Reflections on The Name of the Rose
Title | Reflections on The Name of the Rose PDF eBook |
Author | Umberto Eco |
Publisher | Harvill Secker |
Total Pages | 106 |
Release | 1985 |
Genre | Detective and mystery stories, Italian |
ISBN |
The Key to "The Name of the Rose"
Title | The Key to "The Name of the Rose" PDF eBook |
Author | Adele J. Haft |
Publisher | University of Michigan Press |
Total Pages | 204 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780472086214 |
Unravels Umberto Eco's classic mystery novel
On Reflection
Title | On Reflection PDF eBook |
Author | Ellen Rose |
Publisher | Canadian Scholars’ Press |
Total Pages | 139 |
Release | 2013 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 1551305186 |
Ellen Rose seeks to initiate a much-needed discussion about what reflection is and should be. The word crops up repeatedly in the discourse of teaching and learning, but its meaning is often vague. True reflection -- deep, sustained thought that takes place in conditions of solitude and silence -- has been undermined by new technologies that speed up the flow information and the pace of life, as well as by contemporary schooling that unreflectively embraces technological and market imperatives in the name of outcomes, efficiencies, and the preparation of a global workforce. Drawing on a wide range of thinkers, past and present, Rose outlines the important role reflective thought can play in the classroom and in the world at large, and makes a powerful case for slowing down and returning to our thoughts.
May B.
Title | May B. PDF eBook |
Author | Caroline Starr Rose |
Publisher | Random House Digital, Inc. |
Total Pages | 242 |
Release | 2012 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 158246393X |
When a failed wheat crop nearly bankrupts the Betterly family, Pa pulls twelve-year-old May, who suffers from dyslexia, from school and hires her out to a couple new to the Kansas frontier.
Serendipities
Title | Serendipities PDF eBook |
Author | Umberto Eco |
Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Total Pages | 148 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 9780156007511 |
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Firefly Lane
Title | Firefly Lane PDF eBook |
Author | Kristin Hannah |
Publisher | St. Martin's Press |
Total Pages | 532 |
Release | 2008-02-05 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1429927844 |
From the New York Times bestselling author Kristin Hannah comes a powerful novel of love, loss, and the magic of friendship. . . . now a #1 Netflix series! In the turbulent summer of 1974, Kate Mularkey has accepted her place at the bottom of the eighth-grade social food chain. Then, to her amazement, the "coolest girl in the world" moves in across the street and wants to be her friend. Tully Hart seems to have it all---beauty, brains, ambition. On the surface they are as opposite as two people can be: Kate, doomed to be forever uncool, with a loving family who mortifies her at every turn. Tully, steeped in glamour and mystery, but with a secret that is destroying her. They make a pact to be best friends forever; by summer's end they've become TullyandKate. Inseparable. So begins Kristin Hannah's magnificent new novel. Spanning more than three decades and playing out across the ever-changing face of the Pacific Northwest, Firefly Lane is the poignant, powerful story of two women and the friendship that becomes the bulkhead of their lives. From the beginning, Tully is desperate to prove her worth to the world. Abandoned by her mother at an early age, she longs to be loved unconditionally. In the glittering, big-hair era of the eighties, she looks to men to fill the void in her soul. But in the buttoned-down nineties, it is television news that captivates her. She will follow her own blind ambition to New York and around the globe, finding fame and success . . . and loneliness. Kate knows early on that her life will be nothing special. Throughout college, she pretends to be driven by a need for success, but all she really wants is to fall in love and have children and live an ordinary life. In her own quiet way, Kate is as driven as Tully. What she doesn't know is how being a wife and mother will change her . . . how she'll lose sight of who she once was, and what she once wanted. And how much she'll envy her famous best friend. . . . For thirty years, Tully and Kate buoy each other through life, weathering the storms of friendship---jealousy, anger, hurt, resentment. They think they've survived it all until a single act of betrayal tears them apart . . . and puts their courage and friendship to the ultimate test. Firefly Lane is for anyone who ever drank Boone's Farm apple wine while listening to Abba or Fleetwood Mac. More than a coming-of-age novel, it's the story of a generation of women who were both blessed and cursed by choices. It's about promises and secrets and betrayals. And ultimately, about the one person who really, truly knows you---and knows what has the power to hurt you . . . and heal you. Firefly Lane is a story you'll never forget . . . one you'll want to pass on to your best friend.
Coming Home to Myself
Title | Coming Home to Myself PDF eBook |
Author | Marion Woodman |
Publisher | Conari Press |
Total Pages | 378 |
Release | 2001-04-01 |
Genre | Self-Help |
ISBN | 9781573245661 |
A meditation book for women seeking to raise to their self-esteem & connect more fully with themselves.