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Languages : en
Pages : 154
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Afternoon of an Author
Author: Francis Scott Fitzgerald
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Category : American essays
Languages : en
Pages : 256
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Category : American essays
Languages : en
Pages : 256
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The Afternoon of a Writer
Author: Peter Handke
Publisher: Picador
ISBN: 9781250767264
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
In Nobel Prize-winning author Peter Handke's The Afternoon of a Writer, a writer, fearful of losing his abilities and hence his connection with the world, takes an afternoon walk and has several encounters that reaffirm his confidence...
Publisher: Picador
ISBN: 9781250767264
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
In Nobel Prize-winning author Peter Handke's The Afternoon of a Writer, a writer, fearful of losing his abilities and hence his connection with the world, takes an afternoon walk and has several encounters that reaffirm his confidence...
Afternoon Men
Author: Anthony Powell
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022618689X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
A social comedy about "a company of giddyheads" and their wanderings in London's Bohemia.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022618689X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
A social comedy about "a company of giddyheads" and their wanderings in London's Bohemia.
Gaudí Afternoon
Author: Barbara Wilson
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1480455172
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
A professional translator and amateur detective travels to Barcelona to find a missing man in this mystery hailed as a “high-spirited comic adventure” (The New York Times). American but with an Irish passport, the itinerant translator Cassandra Reilly is living in London when she receives an unexpected phone call. The voice on the other end belongs to Frankie Stevens, a San Francisco transplant with an unusual request. Her husband, Ben, has gone missing—presumably in Barcelona—and Frankie needs a translator to help her find him. Not one to pass up a well-paying gig or a free trip to Barcelona, Cassandra takes the job. But she quickly realizes that all is not as it seems. Frankie’s charm is matched only by her guile. As Cassandra chases down leads in search of Ben, she becomes increasingly tangled in a web of half-truths—and caught between former flames Ana and Carmen. Winner of the British Crime Writers’ Award for Best Mystery Based in Europe and the Lambda Literary Award for Best Lesbian Mystery, Gaudí Afternoon is the first book in the Cassandra Reilly Mystery series, which continues with Trouble in Transylvania and The Death of a Much-Travelled Woman, and concludes with The Case of the Orphaned Bassoonists.
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1480455172
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
A professional translator and amateur detective travels to Barcelona to find a missing man in this mystery hailed as a “high-spirited comic adventure” (The New York Times). American but with an Irish passport, the itinerant translator Cassandra Reilly is living in London when she receives an unexpected phone call. The voice on the other end belongs to Frankie Stevens, a San Francisco transplant with an unusual request. Her husband, Ben, has gone missing—presumably in Barcelona—and Frankie needs a translator to help her find him. Not one to pass up a well-paying gig or a free trip to Barcelona, Cassandra takes the job. But she quickly realizes that all is not as it seems. Frankie’s charm is matched only by her guile. As Cassandra chases down leads in search of Ben, she becomes increasingly tangled in a web of half-truths—and caught between former flames Ana and Carmen. Winner of the British Crime Writers’ Award for Best Mystery Based in Europe and the Lambda Literary Award for Best Lesbian Mystery, Gaudí Afternoon is the first book in the Cassandra Reilly Mystery series, which continues with Trouble in Transylvania and The Death of a Much-Travelled Woman, and concludes with The Case of the Orphaned Bassoonists.
U.; a story for a Sunday Afternoon. By the author of “Round the Fire,” etc
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Languages : en
Pages : 154
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Languages : en
Pages : 154
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My People's Prayer Book: Welcoming the night: Minchah and Ma'ariv (afternoon and evening prayer)
Author: Lawrence A. Hoffman
Publisher: Jewish Lights Publishing
ISBN: 1580232620
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
This volume of the My People's Prayer Book series underscores the mystery of the twilight moments and the opportunity for insight that they bring.
Publisher: Jewish Lights Publishing
ISBN: 1580232620
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
This volume of the My People's Prayer Book series underscores the mystery of the twilight moments and the opportunity for insight that they bring.
Bugles in the Afternoon
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Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 9780806135663
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
In "Bugles in the Afternoon, " legendary Western writer Ernest Haycox relates a compelling tale of Custer's famed Seventh Cavalry and its fate at the Battle of the Little Bighorn in a balanced mix of action, exposition, and history. Originally published in 1943, this classic work is now back in print in a new paperback edition. Historian Richard W. Etulain examines the novel's history and Haycox's impact on a timeless genre in an original foreword.
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 9780806135663
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
In "Bugles in the Afternoon, " legendary Western writer Ernest Haycox relates a compelling tale of Custer's famed Seventh Cavalry and its fate at the Battle of the Little Bighorn in a balanced mix of action, exposition, and history. Originally published in 1943, this classic work is now back in print in a new paperback edition. Historian Richard W. Etulain examines the novel's history and Haycox's impact on a timeless genre in an original foreword.
Afternoon of an Author
Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781973497479
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
* Book : Afternoon of an Author* Biography* BibliographyWhen he woke up he felt better than he had for many weeks, a fact that became plain to him negatively he did not feel ill. He leaned for a moment against the door frame between his bedroom and bath till he could be sure he was not dizzy. Not a bit, not even when he stooped for a slipper under the bed.It was a bright April morning, he had no idea what time because his clock was long unwound but as he went back through the apartment to the kitchen he saw that his daughter had breakfasted and departed and that the mail was in, so it was after nine."I think I'll go out today," he said to the maid."Do you good--it's a lovely day." She was from New Orleans, with the features and coloring of an Arab."I want two eggs like yesterday and toast, orange juice and tea."
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ISBN: 9781973497479
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
* Book : Afternoon of an Author* Biography* BibliographyWhen he woke up he felt better than he had for many weeks, a fact that became plain to him negatively he did not feel ill. He leaned for a moment against the door frame between his bedroom and bath till he could be sure he was not dizzy. Not a bit, not even when he stooped for a slipper under the bed.It was a bright April morning, he had no idea what time because his clock was long unwound but as he went back through the apartment to the kitchen he saw that his daughter had breakfasted and departed and that the mail was in, so it was after nine."I think I'll go out today," he said to the maid."Do you good--it's a lovely day." She was from New Orleans, with the features and coloring of an Arab."I want two eggs like yesterday and toast, orange juice and tea."
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 1204
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 1204
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The Tea Book
Author: Linda Gaylard
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1465445714
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Where does tea come from? With DK's The Tea Book, learn where in the world tea is cultivated and how to drink each variety at its best, with steeping notes and step-by-step recipes. Visit tea plantations from India to Kenya, recreate a Japanese tea ceremony, discover the benefits of green tea, or learn how to make the increasingly popular Chai tea. Exploring the spectrum of herbal, plant, and fruit infusions, as well as tea leaves, this is a comprehensive guide for all tea lovers.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1465445714
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Where does tea come from? With DK's The Tea Book, learn where in the world tea is cultivated and how to drink each variety at its best, with steeping notes and step-by-step recipes. Visit tea plantations from India to Kenya, recreate a Japanese tea ceremony, discover the benefits of green tea, or learn how to make the increasingly popular Chai tea. Exploring the spectrum of herbal, plant, and fruit infusions, as well as tea leaves, this is a comprehensive guide for all tea lovers.