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Mostly Grave Thoughts

Author : Eugene Goodheart
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351504517
Total Pages : 179 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (515 download)

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Download or read book Mostly Grave Thoughts written by Eugene Goodheart and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-08 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this new collection, Eugene Goodheart, scholar of English literature, essayist, and public intellectual, reveals himself in a way that will interest readers already familiar with his expansive body of work as well as those new to his writing. Rising above the particular, the essays focus on themes of universal importance. The opening essay, "Whistling in the Dark," is a meditation on the gravest of subjects: aging and mortality. The chapters that follow are a series of reflections on teaching, retirement, illness, marriage, fatherhood, friendship, regret, indignation, sports, and writing-activities that make up a life. The book wrestles with the question of what constitutes the reality of the self in the present when many writers view the self as an illusion. Each essay alludes to writers of the past and present who have addressed the question of what constitutes the self. Looming largest is Montaigne, the inventor of the modern personal essay. This book focuses on universally important subjects, including an individual's place in a community, family, fatherhood, growing older, being Jewish, and friendship. Written in a vividly accessible manner, this book reaches out to a general audience.

Grave Humor

Author : R.J. Blain
Publisher : Pen & Page Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Grave Humor written by R.J. Blain and published by Pen & Page Publishing. This book was released on 2020-05-12 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most days, Anwen regrets working at a funeral home despite the good pay. With the residents no longer inclined to stay in their coffins where they belong, she’s got her hands full making sure everyone follows the rules: In the funeral home, there is no screaming, no murdering, no mutilation, no possessions, no kidnappings, no resurrections, and no cursing of any type. Be quiet and stay polite. The day Old Man McGregor decides to take a walk and disturbs her peace, Anwen learns there’s a lot more to the basement in the funeral home than a vampire and a handsome gentleman on ice. If she’s not careful, she’ll learn first-hand why ‘eternally yours’ is the most potent of threats. Warning: this novel contains romance, humor, bodies, shenanigans, and mythological puppies. Proceed with caution.

Every Cradle Is a Grave

Author : Sarah Perry
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780989697293
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (972 download)

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Download or read book Every Cradle Is a Grave written by Sarah Perry and published by . This book was released on 2014-11-21 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Millions of years ago, humans just happened. Accidents of environment and genetics contributed to the emergence of sentient beings like us. Today, however, people no longer "just happen"; they are created by the voluntary acts of other people. This book examines several questions about the ethics of human existence. Is it a good thing, for humans, that humans "happened"? Is it ethical to keep making new humans, now that reproduction is under our control? And given that a person exists (through no fault or choice of his own), is it immoral or irrational for him to refuse to live out his natural lifespan? Sarah Perry answers these questions in the negative--not out of misanthropy, but out of empathy for human suffering and respect for human autonomy. "Every Cradle Is a Grave undertakes a difficult task-to write on discomforting matters from a perspective that is socially unsanctioned. Strange as it may seem to some of us, there are scads of volumes that praise the abuses we endure in our lives. Such works have always been well thumbed, though they are only prayer-books for the purpose of worshiping misery. Sarah Perry is more honest and less perverse on the subject of suffering, treating pain as both a philosophical and a practical problem to which, it is admitted, there is no ultimate solution. Nonetheless, in her view there still remains intelligence and compassion as a means for confronting the insoluble. That is what makes this book as much a necessity as it is a rarity." --Thomas Ligotti, author of The Conspiracy against the Human Race Meaning. Value. Birth. Death. Sanctity. These subjects and others are reexamined through the lens of suicide rights and procreation ethics in Sarah Perry's Every Cradle Is a Grave. If you're at all fond of asking the truly Big Questions, this is the read you've been waiting for. Why are we here, and why do we stay? Prepare to have your assumptions dissected and turned on their heads. It's a bumpy ride, but then, so is this little journey we're on as we spin aimlessly around a sun that's destined to burn out, just as surely as each individual life will one day fall back down into the mud from which all life arises. Asking the hard questions is one thing, but hearing answers that might shake us to the core can be something else again. --Jim Crawford, author of Confessions of an Antinatalist "In this eminently rational, clear and serious book, Sarah Perry is courageous and strong enough to confront the forbidden truths of human life. Every Cradle Is a Grave should be mandatory reading for anyone who plans to have children." -Mikita Brottman, author of Thirteen Girls

Historical Sketches of Notable Persons and Events in the Reigns of James I. and Charles I.

Author : Thomas Carlyle
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Historical Sketches of Notable Persons and Events in the Reigns of James I. and Charles I. written by Thomas Carlyle and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Goodbye to a River

Author : John Graves
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307773353
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book Goodbye to a River written by John Graves and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2010-11-10 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 1950s, a series of dams was proposed along the Brazos River in north-central Texas. For John Graves, this project meant that if the stream’s regimen was thus changed, the beautiful and sometimes brutal surrounding countryside would also change, as would the lives of the people whose rugged ancestors had eked out an existence there. Graves therefore decided to visit that stretch of the river, which he had known intimately as a youth. Goodbye to a River is his account of that farewell canoe voyage. As he braves rapids and fatigue and the fickle autumn weather, he muses upon old blood feuds of the region and violent skirmishes with native tribes, and retells wild stories of courage and cowardice and deceit that shaped both the river’s people and the land during frontier times and later. Nearly half a century after its initial publication, Goodbye to a River is a true American classic, a vivid narrative about an exciting journey and a powerful tribute to a vanishing way of life and its ever-changing natural environment.

Standing in Another Man's Grave

Author : Ian Rankin
Publisher : Orion
ISBN 13 : 1409144739
Total Pages : 465 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Standing in Another Man's Grave written by Ian Rankin and published by Orion. This book was released on 2012-11-08 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What price will he pay to get his old life back...? From the No.1 bestselling author of A SONG FOR THE DARK TIMES 'This is British crime-writing of the finest, lasting quality' DAILY MAIL 'Genius ... Rankin once again proves himself to be the consummate master of crime' SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY A series of seemingly random disappearances - stretching back to the millennium. A mother determined to find the truth. A retired cop desperate to get his old life back... It's been some time since Rebus was forced to retire, and he now works as a civilian in a cold-case unit. So when a long-dead case bursts back to life, he can't resist the opportunity to get his feet under the CID desk once more. But Rebus is as stubborn and anarchic as ever, and he quickly finds himself in deep with pretty much everyone, including DI Siobhan Clarke. All Rebus wants to do is uncover the truth. The big question is: can he be the man he once was and still stay on the right side of the law?

The Curse of Tenth Grave

Author : Darynda Jones
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1250078199
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book The Curse of Tenth Grave written by Darynda Jones and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2016-06-28 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grim Reaper Charley Davidson is back in the tenth installment of Darynda Jones' New York Times bestselling paranormal series.

Endocrine Pathology

Author : Ricardo V. Lloyd
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1592594034
Total Pages : 421 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (925 download)

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Download or read book Endocrine Pathology written by Ricardo V. Lloyd and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2003-09-11 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive review of recent molecular discoveries that can clarify the pathophysiology of endocrine disease processes and contribute to the diagnostic aspects of endocrine pathology. Surgeons, medical oncologists, and radiation therapists discuss the treatment of endocrine disorders, especially tumors, with emphasis on differential diagnosis and on broadening the perspective that the endocrine pathologist must have in making specific tissue diagnoses. Of interest to practicing pathologists, pathology residents, endocrinologists, endocrinologists in training, veterinarians, and interested researchers.

London Mercury and Bookman

Author : Sir John Collings Squire
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 742 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book London Mercury and Bookman written by Sir John Collings Squire and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 742 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

London Mercury with which is Incorporated the Bookman

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 716 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book London Mercury with which is Incorporated the Bookman written by and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 716 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Medical News

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1080 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Medical News written by and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 1080 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Grave Keepers

Author : Elizabeth Byrne
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 006248477X
Total Pages : 199 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (624 download)

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Download or read book The Grave Keepers written by Elizabeth Byrne and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2017-09-12 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lately, sixteen-year-old Athena Windham has been spending all her spare time in her grave. Her parents—owners of a cemetery in Upstate New York—are proud of her devoutness, but her thirteen-year-old sister, Laurel, can’t understand it. Laurel hates her own grave. It’s so boring and chilly down there. She’d rather spend her time exploring the acres and acres of state forest that surround the Windhams’ property. The Windham girls lead pretty secluded lives—their older sister died in a tragic accident the year before Laurel was born, and their parents’ protectiveness has made the family semi-infamous in their small town. As the new school year begins, the outside world comes creeping in. Athena—a professional high school loner—grapples with a newfound enemy and, even more surprising, her first best friend. And homeschooled Laurel, sheltered and shy, finds herself face-to-face with a runaway boy who’s hiding out in an abandoned grave. All the while, a ghost hangs around the Windham house and cemetery—the only grave keeper never to cross over, as far as she knows—messing with people’s graves, turning the Windhams’ lights off and on, spying on the sisters, and plotting how to keep the girls close to home and close to her . . . forever. The Grave Keepers is a unique coming-of-age story from talented debut author Elizabeth Byrne.

Southland Writers

Author : Mary T. Tardy
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 476 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (21 download)

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Download or read book Southland Writers written by Mary T. Tardy and published by . This book was released on 1870 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Living Female Writers of the South

Author : Mary T. Tardy
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 616 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Living Female Writers of the South written by Mary T. Tardy and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Spectator

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1246 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Spectator written by and published by . This book was released on 1873 with total page 1246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A weekly review of politics, literature, theology, and art.

Number ten

Author : Birmingham Carr's lane young men's Bible class
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Number ten written by Birmingham Carr's lane young men's Bible class and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

L.B. Case's Botanical Index

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book L.B. Case's Botanical Index written by and published by . This book was released on 1877 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: