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Book Synopsis The Age of Anniversaries by : T. G. Otte
Download or read book The Age of Anniversaries written by T. G. Otte and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-28 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For historians centennial commemorations furnish an excellent heuristic tool for gauging late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century attitudes towards the past and the present. Centenary celebrations helped to revive, perpetuate and reinforce public perceptions of historical events and people in collective memory. They were fairly infrequent before 1850 but increased in size and numbers by the end of the long nineteenth century, so much so that a ‘cult of the centenary’ had become established throughout the wider Western world around 1900. At one level, such events were ephemeral affairs. And yet many left a lasting legacy. Above all, as part of the contemporary processes of the ‘invention of traditions’ and the conscious national ‘self-historicization’ of the established nation-states, they offer crucial insights into the social, cultural and political dynamics of the period.
Download or read book Anniversaries written by Uwe Johnson and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 2018 with total page 1713 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A landmark of 20th Century literature about New York in the late 1960s, now in English for the first time. As a novel, Uwe Johnson's masterpiece, Anniversaries, is at once daringly simple in conception and wonderfully complex and engaging in effect. Late in 1967, Johnson, already one of the most celebrated German novelists of his generation, set out to write a book that would take the form of an entry for every day of the year that lay ahead. The first section was dated August 20, and Johnson had of course no idea what the year would bring--that was part of the challenge--but he did have his main character--Gesine Cresspahl, a German emigre living on the Upper West Side of New York City and working as a translator for a bank who is the single mother of a ten-year-old daughter, Marie. The book would tell the story of a year in the life of this little family in relation to the unfolding story of the year, as winnowed from the pages of the New York Times, of which Gesine is a devoted if wary reader. These stories would in turn be overlayed by another--Gesine is 34, born just as Hitler was coming to power, and she has decided to tell Marie the story of her grandparents' lives and of her own rural childhood in Nazi Germany. It is important that Marie know where and what she comes from. The days of the year are also anniversaries of years past. The world that was and the world of the 1960s--with the struggle for civil rights leading to riots in American cities and, abroad, the escalating destruction of the Vietnam War--are, in the end, one world. Anniversaries was published in four volumes over the more than ten years that it took Johnson to write it, and as the volumes came out it became clear that this was one the great twentieth-century novels. The book courts comparison to Joyce's Ulysses, the book of a day, and to Proust's In Search of Lost Time, the book of a lifetime, but it stands apart in its dense polyphonic interplay of voices and stories. Anniversaries is many books--the book of a mother and daughter, of a family and its generations, of the country and the city, and of two times and two countries that seem farther apart perhaps than they are. It is a novel of private life, a political novel, and a new kind of historical novel, reckoning not only with past history but with history in the making. Monumental and intimate, sweeping in vision and full of incident, richly detailed and endlessly absorbing, Anniversaries, now for the first time available in English in a brilliant new translation by Damion Searls, is nothing short of a revelation.
Book Synopsis Anniversaries, Volume 1 by : Uwe Johnson
Download or read book Anniversaries, Volume 1 written by Uwe Johnson and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 2021-07-27 with total page 913 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first volume of a titanic masterpiece of twentieth-century literature, named one of the best books of 2018 by The New York Times critics. Published to great acclaim as a two-part boxed set in 2018, Anniversaries is now available as two individual volumes. It is August 1967, and Gesine Cresspahl, born in Germany the year that Hitler came to power, a survivor of war, of Soviet occupation, and of East German Communism, has been living with her ten-year-old daughter, Marie, in New York City for six years. Mother and daughter find themselves caught up in the countless stories of the world around them: stories of work and school and their neighborhood, with its shifting and varied cast of characters, as well as the stories that Gesine reads in The New York Times every day—about Che Guevara, racial violence, the war in Vietnam, and the US elections to come. Now, with Marie growing up, Gesine has decided to tell her daughter the story of her own childhood in a small north German town in the 1930s and ’40s. Amid memories of Germany’s criminal and disastrous past and the daily barrage of news from a world in disarray, Gesine, conscientious, self-scrutinizing, with a sharp sense of humor, struggles to describe what she has learned over the years and what she hopes to pass on to Marie. Marie, articulate, quizzical, with a perspective that is very much her own, has plenty of questions, too. Uwe Johnson’s intimate portrait of a mother and daughter is also a panorama of past and present history and the world at large. Comparable in richness of invention and depth of feeling to Joyce’s Ulysses and Proust’s In Search of Lost Time, Anniversaries is one of the world’s great novels.
Book Synopsis Our Wedding Anniversary Memory Book by : Talus Corporation
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Book Synopsis The Age of Global Giving (10th Anniversary Edition) by : Gilles Gravelle
Download or read book The Age of Global Giving (10th Anniversary Edition) written by Gilles Gravelle and published by William Carey Publishing. This book was released on 2024-05-28 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cultivating Strategic Giving Traditional philanthropy is constantly challenged by the complexities of global need. The sheer scale of worldwide challenges demands a more informed understanding of giving that transcends borders and cultures. This context sets the stage for a transformative approach to financial giving, one that is effective, rewarding, and sensitive to the diverse global landscape. In The Age of Global Giving, we find a comprehensive roadmap for high-capacity givers to impact missions and social causes in meaningful ways. Integrating creative giving strategies with success stories, this book offers practical insights to maximize the impact of one’s contributions. It underscores the power of true collaboration between givers and recipients in community-led initiatives. Whether a seasoned donor, nonprofit leader, or simply someone looking for high impact giving opportunities, this book equips you with the knowledge and tools necessary to contribute meaningfully. This call to action is for anyone who believes in the power of generosity to change lives. Let it inspire you to join a global community of givers committed to making a real difference in the lives of people and the health of our planet.
Book Synopsis Time 1923-1998, 75 Years by : Kelly Knauer
Download or read book Time 1923-1998, 75 Years written by Kelly Knauer and published by Time Life Medical. This book was released on 1998 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains original articles as well as reprints of stories and photographs from the archives of "Time" magazine, compiled in celebration of the magazine's seventy-fifth anniversary in 1998.
Book Synopsis Minutes of the Rhode Island Baptist Anniversaries by :
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Book Synopsis The Date-A-Base Book 2023 by : Dave Haslett
Download or read book The Date-A-Base Book 2023 written by Dave Haslett and published by . This book was released on 2021-04-22 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Need ideas for On This Day in History features and anniversary tie-ins? The Date-A-Base Book 2023 gives details of over 3,000 newsworthy and notable anniversaries in 2023, including significant historic events, inventions and discoveries, and famous births and deaths from the UK, USA and worldwide. It only includes newsworthy anniversaries, e.g. those from 25, 50, 75 and 100 years ago, not those from 22, 53, 71, and 104 years ago. Perfect for writers, journalists, bloggers, TV/radio broadcasters, producers, production companies, and event planners. Fascinating to browse through when you need ideas or background information for novels, plays and screenplays. Anniversaries are listed months in advance so you have time to research and write about them before they happen. Every entry has been cross-checked with official sources for complete accuracy. 16th annual edition.
Book Synopsis Celebrations by : William M. Johnston
Download or read book Celebrations written by William M. Johnston and published by Transaction Publishers. This book was released on 1991 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the twentieth century, celebrations of historical anniversaries abounded. There was the bicentennial of the French Revolution, the 150th anniversary of photography, Bach's 300th anniversary, and the 200th anniversary of the American Constitution, to name just a few. Every year hundreds of anniversaries still attract media attention and government investment in ever greater degrees. Deploying an astonishing array of insights, Celebrations explores the causes and consequences of this major phenomenon of our time. As Johnston shows, anniversaries fulfill a number of needs. They provide the kind of experience of regularity across a lifetime that the weekly cycle supplies in daily life. The use of anniversaries for political ends emerged during the French Revolution and expanded to promote nationalism during the nineteenth century, although there are differences in how they are used. Europeans tend to celebrate cultural heroes, while Americans tend to celebrate events. Entire nations exploit anniversaries of founding events in order to promote national identity. Commercially, there are whole industries built around commemoration, and they provide intellectuals an opportunity to take center stage. Using methods of cultural history, sociology, and religious studies, Johnston shows how the cult of anniversaries reflects postmodern concerns. It fills a void left by the disappearance of ideologies and avant-gardes. In an era when there is little consensus about styles or methods, anniversaries allow intellectuals, businesses, and governments to acknowledge and celebrate every nuance of opinion. By suggesting ways to use anniversaries more creatively, this book offers a broad range of insights.
Book Synopsis Memoir of the Farrar Family by : Timothy Farrar
Download or read book Memoir of the Farrar Family written by Timothy Farrar and published by . This book was released on 1847 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Vinegar Anniversary Book by : Emily Thacker
Download or read book The Vinegar Anniversary Book written by Emily Thacker and published by James Direct, Inc.. This book was released on 2015-04-10 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brand new information on Mother Nature's Secret Weapon - apple cider vinegar!Completely updated with the latest research and brand new remedies and uses for apple cider vinegar. Handsome coffee table collector's edition.
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Book Synopsis The Last Anniversary by : Liane Moriarty
Download or read book The Last Anniversary written by Liane Moriarty and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2010-04-20 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Liane Moriarty, author of the #1 New York Times bestsellers Big Little Lies and Truly Madly Guilty, comes an unforgettable novel defined by her signature sharp wit, page-turning storyline, and lovable and eccentric characters. Sophie Honeywell always wondered if Thomas Gordon was the one who got away. He was the perfect boyfriend, but on the day he was going to propose, she broke his heart. A year later he married his travel agent, while Sophie has been mortifyingly single ever since. Now Thomas is back in her life because Sophie has unexpectedly inherited his aunt Connie's house on Scribbly Gum Island—home of the famously unsolved Munro Baby mystery. Sophie moves onto the island and begins a new life as part of an unconventional family, where it seems everyone has a secret. Grace, a beautiful young mother, is feverishly planning a shocking escape from her perfect life. Margie, a frumpy housewife, has made a pact with a stranger, while dreamy Aunt Rose wonders if maybe it's about time she started making her own decisions. As Sophie's life becomes increasingly complicated, she discovers that sometimes you have to stop waiting around—and come up with your own fairy-tale ending.
Book Synopsis The Ancient Alien Question, 10th Anniversary Edition by : Philip Coppens
Download or read book The Ancient Alien Question, 10th Anniversary Edition written by Philip Coppens and published by Red Wheel/Weiser. This book was released on 2021-03-01 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “ . . . an important and outstanding contribution.” —Erich von Däniken, bestselling author of Chariots of the Gods “The Ancient Alien Question provides a captivating adventure around the world and sheds an interesting perspective on the Ancient Astronaut Theory.” —Giorgio A. Tsoukalos, producer of Ancient Aliens: The Series “Philip Coppens covers all the bases on this controversial topic. His research is thorough and he addresses each topic with a balanced overview that cuts through the jungle of confusion with a very sharp machete of reason.” —David Hatcher Childress, author of Technology of the Gods The Ancient Alien Question reveals an array of astonishing truths, including: A radically different understanding of the pyramids and how they were constructed The extraordinary stories behind monuments such as the Nazca lines and Puma Punku How extraterrestrials came to our planet and the evidence that supports this Analyzing the historical and archaeological evidence, Philip Coppens demonstrates that there is substantial proof that our ancestors were far more technologically advanced than currently accepted, and that certain cultures interacted with nonhuman intelligences. Our ancestors were clearly not alone. Fifty years after Erich von Däniken posed these questions in Chariots of the Gods, Coppens provides clear, concise answers to the great historical enigmas in an accessible, readable format. Your view of human history will never be the same again!
Book Synopsis Minutes of the Wisconsin Baptist Anniversaries by : Wisconsin Baptist State Convention
Download or read book Minutes of the Wisconsin Baptist Anniversaries written by Wisconsin Baptist State Convention and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 872 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Sports Illustrated: Almanac 2007 by : Editors of Sports Illustrated
Download or read book Sports Illustrated: Almanac 2007 written by Editors of Sports Illustrated and published by Sports Illustrated. This book was released on 2006-11-28 with total page 868 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: America's No. 1 sports almanac since its introduction 16 years ago, the Sports Illustrated Almanac has got it all covered, from football to fencing, hockey to handball, and everything in between. Spanning 864 pages, the Sports Illustrated Almanac features essays by top Sports Illustrated writers, all-time stats and records, and ticketing and venue information for pro baseball, basketball, football and hockey.
Download or read book Saying Goodbye written by Ruth Burgess and published by Wild Goose Publications. This book was released on 2014-01-10 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A resource book for anyone who is planning a funeral. You may be a family member or a friend of someone who has died. You may be planning your own funeral. You may arrange and conduct funerals professionally. Here you will find an abundance of words and ideas for celebrating a life in ways that are personal and honest.
