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Author |
: Álvaro Santana-Acuña |
Publisher |
: Columbia University Press |
Total Pages |
: 398 |
Release |
: 2020-08-11 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780231545433 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0231545436 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (33 Downloads) |
Synopsis Ascent to Glory by : Álvaro Santana-Acuña
Gabriel García Márquez’s novel One Hundred Years of Solitude seemed destined for obscurity upon its publication in 1967. The little-known author, small publisher, magical style, and setting in a remote Caribbean village were hardly the usual ingredients for success in the literary marketplace. Yet today it ranks among the best-selling books of all time. Translated into dozens of languages, it continues to enter the lives of new readers around the world. How did One Hundred Years of Solitude achieve this unlikely success? And what does its trajectory tell us about how a work of art becomes a classic? Ascent to Glory is a groundbreaking study of One Hundred Years of Solitude, from the moment García Márquez first had the idea for the novel to its global consecration. Using new documents from the author’s archives, Álvaro Santana-Acuña shows how García Márquez wrote the novel, going beyond the many legends that surround it. He unveils the literary ideas and networks that made possible the book’s creation and initial success. Santana-Acuña then follows this novel’s path in more than seventy countries on five continents and explains how thousands of people and organizations have helped it to become a global classic. Shedding new light on the novel’s imagination, production, and reception, Ascent to Glory is an eye-opening book for cultural sociologists and literary historians as well as for fans of García Márquez and One Hundred Years of Solitude.
Author |
: Charles Marsh |
Publisher |
: Vintage |
Total Pages |
: 530 |
Release |
: 2015-04-28 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780307390387 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0307390381 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (87 Downloads) |
Synopsis Strange Glory by : Charles Marsh
Winner, Christianity Today 2015 Book Award in History/Biography Shortlisted for the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography In the decades since his execution by the Nazis in 1945, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the German pastor, theologian, and anti-Hitler conspirator, has become one of the most widely read and inspiring Christian thinkers of our time. With unprecedented archival access and definitive scope, Charles Marsh captures the life of this remarkable man who searched for the goodness in his religion against the backdrop of a steadily darkening Europe. From his brilliant student days in Berlin to his transformative sojourn in America, across Harlem to the Jim Crow South, and finally once again to Germany where he was called to a ministry for the downtrodden, we follow Bonhoeffer on his search for true fellowship and observe the development of his teachings on the shared life in Christ. We witness his growing convictions and theological beliefs, culminating in his vocal denunciation of Germany’s treatment of the Jews that would put him on a crash course with Hitler. Bringing to life for the first time this complex human being—his substantial flaws, inner torment, the friendships and the faith that sustained and finally redeemed him—Strange Glory is a momentous achievement.
Author |
: Chloë Frayne |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 238 |
Release |
: 2018-01-31 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0994635214 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780994635211 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (14 Downloads) |
Synopsis Into Oblivion by : Chloë Frayne
This is a falling upward. A paperback love letter to the infinities inside you. A poetic journey into that oblivion.
Author |
: David Gessner |
Publisher |
: Penguin |
Total Pages |
: 354 |
Release |
: 2017-06-06 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780735210578 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0735210578 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (78 Downloads) |
Synopsis Ultimate Glory by : David Gessner
A story of obsession, glory, and the wild early days of Ultimate Frisbee. David Gessner devoted his twenties to a cultish sport called Ultimate Frisbee. Like his teammates and rivals, he trained for countless hours, sacrificing his body and potential career for a chance at fleeting glory without fortune or fame. His only goal: to win Nationals and go down in Ultimate history as one of the greatest athletes no one has ever heard of. With humor and raw honesty, Gessner explores what it means to devote one’s life to something that many consider ridiculous. Today, Ultimate is played by millions, but in the 1980s, it was an obscure sport with a (mostly) undeserved stoner reputation. Its early heroes were as scrappy as the sport they loved, driven by fierce competition, intense rivalries, epic parties, and the noble ideals of the Spirit of the Game. Ultimate Glory is a portrait of the artist as a young ruffian. Gessner shares the field and his seemingly insane obsession with a cast of closely knit, larger-than-life characters. As his sport grows up, so does he, and eventually he gives up chasing flying discs to pursue a career as a writer. But he never forgets his love for this misunderstood sport and the rare sense of purpose he attained as a member of its priesthood.
Author |
: Walter Mosley |
Publisher |
: St. Martin's Press |
Total Pages |
: 328 |
Release |
: 2013-10 |
ISBN-10 |
: 076536798X |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780765367983 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (8X Downloads) |
Synopsis Merge / Disciple by : Walter Mosley
"New York Times"-bestselling author Mosley delivers two speculative tales about how everyday people are exposed to truths that forever change the way life, death, good, and evil are understood.
Author |
: Winston Groom |
Publisher |
: Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages |
: 348 |
Release |
: 1996-07 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780671562502 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0671562509 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (02 Downloads) |
Synopsis Shrouds of Glory by : Winston Groom
Groom, author of Forrest Gump and other fiction, provides a thoughtful narrative account of Confederate leader General Hood, as well as his military cohorts, troops, and nemeses, from their bizarre cat-and-mouse chase through Georgia and Tennessee to the horrors of the charge at Franklin. Excellent bandw photographs, maps. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author |
: Owen Connelly |
Publisher |
: Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages |
: 292 |
Release |
: 2006 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0742553183 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780742553187 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (83 Downloads) |
Synopsis Blundering to Glory by : Owen Connelly
Renowned for its accuracy, brevity, and readability, this book has long been the gold standard of concise histories of the Napoleonic Wars. Now in an updated and revised edition, it is unique in its portrayal of one of the world's great generals as a scrambler who never had a plan, strategic or tactical, that did not break down or change of necessity in the field. Distinguished historian Owen Connelly argues that Napoleon was the master of the broken play, so confident of his ability to improvise, cover his own mistakes, and capitalize on those of the enemy that he repeatedly plunged his armies into uncertain, seemingly desperate situations, only to emerge victorious as he "blundered" to glory. Beginning with a sketch of Napoleon's early life, the book progresses to his command of artillery at Toulon and the "whiff of grapeshot" in Paris that netted him control of the Army of Italy, where his incredible performance catapulted him to fame. The author vividly traces Napoleon's campaigns as a general of the French Revolution and emperor of the French, knowledgeably analyzing each battle's successes and failures. The author depicts Napoleon's "art of war" as a system of engaging the enemy, waiting for him to make a mistake, improvising a plan on the spot-and winning. Far from detracting from Bonaparte's reputation, his blunders rather made him a great general, a "natural" who depended on his intuition and ability to read battlefields and his enemy to win. Exploring this neglected aspect of Napoleon's battlefield genius, Connelly at the same time offers stirring and complete accounts of all the Napoleonic campaigns.
Author |
: Nathaniel Philbrick |
Publisher |
: Penguin |
Total Pages |
: 480 |
Release |
: 2004-10-26 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781440649103 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1440649103 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (03 Downloads) |
Synopsis Sea of Glory by : Nathaniel Philbrick
"A treasure of a book."—David McCullough The harrowing story of a pathbreaking naval expedition that set out to map the entire Pacific Ocean, dwarfing Lewis and Clark with its discoveries, from the New York Times bestselling author of Valiant Ambition and In the Hurricane's Eye. A New York Times Notable Book America's first frontier was not the West; it was the sea, and no one writes more eloquently about that watery wilderness than Nathaniel Philbrick. In his bestselling In the Heart of the Sea Philbrick probed the nightmarish dangers of the vast Pacific. Now, in an epic sea adventure, he writes about one of the most ambitious voyages of discovery the Western world has ever seen—the U.S. Exploring Expedition of 1838–1842. On a scale that dwarfed the journey of Lewis and Clark, six magnificent sailing vessels and a crew of hundreds set out to map the entire Pacific Ocean and ended up naming the newly discovered continent of Antarctica, collecting what would become the basis of the Smithsonian Institution. Combining spellbinding human drama and meticulous research, Philbrick reconstructs the dark saga of the voyage to show why, instead of being celebrated and revered as that of Lewis and Clark, it has—until now—been relegated to a footnote in the national memory. Winner of the Theodore and Franklin D. Roosevelt Naval History Prize
Author |
: C. M. Harris |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2009 |
ISBN-10 |
: 193522610X |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781935226109 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (0X Downloads) |
Synopsis The Children of Mother Glory by : C. M. Harris
Love stories. Please note this is a gay fiction title. In the turn-of-the-century Midwest, young Glory Potter's lot in life is to serve her father's ministry. When Glory grows into a dominant matriarchal figure--transcending her father in the creation of the Potterite faith and an industry that supports the town of Gulliver--she finds herself fighting "demons from hell" that irresistibly draw her to the woman she craves with all her being. Sebastian, reviled in Gulliver as a conscientious objector for obeying the pacifist dictates of the sect, ends up sequestered in a camp where he too is wracked by the fierce war between his faith and his desire for a fellow CO. Danielle, fifteen years old, already wrenching herself from her implacably judgmental family, defying her faith to preserve her lesbian self, begins a journey unpredictable in its twists and turns, and its costs. Jacob, working for the industry that Glory created, uncovers a number of dark secrets about the Potterite sect. The arrival of sales rep Diana, a transgendered woman, further upends his every concept of himself.
Author |
: A.S. King |
Publisher |
: Hachette UK |
Total Pages |
: 320 |
Release |
: 2014-10-14 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780316222747 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0316222747 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (47 Downloads) |
Synopsis Glory O'Brien's History of the Future by : A.S. King
In this masterpiece about freedom, feminism, and destiny, Printz Honor author A.S. King tells the epic story of a girl coping with devastating loss at long last--a girl who has no idea that the future needs her, and that the present needs her even more. Graduating from high school is a time of limitless possibilities--but not for Glory, who has no plan for what's next. Her mother committed suicide when Glory was only four years old, and she's never stopped wondering if she will eventually go the same way...until a transformative night when she begins to experience an astonishing new power to see a person's infinite past and future. From ancient ancestors to many generations forward, Glory is bombarded with visions--and what she sees ahead of her is terrifying: A tyrannical new leader raises an army. Women's rights disappear. A violent second civil war breaks out. And young girls vanish daily, sold off or interned in camps. Glory makes it her mission to record everything she sees, hoping her notes will somehow make a difference. She may not see a future for herself, but she'll do anything to make sure this one doesn't come to pass.