In recent decades, there has been a substantial turn towards narrative and life history study. The embrace of narrative and life history work has accompanied the move to postmodernism and post-structuralism across a wide range of disciplines: sociological studies, gender studies, cultural studies, social history; literary theory; and, most recently, psychology. Written by leading international scholars from the main contributing perspectives and disciplines, The Routledge International Handbook on Narrative and Life History seeks to capture the range and scope as well as the considerable complexity of the field of narrative study and life history work by situating these fields of study within the historical and contemporary context. Topics covered include: • The historical emergences of life history and narrative study • Techniques for conducting life history and narrative study • Identity and politics • Generational history • Social and psycho-social approaches to narrative history With chapters from expert contributors, this volume will prove a comprehensive and authoritative resource to students, researchers and educators interested in narrative theory, analysis and interpretation.

Enriched Classics offer readers accessible editions of great works of literature enhanced by helpful notes and commentary. Each book includes educational tools alongside the text, enabling students and readers alike to gain a deeper and more developed understanding of the writer and their work. Frederick Douglass’s powerful autobiographical account of life in bondage, his triumphant escape to freedom, and his analysis of slavery as a condition. Enriched Classics enhance your engagement by introducing and explaining the historical and cultural significance of the work, the author’s personal history, and what impact this book had on subsequent scholarship. Each book includes discussion questions that help clarify and reinforce major themes and reading recommendations for further research. Read with confidence.

"A deeply moving, funny, and brilliantly written account from one of India’s most original new voices." —Katherine Boo Like Dave Eggers’s Zeitoun and Alexander Masters’s Stuart, this is a tour de force of narrative reportage. Mohammed Ashraf studied biology, became a butcher, a tailor, and an electrician’s apprentice; now he is a homeless day laborer in the heart of old Delhi. How did he end up this way? In an astonishing debut, Aman Sethi brings him and his indelible group of friends to life through their adventures and misfortunes in the Old Delhi Railway Station, the harrowing wards of a tuberculosis hospital, an illegal bar made of cardboard and plywood, and into Beggars Court and back onto the streets. In a time of global economic strain, this is an unforgettable evocation of persistence in the face of poverty in one of the world’s largest cities. Sethi recounts Ashraf’s surprising life story with wit, candor, and verve, and A Free Man becomes a moving story of the many ways a man can be free.

Each of us has come to our current life stance through a journey of unique experiencesbeing born at this time, growing up in this particular social setting and culture, experiencing these specific successes and losses, and having these significant relationships. Whether we are in the early, middle, or latter part of our personal faith story, the ending is still ahead of usand reviewing our own faith story helps us chart our course into the future. Using psychologist Dan McAdamss idea that we make sense of life by composing our own life story, author Bradley Hanson explores how our personal identity and spirituality are influenced by the meaning and values embedded in our childhood family life and major story lines promoted by our culture. In our most basic quest to make sense of life, he considers sharply contrasting answers to five fundamental questions. With reflection and suggested group discussion questions at the end of each chapter, this study explores the idea that spirituality and ones life story are intimately connected. Praise for Spirituality and Your Life Story Real people tell their stories of success, love, friendship, forgiveness, and loss. Brad Hanson helps us ponder our own deepest commitments and the paths we follow to realize them. A fine book for individual reflection or group discussion. H. George Anderson, former presiding bishop, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

History of Plymouth Plantation is regarded as the most authoritative and authentic account of the Pilgrims and the early years of the colony they founded. Written between 1630 and 1651, the journal describes the story of the Pilgrims from 1608, when they settled in the Dutch Republic on the European mainland, through the 1620 Mayflower voyage to the New World, until 1647. The book ends with a list, written in 1651, of Mayflower passengers and their whereabouts. William Bradford (1590-1657) was an English Separatist, one of the signatories to the Mayflower Compact and the second Governor of the Plymouth Colony.

Махатма Ганди – индийский политический и общественный деятель, боровшийся за независимость Индии от Великобритании. Он известен своей философией ненасилия под названием сатьяграха, оказавшей большое влияние на движения сторонников мирных перемен.Автобиография Ганди «Моя жизнь» рассказывает о его становлении и духовных исканиях, а также о борьбе за права в Южной Африке и об освобождении Индии. Кроме нее в данную книгу вошли другие произведения Ганди на политические и социальные темы.Читая эту книгу вы сможете не только узнать больше о жизни и идеях Махатмы Ганди, но и попрактиковать свой английский.В формате PDF A4 сохранен издательский макет книги.

Read The Story of Life to Discover— • Why & How Life Exists The Meaning & Purpose of Life • Why & When Life Will End What You Need to Do Now • Why & How Eternal Life Exists The Story of Life • This book explains the story of life from beginning to end, thoroughly revealing the meaning and purpose of life. • Moreover, a timeline is provided for the major events that compose the story of life. • This author has been aware of the story of life for about forty years and shared it only a few times during that period. • While this author still feels unworthy of sharing the story of life, the story of life has been revealed to him, and he is now at an age where any more delay in sharing the story of life might mean that he never publicly shares it. • Please do not confuse the messenger with the message. • Examine the story of life on its own merits. Chapter One • Starts before time begins. • God was alone. • Shares some of the nature of God. • Shares some of the nature of evil. • Shares some of the nature of reality Chapter Two • Shares how God planned to add to Himself. • Shares how, when, and why time began. • Shares how God doubled Himself. • Shares information on the Host of Heaven. Chapter Three • Shares about the Son of God. • Shares about life within life. • Shares about life from outside life. • The purpose of life. • Truth demands knowledge. Chapter Four • The timeline of life. • Life existing within God. • The nature of the universe. • Adam and Eve. • Noah’s Ark. • The chosen people of God. • Jesus, the Son of Man. • The false Armageddon. • Saints and believers persecuted. • The two prophets of God. • Satan cast out of Heaven. • Battle of Armageddon. • Anti-Christ cast into the Second Death. • Jesus rules the Earth for 1,000 years. • Satan returns and is defeated. • Satan is cast into the Second Death. • The New Jerusalem. • The Last Judgement. Chapter Five • Related Biblical quotations. • From the Old Testament. • From the New Testament. Chapter Six • The book of Revelation. Epilogue • This book was written in Jerusalem, Israel, in 2018. • Details are still being revealed, and some updates will be necessary; however, the basics are reliable and true and have not changed for many years. • “Those who are able to see beyond the shadow and lies of their culture will never be understood, let alone believed, by the masses.” —Plato

'Life provides infinite shades of light and dark...' Victoria Hislop, bestselling author and champion of the short story, has chosen her favourite short stories by women writers. Here are prizewinners, famous wits, well-known feminists, national treasures and rising stars. All the stories in this volume are about life – happy, sad, mundane and extraordinary – it is captured here in all its rich variety. CONTRIBUTORS: Willa Cather, Virginia Woolf, Ellen Gilchrist, Dorothy Parker, Doris Lessing, Penelope Fitzgerald, Margaret Atwood, Penelope Lively, Anita Desai, Alice Munro, Elspeth Davie, Penelope Fitzgerald, Alice Walker, A. M. Homes, Anne Enright, Elizabeth Jolley, Jane Gardam, Alison Lurie, Nicola Barker, Jennifer Egan, Muriel Spark, Hilary Mantel, A. S. Byatt, Maggie Gee, Ali Smith, A. L. Kennedy, Polly Samson, Helen Simpson and Stella Duffy.

The Script: Choose Your Prophetic Story, Change Your Life Have you ever felt as though your life is stuck in a pattern?Would you like a clear, simple message to help yourself—and others—break free of limitations and live your God-appointed destiny?Are you seeking to understand your prophetic calling? God has a story for your life. It is a prophetic story; the story of an abundant life—full of faith and purpose. Your Father’s story is that He is redeeming things of the past, and that He has a destiny for you to stride confidently into. ‘The script’ is any story-line that is at work in your life, that is not in accordance with God’s Word—and what He says about you A counterfeit script can originate from from past traumas or hurts, or arise from the opinions or actions of others. It can be a generational story-line. It can even arise from a limiting factor in real life - and sound very reasonable until you hold it up against God's Word. But God has a prophetic story for your life, and a calling and destiny that no one else can fulfil. You do not have to put up with that old script any longer! It's time to break out, discover and walk in your prophetic destiny. Signs of a counterfeit script at work include: There is a story you tell yourself (and others) of why you get stuck and do not move forward in some area of your lifeThere is something your life is characterized by, that is not in accordance with God’s wordYou experience a prevailing mood or atmosphere that is not ‘righteousness peace and joy’There are recurring cycles of limitation or failure in your life, or that of your familyYou experience anxiety in the area of your future, relationships, finances, or healthThere are limitations that threaten your ability to live the destiny God has prepared for you In ‘The Script: Choose Your Prophetic Story, Change Your Life’ you will receive clear guidelines to help you identify and break free of every counterfeit storyline and step boldly into God’s prophetic purpose for your life. In ‘The Script: Choose Your Prophetic Story Change Your Life’ you will learn: What a script is, and five ways it can come into operationHow to identify and defeat a counterfeit scriptHow to identify and break a generational storyline (curse)How to replace the script with God’s prophetic story for your lifeKey questions that will help you identify your prophetic calling In ‘The Script: Choose Your Prophetic Story Change Your Life’ Helen shares her own testimonies of breaking free from personal and generational scripts, and encourages you to live a life empowered by the Word of God. Chapter Summary: 1. Jesus, Deliverer 2. The Script 3. Where Does a Script Come from? 4. How to Defeat the Script 5. Replace The Script with God’s Prophetic Story for Your Life 6. Two Script-Breaking Truths 7. How to Identify Your Prophetic Calling 8. It’s Time to Move On Prayer and Declaration