Epitaphs for the plague dead

Boucheron, Robert

Ursus Press

Long Time No See is not only what the notorious gangster Lucky Luciano said to me in Rome when I asked him to do me a favor in 1957 - which he did - Long Time No See is also a metaphor for a blindness, an inability to see oneself without the protective shell we use to avoid seeing ourselves. I used a lot of that armor to disguise faults and mishaps. It eventually became the failure to see who I was or what I was to myself, my family and friends. I'm not sure how it is with others as I'm still having a helluva time with the beguiling puzzle. In a profession and sometimes game of make-believe, reality can be the stranger you sometimes thoughtlessly disregard. I am grateful to many people who have been patient with my shortcomings and who encouraged the search for understanding. A am grateful to many people who have been patient with my shortcomings and who encouraged the search for understanding - particularly Joe Benti, who gave good counsel and pointed out some of the deceptions I practiced. To Ray Bradbury, PAt Foulk, and the late Richard Burton for their encouragement and, of course, my loving wife Fanya for her constancy in keeping ths ship afloat. I hope I came closer this time, and after a long time to see some of it, for what it is.

Long Time No See: Confessions of a Hollywood Gangster

Lawrence, Marc

We are all on pilgrimage. On a voyage of spiritual discovery, enlightenment, self understanding, or physical mastery, we share in the search for "something more". When I had the idea of teaching a university course on the Sociology of Pilgrimage, I realized that even though I had written a book (Harman, 2009), walked two Caminos, served as hospitalera for three weeks in Spain, and immersed myself in all things pilgrimage-including the stimulating intellectual milieu of the Institute for Pilgrimage Studies at the College of William and Mary - there was no template, no curriculum, indeed no course that had ever been taught like this at my institution, King's University College in London, Canada, where I have been on faculty since 1988[1]. While supporting my dream to teach such a course, colleagues questioned whether there was enough "material" in the way of research and publications to mount one. What is unique about this text is that practically every author and reviewer has been on pilgrimage during the birthing of the book. Some were in Spain, New Mexico and Brazil, and others were struggling with health and life/death issues back home. My mother died during the month that I had set aside to focus on the book. I am grateful to have had the opportunity to be with her in her final days, and to have had the freedom to put the book aside when I was needed. We were all away from our computers long enough for the completion of the book to take a bit longer than originally intended. Nevertheless, it has come together, and I am grateful to all of the participants for their commitment to following through with the project. It is far better as a result, just as a physical pilgrimage is deepened by the twists and turns on the road.

A Sociology of Pilgrimage: Embodiment, Identity, Transformation

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Sociology

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The History of the Modern Taste in Gardening

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Walpole, Horace With New Introduction By John Dixon Hunt

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