Book Description
In this satiric view of intellectual life in the 1920s, diverse aspects of experience are observed simultaneously by characters based on celebrities of the time, such as D.H. Lawrence, Katherine Mansfield, and Huxley himself.
Author : Aldous Huxley
Publisher :
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 49,34 MB
Release : 1928
Category : British and Irish fiction (Fictional works by one author).
ISBN :
In this satiric view of intellectual life in the 1920s, diverse aspects of experience are observed simultaneously by characters based on celebrities of the time, such as D.H. Lawrence, Katherine Mansfield, and Huxley himself.
Author : Edward L. Gubman
Publisher : Society for Human Resource Management
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,80 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781586442767
"Published in association with the Society for Human Resource Management, Alexandria, Virginia."
Author : Richard Russo
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 22,87 MB
Release : 2019-07-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1101947756
“[Russo’s] first novel in ten years hits the ball out of the park. . . . You’ll lap up this gripping, wise, and wonderful summer treat.” —The Boston Globe “A cascade of charm. . . . Russo is an undeniably endearing writer, and chances are this story will draw you back to the most consequential moments in your own life.”—The Washington Post One beautiful September day, three men in their late sixties convene on Martha's Vineyard, friends ever since meeting in college in the sixties. They couldn't have been more different then, or even today—Lincoln's a commercial real estate broker, Teddy a tiny-press publisher, and Mickey is a musician beyond his rockin' age. But each man holds his own secrets, in addition to the monumental mystery that none of them has ever stopped puzzling over since a Memorial Day weekend right here on the Vineyard in 1971. Now, forty-five years later, three lives and that of a significant other are put on displaywhile the distant past confounds the present ina relentless squall of surprise and discovery. Shot through with Russo's trademark comedy and humanity, Chances Are . . . introduces a new level of suspense and menace that will quicken the reader's heartbeat throughout this absorbing saga.
Author : Lynn Eubank
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 45,84 MB
Release : 1991-01-01
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9027224641
Point Counterpoint offers a series of papers and replies originally presented at a special session of the Second Language Research Forum, UCLA, March 1989. The focus of the papers is primarily the role of Universal Grammar in second language acquisition, though the agenda also includes discussion of other fundamental questions, viz., the explanatory potential of linguistic theory in native-language development. It may come as no surprise that the contributors and their respondents often present very different perspectives on the issues, for most of the authors were known in advance to hold contrasting points of view. Contributors (c) and Respondents (r) are: Wolfgang Klein (c)/Nina Hyams (r); Sascha Felix (c)/Jacquelyn Schachter (r); Suzanne Flynn & Sharon Manuel (c)/David Birdsong (r); Lydia White (c)/Robert Bley-Vroman (r); Peter Jordens (c)/Lynn Eubank (r); Jurgen Meisel (c)/Bonnie Schwartz (r); Sharon Hilles (c)/William O'Grady (r); Daniel Finer (c)/Margaret Thomas (r); Usha Lakshmanan (c)/Nina Hymans & Ken Safir (r).
Author : Robert Westwood
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 10,79 MB
Release : 2009-02-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1405142111
This volume introduces readers to the central debates oforganization studies through a series of 'point' and 'counterpoint'debates by major figures in the field. Introduces readers to the central tensions and debates oforganization studies. Celebrates the productive heterogeneity of the field by placingcompeting perspectives side by side. Includes contributions from major figures in the field. Structured in an innovative 'point' and 'counterpoint'format.
Author : Dorian Lynskey
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 37,72 MB
Release : 2019-06-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0385544065
"Rich and compelling. . .Lynskey’s account of the reach of 1984 is revelatory.” --George Packer, The Atlantic An authoritative, wide-ranging, and incredibly timely history of 1984--its literary sources, its composition by Orwell, its deep and lasting effect on the Cold War, and its vast influence throughout world culture at every level, from high to pop. 1984 isn't just a novel; it's a key to understanding the modern world. George Orwell's final work is a treasure chest of ideas and memes--Big Brother, the Thought Police, Doublethink, Newspeak, 2+2=5--that gain potency with every year. Particularly in 2016, when the election of Donald Trump made it a bestseller ("Ministry of Alternative Facts," anyone?). Its influence has morphed endlessly into novels (The Handmaid's Tale), films (Brazil), television shows (V for Vendetta), rock albums (Diamond Dogs), commercials (Apple), even reality TV (Big Brother). The Ministry of Truth is the first book that fully examines the epochal and cultural event that is 1984 in all its aspects: its roots in the utopian and dystopian literature that preceded it; the personal experiences in wartime Great Britain that Orwell drew on as he struggled to finish his masterpiece in his dying days; and the political and cultural phenomena that the novel ignited at once upon publication and that far from subsiding, have only grown over the decades. It explains how fiction history informs fiction and how fiction explains history.
Author : Kevin Hile
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 46,70 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Juvenile delinquents
ISBN : 1438106270
Discusses the juvenile court system and recent trends toward sentencing juveniles as adults.
Author : Felix Salzer
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 24,55 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Composition (Music)
ISBN : 023107039X
-- Stanley Persky, City University of New York
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 10,18 MB
Release : 1979
Category : United States
ISBN :
Author : Johann Fux
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 48,72 MB
Release : 1965
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780393002775
The most celebrated book on counterpoint is Fux's great theoretical work GRADUS AD PARNASSUM. Since its appearance in 1725, it has been used by and has directly influenced the work of many of the great composers, including J.S. Bach, Haydn, and Beethoven. Originally written in Latin, this work has been translated in to the principal European languages. The present translation by Alfred Mann is the first faithful rendering in English, presenting the essence of Fux's teachings.