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The Quality of Mercy

Author : Barry Unsworth
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 0385534787
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (855 download)

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Download or read book The Quality of Mercy written by Barry Unsworth and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2012-01-10 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Barry Unsworth returns to the terrain of his Booker Prize-winning novel Sacred Hunger, this time following Sullivan, the Irish fiddler, and Erasmus Kemp, son of a Liverpool slave ship owner who hanged himself. It is the spring of 1767, and to avenge his father's death, Erasmus Kemp has had the rebellious sailors of his father's ship, including Sullivan, brought back to London to stand trial on charges of mutiny and piracy. But as the novel opens, a blithe Sullivan has escaped and is making his way on foot to the north of England, stealing as he goes and sleeping where he can. His destination is Thorpe in the East Durham coalfields, where his dead shipmate, Billy Blair, lived: he has pledged to tell the family how Billy met his end. In this village, Billy's sister, Nan, and her miner husband, James Bordon, live with their three sons, all destined to follow their father down the pit. The youngest, only seven, is enjoying his last summer aboveground. Meanwhile, in London, a passionate anti-slavery campaigner, Frederick Ashton, gets involved in a second case relating to the lost ship. Erasmus Kemp wants compensation for the cargo of sick slaves who were thrown overboard to drown, and Ashton is representing the insurers who dispute his claim. Despite their polarized views on slavery, Ashton's beautiful sister, Jane, encounters Erasmus Kemp and finds herself powerfully attracted to him. Lord Spenton, who owns coal mines in East-Durham, has extravagant habits and is pressed for money. When he applies to the Kemp merchant bank for a loan, Erasmus sees a business opportunity of the kind he has long been hoping for, a way of gaining entry into Britain's rapidly developing and highly profitable coal and steel industries. Thus he too makes his way north, to the very same village that Sullivan is heading for . . . With historical sweep and deep pathos, Unsworth explores the struggles of the powerless and the captive against the rich and the powerful, and what weight mercy may throw on the scales of justice.

The Merchant of Venice

Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Merchant of Venice written by William Shakespeare and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Quality of Mercy

Author : Faye Kellerman
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061864889
Total Pages : 1151 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (618 download)

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Download or read book The Quality of Mercy written by Faye Kellerman and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 1151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The royal physician’s daughter leads a dangerous double life with a young William Shakespeare in this “tour de force” historical thriller (Publishers Weekly). Rebecca Lopez enjoys a life of privilege in Elizabeth's England, yet she guards secrets that would be anyone’s undoing. The beautiful, tempestuous daughter of the queen's own physician, Rebecca is also a converso -- a Jew who practices her banned religion clandestinely. And to court danger further, she helps others of her faith escape persecution and death. Rebecca’s risky endeavors often take her to the bustling streets of London disguised in male garb. But one such outing is leading her into a dangerous viper's nest built of intrigue and foul murder. Accompanying her every step of the way is a dashing young actor who inflames her romantic passions—a charming and fearless would-be playwright who calls himself Will Shakespeare.

The Quality of Mercy

Author : William Dean Howells
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 518 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Quality of Mercy written by William Dean Howells and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Quality of Mercy

Author : Mercedes McCambridge
Publisher : Berkley Publishing Group
ISBN 13 : 9780425053898
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (538 download)

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Download or read book The Quality of Mercy written by Mercedes McCambridge and published by Berkley Publishing Group. This book was released on 1982-07 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Venus and Adonis

Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Venus and Adonis written by William Shakespeare and published by . This book was released on 1870 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Quality of Mercy

Author : Brian E. McKnight
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Quality of Mercy written by Brian E. McKnight and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 1981 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In medieval China, every two years on the average, the state flung open its judicial doors. The docket was cleared, the jails were emptied, the open cases were closed - all in a manner without precedent elsewhere in the world. In an age where punishment could at times be quick and strict, the policy of amnesty seems all the more puzzling. why did governments in the early empire let their criminals go? And why did later governments gradually abandon the policy?"--Book jacket.

The Quality of Mercy

Author : Peter Brook
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781848424104
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (241 download)

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Download or read book The Quality of Mercy written by Peter Brook and published by . This book was released on 2014-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the world's most revered theatre directors reflects on a fascinating variety of Shakespearean topics.

As You Like it

Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book As You Like it written by William Shakespeare and published by . This book was released on 1810 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Quality of Mercy

Author : D. G. Compton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780340028742
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (287 download)

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Download or read book The Quality of Mercy written by D. G. Compton and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Science fiction-roman.

A Measure of Mercy (Home to Blessing Book #1)

Author : Lauraine Snelling
Publisher : Bethany House
ISBN 13 : 1441210482
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (412 download)

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Download or read book A Measure of Mercy (Home to Blessing Book #1) written by Lauraine Snelling and published by Bethany House. This book was released on 2009-10-01 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eighteen-year-old Astrid Bjorklund has always dreamed of becoming a doctor. She had intended to study medicine in Chicago or Grand Forks, but when a disaster wiped out a major portion of her family's income, Astrid stayed home instead, receiving hands-on training from Dr. Elizabeth. Joshua Landsverk left Blessing two years ago, but he's never forgotten Astrid. Returning to town, he seeks to court her. Astrid is attracted to him, and when the opportunity unexpectedly opens for her to go to Chicago for medical training, she finds it difficult to leave. Love blossoms through their letters, but upon arriving back home, she makes a heartbreaking discovery. Will she have to give up love to pursue her dream?

The Merchant of Venice

Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (311 download)

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Download or read book The Merchant of Venice written by William Shakespeare and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Sacred Hunger

Author : Barry Unsworth
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 0307948447
Total Pages : 647 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (79 download)

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Download or read book Sacred Hunger written by Barry Unsworth and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2012-01-10 with total page 647 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Booker Prize A historical novel set in the eighteenth century, Sacred Hunger is a stunning, engrossing exploration of power, domination, and greed in the British Empire as it entered fully into the slave trade and spread it throughout its colonies. Barry Unsworth follows the failing fortunes of William Kemp, a merchant pinning his last chance to a slave ship; his son who needs a fortune because he is in love with an upper-class woman; and his nephew who sails on the ship as its doctor because he has lost all he has loved. The voyage meets its demise when disease spreads among the slaves and the captain's drastic response provokes a mutiny. Joining together, the sailors and the slaves set up a secret, utopian society in the wilderness of Florida, only to await the vengeance of the single-minded, young Kemp.

The Quality of Mercy

Author : William Shawcross
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780233976914
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (769 download)

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Download or read book The Quality of Mercy written by William Shawcross and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Study of the role of developed countries, the role of UN (UN and specialized agencies) and of nongovernmental organizations in providing emergency relief and food aid to alleviate hunger in Cambodia in 1979 - examines the functioning of responsible agencies in response to a disaster, the economic implications and political problems involved; discusses the conflict between politics and humanitarian missions; reports personal observations of the author. Map.

The Terrible Speed of Mercy

Author : Jonathan Rogers
Publisher : HarperChristian + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1595554181
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (955 download)

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Download or read book The Terrible Speed of Mercy written by Jonathan Rogers and published by HarperChristian + ORM. This book was released on 2012-09-17 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Many of my ardent admirers would be roundly shocked and disturbed if they realized that everything I believe is thoroughly moral, thoroughly Catholic, and that it is these beliefs that give my work its chief characteristics.” —Flannery O’Connor Flannery O’Connor’s work has been described as “profane, blasphemous, and outrageous.” Her stories are peopled by a sordid caravan of murderers and thieves, prostitutes and bigots whose lives are punctuated by horror and sudden violence. But perhaps the most shocking thing about Flannery O’Connor’s fiction is the fact that it is shaped by a thoroughly Christian vision. If the world she depicts is dark and terrifying, it is also the place where grace makes itself known. Her world—our world—is the stage whereon the divine comedy plays out; the freakishness and violence in O’Connor’s stories, so often mistaken for a kind of misanthropy or even nihilism, turn out to be a call to mercy. In this biography, Jonathan Rogers gets at the heart of O’Connor’s work. He follows the roots of her fervent Catholicism and traces the outlines of a life marked by illness and suffering, but ultimately defined by an irrepressible joy and even hilarity. In her stories, and in her life story, Flannery O’Connor extends a hand in the dark, warning and reassuring us of the terrible speed of mercy.

Warning Signs

Author : CJ Lyons
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9780515145830
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (458 download)

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Download or read book Warning Signs written by CJ Lyons and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When mysterious symptoms that defy diagnosis affect her performance, Amanda Mason, struggling to finish medical school, stumbles upon a medical murder mystery and calls upon her friends to help her solve it before she becomes the next victim. Original.

The Reckonings

Author : Lacy M. Johnson
Publisher : Scribner
ISBN 13 : 1501159011
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book The Reckonings written by Lacy M. Johnson and published by Scribner. This book was released on 2019-06-04 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Unflinching and honest…both timely and timeless” (Houston Chronicle), this extraordinary collection of essays by the award-winning writer of The Other Side—rooted in her own experience with sexual assault—pursues questions that strike at the heart of our national conversation about the justness of society. In 2014, Lacy Johnson was giving a reading from The Other Side, her “instant classic” (Kirkus Reviews) memoir of kidnapping and rape, when a woman asked her what she would like to happen to her rapist. This collection “attempts to parcel out several knotted problems and suggests forms of meaningful justice” (Booklist, starred review). Drawing from philosophy, art, literature, mythology, anthropology, film, and her own experience of violence, Johnson considers how our ideas about justice might be expanded beyond vengeance and retribution to include acts of compassion, patience, mercy, and grace. “The Reckonings is not a book about changing the world. It’s philosophy in disguise, equal parts memoir, criticism, and ethics…The twelve essays deserve great consideration, while you read it and long after” (NPR). From “Speak Truth to Power,” about the condition of not being believed about rape and assault; to “Goliath,” about the ways evil is used as a form of social control; to “The Fallout,” about ecological and generational violence, Johnson creates masterful, elaborate, gorgeously written essays that speak incisively about our current era. She grapples with justice and retribution, truth and fairness, and sexual assault and workplace harassment, as well as the broadest societal wrongs: the BP Oil Spill, government malfeasance, police killings. The Reckonings is a powerful and necessary work, ambitious in its scope, which “challenges our culture’s expectations of justice and expose the limits of vengeance and mercy” (Ms. Magazine).