Conrad’s Answers to Life’s Purpose
Conrad’s Answers to Life’s Purpose

Author: John Paul Carinci

Publisher: Archway Publishing

Published: 2021-11-07

Total Pages: 175

ISBN-13: 166571364X

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Thirty-five-year-old Richie Lopez is at the end of his rope. His marriage is over, he’s barred from seeing his son, he is unfulfilled at a dead-end-job, and he is drinking to excess. But all of that is about to change when he meets Conrad Richards, a mysterious man that seems to have all the answers to the world’s most difficult questions—and a ghostly way of disappearing and appearing in other places at will. Although Richie suspects something very unusual, he admires his new friend so much that he keeps his thoughts to himself. Still, he cannot help but wonder if Conrad is just a brilliant old man or if he is an angel, how he seems to know him inside and out, and why he has chosen him to fulfill his lifelong dream of writing a book about life’s purpose. As Conrad mentors Richie, he shares his personal reflections and secrets to success. But will he live long enough for Richie to learn all there is, and will Richie ever discover whether Conrad is human or something more spiritual? In this heartwarming story, an older man appears in a troubled young man’s life to share his wisdom and ask him to fulfill his long-held dream of writing a book.

The Quest for Purpose
The Quest for Purpose

Author: John Paul Carinci

Publisher: Archway Publishing

Published: 2022-05-24

Total Pages: 152

ISBN-13: 1665722355

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Fifty-five-year-old Anthony DiSarlo is a recent retiree still deep in mourning over the tragic loss of his wife of thirty years. Even worse, he has lost the will to live and sees no purpose in his life. Shortly after he wins his multimillion-dollar medical malpractice lawsuit against those responsible for his wife’s death, Anthony’s sister and her husband invite him to join them on their annual visit to Florence, Italy. As he reluctantly accepts and heads home to pack and prepare, Anthony has no idea that all hell is about to break loose and that someone wants him dead. After a series of clues lead the police to arrest the suspect, Anthony goes on the trip of a lifetime across majestic Italy to find the purpose he so desperately seeks. But when his path crosses with that of a true Italian goddess, Anthony is left wondering if he can fall in love again and whether the best is really yet to be. The Quest for Purpose is an international tale of sorrow, love, and passion as a widower journeys to Italy to find his purpose after his wife dies from a tragic accident.

Joseph Conrad
Joseph Conrad

Author: Zdzisław Najder

Publisher: Camden House

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 820

ISBN-13: 9781571133472

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Up-to-date and extensive revision of Najder's much-acclaimed scholarly biography of Conrad, employing newly accessible sources. Joseph Conrad is not only one of the world's great writers of English -- and world -- literature, but was a writer who lived a particularly full and interesting life. For the biographer this is a double-edged sword, however: thereare many periods for which documentation is uncommonly difficult. Zdzislaw Najder's meticulously documented biography first appeared in English in 1983, garnering high praise as the best, most complete biography of Conrad. Najder's command of English, French, Polish, and Russian allowed him access to a greater variety of sources than any other biographer, and his Polish background and his own experience as an exile have afforded him a unique affinity forConrad and his milieu. All this has come into play once again in the present, extensively revised edition: much of its extensive new material was unearthed in newly-opened former east-bloc archives. There is new material on Conrad's father's genealogy and his role in Polish politics; Conrad's service in the French and British merchant marines; his early English reading and correspondence; his experiences in the Congo; the circumstances of writing his memoirs, and much more. In addition, several aspects of Conrad's life and works are more thoroughly analyzed: his problems with the English language; his borrowings from French writers; his attitude toward socialism, his reaction to the reception of his books. Zdzislaw Najder teaches at the European Academy, Cracow.

Homosexuality in the Life and Work of Joseph Conrad
Homosexuality in the Life and Work of Joseph Conrad

Author: Richard J. Ruppel

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2008-02-19

Total Pages: 123

ISBN-13: 1135914222

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This book examines the representations of homosexuality and homoeroticism in Conrad’s fiction. Drawing on the work of Geoffrey Galt Harpham, Robert Hodges, Wayne Koestenbaum, Christopher Lane, and others who have already begun unearthing and analyzing this subject, the author traces Conrad’s representations of homosexuality and homoeroticism, beginning with the Malay works and ending with The Shadow Line.

Life, Myth, and the American Family Unreeling
Life, Myth, and the American Family Unreeling

Author: Jeffry John Stein

Publisher: Universal-Publishers

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 330

ISBN-13: 9781581124910

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This book is about what movies do for us. It is about how movies exhibit the contradictions, truths, and fantasies surrounding our bedrock American beliefs in things held sacred, including, in this case, our creed of family. It is about why we again and again attend the dark universal tabernacles in which these sermons are offered. The depth of analysis offered here will also bring new insights to those concerned with parenting issues, self understanding, and media consciousness - all increasingly relevant areas of concern in contemporary life. And, for those interested in telling stories that will truly "move" the rest of us, this book will serve as a secret doorway to the inner sanctum of human characters responding to the places and times of their lives. Finally, this book will bring revelation and liberation to reader's lives by showing them how to look through movies into themselves as they have never done before. In the specific examples of archetypal life journeys illuminated through these films, they will experience empathy with the ineffability of their existence. And, in transubstantiating with these movie characters amidst history, culture, and family, they will journey through their own conundrums in arcs that bring them moments of at-one-ment.

Study Guide to Lord Jim and Other Works by Joseph Conrad
Study Guide to Lord Jim and Other Works by Joseph Conrad

Author: Intelligent Education

Publisher: Influence Publishers

Published: 2020-06-28

Total Pages: 265

ISBN-13: 1645422917

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A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for selected works by Joseph Conrad, Polish-British writer known as one of the greatest novelists to write in the English language. As a master prose stylist of nineteenth and twentieth-century modernism, Conrad’s works shaped and inspired English narrative fiction. Moreover, his novels’ anti-heroic characters inspired many other authors. This Bright Notes Study Guide explores the context and history of Joseph Conrad’s classic work, helping students to thoroughly explore the reasons they have stood the literary test of time. Each Bright Notes Study Guide contains: - Introductions to the Author and the Work - Character Summaries - Plot Guides - Section and Chapter Overviews - Test Essay and Study Q&As The Bright Notes Study Guide series offers an in-depth tour of more than 275 classic works of literature, exploring characters, critical commentary, historical background, plots, and themes. This set of study guides encourages readers to dig deeper in their understanding by including essay questions and answers as well as topics for further research.