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Download or read book The Matter of Sylvie written by Lee Kvern and published by Brindle and Glass. This book was released on 2011-02-01 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On a Wednesday in July 1961, Jacqueline Burrows begins her day perched on the cool concrete of her front steps, smoking. Jacqueline is the mother of three children, including her sweet, difficult daughter, Sylvie. It's only 7:00 AM, but Jacqueline's children are awake and tearing through the neighborhood. In a story that deals with the extraordinary challenges of raising a child with severe special needs, The Matter of Sylvie traces the course of Jacqueline's Wednesday, a life-shifting day. The mother's impulses, combined with the stress of her other young children and the absence of her police officer husband, culminate in an event that echoes into the next two decades. A familial triptych: as the fate of one child resounds in the individual, pivotal Wednesdays of both Jacqueline's husband, Lloyd, in February of 1973, and her adult daughter, Lesa, in October of 1987. Three Wednesdays, three decades, three narrators whose lives are intricately woven in this novel of dark and light. The Matter of Sylvie explores the depths of mother, father and daughter-and ultimately, the matter of Sylvie herself.
Book Synopsis Loving Sylvie by : Elizabeth Smither
Download or read book Loving Sylvie written by Elizabeth Smither and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2019-04-01 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Elizabeth Smither brings wit, warmth and wisdom to this absorbing and beautifully written inter-generational story.' Peter Simpson 'Smither has written a deeply felt, closely observed, tightly patterned novel about how we treat each other and how we should treat each other.' Paul LIttle, North & South 'Such is the grace and skill at work in Smither's writing, I put it down feeling I'd been contemplating art.' Catherine Woulfe, NZ Listener 'A work of deft characterisation . . . a novel whose plot and cast are charted with particular, poetic and plentiful care.' Siobhan Harvey, The New Zealand Herald Sylvie rows across a lake to her wedding. Madeleine flees to Paris and works in Le Livre Bleu bookshop. Isobel is summoned to her doctor's surgery late one afternoon. Elizabeth Smither takes us into the richly imagined worlds of three women - Sylvie, her mother Madeleine and grandmother Isobel. The narrative shifts between the three women in three different cities: Auckland, Paris and Melbourne. Elizabeth tells their stories with warm, deeply observant humour, through their love affairs, rivalries, marriages and all the beautiful minutiae of everyday life. She draws the threads together subtly and surprisingly to achieve a perfectly resolved ending. Described as having 'a gift for wry comedy combined with an eye for pinpoint detail', Elizabeth is one of New Zealand's finest writers.
Book Synopsis Sylvie's Betrothed. A Russian Story by : Henry Greville
Download or read book Sylvie's Betrothed. A Russian Story written by Henry Greville and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-04-06 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1882.
Book Synopsis The Soul Enchanted: Annette and Sylvie, translated by B.R. Redman by : Romain Rolland
Download or read book The Soul Enchanted: Annette and Sylvie, translated by B.R. Redman written by Romain Rolland and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sylvie written by Jean Reidy and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-05-10 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One small spider takes a big risk to bring together the people she watches over in her apartment building in this charming picture book from the celebrated author and illustrator of Truman. Sylvie hangs on a silvery thread, safely hidden under her damp, dark fire escape. Sure, it’s a little too close to the dumpster below, but if she stays carefully out of sight, she can watch over her people in the apartment building above—a painter, a proper lady, a man with a plan, and a girl with an exceptionally brave tortoise. Day and night, night and day, Sylvie watches over them making sure everything is just so. Lately though, her people seem to be missing…something. Sylvie wants to help, but she’s always stayed out of view. After all, not everyone appreciates a spider who calls attention to herself. When a most audacious idea comes to her though, one that might make everything more than just so, maybe even just right, can Sylvie muster her moxie and risk stepping into the spotlight?
Book Synopsis Sylvie's Love and Loss by : Dr. Ivelaw Griffith
Download or read book Sylvie's Love and Loss written by Dr. Ivelaw Griffith and published by Bookclick 360 Wordeee. This book was released on 2024-09-04 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sylvie's Love and Loss is a gripping narrative set in the heart of the Caribbean. Embark on an emotional voyage, a journey of love and resilience in Ivelaw Lloyd Griffith's unforgettable novel. Set against the backdrop of Grenada, this captivating story transcends romance, weaving a tapestry of personal triumphs and struggles against the country’s vibrant social climate. Griffith's characters, richly drawn and unforgettable, embark on quests for love, fulfillment, and the strength to overcome adversity. From the awakening desires in "Sex Lesson" to the hopeful yearning for "Reconciliation," Sylvie's Love and Loss explores the complexities of love, the enduring scars of loss, and the redemptive power of understanding. Prepare to be captivated by a story that reflects the universal human yearning for connection and the enduring strength of the human spirit.
Book Synopsis Before and Afterlives by : Christopher Barzak
Download or read book Before and Afterlives written by Christopher Barzak and published by Lethe Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the haunting stories of Crawford Award-winning author Christopher Barzak in his new collection Before and Afterlives. These are tales of relationships with unearthly domesticity and eeriness: a woman falls in love with a haunted house; a beached mermaid is substituted for a lost missing daughter; the imaginary friend of a murdered young mother stalks the streets of her small town; a teenage boy is afflicted with a disease that causes him to vanish; a father exploits his daughter's talent for calling ghosts to her; and a wife leaves her husband and children to fulfill her obligations to a world from which she escaped.
Book Synopsis Sylvie's Betrothed by : Henry Gréville
Download or read book Sylvie's Betrothed written by Henry Gréville and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Unfinished Child by : Theresa Shea
Download or read book The Unfinished Child written by Theresa Shea and published by Brindle and Glass. This book was released on 2013-04-02 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finalist for a 2014 Alberta Literary Award Shortlisted for the 2014Edmonton Public Library Alberta Readers’ Choice Award Fans of Kim Edwards' The Memory Keeper's Daughter will love this unforgettable and inspiring tale about the complex bonds of family, friendship, and motherhood. When Marie MacPherson, a mother of two, finds herself unexpectedly pregnant at thirty-nine, she feels guilty. Her best friend, Elizabeth, has never been able to conceive, despite years of fertility treatments. Marie's dilemma is further complicated when she becomes convinced something is wrong with her baby. She then enters the world of genetic testing and is entirely unprepared for the decision that lies ahead. Intertwined throughout the novel is the story of Margaret, who gave birth to a daughter with Down syndrome in 1947, when such infants were defined as "unfinished" children. As the novel shifts back and forth through the decades, the lives of the three women converge, and the story speeds to an unexpected conclusion. With skill and poise, debut novelist Theresa Shea dramatically explores society's changing views of Down syndrome over the past sixty years. The story offers an unflinching and compassionate history of the treatment of people with Down syndrome and their struggle for basic human rights. Ultimately, The Unfinished Child is an unforgettable and inspiring tale about the mysterious and complex bonds of family, friendship, and motherhood.
Book Synopsis Delphi Collected Works of Romain Rolland (Illustrated) by : Romain Rolland
Download or read book Delphi Collected Works of Romain Rolland (Illustrated) written by Romain Rolland and published by Delphi Classics. This book was released on 2020-12-01 with total page 3997 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Romain Rolland was an early twentieth century French novelist, dramatist and essayist. Throughout his life he was a fervent idealist, deeply involved with pacifism, the fight against fascism, the search for world peace and the analysis of artistic genius, which was a recurring theme of his works. In 1915 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature as “a tribute to the lofty idealism of his literary production and to the sympathy and love of truth with which he has described different types of human beings”. This comprehensive eBook presents Rolland’s collected works, with numerous illustrations, rare translations appearing in digital print for the first time, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Rolland’s life and works * Concise introductions to the novels and other texts * 15 novels, with individual contents tables * The complete 10-volume novel cycle ‘Jean-Christophe’, translated by Gilbert Cannan * The first two volumes of Rolland’s other novel cycle, ‘The Soul Enchanted’, appearing here for the first time in digital publishing * Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * Includes rare non-fiction works, including Rolland’s classical music criticism * Features a bonus biography by the noted Austrian author Stefan Zweig – discover Rolland’s literary life * Ordering of texts into chronological order and genres Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles CONTENTS: Jean-Christophe (tr. Gilbert Cannan) Dawn (1904) Morning (1904) Youth (1904) Revolt (1905) The Marketplace (1908) Antoinette (1908) The House (1908) Love and Friendship (1910) The Burning Bush (1911) The New Dawn (1912) The Soul Enchanted Annette and Sylvie (1922) (tr. Ben Ray Redman) Summer (1924) (tr. Eleanor Stimson and Van Wyck Brooks) Other Fiction Colas Breugnon (1919) (tr. Katherine Miller) Clérambault (1920) (tr. Katherine Miller) Pierre and Luce (1920) (tr. Charles de Kay) The Plays Georges Danton (1899) The Fourteenth of July (1902) The Non-Fiction François-Millet (1902) Beethoven (1903) Life of Michelangelo (1907) Musicians of To-Day (1908) Musicians of Former Days (1908) Handel (1910) Tolstoy (1911) The Forerunners (1919) A Musical Tour through the Land of the Past (1922) Mahatma Gandhi (1924) The Biography Romain Rolland (1921) by Stefan Zweig (tr. Eden and Cedar Paul) Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles or to purchase this eBook as a Parts Edition of individual eBooks
Book Synopsis The Seamstress of Acadie by : Laura Frantz
Download or read book The Seamstress of Acadie written by Laura Frantz and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2024-01-09 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As 1754 is drawing to a close, tensions between the French and the British on Canada's Acadian shore are reaching a fever pitch. Seamstress Sylvie Galant and her family--French-speaking Acadians wishing to remain neutral--are caught in the middle, their land positioned between two forts flying rival flags. Amid preparations for the celebration of Noël, the talk is of unrest, coming war, and William Blackburn, the British Army Ranger raising havoc across North America's borderlands. As summer takes hold in 1755 and British ships appear on the horizon, Sylvie encounters Blackburn, who warns her of the coming invasion. Rather than participate in the forced removal of the Acadians from their land, he resigns his commission. But that cannot save Sylvie or her kin. Relocated on a ramshackle ship to Virginia, Sylvie struggles to pick up the pieces of her life. When her path crosses once more with William's, they must work through the complex tangle of their shared, shattered past to navigate the present and forge an enduring future.
Book Synopsis Baccano!, Vol. 5 (light novel) by : Ryohgo Narita
Download or read book Baccano!, Vol. 5 (light novel) written by Ryohgo Narita and published by Yen Press LLC. This book was released on 2017-09-19 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The immortal Elmer C. Albatross is a Smile Junkie who'll do whatever it takes for his happy ending--despite not knowing the first thing about happiness. Three hundred years after the passengers of the Advena Avis parted ways, four of them have finally tracked Elmer to a village in Northern Europe where the inhabitants seem to be stuck in their old ways, fearing the visitors as "demons." During their stay, the immortals encounter a strange girl, and their past catches up with them...
Book Synopsis Escape to the Islands by : Russell Clark
Download or read book Escape to the Islands written by Russell Clark and published by Gatekeeper Press. This book was released on 2021-03-19 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A relaxing vacation to the Caribbean island of St. Martin becomes the adventure of a lifetime. Seeking a restful getaway, Ben's plans are for lazing on the beach with a good book. However, upon arrival at a new resort on Orient Beach, Ben is introduced to much more. Encounters with beautiful women, shady businessmen and life-threatening events stretch Ben's resourcefulness while filling his days and nights. Explore St. Martin and its alluring beaches for uninhibited fun. A cast of zany new friends adds to the celebration of life in the Caribbean. Escape from the mundane, then the powerful enemies in the islands, to party another day.
Book Synopsis The Weeping Grove by : Nicholas Rinth
Download or read book The Weeping Grove written by Nicholas Rinth and published by Stephanie Mae Pedron. This book was released on 2020-12-08 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With their newfound possession in hand, Sylvie and Jack uncover the truth behind the First Zenith's hidden past, but every answer only shapes more questions. Their journey leads them to the heart of the Weeping Grove, where they might fill the gaps of their knowledge and find safe passage to their next destination. Unbeknownst to them, the west stirs with whispers of violence and blood. All Institutes have their skeletons, but there are some that have the power to shatter entire nations. Neither are willing to let that happen. They seek to handle matters quietly, only to discover that the tumultuous relationship between the western practitioners and their degrading Potentate Union has finally peaked. An internal struggle blossoms before their eyes, where they must fight to survive… or die in the attempt. Amidst it all, old comrades gather, new enemies appear, and an ardent purist plots to restore the world to its former order. Sylvie and Jack learn how the consequences of one man’s life can echo long after his death, marking new beginnings as a reminder that history can only be scripted by those left standing.
Download or read book Scandalmongers written by Dessie Prater and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2018-08-17 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With this book, one may read two compelling stories. Each about a young woman who is ridiculed by a scandalmonger. In the first, Tom becomes a scandalmonger: before his rich father dies, he changes his will, turning the ranch and all it's holdings over to Madison, his hospice nurse. Although Madison tries to tell Tom that she will eventually turn the ranch back over to him. Tom convinces the ranch hands, many of whom who had been born and raised on the ranch, that Madison is going to sell the ranch, and if she does, they will all lose their homes as well as their jobs. In the second story, my younger, beautiful sister, Sylvie, becomes convinced that I am the reason that an older couple had changed their minds and have backed out of selling a house to Sylvie and her fiancé. So Sylvie becomes a scandalmonger when she tells her future father-in-law that I am lazy, that I run around all night, then lay around all day, forcing her to do all the house and yard work. Because of Sylvie's lies, I become homeless, and I am forced to seek refuge in an old, abandoned farmhouse, and not realizing at the time that it is "haunted".
Book Synopsis The Complete Sylvie and Bruno Stories by : Lewis Carroll
Download or read book The Complete Sylvie and Bruno Stories written by Lewis Carroll and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-05-25 with total page 641 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This meticulously edited collection includes: Sylvie and Bruno; Sylvie and Bruno Concluded; Bruno's Revenge and Other Stories Sylvie and Bruno is a novel for children by Lewis Carroll published in 1889. The work evolved from his short story "Bruno's Revenge," published in 1867 in Aunt Judy's Magazine. With its sequel, Sylvie and Bruno Concluded (1893), it was his final work for children. The novel has two main plots; one set in the real world at the time the book was published (the Victorian era), the other in the fictional world of Fairyland. While the latter plot is a fairytale with many nonsense elements and poems, similar to Carroll's most famous children's book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, the story set in Victorian Britain is a social novel. The French philosopher Gilles Deleuze termed Sylvie and Bruno "a masterpiece which shows entirely new techniques compared to Alice and Through the Looking-Glass." Charles Lutwidge Dodgson better known by the pseudonym Lewis Carroll (1832 – 1898), was an English author, mathematician, logician, Anglican deacon and photographer.
Download or read book Game Theory written by José Luis Ferreira and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-11-06 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using fascinating examples from a range of disciplines, this textbook provides social science, philosophy and economics students with an engaging introduction to the tools they need to understand and predict strategic interactions. Beginning with an introduction to the most famous games, the book uses clear, jargon-free language and accessible maths as it guides the reader through whole games with full, worked-through examples. End-of-chapter exercises help to consolidate understanding along the way. With an applied approach that draws upon real-life case-studies, this book highlights the insights that game theory can offer each situation. It is an ideal textbook for students approaching game theory from various fields across the social sciences, and for curious general readers who are looking for a thorough introduction to this intriguing subject. Accompanying online resources for this title can be found at bloomsburyonlineresources.com/game-theory. These resources are designed to support teaching and learning when using this textbook and are available at no extra cost.
