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The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty

Author : James Thurber
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 1443435619
Total Pages : 14 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (434 download)

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Download or read book The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty written by James Thurber and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2014-01-13 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Walter Mitty, a mild-mannered forty-year-old man, drives into Connecticut with his wife for their weekly shopping trip. Tired of his drab, schedule-driven life, Walter escapes into five elaborate daydreams, and finally becomes the hero he always hoped to be. “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” was originally published in a 1939 issue of The New Yorker. It is considered to be an American classic, and author James Thurber’s masterpiece. It has been adapted for film, first in 1947, and most recently for the 2013 feature film starring Ben Stiller and Kristen Wiig. HarperCollins brings great works of literature to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms. Look for more titles in the HarperCollins short stories collection to build your digital library.

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

Author : Leon Carr
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (752 download)

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Download or read book The Secret Life of Walter Mitty written by Leon Carr and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Reincarnation Blues

Author : Michael Poore
Publisher : Del Rey
ISBN 13 : 039917849X
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (991 download)

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Download or read book Reincarnation Blues written by Michael Poore and published by Del Rey. This book was released on 2017-08-22 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wildly imaginative novel about a man who is reincarnated over ten thousand lifetimes to be with his one true love: Death herself. “Tales of gods and men akin to Neil Gaiman’s Sandman as penned by a kindred spirit of Douglas Adams.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review) First we live. Then we die. And then . . . we get another try? Ten thousand tries, to be exact. Ten thousand lives to “get it right.” Answer all the Big Questions. Achieve Wisdom. And Become One with Everything. Milo has had 9,995 chances so far and has just five more lives to earn a place in the cosmic soul. If he doesn’t make the cut, oblivion awaits. But all Milo really wants is to fall forever into the arms of Death. Or Suzie, as he calls her. More than just Milo’s lover throughout his countless layovers in the Afterlife, Suzie is literally his reason for living—as he dives into one new existence after another, praying for the day he’ll never have to leave her side again. But Reincarnation Blues is more than a great love story: Every journey from cradle to grave offers Milo more pieces of the great cosmic puzzle—if only he can piece them together in time to finally understand what it means to be part of something bigger than infinity. As darkly enchanting as the works of Neil Gaiman and as wisely hilarious as Kurt Vonnegut’s, Michael Poore’s Reincarnation Blues is the story of everything that makes life profound, beautiful, absurd, and heartbreaking. Because it’s more than Milo and Suzie’s story. It’s your story, too. Praise for Reincarnation Blues “The most fun you’ll have reading about a man who has been killed by both catapult and car accident.”—NPR “This book made me laugh out loud. And then a page later, it made me sob. Reminiscent of Tom Robbins and Christopher Moore, Poore finds humor in the dark absurdities of life.”—Chicago Review of Books “Charming . . . surprisingly light and uplifting . . . It reads like a writer having fun.”—New York Journal of Books

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty and Other Pieces

Author : James Thurber
Publisher : Penguin Modern Classics
ISBN 13 : 9780141182919
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (829 download)

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Download or read book The Secret Life of Walter Mitty and Other Pieces written by James Thurber and published by Penguin Modern Classics. This book was released on 2000 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: James Thurber is universally admired for his hilarious sense of humour, off-beat imagination and unique take on the world around him. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, in which a young man's fantasies have a much more powerful hold on him than reality, is probably his best-known prose work, but this selection also contains wonderfully entertaining essays, poetry and cartoons gathered from all of Thurber's collections. Poking fun at his own weaknesses and those of other people (and dogs) - the English teacher who looked only at figures of speech, the Airedale who refused to include him in the family, the botany lecturer who despaired of him totally - James Thurber is essential reading for everyone who loves to laugh.

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

Author : James Thurber
Publisher : The Creative Company
ISBN 13 : 9781583415863
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (158 download)

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Download or read book The Secret Life of Walter Mitty written by James Thurber and published by The Creative Company. This book was released on 2008 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A henpecked husband copes with the frustrations of his dull life by imagining he is a fearless airplane pilot, a brilliant doctor, and other dashing figures.

My World - and Welcome to it

Author : James Thurber
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780156623445
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (234 download)

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Download or read book My World - and Welcome to it written by James Thurber and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1942 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A book of humor and satire covers topics from baseball to Macbeth.

My Life and Hard Times

Author : James Thurber
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)

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Download or read book My Life and Hard Times written by James Thurber and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-08-16 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "My Life and Hard Times" by James Thurber. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Movie Watcher's Guide to Enlightenment

Author : David Hoffmeister
Publisher : Living Miracles Publications
ISBN 13 : 0989100073
Total Pages : 149 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (891 download)

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Download or read book Movie Watcher's Guide to Enlightenment written by David Hoffmeister and published by Living Miracles Publications. This book was released on 2014-06-01 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Movies are like modern-day parables that everyone can relate to. The Movie Watcher's Guide to Enlightenment is a Resource that gives a whole new purpose to movie-watching. We use the categories Metaphysical, Classic, and Mind Watcher to designate different phases of the awakening to Who we are. The Movie Watcher's Guide gives you a description of these themes, along with insights to over 200 different movies. Why is it, for example, that we love to see drama, intrigue, love affairs, and adventures on the silver screen? It is because we all relate to the roles, behavior, and actions of those portrayed. Maybe you dislike certain movies, or refuse to see drama or violence. The Purpose of watching movies with the Spirit is to expand our perception and to flush hidden thoughts, beliefs, and emotions into awareness for release. What better backdrop could there be for healing than your own couch! Invite a friend, make some popcorn, and enjoy Waking Up with the Movies.

The Secret Life of Walter Kitty

Author :
Publisher : Golden Books
ISBN 13 : 9780307102607
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (26 download)

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Download or read book The Secret Life of Walter Kitty written by and published by Golden Books. This book was released on 1986 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When unlawful badgers take over a city park, a young cat dons a mask and cape and becomes the super hero, Wonder Cat.

The Thurber Carnival

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780679600893
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book The Thurber Carnival written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of zany stories and drawings by one of America's greatest satirists.

The Secret Life of Becky Miller

Author : Sharon Hinck
Publisher : Bethany House Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9780764201295
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book The Secret Life of Becky Miller written by Sharon Hinck and published by Bethany House Publishers. This book was released on 2006 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since a 1994 military coup brought to power the incumbent regime of President Yaya Jammeh, the Gambia s foreign policy and democratization process greatly contributed towards shifting the dynamics of politics and security of the sub-region. Following a sanctioned developmental aid and three parliamentary and presidential elections, foreign policy in the Gambian foreign policy along the global political spectrum ushered the emergence of several new actors in region. Using contemporary political theory,this book carefully examined the military coup in The Gambia, the democratization process and the security implications of sanctioning aid for the minuscule West African nation. The book distinctively argued that sanctioning aid on resource poor small states largely determines foreign policy behavior, for reasons of survival, security and legitimacy. In the case of minuscule resource poor Gambia, the book concluded that suspending aid in the aftermath of the July 22nd, 1994 military Coup was not at all necessary,because the people needed that aid.The book outlined policy measures for the Gambia and developmental partners to progressively deal with her contradictions and challenges

James Thurber’s “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty”

Author : Anastasia Deibert
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3638006816
Total Pages : 18 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book James Thurber’s “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” written by Anastasia Deibert and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2008-02-19 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seminar paper from the year 2007 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 1,7, University of Stuttgart (Institut für Literaturwissenschaft - Neuere Englische Literatur), course: HS Short Story and Short Story Theory, language: English, abstract: In the following pages I want to focus on James Thurber’s famous short story “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” which was first published in 1939 in the magazine The New Yorker. Thurber tells the story of a Walter Mitty, a man who lives in a dream world to escape from the routines and humiliations which he suffers in everyday life. Today the name “Walter Mitty” also exists in the English language and is used for people who are daydreaming and not paying attention to the real world. Walter Mitty became an archetypal American figure. By reason of the structure of the short story and “Thurber’s own narrative style – economical, lightly ironic, and wonderfully expressive” (Holmes 218) it seems that this short story can be seen as a garden path story. The expression “to lead someone up the garden path” means “to deliberately deceive someone”. Manfred Jahn analysed this short story with respect to his garden path short story theory. Can “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” generally be regarded as a garden path story? What is of particular interest is whether the reader is misled by Thurber’s narrative technique especially at the beginning of the story. What are the reasons for Walter Mitty’s escapist daydreams and how is Mitty’s character presented in the story? Firstly, I will describe the garden path phenomenon and applied to “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” I will analyse the beginning of the short story. In addition, I will name some hints where the reader realises Walter Mitty’s various daydream episodes. In the next chapter I will concentrate on the story’s two narrative levels. First of all, I will describe Mitty’s development in the course of his daydreams and then I will take a look on the real Walter Mitty. Moreover, I will briefly try to find similarities between James Thurber and Walter Mitty. Afterwards, James Thurber’s narrative style and his sense of humour will be presented. The conclusion will comprise the main points and some suggestions for further discussion.

Collected Fables

Author : James Thurber
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062909185
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (629 download)

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Download or read book Collected Fables written by James Thurber and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2019-06-11 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "James Thurber was a comedic genius. His fables are not simply parodies of Aesop. They are wry, accurate, and powerful reflections of ourselves, our foibles, our follies, and, above all, our self-importance. And they are very, very funny." --Neil Gaiman James Thurber has been called “one of the world’s greatest humorists” by Alistair Cooke (TheAtlantic), and “one of our great American institutions” (Stanley Walker)—and few works reveal Thurber’s genius as powerfully as his fables. Perennially entertaining and astutely satirical, Thurber pinpricks the idiosyncrasies of life with verbal frivolity, hilarious insights, political shrewdness, and, of course, quirky, quotable morals. Now, readers can savor 85 fables by the twentieth century’s preeminent humorist collected for the first time in a single anthology. Here, Fables for Our Time, Further Fables for Our Time, and ten previously uncollected fables—illustrated by ten contemporary artists including Seymour Chwast, Mark Ulriksen, Laurie Rosenwald, and R. O. Blechman—are presented in Collected Fables, a must-have for readers of all ages.

Tending the Fire

Author : Mike Yarbrough
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781737261520
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (615 download)

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Download or read book Tending the Fire written by Mike Yarbrough and published by . This book was released on 2021-06-18 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Valiant Call to Live ManfullyYou and I are brothers in the battle of our age.We are at war with complacency, abdication of responsibilities, anxiety, and those who are hell bent on the eradication of anything resembling whole, healthy, and authentic masculinity. One of the greatest weapons we have in the fight is to live deliberately and with the courage to earnestly tend the fire God has placed in our hearts.In Tending the Fire, Mike Yarbrough inspires and equips men to break free from the status quo and take up the High Calling of manliness.Filled with timeless principles, poetic insights, and touching humor, this book is a must read for every man in every season of life.

Bob Honey Who Just Do Stuff

Author : Sean Penn
Publisher : Washington Square Press
ISBN 13 : 1501189050
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book Bob Honey Who Just Do Stuff written by Sean Penn and published by Washington Square Press. This book was released on 2019-04-09 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “An incredibly interesting work.” —Jane Smiley “A straight up masterwork.” —Sarah Silverman “Blisteringly funny.” —Corey Seymour “A transcendent apocalyptic satire.” —Michael Silverblatt “Crackling with life.” —Paul Theroux “Great fun.” —Salman Rushdie “A provocative debut.” —Kirkus Reviews From legendary actor and activist Sean Penn comes a scorching, “charmingly weird” (Booklist, starred review) novel about Bob Honey—a modern American man, entrepreneur, and part-time assassin. Bob Honey has a hard time connecting with other people, especially since his divorce. He’s tired of being marketed to every moment, sick of a world where even an orgasm isn’t real until it is turned into a tweet. A paragon of old-fashioned American entrepreneurship, Bob sells septic tanks to Jehovah’s Witnesses and arranges pyrotechnic displays for foreign dictators. He’s also a contract killer for an off-the-books program run by a branch of United States intelligence that targets the elderly, the infirm, and others who drain society of its resources. When a nosy journalist starts asking questions, Bob can’t decide if it’s a chance to form some sort of new friendship or the beginning of the end for him. With treason on everyone’s lips, terrorism in everyone’s sights, and American political life sinking to ever-lower standards, Bob decides it’s time to make a change—if he doesn’t get killed by his mysterious controllers or exposed in the rapacious media first. A thunderbolt of startling images and painted “with a broadly satirical, Vonnegut-ian brush” (Kirkus Reviews), Bob Honey Who Just Do Stuff is one of the year's most controversial and talked about literary works.

Dressed in Smoke

Author : Ambrose Ibsen
Publisher : Ambrose Ibsen
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dressed in Smoke written by Ambrose Ibsen and published by Ambrose Ibsen. This book was released on 2021-10-07 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A FACE FROM THE PAST Once upon a time, Jonathan West lost his best friend, Ansel, under horrific circumstances. Or, at least, he thought he had. On a warm summer night, he finds himself reunited with the dead man—and hunted by a hideous entity that occupies Ansel's body. In his hour of need, Jonathan could have gone to the authorities, or hired an esteemed security service. Instead, he winds up soliciting help from none other than Tanglewood's most curmudgeonly private eye. Harlan Ulrich is on the case, for better or worse. The over-caffeinated eccentric will have to employ every tactic in his unorthodox playbook if he's to save the client—and himself. DRESSED IN SMOKE is a novel of supernatural suspense, the second in the Detective Harlan Ulrich series.

The Greatest Man in the World: Also the Secret Life of Walter Mitty

Author : James Thurber
Publisher : Perfection Learning
ISBN 13 : 9780895987204
Total Pages : 55 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (872 download)

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Download or read book The Greatest Man in the World: Also the Secret Life of Walter Mitty written by James Thurber and published by Perfection Learning. This book was released on 1979-01-01 with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains two of the humorist's short stories: the story of aviator Smurch, an amusing satire on the "perilous heights of fame," and Walter Mitty, a man who endures his ordinary life by escaping into fantasy.