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Book Synopsis A Drama of Ambition by : Benjamin F. Meyers
Download or read book A Drama of Ambition written by Benjamin F. Meyers and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Epic Ambition by : Jessica Blum-Sorensen
Download or read book Epic Ambition written by Jessica Blum-Sorensen and published by University of Wisconsin Pres. This book was released on 2023 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the time the Roman poet Valerius Flaccus wrote in the first century CE, the tale of Jason and his famous ship the Argo had been retold so often it was a byword for poetic banality. Why, then, did Valerius construct his epic Argonautica? In this innovative analysis, Jessica Blum-Sorensen argues that it was precisely the myth's overplayed nature that appealed to Valerius, operating in and responding to a period of social and political upheaval. Seeking to comment obliquely on Roman reliance on mythic exempla to guide action and expected outcomes, there was no better vessel for his social and political message than the familiar Argo. Focusing especially on Hercules, Blum-Sorensen explores how Valerius' characters--and, by extension, their Roman audience--misinterpret exemplars of past achievement, or apply them to sad effect in changed circumstances. By reading such models as normative guides to epic triumph, Valerius' Argonauts find themselves enacting tragic outcomes: effectively, the characters impose their nostalgic longing for epic triumph on the events before them, even as Valerius and his audience anticipate the tragedy awaiting his heroes. Valerius thus questions Rome's reliance on the past as a guide to the present, allowing for doubt about the empire's success under the new Flavian regime. It is the literary tradition's exchange between triumphant epic and tragedy that makes the Argo's voyage a perfect vehicle for Valerius' exploration: the tensions between genres both raise and prohibit resolution of anxieties about how the new age--mythological or real--will turn out.
Book Synopsis Material Ambitions by : Rebecca Richardson
Download or read book Material Ambitions written by Rebecca Richardson and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2021-11-30 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The book traces the early history of the self-help genre and the literary depiction of ambition in Victorian British fiction. Stories of hardworking characters who bring themselves out of rags to riches abound in the Victorian era. In chapters featuring the works of novelists, the author demonstrates that Victorian fiction dramatized ambition and problematized it as well"--
Download or read book Exposed written by Anton D. Morris and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2020-11-23 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rashin joined the others in the recitation they always said before they ate: “We are the invisible hand of justice, the caretakers of humanity, the voice of reason when the world becomes unreasonable.” Rashin believed in those words. Anton D. Morris has concocted not only a swiftly-paced suspense churner, he has also constructed a compelling premise about people’s lot in life-how they got where they are-and whether or not they have the wherewithal to change life as they know it. Pacific Book Review Rashin is part of a Black secret society. He has a daughter and two sons. Cassandra’s a scrupulous lawyer. Jason runs an international company. Horus runs for President of the United States. Horus has wit, charm, voter’s confidence, and a troubling family secret that an upstart journalist wants to Expose. Morris has created more here than just another political potboiler. His examination of black families’ ties to one another challenges readers to think twice about their own deeply held convictions ... Morris deftly interweaves socioeconomic theory and good old-fashioned storytelling. He keeps readers involved to the very end or perhaps even longer. -Recommended by Premium US Review of Books
Book Synopsis Ambition's Progress Part 1 by : B. Mathew
Download or read book Ambition's Progress Part 1 written by B. Mathew and published by Partridge Publishing. This book was released on 2014-05 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Short Description An allegory written by B Mathew. Written in flowery classical English of prose and verse. It has abundant allusions, bringing to life and excitement the beauty of classical mythology, western legends, Biblical stories, literature and poetry. Extended Description This book is a fiction story. But this book is also poetry. And this book is also a philosophy on principles of success. You can read it like a novel or fairytale story. You can also read it like poetry or philosophy. This allegory is written in classical English language with verses in poetry and allusions. The plot of this fairytale allegory is about a vagabond called Mr. Ambition, who lives in the City of Penury. This city of Penury is ruled by a horrible monster called Lord Poverty. In this city of Penury, this vagabond suffers great disgrace & reproach. One day, a good man by the name of Mr. Think Rich meets Mr. Ambition and encourages him to run away from the city of Penury and escape to another city called the City of Prosperity. But however, the long journey to that City of Prosperity is filled with great and terrible dangers and deadly snares, where there are many giants, monsters and demons and unimaginable deadly traps. As such, advises Mr. Think Rich, that Mr. Ambition must first make a detour to a mystical labyrinth called the Garden of Sorrow to seek out a mysterious giant called Mr. Other-Self. Because only Mr. Other-Self could safely guide Mr. Ambition to the city of Prosperity. At the entrance of the mystical Garden of Sorrow, Mr. Ambition meets Mr. Destiny. Mr. Destiny thereafter knights him as Sir Ambition the gallant Argonaut. But however, Sir Ambition finds himself overwhelmed by great misfortunes inside the garden of Sorrow. Where following a terrible battle with the horrible giant called Suicide, Sir Ambition is captured by the monster, Unemployment and imprisoned in a labour camp called, Hard-Manual-Labour Estate. Here the monster Unemployment maims Sir Ambition by digging out one of his eyes. But with the aid of an alter-ego, Sir Auto-Suggestion, Sir Ambition escapes Hard-Manual-Labour estate, but with Unemployment on hot pursued. In Sir Ambition's search for the mysterious man, Other-Self, he accidently stumbles upon a mysterious kingdom called, the Kingdom of Within. Here he is welcomed and nursed. After his wounds are healed, the king of this Kingdom of Within and his valiant gladiators escort Ambition out in his search for the elusive Mr. Other-Self. Then once again, the grisly monster, Unemployment confronts Ambition, the valiant king and knights from the kingdom of Within. But the monster, Unemployment easily overpowers and destroys these valiant men and fatally wounds Ambition, leaving him to die a painful and slow death. But with the help of his alter-ego and others, Ambition gathers his feeble strength and continue searching for the mysterious man, Mr. Other-Self. Finally Ambition stumbles upon a strange glittering Kingdom of GreatWithin and makes a last and final attempt to awaken the mysterious man, Other-Self. Sir Ambition succeeds in setting into motion the awakening process but soon dies from his fatal wounds. But even though Ambition dies, he dies with anticipated hope of a resurrection from death, knowing that Mr. Other-Self shall raise him up. Part 1 ends with the awakening process of the invincible man Other-Self.
Book Synopsis The Language of Flowers by : Henrietta Dumont
Download or read book The Language of Flowers written by Henrietta Dumont and published by . This book was released on 1853 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis How to Read Palms by : Litzka R. Gibson
Download or read book How to Read Palms written by Litzka R. Gibson and published by Frederick Fell Publishers. This book was released on 1997 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Each palm is a separate "Book of Life." Palmistry is not a "gift" but a language of the hand that can be learned and applied to gain a richer and more rewarding understanding of your life. You will gain greater insight into who you really are." "Now you can discover the 9 vital areas of the palm, special signs and markings, and the important lines of life, destiny, fortune, health and family. Enjoy a comprehensive palm analysis and predict your future with this complete guide to reading your vital life signs!"--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Book Synopsis The Complete Palmist by : Ina Oxenford
Download or read book The Complete Palmist written by Ina Oxenford and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Apollo Chronicles by : Brandon R. Brown
Download or read book The Apollo Chronicles written by Brandon R. Brown and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2019-05-08 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The moon landing of 1969 stands as an iconic moment for both the United States and humankind. The familiar story focuses on the journey of the brave astronauts, who brought home Moon rocks and startling photographs. But Apollo's full account includes the earthbound engineers, mounds of their crumpled paper, and smoldering metal shards of exploded engines. How exactly did the nation, step by difficult step, take men to the Moon and back? In The Apollo Chronicles, fifty years after the moon landing, author Brandon R. Brown, himself the son of an Apollo engineer, revisits the men and women who toiled behind the lights. He relays the defining twentieth-century project from its roots, bringing the engineers' work and personalities to bright life on the page. Set against the backdrop of a turbulent American decade, the narrative whisks audiences through tense deadlines and technical miracles, from President John F. Kennedy's 1961 challenge to NASA's 1969 lunar triumph, as engineers confronted wave after wave of previously unthinkable challenges. Brown immerses readers in key physical hurdles--from building the world's most powerful rockets to keeping humans alive in the hostile void of space--using language free of acronyms and technical jargon. The book also pulls back from the detailed tasks and asks larger questions. What did we learn about the Moon? And what can this uniquely innovative project teach us today?
Book Synopsis Apollo's Angels by : Jennifer Homans
Download or read book Apollo's Angels written by Jennifer Homans and published by Random House. This book was released on 2010-11-02 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW, LOS ANGELES TIMES, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, AND PUBLISHERS WEEKLY For more than four hundred years, the art of ballet has stood at the center of Western civilization. Its traditions serve as a record of our past. Lavishly illustrated and beautifully told, Apollo’s Angels—the first cultural history of ballet ever written—is a groundbreaking work. From ballet’s origins in the Renaissance and the codification of its basic steps and positions under France’s Louis XIV (himself an avid dancer), the art form wound its way through the courts of Europe, from Paris and Milan to Vienna and St. Petersburg. In the twentieth century, émigré dancers taught their art to a generation in the United States and in Western Europe, setting off a new and radical transformation of dance. Jennifer Homans, a historian, critic, and former professional ballerina, wields a knowledge of dance born of dedicated practice. Her admiration and love for the ballet, as Entertainment Weekly notes, brings “a dancer’s grace and sure-footed agility to the page.”
Download or read book Ovid written by Carole E. Newlands and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-09-02 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Newlands provides an extensive overview and analysis of Ovid s works."
Book Synopsis The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper by : Samuel Johnson
Download or read book The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper written by Samuel Johnson and published by . This book was released on 1810 with total page 680 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: W. Thompson, Blair, Lloyd, Green, Byrom, Dodsley, Chatterton, Cooper, Smollett, Hamilton by : Alexander Chalmers
Download or read book The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: W. Thompson, Blair, Lloyd, Green, Byrom, Dodsley, Chatterton, Cooper, Smollett, Hamilton written by Alexander Chalmers and published by . This book was released on 1810 with total page 682 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Shelley and Keats by : Percy Bysshe Shelley
Download or read book Shelley and Keats written by Percy Bysshe Shelley and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Apollo's Maggot in His Cups: Or, The Whimsical Creation of a Little Satyrical Poet by : Edward Ward
Download or read book Apollo's Maggot in His Cups: Or, The Whimsical Creation of a Little Satyrical Poet written by Edward Ward and published by . This book was released on 1729 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Apollo's Cabinet: or the Muses Delight. An Accurate Collection of English and Italian Songs Cantatas and Duetts, Set to Music for the Harpsichord, Violin, German-Flute,&c. With Instructions for the Voice ... Also, a Compleat Musical Dictionary, and several Hundred English, Irish and Scots Songs, without the Music by :
Download or read book Apollo's Cabinet: or the Muses Delight. An Accurate Collection of English and Italian Songs Cantatas and Duetts, Set to Music for the Harpsichord, Violin, German-Flute,&c. With Instructions for the Voice ... Also, a Compleat Musical Dictionary, and several Hundred English, Irish and Scots Songs, without the Music written by and published by . This book was released on 1756 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Moonshot written by Dan Parry and published by Random House. This book was released on 2009-10-06 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'It didn't matter that they were now three miles beyond their target site, that communications were dropping out and that they were running low on fuel. All that mattered to Neil as he searched for a safe spot to land was that boulders littered the surface below. "Thirty seconds," called mission control. In truth, the flight controllers were now no more than spectators, just like everybody else. No more needed to be said.It was down to Armstrong.' Simultaneously connected and separated by television, millions of people around the world held their breath as a human being looked back at them from the surface of the Moon. Yet who were these men capable of such an achievement? How did the passionate Buzz Aldrin, inscrutable Michael Collins and enigmatic Neil Armstrong learn to depend on one another as they endured the most intense period of their lives? From the personal tragedies and triumphs they encountered along the way to the terrifying climax of a mission that redefined humanity, Moonshot - now also a major TV factual-drama - draws on interviews with many of the leading participants and hundreds of hours of archive material to tell the compelling true story of an event that captured the imagination of generations, then and now.