After losing his wife to an accident, Guthrie Carey wants a better guardian for his newborn son without being ensnared in the chains of marriage. His path leads him to the Sisters—Mary, Deb, Rose and Frances at Redford, where he falls for Deb. But will he get to marry her and have a successful life? What about the lives of the other sisters? What would happen when Carey's son would die from typhoid in his absence? Read on!
A haunting meditation on love, loss, companionship, and finding one’s way through the dark, Raymond Carver’s What We Talk About When We Talk About Love is one of the most important and influential short story collections in contemporary literature. In his entry in the esteemed Bookmarked series, acclaimed author Brian Evenson offers his personal and literary take on this classic Carver collection. Brian Evenson is the author of several boo ...
Ein akustischer Spaziergang durch die wunderschone Osterzeit! Fruhlingshaft heiter, voller herrlicher Erzahlungen und Gedichte von beruhmten Autoren wie Walter Benjamin, Selma Lagerlof, Kurt Tucholsky und vielen mehr. Naturlich inklusive Johann Wolfgang Goethes «Osterspaziergang». Ein einmaliges Horerlebnis gelesen mit viel Freude und ansteckender Lebendigkeit von gro?artigen Sprechern wie Christian Berkel, Andrea Sawatzki, Johannes Steck u. a. ...
Es war zur lieben Weihnachtszeit … da trug sich etwas Wunderbares zu. Denn es fanden sich weltbekannte Autoren und herausragende Sprecher zusammen, uns zum Christfest zu geleiten. Ob in Arthur Schnitzlers knisterndem Miniaturstuck «Weihnachtseinkaufe» oder in der romantischen Erzahlung «Der Schneesturm» von Alexander Puschkin, stets erfreuen uns Anna Thalbach und Heikko Deutschmann mit Charme, Feingefuhl und Wortwitz. Autoren: Andersen, Chestert ...
Summary, Analysis, and Review of Dave Eggers's The Circle PLEASE NOTE: This is a key takeaways and analysis of the book and NOT the original book. Start Publishing Notes' Summary, Analysis, and Review of Dave Eggers's The Circle includes a summary of the book, review, analysis & key takeaways, and a detailed About the Author section. PREVIEW: The Circle follows the career of Mae Holland, a young and angst-ridden millennial, as ...
In 1834, Ralph Waldo Emerson, formerly a Unitarian minister, began a new career as a public lecturer. Many of those lectures formed the source material for his essays. Nature (1836), his first published work, contained the essence of his transcendental philosophy, which involved viewing the world of natural phenomena as a symbol of the inner life and emphasizing individual freedom and self-reliance. This collection contains eleven of his most ce ...
Are the Kids All Right by B.J. Epstein is the first survey of English-language children’s literature that feature lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or otherwise queer characters. It explores how LGBTQ characters are portrayed and what this says about contemporary society. The author covers picture books, middle-grade books, young adult fiction and includes an annotated bibliography. Epstein explores why sex, sexuality and gender non-con ...
