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Download or read book Shallow Slumber written by Chris Lee and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2014-07-11 with total page 59 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shallow Slumber is a new play by award-winning writer and social worker Chris Lee, exploring therelationship between a young mother and a social worker. Dawn never thought motherhood would feel like this. Moira never thought she'd have a case like this. Unfolding backwards to the heart-rending moment when everything changed, Shallow Slumber looks past the headlines to the lives beneath. The play tackles the topical and thorny issue of social care, intervention and trust in a contemporary and relevant social setting. Inspired by the Baby P tragedy, this powerful two-hander has an intricate, innovative structure which disturbingly charts the onset of abuse backwards, from contrition and repentance, to the breakdown of the maternal relationship. With heart-wrenchingly realistic portraits and dialogue which combines fluidity with tightness, Shallow Slumber is an accomplished piece of writing, both structurally and emotionally.
Download or read book Dreamlands written by John Michael Greer and published by Aeon Books. This book was released on 2023-10-31 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A thrilling adventure on the other side of the Cthulhu Mythos: onwards, to a country of dreams... For five and a half years, since the mysterious disappearance of two of her graduate students, Professor Miriam Akeley of Miskatonic University has pursued her own covert researches into the forbidden lore underlying the seemingly fantastic tales of H.P. Lovecraft. The clues she has gathered all point to the shocking reality behind those tales, but it takes an unexpected encounter with a creature out of ancient legend and the discovery of a cryptic letter by Lovecraft’s cousin and fellow author Randolph Carter to lead her to the answers she hoped and feared to find. Miriam finds herself thrust her out of the reality she knows, and into the impossible world that Lovecraft and Carter called the Dreamlands. She is not the only one to pass through that forgotten portal, however. The ancient war between the Great Old Ones and their enemies has spilled over into the lands of Dream, and an agent of the Radiance now seeks the Temple of the Singing Flame in the far west. Guided by the oracle of Nodens, Lord of the Great Deep, Miriam and Randolph Carter must stop him—for he carries the Blade of Uoht, one of the three sorcerous treasures of drowned Poseidonis, and if he reaches the Temple and extinguishes the Flame, the Dreamlands and all within them will cease to exist forever...
Book Synopsis A Little Bit of Sunshine by : Sandra E. COLLINS
Download or read book A Little Bit of Sunshine written by Sandra E. COLLINS and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2009-04-23 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a compilation of poems, a mixture of soft and romantic writes, along with a casting of spiritual poems.
Book Synopsis The Kukotsky Enigma by : Ludmila Ulitskaya
Download or read book The Kukotsky Enigma written by Ludmila Ulitskaya and published by Northwestern University Press. This book was released on 2016-08-15 with total page 583 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Translated from the Russian by Diane Nemec Ignashev The central character in Ludmila Ulitskaya’s celebrated novel The Kukotsky Enigma is a gynecologist contending with Stalin’s prohibition of abortions in 1936. But, in the tradition of Russia’s great family novels, the story encompasses the history of two families and unfolds in Moscow, St. Petersburg, and the ruins of ancient civilizations on the Black Sea. Their lives raise profound questions about family heritage and genetics, nurture and nature, and life and death. In his struggle to maintain his professional integrity and to keep his work from dividing his family, Kukotsky confronts the moral complexity of reproductive science. Winner of the 2001 Russian Booker Prize and the basis for a blockbuster television miniseries, The Kukotsky Enigma is an engrossing, searching novel by one of contemporary literature’s most brilliant writers.
Download or read book The Division Bell written by Andy Evans and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-07 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Warning - Contains adult themes Bogdan is a simple man whose essence is enveloped within the love of his family. A simple but happy man whose life is shattered and forever changed in one horrifying night of murder and brutality he will carry with him for the rest of his days. Age old scars of indifference and hatred are opened yet again with the violent act of Nazi occupation of Yugoslavia. These deep divisions will find Bogdan plunged into a life of never ending bitterness and a deep rooted desire to seek out revenge and retribution against the neighbours who have soaked the mountain landscapes with blood and loathing. Family man to fighting man, Bogdan will now take the fight to the very epicentre of man's inhumanity to his fellow man. A new band of brothers set out to embark on a journey which will inevitably lead them to a horrifying crossroad of despair and never ending sacrifice. For King and Fatherland, Freedom or Death will herald a dawn of no return of what they always loved and lost.
Book Synopsis What Goes Round... by : Dr. Sashikala
Download or read book What Goes Round... written by Dr. Sashikala and published by Partridge Publishing. This book was released on 2015-09-15 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three feminine personae, three identities, three different times and three settings- yet with a similar kind of inimitability evident through different modes- this is a saga of womanhood- perceived by many but courageously pursued by the very few women who dare! Gina, with her passion to explore, learn and live finds it difficult to transcend her times- the late seventies and early eighties- and ends up battling her quandary that sucks her deep into its vortex and she finally resigns herself to the demands of powers beyond her recon. Ginas explorations run aground when she is brought within the framework of conformity. Ranjani, on the other hand walks into her difficulties with her vanity that pronounces the trials and trepidations as life and conceals behind the shielding comfort of inaction. She needs to be prodded and jolted out of self-deception when she finally takes a call- before it is too late. With the door open right in front of her all the time, she abstains from taking the much required first step because of her inert disposition. It requires a disaster to get her proactive. But Shree refuses to drop her defence and distances herself from everyone including herself, to feel liberated. She is ultimately drawn back to life by that one thing that makes the fight worthwhile- the core essence of life! Shree achieves that which eluded Gina and Ranjani, though both had the right perspective and the strong desire to live, but lacked the drive to really do so with passion and conviction. Shree attains what could have been Ginas possession and what was Ranjanis deprivation- LOVE! These women are three varied manifestations! The end of one marks the beginning of another! Life is indeed genderless, cyclic and eternal and transcends all temporal and spatial boundaries!
Download or read book Love in a Sandstorm written by Zoe York and published by Zoe York. This book was released on 2017-07-25 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A standalone military romance in the gripping Pine Harbour series of small town romances from ten-time USAT bestselling author Zoe York. Captain Sean Foster came back from war broken from the inside out. And he doesn't care about being fixed. Not even by a woman who followed him halfway around the world due to some misguided loyalty. Jenna Kowalczyk had two weeks with a man who stole her heart. They promised each other forever, but one brutal explosion proved that promise to be paper-thin. She should leave him in the past. That's what he wants her to do. But from the second the determined midwife shows up in Pine Harbour, she knows she's staying--no matter how much heartache is in store for her.
Book Synopsis Abraham's Children by : Heather Stroud
Download or read book Abraham's Children written by Heather Stroud and published by The Other Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 843 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Tall Grows the Grass by : James F Frayne
Download or read book Tall Grows the Grass written by James F Frayne and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-09-02 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This version contains numerous photographs for an enhanced reader experience. Johnny Duggan was born around the outbreak of World War II. Johnny's story follows his trials and tribulations, his loves and assignations, and his challenges and conflicts, as he moves through the long grass of life from one job to another, through one country to another. He is forced to change his outlook to life many times through his experiences in Africa, Europe, and the USA, as well as the variety of people with whom he comes into contact. In many places, the story is very confrontational and hard hitting, and takes no prisoners. It is not a story for the daunted, nor those who are not prepared to accept the stark, bare, exposed realities of life.
Download or read book Roberta written by J.W. MINTON and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2012-10-10 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This a simple tale about common people caught up in tragedy, in which the power of prayer is invoked quite successfully. The story then follows the lives of the children of the principal characters in an amusing depiction of young love and young marriage. Beyond the adversity that is overcome, the events prove that dreams deferred are better than dreams denied, more than conqueror over disease and disaster. Prayer changes things.
Book Synopsis The Rise & Fall of Great Powers by : Tom Rachman
Download or read book The Rise & Fall of Great Powers written by Tom Rachman and published by Dial Press. This book was released on 2014-06-10 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR • The Seattle Times • The Globe and Mail • Kirkus Reviews • Daily Mail • The Vancouver Sun From the author of The Italian Teacher and The Imperfectionists comes a brilliant, intricately woven novel about a young woman who travels the world to make sense of her puzzling past. Look in the back of the book for a conversation between Tom Rachman and J. R. Moehringer Following one of the most critically acclaimed fiction debuts in years, New York Times bestselling author Tom Rachman returns with a brilliant, intricately woven novel about a young woman who travels the world to make sense of her puzzling past. Tooly Zylberberg, the American owner of an isolated bookshop in the Welsh countryside, conducts a life full of reading, but with few human beings. Books are safer than people, who might ask awkward questions about her life. She prefers never to mention the strange events of her youth, which mystify and worry her still. Taken from home as a girl, Tooly found herself spirited away by a group of seductive outsiders, implicated in capers from Asia to Europe to the United States. But who were her abductors? Why did they take her? What did they really want? There was Humphrey, the curmudgeonly Russian with a passion for reading; there was the charming but tempestuous Sarah, who sowed chaos in her wake; and there was Venn, the charismatic leader whose worldview transformed Tooly forever. Until, quite suddenly, he disappeared. Years later, Tooly believes she will never understand the true story of her own life. Then startling news arrives from a long-lost boyfriend in New York, raising old mysteries and propelling her on a quest around the world in search of answers. Tom Rachman—an author celebrated for humanity, humor, and wonderful characters—has produced a stunning novel that reveals the tale not just of one woman but of the past quarter-century as well, from the end of the Cold War to the dominance of American empire to the digital revolution of today. Leaping between decades, and from Bangkok to Brooklyn, this is a breathtaking novel about long-buried secrets and how we must choose to make our own place in the world. It will confirm Rachman’s reputation as one of the most exciting young writers we have. Praise for The Rise & Fall of Great Powers “Ingenious . . . Rachman needs only a few well-drawn characters to fill a large canvas and an impressive swath of history.”—Janet Maslin, The New York Times “A superb follow-up to 2010’s The Imperfectionists . . . ambitious and engaging.”—The Seattle Times “Engaging and inventive . . . full of wonderfully quirky, deeply flawed, but lovable characters . . . On the spectrum of interesting literary childhoods, Tooly Zylberberg—the protagonist of Tom Rachman’s second novel—would rank somewhere in the vicinity of Jane Eyre and Oliver Twist.”—San Francisco Chronicle “I found it impossible not to fall in love with shape-shifting Tooly. As an adult, she sports an ironical sense of humor and an attraction to dusty old books. As a child, her straight-faced mirth and wordplay are break-your-heart irresistible.”—Ron Charles, The Washington Post “[A] read-it-all-in-one-weekend book.”—The New Republic “A compelling page-turner . . . intricate, sprawling, and almost Dickensian.”—USA Today
Book Synopsis The Journey Alone by : John Jaie Palmero
Download or read book The Journey Alone written by John Jaie Palmero and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013-07-17 with total page 525 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 130 of the Common Era Hadrian, the Emperor of all Rome, lost his Beloved to the muddy waters of the Nile. The loss of Antinous changed the emperor and the once sensible man was now dark, dangerous and consumed by guilt and obsession; guilt for the death of the youth and obsession with making that youth a god. The eight years that followed Antinouss death saw Hadrian feed that obsession with temples and sculptures of his Beloved as well as patronage of the cult that grew out of the story of the tragic youth. Despite the many beauties in his empire eager to satisfy his needs, those distractions paled in the morning light leaving a deeper sense of desolation in Hadrians life. Wandering the roads of that empire his thoughts always found their way to the memory of the blue-black curls, the sensuous mouth, the body more godlike than mortal. Even when surrounded by the power of his legions and the adoration of his minions, his life remained a journey alone.
Book Synopsis The Last Dark by : Stephen R. Donaldson
Download or read book The Last Dark written by Stephen R. Donaldson and published by Ace. This book was released on 2014-09-02 with total page 590 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Compelled step by step to actions whose consequences they could neither see nor prevent, Thomas Covenant and Linden Avery have fought for what they love in the magical reality known only as "the Land." Now they face their final crisis. Reunited after their separate struggles, they discover in each other their true power--and yet they cannot imagine how to stop the Worm of the World's End from unmaking Time. Nevertheless they must resist the ruin of all things, giving their last strength in the service of the world's continuance.
Book Synopsis His Name Was Augustin Complete Collection by : C.L. Carhart
Download or read book His Name Was Augustin Complete Collection written by C.L. Carhart and published by C.L. Carhart. This book was released on 2023-03-20 with total page 3010 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enter the Teutonic Fantasy Realm in this collection of enchanting historical and urban fantasy featuring elemental witches and time travel. “I must free you, because I love you more than I love myself.” Join Swanie in a dark and twisted journey through time as she seeks to unravel the mysteries of her people. When she finds herself falling in love with a priest who serves a demon, Swanie must rethink her views on good and evil. Can she and Augustin seize a unified destiny at the price of her soul? His Name Was Augustin Complete Collection includes: - Arcane Gateway: Swanie juggles elemental magic and unrequited love while seeking her purpose in life. - Veiled Magic: Swanie and Vreni explore their newfound sorcery and grapple with young love. Novella set during the timeline of Arcane Gateway. - Mystic Passage: Swanie travels to the past to uncover her people's mystical secrets, only to fall desperately in love with a priest who serves a demon. - Astral Fantasia: Swanie faces a loveless marriage and tragic loss while her city’s destruction looms on the horizon. - Cryptic Pathway: Swanie contends with an unwanted fate and a bond that shatters her dreams. - Lurid Curse: Swanie faces the dark side of magic as demonic forces strive to claim her most guarded secret. - Winter Flame: Vreni’s elemental magic creeps ever closer to the surface as Las Vegas billionaires appear on the scene. Holiday novella set during the timeline of Lurid Curse. - Numinous Fortune: Swanie joins forces with her long lost love to shatter a demon’s hold on her destiny. - 3 Bonus Chapters and 2 Bonus Epilogues His Name Was Augustin Complete Collection includes all 8 books in the time travel romance series. It features elemental witches of all varieties, tree fairies, demons, and more! Find fated mates, friends to lovers, and forbidden romances within these pages. This collection includes strong language, graphic violence, sexual situations, and mature themes. His Name Was Augustin series Arcane Gateway Mystic Passage Astral Fantasia Cryptic Pathway Lurid Curse Numinous Fortune Veiled Magic: novella Winter Flame: holiday novella Fans of the following authors will enjoy reading these dark time travel love stories: Sarah J Maas Holly Black Leigh Bardugo Laura Thalassa Elise Kova Cassandra Claire Raven Kennedy Kim Harrison Scarlett St. Clair Nalini Singh Sherrilyn Kenyon Laura Greenwood Liza Street Lisa Blackwood Demelza Carlton Skye MacKinnon
Download or read book The Sacrifice written by William Kienzle and published by Andrews McMeel Publishing. This book was released on 2013-03-12 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The clever plot, the subtle clues, and above all, the ideas make this well worth reading." —West Coast Review of Books From William X. Kienzle, author of the classic mystery, The Rosary Murders. When Father George Wheatley decided to convert from the Anglican Church to the Roman Catholic, he thought he had painstakingly considered the sacrifices he would have to make. He knew his celebrity status as a beloved Anglican priest, evidenced by his newspaper column and radio show, would be in jeopardy. He understood the strain the change would put on his wife and children and the challenges he would face to be accepted as a married Roman Catholic priest. He even acknowledged that reactionaries in both camps would oppose such a spiritual changeover. But he never dreamed that his decision would breed such waves of ambition, jealousy, and hatred that the ultimate human sacrifice—murder—would be the result. Nor did he appreciated how much of a sacrifice would be asked of him. In his twenty-third appearance, Father Robert Koesler, a Detroit parish priest with a penchant for being involved in murder, accompanies his friend Father Wheatley through his tortured path to conversion and helps him seek resolution of a crime. With his compassion, knowledge of human nature, and experience, Father Koesler is able to not only resolve a murder mystery, but also to give true understanding to the concept of sacrifice.
Book Synopsis Tall Grows the Grass (Book 2 - 'African Experience') by : James F Frayne
Download or read book Tall Grows the Grass (Book 2 - 'African Experience') written by James F Frayne and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-04-06 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Johnny Duggan joined a bank in the newly independent country of Zambia, and soon found that life in Africa was quite different to that back in England. He soon found himself embroiled in a sequence of events that followed him up to the desolate Northern Province in Zambia where life took on a quicker pace than that in England. Johnny became drawn into what turned out to be a wide-spread conspiracy which one of Johnny's bank colleagues had to be brought into. Greed, however, took the better of his colleague and he was forced to take flight from Zambia with unfortunate consequences. Johnny finally returned to England and the lacklustre life from which he had earlier escaped.
Download or read book The Thief-Taker written by T.F. Banks and published by Dell. This book was released on 2009-02-04 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: June 1815. When Henry Morton is called to the scene at Portman House in Claridge Square, the Bow Street constable finds a man dead in a hackney coach--ostensibly of asphyxiation. He was Halbert Glendinning, a gentleman of unsullied character. Then why was he seen frequenting one of London’s most notorious dens of iniquity? And why has the driver of the coach vanished into the night? While Sir Nathaniel Conant, the chief magistrate at Number 4 Bow Street, accepts the official verdict of accidental death, Morton is certain that Glendinning was a victim of foul play. With the help of actress Arabella Malibrant, one of London’s most celebrated beauties, he embarks on his own discreet inquiry. And as the upper circles of London society close ranks against him, Morton races to unmask a killer whose motives are as complex and unfathomable as the passions that rule the human heart.
