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Download or read book Literal Lily written by Kate Hanscom and published by Ambassador-Emerald International. This book was released on 2012-11-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Lily and her mommy go on a shopping trip for first day of school supplies she is easily confused by commonly-used sayings that she takes literally.
Book Synopsis The Lily's Tongue by : Frances Maughan-Brown
Download or read book The Lily's Tongue written by Frances Maughan-Brown and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 2019-10-01 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines four discourses by Kierkegaard, arguing that they play a critical and surprising role in his oeuvre and contribute to the philosophy of figural language. How do texts speak with authority? That is the question at the heart of Kierkegaard’s theory and practice of “indirect communication.” None of Kierkegaard’s texts respond to this question more concisely and powerfully than the four discourses he wrote about the lily in the Gospel. The Lily’s Tongue is a nuanced, sustained reading of these Lily Discourses. Kierkegaard takes the lilies as authoritative, rather than merely “figural” or “metaphorical.” This book is a careful exploration of what Kierkegaard means by this authority. Frances Maughan-Brown demonstrates how Kierkegaard argues that the key is in the act of reading itself—no text can have authority unless the reader grants it that authority because no text can entirely avoid figural language. Texts don’t speak directly; their tongue is always the lily’s tongue. What is revealed in the Lily Discourses is a groundbreaking theory of figure, which requires a renewed reading of Kierkegaard’s major pseudonymous works. “Closely analyzing one of the least known yet most exacting series of texts in Kierkegaard’s authorship, his discourses on ‘the lily in the field and the bird of the air,’ Maughan-Brown breaks apart disciplinary barriers between theology, philosophy, aesthetics, and critical theory, while at the same time showing how Kierkegaard’s discourses can quietly illuminate a constellation of ideas drawn from Plato, Kant, Hegel, Benjamin, and Derrida. Following Kierkegaard’s texts to the letter, Maughan-Brown attends to what his texts do as much as to what they say.” — Peter Fenves, author of The Messianic Reduction: Walter Benjamin and the Shape of Time
Book Synopsis This Impossible Light by : Lily Myers
Download or read book This Impossible Light written by Lily Myers and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017-06-06 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the YouTube slam poetry star of "Shrinking Women" (more than 5 million views!) comes a novel in verse about body image, eating disorders, self-worth, mothers and daughters, and the psychological scars we inherit from our parents. Fifteen-year-old Ivy's world is in flux. Her dad has moved out, her mother is withdrawn, her brother is off at college, and her best friend, Anna, has grown distant. Worst of all, Ivy's body won’t stop expanding. She's getting taller and curvier, with no end in sight. Even her beloved math class offers no clear solution to the imbalanced equation that has become Ivy’s life. Everything feels off-kilter until a skipped meal leads to a boost in confidence and reminds Ivy that her life is her own. If Ivy can just limit what she eats—the way her mother seems to—she can stop herself from growing, focus on the upcoming math competition, and reclaim control of her life. But when her disordered eating leads to missed opportunities and a devastating health scare, Ivy realizes that she must weigh her mother's issues against her own, and discover what it means to be a part of—and apart from—her family. This Impossible Light explores the powerful reality that identity and self-worth must be taught before they are learned. Perfect for fans of Laurie Halse Anderson and Ellen Hopkins. Praise for This Impossible Light: ★ "In an exceptional novel in verse, slam poet Myers debuts with a powerful commentary on maternal inheritance and eating disorders....striking use of the flexibility of free verse...absorbing and evocative." —Publishers Weekly, starred review "Every YA library needs this book." —VOYA "Written in evocative verse, with notes of wonder and despair, the cadence flows across and down the pages with grace. Lifted beyond the confines of the problem novel with its lyricism and resonance." —Kirkus Reviews "This verse novel’s form perfectly mirrors its content as readers move from poem to poem, from thought to thought, following Ivy through the false logic that triggers and sustains her disordered eating—and into the beginning of the much more difficult steps of grief and recovery." —Horn Book "The undeniable teen appeal makes it a first purchase for any YA collection." —School Library Journal "More than a touching debut, this is a surefire coping companion, too." —Booklist
Book Synopsis Poetry of the New Woman by : Patricia Murphy
Download or read book Poetry of the New Woman written by Patricia Murphy and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-01-27 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New Woman sought vast improvements in Victorian culture that would enlarge educational, professional, and domestic opportunities. Although New Women resist ready classification or appraisal as a monolithic body, they tended to share many of the same beliefs and objectives aimed at improving female conditions. While novels about the iconoclastic New Woman have garnered much interest in recent decades, poetry from the cultural and literary figure has received considerably less attention. Yet the very issues that propelled New Woman fiction are integral to the poetry of the fin de siècle. This book – the first in-depth account on the subject – enriches our knowledge of exceptionally gifted writers, including Mathilde Blind, M. E. Coleridge, Olive Custance, and Edith Nesbit. It focuses on their long-neglected British verse, analyzing its treatment of crucial matters on both the personal and public level to provide the attention the poetry so richly deserves.
Download or read book Dragon Spawn written by Eileen Wilks and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-12-06 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New York Times bestselling author of Mind Magic returns as FBI agent Lily Yu gets some very bad news… Lily learns she was right. Tom Weng—a powerful sorcerer allied with the Old One who keeps trying to take over the world—is still alive. But that's not the worst. Weng is a dragon spawn, the product of a botched hatching given a human form in an attempt to keep him from going mad. A failed attempt. Meanwhile, Lily’s husband Rule is facing a Challenge to the death. Then there’s the possible reappearance of another sorcerer. But none of that matters when their enemy strikes out of nowhere in the worst way possible. Lily must face a nightmare and return to a place she never wanted to see again. The place where she died…
Book Synopsis The Music Box Kingdom by : AQEEL AHMED
Download or read book The Music Box Kingdom written by AQEEL AHMED and published by AQEEL AHMED. This book was released on 2024-03-20 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Music Box Kingdom A monarchy stuck in a music box, with its own power battles and royal intrigue. In Summary An old music box that seems to have been lost over time is found by a little girl named Lily in a dusty corner of an attic. It turns out to be more than it seems. Once Lily winds up the music box's delicate mechanism, she is swept away to the center of the machine, where tunes and harmonies rule a bright and magical world. The so-called "Music Box Kingdom" is in danger. This group's future is in danger because the music that makes it appealing is going away. The realm is a beautiful magical place where Lily has to solve puzzles and find secrets. As she enters the world of song, she sees how bad things are there and how important it is for her to bring it back to life. Lily's unplanned trip turns into a very important task. A magical glowing flute leads her on a quest to find the Lost Melody, which is the key to keeping the kingdom's music alive. Along the way, she meets many people who live in the country. There are funny sprites by the Rhythmic River and whispering trees in the Whispering Woods. They all teach her to be wise and kind. These relationships make her more determined, and they also show the way to unity. Lily's adventure, in which she faces the Guardian of Silence and persuades the Symphony of Shadows to share their lost songs, shows how powerful harmony can be and how music can last forever. With the Lost melody in her hand, she brings back the kingdom's tune, creating a bond between herself and the magical place that will last forever. The Music Box Kingdom comes back to life with color and tune after almost dying of lack of activity. A song about bravery, friendship, and the lasting power of music is its only comfort. Chapter 1: What was found in the attic. Lily's house had an attic tucked away in a quiet corner. It was full of old memories and mysteries just ready to be solved. There were a lot of boxes in the attic. Lily chose to check out this empty place one day because she was interested and wanted to go on an adventure. As she climbed the creaky stairs, dust danced in the light beams that cut through the darkness. This created a strange atmosphere that spelled magic and mystery. In all the mess and spiderwebs, Lily saw a very strange thing: a music box. This wasn't any old box; it seemed to be filled with magical energy. It looked very old and had elaborate carvings that told stories of faraway places and times long ago. The music box was interesting; it looked like it had been waiting for Lily to find it. Lily reached out and gently wound the music box. She was so excited that her hands were tingling with anticipation. The first sounds flew into the air, and something amazing began to happen. It wasn't just music; the song was a key to another world. The box's sounds spun around Lily, making a tune that made her feel like she was in a warm hug as the attic around her became fuzzy. Before Lily knew it, the dull attic was gone, leaving behind a world she had never seen before. This was not a normal country; the whole world was singing. As the trees swayed, their leaves rustled in time, making a soft drumming sound. The music made the blossoms bloom at the same time, and their colors were bright and alive. There were notes in the air that made the sky look like it was dawn or dusk. Lily thought the music box took her deep into its heart, where harmony and song were the most important things. The sound of music filled Lily's heart with unimaginable happiness, and her eyes were wide with awe. The music box's hypnotic powers are shown by how smoothly it takes you from the sad attic to this beautiful paradise. It looked like the scene was alive and full of energy because music and color were everywhere she looked. This realization was the start of Lily's biggest journey. She had found a way to get to a world where music was life itself, not just a music box. It was a strange feeling, like you were in a dream world where each note was a paintbrush stroke on this bright globe. Lily knew at that moment that she was about to go on a journey like no other. This adventure would help her find the mysteries inside the old music box and show her the true power of music. Chapter 2: The Salutation of the Queen Lily felt more and more amazed as she explored the music box's bright world. It had beautiful scenery, and the people who lived there were different from anyone she had met before. Nobody else lived in the Music Box Kingdom like them, and happiness and music came to them like air. They danced and sang about Lily. Their voices were like a friendly chorus, and their moves were like a welcome ballet. When Lily was greeted with such warmth, she felt like she had joined a family she had no idea existed. One person stood out from the crowd; they were brighter and more majestic than the others. King Harmony was the ruler of the Music Box Kingdom. Just being around, him was as relaxing as a nice tune. As he got closer to Lily, his smile seemed to light up the whole world. King Harmony was more than just a king; he was the music that made this magical land go. His eyes sparkled with the beauty of a thousand songs, and his robes moved with the ease of a symphony. King Harmony greeted Lily kindly and told her how happy he was to have her here. After that, he told her the secret that had kept their kingdom alive: music wasn't just art or pleasure, it was the main force behind everything. The air was filled with harmonies and melodies that made everything in the land grow. The trees, the wind, and the water all loved them. When Lily understood that music could be more than just nice sounds, she had an epiphany. In this case, music was the very essence of being. But the king told them a scary truth, and his mood got worse. The music that kept the kingdom alive had started to lose its power. The music was not only getting less beautiful, but it was also a threat to the Music Box Kingdom's very survival. The kingdom would lose its color, joy, and life very quickly without music. It was sad to think that such a lively atmosphere could become dull and quiet. Lily was deeply affected by what King Harmony said. She became more determined as she looked around at the happy faces of her new friends, the dancing leaves, and the singing rivers. The kingdom had welcomed her with open arms, but it now faced an existential danger. Lily knew she couldn't just stand there and enjoy the beauty and music at that moment. She had to do something. She was greeted with open arms by the people of the Music Box Kingdom. Now it was her turn to thank them by helping them when they needed it.
Book Synopsis Learning Engineering Toolkit by : Jim Goodell
Download or read book Learning Engineering Toolkit written by Jim Goodell and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-07-25 with total page 477 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Learning Engineering Toolkit is a practical guide to the rich and varied applications of learning engineering, a rigorous and fast-emerging discipline that synthesizes the learning sciences, instructional design, engineering design, and other methodologies to support learners. As learning engineering becomes an increasingly formalized discipline and practice, new insights and tools are needed to help education, training, design, and data analytics professionals iteratively develop, test, and improve complex systems for engaging and effective learning. Written in a colloquial style and full of collaborative, actionable strategies, this book explores the essential foundations, approaches, and real-world challenges inherent to ensuring participatory, data-driven, learning experiences across populations and contexts. "Introduction: What Is Learning Engineering?" and "Chapter 2: Learning Engineering Applies the Learning Sciences" are freely available as downloadable Open Access PDFs at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.
Book Synopsis Practical Lessons in English Grammar and Composition by : Henry Pendexter Emerson
Download or read book Practical Lessons in English Grammar and Composition written by Henry Pendexter Emerson and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Lily's Day: a Series of Designs by : Karl Froehlich
Download or read book Lily's Day: a Series of Designs written by Karl Froehlich and published by . This book was released on 1864 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Something Shining by : Daniel Halpern
Download or read book Something Shining written by Daniel Halpern and published by Knopf. This book was released on 2008-12-24 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Widely praised for his earlier collections, Daniel Halpern has grown steadily in stature and attainment. Now, with Something Shining, his first collection of new poems in seven years, he gives us an ambitious, wide-ranging meditation on birth, love, and maturity, marking a turning point in both his life and his work. These beautifully crafted poems explore relations between lovers, between friends, between fathers and children. Written by the light of a young daughter's presence, in the distinctive lyrical language that Ted Hughes described as "so free and effortless and unerring," these poems ponder the fading of the body and the struggle that consciousness wages to keep the self afloat. And into this intimate world also enter a surprising array of characters: ancient Chinese poets and modern Cuban musicians, Charlie Parker, Chekhov, and the dervish mystic Rumi. But it is the poet's awareness of his own frailty ("the days run out--no longer oneself," he writes in "Fugue"), that, together with the extraordinary beauty he discovers in environments familiar and exotic, unifies this collection. The work of a poet at the top of his form, Something Shining confirms Halpern's place in our national literature.
Book Synopsis James Bay Cree Students and Higher Education by : Christopher Darius Stonebanks
Download or read book James Bay Cree Students and Higher Education written by Christopher Darius Stonebanks and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the continuing challenges of lingering colonial cultural imperialism on the James Bay Cree, through an examination of the relationship between Cree students and the current “mainstream higher education” system.
Book Synopsis Ethical Inquiries after Wittgenstein by : Salla Aldrin Salskov
Download or read book Ethical Inquiries after Wittgenstein written by Salla Aldrin Salskov and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-05-18 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume showcases contemporary, ground-up ethical essays in the tradition of Wittgenstein’s broader philosophy and Wittgenstein-inspired ethical reflection. It takes the ethical relevance of Wittgenstein as a substantial and solid starting point for a broad range of ongoing thinking about contemporary ethical issues. The texts are organised in two sections. The first consists of chapters exploring questions around what could be called the “grammar” of our moral forms of life, and thus represents a more traditional approach in ethics after Wittgenstein. The second part represents a recent turn in the tradition towards investigating moral conceptions, perspectives and concepts that are undergoing change, either because the world itself is changing (for instance with new technologies) or because human agency, such as social movements, has brought us to reconsider previously unquestioned ideas and structures. Within the book, the authors’ contributions are inspired, in their ways of working with ethical questions, by Wittgenstein’s conceptions of language, understanding and the nature of philosophical inquiry. This book is of interest to philosophers influenced by Wittgenstein, as well as to all ethicists seeking ideas for how to do philosophy in a manner close to lived experience and practice.
Book Synopsis The Art of Translation in Light of Bakhtin's Re-accentuation by : Slav Gratchev
Download or read book The Art of Translation in Light of Bakhtin's Re-accentuation written by Slav Gratchev and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2022-10-06 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although Mikhail Bakhtin's study of the novel does not focus in any systematic way on the role that translation plays in the processes of novelistic creation and dissemination, when he does broach the topic he grants translation'a disproportionately significant role in the emergence and constitution of literature. The contributors to this volume, from the US, Hong Kong, Finland, Japan, Spain, Italy, Bangladesh, and Belgium, bring their own polyphonic experiences with the theory and practice of translation to the discussion of Bakhtin's ideas about this topic, in order to illuminate their relevance to translation studies today. Broadly stated, the essays examine the art of translation as an exercise in a cultural re-accentuation (a transferal of the original text and its characters to the novel soil of a different language and culture, which inevitably leads to the proliferation of multivalent meanings), and to explore the various re-accentuation devices employed over the span of the last 100 years in translating modern texts from one language to another. Through its contributors, The Art of Translation in Light of Bakhtin's Re-accentuation brings together different cultural contexts and disciplines (such as literature, literary theory, the visual arts, pedagogy, translation studies, and philosophy) to demonstrate the continued international relevance of Bakhtin's ideas to the study of creative practices, broadly understood.
Download or read book Reading Joyce written by David Pierce and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-07-22 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: `Is there one who understands me?' So wrote James Joyce towards the end of his final work, Finnegans Wake. The question continues to be asked about the author who claimed that he had put so many enigmas into Ulysses that it would `keep the professors busy for centuries' arguing over what he meant. For Joyce this was a way of ensuring his immortality, but it could also be claimed that the professors have served to distance Joyce from his audience, turning his writings into museum pieces, pored over and admired, but rarely touched. In this remarkable book, steeped in the learning gained from a lifetime's reading, David Pierce blends word, life and image to bring the works of one of the great modern writers within the reach of every reader. With a sharp eye for detail and an evident delight in the cadences of Joyce's work, Pierce proves a perfect companion, always careful and courteous, pausing to point out what might otherwise be missed. Like the best of critics, his suggestive readings constantly encourage the reader back to Joyce's own words. Beginning with Dubliners and closing with Finnegans Wake, Reading Joyce is full of insights that are original and illuminating, and Pierce succeeds in presenting Joyce as an author both more straightforward and infinitely more complex than we had perhaps imagined. T. S. Eliot wrote of Joyce's masterpiece, Ulysses, that it is `a book to which we are all indebted, and from which none of us can escape'. With David Pierce as a guide, the debt we owe to Joyce becomes clearer, and the need to flee is greatly reduced.
Download or read book Love by Night written by Helen Darby and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2011-01-20 with total page 71 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Randall is a psychic vampire and when he falls in love with a human woman whom he is meant to save from the monster that is coming after her he has to deal with his own past and her past in order for them to ever have a future .A tale of love and how it can all seem so impossible .
Book Synopsis Sydney Harbor Hospital: Lily's Scandal by : Marion Lennox
Download or read book Sydney Harbor Hospital: Lily's Scandal written by Marion Lennox and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2012-03-01 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to the world of Sydney Harbor Hospital (or SHH...for short—because secrets never stay hidden for long!)/p> Pretending in public, passion in private To nurse Lily Ellis, Sydney seems the perfect refuge from her mother's scandalous reputation. Far from fading into the background, on her frist day at Sydney Harbor Hospital she's discovered in a compromising clinch with brooding plastic surgeon Luke Williams! To protect Lily from gossip, they fake a relationship—only neither's sure where fiction ends and fact begins....
Book Synopsis Stubborn Poetries by : Peter Quartermain
Download or read book Stubborn Poetries written by Peter Quartermain and published by University of Alabama Press. This book was released on 2013-06-25 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stubborn Poetries is a study of poets whose work, because of its difficulty or simple resistance to conventional explication, remains more or less firmly outside the canon. Book jacket.
