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Fish out of water : a search for the meaning of life : a memoir / Eric Metaxas, #1 New York times bestelling author.
A five-time New York Times best-selling author and nationally syndicated radio host describes growing up as the Queens-born son of Greek and German immigrants who attended Yale while feeling like an outsider.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781684511723
- ISBN: 1684511720
- Physical Description: xx, 389 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
- Publisher: Washington DC : Salem Books, an imprint of Regnery Publishing, [2021]
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| Subject: | Metaxas, Eric. Authors, American > 20th century > Biography. Radio talk show hosts > United States > Biography. |
| Genre: | Autobiographies. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cass County Library-Harrisonville | 818.5409 MET 2021 (Text) | 0002205547082 | Adult Non-Fiction | Available | - |
Fish Out of Water : A Search for the Meaning of Life
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Table of Contents
Fish Out of Water : A Search for the Meaning of Life
| Section | Section Description | Page Number |
|---|---|---|
| Author's Note | p. xv | |
| Introduction | p. xvii | |
| Chapter 0 | Omphalos | p. 1 |
| Chapter 1 | I Am Born, Etc. | p. 11 |
| Chapter 2 | School | p. 25 |
| Chapter 3 | Our Trip to Germany: Summer 1971 | p. 37 |
| Chapter 4 | Transfiguration: 1971-1972 | p. 47 |
| Chapter 5 | Moving to America: 1972 | p. 61 |
| Chapter 6 | Assumption Church & Trip to Greece | p. 73 |
| Chapter 7 | My American Idyll | p. 85 |
| Chapter 8 | Broadview | p. 97 |
| Chapter 9 | The Bicentennial | p. 109 |
| Chapter 10 | "Because He's Your Father": Fall 1976 | p. 119 |
| Chapter 11 | Falling into the Future: Fall 1977 | p. 127 |
| Chapter 12 | "You Have Gell-Friend?": Spring 1978 | p. 137 |
| Chapter 13 | Senior Year: 1979 | p. 145 |
| Chapter 14 | Graduation: 1980 | p. 151 |
| Chapter 15 | Trinity College: Fall 1980 | p. 157 |
| Chapter 16 | "Summer of Destiny" | p. 169 |
| Chapter 17 | National Socialism in Danbury | p. 175 |
| Chapter 18 | The Meaning of Meaning: Fall 1982 | p. 191 |
| Chapter 19 | The Last Bladderball: Junior Year 1982 | p. 205 |
| Chapter 20 | The Game | p. 213 |
| Chapter 21 | Bohemian Threnody: Summer 1983 | p. 221 |
| Chapter 22 | "I ang Leo..." | p. 235 |
| Chapter 23 | Senior Year: 1983-1984 | p. 239 |
| Chapter 24 | Graduation from Yale: 1984 | p. 249 |
| Chapter 25 | Grand Tour, Einzer Schtück | p. 257 |
| Chapter 26 | The Grand Tour, Zweiter Schtück | p. 269 |
| Chapter 27 | Alone! | p. 285 |
| Chapter 28 | Home, Eric | p. 299 |
| Chapter 29 | Onion Skin and Nothingness | p. 313 |
| Chapter 30 | Boston: Spring 1985 | p. 325 |
| Chapter 31 | The Opera House | p. 333 |
| Chapter 32 | Backward to Greece: Summer 1987 | p. 343 |
| Chapter 33 | Lost at Home | p. 349 |
| Chapter 34 | The Golden Fish | p. 367 |
| Chapter 35 | As I Lay Dying | p. 375 |
| Chapter 36 | I Am Born Again, Etc. | p. 377 |
| Epilogue | p. 381 | |
| Appendix | p. 387 |
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