Author: Lena Müller
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3711539572
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 81
Book Description
"It could be quite relaxing not to have to fulfill their expectations, because in their minds, their world, you were already doing it." Charlie Miller was incomparably typically herself. Always, at every moment. She carried something with her that she didn't want everyone to know right away, because she didn't have the courage to tell others yet. It was up to Charlie herself to find the courage to show everyone, but above all her family, who she really was. Because that was what was going to make her happy, wasn't it? "Soon I will. Will I? Do I dare? I want to, I must. I will. Soon." A queer story leading to the self of reality.
A pinch of salt with rust. Life is a Story - story.one
Author: Lena Müller
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3711539572
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 81
Book Description
"It could be quite relaxing not to have to fulfill their expectations, because in their minds, their world, you were already doing it." Charlie Miller was incomparably typically herself. Always, at every moment. She carried something with her that she didn't want everyone to know right away, because she didn't have the courage to tell others yet. It was up to Charlie herself to find the courage to show everyone, but above all her family, who she really was. Because that was what was going to make her happy, wasn't it? "Soon I will. Will I? Do I dare? I want to, I must. I will. Soon." A queer story leading to the self of reality.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3711539572
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 81
Book Description
"It could be quite relaxing not to have to fulfill their expectations, because in their minds, their world, you were already doing it." Charlie Miller was incomparably typically herself. Always, at every moment. She carried something with her that she didn't want everyone to know right away, because she didn't have the courage to tell others yet. It was up to Charlie herself to find the courage to show everyone, but above all her family, who she really was. Because that was what was going to make her happy, wasn't it? "Soon I will. Will I? Do I dare? I want to, I must. I will. Soon." A queer story leading to the self of reality.
The Wisconsin Farmer
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 852
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 852
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Herald and Presbyter
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Languages : en
Pages : 870
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Pages : 870
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American Salvage
Author: Bonnie Jo Campbell
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
ISBN: 9780814334126
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
New from award-winning Michigan writer Bonnie Jo Campbell, American Salvage is rich with local color and peopled with rural characters who love and hate extravagantly. They know how to fix cars and washing machines, how to shoot and clean game, and how to cook up methamphetamine, but they have not figured out how to prosper in the twenty-first century. Through the complex inner lives of working-class characters, Campbell illustrates the desperation of post-industrial America, where wildlife, jobs, and whole ways of life go extinct and the people have no choice but to live off what is left behind. The harsh Michigan winter is the backdrop for many of the tales, which are at turns sad, brutal, and oddly funny. One man prepares for the end of the world--scheduled for midnight December 31, 1999--in a pole barn with chickens and survival manuals. An excruciating burn causes a man to transcend his racist and sexist worldview. Another must decide what to do about his meth-addicted wife, who is shooting up on the other side of the bathroom door. A teenaged sharpshooter must devise a revenge that will make her feel whole again. Though her characters are vulnerable, confused, and sometimes angry, they are also resolute. Campbell follows them as they rebuild their lives, continue to hope and dream, and love in the face of loneliness. Fellow Michiganders, fans of short fiction, and general readers will enjoy this poignant and affecting collection of tales.
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
ISBN: 9780814334126
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
New from award-winning Michigan writer Bonnie Jo Campbell, American Salvage is rich with local color and peopled with rural characters who love and hate extravagantly. They know how to fix cars and washing machines, how to shoot and clean game, and how to cook up methamphetamine, but they have not figured out how to prosper in the twenty-first century. Through the complex inner lives of working-class characters, Campbell illustrates the desperation of post-industrial America, where wildlife, jobs, and whole ways of life go extinct and the people have no choice but to live off what is left behind. The harsh Michigan winter is the backdrop for many of the tales, which are at turns sad, brutal, and oddly funny. One man prepares for the end of the world--scheduled for midnight December 31, 1999--in a pole barn with chickens and survival manuals. An excruciating burn causes a man to transcend his racist and sexist worldview. Another must decide what to do about his meth-addicted wife, who is shooting up on the other side of the bathroom door. A teenaged sharpshooter must devise a revenge that will make her feel whole again. Though her characters are vulnerable, confused, and sometimes angry, they are also resolute. Campbell follows them as they rebuild their lives, continue to hope and dream, and love in the face of loneliness. Fellow Michiganders, fans of short fiction, and general readers will enjoy this poignant and affecting collection of tales.
Matters of Telling: The Impulse of the Story
Author: Carlo Comanducci
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004387684
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 211
Book Description
In this book, multiple authors and perspectives converge on the materiality of storytelling in order to court its potentialities and flesh out its tensions. Reflecting through its methodological multiplicity not only the vast array of discourses and disciplines that concern themselves with the study of narration, but also the various and variable subjects of the act of telling, the collective effort of this volume is less to map or track than to amplify the possibilities of contingent situations, embodied relations and specific texts in which, beyond the tale, the telling itself speaks and matters.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004387684
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 211
Book Description
In this book, multiple authors and perspectives converge on the materiality of storytelling in order to court its potentialities and flesh out its tensions. Reflecting through its methodological multiplicity not only the vast array of discourses and disciplines that concern themselves with the study of narration, but also the various and variable subjects of the act of telling, the collective effort of this volume is less to map or track than to amplify the possibilities of contingent situations, embodied relations and specific texts in which, beyond the tale, the telling itself speaks and matters.
Unbroken
Author: Laura Hillenbrand
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
ISBN: 0812974492
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 530
Book Description
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The incredible true story of survival and salvation that is the basis for two major motion pictures: Unbroken and Unbroken: Path to Redemption. “Extraordinarily moving . . . a powerfully drawn survival epic.”—The Wall Street Journal Hailed as the top nonfiction book of the year by Time magazine • Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for biography On a May afternoon in 1943, an Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean and disappeared, leaving only a spray of debris and a slick of oil, gasoline, and blood. Then, on the ocean surface, a face appeared. It was that of a young lieutenant, the plane’s bombardier, who was struggling to a life raft and pulling himself aboard. So began one of the most extraordinary odysseys of the Second World War. The lieutenant’s name was Louis Zamperini. In boyhood, he’d been a cunning and incorrigible delinquent, breaking into houses, brawling, and fleeing his home to ride the rails. As a teenager, he had channeled his defiance into running, discovering a prodigious talent that had carried him to the Berlin Olympics and within sight of the four-minute mile. But when war had come, the athlete had become an airman, embarking on a journey that led to his doomed flight, a tiny raft, and a drift into the unknown. Ahead of Zamperini lay thousands of miles of open ocean, leaping sharks, a foundering raft, thirst and starvation, enemy aircraft, and, beyond, a trial even greater. Driven to the limits of endurance, Zamperini would answer desperation with ingenuity; suffering with hope, resolve, and humor; brutality with rebellion. His fate, whether triumph or tragedy, would be suspended on the fraying wire of his will. Laura Hillenbrand writes with the same rich and vivid narrative voice she displayed in Seabiscuit. Telling an unforgettable story of a man’s journey into extremity, Unbroken is a testament to the resilience of the human mind, body, and spirit.
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
ISBN: 0812974492
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 530
Book Description
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The incredible true story of survival and salvation that is the basis for two major motion pictures: Unbroken and Unbroken: Path to Redemption. “Extraordinarily moving . . . a powerfully drawn survival epic.”—The Wall Street Journal Hailed as the top nonfiction book of the year by Time magazine • Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for biography On a May afternoon in 1943, an Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean and disappeared, leaving only a spray of debris and a slick of oil, gasoline, and blood. Then, on the ocean surface, a face appeared. It was that of a young lieutenant, the plane’s bombardier, who was struggling to a life raft and pulling himself aboard. So began one of the most extraordinary odysseys of the Second World War. The lieutenant’s name was Louis Zamperini. In boyhood, he’d been a cunning and incorrigible delinquent, breaking into houses, brawling, and fleeing his home to ride the rails. As a teenager, he had channeled his defiance into running, discovering a prodigious talent that had carried him to the Berlin Olympics and within sight of the four-minute mile. But when war had come, the athlete had become an airman, embarking on a journey that led to his doomed flight, a tiny raft, and a drift into the unknown. Ahead of Zamperini lay thousands of miles of open ocean, leaping sharks, a foundering raft, thirst and starvation, enemy aircraft, and, beyond, a trial even greater. Driven to the limits of endurance, Zamperini would answer desperation with ingenuity; suffering with hope, resolve, and humor; brutality with rebellion. His fate, whether triumph or tragedy, would be suspended on the fraying wire of his will. Laura Hillenbrand writes with the same rich and vivid narrative voice she displayed in Seabiscuit. Telling an unforgettable story of a man’s journey into extremity, Unbroken is a testament to the resilience of the human mind, body, and spirit.
You Against Me
Author: Jenny Downham
Publisher: David Fickling Books
ISBN: 0375989382
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 335
Book Description
If someone hurts your sister and you're any kind of man, you seek revenge. If your brother's accused of a terrible crime but says he didn't do it, you defend him. When Mikey's sister claims a boy assaulted her, his world begins to fall apart. When Ellie's brother is charged with the offense, her world begins to unravel. When Mikey and Ellie meet, two worlds collide. This is a brave and unflinching novel from the bestselling author of Before I Die. It's a book about loyalty and the choices that come with it. But above all, it's a book about love.
Publisher: David Fickling Books
ISBN: 0375989382
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 335
Book Description
If someone hurts your sister and you're any kind of man, you seek revenge. If your brother's accused of a terrible crime but says he didn't do it, you defend him. When Mikey's sister claims a boy assaulted her, his world begins to fall apart. When Ellie's brother is charged with the offense, her world begins to unravel. When Mikey and Ellie meet, two worlds collide. This is a brave and unflinching novel from the bestselling author of Before I Die. It's a book about loyalty and the choices that come with it. But above all, it's a book about love.
Winesburg, Ohio
Author: Sherwood Anderson
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486115194
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
In a deeply moving collection of interrelated stories, this 1919 American classic illuminates the loneliness and frustrations — spiritual, emotional and artistic — of life in a small town.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486115194
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
In a deeply moving collection of interrelated stories, this 1919 American classic illuminates the loneliness and frustrations — spiritual, emotional and artistic — of life in a small town.
The Siege
Author: Helen Dunmore
Publisher: Grove Press
ISBN: 9780802139580
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Called "elegantly, starkly beautiful" by "The New York Times Book Review, The Siege" is Dunmore's masterpiece. Her canvas is monumental--the Nazi's 1941 winter siege on Leningrad that killed 600,000--but her focus is heartrendingly intimate.
Publisher: Grove Press
ISBN: 9780802139580
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Called "elegantly, starkly beautiful" by "The New York Times Book Review, The Siege" is Dunmore's masterpiece. Her canvas is monumental--the Nazi's 1941 winter siege on Leningrad that killed 600,000--but her focus is heartrendingly intimate.
True Stories from History and Biography
Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne
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Category : Massachusetts
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
The first selection is a simplified retelling of early Massachusetts history, and the second has six biographical sketches of famous people, including Benjamin West, Samuel Johnson, and Oliver Cromwell.
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Category : Massachusetts
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
The first selection is a simplified retelling of early Massachusetts history, and the second has six biographical sketches of famous people, including Benjamin West, Samuel Johnson, and Oliver Cromwell.