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Things Fall Apart

Novel chronicles the life of Okonkwo, the leader of an Igbo (Ibo) community, from the events leading up to his banishment from the community for accidentally killing a clansman, through the seven years of his exile, to his return.

Author: Chinua Achebe

Publisher: Heinemann

ISBN: 9780435905255

Category: Fiction

Page: 148

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This expanded edition of Chinua Achebe's first novel portrays the collision of African and European cultures in an Igbo village. Okonkwo, a great man in Igbo traditional society, cannot adapt to the profound changes brought by the British conquest of Nigeria. Yet, as in classic tragedy, Okonkwo's character as well as external forces contribute to his downfall. This expanded edition includes new illustrations, maps, additional essays on history, culture,and literature, and reference material to help readers see Achebe's classic novel in social and historical context, and to understand its place in world literature.
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When Things Fall Apart

Describes a traditional Buddhist approach to suffering and how embracing the painful situation and using communication, negative habits, and challenging experiences leads to emotional growth and happiness.

Author: Pema Chodron

Publisher: Shambhala Publications

ISBN: 1590302265

Category: Religion

Page: 185

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Drawn from traditional Buddhist wisdom, Pema Chodrons radical and compassionate advice for what to do when things fall apart in our lives goes against the grain of our usual habits and ex pectations.--from back cover.
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When Things Fall Apart

Describes a traditional Buddhist approach to suffering and how embracing the painful situation and using communication, negative habits, and painful emotions leads to emotional growth and happiness.

Author: Pema Chodron

Publisher: Shambhala Publications

ISBN: 1611803896

Category: Body, Mind & Spirit

Page: 176

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Describes a traditional Buddhist approach to suffering and how embracing the painful situation and using communication, negative habits, and painful emotions leads to emotional growth and happiness.
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When Things Fall Apart

... married and had children — were seen as "undeserving" of assistance and
therefore were allowed to fall into deplorable conditions. ... culturally appropriate
ways to approach communities and pose questions, and 14 | When Things Fall
Apart.

Author: Nora Dudwick

Publisher: World Bank Publications

ISBN: 9780821350676

Category: Business & Economics

Page: 445

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This study uses quantitative and qualitative research methods to document the experiences of people in Armenia, Georgia, the Kyrgyz Republic, Latvia, Moldova, Tajikistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan struggling to cope with the dramatic changes in lifestyle and economic conditions following the collapse of the Soviet Union. It demonstrates how poverty in the region differs from that experienced in other parts of the world, and looks at how cultural and institutional barriers have hindered attempts to improve these problems. It also examines the links between poverty, gender and ethnicity, and seeks to convey the psychological impact of poverty, as well as its social and economic effects.
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In When Things Fall Apart (1997), American Buddhist nun Pema Chödrön offers lessons on how to move through life’s painful moments. Chödrön acknowledges that encountering fear and pain is an inevitable aspect of the human experience... Purchase this in-depth summary to learn more.
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Things Fall Apart

“Things Fall Apart” tells the story of Okonkwo, a brave warrior of the Umuofia clan
who has a hard time staying within the expected behaviors of his culture.
Okonkwo's father, Unoka, was a cowardly man who left his people in much debt
when ...

Author: BookCaps Study Guides Staff

Publisher: BookCaps Study Guides

ISBN: 1610428854

Category: Biography & Autobiography

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The perfect companion to Chinua Achebe's "Things Fall Apart," this study guide contains a chapter by chapter analysis of the book, a summary of the plot, and a guide to major characters and themes. BookCap Study Guides do not contain text from the actual book, and are not meant to be purchased as alternatives to reading the book.
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Summary of Pema Ch dr n s When Things Fall Apart

Buy now to get the insights from Pema Chödrön's When Things Fall Apart. Sample Insights: 1) The journey to enlightenment is not an easy one. When you start meditating, you will get inspired. But you will also feel afraid.

Author: Summary of Pema Chödrön's When Things Fall Apart

Publisher: Swift Books LLC

ISBN:

Category: Philosophy

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Buy now to get the insights from Pema Chödrön's When Things Fall Apart. Sample Insights: 1) The journey to enlightenment is not an easy one. When you start meditating, you will get inspired. But you will also feel afraid. At times, you will feel like you are going to fall off the edge of the world. 2) Fear is a natural part of life. We all try to run away from it, but we shouldn’t. The bravest people are the ones more intimate with fear.
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Chinua Achebe s Things Fall Apart

A Casebook Isidore Okpewho. “When a Man Fails Alone" A Man and His Chi in
Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart HAROLD SCHEUB Q Q Q THERE IS A
TEMPTATION, upon reaching the final pages of Things Fall Apart, Chinua
Achebe's tale ...

Author: Isidore Okpewho

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

ISBN: 0195147642

Category: Literary Criticism

Page: 275

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Presents critical essays on "Things fall apart" from a variety of perspectives, including ethnographic, pedagogical, and ideological ones.
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Things Fall Apart MAXNotes Literature Guides

However, Parrot was very angry; he told Tortoise's wife to put hard things around
the homestead. When Tortoise jumped from the sky, he crashed. He did not die,
but his shell broke into pieces and a great medicine man had to mend his shell.

Author: Sara O'Brien

Publisher: Research & Education Assoc.

ISBN: 9780738672892

Category: Study Aids

Page: 198

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REA's MAXnotes for Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart MAXnotes offer a fresh look at masterpieces of literature, presented in a lively and interesting fashion. Written by literary experts who currently teach the subject, MAXnotes will enhance your understanding and enjoyment of the work. MAXnotes are designed to stimulate independent thought about the literary work by raising various issues and thought-provoking ideas and questions. MAXnotes cover the essentials of what one should know about each work, including an overall summary, character lists, an explanation and discussion of the plot, the work's historical context, illustrations to convey the mood of the work, and a biography of the author. Each chapter is individually summarized and analyzed, and has study questions and answers.
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Understanding Things Fall Apart

FACTORS BEHIND ACHEBE'S SUCCESS The documents that follow offer
critical insight into why Achebe succeeded as a novelist and why Things Fall
Apart is seen as the African novelists' novel. His preparation included listening to
folktales ...

Author: Kalu Ogbaa

Publisher: Greenwood Publishing Group

ISBN: 9780313302947

Category: Literary Criticism

Page: 231

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A wealth of documents and commentary on the historical, social, and cultural contexts of Things Fall Apart.
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Chinua Achebe s Things Fall Apart

Things. Fall. Apart. T. hings Fall Apart is an almost iconic text in the postcolonial
counter- canon, and over ten million readers have taken Achebe's palm oil to
swallow his words. This grand “little kola” of a novel, that eventually inaugurated
— ...

Author: Harold Bloom

Publisher: Infobase Publishing

ISBN: 1604135816

Category: Juvenile Nonfiction

Page: 221

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Critical essays discuss the language, symbolism, characters, and themes of the classic novel about British colonialism in Nigeria.
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Things Fall Apart

never had a specific idea something was going down, just that something was
wrong. But the more he denied knowledge, the more credit he was given. He felt
somewhat like he was in a Peter Sellers movie. Unfortunately, he was unwilling
to ...

Author: Fred Heiser

Publisher: iUniverse

ISBN: 0595232795

Category: Fiction

Page: 351

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The unthinkable happens when nuclear brinksmanship spirals off into to Armageddon. Billions die as governments disintegrate, great cities are annihilated and deeply laid plans to seize unlimited power swing into action. Tom McArthur: Once a carefree individualist, he was coaxed into a position of influence and leadership by unexpected opportunity and kept there by his sense of honor. He finds himself far from home and family, separated by hundreds of miles of impossible terrain, gangs of armed bandits and a hostile government. Lynn, his wife: Beautiful and intelligent, strong willed and voluptuous, she resents Tom's abandonment of her and their children for a distant political career. Now, with nothing but her courage, wits and willpower to work with, she must fight to keep herself and her children alive. Lance: Young, handsome and lonely, trained as the ultimate warrior, he drove himself into poverty and alcohol with the memory of an unspeakable evil he was party to. Will he find love and redemption or destroy those around him? Who will live? Who will die? What will emerge when things fall apart?
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Things Fall Apart

In many ways this indeed presents a Nigerian 'things fall apart' story: for decades
Edo State was the subject of the most intense schemes of scientific forest
management in Nigeria, and economic crisis, corruption and lack of political
interest ...

Author: Pauline von Hellermann

Publisher: Berghahn Books

ISBN: 0857459902

Category: Social Science

Page: 206

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Governance failure and corruption are increasingly identified as key causes of tropical deforestation. In Nigeria's Edo State, once the showcase of scientific forestry in West Africa, large-scale forest conversion and the virtual depletion of timber stocks are invariably attributed to recent failures in forest management, and are seen as yet another instance of how "things fall apart" in Nigeria. Through an in-depth historical and ethnographic study of forestry in Edo State, this book challenges this routine linking of political and ecological crisis narratives. It shows that the roots of many of today's problems lie in scientific forest management itself, rather than its recent abandonment, and moreover that many "illegal" local practices improve rather than reduce biodiversity and forest cover. The book therefore challenges preconceptions about contemporary Nigeria and highlights the need to reevaluate current understandings of what constitutes "good governance" in tropical forestry.
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Things Fall Apart

Are you insinuating something?” Maeve's eyes fell on a photograph on a shelf
behind the lawyer's desk. It was obviously Jason Smith, taken when he was
around high school age. Maeve pointed to the image. “See the red jacket in that
picture ...

Author: Kenneth McIntosh

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

ISBN: 1422297330

Category: Juvenile Fiction

Page: 144

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Maeve Murphy has always been . . . different. Could it be the amusement park tragedy that she witnessed as a little girl? Now her childhood trauma is haunting Maeve, or is it a real ghost visiting her at night? Worse, someone is trying to kill her. She'll need to use all her skills, and descend into her worst nightmares, to solve a cold-case mystery and save her own life. Crime Scene Club book number ten explores forensic engineering and sends readers on a non-stop roller-coaster thrill-ride.
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Things Fall Apart

House. of. Cards. When the music stops, in terms of liquidity, things will be
complicated. But as long as the music is playing, you've got to get up and dance.
We're still dancing. —Charles Prince, CEO Citigroup, Financial Times, August 9,
2007 ...

Author: Ramaa Vasudevan

Publisher: SAGE Publications India

ISBN: 8132116380

Category: Business & Economics

Page: 252

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The crash of 2008, when financial markets came to a standstill, has had profound effects that are still being felt globally. Five years after those dramatic events, countries such as Greece, Spain, Italy, Portugal, and Cyprus are still reeling from the aftereffects of the financial crash, while the USA and the UK continue to be in the grip of a long slump. The crash exposed criminal swindles and the more rampant risky practices that have become the norm with the major banks. It has also revealed the failure of policy to curb unbridled risk taking with other people’s money and the failure of policy-makers and economists to see the signs of the inevitable collapse. This book goes further to penetrate the fog of finance and explore the structure and balance of class forces that led to the crisis and its unfolding consequences. The author places the crisis in both historical and global perspectives through comparisons with the Great Depression and the focus on elaborating the role of the hegemony of the dollar over the international financial system. She argues that the crisis is as much a crisis of the neoliberal model of accumulation that finance launched as it is of the mechanisms by which dollar hegemony was preserved. This book provides an accessible point of entry to the literature on the crisis and its aftermath. It lays out a rich empirically grounded analysis of both the structural causes and the continuing repercussions of the crash of financial markets in 2008.
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Chinua Achebe s Things Fall Apart

Introduction. With the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of Chinua Achebe's
Things Fall Apart in 2008, the literary world will celebrate one of the most
remarkable stories in the history of African literature. Few could have predicted
the impact ...

Author: David Whittaker

Publisher: Routledge

ISBN: 1134286481

Category: Literary Criticism

Page: 160

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Offering an insight into African culture that had not been portrayed before, Things Fall Apart is both a tragic and moving story of an individual set in the wider context of the coming of colonialism, as well as a powerful and complex political statement of cross-cultural encounters. This guide to Chinua Achebe’s compelling novel offers: an accessible introduction to the text and contexts of Things Fall Apart a critical history, surveying the many interpretations of the text from publication to the present a selection of critical writing on Things Fall Apart, by Abiola Irele, Abdul JanMohamed, Biodun Jeyifo, Florence Stratton and Ato Quayson, providing a variety of perspectives on the novel and extending the coverage of key critical approaches identified in the survey section cross-references between sections of the guide, in order to suggest links between texts, contexts and criticism suggestions for further reading. Part of the Routledge Guides to Literature series, this volume is essential reading for all those beginning detailed study of Things Fall Apart and seeking not only a guide to the novel, but a way through the wealth of contextual and critical material that surrounds Achebe’s text.
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Notes on Achebe s Things Fall Apart

The epic is a story about heroes and heroism, a trait exemplified by Things Fall
Apart. Okonkwo was a great wrestler, a hard-working and successful farmer, and
he was not afraid of war (p. 7). From one of such wars, Okonkwo brought home a
 ...

Author: Joseph Mbele

Publisher: Lulu.com

ISBN: 0557181291

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Supervolcano Things Fall Apart

Oneof her fictitious alteregos agreed with another about how lousy things were.
Yet another chimed inwith new complaints. She had no idea how much harm she
was doing. The restaurant stayedopen, so she wasn't doing enough to suit her.

Author: Harry Turtledove

Publisher: Penguin

ISBN: 1101626569

Category: Fiction

Page: 464

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An explosion of incalculable magnitude in Yellowstone Park propelled lava and ash across the landscape and into the atmosphere, forever altering the climate of the entire continent. Nothing grows from the tainted soil. Stalled and stilled machines function only as statuary. People have been scraping by on the excess food and goods produced before the eruption. But supplies are running low. Natural resources are dwindling. And former police officer Colin Ferguson knows that time is running out for his family—and for humanity....
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When Things Don t Fall Apart

In When Things Don't Fall Apart, Ilene Grabel challenges the dominant view that the global financial crisis had little effect on global financial governance and developmental finance.

Author: Ilene Grabel

Publisher: MIT Press

ISBN: 0262037254

Category: Business & Economics

Page: 400

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Crises, change, and productive incoherence -- Introduction: contesting continuity -- Productive incoherence : a hirschmanian perspective -- Setting the stage -- The east asian financial crisis and neoliberalism : the beginning of the end of a unified regime -- The global crisis and innovations in financial governance and developmental finance -- Planting seeds, bearing fruit? : the group of 20 and the financial stability board -- Imf stewardship of global finance -- The changing institutional landscape of financial governance and developmental finance in emerging market and developing economies -- Financial crisis, financial control -- Where from here? -- Conclusion: opportunities, challenges, and risks -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
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And Then Things Fall Apart

... out of everything I wanted, so I somehow ended up with Dora the Explorer. On
a stick. Instead of going inside I sat on the front steps, giving my pox scars a
chance to absorb the sun and watching summer unfold in the street. Down the
block ...

Author: Arlaina Tibensky

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

ISBN: 9781442413245

Category: Juvenile Fiction

Page: 272

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Keek’s life was totally perfect. Keek and her boyfriend just had their Worst Fight Ever, her best friend heinously betrayed her, her parents are divorcing, and her mom’s across the country caring for her newborn cousin, who may or may not make it home from the hospital. To top it all off, Keek’s got the plague. (Well, the chicken pox.) Now she’s holed up at her grandmother’s technologically-barren house until further notice. Not quite the summer vacation Keek had in mind. With only an old typewriter and Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar for solace and guidance, Keek’s alone with her swirling thoughts. But one thing’s clear through her feverish haze—she’s got to figure out why things went wrong so she can put them right.