Rites of August First - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Rites of August First write by Jeffrey R. Kerr-Ritchie. This book was released on 2007-08. Rites of August First available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In Rites of August First, J.R. Kerr-Ritchie provides the first detailed analysis of the origins, nature, and consequences of August First Daythe most important annual celebration of the emancipation of colonial slavery throughout the British Empire. Spanning the Western hemisphere, Kerr-Ritchie successfully unravels the cultural politics of emancipation celebrations, analyzing the social practices informed by public ritual, symbol, and spectacle designed to elicit feelings of common identity among blacks in the Atlantic world.
Rites of Spring
Rites of Spring - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Rites of Spring write by Modris Eksteins. This book was released on 2012-03-13. Rites of Spring available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Named "One of the 100 best books ever published in Canada" (The Literary Review of Canada), Rites of Spring is a brilliant and captivating work of cultural history from the internationally acclaimed scholar and writer Modris Eksteins. Dazzling in its originality, witty and perceptive in unearthing patterns of behavior that history has erased, Rites of Spring probes the origins, the impact and the aftermath of World War I--from the premiere of Stravinsky's ballet Le Sacre du Printemps in 1913 to the death of Hitler in 1945. "The Great War," Eksteins writes, "was the psychological turning point...for modernism as a whole. The urge to create and the urge to destroy had changed places." In this extraordinary book, Eksteins goes on to chart the seismic shifts in human consciousness brought about by this great cataclysm through the lives and words of ordinary people, works of literature, and such events as Lindbergh's transatlantic flight and the publication of the first modern bestseller, All Quiet on the Western Front. Rites of Spring is a remarkable and rare work, a cultural history that redefines the way we look at our past and toward our future.
Rite of Passage
Rite of Passage - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Rite of Passage write by Jim McBride. This book was released on 2011-08-01. Rite of Passage available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. For generations, other religions and cultures have put their children through a rite of passage to adulthood. Many people are aware of the Jewish practice of the Bar and Bat Mitzvahs, for example. The reality, however, is that many children today don’t learn how to become adults on purpose; rather, they ride the wave of adolescence toward an unknown adult future. Moms, dads, and other perfectly placed adults have the unique opportunity to guide the teenagers in their life toward adulthood. This is not a privilege to be taken lightly, but neither is it an impossible task. Jim McBride, executive producer of Fireproof and Courageous, brings wisdom, experience, and practical examples to his guidebook for leading those burgeoning adults in your life through a real-life Rite of Passage.
Rites of Love
Rites of Love - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Rites of Love write by Vladimir Megre. This book was released on 2008. Rites of Love available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Over 10 million copies sold in 20 languages
Adulthood Rites
Adulthood Rites - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Adulthood Rites write by Octavia E. Butler. This book was released on 2023-03-28. Adulthood Rites available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. From the award-winning author of Parable of the Sower:After the near-extinction of the human race, one young man with extraordinary gifts will reveal whether the human race can learn from its past and rebuild their future . . . or is doomed to self-destruction. In the future, nuclear war has destroyed nearly all humankind. An alien race intervenes, saving the small group of survivors from certain death. But their salvation comes at a cost. The Oankali are able to read and mutate genetic code, and they use these skills for their own survival, interbreeding with new species to constantly adapt and evolve. They value the intelligence they see in humankind but also know that the species—rigidly bound to destructive social hierarchies—is destined for failure. They are determined that the only way forward is for the two races to produce a new hybrid species—and they will not tolerate rebellion. Akin looks like an ordinary human child. But as the first true human-alien hybrid, he is born understanding language, then starts to form sentences at two months old. He can see at a molecular level and kill with a touch. More powerful than any human or Oankali, he will be the architect of both races' future. But before he can carry this new species into the stars, Akin must reconcile with his own heritage in a world already torn in two.
