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Author |
: Wislawa Szymborska |
Publisher |
: W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages |
: 172 |
Release |
: 2002-11-17 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780393323856 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0393323854 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (56 Downloads) |
Synopsis Miracle Fair: Selected Poems of Wislawa Szymborska by : Wislawa Szymborska
Samples the full range of Nobel Prize winning poet Wislawa Szymborska's major themes: the ironies of love, history lessons unlearned, our parochial human perspective, humanity's place in the cosmos, and the illusory character of art. Szymborska's voice emerges as that of a humanitarian graced with a gift for coaxing the extraordinary out of the ordinary in life and language.
Author |
: Robert C. Bannister |
Publisher |
: UNC Press Books |
Total Pages |
: 312 |
Release |
: 2014-02-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781469616230 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1469616238 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (30 Downloads) |
Synopsis Sociology and Scientism by : Robert C. Bannister
During the 1920s a new generation of American sociologists tried to make their discipline more objective by adopting the methodology of the natural sciences. Robert Bannister provides the first comprehensive account of the emergence of this "objectivism" within the matrix of the evolutionism of Lester Ward and other founders of American sociology. Objectivism meant confining inquiry to the observable externals of social behavior and quantifying the results. Although objectivism was a marked departure from the theoretical and reformist sociology of the prewar years, and caused often-fierce intergenerational struggle, sociological objectivism had roots deep in prewar sociology. Objectivism first surfaced in the work of sociology's "second generation," the most prominent members of which completed their graduate work prior to World War I. It gradually took shape in what may be termed "realist" and "nominalist" variants, the first represented by Luther Lee Bernard and the second by William F. Ogburn and F. Stuart Chapin. For Bernard, a scientific sociology was radical, prescribing absolute standards for social policy. For Ogburn and Chapin, it was essentially statistical and advisory in the sense that experts would concern themselves exclusively with means rather than ends. Although the objectivists differed among themselves, they together precipitated battles within the American Sociological Society during the 1930s that challenged the monopoly of the Chicago School, paving the way for the informal alliance of Parsonian theorists and a new generation of quantifiers that dominated the profession throughout the 1950s. By shedding new light on the careers of Ward and the other founders and by providing original accounts of the careers of the leading objectivists, Bannister presents a unique look at the course of sociology before and after World War I. He puts theory formation in an institutional, ideological, and biographical setting, and thus offers an unparalleled look at the formation of a modern academic profession.
Author |
: |
Publisher |
: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. |
Total Pages |
: 325 |
Release |
: 2011-03-21 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781414341774 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1414341776 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (74 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Secret Holocaust Diaries by :
Nonna Bannister carried a secret almost to her Tennessee grave: the diaries she had kept as a young girl experiencing the horrors of the Holocaust. This book reveals that story. Nonna’s childhood writings, revisited in her late adulthood, tell the remarkable tale of how a Russian girl from a family that had known wealth and privilege, then exposed to German labor camps, learned the value of human life and the importance of forgiveness. This story of loss, of love, and of forgiveness is one you will not forget.
Author |
: Tracy B. Strong |
Publisher |
: University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages |
: 423 |
Release |
: 2012-04-20 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780226777467 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0226777464 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (67 Downloads) |
Synopsis Politics Without Vision by : Tracy B. Strong
Politics without Vision takes up the thought of seven influential thinkers, each of whom attempted to construct a political solution to this problem: Nietzsche, Weber, Freud, Lenin, Schmitt, Heidegger, and Arendt. None of these theorists were liberals nor, excepting possibly Arendt, were they democrats—and some might even be said to have served as handmaidens to totalitarianism. And all to a greater or lesser extent shared the common conviction that the institutions and practices of liberalism are inadequate to the demands and stresses of the present times. In examining their thought, Strong acknowledges the political evil that some of their ideas served to foster but argues that these were not necessarily the only paths their explorations could have taken. By uncovering the turning points in their thought—and the paths not taken—Strong strives to develop a political theory that can avoid, and perhaps help explain, the mistakes of the past while furthering the democratic impulse.
Author |
: Ilona Bannister |
Publisher |
: Anchor |
Total Pages |
: 337 |
Release |
: 2022-02-08 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780593081761 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0593081765 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (61 Downloads) |
Synopsis When I Ran Away by : Ilona Bannister
Longlisted for the Center for Fiction’s 2021 First Novel Prize • A rich, bighearted debut that takes us from working-class Staten Island in the wake of the September 11th attacks to moneyed London a decade later, revealing a story of loss, motherhood, and love. As the Twin Towers collapse, Gigi Stanislawski flees her office building and escapes lower Manhattan on the Staten Island Ferry. Among the crying, ash-covered, and shoeless passengers, Gigi, unbelievably, finds someone she recognizes--Harry Harrison, a British man and a regular at her favorite coffee shop. Gigi brings Harry to her parents' house, where they watch the television replay the planes crashing for hours, and she waits for the phone call that will never come: the call from Frankie, her younger brother. Ten years later, Gigi, now a single mother consumed with bills and unfulfilled ambitions, meets Harry, again by chance, and they fall deeply, headlong in love. But their move to London and their new baby--which Gigi hoped would finally release her from the past--leave her feeling isolated, raw, and alone with her grief. As Gigi comes face-to-face with the anguish of her brother's death and her rage at the unspoken pain of motherhood, she must somehow find the light amid all the darkness. Startlingly honest and shot through with unexpected humor, When I Ran Away is an unforgettable first novel about love--for our partners, our children, our mothers, and ourselves--pushed to its outer limits.
Author |
: Jo Bannister |
Publisher |
: Minotaur Books |
Total Pages |
: 240 |
Release |
: 2011-08-02 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781429972178 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1429972173 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (78 Downloads) |
Synopsis Death in High Places by : Jo Bannister
Two friends embark on a climb of treacherous Anarchy Ridge but only one will make it down alive. Unjustly blamed for his friend's haunting death, the other must run for his life as a mourning father seeks revenge, in Jo Bannister's thrilling mystery novel Death in High Places Two friends stand at the foot of the glacier, looking up to Anarchy Ridge. They can't see the summit of the mountain, only its heaving shoulders. But they can see the thin blade of the ridge, and the snow whipping off it by the rising wind making arabesques against the impossibly blue sky. They stand still for a long time, their kit at their feet, just looking, but the mountain awaits. They begin their climb up the ridge, but only one of the friends will make it down alive. Afraid for his own life when his friend's vengeful father blames him for the deadly climbing accident, and with the horrific memory of that moment of peril playing in his mind, the other must make a run for his life.
Author |
: Jerry Bannister |
Publisher |
: University of Toronto Press |
Total Pages |
: 345 |
Release |
: 2012-02-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781442661134 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1442661135 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (34 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Loyal Atlantic by : Jerry Bannister
Adding to a dynamic new wave of scholarship in Atlantic history, The Loyal Atlantic offers fresh interpretations of the key role played by Loyalism in shaping the early modern British Empire. This cohesive collection investigates how Loyalism and the empire were mutually constituted and reconstituted from the eighteenth century onward. Featuring contributions by authors from across Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom, The Loyal Atlantic brings Loyalism into a genuinely international focus. Through cutting-edge archival research, The Loyal Atlantic contextualizes Loyalism within the larger history of the British Empire. It also details how, far from being a passive allegiance, Loyalism changed in unexpected and fascinating ways — especially in times of crisis. Most importantly, The Loyal Atlantic demonstrates that neither the conquest of Canada nor the American Revolution can be properly understood without assessing the meanings of Loyalism in the wider Atlantic world.
Author |
: Roger Bannister |
Publisher |
: Biteback Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 254 |
Release |
: 2014-04-17 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781849547383 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1849547386 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (83 Downloads) |
Synopsis Twin Tracks by : Roger Bannister
It was a blustery late spring day in 1954 and a young Oxford medical student flung himself over the line in a mile race. There was an agonising pause, and then the timekeeper announced the record: three minutes, fifty-nine point four seconds. But no one heard anything after that first word - 'three'. One of the most iconic barriers of sport had been broken, and Roger Bannister had become the first man to run a mile in under four minutes. To this day, more men have conquered Mount Everest than have achieved what the slender, unassuming student managed that afternoon. Sixty years on and the letters still arrive on Roger Bannister's doormat, letters testifying to the enduring appeal of the four-minute mile and the example it set for the generation of budding athletes who were inspired to attempt the impossible. In this frank memoir, Sir Roger tells the full story of the talent and dedication that made him not just one of the most celebrated athletes of the last century but also a distinguished doctor, neurologist and one of the nation's best-loved public figures. With characteristically trenchant views on drugs in sport, the nature of modern athletics and record breaking, the extraordinary explosion in running as a leisure activity, and the Olympic legacy, this rare and brilliant autobiography gives a fascinating insight into the life of a man who has lived life to the fullest.
Author |
: T'Gracie Reese |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 288 |
Release |
: 2013-05 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1939816084 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781939816085 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (84 Downloads) |
Synopsis Sea Change by : T'Gracie Reese
Bay St. Lucy is a sleepy little Gulf Coast community--and that's the way its residents like it. Most of them generally ignore the monstrous old Robinson mansion that sits in the center of town, until one day, insane old man Robinson dies and leaves the house and its accompanying fortune to the town. The residents are ecstatic and begin planning improved schools and cultural centers. Local retired school teacher and village elder Nina Bannister is sent to the man's funeral in New Orleans and to represent Bay St. Lucy at the reading of his will. However, Nina returns from her trip saddened to report that a long lost Robinson relative has appeared to claim the entire inheritance. Almost immediately, the new owner--flamboyant Eve Ivory--arrives and announces her own plans to turn Bay St. Lucy into a extravagant vacation resort, not plans that anyone in this small town like at all and ones that will quickly lead to murder.
Author |
: Andy Bannister |
Publisher |
: InterVarsity Press |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2021-05-18 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781789742299 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1789742293 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (99 Downloads) |
Synopsis Do Muslims and Christians Worship the Same God? by : Andy Bannister
Do Muslims and Christians Worship the Same God? gets to the heart of what the world’s two largest religions say about life’s biggest questions—and shows the uniqueness of Christianity’s answer not merely to the question of whether God exists, but of who God really is.