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The Mad Mosaic

Author : Gael Elton Mayo
Publisher : BookBlast ePublishing
ISBN 13 : 0993355293
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (933 download)

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Download or read book The Mad Mosaic written by Gael Elton Mayo and published by BookBlast ePublishing. This book was released on 2019-08-09 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SEAMUS HEANEY, OBSERVER – An exhilarating autobiography. “On June 1940, while evacuation from Dunkirk was taking place in the north, my son was born at Cauderan near Bordeaux; we were part of the exodus which was surging down the roads to the south throughout June, at times under bombs from Italian planes.” So begins Gael Elton Mayo’s nail-biting autobiography. Shot at by the Nazis whilst escaping into Free France with her baby son and stateless White Russian husband; boarding a refugee ship sailing from Spain to South America, Gael eventually reaches the safety of New York, only to return to war-ravaged Europe. She writes of bohemian life in Spain in the 1950s and Paris in the 1960s; and describes working with Robert Capa and David Seymour at Magnum photographers – both were killed, in Vietnam and Suez – and with Henri Cartier-Bresson in England for Capa’s brainchild, ‘Generation X’.Her Australian-born father was a renowned industrial psychologist at Harvard. The traumatic impact of being sent away to boarding school aged eight scarred Gael for life. Artist, novelist, journalist and mother, her chaotic life travelling back and forth between America and Europe was beset by financial insecurity, broken marriages,intermittent love affairs and, in later years, recurring attacks of facial cancer. First-hand accounts of World War Two and the fight for freedom against authoritarian populism are ominously relevant to Western democracies today. The Mad Mosaic stands as a triumph of thehuman spirit over adversity. It is a tale of courage and optimism; survival and hope. GLASGOW SUNDAY STANDARD – Few refugee stories outside the Auschwitz range have the peculiar poignancy of Gael Elton Mayo’s. ALASTAIR FORBES, SPECTATOR – A compulsively readable, and often deeply moving account of an unusually careless if seldom carefree life led in a rather crazy cat’s-cradle criss-cross between American and Europe. ELIZABETH LONGFORD, BOOKS & BOOKMEN – I have never read an autobiography like this one. I was hooked after the first half-dozen pages. A mixture of Kafka and Alice in Wonderland. IRISH TIMES – An interesting woman and a cool intelligent writer. COURIER MAIL – Her pen inks the period in brilliant cameos. The pictures show a wistful sense of how much that was simple and good about life has been lost in humankind’s rush towards the end of the 20th century. Her story is a reflection of life as lived by the free thinkers of the period. THE TIMES – The Mad Mosaic has about it something of the disturbing impermanence of life depicted in the film Casablanca.

Mad Church Disease

Author : Anne Jackson
Publisher : Zondervan
ISBN 13 : 0310287553
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book Mad Church Disease written by Anne Jackson and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2009 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mad Church Disease is a lively, informative, and potentially life-saving resource for anyone in ministry---vocational or volunteer---who would like to understand, prevent, or treat the epidemic of burnout in churches. The book draws on research and interviews with leaders from across the United States, providing statistics, stories, and hope for healing.

Vesik Box Set 3

Author : Eric R. Asher
Publisher : Eric R. Asher
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Vesik Box Set 3 written by Eric R. Asher and published by Eric R. Asher. This book was released on 2019-08-16 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A queen's fury. A king's madness. The Fae have come for blood. Witch Queen's War (Book 7) A witch’s return. A city in peril. The battle has come home. There's a turning point in every war, one where the stakes are raised to immeasurable odds. Damian knew it was coming. Only he didn't expect it to land in his front yard. Allies of the Fae king have made their move. Damian’s unsteady alliances are threatening to fracture, providing the water witches and vampires an opportunity to strike. As the body count rises on both sides, a long-forgotten enemy tips the scales toward catastrophe. When the fate of the world hangs in the balance, and all might be lost, Damian and his crew must fight harder than ever—even if it all comes down to one very grumpy parrot. Forgotten Ghosts (Book 8) A necromancer's fear. A family's fate. An ancient spirit with a new alliance. Damian shouldn't have told himself things couldn't get any worse. They did. As Nixie struggles to unite the water witches, the Fae king discovers a spy in his ranks. Damian and his friends are forced to split their focus and their powers between the unrest in Faerie and the rising tensions in Falias. When Nudd's latest gambit puts humanity’s most dangerous weapons into his hands, they can't let anything stand in their way. They'll need help from new contacts and trusted allies if they hope to stop the Fae king's madness. But the award for worst timing in history goes to an old friend: Vicky. Brace yourself for supernatural thrills in this chilling installment of Eric R. Asher’s Vesik series! This collection includes books 7 and 8 of the Vesik urban fantasy series.

Chopper Unchopped

Author : Mark Brandon "Chopper" Read
Publisher : Pan
ISBN 13 : 1743341032
Total Pages : 3024 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (433 download)

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Download or read book Chopper Unchopped written by Mark Brandon "Chopper" Read and published by Pan. This book was released on 2012-12-01 with total page 3024 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All eleven volumes of Chopper's original memoirs ... unchopped Mark Brandon "Chopper" Read is Australia's most famous standover man and one of its most prolific authors. Now, for the very first time, all eleven volumes of Chopper's memoirs are together in this special collector's edition. From his criminal youth to his time in prison to his life as a reformed man, the entire journey is here. This omnibus edition contains the following complete and unabridged books: From the Inside: Chopper 1 Hits and Memories: Chopper 2 How to Shoot Friends and Influence People: Chopper 3 For the Term of His Unnatural Life: Chopper 4 Pulp Faction: Chopper 5 No Tears for a Tough Guy: Chopper 6 The Singing Defective: Chopper 7 The Sicilian Defence: Chopper 8 The Final Cut: Chopper 9 The Popcorn Gangster: Chopper 10.5 Last Man Standing: Chopper 11 Chopper is an icon in popular Australian culture and in the criminal underworld. Find out why in Chopper's own words.

The Tripod

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book The Tripod written by and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

As Swallows Fly

Author : L.P. McMahon
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1920727574
Total Pages : 319 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (27 download)

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Download or read book As Swallows Fly written by L.P. McMahon and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-03-03 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Malika, a young orphan in rural Pakistan, is savagely attacked, her face is left disfigured and her self-esteem destroyed. Haunted by the assault, she hides from the world, finding solace in her mathematical theories. A few years later, her intellectual brilliance is discovered and she leaves conflict-stricken Pakistan for a better education in Melbourne, where she finds herself placed with Kate—a successful plastic surgeon facing emotional insecurities of her own. Malika and Kate’s lives slowly intertwine as they find within each other what each has lacked alone. At first, Kate’s skills appear to offer a simple solution to Malika’s anguish, but when tragedy strikes, the price of beauty is found to be much higher than either of them could have known. As Swallows Fly is a poignant portrayal of survival, identity and empowerment in a culture dominated by the pursuit of perfection. In a captivating and unforgettable debut, McMahon asks what might be possible if we have the courage to be flawed.

Tangier

Author : Richard Hamilton
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1786726475
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (867 download)

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Download or read book Tangier written by Richard Hamilton and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-06-27 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this first guide to Tangier's extraordinary cultural history , former BBC North Africa correspondent Richard Hamilton explores the city to find out what has inspired so many international writers, artists and musicians. In Tangier, the Moroccan novelist Mohamed Choukri wrote, 'everything is surreal and everything is possible.' In this intimate portrait, Hamilton explores hotels, cafés, alleyways and the city's darkest secrets. Delving down through complex historical layers, he finds a frontier town that is comic, confounding and haunted by the ghosts of its past. Samuel Pepys thought God should destroy Tangier and St Francis of Assisi called it a city of 'madness and delusions.' Yet, throughout the centuries, it has also been a crucible of creativity. It was a turning point in Henri Matisse's artistic journey and had a profound impact on the founder of the Rolling Stones, Brian Jones. Tangier also produced two of the greatest American novels of the twentieth century: The Sheltering Sky and Naked Lunch. Besides Paul Bowles and William Burroughs, the book also looks at lesser known characters such as the flawed genius, Brion Gysin, as well as Ibn Battuta, who travelled three times further than Marco Polo. Featuring a thrilling cast of pirates, sultans, artists, musicians, writers, princes and playboys, this is an essential read about Tangier.

Mad, Bad, and Sad: A History of Women and the Mind Doctors

Author : Lisa Appignanesi
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 039306994X
Total Pages : 549 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Mad, Bad, and Sad: A History of Women and the Mind Doctors written by Lisa Appignanesi and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2009-08-31 with total page 549 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “[A work of] wit, wisdom and richness. . . . A grand tour of derangement, from matricide to anorexia.” —John Leonard, Harper’s This fascinating history of mind doctors and their patients probes the ways in which madness, badness, and sadness have been understood over the last two centuries. Lisa Appignanesi charts a story from the days when the mad were considered possessed to our own century when the official psychiatric manual lists some 350 mental disorders. Women play a key role here, both as patients—among them Virginia Woolf, Sylvia Plath, and Marilyn Monroe—and as therapists. Controversially, Appignanesi argues that women have significantly changed the nature of mind-doctoring, but in the process they have also inadvertently highlighted new patterns of illness.

Desk Encyclopedia of Plant and Fungal Virology

Author : Marc H.V. van Regenmortel
Publisher : Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 012378560X
Total Pages : 633 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (237 download)

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Download or read book Desk Encyclopedia of Plant and Fungal Virology written by Marc H.V. van Regenmortel and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 633 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume consists of 85 chapters that highlight recent advances in our knowledge of the viruses that infect plants and fungi. It begins with general topics in plant virology including movement of viruses in plants, the transmission of plant viruses by vectors, and the development of virus-resistant transgenic plants. The second section presents an overview of the properties of a selection of 20 well-studied plant viruses, 23 plant virus genera and a few larger groups of plant viruses. The third section, which is abundantly illustrated, highlights the most economically important virus diseases of cereals, legumes, vegetable crops, fruit trees and ornamentals. The last section describes the major groups of viruses that infect fungi. - The most comprehensive single-volume source providing an overview of virology issues related to plant and fungi - Bridges the gap between basic undergraduate texts and specialized reviews - Concise and general overviews of important topics within the field will help in preparation of lectures, writing reports, or drafting grant applications

Blood and Champagne

Author : Alex Kershaw
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780312315641
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (156 download)

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Download or read book Blood and Champagne written by Alex Kershaw and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2003-07-25 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Friend of Hemingway, John Huston, and lover of beautiful women, Capa lived a life that was equal parts glamour and danger. He was the best of combat photographers, yet no one knew that Capa was not his real name, and that his greatest artistic achievement may well have been himself. Two 8-page photo inserts.

You've Got to be Carefully Taught

Author : Jerome Klinkowitz
Publisher : SIU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780809324033
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (24 download)

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Download or read book You've Got to be Carefully Taught written by Jerome Klinkowitz and published by SIU Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For his 40th published book, Klinkowitz (English, U. of Northern Iowa) details what he calls his own wasteful mis-education, the snake pit of academic politics, and the joy of teaching after he found a peaceful niche in Introduction to Literature. He does not provide an index. c. Book News Inc.

Herman Melville

Author : Watson G. Branch
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136210903
Total Pages : 472 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (362 download)

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Download or read book Herman Melville written by Watson G. Branch and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-07-04 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This set comprises 40 volumes covering 19th and 20th century European and American authors. These volumes will be available as a complete set, mini boxed sets (by theme) or as individual volumes. This second set complements the first 68 volume set of Critical Heritage published by Routledge in October 1995.

Pierre: Or, The Ambiguities (Norton Critical Editions)

Author : Herman Melville
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 039326968X
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (932 download)

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Download or read book Pierre: Or, The Ambiguities (Norton Critical Editions) written by Herman Melville and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2017 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Pierre was published one year after Moby-Dick, expectations were high. Readers expected—and Melville delivered—adventure, humor, and brilliance. Magnificent and strange, Pierre is a richly allusive novel mirroring both antebellum America and Melville’s own life. This Norton Critical Edition includes: · The Harper & Brothers 1852 first edition of the novel, accompanied by Robert S. Levine and Cindy Weinstein’s editorial matter. · Six illustrations. · Contextual and source materials, including letters, responses to Pierre by Melville’s contemporaries, and works by Daniel Webster, Thomas Cole, James Fenimore Cooper, Lydia Maria Child, and Nathaniel Hawthorne, among others, that give readers a sense of Pierre’s time and place. · Seven critical essays on Pierre’s major themes by Sacvan Bercovitch, James Creech, Samuel Otter, Wyn Kelley, Cindy Weinstein, Jeffory A. Clymer, and Dominic Mastroianni. · A Chronology and a Selected Bibliography.

This Is My Flesh

Author : Jae Hyung Cho
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1725298546
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (252 download)

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Download or read book This Is My Flesh written by Jae Hyung Cho and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2022-01-28 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In John 6:51-59, John describes the Eucharist of Jesus by modeling Dionysus. In particular, John 6:53, "unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you" is one of the most difficult verses found anywhere in the Bible. To explain this, a new approach is needed when one consistently contemplates why John uses flesh (σάρξ) instead of body (σῶμα), and "This is my flesh", instead of "This is my body." The Dionysiac ritual of eating and tearing raw flesh shows cannibalistic elements. Unlike other negative descriptions of cannibalism in ancient literature, Dionysus is described as both an eater and a giver of raw flesh. By reevaluating the negative term of cannibalism, John positively applies this Dionysiac cannibalism to the Eucharistic words in 6:51-59. Because emphatically and slightly ironically, scholars' arguments show that John 6 is still a "hard teaching" of Jesus, Jesus' hard saying (6:60) is a consequence of this cannibalistic language and the ambiguous features of Dionysus.

Byzantine Materiality

Author : Evan Freeman
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110980738
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book Byzantine Materiality written by Evan Freeman and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2024-06-04 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume explores the power of matter and materials in the Eastern Roman Empire, also known as Byzantium. Recent attention to matter as dynamic and meaningful constitutes an emerging, interdisciplinary field of inquiry known as materiality, new materialism, or the material turn. Materials can be symbolic, but matter can also act on human subjects. This volume builds on these insights to consider the role of matter, materials, form, and embodied experiences in Byzantium. In many respects, Byzantine materiality represents a continuation of its Greco-Roman inheritance, which was also shared by neighboring peoples such as the Umayyads and Abbasids. But the Byzantines also developed their own, unique perspectives on matter and form, as with their parsing of the sacred materialities of icons, the Eucharist, and relics. Chapters in this volume consider the cultural meanings and functions of materials such as gold and ivory, the materiality of icons and relics, experiences of objects, as well as Byzantine philosophies of matter and form. Materiality takes center stage in Byzantine constructions of power, luxury, belief, and identity, which will be of interest to scholars and students of Byzantium and the wider medieval world.

The Literary Review

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 834 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Literary Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 834 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

David 'Chim' Seymour

Author : Carole Naggar
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110706377
Total Pages : 439 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book David 'Chim' Seymour written by Carole Naggar and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2022-06-21 with total page 439 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "He used his camera like a doctor would use a stethoscope in order to diagnose the state of the heart. His own was vulnerable.", Cartier-Bresson wrote about David Seymour, who liked to be called Chim. Chim is best known as one of the cofounders of photojournalism’s famous cooperative Magnum Photos. Weaving Chim’s life and work, this book discovers this empathetic photographer who has been called "The First Human Rights Photographer". In 1947, Chim was one of the four cofounders of the Magnum Photos cooperative with Robert Capa, Henri Cartier-Bresson and George Rodger. He also wrote Magnum’s 1955 bylaws, which are still in effect today. But he is the only one of those famous photographers who does not have a full biography to his name. This book examines his life and work from Poland to France to the Spanish Civil War, his work for British intelligence during World War II, his reportage on Europe’s children after the war, his reportages on Italian actors, illiteracy and religious festivals in Southern Italy, his coverage of Israel’s beginnings before his 1956 death during the Suez war. His complex itinerary is emblematic of the displacements and passages of the XXth century.