and death, listening as they urgently shared their stories, confessions, and final words. J.S. began to identify patterns in his patients’ lives—patterns he also saw in his own life. He began to see that the events and traumas we experience throughout life become deafening voices that remain within us, even when the events are far in the past. He was surprised to find that in hearing the voices of his patients, he began to identify his own voices and all the ways they could both harm and heal. In The Voices We Carry, J.S. draws from his experiences as a hospital chaplain to present the Voices Model. This model explores the four internal voices of self-doubt, pride, people-pleasing, and judgment, and the four external voices of trauma, guilt, grief, and family dynamics. He also draws from his Asian-American upbringing to examine the challenges of identity and feeling “other.” J.S. outlines how to wrestle with our voices, and even befriend them, how to find our authentic voice in a world of mixed messages, and how to empower those who are voiceless. Filled with evidence-based research, spiritual and psychological insights, and stories of patient encounters, The Voices We Carry is an inspiring memoir of unexpected growth, humor, and what matters most. For those wading through a world of clamor and noise, this is a guide to find your clear, steady voice.