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The Long Space

2009-12-01 Literary Criticism
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Release : 2009-12-01
Genre : Literary Criticism
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Book Synopsis The Long Space by : Peter Hitchcock

Download or read book The Long Space written by Peter Hitchcock. This book was released on 2009-12-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The resurgence of "world literature" as a category of study seems to coincide with what we understand as globalization, but how does postcolonial writing fit into this picture? Beyond the content of this novel or that, what elements of postcolonial fiction might challenge the assumption that its main aim is to circulate native information globally? The Long Space provides a fresh look at the importance of postcolonial writing by examining how it articulates history and place both in content and form. Not only does it offer a new theoretical model for understanding decolonization's impact on duration in writing, but through a series of case studies of Guyanese, Somali, Indonesian, and Algerian writers, it urges a more protracted engagement with time and space in postcolonial narrative. Although each writer—Wilson Harris, Nuruddin Farah, Pramoedya Ananta Toer, and Assia Djebar—explores a unique understanding of postcoloniality, each also makes a more general assertion about the difference of time and space in decolonization. Taken together, they herald a transnationalism beyond the contaminated coordinates of globalization as currently construed.

The Long Space Age

2017-01-01 Science
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Release : 2017-01-01
Genre : Science
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Book Rating : 326/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis The Long Space Age by : Alexander C. MacDonald

Download or read book The Long Space Age written by Alexander C. MacDonald. This book was released on 2017-01-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A NASA insider highlights the current and historic roles of private enterprise in humanity s pursuit of spaceflight"

The Long Space Age

2017-04-25 Science
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Release : 2017-04-25
Genre : Science
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Book Synopsis The Long Space Age by : Alexander MacDonald

Download or read book The Long Space Age written by Alexander MacDonald. This book was released on 2017-04-25. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An economic historian traces uncovers the story of privately funded space exploration from early 19th century astronomical observatories to SpaceX. The standard historical narrative of American space exploration begins during the Cold War, with the federal government’s efforts to beat the Soviet Union in the Space Race. Given this framing, the more recent emergence of private sector space exploration appears to be a new and controversial phenomenon. But as Alexander MacDonald argues in The Long Space Age, privately funded space exploration had been happening in the United States long before we tried to put a man on the moon. Since the early 19th century, private observatories had been making discoveries and developing technologies that led directly to NASA’s epochal 20th century achievements. And their efforts were no less ambitious for their time than SpaceX and Blue Origin are in today’s resurgent space industry.The Long Space Age examines the economic history of this centuries-long development, from those first American observatories to the International Space Station.

The Motion of the Body Through Space

2020-05-19 Fiction
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Release : 2020-05-19
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 271/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis The Motion of the Body Through Space by : Lionel Shriver

Download or read book The Motion of the Body Through Space written by Lionel Shriver. This book was released on 2020-05-19. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Lionel Shriver’s entertaining send-up of today’s cult of exercise—which not only encourages better health, but now like all religions also seems to promise meaning, social superiority, and eternal life—an aging husband’s sudden obsession with extreme sport makes him unbearable. After an ignominious early retirement, Remington announces to his wife Serenata that he’s decided to run a marathon. This from a sedentary man in his sixties who’s never done a lick of exercise in his life. His wife can’t help but observe that his ambition is “hopelessly trite.” A loner, Serenata disdains mass group activities of any sort. Besides, his timing is cruel. Serenata has long been the couple’s exercise freak, but by age sixty, her private fitness regimes have destroyed her knees, and she’ll soon face debilitating surgery. Yes, becoming more active would be good for Remington’s heart, but then why not just go for a walk? Without several thousand of your closest friends? As Remington joins the cult of fitness that increasingly consumes the Western world, her once-modest husband burgeons into an unbearable narcissist. Ignoring all his other obligations, he engages a saucy, sexy personal trainer named Bambi, who treats Serenata with contempt. When Remington sets his sights on the legendarily grueling triathlon, MettleMan, Serenata is sure he’ll end up injured or dead. And even if he does survive, their marriage may not. The Motion of the Body Through Space is vintage Lionel Shriver written with psychological insight, a rich cast of characters, lots of verve and petulance, an astute reading of contemporary culture, and an emotionally resonant ending.

Clara and Clem in Outer Space

2013-09-26 Juvenile Fiction
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Release : 2013-09-26
Genre : Juvenile Fiction
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Book Synopsis Clara and Clem in Outer Space by : Ethan Long

Download or read book Clara and Clem in Outer Space written by Ethan Long. This book was released on 2013-09-26. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Clara and Clem build a robot out of blocks, they have no idea where the robot (and their imaginations) will take them. But soon enough, they are in outer space! They see planets and stars, aliens and Mars. This Level 1 is beautifully simple and sweet.

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