The Peoples Act Of Love

Author : James Meek
Publisher : Canongate Books
ISBN 13 : 1847673759
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The People's Act Of Love written by James Meek and published by Canongate Books. This book was released on 2008-11-20 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1919, Siberia . . . Deep in the unforgiving landscape a town lies under military rule, awaiting the remorseless assault of Bolsheviks along the Trans-Siberian railway. One night a stranger, Samarin, appears from the woods with a tale of escape from an Arctic prison, insisting a cannibal is on his trail. Only Anna, a beautiful young widow, trusts his story. When a local shaman is found dead suspicion and terror engulf the isolated community, which harbours a secret of its own . . .

Author : Dave Isay
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101202637
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Listening Is an Act of Love written by Dave Isay and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007-11-08 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times Bestseller “Each interview is a revelation.” —USA Today “As heartwarming as a holiday pumpkin pie and every bit as homey . . . what emerges in these compelling pages is hard-won wisdom and boundless humanity.” —Seattle Post-Intelligencer As heard on NPR, a wondrous nationwide celebration of our shared humanity StoryCorps founder and legendary radio producer Dave Isay selects the most memorable stories from StoryCorps' collection, creating a moving portrait of American life. The voices here connect us to real people and their lives—to their experiences of profound joy, sadness, courage, and despair, to good times and hard times, to good deeds and misdeeds. To read this book is to be reminded of how rich and varied the American storybook truly is, how resistant to easy categorization or stereotype. We are our history, individually and collectively, and Listening Is an Act of Love touchingly reminds us of this powerful truth. Dave Isay's latest book, Callings, published in 2016 from Penguin Press.

Author : Marva A. Barnett
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780997228762
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book To Love Is to Act written by Marva A. Barnett and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "To love is to act"-- "Aimer, c'est agir." These words, which Victor Hugo wrote three days before he died, epitomize his life's philosophy. His love of freedom, democracy, and all people--especially the poor and wretched--drove him not only to write his epic Les Misérables but also to follow his conscience. We have much to learn from Hugo, who battled for justice, lobbied against slavery and the death penalty, and fought for the rights of women and children. In a series of essays that interweave Hugo's life with Les Misérables and point to the novel's contemporary relevance, To Love Is to Act explores how Hugo reveals his guiding principles for life, including his belief in the redemptive power of love and forgiveness. Enriching the book are insights from artists who captured the novel's heart in the famed musical, Les Mis creators Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg, producer of the musical Les Misérables Cameron Mackintosh, film director Tom Hooper, and award-winning actors who have portrayed Jean Valjean: Colm Wilkinson and Hugh Jackman.

Author : James Meek
Publisher : HarperCollinsCanada
ISBN 13 : 9780002006255
Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The People's Act of Love written by James Meek and published by HarperCollinsCanada. This book was released on 2005 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1919, Siberia. Deep in the unforgiving landscape, a shunnedChristian community practises its esoteric religion. With their town under themilitary rule of a demented Kurtz-like commander fighting the Russian Civil War,they await the remorseless assault of Bolsheviks along the Trans-Siberianrailway. Then Samarin arrives. Appearing in the community with stories ofescape from Russia's northernmost prison camp, he claims to have been pursuedby a cannibal known only as "The Mohican." Anna Petrovna, a determinedwidow, feels something for the new arrival, but when the local shaman is founddead, suspicion and terror engulf the little town. A great rush of a novel, something entirely new disguised in theform of classic historical fiction, The People's Act of Love isgarnering extraordinary attention, with rights already sold in 25 countries. Anenthralling narrative, two poignant love stories and a parade of unforgettablecharacters mark this as a novel ready to conquer the world.

Author : James Meek
Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
ISBN 13 : 0802192017
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book We Are Now Beginning Our Descent written by James Meek and published by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic. This book was released on 2014-03-04 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “[A] sharply observed meditation on modern war . . . as far from Tom Clancy’s entertainments as a vintage Mini Cooper is from a snarling Hummer” (Alex Berenson, The New York Times Book Review). James Meek’s masterful historical novel, The People’s Act of Love, received accolades around the world, earning Meek comparisons to Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky, Conrad, and Greene. We Are Now Beginning Our Descent is a tour de force of storytelling, furthering his reputation as one of the most exciting and original young novelists writing today. Adam Kellas, a British journalist, would-be thriller novelist, and failed lover meets Astrid Walsh, a self-possessed, hard-charging reporter while the two are covering allied military operations in the Afghan mountains. After sharing one passionate night in a watchtower near a defunct airfield, Astrid disappears from Adam’s life. A year later, following a disastrous dinner party in London during which he destroys his few remaining friendships, Adam receives a short, beseeching email and hastily embarks on a transatlantic journey to a small town near the Chesapeake Bay where he believes Astrid waits for him. He envisions the fresh start his new life with Astrid might offer, unaware that she may be harboring unsettling secrets of her own. A passionate, incisive novel, We Are Now Beginning Our Descent lays bare the entwined hypocrisies, foibles, and desires of our age, and is a testament to the obsessive pull of love. “I am full of admiration for Meek’s precise and lyrical prose, for his mapping of the political landscapes through which his characters drift and for his evocation of the strange, torn geometries of the life in the global news stream.” —The Washington Post

Author : James Meek
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781786896773
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book To Calais, in Ordinary Time written by James Meek and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The new novel about home, belonging, love, courage, and identity, set in the fourteenth century, from the Booker-longlisted author of The People's Act of Love

Author : William Lawson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.1C/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Notes of Decisions Under the Representation of the People Acts and the Registration Acts written by William Lawson and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Michael J. Wilkins
Publisher : Zondervan Academic
ISBN 13 : 0310530075
Total Pages : 3574 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book NIVAC Bundle 6: Gospels, Acts written by Michael J. Wilkins and published by Zondervan Academic. This book was released on 2015-11-03 with total page 3574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The NIV Application Commentary helps you communicate and apply biblical text effectively in today’' context. To bring the ancient messages of the Bible into today's world, each passage is treated in three sections: Original Meaning. Concise exegesis to help readers understand the original meaning of the biblical text in its historical, literary, and cultural context. Bridging Contexts. A bridge between the world of the Bible and the world of today, built by discerning what is timeless in the timely pages of the Bible. Contemporary Significance. This section identifies comparable situations to those faced in the Bible and explores relevant application of the biblical messages. The author alerts the readers of problems they may encounter when seeking to apply the passage and helps them think through the issues involved. This unique, award-winning commentary is the ideal resource for today's preachers, teachers, and serious students of the Bible, giving them the tools, ideas, and insights they need to communicate God's Word with the same powerful impact it had when it was first written.

Author : James Meek
Publisher : Canongate Books
ISBN 13 : 9780857862914
Total Pages : 550 pages
Book Rating : 4.1X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Heart Broke in written by James Meek and published by Canongate Books. This book was released on 2012 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gloriously seductive, contemporary drama - epic in scope and full of scandal, moral dilemmas, love and sacrifice.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1152 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Fortnightly written by and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 1152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: