A Man Without A Country

Author : Kurt Vonnegut
Publisher : Dial Press
ISBN 13 : 0525510133
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Man Without a Country written by Kurt Vonnegut and published by Dial Press. This book was released on 2017-06-20 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “For all those who have lived with Vonnegut in their imaginations . . . this is what he is like in person.”–USA Today In a volume that is penetrating, introspective, incisive, and laugh-out-loud funny, one of the great men of letters of this age–or any age–holds forth on life, art, sex, politics, and the state of America’s soul. From his coming of age in America, to his formative war experiences, to his life as an artist, this is Vonnegut doing what he does best: Being himself. Whimsically illustrated by the author, A Man Without a Country is intimate, tender, and brimming with the scope of Kurt Vonnegut’s passions. Praise for A Man Without a Country “[This] may be as close as Vonnegut ever comes to a memoir.”–Los Angeles Times “Like [that of] his literary ancestor Mark Twain, [Kurt Vonnegut’s] crankiness is good-humored and sharp-witted. . . . [Reading A Man Without a Country is] like sitting down on the couch for a long chat with an old friend.”–The New York Times Book Review “Filled with [Vonnegut’s] usual contradictory mix of joy and sorrow, hope and despair, humor and gravity.”–Chicago Tribune “Fans will linger on every word . . . as once again [Vonnegut] captures the complexity of the human condition with stunning calligraphic simplicity.”–The Australian “Thank God, Kurt Vonnegut has broken his promise that he will never write another book. In this wondrous assemblage of mini-memoirs, we discover his family’s legacy and his obstinate, unfashionable humanism.”–Studs Terkel

Author : Edward Everett Hale
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 46 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Man Without a Country written by Edward Everett Hale and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-05-29 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Man Without a Country is a short story by Edward Everett Hale. Lieutenant Philip Nolan forsakes his nation during a court case for treachery, and is subsequently condemned to spend the rest of his life at sea.

Author : Charles Patrick Pfarrer
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
ISBN 13 : 1591146658
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Philip Nolan written by Charles Patrick Pfarrer and published by Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2016-04-15 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Philip Nolan: The Man Without a Country is Chuck Pfarrer’s captivating adaptation of Edward Everett Hale’s American classic “The Man Without a Country,” first published in The Atlantic Monthly more than a century ago. Masterfully blending history and fiction, Pfarrer tells the story of a young artillery officer, Philip Nolan, who becomes embroiled in Aaron Burr’s 1807 conspiracy to invade the territories of the Louisiana Purchase. Insinuating his scheme has official approval, Burr convinces Nolan to carry a coded message into the Orleans Territory. Nolan has no knowledge of the former vice president’s intended treason—and Burr has no idea that Thomas Jefferson has discovered his scheme. Soon Philip Nolan is in military custody with Burr, charged an accessory to the plot. The nation holds its breath as Burr is tried for attempting to tear apart the Union. The charges against Burr seem ironclad, but his lawyers are clever, and Burr walks free. An embarrassed prosecution looks for a scapegoat, and expands the charges against Nolan to include desertion and sedition. Learning that his own court martial will proceed, despite Burr’s acquittal, Nolan denounces his accusers, damns his country, and tells the court he wishes never again to hear the words “United States” as long as he lives. The judges return with an ominous verdict: the prisoner’s wish will be granted. Nolan is sentenced to permanent exile aboard a series of U.S. warships, never again to hear news from or speak of his country. Decades pass. Shuttled from ocean to ocean, Nolan realizes he is a stateless person, estranged from his keepers and forgotten by his country. Eventually passed aboard an American frigate in the Mediterranean, Nolan comes into the custody of a newly commissioned lieutenant, Frank Curran. When Barbary pirates capture an American whaleship, the pair is drawn into a web of international deceit and mortal danger. As a rescue mission is launched, Nolan teaches the young officer a lesson about duty, loyalty, and the meaning of patriotism. Equal parts adventure, naval history, and morality tale, Philip Nolan: The Man Without a Country is more than frigate duels and small boat actions. Intricately plotted and beautifully crafted, the novel is a poignant and closely observed examination of the human condition.

Author : Edward Everett Hale
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 122 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Man Without a Country written by Edward Everett Hale and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Masha Gessen
Publisher : Riverhead Books
ISBN 13 : 1594486514
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Man Without a Face written by Masha Gessen and published by Riverhead Books. This book was released on 2013-03-05 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History of Eastern Europe, Russia.

Author : Edward Everett Hale
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9783744725095
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.9X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Man Without a Country written by Edward Everett Hale and published by . This book was released on 2017-03-26 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Man Without A Country - And Other Tales is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1888. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

Author : Mike Wallace
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781545409848
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Summary of a Man Without a Country by Kurt Vonnegut written by Mike Wallace and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-04-17 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Man Without a Country is an essay collection published in 2005 by the author Kurt Vonnegut. The extremely short essays that make up this book deal with topics ranging from the importance of humor, to problems with modern technology, to Vonnegut's opinions on the differences between men and women. Most prevalent in the text, however, are those essays that elucidate Vonnegut's opinions on politics, and the issues in modern American society, often from a decidedly humanistic perspective. In January 2007, Vonnegut indicated that he intended this to be his final work, a statement that proved to be correct with his death in April 2007. Later published works of Vonnegut's were all published posthumously, and consisted almost entirely of previously unpublished material from early in his career.

Author : Kurt Vonnegut
Publisher : Rosetta Books
ISBN 13 : 0795348649
Total Pages : 169 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book If This Isn't Nice, What Is? written by Kurt Vonnegut and published by Rosetta Books. This book was released on 2016-04-05 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of commencement speeches and other wit and wisdom from the New York Times–bestselling literary icon and author of Slaughterhouse-Five. Master storyteller and satirist Kurt Vonnegut was one of the most in-demand commencement speakers of his time. For each occasion, Vonnegut’s words were unfailingly insightful and witty, and they stayed with audience members long after graduation. This expanded second edition also includes more than sixty pages of further thoughts from Vonnegut (whose good advice wasn’t limited to graduation speeches). Edited by Dan Wakefield, and including such pieces as “How to Make Money and Find Love!,” “How to Have Something Most Billionaires Don’t,” and “Somebody Should Have Told Me Not to Join a Fraternity,” this book reads like a narrative in the unique voice that made Vonnegut a hero to readers everywhere. Hilarious, razor-sharp, freewheeling, and at times deeply serious, these reflections are ideal not just for graduates but for anyone undergoing what Vonnegut would call their “long-delayed puberty ceremony”—marking the long and challenging passage to full-time adulthood. “Like Mark Twain, Mr. Vonnegut used humor to tackle the basic questions of human existence.” —The New York Times

Author : Mark Waid
Publisher : Marvel Entertainment
ISBN 13 : 1302485520
Total Pages : 477 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Captain America Epic Collection written by Mark Waid and published by Marvel Entertainment. This book was released on 2016-04-13 with total page 477 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Operation: Rebirth! Captain America, thought dead by the nation he loves, returns to the land of the living with a vengeance...but his unlikely savior is one of his deadliest enemies! Now, reunited with his long-lost love Sharon Carter, Steve Rogers must face a foe he hoped he'd never see again. But Cap's return is good news for the Avengers. COLLECTING: CAPTAIN AMERICA #444-454, THOR #496, IRON MAN #326, AVENGERS #396, CAPTAIN AMERICA ASHCAN EDITION, CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE LEGEND, MATERIAL FROM CAPTAIN AMERICA COLLECTORS' PREVIEW (CAPTAIN AMERICA EPIC COLLECTION VOL. 22).

Author : Mark Waid
Publisher : Marvel Comics Group
ISBN 13 : 9780785105947
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Captain America written by Mark Waid and published by Marvel Comics Group. This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Accused of attacking a U.S. military base, C aptain America has been removed from his position and exiled from the country. Captain America has to do something to cl ear his name but first he must save the United States from a nother threat. '