Noonday

Author: Pat Barker
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 0385537735
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 277

Book Description
A new novel from the Booker Prize winning Pat Barker, author of the Regeneration Trilogy, that unforgettably portrays London during the Blitz (her first portrayal of World War II) and reconfirms her place in the very top rank of British novelists. London, the Blitz, Autumn 1940. As the bombs fall on the blacked-out city, ambulance driver Elinor Brooke races from bomb sites to hospitals trying to save the lives of injured survivors, working alongside former friend Kit Neville, while her husband Paul Tarrant works as an air-raide warden. Once fellow students at the Slade School of Fine Art before the First World War destroyed the hopes of their generation, they now find themselves caught in another war, this time at home. As the bombing intensifies, the constant risk of death makes all three reach out for quick consolation. And into their midst comes the spirit medium Bertha Mason, grotesque and unforgettable, whose ability to make contact with the deceased finds vastly increased demands as death rains down from the skies. Old loves and obsessions resurface until Elinor is brought face to face with an almost impossible choice. Completing the story of Elinor Brooke, Paul Tarrant and Kit Neville begun with Life Class and continued with Toby's Room, Noonday is both a stand-alone novel and the climax of a trilogy. Writing about the Second World War for the first time, Pat Barker brings the besieged and haunted city of London into electrifying life in her most powerful novel since the Regeneration trilogy.

The Noonday Devil

Author: Jean-Charles Nault
Publisher: Ignatius Press
ISBN: 1681496879
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 186

Book Description
The noonday devil is the demon of acedia, the vice also known as sloth. The word “sloth”, however, can be misleading, for acedia is not laziness; in fact it can manifest as busyness or activism. Rather, acedia is a gloomy combination of weariness, sadness, and a lack of purposefulness. It robs a person of his capacity for joy and leaves him feeling empty, or void of meaning Abbot Nault says that acedia is the most oppressive of demons. Although its name harkens back to antiquity and the Middle Ages, and seems to have been largely forgotten, acedia is experienced by countless modern people who describe their condition as depression, melancholy, burn-out, or even mid-life crisis. He begins his study of acedia by tracing the wisdom of the Church on the subject from the Desert Fathers to Saint Thomas Aquinas. He shows how acedia afflicts persons in all states of life— priests, religious, and married or single laymen. He details not only the symptoms and effects of acedia, but also remedies for it.

The Noonday Demon

Author: Andrew Solomon
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 145161103X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 576

Book Description
The author offers a look at depression in which he draws on his own battle with the illness and interviews with fellow sufferers, researchers, doctors, and others to assess the complexities of the disease, its causes and symptoms, and available therapies. This book examines depression in personal, cultural, and scientific terms. He confronts the challenge of defining the illness and describes the vast range of available medications, the efficacy of alternative treatments, and the impact the malady has on various demographic populations, around the world and throughout history. He also explores the thorny patch of moral and ethical questions posed by emerging biological explanations for mental illness. He takes readers on a journey into the most pervasive of family secrets and contributes to our understanding not only of mental illness but also of the human condition.

Fighting the Noonday Devil - and Other Essays Personal and Theological

Author: R. R. Reno
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN: 080286547X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 123

Book Description
In this stirring volume R. R. Reno a thoughtful, literate writer with a zest for physical and theological adventure looks back on his time working in the oil fields of Wyoming, his quests to the heights of Yosemite and the ice cliffs of the French Alps, his daughter s bat mitzvah, and more, rendering seven diverse fragments of life in energetic prose. Fighting the Noonday Devil resounds with Reno s depth of feeling and regard for the tangible things of life. Through these narratives, vignettes, and reflections he shows that it is the real-life manifestations of love and loyalty far beyond intellectual abstractions or theories that train us for true piety. Whether defending Jack Kerouac, describing work on a drilling rig, or narrating his reception into the Roman Catholic Church, Rusty Reno brings a writer s eye and a theologian s heart to the essayist s labors. Many rewards await the reader of this book. Alan Jacobs author of Wayfaring and The Narnian R. R. Reno s essays are intellectually stimulating, and some even possess cinematic possibilities. I find their Augustinian ethos deeply appealing in their consistent combination of wisdom and eloquence. David K. Naugle author of Reordered Love, Reordered Lives: Learning the Deep Meaning of Happiness In this smart and sparkling collection R. R. Reno applies his consummate literary skills to subjects as diverse as acedia, mountain climbing, religious conversion, Jack Kerouac, and interfaith marriage, uniting them under a single glorious banner, that of reclaiming the essential function of culture, the cultivation of the soul. A bravura performance. Philip Zaleski coauthor of Prayer: A History Fighting the Noonday Devil is the work of a pious intellect in all the best senses of the term. . . . Reno reads his life in parables in a way that provokes us to see our own lives anew. In him we find a voice and style in the best tradition of Newman incisive, affecting, wise, inviting. I was captivated by this book. James K. A. Smith author of The Devil Reads Derrida and Other Essays on the University, the Church, Politics, and the Arts

Noonday

Author: Harriet Sanborn Grosvenor
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Benevolence
Languages : en
Pages : 252

Book Description

Gods of Noonday

Author: Elaine Neil Orr
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
ISBN: 9780813922096
Category : Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 352

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ECLIPSE AT NOONDAY

Author: Mike Uriel Ogbechie
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1469138093
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 315

Book Description
A true life story of events that happenened during the Biafra/Nigeria war otherwise called the Nigerian civil war. It chronicles several terrible events never before reported. There is also the background historical antecedents that eventually culminated in the civil war. The war while it lasted was not all about killing, maiming, hunger, and starvation, and the various sadistic behaviours that were exhibited including regretably, cannibalism. There was unbelievably so much fun, music, and profession of love, lots of which are captured for comic relief. I refer to it as Africa’s version of ‘gone with the wind.’

Thomas Merton and the Noonday Demon

Author: Donald Grayston
Publisher: Lutterworth Press
ISBN: 0718844424
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 306

Book Description
In Thomas Merton and the Noonday Demon, Donald Grayson transforms a long-neglected cache of letters found in an ancient monastery into a book that offers new insight into the author of these letters, Thomas Merton, the renowned spiritual writer. At the time of their writing, the mid-1950s, he was living as a Trappist monk, at the Abbey of Gethsemani in Kentucky. Having reached an impasse in his monastic vocation he decided to leave Gethsamani for the Monastery of Camaldoli in Italy. Camaldoli at that time, bucolic and peaceful outwardly, was inwardly riven by a pre-Vatican II culture war; whereas Gethsemani, which he tried so hard to leave, became, when he was given his hermitage there in 1965, his place to recover Eden. In walking with Merton on this journey, and reading the letters he wrote and received at the time, we find ourselves asking, as he did, with so much energy and honesty, the deep questions that we may well need to answer in our own lives.

Recovery Plan for the Noonday Snail (Mesodon Clarki Nantahala)

Author: Amy Shrader Van Devender
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Endangered species
Languages : en
Pages : 44

Book Description

Land of the Noonday Sun

Author: Carmen DeSousa
Publisher: Written Musings
ISBN: 1945143061
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 372

Book Description
When two strangers have nothing left but their dreams, they forge a relationship in Nantahala, North Carolina, a small town known as Land of the Noonday Sun. Cassandra, the daughter of a wealthy attorney, faces an unexpected upheaval that strips her of her privileged life. Just when she believes she has nowhere left to turn, a lifeline appears, contingent upon her residing in the sleepy little town of Nantahala for six months. Seeking solace, Cassandra finds herself in a whirlwind romance amidst Nantahala's tranquility. But lurking shadows threaten her newfound happiness. Haunted by his own demons, a whitewater guide finds redemption in Cassandra's presence. Despite his turbulent past, their connection blossoms into a profound bond, offering solace and hope amid the turmoil. But their newfound happiness is short-lived when Cassandra mysteriously vanishes, leaving behind only cryptic clues. With secrets unveiled and loyalties tested, Cassandra's fight for survival becomes a battle for two lives. In the shadow of dark secrets, trust wanes, blurring lines between friend and foe. Praised for its gripping narrative, this tale of love, mystery, and redemption offers an edge-of-your-seat journey amidst Nantahala's breathtaking landscapes. What readers are saying... ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "...emotional tale of mystery and suspense about flesh and blood, close relationships, bonds of love and breach of faith. -- Jeannie Walker - Award-winning Author of Fighting the Devil ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "What I liked about this book was that it wasn't the usual mystery, romance or suspense. It had all three but didn't follow expectations. I liked and cared about the characters." -- Jaime Rush - New York Times Bestselling Author of the Offspring Series ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Carmen DeSousa may be incapable of writing a hero that doesn't make me melt." -- wiLoveBooks - Book Reviews