Ignatius Rising
Title | Ignatius Rising PDF eBook |
Author | René Pol Nevils |
Publisher | LSU Press |
Pages | 274 |
Release | 2005-04-01 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9780807130599 |
The phenomenal success of John Kennedy Toole's comic masterpiece, A Confederacy of Dunces, is now legendary, a story that has long beckoned a deeper exploration into the life, imagination, and demise of the writer responsible for one of American literature's most memorable characters -- Ignatius J. Reilly. In Ignatius Rising, René Pol Nevils and Deborah George Hardy present the first biography of Toole, drawing upon scores of interviews with contemporaries of the writer and acquaintances of his influencing mother, Thelma, as well as unpublished letters, documents, and photographs. Frank yet sympathetic, Ignatius Rising deftly describes a life that is dark, tragic, bizarre, and amazing -- but luminous with the gift of laughter, a life not unlike those of Toole's beloved characters, now loved the world over.
Theology and Geometry
Title | Theology and Geometry PDF eBook |
Author | Leslie Marsh |
Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield |
Pages | 203 |
Release | 2020-01-29 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1498585485 |
This collection, the first of its kind, brings together specially commissioned academic essays to mark fifty years since the death of John Kennedy Toole.
A Confederacy of Dunces
Title | A Confederacy of Dunces PDF eBook |
Author | John Kennedy Toole |
Publisher | Grove/Atlantic, Inc. |
Pages | 414 |
Release | 2007-12-01 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0802197620 |
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize “A masterwork . . . the novel astonishes with its inventiveness . . . it is nothing less than a grand comic fugue.”—The New York Times Book Review A Confederacy of Dunces is an American comic masterpiece. John Kennedy Toole's hero, one Ignatius J. Reilly, is "huge, obese, fractious, fastidious, a latter-day Gargantua, a Don Quixote of the French Quarter. His story bursts with wholly original characters, denizens of New Orleans' lower depths, incredibly true-to-life dialogue, and the zaniest series of high and low comic adventures" (Henry Kisor, Chicago Sun-Times).
The Growing Season
Title | The Growing Season PDF eBook |
Author | Diana Copland |
Publisher | Carina Press |
Pages | 128 |
Release | 2014-06-30 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1426898576 |
Secrets of Neverwood Book Two The four years since Danny Redmond left Neverwood have been heartbreaking, and past mistakes continue to haunt him, even after he returns home. Together with two foster brothers he barely knows, he plans to turn the decrepit mansion into a welcoming place for runaways once again—the dying wish of their foster mother, Audrey. Danny has nothing to contribute to the restoration, save for a gift for growing things. But his efforts to bring Audrey's beloved gardens back to their former glory are complicated by handsome landscaper Sam Ignatius…and the feelings developing between them, despite their fiery differences of opinion. One voice gives him hope, the only one he's always trusted—Audrey's. Danny comes to care deeply for Sam, but things look bleak when Sam's city councilman father threatens to have Neverwood torn down. Why should Danny have expected the future to be different from his past? All his relationships end in disaster… Three foster brothers are called home to Neverwood, the stately Pacific Northwest mansion of their youth. They have nothing in common but a promise to Audrey, the woman they all called mother… Secrets of Neverwood is a multi-author trilogy; One Door Closes, The Growing Season and The Lost Year can be enjoyed either as a continuity or as standalones. 53,000 words
The Princess Or the Béguine
Title | The Princess Or the Béguine PDF eBook |
Author | Sydney Morgan-Owenson |
Publisher | |
Pages | 554 |
Release | 1855 |
Genre | England |
ISBN |
Startup Rising
Title | Startup Rising PDF eBook |
Author | Christopher M. Schroeder |
Publisher | St. Martin's Press |
Pages | 256 |
Release | 2013-08-13 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 1137356715 |
Startup Rising presents a surprising look at the surge of entrepreneurship that accompanied the uprisings in the Middle East, and why it's the new best place for Western investment and opportunity. Despite the world's elation at the Arab Spring, shockingly little has changed politically in the Middle East; even frontliners Egypt and Tunisia continue to suffer repression, fixed elections, and bombings, while Syria descends into civil war. But in the midst of it all, a quieter revolution has begun to emerge, one that might ultimately do more to change the face of the region: entrepreneurship. As a seasoned angel investor in emerging markets, Christopher M. Schroeder was curious but skeptical about the future of investing in the Arab world. Travelling to Dubai, Cairo, Amman, Beirut, Istanbul, and even Damascus, he saw thousands of talented, successful, and intrepid entrepreneurs, all willing to face cultural, legal, and societal impediments inherent to their worlds. Equally important, he saw major private equity firms, venture capitalists, and tech companies like Google, Intel, Cisco, Yahoo, LinkedIn, and PayPal making significant bets, despite the uncertainty in the region. With Startup Rising, he marries his own observations with the predictions of these tech giants to offer a surprising and timely look at the second stealth revolution in the Middle East-one that promises to reinvent it as a center of innovation and progress.
The Rising
Title | The Rising PDF eBook |
Author | Wendy M. Wright |
Publisher | |
Pages | 196 |
Release | 1995-12 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9780687609741 |