The Year of Reading Dangerously

2014-12-09 Humor

Author : Andy Miller
Release : 2014-12-09
Genre : Humor
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Book Rating : 629/5 ( reviews)

Book Synopsis The Year of Reading Dangerously by : Andy Miller

Download or read book The Year of Reading Dangerously written by Andy Miller. This book was released on 2014-12-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An editor and writer's vivaciously entertaining, and often moving, chronicle of his year-long adventure with fifty great books (and two not-so-great ones)—a true story about reading that reminds us why we should all make time in our lives for books. Nearing his fortieth birthday, author and critic Andy Miller realized he's not nearly as well read as he'd like to be. A devout book lover who somehow fell out of the habit of reading, he began to ponder the power of books to change an individual life—including his own—and to the define the sort of person he would like to be. Beginning with a copy of Bulgakov's Master and Margarita that he happens to find one day in a bookstore, he embarks on a literary odyssey of mindful reading and wry introspection. From Middlemarch to Anna Karenina to A Confederacy of Dunces, these are books Miller felt he should read; books he'd always wanted to read; books he'd previously started but hadn't finished; and books he'd lied about having read to impress people. Combining memoir and literary criticism, The Year of Reading Dangerously is Miller's heartfelt, humorous, and honest examination of what it means to be a reader. Passionately believing that books deserve to be read, enjoyed, and debated in the real world, Miller documents his reading experiences and how they resonated in his daily life and ultimately his very sense of self. The result is a witty and insightful journey of discovery and soul-searching that celebrates the abiding miracle of the book and the power of reading.

The Year of Dreaming Dangerously

2012-10-09 History

Author : Slavoj Zizek
Release : 2012-10-09
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 434/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book The Year of Dreaming Dangerously written by Slavoj Zizek. This book was released on 2012-10-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Call it the year of dreaming dangerously: 2011 caught the world off guard with a series of shattering events. While protesters in New York, Cairo, London, and Athens took to the streets in pursuit of emancipation, obscure destructive fantasies inspired the world’s racist populists in places as far apart as Hungary and Arizona, achieving a horrific consummation in the actions of mass murderer Anders Breivik. The subterranean work of dissatisfaction continues. Rage is building, and a new wave of revolts and disturbances will follow. Why? Because the events of 2011 augur a new political reality. These are limited, distorted—sometimes even perverted—fragments of a utopian future lying dormant in the present

The Year of Learning Dangerously

2012-08-07 Biography & Autobiography

Author : Quinn Cummings
Release : 2012-08-07
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : 719/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book The Year of Learning Dangerously written by Quinn Cummings. This book was released on 2012-08-07. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A year of homeschooling. What could possibly go wrong? In this honest and wry memoir, popular blogger, author, and former child actor Quinn Cummings recounts her family’s decision to wade into the unfamiliar waters of homeschooling – the fastest-growing educational trend of our time -- despite a chronic lack of discipline, some major gaps in academic knowledge, and a serious case of math aversion. (And that’s just Quinn.) Quinn’s fearless quest includes some self-homeschooling – reading up on education reform, debating the need for “socialization,” and infiltrating conferences filled with Radical Unschoolers as well as Christian fundamentalists (and even chaperoning a homeschool prom). Part personal narrative, part social commentary, and part how-not-to guide, The Year of Learning Dangerously will make you laugh and make you think. And there may or may not be a quiz at the end. OK, there’s no quiz. Probably.

The Year of Living Dangerously

2012-12-08 Fiction

Author : Christopher Koch
Release : 2012-12-08
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 413/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book The Year of Living Dangerously written by Christopher Koch. This book was released on 2012-12-08. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jakarta, 1965. Waiting for explosions, the city smells of frangipani, kretek cigarettes, and fear. It is THE YEAR OF LIVING DANGEROUSLY. the charismatic god-king Sukarno has brought Indonesia to the edge of chaos - to an abortive revolution that will leave half a million dead. For the Western correspondents here, this gathering apocalypse is their story and their drug, while the sufferings of the Indonesian people are scarcely real: a shadow play. Working at the eye of the storm are television correspondent Guy Hamilton and his eccentric dwarf cameraman Billy Kwan. In Kwan's secret fantasy life, both Sukarno and Hamilton are heroes. But his heroes betray him, and Billy is driven to desperate action. As the Indonesian shadow play erupts into terrible reality, a complex personal tragedy of love, obsession and betrayal comes to its climax. 'A profound and beautiful book' - Les Murray, the Sydney Morning Herald 'A richly and fully realised work of fiction, well conceived and beautifully executed.' - Larry McMurtry 'Intelligent, compassionate, flavoursome, convincing ... In Billy Kwan, Mr Koch has created one of the most memorable characters of recent fiction. this book is to be prized.' - the times Literary Supplement

A Year of Writing Dangerously

2012-05-08 Language Arts & Disciplines

Author : Barbara Abercrombie
Release : 2012-05-08
Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
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Book Rating : 525/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis A Year of Writing Dangerously by : Barbara Abercrombie

Download or read book A Year of Writing Dangerously written by Barbara Abercrombie. This book was released on 2012-05-08. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this collection of anecdotes, lessons, quotes, and prompts, author and writing teacher Barbara Abercrombie provides a delightfully varied cornucopia of inspiration —nuts-and-bolts solutions, hand-holding commiseration, and epiphany-fueling insights from fellow writers, including Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winners and Abercrombie’s students who have gone from paralyzed to published.

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