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Book Synopsis The Shadow of The Sycamores by : Doris Davidson
Download or read book The Shadow of The Sycamores written by Doris Davidson and published by Birlinn. This book was released on 2015-04-15 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Shadow of the Sycamores traces the fortunes of the Rae family, from Henry Rae's birth in 1871, when his drunken father, a blacksmith, forgets the name chosen for him, to his old age in the 1940s. We follow Henry's story as he leaves home at 13 to work as orra loon at a farm and eventually meets his beloved future wife, Fay, when he finds a new job at The Sycamores, a nursing home for the mentally disordered and the elderly. Events take a dramatic turn when their son, Jerry, under-gardener at The Sycamores, falls in love with a 16-year-old inmate. When they marry, another inmate a much older man becomes insanely jealous and the scene is set for tragedy, with three mysterious deaths. Jerry enlists in 1917 and is killed in action. Years later, the family find unfamiliar marriage and birth certificates amongst his personal effects and start to unravel the mystery surrounding his second wife and child. This leads to a shocking discovery and there are many twists and turns before the final resolution. This epic tale, from one of north-east Scotland's most renowned novelists, is romantic and heartrendingly tragic.
Book Synopsis The Freezer Door by : Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore
Download or read book The Freezer Door written by Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2020-11-24 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A meditation on the trauma and possibility of searching for connection in a world that enforces bland norms of gender, sexual, and social conformity. When you turn the music off, and suddenly you feel an unbearable sadness, that means turn the music back on, right? When you still feel the sadness, even with the music, that means there's something wrong with this music. Sometimes I feel like sex without context isn't sex at all. And sometimes I feel like sex without context is what sex should always be.--The Freezer Door The Freezer Door records the ebb and flow of desire in daily life. Crossing through loneliness in search of communal pleasure in Seattle, Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore exposes the failure and persistence of queer dreams, the hypocritical allure of gay male sexual culture, and the stranglehold of the suburban imagination over city life. Ferocious and tender, The Freezer Door offers a complex meditation on the trauma and possibility of searching for connection in a world that relentlessly enforces bland norms of gender, sexual, and social conformity while claiming to celebrate diversity.
Book Synopsis The Shadow War by : Glen Scott Allen
Download or read book The Shadow War written by Glen Scott Allen and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2010-11-23 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A brilliant new talent delivers a sweeping thriller that turns the entire history of America upside down. Colonial historian Benjamin Wainwright is summoned to a secretive think tank in western Massachusetts by an old school friend who researches war-game theory. Upon his arrival, Wainwright discovers that his friend is dead and suspected of having leaked information. When the security analyst hired to investigate the case is targeted for assassination, Benjamin wonders: Was his friend's death an accident—or murder? A series of codes, forged documents, and secret family histories all point to the existence of a centuries-old conspiracy. Benjamin teams up with a beautiful Russian cultural attaché named Natalya Orlova, whose own family has a dark history with the KGB, to unravel the truth. The two set off on a dangerous mission that stretches from Washington, DC, to the French Riviera, to deep within the Siberian wilderness. Together, they discover the sinister forces that have pulled the strings of power in America—perhaps all the way back to its very founding. What our characters learn will make us question everything we thought we knew about American history, from the Revolution to the Cold War, and what lies in store for the fate of the nation. With a gripping pace and enigmatic plot that drives the reader from one page to the next, The Shadow War is a highly intelligent thriller that asks: Who really runs the country, who controls our enemies, and to what lengths will they go to conceal their hidden agendas?
Book Synopsis Sketchtasy by : Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore
Download or read book Sketchtasy written by Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore and published by arsenal pulp press. This book was released on 2018-11-13 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meet Alexa: a resilient twenty-one-year-old queen who lives without rules or apologies.
Book Synopsis The Last Matchmaker by : Willie Daly
Download or read book The Last Matchmaker written by Willie Daly and published by Post Hill Press. This book was released on 2016-02-02 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With his unique blend of intuition, quiet wisdom and a small drop of cunning, Irish matchmaker Willie Daly reveals the secret to finding true love, and shares the story of a life spent bringing people together in love and marriage. The path to love can be heart-warming, hilarious, sometimes hair-raising—and Willie is the perfect guide. For those still looking for romance, he also has some hard-earned, practical advice. Rich with characters, humor, drama and—of course—Guinness, Willie Daly regales us with some of his funniest and most touching matchmaking stories.
Book Synopsis The Back of Beyond by : Doris Davidson
Download or read book The Back of Beyond written by Doris Davidson and published by Birlinn. This book was released on 2015-04-15 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two young men from a remote Scottish village decide to make their fortunes in London, but can't escape their close ties to home or the girl they leave behind... Alistair Ritchie and Dougal Finnie have grown up in one of the most scenic villages in Scotland, but as they now have a desire to see the world, there is nothing to keep them there - not even Lexie Fraser, who's been chasing Ally since they were fourteen. Lexie has troubles of her own: a sick mother and a missing father, his disappearance a complete mystery. She'd like nothing better than to cling to Ally, which just makes him more determined to break free. But the lads aren't destined to stay away forever. Marriage and babies follow - and so does war. London is no place for young wives and children, and where could be safer than the north of Scotland, the Back of Beyond? But what will their city-raised families make of it - and the folks they left behind?
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Book Synopsis The Road To Rowanbrae by : Doris Davidson
Download or read book The Road To Rowanbrae written by Doris Davidson and published by Birlinn. This book was released on 2015-04-15 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tender, uplifting family story set in Aberdeenshire, sweeping from the early years of this century to the present day. Mysie Lonie was only sixteen when her drunken father sold her for thirty pounds as wife to ugly, middle aged Jeems Duncan. Taken to live on his croft, Rowanbrae, she tried hard to make the best of her lot and, in time, bore Jeems two sons - Jamie, the light of her life, and unhappy, difficult Sandy. In 1913, as the storm clouds of war gather, love comes with unexpected force and brightness into Mysie's life. But the conflict of loyalties it brings sets off a chain of terrible events that eventually leaves her bereaved, homeless and marked by a secret she can never betray. Nearly destitute, Mysie is forced out into the world to scrape a living for herself and Sandy. Her path will bring her further trials - also many joys - but finally she is given the chance to leave her tragic past behind and enjoy true happiness ...
Book Synopsis The Foresters. By the Author of “Lights and Shadows of Scottish Life” [i.e. John Wilson], Etc by : John Wilson
Download or read book The Foresters. By the Author of “Lights and Shadows of Scottish Life” [i.e. John Wilson], Etc written by John Wilson and published by . This book was released on 1825 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Spirit of the Sycamore by : C. Descry
Download or read book Spirit of the Sycamore written by C. Descry and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2000-07-25 with total page 606 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THEY CAME LOOKING FOR RICHES OR FOR CELESTIAL GUIDANCE-- THEY FOUND DESERT JUSTICE! Ter Martel is a troubleshooter for ruthless developers. He is a two-dimensional shark who knows all the dirty tricks it takes to win, and believes it is right to use them... Misty is fleeing seven years of hell married to a totally amoral man. Now she is adrift, running from the courts, looking for spiritual guidance, unaware that powerful forces are shaping the essence of her life. Arnie Cain, County Marshal, spent a horrible night sitting vigil with the body of the dead girl as she floated in the water hole, the latest in a bizarre series of murders. He knows that all of the dead have been cruelly murdered. What is eating at him is the reality that he cant prove it and arrest the killers. He is convinced that the guilty will get away with murder. He doesnt know about Desert Justice! Doc Connely has amassed a fortune that he plans to pull into the grave with him...If he ever dies. He has discovered a force that will change the world and he lives on to protect its source... Orante had escaped from a bamboo cage in Hanoi with dreams of power and position. Now he controls the fate and fortunes of thousands. Having attained his dream, he finds himself imprisoned again. Now he is trapped by his followers, forever bound, forever chaste. Celesta believes that the Pleiadeans from the constellation Taurus have defeated their enemies from the Dog Star Canis and are coming back to Earth to rescue the souls they hid here 50,000 years ago... Raven, once an archaeologist at the top of her profession, has discovered the desiccated bodies of the dead, deep within a cave in Prophet Canyon. Driven mad, she taps into a source of ancient wisdom and power. Well written. Well researched. A great read! Be prepared! It will change your way of believing. 576 Pages.
Book Synopsis The End of San Francisco by : Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore
Download or read book The End of San Francisco written by Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore and published by City Lights Books. This book was released on 2013-03-08 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The End of San Francisco breaks apart the conventions of memoir to reveal the passions and perils of a life that refuses to conform to the rules of straight or gay normalcy. A budding queer activist escapes to San Francisco, in search of a world more politically charged, sexually saturated, and ethically consistent—this is the person who evolves into Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore, infamous radical queer troublemaker, organizer and agitator, community builder and anti-assimilationist commentator. Here is the tender, provocative and exuberant story of the formation of one of the contemporary queer movement's most savvy and outrageous writers and spokespersons. Using an unrestrained associative style to move kaleidoscopically between past, present and future, Sycamore conjures the untidy push and pull of memory, exposing the tensions between idealism and critical engagement, trauma and self-actualization, inspiration and loss. Part memoir, part social history and part elegy, The End of San Francisco explores and explodes the dream of a radical queer community and the mythical city that was supposed to nurture it. "Mattilda is a dazzling writer of uncommon truths, a challenging writer who refuses to conform to conventionality. Her agitation is an inspiration."—Justin Torres, author of We the Animals “Author Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore is the artistic love child of John Genet and David Wojnarowicz, deconstructing language swathed in unbridled sensuality, while flinging readers into a disrupted, chaotic life of queer anarchy.”—Gay and Lesbian Review "Bring on The End of San Francisco! And Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore, whose new book has reinvented memoir without the predictable gloss of passive resolution. This book is undeniably brave and new, and the internal energy churning at its core is like nothing you've seen, heard or read before. I swear."—T. Cooper, author of Real Man Adventures "We hear so much about coming-of-age narratives that we seldom think about going-of-age—the shutting down and closure, the making sense of where we've been. Written with grace, reserve and the honest tremblings that come when things matter, Mattilda shows us that The End of San Francisco is really the beginning of joy."—Daphne Gottlieb, author of 15 Ways to Stay Alive "It would be easy to describe The End of San Francisco as a Joycean 'Portrait of the Artist as a Young Queer' (although the book's intense stream of consciousness is reminiscent of the later, more experimental, Joyce) . . . but this is misleading. This journey of a life that begins in the professional upper-middle class (both parents are therapists) and the Ivy League and moves to hustling, drugs, activism—Sycamore was active in ACT UP and Queer Nation—and queer bohemian grunge, is profoundly American. At heart, Sycamore is writing about the need to escape control through flight or obliteration."—Michael Bronski, San Francisco Chronicle
Book Synopsis The Sycamore Seed by : J.D. MALLINSON
Download or read book The Sycamore Seed written by J.D. MALLINSON and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-02-01 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author, seen here at Lucerne while vacationing in the Bernese Oberland, has spent his main career in education. His published writings include four collections of poetry, some serial fiction, travel journalism and a travel memoir, South of Lapland, relating impressions of Northern Finland. He draws on his extensive travels in Europe as background for this intriguing spy-detective novel set aboard a Danube River cruise during the Communist era, evoking the characteristic period atmosphere of Budapest, Belgrade and Bucharest. Married, with three grown children, he is currently living in New England.
Book Synopsis The World Beneath the Sycamore by : Rita R. Trafford
Download or read book The World Beneath the Sycamore written by Rita R. Trafford and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2016-03-12 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In her first book, A Place Called Forever, Rita R. Trafford touched upon the troubled childhood of a six-year-old girl looking for answers to why her childhood wasnt one she could consider as being normal. This book, being a sequel to that story, follows the life of that same child as an adult still dealing with the traumatic reoccurring memories of her childhood. Grace Curry, now a wife and mother of two sons, must find a way to deal with her negative past so she can move on and establish hope for a better future. Some would suggest that Grace is going through an identity crisis, but in all reality, she is merely trying to cope with two different worlds that seem to want to coexist. Grace realizes that she must give up one of those worlds in order to survive in the other. The problem lies in her self-perceived inability to separate the two.
Book Synopsis From Blue Ridge to Barrier Islands by : J. Kent Minichiello
Download or read book From Blue Ridge to Barrier Islands written by J. Kent Minichiello and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2001-01-20 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From John Smith to Tom Horton—a collection of nature writing about the mid-Atlantic region From Blue Ridge to Barrier Islands offers the first collection of nature writing to focus specifically on the attractions of the central Atlantic region. The selections draw on all the outdoor experiences that have brought people closer to the land: exploration, science, travel, country life, conservation, hunting, fishing. Here are Walt Whitman's musings on bird migrations at midnight; John Lederer's account of the first recorded expedition, with native guides, to the summit of the Blue Ridge mountains; Pendleton Kennedy's reflections on a nineteenth-century fishing trip to Blackwater River; and Tom Horton on serious dangers the Potomac continues to face. From the awe and wonder of the first explorers to cries for conservation from contemporary writers, From Blue Ridge to Barrier Islands gathers examples of our changing views of the natural world and the values we place upon it.
Download or read book Light Years written by Dabney Stuart and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 1994-10-01 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dabney Stuart’s subject over the last thirty years are as disparate as the forms he chooses for them. His range includes baseball (and other games), geography, the movies, history, sideshows, domestic life—a world, in short, that is rich and various. Amid this exploration, Stuart has sustained certain concerns. The evasive and unsettling nature of family relationships threads consistently through the poems collected in Light Years; the poet uncovers deepening emotional and psychological complexities. There are celebrations of his children, his own sonship, his grandparents and grandchildren. Through it all as he says in “The Opposite Field,” the haunting image / of [a] possible life / watches from a distance.” Stuart rings evocative changes on recurrent image patterns, too. Birds are central to his work, for instance, and sing often; water flows frequently; music sounds in places as apparently incongruous as a row of cornstalks. Dreams, and dreaming, inform many poems, their precision of detail becoming part of the sharply observed physical world Stuart renders. Whatever else he is up to, Stuart always seeks the play in language, a source of delight and solace even in the most unlikely context. Indeed, as he writes in “Coming To,” When he listens to his words play back, they shimmer oddly, on edge—a stranger talking— as if they have gone through something he has no other knowledge of and brought it back: his life.
Book Synopsis John Clare Society Journal 36 (2017) by : Simon Kövesi
Download or read book John Clare Society Journal 36 (2017) written by Simon Kövesi and published by John Clare Society. This book was released on 2017-07-13 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The official Journal of the John Clare Society, published annually to reflect the interest in, and approaches to, the life and work of the poet John Clare. 2017.
Book Synopsis The Land of Israel, a journal of travels in Palestine by : A.B. TRISTRAM
Download or read book The Land of Israel, a journal of travels in Palestine written by A.B. TRISTRAM and published by . This book was released on 1865 with total page 712 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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