The Good Soldier
Title | The Good Soldier PDF eBook |
Author | Ford Madox Ford |
Publisher | Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Total Pages | 176 |
Release | 2018-10-07 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781727680195 |
The Good Soldier A Tale of Passion by Ford Madox Ford At the fashionable German spa town Bad Nauheim, two wealthy, fin de siecle couples - one British, the other American - meet for their yearly assignation. As their story moves back and forth in time between 1902 and 1914, the fragile surface propriety of the pre - World War I society in which these four characters live is ruptured - revealing deceit, hatred, infidelity, and betrayal. "The Good Soldier" is Edward Ashburnham, who, as an adherent to the moral code of the English upper class, is nonetheless consumed by a passion for women younger than his wife - a stoic but fallible figure in what his American friend, John Dowell, calls "the saddest story I ever heard."
The Good Soldiers
Title | The Good Soldiers PDF eBook |
Author | David Finkel |
Publisher | Sarah Crichton Books |
Total Pages | 304 |
Release | 2009-09-15 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1429952717 |
It was the last-chance moment of the war. In January 2007, President George W. Bush announced a new strategy for Iraq. He called it the surge. "Many listening tonight will ask why this effort will succeed when previous operations to secure Baghdad did not. Well, here are the differences," he told a skeptical nation. Among those listening were the young, optimistic army infantry soldiers of the 2-16, the battalion nicknamed the Rangers. About to head to a vicious area of Baghdad, they decided the difference would be them. Fifteen months later, the soldiers returned home forever changed. Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post reporter David Finkel was with them in Bagdad, and almost every grueling step of the way. What was the true story of the surge? And was it really a success? Those are the questions he grapples with in his remarkable report from the front lines. Combining the action of Mark Bowden's Black Hawk Down with the literary brio of Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried, The Good Soldiers is an unforgettable work of reportage. And in telling the story of these good soldiers, the heroes and the ruined, David Finkel has also produced an eternal tale—not just of the Iraq War, but of all wars, for all time.
The Fateful Adventures of the Good Soldier Švejk During the World War, Book Two
Title | The Fateful Adventures of the Good Soldier Švejk During the World War, Book Two PDF eBook |
Author | Jaroslav Hašek |
Publisher | Good Soldier Švejk |
Total Pages | 229 |
Release | 2009-05 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1438916701 |
A picaresque series of tales about an ordinary man's successful quest to survive, and a funny but unrelentingly savage assault on the very idea of bureaucratic officialdom as a human enterprise conferring benefits on those who live under its control, and on the various justifications bureaucracies offer for their own existence.
A Good Soldier
Title | A Good Soldier PDF eBook |
Author | Ally Golden |
Publisher | Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2017-02-02 |
Genre | Children of suicide victims |
ISBN | 9781540788832 |
An emotionally riveting memoir, A Good Soldier perfectly captures the isolation and pain that can come from having a loved one with a mental illness. When Ally Golden heads off to college, she breathes a sigh of relief; she is ready to discover herself, independent of her mother. However, this newfound freedom and several failed attempts at intimacy soon leave Golden feeling adrift. But even as she withdraws from the world, Golden feels an all-powerful emotional connection to the woman who raised her. Moving into adulthood, Golden tries to envision a future in which she can begin her own family-as the mental decline of her mother reaches its lowest point. Will Golden be able to heal her relationship with her mother before it's too late? Golden's raw honesty and stunning emotional insights will comfort anyone who has been on the chaotic and unpredictable journey with a mentally ill friend or family member.
The 100 Best Novels in English
Title | The 100 Best Novels in English PDF eBook |
Author | Robert McCrum |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2019-03-03 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 9781903385425 |
LITERARY COMPANIONS, BOOK REVIEWS & GUIDES. Everybody loves a list but this is a list of major ambition: namely, to select the best 100 novels in the English language, published from the late 17th century to the present day. This list has been built up week by week in The Observer since September 2013, and selected by writer and Observer editor Robert McCrum. With a short critique on each book, this is a real delight for literary lovers.
The Good Soldier Schweik
Title | The Good Soldier Schweik PDF eBook |
Author | Jaroslav Hasek |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 440 |
Release | 1963 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
A Brave Boy & a Good Soldier
Title | A Brave Boy & a Good Soldier PDF eBook |
Author | Mary Margaret McAllen Amberson |
Publisher | Texas State Historical Assn |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 9780876112144 |
Story of John C.C. Hill who went away to war in Mexico in 1842, accompanied by his father and brother on the Mier Expedition. He became a prisoner, was adopted by a Mexican general, and then adopted Mexico as his home.