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Download or read book The Hermit's Story written by Rick Bass and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2003-09-18 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Los Angeles Times Best Book of the Year: “Uniformly excellent” stories about our relationships with each other and with the treacherous natural world (Publishers Weekly). In the title story, a man and woman travel across an eerily frozen lake—under the ice. “The Distance” casts a skeptical eye on Thomas Jefferson through the lens of a Montana man’s visit to Monticello. “Eating” begins with an owl being sucked into a canoe and ends with a man eating a town out of house and home, and “The Cave” is a stunning story of a man and woman lost in an abandoned mine. Other stories include “The Fireman,” “Swans,” “The Prisoners,” “Presidents’ Day,” “Real Town,” and “Two Deer.” Each is remarkable in its own way, sure to please both new readers and avid fans of Rick Bass’s passionate, unmistakable voice. “Bass focuses a naturalist’s eye not only on the frozen lakes and interplay of predator and prey often found in his work but also on the ebb and flow of human emotions and relationships . . . Thought-provoking and entertaining, these stories move along quickly but continue to resonate long after the reader is done; several have been anthologized in award collections.” —Library Journal “Beautiful in their magical imagery, dramatic in their situations, and exquisitely poignant in their insights, these stories of awe and loss are quite astonishing in their mythic use of place and the elements of earth, air, fire, and water.” —Booklist “Bass puts his talent as a nature writer to terrific use.” —The New York Times Book Review “Bass’s language glistens with the beauty of the landscapes he evokes.” —San Francisco Chronicle Book Review
Book Synopsis The Hermit and the Wild Woman, and Other Stories by : Edith Wharton
Download or read book The Hermit and the Wild Woman, and Other Stories written by Edith Wharton and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2021-05-19 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Hermit and the Wild Woman and Other Stories is a set of short stories by Edith Wharton. Contents: I The Hermit and the Wild Woman II The Last Asset III In Trust IV The Pretext V The Verdict VI The Pot-Boiler VII The Best Man
Book Synopsis The Hermit and Other Stories by : Iain Crichton Smith
Download or read book The Hermit and Other Stories written by Iain Crichton Smith and published by . This book was released on with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The hermit of the hills; and other stories by : Hermit
Download or read book The hermit of the hills; and other stories written by Hermit and published by . This book was released on 1865 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Hidden Girl and Other Stories by : Ken Liu
Download or read book The Hidden Girl and Other Stories written by Ken Liu and published by Gallery / Saga Press. This book was released on 2020-02-25 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From award-winning author Ken Liu comes his much anticipated second volume of short stories. Ken Liu is one of the most lauded short story writers of our time. This collection includes a selection of his science fiction and fantasy stories from the last five years—sixteen of his best—plus a new novelette. In addition to these seventeen selections, The Hidden Girl and Other Stories also features an excerpt from book three in the Dandelion Dynasty series, The Veiled Throne.
Book Synopsis The Hermit, and Other Stories by : Anna Grant-Adamson
Download or read book The Hermit, and Other Stories written by Anna Grant-Adamson and published by . This book was released on 1952 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Stranger in the Woods by : Michael Finkel
Download or read book The Stranger in the Woods written by Michael Finkel and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2018-01-30 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The remarkable true story of a man who lived alone in the woods of Maine for 27 years, making this dream a reality—not out of anger at the world, but simply because he preferred to live on his own. “A meditation on solitude, wildness and survival.” —The Wall Street Journal In 1986, a shy and intelligent twenty-year-old named Christopher Knight left his home in Massachusetts, drove to Maine, and disappeared into the forest. He would not have a conversation with another human being until nearly three decades later, when he was arrested for stealing food. Living in a tent even through brutal winters, he had survived by his wits and courage, developing ingenious ways to store edibles and water, and to avoid freezing to death. He broke into nearby cottages for food, clothing, reading material, and other provisions, taking only what he needed but terrifying a community never able to solve the mysterious burglaries. Based on extensive interviews with Knight himself, this is a vividly detailed account of his secluded life—why did he leave? what did he learn?—as well as the challenges he has faced since returning to the world. It is a gripping story of survival that asks fundamental questions about solitude, community, and what makes a good life, and a deeply moving portrait of a man who was determined to live his own way, and succeeded.
Book Synopsis The Hermit and the Wild Woman, and Other Stories by : Edith Wharton
Download or read book The Hermit and the Wild Woman, and Other Stories written by Edith Wharton and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2017-07-21 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Hermit and the Wild Woman" is a collection of short stories by American writer Edith Wharton. The stories include: "The Hermit and the Wild Woman", "The Last Asset", "In Trust", "The Pretext", "The Verdict", "The Pot-Boiler", and "The Best Man". This fantastic collection will appeal to all lovers of the short storm form, and it is not to be missed by fans and collectors of Wharton's wonderful work. Edith Wharton (January 24, 1862 - August 11, 1937) was an American novelist, writer of short stories, and designer. She won the Pulitzer Prize for literature in won the 1921 for her novel "The Age of Innocence" (1920) and was nominated for the Nobel prize in 1927, 1928 and 1930. Wharton was famous for her novels, within which she married her person experience of life in America's privileged classes with brilliant wit and mastery of language. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.
Book Synopsis The Hermit and the Wild Woman by : Edith Wharton
Download or read book The Hermit and the Wild Woman written by Edith Wharton and published by . This book was released on 2021-03-21 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the Hermit was a lad, and lived in the town, the crenellations of the wallshad been square-topped, and a Guelf lord had flown his standard from the keep.Then one day a steel-coloured line of men-at-arms rode across the valley, woundup the hill and battered in the gates. Stones and Greek fire rained from theramparts, shields clashed in the streets, blade sprang at blade in passages andstairways, pikes and lances dripped above huddled flesh, and all the still familiarplace was a stew of dying bodies. The boy fled from it in horror. He had seen hisfather go forth and not come back, his mother drop dead from an arquebuse shot asshe leaned from the platform of the tower, his little sister fall with a slit throatacross the altar steps of the chapel-and he ran, ran for his life, through the slipperystreets, over warm twitching bodies, between legs of soldiers carousing, out of thegates, past burning farmsteads, trampled wheat-fields, orchards stripped andbroken, till the still woods received him and he fell face down on the unmutilatedearth.
Book Synopsis The Hermit and Other Stories from 2001 by : John Plowman
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Book Synopsis The Hermit and the Wild Woman, and Other Stories... by : Edith Wharton
Download or read book The Hermit and the Wild Woman, and Other Stories... written by Edith Wharton and published by Hardpress Publishing. This book was released on 2013-12 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Book Synopsis The Book of Hermits by : Robert Rodriguez
Download or read book The Book of Hermits written by Robert Rodriguez and published by Hermitary Press. This book was released on 2021-10 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of hermits and eremitism from antiquity to the present: Greco-Roman influences, early Christianity, hermits in medieval Europe and East Asia, decline in Western modernity, the rise of solitude, and rehabilitation of hermits.
Book Synopsis The Hermit and the Wild Woman, and Other Stories by : Edith Wharton
Download or read book The Hermit and the Wild Woman, and Other Stories written by Edith Wharton and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Hermit King, and Other Stories by : William Cobb
Download or read book The Hermit King, and Other Stories written by William Cobb and published by Livingston Press (AL). This book was released on 2005 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Alabama, 1944. America is about to face the atomic bomb the Cold War, and the Civil Rights Movement. Billy Malone and Callie Fisque of Hammond, Alabama, are about to grow up in a way no one would wish on them. It starts innocently enough with a trick played on a junk dealer, and with the hypnotic legend of an old one-eyed black hermit living in the swamps across-river from Hammond "Bynymo, Bynymo, hit im in the belly with a fawty-foe!" children shout about the nearly mythical hermit, who supposedly carries a black bullwhip as long as five men. Billy and Callie can't resist ..." "This novel has been revised by the author, and this edition carries five new stories, including the hilarious Southern Gothic Brother Billy's Eye. In addition, a foreword by Bert Hitchcock places this first novel in perspective of Bill Cobb's work to date."--BOOK JACKET.
Book Synopsis The Devil and Other Stories by : Leo Tolstoy
Download or read book The Devil and Other Stories written by Leo Tolstoy and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2003-07-10 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'It is impossible to explain why Yevgeny chose Liza Annenskaya, as it is always impossible to explain why a man chooses this and not that woman.' This collection of eleven stories spans virtually the whole of Tolstoy's creative life. While each is unique in form, as a group they are representative of his style, and touch on the central themes that surface in War and Peace and Anna Karenina. Stories as different as 'The Snowstorm', 'Lucerne', 'The Diary of a Madman', and 'The Devil' are grounded in autobiographical experience. They deal with journeys of self-discovery and the moral and religious questioning that characterizes Tolstoy's works of criticism and philosophy. 'Strider' and 'Father Sergy', as well as reflecting Tolstoy's own experiences, also reveal profound psychological insights. These stories range over much of the Russian world of the nineteenth century, from the nobility to the peasantry, the military to the clergy, from merchants and cobblers to a horse and a tree. Together they present a fascinating picture of Tolstoy's skill and artistry. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
Download or read book Hermits written by Peter France and published by Random House. This book was released on 2014-09-30 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ours is an age where solitude tends to be discussed in the context of the 'problem of loneliness'. However in previous ages the capacity to seek fulfillment outside society has been admired and seen as a measure of discernment and inner security. In this lucid and highly readable book, Peter France shows how hermits, from the Taoists and Ancient Greeks to the present day, have something vitally important to say to a society that fears solitude.
Book Synopsis The Hermit and the Wild Woman by : Edith Wharton
Download or read book The Hermit and the Wild Woman written by Edith Wharton and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-09-17 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Hermit and the Wild Woman: And Other Stories Gradually the horror faded, leaving only a tranquil pleasure in the minute performance of his religious duties. His mind was not naturally given to the contemplation of evil, and in the blessed solitude of his new life his thoughts dwelt more and more on the beauty of holiness. His desire was to be perfectly good, and to live in love and charity with his fellows; and how could one do this without flee ing from them? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
