The Changed Man
Author: Orson Scott Card
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 257
ISBN-13: 0812533658
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEleven stories of dread, introductions and afterwords from "Maps in a mirror."
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A changed man
Author: Thomas HARDY
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
Published: 1923
Total Pages: 314
ISBN-13: 1427036209
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThomas Paine's Rights of Man
Author: Christopher Hitchens
Publisher: Grove Press
Published: 2008-09
Total Pages: 180
ISBN-13: 9780802143839
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThomas Paine's "Rights of Man" has been celebrated, criticized, maligned, suppressed, and co-opted, but Hitchens marvels at its forethought and revels in its contentiousness. In this book, he demonstrates how Paine's book forms the philosophical cornerstone of the U.S.
The Changed Man
Author: Orson Scott Card
Publisher: Tor Books
Published: 1992-04-15
Total Pages: 257
ISBN-13: 1429922192
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThese eleven chilling tales from bestselling author Orson Scott Card, including the author's introductions and afterword comments, provoke the dreaded dark side of the reader's imagination. The Changed Man, the first volume of stories in the Maps in a Mirror series, wonderfully showcases Card’s versatility in both genre and form. Introduction Eumenides in the Fourth Floor Lavatory Quietus Deep Breathing Exercises Fat Farm Closing the Timelid Freeway Games A Sepulcher of Songs Prior Restraint The Changed Man and the King of Words Memories of My Head Lost Boys Afterword At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Landmarks
Author: Robert Macfarlane
Publisher: Penguin UK
Published: 2015-03-05
Total Pages: 262
ISBN-13: 0241967864
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSHORTLISTED FOR THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE From the bestselling author of UNDERLAND, THE OLD WAYS and THE LOST WORDS 'Few books give such a sense of enchantment; it is a book to give to many, and to return to repeatedly' Independent 'Enormously pleasurable, deeply moving. A bid to save our rich hoard of landscape language, and a blow struck for the power of a deep creative relationship to place' Financial Times 'A book that ought to be read by policymakers, educators, armchair environmentalists and active conservationists the world over' Guardian 'Gorgeous, thoughtful and lyrical' Independent on Sunday 'Feels as if [it] somehow grew out of the land itself. A delight' Sunday Times Discover Robert Macfarlane's joyous meditation on words, landscape and the relationship between the two. Words are grained into our landscapes, and landscapes are grained into our words. Landmarks is about the power of language to shape our sense of place. It is a field guide to the literature of nature, and a glossary containing thousands of remarkable words used in England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales to describe land, nature and weather. Travelling from Cumbria to the Cairngorms, and exploring the landscapes of Roger Deakin, J. A. Baker, Nan Shepherd and others, Robert Macfarlane shows that language, well used, is a keen way of knowing landscape, and a vital means of coming to love it.
A Man from Another Land
Author: Isaiah Washington
Publisher: Center Street
Published: 2011-04-27
Total Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 1599954265
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this inspirational memoir, Grey's Anatomy actor Isaiah Washington explains how filling in the gaps of his past led him to discover a new passion: helping those less fortunate. DNA testing revealed that Washington was descended from the Mende people, who today live in Sierra Leone. For many people, the story would end with the results of the search; for Isaiah, it had just begun. Discovering his roots has given him a new purpose, to lead an inspirational life defined by faith and charity. After visiting Sierra Leone, and researching the country and its needs, Washington forged a strong relationship with the Mende people, and was inducted as Chief Gondobay Manga in May 2006. He established The Gondobay Manga Foundation to institute many improvements suggested by the country's people, addressing educational concerns, practical issues (road building, water supply, and electricity), and rehabilitative projects. Dual citizenship has been a dream of African-Americans such as W.E.B. DuBois, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X, but Washington became the first to realize that honor in 2008. A twofold milestone, it was also the first time an African president granted citizenship based on DNA.
The Man who Changed how Boys and Toys Were Made
Author: Bruce Watson
Publisher: Penguin Group
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 242
ISBN-13: 9780142003534
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe story of the man who invented the Erector Set.C. Gilbert was all of these, but he made his name by refusing to grow up.
The Daily Stoic
Author: Ryan Holiday
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2016-10-18
Total Pages: 418
ISBN-13: 0735211744
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom the team that brought you The Obstacle Is the Way and Ego Is the Enemy, a daily devotional of Stoic meditations—an instant Wall Street Journal and USA Today Bestseller. Why have history's greatest minds—from George Washington to Frederick the Great to Ralph Waldo Emerson, along with today's top performers from Super Bowl-winning football coaches to CEOs and celebrities—embraced the wisdom of the ancient Stoics? Because they realize that the most valuable wisdom is timeless and that philosophy is for living a better life, not a classroom exercise. The Daily Stoic offers 366 days of Stoic insights and exercises, featuring all-new translations from the Emperor Marcus Aurelius, the playwright Seneca, or slave-turned-philosopher Epictetus, as well as lesser-known luminaries like Zeno, Cleanthes, and Musonius Rufus. Every day of the year you'll find one of their pithy, powerful quotations, as well as historical anecdotes, provocative commentary, and a helpful glossary of Greek terms. By following these teachings over the course of a year (and, indeed, for years to come) you'll find the serenity, self-knowledge, and resilience you need to live well.
The Female Man
Author: Joanna Russ
Publisher: Open Road Media
Published: 2018-05-08
Total Pages: 233
ISBN-13: 1504050932
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFour alternate selves from radically different realities come together in this “dazzling” and “trailblazing work” (The Washington Post). Widely acknowledged as Joanna Russ’s masterpiece, The Female Man is the suspenseful, surprising, darkly witty, and boldly subversive chronicle of what happens when Jeannine, Janet, Joanna, and Jael—all living in parallel worlds—meet. Librarian Jeannine is waiting for marriage in a past where the Depression never ended, Janet lives on a utopian Earth with an all-female population, Joanna is a feminist in the 1970s, and Jael is a warrior with claws and teeth on an Earth where male and female societies are at war with each other. When the four women begin traveling to one another’s worlds, their preconceptions on gender and identity are forever challenged. With “palpable anger . . . leavened by wit and humor” (The New York Times), Russ both employs and upends genre conventions to deliver a wickedly satiric and exhilarating version of when worlds collide and women get woke. This ebook includes the Nebula Award–winning bonus short story “When It Changed,” set in the world of The Female Man.
Spinach Days
Author: Robert Phillips
Publisher: JHU Press
Published: 2000-07-13
Total Pages: 120
ISBN-13: 9780801864513
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPhillips reveals himself to be a master of closure, and he writes as one who delights in the liveliness of language and wordplay.
