[PDF] Calumet K Adapted And Annotated For Modern Readers eBook

Author : Wayzgoose Press
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 38,20 MB
Release : 2017-08-10
Category : Engineers
ISBN : 9781974474790

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In Los Angeles in 1926, Ayn Rand met American film maker Cecil B. DeMille, who gave her a job reviewing books for possible film adaptations. Among the titles he gave her was a bestseller about a contractor trying to build a grain elevator outside of Chicago. The novel, Calumet "K", sparked Rand's thought that at perhaps no other time or place in history could a single man take on the financial and human obstacles that Calumet's pro­tagonist, Charlie Bannon, faced--and still have a realistic chance at win­ning. Wayzgoose Press is proud to publish the first new edition of Calumet "K" since 1901. This special edition corrects printing errors and linguistic inconsistencies in the original edition, providing modern readers with a fas­cinating and accessible look at how an American businessman met work­place challenges in 1900. It also includes annotations as well as questions for discussion, making it a useful text for English language learners, or readers of literature study­ing either in the classroom, or on their own.

Author : Samuel Merwin
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 47,51 MB
Release : 2016-10-14
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ISBN : 9781539512271

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Calumet K By Samuel Merwin, Editorial Oneness (Edited by)

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Page : 658 pages
File Size : 36,71 MB
Release : 1905
Category : American literature
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A world list of books in the English language.

Author : Patricia A. Dunn
Publisher :
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 27,65 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Characters and characteristics in literature
ISBN : 9781433126222

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<I>Disabling Characters provides detailed analyses of selected young adult (YA) novels and short stories. It looks at the relative agency of the disabled character, the behavior of the other characters, the environment in which the character must live, the assumptions that seem to be underlying certain scenes, and the extent to which the book challenges or perpetuates an unsatisfactory status quo. Class discussions about disability-themed literature, however well intentioned, have the potential to reinforce harmful myths or stereotypes about disability. In contrast, discussions informed by a critical disability studies perspective can help readers develop more sophisticated views of disability and contribute to a more just and inclusive society. The book examines discussion questions, lesson plans, study guides, and other supplemental materials aimed at students studying these texts, and it suggests more critical questions to pose about these texts and the positive and/or negative work they do, perhaps subliminally, in our culture. This book is a much-needed addition to college classes in YA literature, literary analysis, methods of teaching literature, disability studies, cultural studies, contemporary criticism, special education, and adolescent literacy.

Author : Ellen K. Quick
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 37,27 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0415885302

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This book illustrates how core competencies in the solution-focused and strategic therapies grow from the models' basic principles: discovering and amplifying what works and changing what does not.

Author : Douglas Perry
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 18,95 MB
Release : 2014-02-20
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0698151453

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The story of Eliot Ness, the legendary lawman who led the Untouchables, took on Al Capone, and saved a city’s soul As leader of an unprecedented crime-busting squad, twenty-eight-year-old Eliot Ness won fame for taking on notorious mobster Al Capone. But the Untouchables’ daring raids were only the beginning of Ness’s unlikely story. This new biography grapples with the charismatic lawman’s complicated, largely forgotten legacy. Perry chronicles Ness’s days in Chicago as well as his spectacular second act in Cleveland, where he achieved his greatest success: purging the profoundly corrupt city and forging new practices that changed police work across the country. He also faced one of his greatest challenges: a mysterious serial killer known as the Torso Murderer. Capturing the first complete portrait of the real Eliot Ness, Perry brings to life an unorthodox man who believed in the integrity of law and the power of American justice.