Vita

Author : João Biehl
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520951468
Total Pages : 457 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Vita written by João Biehl and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2013-05-01 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Zones of social abandonment are emerging everywhere in Brazil’s big cities—places like Vita, where the unwanted, the mentally ill, the sick, and the homeless are left to die. This haunting, unforgettable story centers on a young woman named Catarina, increasingly paralyzed and said to be mad, living out her time at Vita. Anthropologist João Biehl leads a detective-like journey to know Catarina; to unravel the cryptic, poetic words that are part of the "dictionary" she is compiling; and to trace the complex network of family, medicine, state, and economy in which her abandonment and pathology took form. An instant classic, Vita has been widely acclaimed for its bold fieldwork, theoretical innovation, and literary force. Reflecting on how Catarina’s life story continues, this updated edition offers the reader a powerful new afterword and gripping new photographs following Biehl and Eskerod’s return to Vita. Anthropology at its finest, Vita is essential reading for anyone who is grappling with how to understand the conditions of life, thought, and ethics in the contemporary world.

Author : Melania G. Mazzucco
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN 13 : 1429974265
Total Pages : 447 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Vita written by Melania G. Mazzucco and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2005-09-15 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In April 1903, the steamship Republic spills more than two thousand immigrants onto Ellis Island. Among them are Diamante, age twelve, and Vita, nine, sent by their poor families in southern Italy to make their way in America. Amid the chaos and splendor of New York, the misery and criminality of Little Italy, and the shady tenants of Vita's father's decrepit Prince Street boarding house, Diamante and Vita struggle to survive, to create a new life, and to become American. From journeys west in search of work to journeys back to Italy in search of their roots, to Vita's son's encounter with his mother's home town while serving as an army captain in World War II, Vita touches on every aspect of the heartbreaking and inspiring immigrant story. The award-winning Italian author Melania G. Mazzucco weaves her own family history into a great American novel of the immigrant experience. A sweeping tale of discovery, love, and loss, Vita is a passionate blend of biography and autobiography, of fantasy and fiction.

Author : Marina & Sergey Dyachenko
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062694618
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Vita Nostra written by Marina & Sergey Dyachenko and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2018-11-13 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Vita Nostra” — a cross between Lev Grossman’s “The Magicians” and Elizabeth Kostova’s “The Historian” [...] is the anti-Harry Potter you didn’t know you wanted.” -- The Washington Post “Vita Nostra has become a powerful influence on my own writing. It’s a book that has the potential to become a modern classic of its genre, and I couldn’t be more excited to see it get the global audience in English it so richly deserves.” -- Lev Grossman Best Books of November 2018 -- Paste Magazine The definitive English language translation of the internationally acclaimed Russian novel—a brilliant dark fantasy combining psychological suspense, enchantment, and terror that makes us consider human existence in a fresh and provocative way. Our life is brief . . . Sasha Samokhina has been accepted to the Institute of Special Technologies. Or, more precisely, she’s been chosen. Situated in a tiny village, she finds the students are bizarre, and the curriculum even more so. The books are impossible to read, the lessons obscure to the point of maddening, and the work refuses memorization. Using terror and coercion to keep the students in line, the school does not punish them for their transgressions and failures; instead, it is their families that pay a terrible price. Yet despite her fear, Sasha undergoes changes that defy the dictates of matter and time; experiences which are nothing she has ever dreamed of . . . and suddenly all she could ever want. A complex blend of adventure, magic, science, and philosophy that probes the mysteries of existence, filtered through a distinct Russian sensibility, this astonishing work of speculative fiction—brilliantly translated by Julia Meitov Hersey—is reminiscent of modern classics such as Lev Grossman’s The Magicians, Max Barry’s Lexicon, and Katherine Arden’s The Bear and the Nightingale, but will transport them to a place far beyond those fantastical worlds.

Author : Sarah Gristwood
Publisher : National Trust
ISBN 13 : 1911358650
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Vita & Virginia written by Sarah Gristwood and published by National Trust. This book was released on 2018-10-26 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A double biography of Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West, their friendship and love affair. Virginia Woolf is one of the world’s most famous writers – a leading light of literary modernism and feminism – and a British icon. During the 1920s she had a passionate affair with a fellow author, Vita Sackville-West, and they remained friends until Virginia’s death in 1941. The hero of Virginia’s novel Orlando was modeled on Vita and the book has been described as ‘one of the longest and most charming love letters in history’. That’s on top of the more than 500 letters they wrote to each other. Vita & Virginia is the extraordinary account of the work, friendship and love affair of two prolific novelists, who came to redefine conventions of femininity, sexuality, art and politics for the modern world. The cultural legacies of these formidable women, enduring icons of sexual equality and female emancipation, proliferate around us today – in fashion and television, film and literature. In this scrupulously researched examination of the pair's long friendship, the National Trust draws on their poetry and treasured correspondence to tell the story of this thoroughly modern affair. Both novelists have become closely associated with the National Trust. Vita is most famous today as the co-creator of Sissinghurst, one of the most influential and visited gardens in the world, while Monk’s House, Virginia’s retreat and inspiration, was a celebrated haunt of the Bloomsbury Group, that influential set of artists, thinkers and writers who lived in squares and loved in triangles.

Author : Vita Sackville-West
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1473582407
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Love Letters: Vita and Virginia written by Vita Sackville-West and published by Random House. This book was released on 2021-02-04 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Delve into a legendary literary love affair 'I am reduced to a thing that wants Virginia. I composed a beautiful letter to you in the sleepless nightmare hours of the night, and it has all gone. I just miss you...' At a dinner party in 1922, Virginia Woolf met the renowned author, aristocrat - and sapphist - Vita Sackville-West. Virginia wrote in her diary that she didn't think much of Vita's conversation, but she did think very highly of her legs. It was to be the start of almost twenty years of flirtation, friendship, and literary collaboration. Their correspondence ended only with Virginia's death in 1941. Intimate and playful, these selected letters and diary entries allow us to hear these women's constantly changing feelings for each other in their own words. Eavesdrop on the affair that inspired Virginia to write her most fantastical novel, Orlando, and discover a relationship that - even a hundred years later - feels radical and relatable. WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION FROM ALISON BECHDEL, AUTHOR OF FUN HOME AND CREATOR OF THE BECHDEL TEST.

Author : Ethan Murrow
Publisher : Candlewick Press
ISBN 13 : 0763679658
Total Pages : 33 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Whale written by Ethan Murrow and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2016-04-12 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The legend of the Great Spotted Whale has never been proven until two whale watchers set out on a journey fifty years later to find the mythical animal. When they finally see it, they discover another surprise even bigger than they imagined.

Author : Robert C. Atkins
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439135010
Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dr. Atkins' Vita-Nutrient Solution written by Robert C. Atkins and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-05-24 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE HEALING POWER OF NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS Long a champion of complementary medicine and nutritional therapy, Dr. Robert Atkins, author of the #1 best-seller Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution, presents the scientific basis for the use of vitamins, minerals, amino acids, herbs, and hormones in the treatment and prevention of many of the chronic illnesses that plague us today. These vita-nutrients harness the body's ability to heal itself, rather than resorting to conventional drugs and invasive procedures, and address the true causes of disease instead of temporarily alleviating symptoms, promoting longer-lasting and more effective healing. In this comprehensive guide, Dr. Atkins shares vital information on more than 120 supplements, including: The specific restorative powers of each nutrient How to determine the optimal dosage schedule How to obtain supplements that are new to the market or are available only in limited supply The formula for a basic foundation of vita-nutrients that almost everyone needs every day Best of all, Dr. Atkins shows you how to create a personalized program to help improve or regain your health by using combinations of nutritional supplements specifically designed to help cure or prevent more than fifty common medical conditions, including arthritis, cancer, diabetes, heart disease, or infections. Backed by cutting-edge scientific research, his recommendations are both safe and effective.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 782 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book VITA written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 782 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Victoria Sackville-West
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 031223760X
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Vita Sackville-West written by Victoria Sackville-West and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2002-06-29 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of writings by the seminal modernist includes poetry, essays, travel narratives, a dream notebook, journal entries, and excerpts from her novels.

Author : Emmanuel Baptista
Publisher : NB PRESS
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 23 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Kimpa Vita written by Emmanuel Baptista and published by NB PRESS. This book was released on with total page 23 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Also known as the mother of African unity, Kimpa Vita attempted to unify the Kongo Kingdom through her Antonianist movement, but was eventually sentenced to death and murdered. Beatrice Kimpa Vita, also known as Beatrice of the Congo, was born near Mount Kibangu in Angola, the former Kingdom of Kongo, around 1684. She was born into a family of Kongo nobility. She began having spiritual visions at an early age, she was capable of communicating with ancestors. She was a kind of intermediary between life and death.