Echoes of an Autobiography
Echoes of an Autobiography

Author: Naguib Mahfouz

Publisher: Anchor

Published: 2016-06-15

Total Pages: 145

ISBN-13: 0525431659

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From the Foreword by Nadine Gordimer: "These pieces are meditations which echo that which was, has been, and is the writer Mahfouz. They are--in the words of the title of one of the prose pieces--'The Dialogue of the Late Afternoon' of his life. I don't believe any autobiography, with its inevitable implication of self-presentation, could have matched what we have here." With more than 500,000 copies of his books in print, Naguib Mahfouz has established a following of readers for whom Echoes of an Autobiography provides a unique opportunity to catch an intimate glimpse into the life and mind of this magnificent storyteller. Here, in his first work of nonfiction ever to be published in the United States, Mahfouz considers the myriad perplexities of existence, including preoccupations with old age, death, and life's transitory nature. A surprising and delightful departure from his bestselling and much-loved fiction, this unusual and thoughtful book is breathtaking evidence of the fact that Naguib Mahfouz is not only a "storyteller of the first order" (Vanity Fair), but also a profound thinker of the first order.

Echoes From The Holocaust
Echoes From The Holocaust

Author: Mira Ryczke Kimmelman

Publisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 9780870499562

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In April 1945, British troops liberated the camp, and Mira was eventually reunited with her father. Most of the other members of her family had perished.

The Mahfouz Dialogs
The Mahfouz Dialogs

Author: Jamāl Ghīṭānī

Publisher: American Univ in Cairo Press

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13: 9789774161278

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The Mahfouz Dialogs records the memories, views, and jokes of Naguib Mahfouz on subjects ranging from politics to the relationship between his novels and his life, as delivered to intimate friends at a series of informal meetings stretching out over almost half a century. Mahfouz was a pivotal figure not only in world literature (through being awarded the Nobel prize for literature in 1988 he became the first writer in Arabic to win a mass audience), but also in his own society, where he vastly enhanced the image of the writer in the eyes of the public and encapsulated--as the victim of a savage attack on his life by an Islamist in 1994--the struggle between pluralism, tolerance, and secularism on the one hand and extremist Islam. Moderated by Gamal al-Ghitani, a writer of a younger generation who shared a common background with Mahfouz (al-Ghitani also grew up in medieval Cairo) and felt a vast personal empathy for the writer despite their sometimes different views, these exchanges throw new light on Mahfouz's life, the creation of his novels, and literary Egypt in the second half of the twentieth century.

Echoes of My Footsteps
Echoes of My Footsteps

Author: Ivan Z. Gabor

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 346

ISBN-13: 1449053203

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This amazing epic spans fifty years, four continents, three wars, and the multiple identities of one man who had to adapt to survive. As a little boy he endured the holocaust, from shootings on the bloody banks of the Danube to a frustrated rescue attempt by Raoul Wallenberg. From unprecendented stardom in the theater to abandonment on the streets of a strange land, combat in the desert, unprecedented success in foreign lands, and a tender and profound love story, this an inspiring saga for all people. www.ivangabor.com

Ocean Echoes
Ocean Echoes

Author: Arthur Mason

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-03-19

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 9780365004189

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Excerpt from Ocean Echoes: An Autobiography I have been asked to write my biography. Other people have written of their lives, lives of greater value to the world than mine; though possibly mine too has not been without value in some little ways. Lives have been written so interesting in the telling, that sceptical readers have condemned them as adorned. My story, I believe, is not lacking in excitement it shall be told simply, and as swiftly and truly as though the years were crossing the paper, crowd ing me away from youth and toward the Great Adventure. There may be glued leaves in the volume of my life, but I Shall steam them apart, trying to piece out a pattern that is not so much smudged as the background would lead one to suppose. There will be in the pattern success and failure heart-cheer and heart-break, such as are in all our lives such philosophy too as would result from the thinking my life has invited. That there is love to the very end, and will be, as long as I live, speaks not so well for me (for if ever anyone knows the rough-and-tumble of life, I should know it) as it does for human nature. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Angela Davis
Angela Davis

Author: Angela Y. Davis

Publisher: Haymarket Books

Published: 2022-01-18

Total Pages: 481

ISBN-13: 1642596655

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“An activist. An author. A scholar. An abolitionist. A legend.” —Ibram X. Kendi This beautiful new edition of Angela Davis’s classic Autobiography features an expansive new introduction by the author. “I am excited to be publishing this new edition of my autobiography with Haymarket Books at a time when so many are making collective demands for radical change and are seeking a deeper understanding of the social movements of the past.” —Angela Y. Davis Angela Davis has been a political activist at the cutting edge of the Black Liberation, feminist, queer, and prison abolitionist movements for more than 50 years. First published and edited by Toni Morrison in 1974, An Autobiography is a powerful and commanding account of her early years in struggle. Davis describes her journey from a childhood on Dynamite Hill in Birmingham, Alabama, to one of the most significant political trials of the century: from her political activity in a New York high school to her work with the U.S. Communist Party, the Black Panther Party, and the Soledad Brothers; and from the faculty of the Philosophy Department at UCLA to the FBI's list of the Ten Most Wanted Fugitives. Told with warmth, brilliance, humor and conviction, Angela Davis’s autobiography is a classic account of a life in struggle with echoes in our own time.

Echoes of an Angel
Echoes of an Angel

Author: Aquanetta Gordon

Publisher: Tyndale Momentum

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 1414386222

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When Ben Underwood became blind at the age of two, anyone would have thought he faced a life full of hardship and uphill challenges--a world full of things he'd never be able to see and activities he'd never be able to enjoy. But as far as his mom, Aquanetta Gordon, was concerned, nothing was impossible for Ben . . . and so he accomplished the incredible. Known as "the boy who could see with sound," Ben mastered human echolocation--the ability to detect the size, shape and location of objects through the reflection of sound waves. By clicking his tongue and "seeing" the waves, Ben could ride his bike, shoot baskets, identify objects, and even play video games. Some called it a miracle, but to Ben and Aqua, the real miracles were the otherworldly experiences God gave Ben--physical and spiritual--that others couldn't explain. Echoes of an Angel is the remarkable true story of how a child who seemed destined for darkness brought light to the world. It's the story of a single mom who encouraged her son to push beyond his limits, even as her heart clenched with protective love and fear. And it's the story of a family's unshakable faith . . . in God and each other.

Among Silent Echoes
Among Silent Echoes

Author: Phyllis Dyson

Publisher: Caitlin Press

Published: 2021-10-08

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 9781773860640

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Twenty-five years after her mother's traumatic death made news headlines, Phyllis Dyson is finally speaking out, addressing her own silences, and breaking the cycle of abuse.