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Author | : Todd R. Nelson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 162 |
Release | : 2018-12-12 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9781387694457 |
Columns published in The Ellsworth American from 1998-2018 by local educator and writer Todd R. Nelson.
Author | : James Duncan |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 238 |
Release | : 2002-01-31 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1134721242 |
Writes of Passage explores the interplay between a system of "othering" which travelers bring to a place, and the "real" geographical difference they discover upon arrival. Exposing the tensions between the imaginary and real, Duncan and Gregory and a team of leading internationa contributors focus primarily upon travelers from the 18th and 19th Centuries to pin down the imaginary within the context of imperial power. The contributors focus on travel to three main regions: Africa, South Asia, and Europe - wit the European examples being drawn from Britain, France and Greece.
Author | : Morowa Yejidé |
Publisher | : Akashic Books |
Total Pages | : 242 |
Release | : 2022-07-05 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1617758884 |
With echoes of Toni Morrison's Beloved, Yejidé's novel explores a forgotten quadrant of Washington, DC, and the ghosts that haunt it. Longlisted for the 2022 Women’s Prize for Fiction “Yejidé’s writing captures both real news and spiritual truths with the deftness and capacious imagination of her writing foremothers: Zora Neale Hurston, Toni Morrison and N.K. Jemisin . . . Creatures of Passage is that rare novel that dispenses ancestral wisdom and literary virtuosity in equal measure.” —Washington Post Nephthys Kinwell is a taxi driver of sorts in Washington, DC, ferrying passengers in a 1967 Plymouth Belvedere with a ghost in the trunk. Endless rides and alcohol help her manage her grief over the death of her twin brother, Osiris, who was murdered and dumped in the Anacostia River. Unknown to Nephthys when the novel opens in 1977, her estranged great-nephew, ten-year-old Dash, is finding himself drawn to the banks of that very same river. It is there that Dash—reeling from having witnessed an act of molestation at his school, but still questioning what and who he saw—has charmed conversations with a mysterious figure he calls the “River Man.” When Dash arrives unexpectedly at Nephthys’s door bearing a cryptic note about his unusual conversations with the River Man, Nephthys must face what frightens her most. Morowa Yejidé’s deeply captivating novel shows us an unseen Washington filled with otherworldly landscapes, flawed super-humans, and reluctant ghosts, and brings together a community intent on saving one young boy in order to reclaim itself.
Author | : Associazione italiana di anglistica. Congresso |
Publisher | : Rubbettino Editore |
Total Pages | : 580 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9788849806571 |
Author | : George Orwell |
Publisher | : Renard Press Ltd |
Total Pages | : 15 |
Release | : 2021-01-01 |
Genre | : Literary Collections |
ISBN | : 1913724263 |
George Orwell set out ‘to make political writing into an art’, and to a wide extent this aim shaped the future of English literature – his descriptions of authoritarian regimes helped to form a new vocabulary that is fundamental to understanding totalitarianism. While 1984 and Animal Farm are amongst the most popular classic novels in the English language, this new series of Orwell’s essays seeks to bring a wider selection of his writing on politics and literature to a new readership. In Why I Write, the first in the Orwell’s Essays series, Orwell describes his journey to becoming a writer, and his movement from writing poems to short stories to the essays, fiction and non-fiction we remember him for. He also discusses what he sees as the ‘four great motives for writing’ – ‘sheer egoism’, ‘aesthetic enthusiasm’, ‘historical impulse’ and ‘political purpose’ – and considers the importance of keeping these in balance. Why I Write is a unique opportunity to look into Orwell’s mind, and it grants the reader an entirely different vantage point from which to consider the rest of the great writer’s oeuvre. 'A writer who can – and must – be rediscovered with every age.' — Irish Times
Author | : Thomas Lynch |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 341 |
Release | : 2006-06-17 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0393344312 |
"A good read even for those who have not the least ancestral or national bias—for those who desire civilized entertainment along with brilliant narrative." —Seattle Times In thirty-five years and dozens of return trips to Ireland, Thomas Lynch has found a template for the larger world inside the small one, the planet in the local parish. Part memoir, part cultural study, Booking Passage is a brilliant, often comedic guidebook for those "fellow travelers, fellow pilgrims" making their way through the complexities of their own lives and times.
Author | : John Moore |
Publisher | : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Total Pages | : 162 |
Release | : 2017-07-27 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781548144982 |
John Moore's collection of writings takes us back to a time when harvest gold and avocado green were all the rage and Green Stamps were as good as cash. He explores the wonders of yesterday, such as diners and drive-ins, fried baloney sandwiches, and picking up pop bottles for change. John covers a lot of topics in this book, including love and marriage, God and country, the land, the people, and the folks that kept us free. He reflects on things we see every day but don't have time to pay much mind to because we're too busy and moving too fast. You'll recognize some of these stories. We're all not that different and you might have one similar to tell. Thousands of people look forward to John's column each week and here are some of his favorites in case you missed a few.
Author | : Ronald L. Grimes |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 396 |
Release | : 2002-12 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0520236750 |
Providing a personal, informed and cultural perspective on rites of passage for general readers, this text illustrates the power of rites to help us navigate life's troublesome transitions.
Author | : Abigail Brenner |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 274 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Psychology |
ISBN | : 9780742547483 |
Women's Rites of Passage grew out of Abigail Brenner s desire to answer some fundamental questions about the role of rites of passage in contemporary women s lives. Relying on a research study involving over 50 women, Brenner shows how women today understand the need to take responsibility for their lives and for directing their own paths, and are beginning to do so by creating their own very personal rites of passage.
Author | : Jim Shea |
Publisher | : Jim Shea |
Total Pages | : 202 |
Release | : 2020-12-11 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 173626060X |
In the summer of 2010, brothers-in-law Marty and Jim embark on a cycling trip along the Great Allegheny Passage and C&O Canal, a 335-mile trek from their home in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Jim's boyhood home in Washington, DC. Chance encounters with colorful local characters and other surprising escapades during five days on the trail make for nonstop laughs. As they travel through forests and along winding rivers, they experience the breathtaking scenery of western Pennsylvania, Maryland and West Virginia, exploring early American history while learning more about each other as well as themselves. This true story is for adventurers and cyclists as well as couch potatoes looking for a lighthearted take on friendship and some hilarious fun.