Publisher :Simon and Schuster Release Date :1995-07 ISBN 13:0671891855 Total Pages :184 pages Rating :4.7/5 (671 users download) GO BOOK!
Summary Book and excerpt The True Life Story of Isobel Roundtree :
Download or Read book The True Life Story of Isobel Roundtree written by Kathleen King and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1995-07 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt/Synopsis: YA. Eleven year old Isobel is rescued by Emma who becomes a dependable figure in the abandoned child's life.
Publisher :Chicago Review Press Release Date :2009-12-01 ISBN 13:0897338790 Total Pages :363 pages Rating :4.9/5 (897 users download) GO BOOK!
Summary Book and excerpt Uncollecting Cheever :
Download or Read book Uncollecting Cheever written by Anita Miller and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2009-12-01 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt/Synopsis: The story of how little Academy Chicago Publishers (co-owned by the author and her husband, Jordan Miller) tried to publish the late John Cheever's uncollected short stories, and was blocked from doing so by Cheever's family, is now a familiar part of publishing lore (and law).
Publisher :Hachette UK Release Date :2014-07-31 ISBN 13:057508197X Total Pages :192 pages Rating :4.7/5 (575 users download) GO BOOK!
Summary Book and excerpt Bible Stories for Adults :
Download or Read book Bible Stories for Adults written by James Morrow and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2014-07-31 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt/Synopsis: Morrow unabashedly delves into matters both sacred and secular in this collection of short stories buoyed by his deliciously irreverent wit. Among the dozen selections is the Nebula Award-winning "Bible Stories for Adults, No. 17: The Deluge." Contents: Bible Stories for Adults, No. 17: The Deluge (1988) Daughter Earth (1991) Known but to God and Wilbur Hines (1991) Bible Stories for Adults, No. 20: The Tower (1994) Spelling God with the Wrong Blocks (1987) The Assemblage of Kristin (1984) Bible Stories for Adults, No. 31: The Covenant (1989) Abe Lincoln in McDonald's (1989) The Confessions of Ebenezer Scrooge (1989) Bible Stories for Adults No. 46: The Soap Opera (1994) Diary of a Mad Deity (1988) Arms and the Woman (1991)
Publisher :A&C Black Release Date :2012-03-22 ISBN 13:1441145540 Total Pages :259 pages Rating :4.4/5 (441 users download) GO BOOK!
Summary Book and excerpt Everybody's Jane :
Download or Read book Everybody's Jane written by Juliette Wells and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2012-03-22 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt/Synopsis: Explores the importance of Jane Austen and her writings to amateur readers today.
Publisher : Release Date :1943 ISBN 13: Total Pages :660 pages Rating :4.3/5 (3 users download) GO BOOK!
Summary Book and excerpt Journal of the United States Artillery :
Download or Read book Journal of the United States Artillery written by and published by . This book was released on 1943 with total page 660 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt/Synopsis:
Publisher :Routledge Release Date :2016-03-03 ISBN 13:1317070127 Total Pages :256 pages Rating :4.1/5 (317 users download) GO BOOK!
Summary Book and excerpt Re-Covering Modernism :
Download or Read book Re-Covering Modernism written by and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-03-03 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt/Synopsis: In the first half of the twentieth century, modernist works appeared not only in obscure little magazines and books published by tiny exclusive presses but also in literary reprint magazines of the 1920s, tawdry pulp magazines of the 1930s, and lurid paperbacks of the 1940s. In his nuanced exploration of the publishing and marketing of modernist works, David M. Earle questions how and why modernist literature came to be viewed as the exclusive purview of a cultural elite given its availability in such popular forums. As he examines sensational and popular manifestations of modernism, as well as their reception by critics and readers, Earle provides a methodology for reconciling formerly separate or contradictory materialist, cultural, visual, and modernist approaches to avant-garde literature. Central to Earle's innovative approach is his consideration of the physical aspects of the books and magazines - covers, dust wrappers, illustrations, cost - which become texts in their own right. Richly illustrated and accessibly written, Earle's study shows that modernism emerged in a publishing ecosystem that was both richer and more complex than has been previously documented.
Publisher :Pygmalion Publishing Release Date :2019-02-23 ISBN 13:1947748807 Total Pages :170 pages Rating :4.4/5 (947 users download) GO BOOK!
Summary Book and excerpt Aftertaste: A Collection of Dark and Gritty Short Stories :
Download or Read book Aftertaste: A Collection of Dark and Gritty Short Stories written by Meghan O'Flynn and published by Pygmalion Publishing. This book was released on 2019-02-23 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt/Synopsis: Do you like thrilling short stories that will keep you in suspense? From the horrifying supernatural to the murderously domestic to the chilling dystopian, the Aftertaste collection has you covered! “Smart, original, and brilliantly creepy.” ~Bestselling Author Kristen Mae IN MATTERS OF LIFE AND DEATH, THERE ARE NO SECOND CHANCES. Along the fault, a spa day becomes a claustrophobic nightmare for five sisters. The perfect afternoon turns bloody for one suburban neighborhood. A husband’s journey through a frozen hellscape tests every inch of his resolve. One man’s life changes course after discovering an animal in the swamp—one different from all others. And each diabolical tale is as twisted and hypnotic as you’ve come to expect from Meghan O’Flynn. This “gripping and thought-provoking collection” (Bestselling Author Wendy Heard) includes: “Salt in an Open Wound” “Perfect” “Banjo” “Crimson Snow” *** KEYWORDS: suspense short stories, mystery short stories, horror short stories, dystopian thriller short story, female protagonist, amateur sleuths, whodunnit mystery, whodunit thriller, psychological suspense, suspense fiction, suspense short, nail biting fiction short, nail biter mystery, vigilante justice, edge of your seat suspense, dark, revenge, vengeance, murder, noir, noir thriller, crime, gritty, psychological thrillers, gritty mysteries, mystery books, psychological thrillers, psychological suspense, psychological thriller books, whodunit, whodunnit, nail-biter, suspense fiction, family drama short story, thrilling short stories, edge of your seat, scary short, dystopian, post apocalyptic short, end of the world shorts, dark short story
Publisher :Omnibus Press Release Date :2009-11-17 ISBN 13:0857120433 Total Pages :460 pages Rating :4.5/5 (857 users download) GO BOOK!
Summary Book and excerpt Electric Don Quixote: The Definitive Story Of Frank Zappa :
Download or Read book Electric Don Quixote: The Definitive Story Of Frank Zappa written by Neil Slaven and published by Omnibus Press. This book was released on 2009-11-17 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt/Synopsis: Frank Zappa's reputation as one of rock's maverick geniuses has continued to grow since his death in 1993. Revised and updated, Electric Don Quixote is still the most comprehensive chronicle of his extraordinary life and career. Author, Neil Slaven, brings together the complex strands of Zappa's life and work in a book that will please not just Zappa fans but anyone interested in the history of rock music. Fully illustrated and includes a comprehensive discography.
Publisher :Delacorte Press Release Date :2009-10-20 ISBN 13:0440339448 Total Pages :18 pages Rating :4.4/5 (44 users download) GO BOOK!
Summary Book and excerpt A Song for Selma (Stories) :
Download or Read book A Song for Selma (Stories) written by Kurt Vonnegut and published by Delacorte Press. This book was released on 2009-10-20 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt/Synopsis: Look at the Birdie is a collection of fourteen previously unpublished short stories from one of the most original writers in all of American fiction. In this series of perfectly rendered vignettes, written just as he was starting to find his comic voice, Kurt Vonnegut paints a warm, wise, and often funny portrait of life in post–World War II America—a world where squabbling couples, high school geniuses, misfit office workers, and small-town lotharios struggle to adapt to changing technology, moral ambiguity, and unprecedented affluence. Lincoln High School isn't big enough for two musical prodigies—or is it? When Selma Ritter snoops into the IQ scores of her two teenaged suitors, the numbers don't add up. But there are some aspects of genius that intelligence tests and scales can't measure. A Song for Selma and the thirteen other never-before-published pieces that comprise Look at the Birdie serve as an unexpected gift for devoted readers who thought that Kurt Vonnegut's unique voice had been stilled forever—and provide a terrific introduction to his short fiction for anyone who has yet to experience his genius.
Publisher :Xlibris Corporation Release Date :2021-08-20 ISBN 13:1664190929 Total Pages :236 pages Rating :4.6/5 (664 users download) GO BOOK!
Summary Book and excerpt Twenty-One Stories :
Download or Read book Twenty-One Stories written by Nancy Palmie and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2021-08-20 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt/Synopsis: These 21 thematically-connected stories, told in first and third person, describe the provocative and the minutiae of small-town experiences in Wisconsin, the Rocky Mountain range, and California. The ins-and-outs of small-town life and townspeople come to life within these familiar, bittersweet, and inspiring short stories. Palmie gets to the heart of her stories through piercing detail. In Twenty-One Stories, the reader will step into a world where the common occurs, but Palmie puts her own twist on what is expected.
Publisher :Simon and Schuster Release Date :2016-11-12 ISBN 13:1786645106 Total Pages :480 pages Rating :4.8/5 (786 users download) GO BOOK!
Summary Book and excerpt Science Fiction Short Stories :
Download or Read book Science Fiction Short Stories written by and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-11-12 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt/Synopsis: New Author and collections. A deluxe edition of super-charged, original and classic short stories. Dystopia, Post-Apocalypse, time travel, robots and more this brilliant collection brings together the best of today's writers (many stories previously unpublished), with an eclectic range of science fiction masters including H. Rider Haggard, Stanley G. Weinbaum, Philip Frances Nowlan, Edward Page Mitchell and Jack London. An eclectic collection of SF adventure tales.
Publisher :Golgotha Press Release Date :2013-11-13 ISBN 13:1610427106 Total Pages :1000 pages Rating :4.1/5 (61 users download) GO BOOK!
Summary Book and excerpt 100 Classic Science Fiction Stories: Volume Two :
Download or Read book 100 Classic Science Fiction Stories: Volume Two written by Henry Beam Piper and published by Golgotha Press. This book was released on 2013-11-13 with total page 1000 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt/Synopsis: 100 science fiction stories make up this massive collection. Works and authors include: The Dictator by Milton Lesser Diplomatic Immunity by Robert Sheckley Direct Wire by Clee Garson Disaster Revisited by Darius John Granger Disqualified by Charles Louis Fontenay Dogfight--1973 by Dallas McCord Reynolds The Doorway by Evelyn E. Smith The Dope on Mars by John Michael Sharkey The Double Spy by Dan T. Moore Double Take by Richard Wilson Dr Heidenhoff's Process Droozle by Frank Banta Duel on Syrtis by Poul William Anderson The Dueling Machine by Benjamin William Bova and Myron R. Lewis Earthsmith by Milton Lesser The Eel by Miriam Allen DeFord The Ego Machine by Henry Kuttner Egocentric Orbit by John Cory The Einstein See-Saw by Miles John Breuer Elegy by Charles Beaumont The Envoy, Her by Horace Brown Fyfe Equation of Doom by Gerald Vance The Eternal Wall by Raymond Zinke Gallun The Ethical Way by Joseph Farrell The Executioner by Frank Riley Exile from Space by Judith Merril Expediter by Dallas McCord Reynolds The Eyes Have It by Philip Kindred Dick Fair and Warmer by E. G. von Wald Faithfully Yours by Lou Tabakow Far from Home by J.A. Taylor A Feast of Demons by William Morrison Fee of the Frontier by Horace Brown Fyfe Feet Of Clay by Phillip Hoskins Feline Red by Robert Sampson Felony by James Causey Field Trip by Gene Hunter Per Cent Prophet by Gordon Randall Garrett A Filbert Is a Nut by Rick Raphael A Fine Fix by R. C. Noll The First Day of Spring by Mari Wolf Flamedown by Horace Brown Fyfe Flight From Tomorrow by Henry Beam Piper Through Tomorrow by Stanton Arthur Coblentz Fly By Night by Arthur Dekker Savage The Flying Cuspidors by V. R. Francis Foreign Hand Tie by Gordon Randall Garrett Forever by Robert Sheckley Forget Me Nearly by Floyd L. Wallace Forsyte's Retreat by Winston Marks Foundling on Venus by John de Courcy and Dorothy de Courcy The Fourth Invasion by Henry Josephs Freudian Slip by Franklin Abel The Frightened Planet by Sidney Austen Frigid Fracas by Dallas McCord Reynolds G-r-r-r...! by Roger Arcot The Gallery by Roger Phillips Graham Gambler's World by John Keith Laumer Game of Rat and Dragon by Cordwainer Smith Generals Help Themselves by M. C. Pease Genesis by H. Beam Piper George Loves Gistla by James McKimmey Get Out of Our Skies! by E. K. Jarvis The Gift Bearer by Charles Louis Fontenay A Gift For Terra by Fox B. Holden The Glory of Ippling by Helen M. Urban The Good Neighbors by Edgar Pangborn Goodbye, Dead Man! by Tom W. Harris Graveyard of Dreams by Henry Beam Piper The Graveyard of Space by Milton Lesser The Great Potlatch Riots by Allen Kim Lang Hall of Mirrors by Fredric Brown Ham Sandwich by James H. Schmitz The Hammer of Thor by Charles Willard Diffin Hanging by a Thread by Gordon Randall Garrett Ending by Fredric Brown and Dallas McCord Reynolds The Happy Man by Gerald Wilburn Page The Happy Unfortunate by Robert Silverberg Hard Guy by H. B. Carleton Hate Disease by William Fitzgerald Jenkins The Heads of Apex by Francis Flagg Heist Job on Thizar by Gordon Randall Garrett The Hell Ship by Raymond Alfred Palmer The Cosmos by Clifford Donald Simak The Helpful Hand of God by Tom Godwin Helpfully Yours by Evelyn E. Smith Horn's X-Ray Eye Glasses by Dwight V. Swain High Dragon Bump by Don Thompson High Man by Jay Clarke The Hills of Home by Alfred Coppel The Hitch Hikers by Vernon L. McCain The Hohokam Dig by Theodore Pratt The Holes and John Smith by Edward W. Ludwig Holes, Incorporated by L. Major Reynolds Home is Where You Left It by Adam Chase Homesick by Lyn Venable Homo Inferior by Mari Wolf The Honored Prophet by William E. Bentley The Hoofer by Walter M. Miller
Publisher :Palibrio Release Date :2015-06-05 ISBN 13:1463399529 Total Pages :84 pages Rating :4.6/5 (463 users download) GO BOOK!
Summary Book and excerpt Do You Want to Live, or Pass? :
Download or Read book Do You Want to Live, or Pass? written by José Octavio Velasco-Tejeda and published by Palibrio. This book was released on 2015-06-05 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt/Synopsis: Pedro Iturralde is attracted to complex things. He does not go thru life searching for them. But when confronted by them, his capacity of wonder wakes up, and he dedicates in heart and mind to master it, or at least to try to become proficient on it. Once he was invited to watch a Jai Alai game. He became absolutely amazed by the speed of the ball, and the incredible mastery that the players displayed. How could they, apparently so easily, retain the ball in such a weird basket, and throw it back at the wall by means of a forceful and elegant motion? In that moment, he decided to try, to turn himself into a pelotari. Years later when playing a much competed championship game, he is struck by a heart attack. Rushed to a hospital, he undergoes heart surgery. Midway the risky medical intervention, he suddenly enters a bright tunnel and ends up in a beautiful place. He asks himself where could he be at. He listens a voice responding to his question, which, he learns, belongs to Ömicron, a being from a very advanced civilization. Iturralde becomes interested in learning about the advances that they have acquired. Iturralde is able to chat with his departed family, scientists and other deceased personages that were of his interest on earth. At one moment, Ömicron asks Iturralde if he wants to return to life, or stay there (Do you want to live, or pass?). Iturralde ́s option is to return to his family. Ömicron, provides Iturralde with two irrefutable proofs that he, indeed, visited that location. When Iturralde, verifies that the proofs became true, he has the means to become an extremely famous and wealthy person. What he finally decides is unexpected, and is revealed at the end of the novel.
Publisher :Hachette UK Release Date :2017-12-12 ISBN 13:0465094767 Total Pages :416 pages Rating :4.6/5 (465 users download) GO BOOK!
Summary Book and excerpt Moral Combat :
Download or Read book Moral Combat written by R. Marie Griffith and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2017-12-12 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt/Synopsis: From an esteemed scholar of American religion and sexuality, a sweeping account of the century of religious conflict that produced our culture wars Gay marriage, transgender rights, birth control -- sex is at the heart of many of the most divisive political issues of our age. The origins of these conflicts, historian R. Marie Griffith argues, lie in sharp disagreements that emerged among American Christians a century ago. From the 1920s onward, a once-solid Christian consensus regarding gender roles and sexual morality began to crumble, as liberal Protestants sparred with fundamentalists and Catholics over questions of obscenity, sex education, and abortion. Both those who advocated for greater openness in sexual matters and those who resisted new sexual norms turned to politics to pursue their moral visions for the nation. Moral Combat is a history of how the Christian consensus on sex unraveled, and how this unraveling has made our political battles over sex so ferocious and so intractable.
Publisher :BearManor Media Release Date : ISBN 13: Total Pages : pages Rating :4./5 ( users download) GO BOOK!
Summary Book and excerpt Trash Cinema: A Celebration of Overlooked Masterpieces :
Download or Read book Trash Cinema: A Celebration of Overlooked Masterpieces written by Andrew J. Rausch and published by BearManor Media. This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt/Synopsis: It is frequently said that one man’s trash is another man’s treasure, and nowhere is this statement more accurate than in the case of obscure bizarro exploitation films. Containing 55 essays on such trash classics as Ilsa: She Wolf of the SS (1975), I Spit on Your Grave (1978), and Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1965), Trash CInema: A Celebration of Overlooked Masterpieces celebrates the good, the bad, and the ugly of these so-called “trash” films. Some of the pieces are reverential, some poke fun at the absurdity of the films, and others offer a more critical eye to these proceedings. With essays from more than 40 noted film writers, this collection is a one-of-a-kind treasure for those amongst us with a passion for the seedier side of cinema.
Publisher :Farrar, Straus and Giroux Release Date :2022-11-15 ISBN 13:0374714525 Total Pages :400 pages Rating :4.7/5 (374 users download) GO BOOK!
Summary Book and excerpt I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise :
Download or Read book I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise written by Mac Griswold and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2022-11-15 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt/Synopsis: “I’ll Build a Stairway to Paradise is like an exquisite string of pearls: the perfect balance of elegance, style, design, and beauty. This book is inspiring, spirited, and totally absorbing.” —Diane von Furstenberg The story of Bunny Mellon, the great landscape and interior designer, becomes a revelatory exploration of extreme wealth in the American century. Bunny Mellon, whose life was marked by astonishing good fortune as well as tragedy and scandal, remains a singular figure in the annals of American design. She had her finger on the pulse of American culture and possessed a rare, once-in-a-generation sense of style and grace. Her most celebrated work—the White House Rose Garden, designed during the presidency of John F. Kennedy—demonstrated how formal restraint and the sparing use of color could be deployed to maximal effect. Later, her understated landscape design for the Kennedy grave site at Arlington National Cemetery changed the face of American public memorials. Mellon was a famously private person, and many of her greatest achievements remained concealed from public view. Her rarely seen gardens and domestic interiors at eight different properties on three continents became legends and models. At Oak Spring Farm in Virginia, the bibliographic riches of her Garden Library were twinned with the expansive flowering gardens lying below the Edward Larrabee Barnes–designed building. At her home on Nantucket, she pruned back the landscape to reveal the elemental forms of nature. Mellon also ranked as one of the great art collectors of her era, encouraging her husband Paul to use his family’s vast wealth to acquire hundreds of nineteenth-century French paintings, many of which were donated to the National Gallery of Art. Her own tastes ranged from Mark Rothko to Richard Diebenkorn—in quantity. In I’ll Build a Stairway to Paradise, Mac Griswold—who knew Mellon personally—delves into her subject’s closely guarded personal archives to construct an unrivaled portrait of a woman as complex and multifaceted as the gardens and homes on which she left her mark. Mellon tested the anodyne 1950s model of woman-as-wife-as-mother by getting a divorce, admitting candidly to her first husband that she wanted a richer one. She imperiously traded old friends for new and ultimately used her reputation, her connections, and above all her money to help fund John Edwards’s short-lived presidential campaign. She led an American version of a royal court that, over the years, included Jackie Kennedy, Hubert de Givenchy, and I. M. Pei. How Mellon’s character, style, and taste developed together to produce her greatest accomplishments—private and public—is the real subject of this biography.
Publisher :Christina Tetreault Release Date :2020-02-21 ISBN 13:173294296X Total Pages : pages Rating :4.3/5 (732 users download) GO BOOK!
Summary Book and excerpt Tempting The Billionaire :
Download or Read book Tempting The Billionaire written by Christina Tetreault and published by Christina Tetreault. This book was released on 2020-02-21 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt/Synopsis: Sometimes temptation strikes when you least expect it. Straitlaced Courtney Belmont prefers to avoid the spotlight that the media always has focused on her family. She leaves any behavior that might catch its attention to her younger sister—or at least she always has until Josh Williamson, better known to his fans as J.T., sits down next to her while she’s on vacation. Josh will do anything to make sure he keeps joint custody of his young daughter, including putting his career on hold and getting married. There isn’t a doubt in his mind that Courtney Belmont, the woman he spent an incredible two weeks with, is perfect for the role. Her reputation is flawless, her family is powerful, and more importantly, she’s remained in his thoughts since the last time he left her hotel room. Although hesitant, Courtney agrees to be Josh’s temporary wife. However, it’s not long before Josh wants her in his life forever. But can a man who spends his life acting convince her that his feelings are real? Tempting The Billionaire is the thirteen book in USA Today best selling author Christina Tetreault’s The Sherbrookes of Newport Series. While it can easily be read as a standalone story, you'll likely enjoy reading the other books, too. Fall in love with The Sherbrookes of Newport today. Loving The Billionaire The Teacher's Billionaire The Billionaire Playboy The Billionaire Princess The Billionaire's Best Friend Redeeming The Billionaire More Than A Billionaire Protecting The Billionaire Bidding On The Billionaire Falling For The Billionaire The Billionaire Next Door The Billionaire's Homecoming The Billionaire's Heart Tempting The Billionaire
