Firmin
Title | Firmin PDF eBook |
Author | Sam Savage |
Publisher | Coffee House Press |
Pages | 161 |
Release | 2010-11-16 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1566892635 |
"I had always imagined that my life story...would have a great first line: something like Nabokov's 'Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins;' or if I could not do lyric, then something sweeping like Tolstoy's 'All happy families are alike, but every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.'... When it comes to openers, though, the best in my view has to be the first line of Ford Madox Ford's The Good Soldier: 'This is the saddest story I have ever heard.'" So begins the remarkable tale of Firmin the rat. Born in a bookstore in a blighted 1960's Boston neighborhood, Firmin miraculously learns how to read by digesting his nest of books. Alienated from his family and unable to communicate with the humans he loves, Firmin quickly realizes that a literate rat is a lonely rat. Following a harrowing misunderstanding with his hero, the bookseller, Firmin begins to risk the dangers of Scollay Square, finding solace in the Lovelies of the burlesque cinema. Finally adopted by a down-on-his-luck science fiction writer, the tide begins to turn, but soon they both face homelessness when the wrecking ball of urban renewal arrives. In a series of misadventures, Firmin is ultimately led deep into his own imaginative soul--a place where Ginger Rogers can hold him tight and tattered books, storied neighborhoods, and down-and-out rats can find people who adore them. A native of South Carolina, Sam Savage now lives in Madison, Wisconsin. This is his first novel.
The Equality of the Human Races
Title | The Equality of the Human Races PDF eBook |
Author | Joseph-Anténor Firmin |
Publisher | University of Illinois Press |
Pages | 540 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 9780252071027 |
"This is the first paperback edition of the only English-language translation of the Haitian scholar Antnor Firmin's The Equality of the Human Races, a foundational text in critical anthropology first published in 1885 when anthropology was just emerging as a specialized field of study. Marginalized for its ""radical"" position that the human races were equal, Firmin's lucid and persuasive treatise was decades ahead of its time. Arguing that the equality of the races could be demonstrated through a positivist scientific approach, Firmin challenged racist writings and the dominant views of the day. Translated by Asselin Charles and framed by Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban's substantial introduction, this rediscovered text is an important contribution to contemporary scholarship in anthropology, pan-African studies, and colonial and postcolonial studies."
Giles Firmin and the Transatlantic Puritan Tradition
Title | Giles Firmin and the Transatlantic Puritan Tradition PDF eBook |
Author | Jonathan Warren Pagán |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 326 |
Release | 2020-08-17 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9004430059 |
In Giles Firmin and the Transatlantic Puritan Tradition, Jonathan Warren Pagán offers an intellectual biography of Giles Firmin (1613/14–1697), who lived in both Old and New England and lived through many of the transitions of international puritanism in the seventeenth century. By contextualizing Firmin in his intellectual milieu, Warren Pagán also offers a unique vantage on the transition of puritanism to Dissent in late Stuart England, surveying changing approaches to ecclesiology, pastoral theology, and the ordo salutis among the godly during the Restoration through Firmin’s writings.
Auricular Reconstruction
Title | Auricular Reconstruction PDF eBook |
Author | Francoise Firmin |
Publisher | Thieme |
Pages | 601 |
Release | 2016-12-01 |
Genre | Medical |
ISBN | 1638534853 |
FIVE STARS from Doody's Star Ratings™ This book details the surgical techniques of Dr. Francoise Firmin, a recognized thought leader in auricular surgery. It contains her "trade secrets" that have been distilled over many years of practice and is abundantly illustrated with over 1000 colour photographs and drawings. The book includes operative and lecture video plus an eBook. This practical, authoritative book will be an essential purchase to all surgeons who operate on the ear.
The Regiment
Title | The Regiment PDF eBook |
Author | Rusty Firmin |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Pages | 322 |
Release | 2016-10-20 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1472823230 |
From its early beginnings in World War II, the Special Air Service (SAS) has won renown in some of the most dramatic, dangerous and controversial military special operations of the 20th century. It is a secretive and mysterious unit, whose operations and internal structures are hidden from the public eye. Now, one of its longest-serving veterans offers a glimpse into the shadowy world of the SAS. Rusty Firmin spent an incredible 15 years with 'The Regiment' and was a key figure in the assault of the Iranian Embassy in London in May 1980. Newly revised and available in paperback, this is the unforgettable chronicle of Rusty's combat experiences – a fascinating and intimate portrayal of what it was like to be part of the world's most respected Special Operations Force.
Spinoza and the Stoics
Title | Spinoza and the Stoics PDF eBook |
Author | Firmin DeBrabander |
Publisher | A&C Black |
Pages | 160 |
Release | 2007-03-15 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 9780826493934 |
Examines Spinoza's moral and political philosophy and his engagement with Stoicism.
The Inequality of Human Races
Title | The Inequality of Human Races PDF eBook |
Author | Arthur comte de Gobineau |
Publisher | |
Pages | 266 |
Release | 1915 |
Genre | Civilization |
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