Tete-a-Tete

Author: Hazel Rowley
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061852902
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 450

Book Description
“Enthralling . . . Here we find an ugly, walleyed existentialist philosopher, the elegantly beautiful author of The Second Sex and the Gallic equivalent of a bevy of young starlets who share the bed of one or the other--or sometimes both. Readers will turn these pages alternately mesmerized and appalled.” — Michael Dirda, Washington Post Book World Passionate, freethinking existentialist philosopher-writers Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre are one of the world's legendary couples. Their committed but notoriously open union generated no end of controversy in their day. Biographer Hazel Rowley offers the first dual portrait of these two colossal figures and their intense, often embattled relationship. Through original interviews and access to new primary sources, Rowley portrays Sartre and Beauvoir up close. Tête-à-Tête magnificently details the passion, daring, humor, and contradictions of a remarkably unorthodox relationship.

Tete-A-Tete with Muhammad

Author: Husam Dughman
Publisher: Llumina Press
ISBN: 9781605946726
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 302

Book Description
No ideology has perhaps generated more controversy and strong reactions than Islam. Yet, beyond the attacks of its detractors and the defence of its apologists, what is Islam really about? On what basis does the legitimacy of this much-maligned religion and its prophet rest? Will Islam ever be able to cope with modernity? Can Muslims coexist peacefully and productively with non-Muslims? By envisaging a personal encounter with Islam's founder, Husam Dughman, a Libyan of Arabic and Muslim background, takes us through a fascinating journey that explores Islam's past, examines its present, and outlines its future. He grapples to find answers to two major questions: If Muhammad were alive today, how would he defend his historical record? Just as importantly, how would Muhammad evaluate the situation of Islam as it stands in today's world? Drawing on his authentic and extensive knowledge and experience of Islam, Arabic culture, and Western culture, Mr. Dughman hands us an original, intellectually stimulating, and readable book that dares to pose uneasy questions and suggest possible answers in a manner that can only contribute to an enlightened vision of a Muslim world able one day to achieve high development and friendly coexistence with the rest of humanity. Husam Dughman was born in Libya and educated in Libya and the U.K. He earned his B.A. and M.A. in Political Science from the University of Kent at Canterbury, where he won several awards for academic excellence and graduated with a First Class with Honours. In 1993, Mr. Dughman returned to Libya and was successful in securing a position as a university professor of Political Science. Due to political reasons, he left his university position in 1997 and subsequently worked in legal translation. He emigrated to Canada in 2002, where he has been helping new immigrants with their settlement.

Tête-À-Tête

Author: Len Agpoon
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1532079354
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 106

Book Description
She believes that people are made of distinct colors in terms of their emotions. Distinct colors of intensity or lightness which depends on personal experiences and subsequent interpretation. Sometimes these experiences may have influenced personal interpretation of social observation or vice versa. But love, as it happens, as it ended, and as it appears again, requires conversation in private with the self, with the other self or with the reflection of the self.

Tete a Tete

Author: Henri Cartier-Bresson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780500281864
Category : Celebrities
Languages : en
Pages : 144

Book Description
A selection of Cartier-Bresson's most memorable portraits, published to accompany the 1998 National Portrait Gallery exhibition. The photographer himself supervised the design of the book and the juxtaposition of the images. Sir Ernst Gombrich provides an introduction to the collection.

Tete-A-Tete

Author: Beverly Maitland
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 147595607X
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 123

Book Description
Where are you mentally? Are you comfortable with yourself? What experiences brought you to this place and time? Perhaps, you have a lot to share, as so many of us do. That is why we have heart-to-heart conversations the essence of this collection. Tête-à-tête: Conversations about Our Experiences offers the heartfelt, open, and honest conversations we need to have about the experiences that brought us to the place where we are right now whether that is a comfortable place or not. In this, her second poetry collection, author Beverly Maitland begins a new, thought-provoking conversation about our personal experiences and how they have shaped us. She uses poetry of all forms, along with insightful conversations about our life experiences, to explore the struggles we face, the emotions we feel, and the pleasures we encounter. Tête-à-tête: Conversations about Our Experiences encourages intuitive reflection through engaging conversations, enabling us to analyze our lives and put into unique perspective our own paths of failure, success, or enlightenment. This collection, with powerful imagery and reflection, seeks to help you contextualize the past by accepting what was, sail enthusiastically with the waves of the present, and learn how to use those experiences to shape a future of growth, wisdom, and enlightenment.

African Leaders’ Tête À Tête: Navigating Entity Design And Prioritization For Systemic Outcomes

Author: Dr. Lucy S. Newman
Publisher: Pyxidia House Publishers
ISBN: 1946530352
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 160

Book Description
In this timely and practical book, “African Leaders’ Tête À Tête: Navigating Entity Design And Prioritization For Systemic Outcomes”, Dr Lucy S. Newman unlocks the door to transformational leadership in Africa and translates it into an interactive, easy-to-follow, real-life application to attain systemic outcomes that can pave the way for tangible contributions to the search for abundance in Africa’s emerging transformation. The author’s unique angle creates a fresh perspective within the leadership genre. “African Leaders’ Tête À Tête” teaches lessons that help individual, organisational, and jurisdictional leaders understand how to lead with sustainable results. She lays out ways to do that, presenting a comprehensive practical application of two concepts she developed over the years to make her point of how individuals, organisations, and jurisdictions can survive and thrive over time in Africa. With unique messaging filled with brilliance, the book also provides instruction on how to successfully develop high-performing teams to fulfil even the most challenging mission. Undoubtedly, the directive strategies in the book provide timeless wisdom to leaders interested in achieving sustainable success and contributing to attaining the Africa we want.

An African in Greenland

Author: Tété-Michel Kpomassie
Publisher: New York Review of Books
ISBN: 9780940322882
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 324

Book Description
Tété-Michel Kpomassie was a teenager in Togo when he discovered a book about Greenland—and knew that he must go there. Working his way north over nearly a decade, Kpomassie finally arrived in the country of his dreams. This brilliantly observed and superbly entertaining record of his adventures among the Inuit is a testament both to the wonderful strangeness of the human species and to the surprising sympathies that bind us all.

My Daughters' Mum Part 1

Author: Natasha Badhwar
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 9386797011
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 230

Book Description
My Daughters’ Mum—a first in a series of two essay collections—covers a range of essential subjects, from parenting and marriage, to faith and selfhood. Knitting together a popular column in Mint Lounge, new writing and priceless handcrafted dialogues, the author describes her journey as the mother of three young daughters; as the wife of a man from a religious background unlike her own; and as an individual with dreams detached from the roles of wife and mother—here’s a wanderer, a feminist, a workplace goer. Yet beyond the searingly personal, this is a memoir that tells us about an India that is fast transforming and where questions of identity and personal freedom are in dialogue with ideas of nationality. The candidness of the author’s voice, the gentle humour of fleeting narrative and the fragility of diary entries, photographs, collages and sketches will make My Daughters’ Mum resonate with every reader.

Know Your Enemy

Author: John Thomas Wylie
Publisher: Author House
ISBN: 1467075825
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 368

Book Description

Pass Over

Author: Antoinette Nwandu
Publisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 0571361773
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 123

Book Description
A lamppost. Night. Two friends are passing time. Stuck. Waiting for change. Inspired by Waiting for Godot and the Exodus, Antoinette Nwandu fuses poetry, humour and humanity in a rare and politically charged new play which exposes the experiences of young men in a world that refuses to see them. Pass Over by Antoinette Nwandu received its UK premiere at the Kiln Theatre, London, in February 2020.