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Elysian Fields

Author : Mark Gregory LaFlaur
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780615729862
Total Pages : 399 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (298 download)

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Download or read book Elysian Fields written by Mark Gregory LaFlaur and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Named to Kirkus Reviews' Best Books of 2013. * Winner of rare "double crown" of starred reviews from both Publishers Weekly and Kirkus Reviews. * Publishers Weekly Featured Fiction selection. Simpson Weems is a 36-year-old aspiring poet whose life has been on hold -- to the breaking point. All he needs to fulfill his potential is to move to San Francisco, but he's torn between his long-held dream of being a great artist and obligations to his aged, ailing mother and his emotionally volatile brother, the all-demanding Bartholomew. Will someone in his family have to die before he can get to California? And how might that be arranged?Written "on location" in New Orleans and set shortly before Hurricane Katrina, Elysian Fields combines menace, the comic strangeness of Flannery O'Connor, and hints of magical realism to convey vivid, original characters and a Crescent City that is both recognizable and more offbeat and seductive than visitors usually see.PRAISE FOR "ELYSIAN FIELDS""A wholly involving story with Faulknerian characters in a fully realized setting. [A] tale of brotherly love and menace. . . . LaFlaur's descriptive talent shines. Fertile imagery drips like Spanish moss: the old buildings collapsing, 'as though the humidity-sodden bricks were returning to mud,' while 'cloud stacks glowed like the battlements of heaven.' [Main character] Simpson's mental landscape is equally vivid, drawn with such empathy and depth that readers will forgive his perpetual indecision and may even root for him to carry out the removal of his near-deranged brother." --Kirkus Reviews (starred review)"[R]eaders will find the author's portrayal of New Orleans convincing and his characters fascinating and fully developed. . . . Life in the Weems family of 1999 New Orleans is anything but Elysian in this engrossing Southern Gothic snapshot." --Publishers Weekly (starred review)"A stunning debut . . . shades of Tennessee Williams, Faulkner and John Kennedy Toole. . . . LaFlaur gently and expertly pulls readers along with his characters, never flinching in the face of their foibles . . ." --Antigravity magazine (New Orleans)"[A] wonderful debut novel, a southern gothic that is at times comedic, at times heartbreaking . . . In places Elysian Fields is as heavy as summer air in New Orleans, but it most definitely has a sense of humor. . . . [A]n impressive debut that will leave readers looking forward to LaFlaur's next offering." --Self-Publishing Review

Last Car to Elysian Fields

Author : James Lee Burke
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 074326097X
Total Pages : 349 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (432 download)

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Download or read book Last Car to Elysian Fields written by James Lee Burke and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2003-09-23 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sheriff Dave Robicheaux returns to New Orleans to investigate the beating of a controversial Catholic priest and murder of three teenage girls in this intense, atmospheric entry in the New York Times bestselling series. For Dave Robicheaux, there is no easy passage home. New Orleans, and the memories of his life in the Big Easy, will always haunt him. So to return there means visiting old ghosts, exposing old wounds, opening himself up to new, yet familiar, dangers. When Robicheaux, now a police officer based in the somewhat quieter Louisiana town of New Iberia, learns that an old friend, Father Jimmie Dolan, a Catholic priest always at the center of controversy, has been the victim of a particularly brutal assault, he knows he has to return to New Orleans to investigate, if only unofficially. What he doesn’t realize is that in doing so he is inviting into his life—and into the lives of those around him—an ancestral evil that could destroy them all. A masterful exploration of the troubled side of human nature and the darkest corners of the heart, and filled with the kinds of unforgettable characters that are the hallmarks of his novels, Last Car to Elysian Fields is Burke in top form in the kind of lush, atmospheric thriller that is “an outstanding entry in an excellent series” (Publishers Weekly).

Getting Off at Elysian Fields

Author : John Pope
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 1496803760
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (968 download)

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Download or read book Getting Off at Elysian Fields written by John Pope and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2015-10-19 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No city in America knows how to mark death with more funerary panache than New Orleans. The pageants commemorating departed citizens are often in themselves works of performance art. A grand obituary remains key to this Stygian passage. And no one writes them like New Orleanian John Pope. Collected here are not just simple, mindless recitations of schools and workplaces, marriages, and mourners bereft. These pieces in Getting Off at Elysian Fields are full-blooded life stories with accounts of great achievements, dubious dabblings, unavoidable foibles, relationships gone sour, and happenstances that turn out to be life-changing. To be sure, there are stories about Carnival monarchs, great philanthropists, and a few politicians. But because New Orleans embraces eccentric behavior, there are stories of people who colored way outside the lines. For instance, there was the doctor who used his plasma to make his flowers grow, and the philanthropist who took money she had put aside for a fur coat to underwrite the lawsuit that desegregated Tulane University. A letter carrier everyone loved turned out to have been a spy during World War II, and a fledgling lawyer changed his lifelong thoughts about race when he saw blind people going into a Christmas party through separate doors--one for white people and another for African Americans. Then there was the punctilious judge who got down on his hands and knees to edge his lawn--with scissors. Because New Orleans funerals are distinctive, the author includes accounts of four that he covered, complete with soulful singing and even some dancing. As a popular, local bumper sticker indisputably declares, "New Orleans--We Put the Fun in Funeral."

In Elysian Fields

Author : Tom Evans
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781684333165
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (331 download)

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Download or read book In Elysian Fields written by Tom Evans and published by . This book was released on 2019-07-04 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An unconventional romance between a legendary ballplayer and a brilliant female poet, baseball fanatic, and secret admirer.

Really Important Stuff My Kids Have Taught Me

Author : Cynthia L. Copeland
Publisher : Workman Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0761185518
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (611 download)

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Download or read book Really Important Stuff My Kids Have Taught Me written by Cynthia L. Copeland and published by Workman Publishing. This book was released on 2015-08-11 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrate the wisdom of the sandbox—the witty, innocent, surprising, and yet completely sensible things that kids say and do. A little book with a big heart, Really Important Stuff My Kids Have Taught Me combines deceptively simple life lessons with engaging images that together not only offer insight but inspire joy. Kids see the world in a way that adults don’t, so glimpsing life through a child’s eyes offers a fresh—and often funny—perspective. Kids encourage us to be open-minded: There are a lot of different ways to get to the top of the jungle gym. To be fearless: Jump right in or you may change your mind about swimming. To aim high: Even babies grab for things just beyond their reach. To be kind to yourself: Sometimes you need a Saturday on a Wednesday. To follow your own path: If the flowers you draw don’t look like anyone else’s, that’s good. And to stay young: Go barefoot! Tune in to the chatter on the playground, and remind yourself how simple everything really is.

A Little Bit of Intuition

Author : Catharine Allan
Publisher : Union Square + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1454936770
Total Pages : 123 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (549 download)

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Download or read book A Little Bit of Intuition written by Catharine Allan and published by Union Square + ORM. This book was released on 2019-10-22 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover, understand, and develop your extrasensory perception with this accessible introduction to the power of intuition. Intuition is something we’re all born with and use every day. But few of us consciously explore this innate ability. In A Little Bit of Intuition, spiritual life coach Catherine Allan teaches readers how to not only recognize their intuitive sense, but also to strengthen it like a muscle. With the right work, we all can increase our intuitive ability. Drawing on real-life examples from more than two decades of practice and teaching, Allan shows readers how to listen to their intuition, act upon it, and discover the resulting flow and magic that comes from living life intuitively.

The Elysian Fields of Information Technology. A People Path to Technological Value.

Author : Mark K. Allen
Publisher : Mark K. Allen
ISBN 13 : 0578001322
Total Pages : 397 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book The Elysian Fields of Information Technology. A People Path to Technological Value. written by Mark K. Allen and published by Mark K. Allen. This book was released on 2008-11 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Must-Have Reference for both Business and IT Professionals! - Discover and Deal with how IT works in the real world - Understand Information People and what makes them tick - Build and maintain powerful and positive relationships between the Business and IT that move your Business forward - Create and manage effective IT teams that get the job done on time, within budget, and increase company revenue - Understand and manage the Business Politics of IT - Make sense of Business Technology and have it work for you - Get familiar with new methodologies that are influencing the future of technology - Learn to avoid the pitfalls that result in IT project failures and waste money - Inspire Business teams to focus on obtaining the unfair advantage in their industry through the intelligent and managed use of technology - Discover how to use meaningful technology to improve the quality of life of everyone who wants and needs it

A Little Bit of Wicca

Author : Cassandra Eason
Publisher : Union Square + ORM
ISBN 13 : 145492716X
Total Pages : 133 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (549 download)

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Download or read book A Little Bit of Wicca written by Cassandra Eason and published by Union Square + ORM. This book was released on 2017-09-12 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From an acclaimed author on witchcraft, an easy-to-use, informative guide to Wicca for beginners. Wicca is growing in popularity, and Cassandra Eason—much admired for her writing on spiritual subjects—takes a look at its origins, its uses in everyday life, and its gods and goddesses. She explains how magick functions; how to use it in everyday life; how to create an altar and what tools you’ll need; how to make your own spells, rituals, and chants; how to find a coven, and so much more!

A Little Bit of Dreams

Author : Stase Michaels
Publisher : Union Square + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1454915404
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (549 download)

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Download or read book A Little Bit of Dreams written by Stase Michaels and published by Union Square + ORM. This book was released on 2015-01-20 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The dream expert guides you through her Five-Step Dream Technique, a fast-track tool for exploring your psyche’s nighttime feedback. Stase Michaels draws on a lifetime of experience as a dream analyst and three degrees in psychology to lead you through the magical forest of dream interpretation. In this eclectic, in-depth look at dreaming, she explores how dreams happen and why they are a reliable source of self-knowledge. Michaels also delves deeper, explaining the five simple steps that help beginners understand dream technique; she also provides information on nightmares, dreams about friends and family, and mystical experiences that occur in the guise of dreams.

Ballpark

Author : Paul Goldberger
Publisher : Knopf
ISBN 13 : 0307701549
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book Ballpark written by Paul Goldberger and published by Knopf. This book was released on 2019-05-14 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exhilarating, splendidly illustrated, entirely new look at the history of baseball: told through the stories of the vibrant and ever-changing ballparks where the game was and is staged, by the Pulitzer Prize-winning architectural critic. From the earliest corrals of the mid-1800s (Union Grounds in Brooklyn was a "saloon in the open air"), to the much mourned parks of the early 1900s (Detroit's Tiger Stadium, Cincinnati's Palace of the Fans), to the stadiums we fill today, Paul Goldberger makes clear the inextricable bond between the American city and America's favorite pastime. In the changing locations and architecture of our ballparks, Goldberger reveals the manifestations of a changing society: the earliest ballparks evoked the Victorian age in their accommodations--bleachers for the riffraff, grandstands for the middle-class; the "concrete donuts" of the 1950s and '60s made plain television's grip on the public's attention; and more recent ballparks, like Baltimore's Camden Yards, signal a new way forward for stadium design and for baseball's role in urban development. Throughout, Goldberger shows us the way in which baseball's history is concurrent with our cultural history: the rise of urban parks and public transportation; the development of new building materials and engineering and design skills. And how the site details and the requirements of the game--the diamond, the outfields, the walls, the grandstands--shaped our most beloved ballparks. A fascinating, exuberant ode to the Edens at the heart of our cities--where dreams are as limitless as the outfields.

AEneid

Author : Virgil
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 454 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book AEneid written by Virgil and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

How Baseball Happened

Author : Thomas W. Gilbert
Publisher : Godine+ORM
ISBN 13 : 1567926886
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (679 download)

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Download or read book How Baseball Happened written by Thomas W. Gilbert and published by Godine+ORM. This book was released on 2020-09-15 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The untold story of baseball’s nineteenth-century origins: “a delightful look at a young nation creating a pastime that was love from the first crack of the bat” (Paul Dickson, The Wall Street Journal). You may have heard that Abner Doubleday or Alexander Cartwright invented baseball. Neither did. You may have been told that a club called the Knickerbockers played the first baseball game in 1846. They didn’t. Perhaps you’ve read that baseball’s color line was first crossed by Jackie Robinson in 1947. Nope. Baseball’s true founders don’t have plaques in Cooperstown. They were hundreds of uncredited, ordinary people who played without gloves, facemasks, or performance incentives. Unlike today’s pro athletes, they lived full lives outside of sports. They worked, built businesses, and fought against the South in the Civil War. In this myth-busting history, Thomas W. Gilbert reveals the true beginnings of baseball. Through newspaper accounts, diaries, and other accounts, he explains how it evolved through the mid-nineteenth century into a modern sport of championships, media coverage, and famous stars—all before the first professional league was formed in 1871. Winner of the Casey Award: Best Baseball Book of the Year

Diamonds

Author : Michael Gershman
Publisher : Mariner Books
ISBN 13 : 9780395735244
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (352 download)

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Download or read book Diamonds written by Michael Gershman and published by Mariner Books. This book was released on 1995-03 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ballparks are repositories of family memory, unique places that link generations. Until now, no single volume has focused on the historical development of these special spaces, from the crossroads of neighboring cornfields to the intersections of state highways. In Diamonds, Michael Gershman carefully traces the often curious genesis of these cultural landmarks that mirror, in many respects, the evolution of our urban landscape. All the great parks - Wrigley Field, Fenway Park, Sportsman's Park, Ebbets Field, Shibe Park, Crosley Field, the Polo Grounds, Comiskey Park, Forbes Field, Tiger Stadium - and lesser-known gems - Baker Bowl, South End Grounds, Palace of the Fans, and Hilltop Park - are celebrated with a rich blend of meticulously researched history, illuminating anecdotes, rare photographs, and evocative illustrations. Diamonds also tells the story of more modern baseball palaces - Candlestick Park, the Astrodome, and Camden Yards - and describes parks that were proposed but ne

A Word A Day

Author : Anu Garg
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 1118039688
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book A Word A Day written by Anu Garg and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2010-12-21 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Anu Garg's many readers await their A Word A Day rations hungrily. Now at last here's a feast for them and other verbivores. Eat up!" -Barbara Wallraff Senior Editor at The Atlantic Monthly and author of Word Court Praise for A Word a Day "AWADies will be familiar with Anu Garg's refreshing approach to words: words are fun and they have fascinating histories. The people who use them have curious stories to tell too, and this collection incorporates some of the correspondence received by the editors at the AWAD site, from advice on how to outsmart your opponent in a duel (or even a truel) to a cluster of your favorite mondegreens." -John Simpson, Chief Editor, Oxford English Dictionary "A banquet of words! Feast and be nourished!" -Richard Lederer, author of The Miracle of Language Written by the founder of the wildly popular A Word A Day Web site (www.wordsmith.org), this collection of unusual, obscure, and exotic English words will delight writers, scholars, crossword puzzlers, and word buffs of every ilk. The words are grouped in intriguing categories that range from "Portmanteaux" to "Words That Make the Spell-Checker Ineffective." each entry includes a concise definition, etymology, and usage example-and many feature fascinating and hilarious commentaries by A Word A Day subscribers and the authors.

Stranger Planet

Author : Nathan W. Pyle
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0063022648
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (63 download)

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Download or read book Stranger Planet written by Nathan W. Pyle and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2020-06-16 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WATCH THE ANIMATED SERIES AUGUST 9 ON APPLE TV+ New York Times Bestseller The sequel to the #1 New York Times bestselling phenomenon Strange Planet, featuring more hilarious and poignant adventures from the fascinating inhabitants of Nathan W. Pyle's colorful world. In this eagerly awaited sequel, Nathan takes us back to his charming and instantly recognizable planet colored in bright pinks, blues, greens, and purples, providing more escapades, jokes, and p h r a s e s. Nathan mixes his most popular Instagram comics with more than thirty original works created exclusively for this second volume to explore four major topics: traditions, nature, emotions, and knowledge. He inducts new and longtime fans into a strangely familiar world and its culture, from “cohesion” (marriage) to “mild poison” (alcohol) to the full lyrics to “The Small Eight-Legged Creature” (sung to the tune of The Itsy-Bitsy Spider). Bright, colorful, and whimsical—yet charmingly familiar—Stranger Planet is out-of-this-world fun.

The Junior Astrologer's Handbook

Author : Nikki Van De Car
Publisher : Running Press Kids
ISBN 13 : 0762499540
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (624 download)

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Download or read book The Junior Astrologer's Handbook written by Nikki Van De Car and published by Running Press Kids. This book was released on 2021-07-20 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn how to read your (and your friends') signs and to interpret the zodiac in this beautifully illustrated follow-up to The Junior Witch's Handbook. Harness the power of your signs to navigate friendships, family, and school. Invoking mindfulness, self-care, creativity, and a connection with nature, The Junior Astrologer's Handbook is the perfect guide to teach young readers the art of astrology.

Elysian Fields

Author : Suzanne Johnson
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0765333198
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (653 download)

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Download or read book Elysian Fields written by Suzanne Johnson and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2013-08-13 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An undead serial killer comes for DJ in this thrilling third installment of Suzanne Johnson's Sentinels of New Orleans series