Author: Robert David Thomas Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press ISBN: 1512807591 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 212
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John Humphrey Noyes, founder of utopian communities in Putney, Vermont, and Oneida, New York, remain one of the most enigmatic reformers of the nineteenth century. The last biography, written over forty years ago, portrayed Noyes as a "Yankee Saint," a man of progressive ideas and religious vision. Yet he has also been called a "Vermont Casanova" whose elaborate theology of Perfection is simply justified the license he took with the women in his communities. Robert David Thomas makes a convincing case that Noyes, though riven by conflict and full of contradictions, had his finger on the social and cultural problems that were bothering a great many Americans of his time. Studied out of context, Noyes must remain a mystery-radical yet conservative, shy yet arrogant, retiring, and passive yet forceful, even oppressive, in his leadership. But against the background of nineteenth-century American activism and religious enthusiasm, John Humphrey Noyes emerges as a man who overcame a tortured personal life and marshaled his inner resources to grapple with a confusing and rapidly changing social world. Using modern theories of the ego, Thomas provides a psychologically consistent portrait of Noyes and therein a new perspective on the roots of nineteenth-century Perfectionism, utopian, reform, sexual ideology, and family theory. More than a conventional psycho-biography, this study assumes a sociological theme in its explanations of the social tensions of the era and the sources of "disorder" now so frequently mentioned in studies of the previous century.
Author: Charles J. Shields Publisher: University of Texas Press ISBN: 1477317368 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 320
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When Stoner was published in 1965, the novel sold only a couple of thousand copies before disappearing with hardly a trace. Yet John Williams’s quietly powerful tale of a Midwestern college professor, William Stoner, whose life becomes a parable of solitude and anguish eventually found an admiring audience in America and especially in Europe. The New York Times called Stoner “a perfect novel,” and a host of writers and critics, including Colum McCann, Julian Barnes, Bret Easton Ellis, Ian McEwan, Emma Straub, Ruth Rendell, C. P. Snow, and Irving Howe, praised its artistry. The New Yorker deemed it “a masterly portrait of a truly virtuous and dedicated man.” The Man Who Wrote the Perfect Novel traces the life of Stoner’s author, John Williams. Acclaimed biographer Charles J. Shields follows the whole arc of Williams’s life, which in many ways paralleled that of his titular character, from their shared working-class backgrounds to their undistinguished careers in the halls of academia. Shields vividly recounts Williams’s development as an author, whose other works include the novels Butcher’s Crossing and Augustus (for the latter, Williams shared the 1972 National Book Award). Shields also reveals the astonishing afterlife of Stoner, which garnered new fans with each American reissue, and then became a bestseller all over Europe after Dutch publisher Lebowski brought out a translation in 2013. Since then, Stoner has been published in twenty-one countries and has sold over a million copies.
Author: Dorothy Leigh Sayers Publisher: Ignatius Press ISBN: 9780898703078 Category : Performing Arts Languages : en Pages : 352
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In this popular play-cycle, Sayers makes the Gospels come alive. "Her Jesus can bring tears to your eyes. You will be deeply moved--a powerful experience".--Sheldon Vanauken, A Severe Mercy.
Author: M. M. DeLuca Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1667204653 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 336
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Five years ago, Olivia's little boy went missing. Now her husband Nate has vanished too. As Olivia investigates, she discovers a web of secrets and lies that lead her to question her husband and her marriage. When Olivia's husband disappears on a work trip, she calls his office to find out what’s going on, and they tell her the truth: her husband, Nate, hasn’t worked at the company for six months. His disappearance is especially shocking and suspect since Olivia's son also vanished five years earlier. Once Olivia discovers Nate's lie, she finds it hard not to pick at the scab of her marriage and see what other secrets lie beneath their union. Within a week, she has uncovered enough that she hopes she might finally learn the truth about her husband and about really what happened to her little boy. The Perfect Family Man is a jaw-droppingly good rollercoaster ride of a novel with twists that will leave readers going "OMG." Written by M. M. DeLuca, author of The Secret Sister, this thrilling tale is perfect for fans of The Woman in the Window and writers Ruth Ware and Lisa Jewell.
Author: John F. Kasson Publisher: Hill and Wang ISBN: 1429930039 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 373
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A remarkable new work from one of our premier historians In his exciting new book, John F. Kasson examines the signs of crisis in American life a century ago, signs that new forces of modernity were affecting men's sense of who and what they really were. When the Prussian-born Eugene Sandow, an international vaudeville star and bodybuilder, toured the United States in the 1890s, Florenz Ziegfeld cannily presented him as the "Perfect Man," representing both an ancient ideal of manhood and a modern commodity extolling self-development and self-fulfillment. Then, when Edgar Rice Burroughs's Tarzan swung down a vine into the public eye in 1912, the fantasy of a perfect white Anglo-Saxon male was taken further, escaping the confines of civilization but reasserting its values, beating his chest and bellowing his triumph to the world. With Harry Houdini, the dream of escape was literally embodied in spectacular performances in which he triumphed over every kind of threat to masculine integrity -- bondage, imprisonment, insanity, and death. Kasson's liberally illustrated and persuasively argued study analyzes the themes linking these figures and places them in their rich historical and cultural context. Concern with the white male body -- with exhibiting it and with the perils to it --reached a climax in World War I, he suggests, and continues with us today.
Author: Mark McCoy Publisher: ISBN: 9781079893816 Category : Languages : en Pages : 249
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It's time to take control of your life and become a perfect man Mark McCoy, CIA agent and chief commander in the agency's training academy, retired from his job after twenty-five years of non-stop action. Thanks to the nature of his role, Mark became an expert in coping within every imaginable area of life, starting from how to charm a woman all the way to gaining entry to any place in the world--from a sold-out rock concert to the most exclusive by-invitation-only parties. For years he watched worthy men being embarrassed by social interaction, afraid of complex situations and most of all, not able to realize their full potential. Now, having left the organization, McCoy has decided it is time to share the vast knowledge he has accumulated with the rest of the male world. The Ultimate way to become the perfect man is the guide for you to learn how to get on like a king in every corner of the world, what to do in complicated situations, how to make new friends and earn their trust, how to win over the hearts of the women around you, with added tips that will make your partner happy and proud to be seen with you.
Author: Michelle Dare Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 298
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Welcome to Cape Kismet, where the neighbors are nosy, the bookstores offer an escape, and epic romances abound. A hot date? Try Five. Every time a perfect man shows up at my door, I swoon the proper amount and do my best not to stare at his chiseled features and firm... jaw. Yes, definitely his jaw. But I, Ellie Amore, have a problem. It's big, gigantic, and not in the good way. None of these men are real. And that version of me? More fake than an author calling herself classy while drinking boxed wine in her yoga pants. Me, that author is me. I dream of hot men. Perfect men. Fictional men. These men go into my books, and it's all I need for my messy cat-lady-living-above-a-bookstore life. Really. I don't need my brother's best friend checking up on me. The man who brings me tacos. The one who is decidedly not perfect-as his enemy cat would tell you-but somehow might just be perfect for me. I'm not sure how it all started or when he decided I was more than a favor to his friend. All I know is Cruz is not a man from my dreams. This time, it's different. This time, he's real. The Perfect Man is book one in the Perfect Man romantic comedy series. Dive in for plenty of swoons, lots of laughs, and a guaranteed HEA ending.
Author: Nicole LaPorte Publisher: HMH ISBN: 0547487169 Category : Performing Arts Languages : en Pages : 517
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“The definitive history of the studio” created by the larger-than-life team of Spielberg, Geffen, and Katzenberg (Los Angeles Times). For sixty years, since the birth of United Artists, the studio landscape was unchanged. Then came Hollywood’s Circus Maximus—created by director Steven Spielberg, billionaire David Geffen, and Jeffrey Katzenberg, who gave the world The Lion King—an entertainment empire called DreamWorks. Now Nicole LaPorte, who covered the company for Variety, goes behind the hype to reveal for the first time the delicious truth of what happened. Readers will feel they are part of the creative calamities of moviemaking as LaPorte’s fly-on-the-wall detail shows us Hollywood’s bizarre rules of business. We see the clashes between the often-otherworldly Spielberg’s troops and Katzenberg’s warriors, the debacles and disasters, but also the Oscar-winning triumphs, including Saving Private Ryan. We watch as the studio burns through billions of dollars, its rich owners get richer, and everybody else suffers. LaPorte displays Geffen, seducing investors like Microsoft’s Paul Allen, showing his steel against CAA’s Michael Ovitz, and staging fireworks during negotiations with Paramount and Disney. Here is a blockbuster behind-the-scenes Hollywood story—up close, glamorous, and gritty.
Author: Rudyard Kipling Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand ISBN: 3387315368 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 62
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Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.
Author: Robert David Thomas
Author: Charles J. Shields
Author: Dorothy Leigh Sayers
Author: Robert David Thomas
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Author: John F. Kasson
Author: Mark McCoy
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Author: Nicole LaPorte
Author: Rudyard Kipling