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Author | : University of Texas Press |
Publisher | : University of Texas Press |
Total Pages | : 228 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9780292785380 |
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50 year since founding the University of Texas, they have witnessed major evolutions in the world of publishing.
Author | : Andy Miller |
Publisher | : Harper Collins |
Total Pages | : 330 |
Release | : 2014-12-09 |
Genre | : Humor |
ISBN | : 0062100629 |
Download The Year of Reading Dangerously Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
An editor and writer's vivaciously entertaining, and often moving, chronicle of his year-long adventure with fifty great books (and two not-so-great ones)—a true story about reading that reminds us why we should all make time in our lives for books. Nearing his fortieth birthday, author and critic Andy Miller realized he's not nearly as well read as he'd like to be. A devout book lover who somehow fell out of the habit of reading, he began to ponder the power of books to change an individual life—including his own—and to the define the sort of person he would like to be. Beginning with a copy of Bulgakov's Master and Margarita that he happens to find one day in a bookstore, he embarks on a literary odyssey of mindful reading and wry introspection. From Middlemarch to Anna Karenina to A Confederacy of Dunces, these are books Miller felt he should read; books he'd always wanted to read; books he'd previously started but hadn't finished; and books he'd lied about having read to impress people. Combining memoir and literary criticism, The Year of Reading Dangerously is Miller's heartfelt, humorous, and honest examination of what it means to be a reader. Passionately believing that books deserve to be read, enjoyed, and debated in the real world, Miller documents his reading experiences and how they resonated in his daily life and ultimately his very sense of self. The result is a witty and insightful journey of discovery and soul-searching that celebrates the abiding miracle of the book and the power of reading.
Author | : Charles C. Miller |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 340 |
Release | : 1915 |
Genre | : Bee culture |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Colin Comer |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 258 |
Release | : |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 1610598059 |
Download Shelby Cobra Fifty Years Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Adam Carolla |
Publisher | : Crown |
Total Pages | : 274 |
Release | : 2011-05-17 |
Genre | : Humor |
ISBN | : 0307717380 |
Download In Fifty Years We'll All Be Chicks Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
A couple years back, I was at the Phoenix airport bar. It was empty except for one heavy-set, gray bearded, grizzled guy who looked like he just rode his donkey into town after a long day of panning for silver in them thar hills. He ordered a Jack Daniels straight up, and that's when I overheard the young guy with the earring behind the bar asking him if he had ID. At first the old sea captain just laughed. But the guy with the twinkle in his ear asked again. At this point it became apparent that he was serious. Dan Haggerty's dad fired back, "You've got to be kidding me, son." The bartender replied, "New policy. Everyone has to show their ID." Then I watched Burl Ives reluctantly reach into his dungarees and pull out his military identification card from World War II. It's a sad and eerie harbinger of our times that the Oprah-watching, crystal-rubbing, Whole Foods-shopping moms and their whipped attorney husbands have taken the ability to reason away from the poor schlub who makes the Bloody Marys. What we used to settle with common sense or a fist, we now settle with hand sanitizer and lawyers. Adam Carolla has had enough of this insanity and he's here to help us get our collective balls back. In Fifty Years We'll All Be Chicks is Adam's comedic gospel of modern America. He rips into the absurdity of the culture that demonized the peanut butter and jelly sandwich, turned the nation's bathrooms into a lawless free-for-all of urine and fecal matter, and put its citizens at the mercy of a bunch of minimum wagers with axes to grind. Peppered between complaints Carolla shares candid anecdotes from his day to day life as well as his past—Sunday football at Jimmy Kimmel's house, his attempts to raise his kids in a society that he mostly disagrees with, his big showbiz break, and much, much more. Brilliantly showcasing Adam's spot-on sense of humor, this book cements his status as a cultural commentator/comedian/complainer extraordinaire.
Author | : Jan Morris |
Publisher | : Viking Books |
Total Pages | : 392 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Download Fifty Years of Europe Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
In this vibrant, personal journey through Europe proper, historian and writer Jan Morris--the world's most celebrated traveler--offers an intimate exploration of the continent, telling how it has changed--as well as remained unalterable--for the past half century.
Author | : Kevin Danaher |
Publisher | : South End Press |
Total Pages | : 228 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9780896084957 |
Download 50 Years is Enough Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
As the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) celebrate fifty years of economic dominion over the Third World, this reader brings the best progressive authors together to critique these two main proponents of neo-liberalism. 50 Years is Enough covers such topics as failed development projects, the feminization of poverty, the detruction of the environment, the internal workings of the World Bank and the IMF, and the struggle to build alternatives to neo-liberal policies.It also includes a guide to the many organizations involved in the struggle to reform the World Bank and the IMF.
Author | : Valerie Steele |
Publisher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 184 |
Release | : 2000-01-01 |
Genre | : Design |
ISBN | : 9780300087383 |
Download Fifty Years of Fashion Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Describes top trends and designers of the past fifty years, including their social and cultural contexts
Author | : Leon Joseph Rosenberg |
Publisher | : University of Arkansas Press |
Total Pages | : 182 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : Businesspeople |
ISBN | : 9781610751254 |
Download Dillard's, the first fifty years Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Christopher B. Barrett |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 344 |
Release | : 2007-05-07 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1135992967 |
Download Food Aid After Fifty Years Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This book analyzes the impact food aid programmes have had over the past fifty years, assessing the current situation as well as future prospects. Issues such as political expediency, the impact of international trade and exchange rates are put under the microscope to provide the reader with a greater understanding of this important subject matter. This book will prove vital to students of development economics and development studies and those working in the field.