Scoundrels Among Us
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Scoundrels Among Us
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Author : Darrin Doyle
language : en
Publisher: Tortoise Books
Release Date : 2018-10-02
Scoundrels Among Us written by Darrin Doyle and has been published by Tortoise Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-02 with Fiction categories.
A mysterious man appears suspended in the air above a major American city. A foul-mouthed posse of machete-wielding scoundrels wreak havoc on a small-town mayor. A cocaine-addled boxer starts a torrid affair with the wife of the Invisible Man—who just might be watching (and enjoying) all the freakiness. Darrin Doyle’s latest book of short stories is an electrifying look at men behaving badly—or just being weird. Hilarious, madly inventive, and compellingly readable, this unforgettable collection will leave the reader disturbed, dazzled, delirious—and begging for more.
Scoundrels Who Made America Great
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Author : Martin Henley
language : en
Publisher: Abbott Press
Release Date : 2016-01-21
Scoundrels Who Made America Great written by Martin Henley and has been published by Abbott Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-01-21 with History categories.
We like our heroes to wear white hats and our villains to wear black. Scoundrels Who Made America Great takes a fresh view of heroism by using a dramatic event in the life of each scoundrel to illustrate how disreputable labels can obscure heroic deeds. Some of them are household names. Others have been forgotten till now. Some are villains who turned out to be heroes. Others are heroes who proved to be all too human. They are The Scoundrels. And Martin Henley has brought them to life in a vividly-written volume that overflows with surprising stories, little-known facts, and the pure drama of history. Enjoy. William Martin, New York Times Bestselling author of The Lost Constitution and The Lincoln Letter By showing that the meanings assigned to the actions of prominent historical figures by contemporaries as well as future generations can fluctuate dramatically, Martin Henleys book inspires readers to reflect on the very nature of history. It helps them to understand that both scoundrels and heroes are made by their deeds as much as by the collective memory that shifts with time and place. Michal Rozbicki, Professor of History, St. Louis University With the rigorous research of a scholar and the superb story-telling skills of a novelist, Martin Henley has penned a wonderful book about five historical scoundrels who, upon further reading, were not the dreadful miscreants all of us have been led to believe. Scoundrels who Made America Great is a highly readable and truly enlightening slice of hidden history. Ronald E. Yates, Dean Emeritus, College of Media Studies, University of Illinois. Bestselling author of Finding Billy Battles website: www.martinhenley.com blog: www.ironicamericanhistory.blogspot.com
New York Musical Review And Choral Advocate
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1858
New York Musical Review And Choral Advocate written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1858 with Music categories.
Body Transformations
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Author : Alphonso Lingis
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2020-11-25
Body Transformations written by Alphonso Lingis and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-11-25 with Social Science categories.
This book presents some eruptions of archaic compulsions and behaviors and the forms that they acquire in contemporary societies. It explores how we see and feel our bodies and some of the ways evolution and culture are transforming them.
Confederates In Canada
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Author : Nikki Stoddard Schofield
language : en
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Release Date : 2016-02-25
Confederates In Canada written by Nikki Stoddard Schofield and has been published by AuthorHouse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-02-25 with History categories.
When Confederates from Canada set fire to New York City hotels, Anathea awakens Raiford to help her rescue two children whose father dies. Raiford takes the orphans to their grandparents in Canada while serving as a spy for the federal government. Anathea accompanies them as she seeks a new life after being divorced by a member of the Shaker sect. In Guelph, Ontario, they make a life together.
Dead Souls
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Author : Nikolai Gogol
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 1996-02-21
Dead Souls written by Nikolai Gogol and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-02-21 with Fiction categories.
Gogol's 1842 novel Dead Souls, a comic masterpiece about a mysterious con man and his grotesque victims, is one of the major works of Russian literature. It was translated into English in 1942 by Bernard Guilbert Guerney; the translation was hailed by Vladimir Nabokov as "an extraordinarily fine piece of work" and is still considered the best translation of Dead Souls ever published. Long out of print, the Guerney translation of Dead Souls is now reissued. The text has been made more faithful to Gogol's original by removing passages that Guerney inserted from earlier drafts of Dead Souls. The text is accompanied by Susanne Fusso's introduction and by appendices that present excerpts from Guerney's translations of other drafts of Gogol's work and letters Gogol wrote around the time of the writing and publication of Deal Souls. "I am delighted that Guerney's translation of Dead Souls [is] available again. It is head and shoulders above all the others, for Guerney understands that to 'translate' Gogol is necessarily to undertake a poetic recreation, and he does so brilliantly."—Robert A. Maguire, Columbia University "The Guerney translation of Dead Souls is the only translation I know of that makes any serious attempt to approximate the qualities of Gogol's style—exuberant, erratic, 'Baroque,' bizarre."—Hugh McLean, University of California, Berkeley "A splendidly revised and edited edition of Bernard Guerney's classic English translation of Gogol's Dead Souls. The distinguished Gogol scholar Susanne Fusso may have brought us as close as the English reader may ever expect to come to Gogol's masterpiece. No student, scholar, or general reader will want to miss this updated, refined version of one of the most delightful and sublime works of Russian literature."—Robert Jackson, Yale University
Devils
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Author : Fyodor Dostoyevsky
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 1999
Devils written by Fyodor Dostoyevsky and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Nihilism categories.
This new translation also includes the chapter `Stavrogin's Confession', which was considered to be too shocking to print. In this edition it appears where the author originally intended it.
Gogol S Crime And Punishment
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Author : Urs Heftrich
language : en
Publisher: Academic Studies PRess
Release Date : 2022-01-25
Gogol S Crime And Punishment written by Urs Heftrich and has been published by Academic Studies PRess this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-01-25 with Literary Criticism categories.
This monograph is nothing less than a bold attempt at solving the riddle of Gogol’s novel Dead Souls that even inspired a staging of Dead Souls at Schauspiel Stuttgart. Heftrich gives a comprehensive, coherent answer to the question of the novel’s meaning by meticulously laying bare its structure. The first part of the monograph is dedicated to one section of Gogol’s novel that has been neglected by virtually all critics - a clue that leads to a strictly ethical reading of Gogol’s epic. Gogol, as it emerges, constructed Dead Souls strictly according to a moral pattern. It is amazing to discover how flawlessly Dead Souls is built in this regard. The novel thus proves to be a true descendant of medieval romance with its inseparable interrelation between ethics and epics.
The Underground Railroad With Illustrations
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Author : William Still
language : en
Publisher: Good Press
Release Date : 2024-01-15
The Underground Railroad With Illustrations written by William Still and has been published by Good Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-01-15 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
This carefully crafted ebook: "THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD (With Illustrations)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. This book chronicles the stories of some 649 slaves who escaped to freedom via the Underground Railroad, a secret network formed by abolitionists and former slaves who helped them escape to the North. This book's original aim was to reunite those slaves with their families. But now it has turned into an important historical document that visiblises the existence of those who suffered inhuman cruelty at the hands of Southern Slave Owners and yet had the courage to break free. These unknown heroes and heroines were in true sense the founding fathers of African American Communities. This is why their stories must be heard and brought back from oblivion. A MUST READ! Excerpt: "Like millions of my race, my mother and father were born slaves, but were not contented to live and die so. My father purchased himself in early manhood by hard toil. Mother saw no way for herself and children to escape the horrors of bondage but by flight. Bravely, with her four little ones, with firm faith in God and an ardent desire to be free, she forsook the prison-house, and succeeded, through the aid of my father, to reach a free State. The old familiar slave names had to be changed..." William Still (1821–1902) was an African-American abolitionist, conductor on the Underground Railroad, writer, historian and civil rights activist. He was chairman of the Vigilance Committee of the Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society and directly aided fugitive slaves by keeping records of their lives and helping families reunite after the abolishment of slavery.
Health Care Crisis In America 1971
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Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. Subcommittee on Health
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1971
Health Care Crisis In America 1971 written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. Subcommittee on Health and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1971 with Health planning categories.