After Ninety

After Ninety
Author: Imogen Cunningham
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 1977
Genre: Photography, Artistic
ISBN:

After 90 Years

After 90 Years
Author: Milovan Glisic
Publisher: CreateSpace
Total Pages: 78
Release: 2015-10-14
Genre:
ISBN: 9781517484521

A classic of Slavic vampire literature from 19th century Serbian author Milovan Glisic, "After Ninety Years" tells the tale of Sava Savanovic, who haunted the watermill in the village of Zarozje. Because Glisic wrote 17 years before Bram Stoker's "Dracula" introduced bats and Transylvania to the vampire trope, he based his story on the folktales and folk beliefs of villagers in the mountains of western Serbia along the Drina River valley. As such, it represents a treasure trove of ethnographic information and offers insights into authentic vampire lore before the creation of the modern pop culture vampire. The language Glisic employs is the vernacular of the uneducated and illiterate rural population in the mountainous regions of western Serbia along the Drina River valley in the 18th and 19th centuries. In contrast to the heavily ornamented and wordy prose so common among his 19th century contemporaries in Russia and the west, Glisic deliberately wrote in a sparse, plain, and raw style, accurately reflecting the mannerisms of village life and culture, an approach used by Mark Twain in "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County." Similar to 19th century American author Washington Irving's The Legend of Sleepy Hollow or Rip Van Winkle, Glisic mined local folklore to retell the story of the vampire Sava Savanovic. As such, the text presents a wealth of ethnographic material. Glisic offers valuable insights into the roles of women and children in the traditional patriarchal Serbian zadruga, a family-based agricultural cooperative that formed the basis of village life. The role of alcohol in hospitality, causing and settling disputes is also quite evident. And village gossip plays an important role in the everyday life of both men and women. Of particular note is Glisic's description of the folk beliefs surrounding vampires, how they are found, how they are killed, the forms they take, their physical appearance, etc. In this, Glisic accurately reflects folk beliefs still present today in many rural areas of the Balkans.

A Carnival Of Losses

A Carnival Of Losses
Author: Donald Hall
Publisher: HarperCollins
Total Pages: 229
Release: 2018-07-10
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1328826317

Former poet laureate of the United States Donald Hall’s final collection of essays, from the vantage point of very old age, once again “alternately lyrical and laugh-out-loud funny.”* *(New York Times) “Why should a nonagenarian hold anything back?” Donald Hall answers his own question in these self-knowing, fierce, and funny essays on aging, the pleasures of solitude, and the sometimes astonishing freedoms arising from both. Nearing ninety at the time of writing, he intersperses memories of exuberant days in his youth, with uncensored tales of literary friendships spanning decades—with James Wright, Richard Wilbur, Seamus Heaney, and other luminaries. Cementing his place alongside Roger Angell and Joan Didion as a generous and profound chronicler of loss, this final work is as original and searing as anything Hall wrote during his extraordinary literary lifetime.

Ninety Days

Ninety Days
Author: Bill Clegg
Publisher: Little, Brown
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2012-04-10
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0316201928

The goal is ninety. Just ninety clean and sober days to loosen the hold of the addiction that caused Bill Clegg to lose everything. With six weeks of his most recent rehab behind him he returns to New York and attends two or three meetings each day. It is in these refuges that he befriends essential allies including Polly, who struggles daily with her own cycle of recovery and relapse, and the seemingly unshakably sober Asa. At first, the support is not enough: Clegg relapses with only three days left. Written with uncompromised immediacy, Ninety Days begins where Portrait of an Addict as a Young Man ends-and tells the wrenching story of Clegg's battle to reclaim his life. As any recovering addict knows, hitting rock bottom is just the beginning.

Hearings

Hearings
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education
Publisher:
Total Pages: 2188
Release: 1973
Genre:
ISBN:

New York State Personal Income Tax Law and Regulations (As of January 1, 2008)

New York State Personal Income Tax Law and Regulations (As of January 1, 2008)
Author: CCH State Tax Law Editors
Publisher: CCH
Total Pages: 1204
Release: 2008-03
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780808018445

This comprehensive reference provides an authoritative source of essential information for those who work with personal income tax issues in New York. It is also a great companion to CCH's Guidebook to New York Taxes, reproducing full text of the New York State laws concerning personal income taxes -- Article 9A, Articles 22, 30, 30-A, 30-B, 40, and 41, as well as pertinent regulations promulgated by the NY Department of Taxation and Finance. This new edition reflects the law as amended through January 1, 2008. Key legislative changes from the previous year affecting New York State personal income taxes are described in a special Highlights section for at-a-glance review and are also incorporated in the law text. To help pinpoint information quickly and easily, this volume also provides a helpful detailed Topical Index, Law and Regulation Finding Lists, and a list of Tax Law Sections Amended in 2007.

Shipping Board Operations

Shipping Board Operations
Author: United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on U. S. Shipping Board Operations
Publisher:
Total Pages: 236
Release: 1920
Genre: Merchant marine
ISBN:

Jurist

Jurist
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1472
Release: 1852
Genre: Law
ISBN: