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Habit of a Foreign Sky

Author : Xu Xi
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789881896728
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (967 download)

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Download or read book Habit of a Foreign Sky written by Xu Xi and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What happens when an intelligent, high-powered woman executive relinquishes all responsibilities? Somewhere between Hong Kong and New York, life does an abrupt shift for Gail Szeto when her mother, her last family member, is killed in an accident. For Gail, a mixed-race, single mother who buried her young son only two years prior, all she has left is a hard-won career at a global investment bank. Life rapidly goes into free fall for this woman with a complicated past, who was once so sure of her direction in life, who can now see no clear future path. With an international cast in New York, Hong Kong and Shanghai, this novel dramatizes a Sino-American balance of power at a staggeringly intimate level.

No Foreign Sky

Author : John Farquhar
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595433731
Total Pages : 251 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (954 download)

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Download or read book No Foreign Sky written by John Farquhar and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2007-06 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No Foreign Sky is an intense and compelling tale of love and war set against the savage backdrop of World War II's Eastern Front. Paul Heinrich, Olympic athlete and career soldier, leads a Panzer company spearheading Barbarossa, Hitler's doomed invasion of the Soviet Union. Early victories take him to Kiev, where he falls in love with Vera, a beguiling medical student and Ukrainian nationalist. Leaving her, Paul leads the German army deeper into Russia. Brutal winters and bitter resistance sap the German will and strength. But they press onward-to Stalingrad and disaster. In retreat, Paul witnesses the scope and savagery of the Holocaust and the atrocities committed by his countrymen. As he faces his growing uncertainties and doubts, Paul's odyssey evokes the full horror and valor of war in the East. Finally, he must search for redemption amid conflicting loyalties to his sacred oath, his moral code, and the woman he loves. Teeming with vivid characters both fictional and real, No Foreign Sky relates true stories of "that time, that place," their tragic power to shape the past and the future, and their relevance to modern times.

Home on the Horizon

Author : Sally Bayley
Publisher : Peter Lang
ISBN 13 : 9781906165154
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (651 download)

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Download or read book Home on the Horizon written by Sally Bayley and published by Peter Lang. This book was released on 2010 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this study of space and place, Sally Bayley examines the meaning of 'home' in American literature and culture. Moving from the nineteenth-century homestead of Emily Dickinson to the present-day reality of Bob Dylan, Bayley investigates the relationship of the domestic frontier to the wide-open spaces of the American outdoors. In contemporary America, she argues, the experience of home is increasingly isolated, leading to unsettling moments of domestic fallout. At the centre of the book is the exposed and often shifting domain of the domestic threshold: Emily Dickinson's doorstep, Edward Hopper's doors and windows, and Harper Lee's front porch. Bayley tracks these historically fragile territories through contemporary literature and ﬁlm, including Cormac McCarthy's No Country For Old Men, Lars Von Trier's Dogville, and Andrew Dominik's The Assassination of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford - works that explore local, domestic territories as emblems of nation. The culturally potent sites of the american home - the hearth, porch, backyard, front lawn, bathroom, and basement - are positioned in relation to the more conﬂicted sites of the American motel and hotel.

A Concordance to the Poems of Emily Dickinson

Author : S. P. Rosenbaum
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1501743139
Total Pages : 933 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book A Concordance to the Poems of Emily Dickinson written by S. P. Rosenbaum and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2019-06-30 with total page 933 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Concordance to the Poems of Emily Dickinson is the third volume in the distinguished series "Cornell Concordances." Like the others, it was programmed on an IBM 704 electronic computer and provides an alphabetical list of all significant words—each word given in context. In order to provide variants, it was based on Thomas H. Johnson's three-volume edition of all the known texts of Emily Dickinson's poems. Included are an analytical preface by the editor and an index of words in the order of frequency.

Braided Worlds

Author : Alma Gottlieb
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226304728
Total Pages : 179 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (263 download)

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Download or read book Braided Worlds written by Alma Gottlieb and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2012-09-15 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a compelling mix of literary narrative and ethnography, anthropologist Alma Gottlieb and writer Philip Graham continue the long journey of cultural engagement with the Beng people of Côte d’Ivoire that they first recounted in their award-winning memoir Parallel Worlds. Their commitment over the span of several decades has lent them a rare insight. Braiding their own stories with those of the villagers of Asagbé and Kosangbé, Gottlieb and Graham take turns recounting a host of unexpected dramas with these West African villages, prompting serious questions about the fraught nature of cultural contact. Through events such as a religious leader’s declaration that the authors’ six-year-old son, Nathaniel, is the reincarnation of a revered ancestor, or Graham’s late father being accepted into the Beng afterlife, or the increasing, sometimes dangerous madness of a villager, the authors are forced to reconcile their anthropological and literary gaze with the deepest parts of their personal lives. Along with these intimate dramas, they follow the Beng from times of peace through the times of tragedy that led to Côte d’Ivoire’s recent civil conflicts. From these and many other interweaving narratives—and with the combined strengths of an anthropologist and a literary writer—Braided Worlds examines the impact of postcolonialism, race, and global inequity at the same time that it chronicles a living, breathing village community where two very different worlds meet.

The Poems of Emily Dickinson

Author : Emily Dickinson
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674676015
Total Pages : 1362 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (76 download)

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Download or read book The Poems of Emily Dickinson written by Emily Dickinson and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1979 with total page 1362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Understanding the Essay

Author : Patricia Foster
Publisher : Broadview Press
ISBN 13 : 1554810205
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (548 download)

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Download or read book Understanding the Essay written by Patricia Foster and published by Broadview Press. This book was released on 2012-07-25 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a book on how to read the essay, one that demonstrates how reading is inextricably tied to the art of writing. It aims to treat the essay with the close attention that has been given to other literary genres, and in doing so it suggests the beauty and depth of the form as a whole. At once personal appreciations and acute critical assessments, the pieces collected here broaden our perspective on the essay as a major literary art, tracing its history from William Hazlitt to Joan Didion.

The Letters of Emily Dickinson

Author : Emily Dickinson
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674982975
Total Pages : 977 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (749 download)

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Download or read book The Letters of Emily Dickinson written by Emily Dickinson and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2024 with total page 977 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Letters of Emily Dickinson collects, redates, and recontextualizes all of the poet's extant letters, including dozens newly discovered or never before anthologized. Insightful annotations emphasize not the reclusive poet of myth but rather an artist firmly embedded in the political and literary currents of her time.

If I Stay

Author : Gayle Forman
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101046341
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book If I Stay written by Gayle Forman and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-04-02 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The critically acclaimed, bestselling novel from Gayle Forman, author of Where She Went, Just One Day, and Just One Year. Soon to be a major motion picture, starring Chloe Moretz! In the blink of an eye everything changes. Seventeen year-old Mia has no memory of the accident; she can only recall what happened afterwards, watching her own damaged body being taken from the wreck. Little by little she struggles to put together the pieces- to figure out what she has lost, what she has left, and the very difficult choice she must make. Heartwrenchingly beautiful, this will change the way you look at life, love, and family. Now a major motion picture starring Chloe Grace Moretz, Mia's story will stay with you for a long, long time.

Braided Worlds

Author : Alma Gottlieb
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226305279
Total Pages : 179 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (263 download)

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Download or read book Braided Worlds written by Alma Gottlieb and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2012-09-05 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a compelling mix of literary narrative and ethnography, anthropologist Alma Gottlieb and writer Philip Graham continue the long journey of cultural engagement with the Beng people of Côte d’Ivoire that they first recounted in their award-winning memoir Parallel Worlds. Their commitment over the span of several decades has lent them a rare insight. Braiding their own stories with those of the villagers of Asagbé and Kosangbé, Gottlieb and Graham take turns recounting a host of unexpected dramas with these West African villages, prompting serious questions about the fraught nature of cultural contact. Through events such as a religious leader’s declaration that the authors’ six-year-old son, Nathaniel, is the reincarnation of a revered ancestor, or Graham’s late father being accepted into the Beng afterlife, or the increasing, sometimes dangerous madness of a villager, the authors are forced to reconcile their anthropological and literary gaze with the deepest parts of their personal lives. Along with these intimate dramas, they follow the Beng from times of peace through the times of tragedy that led to Côte d’Ivoire’s recent civil conflicts. From these and many other interweaving narratives—and with the combined strengths of an anthropologist and a literary writer—Braided Worlds examines the impact of postcolonialism, race, and global inequity at the same time that it chronicles a living, breathing village community where two very different worlds meet.

Foreign Bodies

Author : Cynthia Ozick
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0547504551
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (475 download)

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Download or read book Foreign Bodies written by Cynthia Ozick and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2010-11-01 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In her sixth novel, Cynthia Ozick retells the story of Henry James’s The Ambassadors as a photographic negative, retaining the plot but reversing the meaning. Foreign Bodies transforms Henry James’s prototype into a brilliant, utterly original, new American classic. At the core of the story is Bea Nightingale, a fiftyish divorced schoolteacher whose life has been on hold during the many years since her brief marriage. When her estranged, difficult brother asks her to leave New York for Paris to retrieve a nephew she barely knows, she becomes entangled in the lives of her brother’s family and even, after so long, her ex-husband. Every one of them is irrevocably changed by the events of just a few months in that fateful year. Traveling from New York to Paris to Hollywood, aiding and abetting her nephew and niece while waging a war of letters with her brother, facing her ex-husband and finally shaking off his lingering sneers from decades past, Bea Nightingale is a newly liberated divorcee who inadvertently wreaks havoc on the very people she tries to help.

Breaking Sky

Author : Cory McCarthy
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 149260142X
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (926 download)

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Download or read book Breaking Sky written by Cory McCarthy and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2015-03-10 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Top Gun meets The Grace Year in this sexy, feminist dystopian adventure from the co-author of Once and Future, featuring Nyx, an elite fighter pilot who must put everything on the line to save her country, including her pride. And her heart. Chase Harcourt, call sign"Nyx", isn't one to play it safe. In 2048, America is locked in the second cold war—and the country's best hope is the elite teen fighter pilots of the United Star Academy. Chase is one of only two daredevil pilots chose to fly an experimental "Streaker" jet. All anyone cares about is that Chase aces the upcoming Streaker trails, proving the prototype jet can knock the enemy out of the sky. Only few know the pain and loneliness of her past. As the world tilts toward war, Chase discovers a military secret. There's a third Streaker, and it's young pilot, Tristan, can match her on the ground and in the clouds. Chase doesn't play well with others, but to save her country, she'll have to put her life in the hands of the competition. Breaking Sky is a gritty coming of age tale with tons of action, a fascinating dystopian society, humor, friendship, romance and heart-stopping, high-stakes flying that will leave you on the edge of your seat. Praise for Breaking Sky: "Smart, exciting, confident—and quite possibly the next Big Thing."—Kirkus "Breaking Sky is an action-packed thrill ride that smashes through all kind of barriers at a Mach 5 pace."—Carrie Jones, New York Times bestselling author of the Need series "Had me in its grip from take-off to landing. Chase is a kick-butt female and the swoon-worthy flyboys kept me up way past my bedtime." —Joy N. Hensley, author of Rites of Passage

The Life and Letters of Emily Dickinson

Author : Emily Dickinson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Life and Letters of Emily Dickinson written by Emily Dickinson and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part I, "Life" (p.1-105) compiled from unpublished letters and personal recollections; cf. compilers preface.

The Life and Letters of Emily Dickinson

Author : Martha Dickinson Bianchi
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book The Life and Letters of Emily Dickinson written by Martha Dickinson Bianchi and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Laudatory review of book.

Letters of Emily Dickinson

Author : Emily Dickinson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 760 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Letters of Emily Dickinson written by Emily Dickinson and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 760 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Complete Poems

Author : Emily Dickinson
Publisher : Prabhat Prakashan
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1886 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Complete Poems written by Emily Dickinson and published by Prabhat Prakashan. This book was released on 2024-10-15 with total page 1886 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Immerse yourself in the profound and evocative world of poetry with "The Complete Poems" by Emily Dickinson. This definitive collection showcases the remarkable talent of one of America's most beloved poets, offering a window into her unique perspective on life, love, nature, and the human experience. What makes Dickinson's poetry timeless and universally resonant? Known for her innovative use of form, unconventional punctuation, and striking imagery, Dickinson’s verses explore the complexities of existence with both depth and brevity. Her ability to convey profound emotions in a few words captivates readers, inviting them to reflect on their own lives and beliefs. How does she capture the essence of both joy and sorrow? From themes of death and immortality to the beauty of nature and the intricacies of the human heart, Dickinson's poetry offers a rich tapestry of thought-provoking insights. Each poem stands as a testament to her keen observation and deep introspection, making her work resonate with readers of all ages. Are you ready to journey through the mind of a literary genius? Whether you're a longtime admirer or a newcomer to her work, "The Complete Poems" is an essential addition to any literary collection. Experience the magic of Dickinson's words and discover why she remains an enduring figure in American literature. Don't miss the opportunity to explore the complete collection of Emily Dickinson's poetry. Get your copy today!

Emily Dickinson

Author : L. Wagner-Martin
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137033061
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (37 download)

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Download or read book Emily Dickinson written by L. Wagner-Martin and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-11-14 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With special attention to Emily Dickinson's growth into a poet, this literary biographical study charts Dickinson's hard-won brilliance as she worked, largely alone, to become the unique American woman writer of the nineteenth century.