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The Golden House

Publisher : Random House
Release Date : 2017-09-05
ISBN 13 : 0399592814
Total Pages : 412 pages
Rating : 4.9/5 (959 users downloads)

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Download or read book The Golden House written by Salman Rushdie and published by Random House. This book was released on 2017-09-05 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A modern American epic set against the panorama of contemporary politics and culture—a hurtling, page-turning mystery that is equal parts The Great Gatsby and The Bonfire of the Vanities ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: NPR, PBS, Harper’s Bazaar, Esquire, Financial Times, The Times of India On the day of Barack Obama’s inauguration, an enigmatic billionaire from foreign shores takes up residence in the architectural jewel of “the Gardens,” a cloistered community in New York’s Greenwich Village. The neighborhood is a bubble within a bubble, and the residents are immediately intrigued by the eccentric newcomer and his family. Along with his improbable name, untraceable accent, and unmistakable whiff of danger, Nero Golden has brought along his three adult sons: agoraphobic, alcoholic Petya, a brilliant recluse with a tortured mind; Apu, the flamboyant artist, sexually and spiritually omnivorous, famous on twenty blocks; and D, at twenty-two the baby of the family, harboring an explosive secret even from himself. There is no mother, no wife; at least not until Vasilisa, a sleek Russian expat, snags the septuagenarian Nero, becoming the queen to his king—a queen in want of an heir. Our guide to the Goldens’ world is their neighbor René, an ambitious young filmmaker. Researching a movie about the Goldens, he ingratiates himself into their household. Seduced by their mystique, he is inevitably implicated in their quarrels, their infidelities, and, indeed, their crimes. Meanwhile, like a bad joke, a certain comic-book villain embarks upon a crass presidential run that turns New York upside-down. Set against the strange and exuberant backdrop of current American culture and politics, The Golden House also marks Salman Rushdie’s triumphant and exciting return to realism. The result is a modern epic of love and terrorism, loss and reinvention—a powerful, timely story told with the daring and panache that make Salman Rushdie a force of light in our dark new age.

The Golden House

Publisher : Maitumian Press LLC
Release Date :
ISBN 13 : 144956075X
Total Pages : 159 pages
Rating : 4.4/5 (956 users downloads)

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The Golden House

by Sarah Baker

Publisher : Litres
Release Date : 2021-12-02
ISBN 13 : 5040618689
Total Pages : 146 pages
Rating : 4.4/5 (61 users downloads)

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Download or read book The Golden House written by Sarah Baker and published by Litres. This book was released on 2021-12-02 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Golden House

by Charles Dudley Warner

Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Release Date : 2023-02-11
ISBN 13 : 3368622129
Total Pages : 326 pages
Rating : 4.6/5 (862 users downloads)

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Download or read book The Golden House written by Charles Dudley Warner and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-02-11 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original.

The Golden House

by Charles Dudley Warner

Publisher :
Release Date : 1897
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 406 pages
Rating : 4.3/5 (21 users downloads)

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Download or read book The Golden House written by Charles Dudley Warner and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Girl in the Golden House

by John Burville Biggs

Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Release Date : 2003
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 300 pages
Rating : 4.9/5 (15 users downloads)

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Download or read book The Girl in the Golden House written by John Burville Biggs and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Chris Wong is brought up to believe that if he studies hard, he will find his golden house, and the right girl to share it with him. But his sexual awakening is complicated by the political realities of modern Hong Kong and traditional Chinese beliefs on love, marriage and career. He finds that when Chinese and Westerners fall in love, their different views on sex and commitment all too easily lead to misunderstanding and pain. The author has painted a convincing picture of Hong Kong, capturing its atmosphere and the culture of its people, giving the reader an insight into life in this city-state."--Publisher's description.

Philip IV and the "golden House" of the Buen Retiro

by Barbara Von Barghahn

Publisher :
Release Date : 1986
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 858 pages
Rating : 4.9/5 (15 users downloads)

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The Golden House

by Salman Rushdie

Publisher : Random House Trade Paperbacks
Release Date : 2018-06-05
ISBN 13 : 0399592822
Total Pages : 0 pages
Rating : 4.9/5 (959 users downloads)

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Download or read book The Golden House written by Salman Rushdie and published by Random House Trade Paperbacks. This book was released on 2018-06-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A modern American epic set against the panorama of contemporary politics and culture—a hurtling, page-turning mystery that is equal parts The Great Gatsby and The Bonfire of the Vanities ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: NPR, PBS, Harper’s Bazaar, Esquire, Financial Times, The Times of India On the day of Barack Obama’s inauguration, an enigmatic billionaire from foreign shores takes up residence in the architectural jewel of “the Gardens,” a cloistered community in New York’s Greenwich Village. The neighborhood is a bubble within a bubble, and the residents are immediately intrigued by the eccentric newcomer and his family. Along with his improbable name, untraceable accent, and unmistakable whiff of danger, Nero Golden has brought along his three adult sons: agoraphobic, alcoholic Petya, a brilliant recluse with a tortured mind; Apu, the flamboyant artist, sexually and spiritually omnivorous, famous on twenty blocks; and D, at twenty-two the baby of the family, harboring an explosive secret even from himself. There is no mother, no wife; at least not until Vasilisa, a sleek Russian expat, snags the septuagenarian Nero, becoming the queen to his king—a queen in want of an heir. Our guide to the Goldens’ world is their neighbor René, an ambitious young filmmaker. Researching a movie about the Goldens, he ingratiates himself into their household. Seduced by their mystique, he is inevitably implicated in their quarrels, their infidelities, and, indeed, their crimes. Meanwhile, like a bad joke, a certain comic-book villain embarks upon a crass presidential run that turns New York upside-down. Set against the strange and exuberant backdrop of current American culture and politics, The Golden House also marks Salman Rushdie’s triumphant and exciting return to realism. The result is a modern epic of love and terrorism, loss and reinvention—a powerful, timely story told with the daring and panache that make Salman Rushdie a force of light in our dark new age.

Rome Is Burning

by Anthony A. Barrett

Publisher : Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2020-11-10
ISBN 13 : 0691208506
Total Pages : 368 pages
Rating : 4.9/5 (12 users downloads)

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Download or read book Rome Is Burning written by Anthony A. Barrett and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2020-11-10 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on new archaeological evidence, an authoritative history of Rome’s Great Fire—and how it inflicted lasting harm on the Roman Empire According to legend, the Roman emperor Nero set fire to his majestic imperial capital on the night of July 19, AD 64 and fiddled while the city burned. It’s a story that has been told for more than two millennia—and it’s likely that almost none of it is true. In Rome Is Burning, distinguished Roman historian Anthony Barrett sets the record straight, providing a comprehensive and authoritative account of the Great Fire of Rome, its immediate aftermath, and its damaging longterm consequences for the Roman world. Drawing on remarkable new archaeological discoveries and sifting through all the literary evidence, he tells what is known about what actually happened—and argues that the disaster was a turning point in Roman history, one that ultimately led to the fall of Nero and the end of the dynasty that began with Julius Caesar. Rome Is Burning tells how the fire destroyed much of the city and threw the population into panic. It describes how it also destroyed Nero’s golden image and provoked a financial crisis and currency devaluation that made a permanent impact on the Roman economy. Most importantly, the book surveys, and includes many photographs of, recent archaeological evidence that shows visible traces of the fire’s destruction. Finally, the book describes the fire’s continuing afterlife in literature, opera, ballet, and film. A richly detailed and scrupulously factual narrative of an event that has always been shrouded in myth, Rome Is Burning promises to become the standard account of the Great Fire of Rome for our time.

The Golden House

by Charles Dudley Warner

Publisher :
Release Date : 1894
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 412 pages
Rating : 4.9/5 (15 users downloads)

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Download or read book The Golden House written by Charles Dudley Warner and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Colosseum

by Keith Hopkins

Publisher : Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2005
ISBN 13 : 9780674018952
Total Pages : 232 pages
Rating : 4.1/5 (895 users downloads)

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Download or read book The Colosseum written by Keith Hopkins and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Byron and Hitler were equally entranced by Rome’s most famous monument, the Colosseum. Mid-Victorians admired the hundreds of varieties of flowers in its crannies and occasionally shuddered at its reputation for contagion, danger, and sexual temptation. Today it is the highlight of a tour of Italy for more than three million visitors a year, a concert arena for the likes of Paul McCartney, and a national symbol of opposition to the death penalty. Its ancient history is chock full of romantic but erroneous myths. There is no evidence that any gladiator ever said “Hail Caesar, those about to die...” and we know of not one single Christian martyr who met his finish here. Yet the reality is much stranger than the legend as the authors, two prominent classical historians, explain in this absorbing account. We learn the details of how the arena was built and at what cost; we are introduced to the emperors who sometimes fought in gladiatorial games staged at the Colosseum; and we take measure of the audience who reveled in, or opposed, these games. The authors also trace the strange afterlife of the monument—as fortress, shrine of martyrs, church, and glue factory. Why are we so fascinated with this arena of death?

The Best Life

by Kary Has

Publisher : Covenant Books, Inc.
Release Date : 2019-02-05
ISBN 13 : 1643006185
Total Pages : 262 pages
Rating : 4.4/5 (3 users downloads)

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Download or read book The Best Life written by Kary Has and published by Covenant Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2019-02-05 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No matter what your current weight or fitness level is, this plan is your next step for a lifestyle change. By adding one new focus weekly for 12 weeks, filling out your journal, and repetition, magic happens. The weekly focuses become habits, the habits become automatic, and the weight loss is soon passive with minimal conscious effort. Focuses are introduced at the beginning of the week along with ideas to incorporate them into your life and make them fun. In addition, an online forum is available for community, interactions, ideas, and additional resources.

Green Light

by George Gessert

Publisher : MIT Press
Release Date : 2012-02-10
ISBN 13 : 0262291584
Total Pages : 264 pages
Rating : 4.6/5 (229 users downloads)

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Download or read book Green Light written by George Gessert and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2012-02-10 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How humans' aesthetic perceptions have shaped other life forms, from racehorses to ornamental plants. Humans have bred plants and animals with an eye to aesthetics for centuries: flowers are selected for colorful blossoms or luxuriant foliage; racehorses are prized for the elegance of their frames. Hybridized plants were first exhibited as fine art in 1936, when the Museum of Modern Art in New York showed Edward Steichen's hybrid delphiniums. Since then, bio art has become a genre; artists work with a variety of living things, including plants, animals, bacteria, slime molds, and fungi. Many commentators have addressed the social and political concerns raised by making art out of living material. In Green Light, however, George Gessert examines the role that aesthetic perception has played in bio art and other interventions in evolution. Gessert looks at a variety of life forms that humans have helped shape, focusing on plants—the most widely domesticated form of life and the one that has been crucial to his own work as an artist. We learn about pleasure gardens of the Aztecs, cultivated for intoxicating fragrance; the aesthetic standards promoted by national plant societies; a daffodil that looks like a rose; and praise for weeds and wildflowers.

A Companion to the Flavian Age of Imperial Rome

by Andrew Zissos

Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2015-12-31
ISBN 13 : 1118878175
Total Pages : 624 pages
Rating : 4.1/5 (887 users downloads)

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Download or read book A Companion to the Flavian Age of Imperial Rome written by Andrew Zissos and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2015-12-31 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Companion to the Flavian Age of Imperial Rome provides asystematic and comprehensive examination of the political,economic, social, and cultural nuances of the Flavian Age(69–96 CE). Includes contributions from over two dozen Classical Studiesscholars organized into six thematic sections Illustrates how economic, social, and cultural forcesinteracted to create a variety of social worlds within a compositeRoman empire Concludes with a series of appendices that provide detailedchronological and demographic information and an extensive glossaryof terms Examines the Flavian Age more broadly and inclusively than everbefore incorporating coverage of often neglected groups, such aswomen and non-Romans within the Empire

Raw Awakenings

by Judy Lee-Fenton

Publisher : Austin Macauley Publishers
Release Date : 2021-09-30
ISBN 13 : 1398405523
Total Pages : 152 pages
Rating : 4.9/5 (84 users downloads)

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Download or read book Raw Awakenings written by Judy Lee-Fenton and published by Austin Macauley Publishers. This book was released on 2021-09-30 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our story finds Zude, Flute and Jaclet embroiled in an emotional conflict on a strange world. Their peaceful and balanced lives are disrupted as their universe begins to collapse. Mind travel is the best way to get out but one decision threatens the trio. Their entwined sexual, spiritual and metaphysical experiences push the limits as they cycle through several reincarnations.

Ancient Rome in 1885

by John Henry Middleton

Publisher :
Release Date : 1885
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 556 pages
Rating : 4.S/5 (11 users downloads)

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The Art of Discovery

by Maren Elisabeth Schwab

Publisher : Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2022-11-29
ISBN 13 : 0691237158
Total Pages : 328 pages
Rating : 4.9/5 (123 users downloads)

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Download or read book The Art of Discovery written by Maren Elisabeth Schwab and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2022-11-29 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A panoramic history of the antiquarians whose discoveries transformed Renaissance culture and gave rise to new forms of art and knowledge In the early fifteenth century, a casket containing the remains of the Roman historian Livy was unearthed at a Benedictine abbey in Padua. The find was greeted with the same enthusiasm as the bones of a Christian saint, and established a pattern that antiquarians would follow for centuries to come. The Art of Discovery tells the stories of the Renaissance antiquarians who turned material remains of the ancient world into sources for scholars and artists, inspirations for palaces and churches, and objects of pilgrimage and devotion. Maren Elisabeth Schwab and Anthony Grafton bring to life some of the most spectacular finds of the age, such as Nero’s Golden House and the wooden placard that was supposedly nailed to the True Cross. They take readers into basements, caves, and cisterns, explaining how digs were undertaken and shedding light on the methods antiquarians—and the alchemists and craftspeople they consulted—used to interpret them. What emerges is not an origin story for modern archaeology or art history but rather an account of how early modern artisanal skills and technical expertise were used to create new knowledge about the past and inspire new forms of art, scholarship, and devotion in the present. The Art of Discovery challenges the notion that Renaissance antiquarianism was strictly a secular enterprise, revealing how the rediscovery of Christian relics and the bones of martyrs helped give rise to highly interdisciplinary ways of examining and authenticating objects of all kinds.