A Gushing Fountain
A Gushing Fountain

Author: Martin Walser

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2015-04-07

Total Pages: 401

ISBN-13: 1628725443

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Appearing for the first time in English, this masterful novel by one of the foremost figures of postwar German literature is an indelible portrait of Nazism slowly overtaking and poisoning a small town. Semi-autobiographical, it is also a remarkably vivid account of a childhood fraught with troubles, yet full of remembered love and touched by miracle. In a provincial town on Lake Constance, Johann basks in the affection of the colorful staff and regulars at the Station Restaurant. Though his parents struggle to make ends meet, around him the world is rich in mystery: the attraction of girls; the power of words and his gift for music; his rivalry with his best friend, Adolf, son of the local Brownshirt leader; a circus that comes to town bringing Anita, whose love he and Adolf compete to win. But in these hard times, with businesses failing all around them and life savings gone in an instant, people whisper that only Hitler can save them. As the Nazis gradually infiltrate the churches, the school, the youth organizations—even the restaurant—and come to power, we see through Johann’s eyes how the voices of dissent are silenced one by one, until war begins the body count that will include his beloved older brother. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade, Yucca, and Good Books imprints, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in fiction—novels, novellas, political and medical thrillers, comedy, satire, historical fiction, romance, erotic and love stories, mystery, classic literature, folklore and mythology, literary classics including Shakespeare, Dumas, Wilde, Cather, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

Gushing Fountain
Gushing Fountain

Author: Javed Latoo

Publisher: Partridge Publishing

Published: 2019-01-25

Total Pages: 98

ISBN-13: 1543704700

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"This book is a fine offer expanding the horizon of poetic readership...His yearnings are so genuine; readers can connect instantly. Humanity and love seem to be the genesis of his fecundity" —Ambika Ananth, Muse India, India "Poets like Dr Latoo may be able to contribute to the formation of a healthier global village...There is a poet-philosopher in the author of the Gushing Fountain", —Dr James Paul Pandarakalam, British Journal of Medical Practitioners, UK "Javed is so good at writing in original ways about calamities that humanity is facing. ... This book makes the reader feel good in more ways than one" —Dr Nasseer Masoodi, Greater Kashmir, India "A fascinating read... The poems are full of insight, generosity and unaffected passion. The writing is exhilarating. I highly recommend this book for every poem lover" —Sumaiya Aadil Shah, Rising Kashmir, India GUSHING FOUNTAIN: is a heartwarming and uplifting poetry collection. Poetry helps us to re-experience and re-imagine the world. Its beauty and power can heal us as well as create a sense of ecstasy. This collection of poems, written by a doctor of mind ( A Psychiatrist ), will inspire you, will give wings to your imagination and will enlighten your heart.

Culture and Identity in a Muslim Society
Culture and Identity in a Muslim Society

Author: Gary S. Gregg

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2007-02-15

Total Pages: 380

ISBN-13: 0198042353

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In the last fifteen years, psychologists have rediscovered culture and its influence on emotion, thought, and self. Many researchers have come to the conclusion that the world's cultures can be ranked according to the degree to which they are individualist or collectivist, with Western cultures falling at the individualist end and non-Western cultures at the collectivist end. These scholars argue that while individualist cultures give rise to "independent" selves, leading Westerners to think and act autonomously, collectivist cultures foster "interdependent" selves, leading non-Westerners, embedded in social-relationships, to think and act relationally. Culture and Identity in a Muslim Society presents an alternative to the individualist- collectivist approach to identity. Unlike most psychological and anthropological studies of culture and self, Gary Gregg's work directly investigates individuals, using "study of lives"-style interviews with young adults living in villages and small towns in southern Morocco. Analyzing these young adults' life-narratives, Gregg builds a theory of culture and identity that differs from prevailing psychological and anthropological models in important respects. In contrast to modernist theories of identity as unified, the life-narratives show individuals to articulate a small set of shifting identities. In contrast to post-modern theories that claim people have a kaleidoscopic multiplicity of fluid identities, the narratives show that the identities are integrated by repeated use of culturally-specific self-symbols, metaphors, and story-plots. Most importantly, the life-narratives show these young Moroccans' self-representations to be pervasively shaped by the volatile cultural struggle between Western-style "modernity" and authentic Muslim "tradition." Offering a new approach to the study of identity, the volume will be of interest to cross-cultural psychologists, anthropologists, scholars of Middle-East societies, and researchers specializing in the study of lives.