Union is Strength and Other Stories
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| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2008 |
| Genre | : Fables, Indic |
| ISBN | : 9781730109867 |
Adaptation of the moral stories from the Pancatantra.
Union Is Strength And Other Stories
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In Union There Is Strength
| Author | : Andrew Heath |
| Publisher | : University of Pennsylvania Press |
| Total Pages | : 296 |
| Release | : 2019-02-15 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0812251113 |
In the 1840s, Philadelphia was poised to join the ranks of the world's great cities, as its population grew, its manufacturing prospered, and its railroads reached outward to the West. Yet epidemics of riot, disease, and labor conflict led some to wonder whether growth would lead to disintegration. As slavery and territorial conquest forced Americans to ponder a similar looming disunion at the national level, Philadelphians searched for ways to hold their city together across internal social and sectional divisions—a project of consolidation that reshaped their city into the boundaries we know today. A bold new interpretation of a crucial period in Philadelphia's history, In Union There Is Strength examines the social and spatial reconstruction of an American city in the decades on either side of the American Civil War. Andrew Heath follows Philadelphia's fortunes over the course of forty years as industrialization, immigration, and natural population growth turned a Jacksonian-era port with a population of two hundred thousand into a Gilded Age metropolis containing nearly a million people. Heath focuses on the utopian socialists, civic boosters, and municipal reformers who argued that the path to urban greatness lay in the harmonious consolidation of jarring interests rather than in the atomistic individualism we have often associated with the nineteenth-century metropolis. Their rival visions drew them into debates about the reach of local government, the design of urban space, the character of civic life, the power of corporations, and the relations between labor and capital—and ultimately became entangled with the question of national union itself. In tracing these links between city-making and nation-making in the mid-nineteenth century, In Union There Is Strength shows how its titular rallying cry inspired creative, contradictory, and fiercely contested ideas about how to design, build, and live in a metropolis.
The Laughing Mill, and Other Stories
| Author | : Julian Hawthorne |
| Publisher | : Prabhat Prakashan |
| Total Pages | : 167 |
| Release | : 2018-05-24 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : |
The Laughing Mill, and Other Stories by Julian Hawthorne: Enter the world of the mysterious and the supernatural with Julian Hawthorne's collection of short stories. From tales of eerie laughter to encounters with the unexplained, these stories will send shivers down your spine and ignite your imagination. Key Aspects of the Book "The Laughing Mill, and Other Stories": Supernatural Intrigue: Julian Hawthorne weaves a web of paranormal events and unexplained phenomena that will leave readers enthralled and curious. Intriguing Characters: The characters in these stories navigate the thin line between reality and the supernatural, adding depth and mystery to each narrative. Gothic Atmosphere: Hawthorne's storytelling evokes a sense of Gothic horror and suspense that will keep you on the edge of your seat. Julian Hawthorne, born in 1846, was an American writer known for his contributions to the mystery and supernatural genres. His unique storytelling style and fascination with the unexplained make "The Laughing Mill, and Other Stories" a must-read for fans of the eerie and mysterious.
WAY TO PROSPER
| Author | : T. S. (Timothy Shay) 1809-1885 Arthur |
| Publisher | : Wentworth Press |
| Total Pages | : 220 |
| Release | : 2016-08-27 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9781371608118 |
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The Sacred Door and Other Stories
| Author | : Juliana Makuchi Abbenyi-Nfah |
| Publisher | : Ohio University Press |
| Total Pages | : 231 |
| Release | : 2007-12-01 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0896804585 |
The Sacred Door and Other Stories: Cameroon Folktales of the Beba offers readers a selection of folktales infused with riddles, proverbs, songs, myths, and legends, using various narrative techniques that capture the vibrancy of Beba oral traditions. Makuchi retells the stories that she heard at home when she was growing up in her native Cameroon. The collection of thirty-four folktales of the Beba showcases a wide variety of stories that capture the richness and complexities of an agrarian society’s oral literature and traditions. Revenge, greed, and deception are among the themes that frame the story lines in both new and familiar ways. In the title story, a poor man finds himself elevated to king. The condition for his continued success is that he not open the sacred door. This tale of temptation, similar to the story of Pandora’s box, concludes with the question, “What would you have done?” Makuchi relates the stories her mother told her so that readers can make connections between African and North American oral narrative traditions. These tales reinforce the commonalities of our human experiences without discounting our differences.
Unmeasured Strength
| Author | : Lauren Manning |
| Publisher | : Macmillan |
| Total Pages | : 282 |
| Release | : 2012-08-21 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 1250012147 |
In this update to the 2011 New York Times Bestselling book, the reader will find: - Timely new information about Manning's struggles within the healthcare system - Additional details about the author's childhood - And an emotional new essay from the author about her father, who died shortly after the book's publication A survivor's awe-inspiring story of how she overcame tragedy and re-created herself as a wife, mother, and woman She was a hardworking business woman, had a loving husband and an infant son, and a confidence born of intelligence and beauty. But on 9/11, good fortune was no match for catastrophe. When a wall of flame at the World Trade Center burned more than 80 percent of her body, Lauren Manning began a ten-year journey of survival and rebirth that tested her almost beyond human endurance. Long before that infamous September day, Manning learned the importance of perseverance, relentless hard work, and a deep faith in oneself. So when the horrific moment of her near-death arrived, she possessed the strength and resilience to insist that she would not yield--not to the terrorists, not to the long odds, not to the bottomless pain and exhaustion. But as the difficult months and years went by, she came to understand that she had to do more than survive. She needed to undergo a complete transformation, one that would allow her to embrace her life and her loved ones in an entirely new way.
Grand Union
| Author | : Zadie Smith |
| Publisher | : Penguin UK |
| Total Pages | : 196 |
| Release | : 2019-10-03 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0241983134 |
Treat yourself to a treasure trove of outstanding stories from 'the best writer of our generation' (Gary Shteyngart) 'She's already one of our best novelists and essayists, this reminds us that her short stories are right up there too' Observer 'Sexy and hilarious. There is no moment in Grand Union when we are not entertained, or doubt that we are in the company of one of our best contemporary writers' Guardian 'Brilliant. Another slam dunk. Street life, patois, music, food, clothes, hair: Smith has her finger on the pulse of life and the utter weirdness of whatever has just become normal. This is a book of and for the times, sobering in its clarity but bracingly witty and clever' Evening Standard 'Smith's dialogue crackles with mordant wit. This dazzling collection of stories will leave you with plenty to think about' Independent Interleaving ten completely new and unpublished stories with some of her best-loved pieces from the New Yorker and elsewhere, Zadie Smith presents a dizzyingly rich and varied collection of fiction. Moving exhilaratingly across genres and perspectives, from the historic to the vividly current to the slyly dystopian, Grand Union is a sharply alert and prescient collection about time and place, identity and rebirth, the persistent legacies that haunt our present selves and the uncanny futures that rush up to meet us.
The Way to Prosper
| Author | : Timothy Shay Arthur |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 218 |
| Release | : 1851 |
| Genre | : Children's literature, American |
| ISBN | : |
We're Going to Need More Wine
| Author | : Gabrielle Union |
| Publisher | : HarperCollins |
| Total Pages | : 272 |
| Release | : 2017-10-17 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 0062694006 |
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Nominated for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work Named a Best Book of the Year by The Root Chosen by Emma Straub as a Best New Celebrity Memoir “A book of essays as raw and honest as anyone has ever produced.” — Lena Dunham, Lenny Letter In the spirit of Amy Poehler’s Yes Please, Lena Dunham’s Not That Kind of Girl, and Roxane Gay's Bad Feminist, a powerful collection of essays about gender, sexuality, race, beauty, Hollywood, and what it means to be a modern woman. One month before the release of the highly anticipated film The Birth of a Nation, actress Gabrielle Union shook the world with a vulnerable and impassioned editorial in which she urged our society to have compassion for victims of sexual violence. In the wake of rape allegations made against director and actor Nate Parker, Union—a forty-four-year-old actress who launched her career with roles in iconic ’90s movies—instantly became the insightful, outspoken actress that Hollywood has been desperately awaiting. With honesty and heartbreaking wisdom, she revealed her own trauma as a victim of sexual assault: "It is for you that I am speaking. This is real. We are real." In this moving collection of thought provoking essays infused with her unique wisdom and deep humor, Union uses that same fearlessness to tell astonishingly personal and true stories about power, color, gender, feminism, and fame. Union tackles a range of experiences, including bullying, beauty standards, and competition between women in Hollywood, growing up in white California suburbia and then spending summers with her black relatives in Nebraska, coping with crushes, puberty, and the divorce of her parents. Genuine and perceptive, Union bravely lays herself bare, uncovering a complex and courageous life of self-doubt and self-discovery with incredible poise and brutal honesty. Throughout, she compels us to be ethical and empathetic, and reminds us of the importance of confidence, self-awareness, and the power of sharing truth, laughter, and support.
