Man and the Beasts Within
Author | : Benjamin Walker |
Publisher | : Scarborough House |
Total Pages | : 343 |
Release | : 1977-01-01 |
Genre | : Body, Human |
ISBN | : 9780812819007 |
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Author | : Benjamin Walker |
Publisher | : Scarborough House |
Total Pages | : 343 |
Release | : 1977-01-01 |
Genre | : Body, Human |
ISBN | : 9780812819007 |
Author | : George Benjamin Walker |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1977 |
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Author | : Monte Reel |
Publisher | : Anchor |
Total Pages | : 434 |
Release | : 2013-12-03 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0307742431 |
In 1856, Paul Du Chaillu ventured into the African jungle in search of a mythic beast, the gorilla. After wild encounters with vicious cannibals, deadly snakes, and tribal kings, Du Chaillu emerged with 20 preserved gorilla skins—two of which were stuffed and brought on tour—and walked smack dab into the biggest scientific debate of the time: Darwin's theory of evolution. Quickly, Du Chaillu's trophies went from objects of wonder to key pieces in an all-out intellectual war. With a wide range of characters, including Abraham Lincoln, Arthur Conan Doyle, P.T Barnum, Thackeray, and of course, Charles Darwin, this is a one of a kind book about a singular moment in history.
Author | : Zhongshu Qian |
Publisher | : Columbia University Press |
Total Pages | : 233 |
Release | : 2010-12-15 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0231526547 |
Qian Zhongshu was one of twentieth-century China's most ingenious literary stylists, one whose insights into the ironies and travesties of modern China remain stunningly fresh. Between the early years of the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945) and the Communist takeover in 1949, Qian wrote a brilliant series of short stories, essays, and a comedic novel that continue to inspire generations of Chinese readers. With this long-awaited translation, English-language readers can immerse themselves in the invention and satirical wit of one of the world's great literary cosmopolitans. This collection brings together Qian's best short works, combining his iconoclastic essays on the "book of life" from Written in the Margins of Life (1941) with the four masterful short stories of Human, Beast, Ghost (1946). His essays elucidate substantive issues through deceptively simple subjects-the significance of windows versus doors, for example, or the blind spots of literary critics and assert the primacy of critical and creative independence. His stories blur the boundaries between humans, beasts, and ghosts as they struggle through life, death, and resurrection. Christopher G. Rea situates these works within China's wartime politics and Qian's literary vision, highlighting significant changes that Qian Zhongshu made to different editions of his writings and providing unprecedented insight into the author's creative process.
Author | : Curtis Smith |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 160 |
Release | : 2013-02 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781935708759 |
"What you feel first is the simplicity-of sentences, of tone, of description-but then before you know it, complexity has crept in on every level, and by the end of each of these stories you are left marveling at the layers of life history and humanity Curtis Smith has evoked. Beasts and Men, compressed, poetic, poignant, and compassionate, contains some of the best very short fiction I have read in a very long time." -Robin Black, author of If I loved you, I would tell you this
Author | : Adam Douglas |
Publisher | : Orion Media |
Total Pages | : 294 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : Animals, Mythical |
ISBN | : 9781857971552 |
Author | : |
Publisher | : Three Rivers Press |
Total Pages | : 128 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Health & Fitness |
ISBN | : |
The author shares the story of her teenage struggle with clinical depression, and tells how she regained her good health.
Author | : Émile Zola |
Publisher | : OUP Oxford |
Total Pages | : 432 |
Release | : 2009-01-29 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 0191506451 |
Did possessing and killing amount to the same thing deep within the dark recesses of the human beast? La Bete humaine (1890), is one of Zola's most violent and explicit works. On one level a tale of murder, passion and possession, it is also a compassionate study of individuals derailed by atavistic forces beyond their control. Zola considered this his `most finely worked' novel, and in it he powerfully evokes life at the end of the Second Empire in France, where society seemed to be hurtling into the future like the new locomotives and railways it was building. While expressing the hope that human nature evolves through education and gradually frees itself of the burden of inherited evil, he is constantly reminding us that under the veneer of technological progress there remains, always, the beast within. This new translation captures Zola's fast-paced yet deliberately dispassionate style, while the introduction and detailed notes place the novel in its social, historical, and literary context. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
Author | : Serena Valentino |
Publisher | : Disney Electronic Content |
Total Pages | : 201 |
Release | : 2014-07-22 |
Genre | : Young Adult Fiction |
ISBN | : 1423196376 |
A cursed prince sits alone in a secluded castle. Few have seen him, but those who claim they have say his hair is wild and nails are sharp--like a beast's! But how did this prince, once jovial and beloved by the people, come to be a reclusive and bitter monster? And is it possible that he can ever find true love and break the curse that has been placed upon him?
Author | : Caspar Henderson |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 448 |
Release | : 2013-04-10 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 022604470X |
From medieval bestiaries to Borges’s Book of Imaginary Beings, we’ve long been enchanted by extraordinary animals, be they terrifying three-headed dogs or asps impervious to a snake charmer’s song. But bestiaries are more than just zany zoology—they are artful attempts to convey broader beliefs about human beings and the natural order. Today, we no longer fear sea monsters or banshees. But from the infamous honey badger to the giant squid, animals continue to captivate us with the things they can do and the things they cannot, what we know about them and what we don’t. With The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, Caspar Henderson offers readers a fascinating, beautifully produced modern-day menagerie. But whereas medieval bestiaries were often based on folklore and myth, the creatures that abound in Henderson’s book—from the axolotl to the zebrafish—are, with one exception, very much with us, albeit sometimes in depleted numbers. The Book of Barely Imagined Beings transports readers to a world of real creatures that seem as if they should be made up—that are somehow more astonishing than anything we might have imagined. The yeti crab, for example, uses its furry claws to farm the bacteria on which it feeds. The waterbear, meanwhile, is among nature’s “extreme survivors,” able to withstand a week unprotected in outer space. These and other strange and surprising species invite readers to reflect on what we value—or fail to value—and what we might change. A powerful combination of wit, cutting-edge natural history, and philosophical meditation, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings is an infectious and inspiring celebration of the sheer ingenuity and variety of life in a time of crisis and change.