No Man is an Island

No Man is an Island
Title No Man is an Island PDF eBook
Author Thomas Merton
Publisher Shambhala Publications
Pages 306
Release 2005
Genre Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN 1590302532

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This volume is a stimulating series of spiritual reflections which will prove helpful for all struggling to find the meaning of human existence and to live the richest, fullest and noblest life. --Chicago Tribune

No Man is an Island

No Man is an Island
Title No Man is an Island PDF eBook
Author John Donne
Publisher
Pages 70
Release 1970
Genre
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No Man Is an Island

No Man Is an Island
Title No Man Is an Island PDF eBook
Author John Donne
Publisher Souvenir Press
Pages 0
Release 1988
Genre Death
ISBN 9780285628748

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This meditative prose conveys the essence of the human place in the world -- past and present.

No Island is an Island

No Island is an Island
Title No Island is an Island PDF eBook
Author Carlo Ginzburg
Publisher Columbia University Press
Pages 160
Release 2000
Genre Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN 9780231116282

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From the author of "The Cheese and the Worms" comes a quartet of luminous explorations into English literature, from Sir Thomas More to Robert Louis Stevenson. 14 illustrations.

No Man is an Island

No Man is an Island
Title No Man is an Island PDF eBook
Author Johannes Mario Simmel
Publisher
Pages 512
Release 1982
Genre
ISBN 9780445046993

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Still

Still
Title Still PDF eBook
Author Lauren F. Winner
Publisher HarperOne
Pages 0
Release 2012-01-31
Genre Religion
ISBN 9780061768118

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In the critically acclaimed memoir Girl Meets God, Lauren F. Winner chronicled her sojourn from Judaism to Christianity. Now, in Still: Notes on a Mid-Faith Crisis, Winner describes how experiences of loss and failure unexpectedly slam her into a wall of doubt and spiritual despair: “My belief has faltered, my sense of God’s closeness has grown strained, my efforts at living in accord with what I take to be the call of the gospel have come undone.” Witty, relatable, and fiercely honest, Winner lays bare her experience of what she calls the “middle” of the spiritual life. In elegant and spare prose, she explores why—in the midst of the overwhelming anxiety, loneliness, and boredom of her deepest questioning about where (or if) God is—the Christian story still explains who she is better than any other story she’s ever known. Still is an absorbing meditation combining literary grace with spiritual wisdom. It is sure to resonate with anyone looking to sustain a spiritual life in the midst of real life.

No Man an Island

No Man an Island
Title No Man an Island PDF eBook
Author James Udden
Publisher Hong Kong University Press
Pages 263
Release 2017-11-21
Genre Performing Arts
ISBN 9888139223

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Taiwan is a peculiar place resulting in a peculiar cinema, with Hou Hsiao-hsien being its most remarkable product. Hou’s signature long and static shots almost invite critics to give auteurist readings of his films, often privileging the analysis of cinematic techniques at the expense of the context from which Hou emerges. In this pioneering study, James Udden argues instead that the Taiwanese experience is the key to understanding Hou’s art. The convoluted history of Taiwan in the last century has often rendered fixed social and political categories irrelevant. Changing circumstances have forced the people in Taiwan to be hyperaware of how imaginary identity—above all national identity—is. Hou translates this larger state of affairs in such masterpieces as City of Sadness, The Puppetmaster, and Flowers of Shanghai, which capture and perhaps even embody the elusive, slippery contours of the collective experience of the islanders. Making extensive uses of Chinese sources from Taiwan, the author shows how important the local matters for this globally recognized director. In this new edition of No Man an Island, James Udden charts a new chapter in the evolving art of Hou Hsiao-hsien, whose latest film, The Assassin, earned him the Best Director Award at the Cannes Film Festival in 2015. Hou breaks new ground in turning the classic wuxia genre into a vehicle to express his unique insight into the working of history. The unconventional approach to conventions is quintessential Hou Hsiao-hsien. “An excellent and groundbreaking volume. This book’s very precise analyses of the films as well as their context make it the primary source for any scholar working on Hou in English.” —Chris Berry, King’s College London “In this first book-length study on Hou Hsiao-hsien James Udden illuminates the most intriguing yet mystifying filmmaker in world cinema. No Man an Island is without doubt a major contribution to the fields of Chinese-language cinema and film studies.” —Emilie Yueh-yu Yeh, Lingnan University, Hong Kong