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Book Synopsis Empty Wardrobes by : Maria Judite de Carvalho
Download or read book Empty Wardrobes written by Maria Judite de Carvalho and published by . This book was released on 2021-10-12 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A previously untranslated classic of Portuguese feminist literature originally published in 1978, Carvalho's Empty Wardrobes introduces English-speaking readers to a forgotten and underappreciated woman writer a la recent publishing sensations Lucia Berlin, Natalia Ginzburg, Ingeborg Bachmann, Silvina Ocampo, and Armonia Somers. Empty Wardrobes is a tightly plotted, highly entertaining read, that, thanks to an ingenious detached narrative technique (one that makes the plot all the more fun to revisit and rethink), is both darkly humorous and devastatingly true.
Book Synopsis A Rogue of My Own by : Johanna Lindsey
Download or read book A Rogue of My Own written by Johanna Lindsey and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2009-06-16 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In #1 New York Times bestselling author Johanna Lindsey’s captivating regency romance, an innocent young lady’s first brush with royal court intrigue lands her at the altar alongside one of London’s most notorious rogues. For Lady Rebecca Marshall, a whirlwind of excitement begins when she becomes a maid of honor at the court of Queen Victoria. But when Rebecca unknowingly steps into the rivalry between the Queen’s spymaster and a noblewoman who uses the maids as courtly spies, she is soon entangled in a web of deceit with the charming marquis Rupert St. John. The devastatingly handsome ne’er-do-well is the cousin of Raphael Locke, with whom Rebecca was once infatuated…He’s also a secret agent of the crown who leads a double life. Certain that guileless Rebecca is spying on him, Rupert seduces her—then, forced to wed, he believes she has set a trap of the worst sort in order to marry into his powerful family! But as he comes to know Rebecca’s true heart, his vow of revenge and infidelity becomes a desire to share many passionate nights—only with his beautiful wife.
Book Synopsis Monthly Echo of the Original 5 Points Mission by :
Download or read book Monthly Echo of the Original 5 Points Mission written by and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 774 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Tone written by Sofia Samatar and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2023-11-21 with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tone is a collaborative study of literary tone, a notoriously challenging and slippery topic for criticism. Both granular and global, infusing a text with feeling, tone is so difficult to pin down that responses to it often take the vague form of “I know it when I see it.” In Tone, a cooperative authorial voice under the name of the Committee to Investigate Atmosphere begins from the premise that tone is relational, belonging to shared experience rather than a single author, and should be approached through a communal practice. In partnership, the Committee explores the atmospheres emanating from texts by Nella Larsen, W. G. Sebald, Heike Geissler, Hiroko Oyamada, Mieko Kanai, Bhanu Kapil, Franz Kafka, Renee Gladman, and others, attending to the chafing of political irritation, the hunger of precarious and temporary work, and the lonely delights of urban and suburban walks. This study treats a variety of questions: How is tone filtered through translation? Can a text hold the feelings that pass between humans and animals? What can attention to literary tone reveal about shared spaces such as factories, universities, and streets and the clashes and connections that happen there? Searching and conversational, Tone seeks immersion in literary affect to convey the experience of reading—and living—together.
Book Synopsis The Year's Best Science Fiction: Sixteenth Annual Collection by : Gardner Dozois
Download or read book The Year's Best Science Fiction: Sixteenth Annual Collection written by Gardner Dozois and published by St. Martin's Griffin. This book was released on 1999-07-30 with total page 676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The past through tomorrow are boldly imagined and reinvented in the twenty-five stories collected in this showcase anthology. Many of the field's finest practitioners are represented here, along with stories from promising newcomers, including: William Barton * Rob Chilson * Tony Daniel * Cory Doctorow * Jim Grimsley * Gwyneth Jones * Chris Lawson * Ian McDonald * Robert Reed * William Browning Spencer * Allen Steele * Michael Swanwick * Howard Waldrop * Cherry Wilder * Liz Williams A useful list of honorable mentions and Dozois's insightful summation of the year in sf round out this anthology, making it indispensable for anyone interested in SF today.
Book Synopsis Blind Man in Africa by : Cass Cassidy
Download or read book Blind Man in Africa written by Cass Cassidy and published by Paragon Publishing. This book was released on 2014-06-30 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is Africa now being re-colonized by the upcoming powerful nations? Can we afford to stand by? Or is it already too late? Cass Cassidy has travelled, worked and lived in Africa and discovered the contrasting ways of everyday life, with very different values put even on life itself. When Cassidy lived there, African states had been de-colonized for a decade or two. Unfortunately, by removing himself from affairs, the colonist had inadvertently created a power vacuum. The arbitrator had gone and there was nothing in the arsenal to replace it. The boundaries and borders had been changed, so the power struggle in the form of tribalism began and continues to this day many years after independence. This book is a first-hand account of just what this has meant to the average African who has been sadly let down as dreams of independence are shattered time and time again.
Book Synopsis Demon in the Bloodline by : J.S. Morin
Download or read book Demon in the Bloodline written by J.S. Morin and published by Magical Scrivener Press. This book was released on 2013-11-02 with total page 650 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two worlds aren’t big enough for the both of them. Kyrus has found himself a rival of the most dangerous creature he’s ever met. The problem? The demon warlock who might kill him may also be the best hope for the future of the empire. With conspiracies swirling around him and an ancient mystery that might hold the key to his survival, Kyrus must navigate the treacherous waters of war and treason before he’s swept away by them. Demon in the Bloodline is the third book of Twinborn Chronicles: Awakening. For fans of epic fantasy who aren’t looking to start another unfinished series, the Twinborn Chronicles provides multiple new worlds to explore and all the closure you’ve long been denied.
Download or read book OVERTHINKING written by David Fenne and published by Black & White Publishing. This book was released on 2024-03-28 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emotions are hard . . . but mind games are the worst. Steven Percival has been thriving. After an idyllic summer with his boyfriend Troy, his emomancy powers are under control and he can't wait to start uni life in London. But things don't exactly go to plan . . . Alongside terrible housemates and frazzled friendships, Steven and Troy are recruited by DEMA for a mission which will bring the buried past crashing to the present and make Steven question his own reality. And who can Steven trust when life turns upside down? The second instalment in this queer YA fantasy trilogy includes plenty of new drama, intrigue and jaw-dropping surprises. It's bound to enchant fans of Alice Oseman, F.T. Lukens and Erick J. Brown. PRAISE FOR OVERTHINKING 'An edge-of-your-seat plot combines with adorable characters to make this a smart, witty and utterly compelling read.' - SIMON JAMES GREEN, author of Boy Like Me 'OVERTHINKING is the perfect sequel for fans of OVEREMOTIONAL, a celebration of big feelings and teenage friendship. I loved every page.' - MELISSA WELLIVER, author of My Love Life and the Apocalypse 'OVERTHINKING takes everything that made OVEREMOTIONAL such a thrilling read and dials it up a notch. A spellbinding, edge-of-your-seat sequel, not to be missed!' - WILLIAM HUSSEY, author of Broken Hearts and Zombie Parts 'OVERTHINKING is funny, pacy and smart - do not underestimate Fenne's power to make you laugh while you're simultaneously suffering with his characters.' - COURTNEY SMYTH, author of The Undetectables "I loved OVERTHINKING just as much as OVEREMOTIONAL! It's twisty, fun and heartwarming, with the most gorgeously written relationships." - AMY MCCAW, the MINA AND THE UNDEAD series "A fast-paced action which keeps up the momentum to its twisty climax. It's an incredibly fun ride." - RAVENA GURON, author of This Book Kills
Download or read book The Witch Elm written by Tana French and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2019-07-30 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Named a New York Times Notable Book of 2018 and a Best Book of 2018 by NPR, The New York Times Book Review, Amazon, The Boston Globe, LitHub, Vulture, Slate, Elle, Vox, and Electric Literature “Tana French’s best and most intricately nuanced novel yet.” —The New York Times An “extraordinary” (Stephen King) and “mesmerizing” (LA Times) new standalone novel from the master of crime and suspense and author of the forthcoming novel The Searcher. From the writer who “inspires cultic devotion in readers” (The New Yorker) and has been called “incandescent” by Stephen King, “absolutely mesmerizing” by Gillian Flynn, and “unputdownable” (People) comes a gripping new novel that turns a crime story inside out. Toby is a happy-go-lucky charmer who’s dodged a scrape at work and is celebrating with friends when the night takes a turn that will change his life—he surprises two burglars who beat him and leave him for dead. Struggling to recover from his injuries, beginning to understand that he might never be the same man again, he takes refuge at his family’s ancestral home to care for his dying uncle Hugo. Then a skull is found in the trunk of an elm tree in the garden—and as detectives close in, Toby is forced to face the possibility that his past may not be what he has always believed. A spellbinding standalone from one of the best suspense writers working today, The Witch Elm asks what we become, and what we’re capable of, when we no longer know who we are.
Book Synopsis Exhibiting Madness in Museums by : Catharine Coleborne
Download or read book Exhibiting Madness in Museums written by Catharine Coleborne and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-06-12 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While much has been written on the history of psychiatry, remarkably little has been written about psychiatric collections or curating. Exhibiting Madness in Museums offers a comparative history of independent and institutional collections of psychiatric objects in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the United Kingdom. Leading scholars in the field investigate collectors, collections, their display, and the reactions to exhibitions of the history of insanity. Linked to the study of medical museums this work broadens the study of the history of psychiatry by investigating the significance and importance of the role of twentieth-century psychiatric communities in the preservation, interpretation and representation of the history of mental health through the practice of collecting. In remembering the asylum and its different communities in the twentieth century, individuals who lived and worked inside an institution have struggled to preserve the physical character of their world. This collection of essays considers the way that collections of objects from the former psychiatric institution have played a role in constructions of its history. It historicises the very act of collecting, and also examines ethical problems and practices which arise from these activities for curators and exhibitions.
Book Synopsis The Forgotten Massacre by : Andrea Pető
Download or read book The Forgotten Massacre written by Andrea Pető and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2021-03-08 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book discusses a formerly unknown and invisible massacre in Budapest in 1944, committed by a paramilitary group lead by a women. Andrea Pető uncovers the gripping history of the fi rst private Holocaust memorial erected in Budapest in 1945. Based on court trials, interviews with survivors, perpetrators, and investigators, the book illustrates the complexities of gendered memory of violence. It examines the dramatic events: massacre, deportation, robbery, homecoming, and fi ght for memorialization from the point of view of the perpetrators and the survivors. The book will change the ways we look at intimate killings during the Second World-War. Watch our talk with the editor Andrea Pető here: https://youtu.be/dV6JEcE2RFk
Book Synopsis The Classical Kingdoms Collection Trilogies Book 2 by : Brittany Fichter
Download or read book The Classical Kingdoms Collection Trilogies Book 2 written by Brittany Fichter and published by Brittany Fichter. This book was released on 2024-01-09 with total page 1253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The curse of a wolf bite. A war of song. A ball to save the girl the prince loves. 1. Girl in the Red Hood: A Retelling of Little Red Riding Hood Not all the shadows in the forest choose a life of darkness. Sometimes it is chosen for them. After moving to a village deep in a sunless forest, Liesel is bitten by a wolf and marked for a terrifying destiny. Befriended by a mysterious boy in the woods soon after, however, Liesel finds herself falling in love with the one person in the world who might save her from that awful end... or doom her to it. Faced with terrifying odds, Liesel must decide to accept her fate for those she loves or fight for the freedom to choose her own way. 2. Silent Mermaid: A Retelling of The Little Mermaid How does a silent mermaid win a war of song? How does she break the siren song of another holding her beloved captive? After being touched by the sun at birth, Princess Arianna has grown up imprisoned between two worlds, neither fully mermaid nor fully human. But when she loses her family and her kingdom in a war between man and merfolk, she is forced to flee into the arms of her family's enemies. Her only hope of protection lies in the penniless prince that she once saved and his two boisterous nieces. Prince Michael is at his wit's end. With his people starving and his treasury nearly empty, the familiar girl from the past that falls piteously at his feet cannot be afforded his attention. He has only the resources and time for the barest of good deeds to pay back that which she gave him. But the more Michael begins to hear the girl beneath her silence, the more he realizes she just might be the distraction he cannot survive without. All the while, darkness is beginning to poison the ocean, and an evil foreseen by neither Arianna nor Michael threatens the very existence of both peoples. If they wish to restore their kingdoms, Arianna and Michael will need to reconsider their alliances, their beliefs, and an ancient prophecy that's been all but forgotten. Most importantly, they must decide whether or not they can move past their personal pain and trust one another. Because if they can't, everything and everyone they love will fall. 3. Cinders, Stars, and Glass Slippers: A Retelling of Cinderella What if the prince didn't throw the ball to meet his true love? What if he was trying to save her life instead? Since the murder of her gifted mother, Elaina has been sheltered on her father’s naval ship. But when Elaina’s secret is compromised, she must return to land and live under the king’s protection, much to her objection. Ashland's crown prince, Nicholas, has never been without. He is, however, facing a possible civil war and a deadly foe that preys on his gifted citizens. So when he meets Elaina, Nicholas delights in insisting she share her military expertise gained on her father’s ship. He gets more than he bargains for, though, when he finds that he might be falling for the one girl who refuses to fall for his charms. Just as Elaina and Nicholas begin to realize they might need each other after all, a dark turn of events finds Elaina exiled and forced into servitude, a civil war declared, and the murderer bloodthirstier than ever. Can Nicholas and Elaina defeat the dark forces that have poisoned their kingdom… and find their own happy ending as well? This Classical Kingdoms Collection Trilogy 2 contains Books 4, 5, and 6, full-length novel retellings of Little Red Riding Hood, The Little Mermaid, and Cinderella. These fairy tale retellings take place in the same world as The Classical Kingdoms Collection novels but can be read as standalones. Read these tales today to experience clean, passionate romance, magical mystery, and heroic happily-ever-afters. *This title was previously published as The Classical Kingdoms Collection Bookset 2.
Book Synopsis The Cambridge Companion to Twentieth-Century English Poetry by : Neil Corcoran
Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Twentieth-Century English Poetry written by Neil Corcoran and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2007-12-13 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The last century was characterised by an extraordinary flowering of the art of poetry in Britain. These specially commissioned essays by some of the most highly regarded poetry critics offer a stimulating and reliable overview of English poetry of the twentieth century. The opening section on contexts will both orientate readers relatively new to the field and provide provocative syntheses for those already familiar with it. Following the terms introduced by this section, individual chapters cover many ways of looking at the 'modern', the 'modernist' and the 'postmodern'. The core of the volume is made up of extensive discussions of individual poets, from W. B. Yeats and W. H. Auden to contemporary poets such as Simon Armitage and Carol Ann Duffy. In its coverage of the development, themes and contexts of modern poetry, this Companion is the most useful guide available for students, lecturers and readers.
Book Synopsis The Lyric Theory Reader by : Virginia Walker Jackson
Download or read book The Lyric Theory Reader written by Virginia Walker Jackson and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2014-02 with total page 678 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reading lyric poetry over the past century. The Lyric Theory Reader collects major essays on the modern idea of lyric, made available here for the first time in one place. Representing a wide range of perspectives in Anglo-American literary criticism from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, the collection as a whole documents the diversity and energy of ongoing critical conversations about lyric poetry. Virginia Jackson and Yopie Prins frame these conversations with a general introduction, bibliographies for further reading, and introductions to each of the anthology’s ten sections: genre theory, historical models of lyric, New Criticism, structuralist and post-structuralist reading, Frankfurt School approaches, phenomenologies of lyric reading, avant-garde anti-lyricism, lyric and sexual difference, and comparative lyric. Designed for students, teachers, scholars, poets, and readers with a general interest in poetics, this book presents an intellectual history of the theory of lyric reading that has circulated both within and beyond the classroom, wherever poetry is taught, read, discussed, and debated today.
Book Synopsis Free Loaves on Fridays by : Rebekah Pierre
Download or read book Free Loaves on Fridays written by Rebekah Pierre and published by Unbound Publishing. This book was released on 2024-04-18 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is all about the care system, and it's written by people who have experienced it first-hand. Free Loaves on Fridays is an anthology of stories, poems, reflections and letters by more than 100 care-experienced people, which aims to challenge worn-out stereotypes. This collection gives voice to diverse experiences including foster care, adoption, kinship care and semi-independent living, among others. Headlines written about care often entrench negative ideas and dominate the narrative, leaving care-experienced people with nothing but crumbs. This anthology is an opportunity to redirect the dialogue and present a window into a world that has been overlooked for too long. Free Loaves on Fridays presents a spectrum of joy and sadness, laughter and tears, love and loss, and reminds us that bread tastes so much better when it’s been chosen.
Book Synopsis At Home with the Templetons by : Monica McInerney
Download or read book At Home with the Templetons written by Monica McInerney and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2011-03-29 with total page 695 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the Templeton family takes up residence in an imposing and long-empty manor in the countryside of Victoria, Australia, the locals begin to buzz with gossip. The seven Templetons moved from England and seem unusual, peculiar even—especially when they begin to lead tours through the stately home while dressed in period costume. No one is more intrigued by the family than their neighbors, single mother Nina Donovan and her son, Tom. Though they try to keep their distance from the often shocking Templeton dramas, Nina and Tom find their lives unexpectedly entwined with this enigmatic family, much to the delight of Gracie, the youngest Templeton daughter. Then one day, a tragedy tears them all apart. In the grand estate, the stage is set for years of betrayal and heartbreak, love and affection, to be revealed—and, perhaps, resolved—as the Templetons try to make amends. At Home with the Templetons is Monica McInerney’s best book yet—a captivating and moving story that spans two decades, illuminating the perils and pleasures of love, friendship, and family. BONUS: This edition contains excerpts from Monica McInerney's Lola's Secret, The Faraday Girls, Family Baggage, The Alphabet Sisters, Greetings from Somewhere Else, and Upside Down Inside Out.
Book Synopsis Letters to Matthew by : Louise Bates
Download or read book Letters to Matthew written by Louise Bates and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2019-04-25 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘Letters to Matthew’ invites you into the world of grief. It is not sugar coated or edited to make it an easy read, which is why it has been separated into two distinct parts. Part one contains the heartfelt letters written by grieving mother Louise to her son Matthew after he died at the age of twenty-seven. The letters are a mixture of anguish, deep sorrow, humour, wisdom, personal insights and experiences that may resonate with others who have lost a special person. Part two is about her journey of self-discovery and how Louise turned her grief and loss into something positive. This book is not about fixing people or forcing the healing process because, as the book explains, there is no cure for grief. Grief can only be absorbed, carried, experienced and cared for. The loss of a child is unimaginable, but Louise has managed to turn this heart-breaking experience into something positive. By sharing her letters, insights, thoughts and feelings with the world she is not only keeping Matthew’s memory alive but also giving hope to other people that life can meaningful again after the death of a loved one. Grief is a sensitive subject which makes it challenging for writers to describe in a way that feels both real and honest. Louise has shown her vulnerability and documented her experience in a very brave and open-hearted way. The book does have an uplifting ending!
