Author: Deborah Hansen Linzer
Publisher: Stories Center
ISBN: 9780967482002
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Cameo Life Stories Writing Guide for Everywoman is a complete guide to writing your memoirs. It is also the basic manual of the Cameo Life Stories program, which was created by Deborah Hansen Linzer to help women recall, organize and record their precious memories. This easy-to-read, practical book: -- Outlines the eight key ingredients to successful life story writing -- Describes a system for assembling the pieces of your life puzzle -- Tells how to write well and without fear -- Explains the Cameo Life Stories support system, including Cameo Circles -- Details how to share your life story with your family, community and history archives -- Provides excerpts of women's life stories as motivating examplesAbove all, Deborah gives every woman enthusiastic encouragement in undertaking the writing of her life story as a path of personal insight and self-esteem.
My Lawfully Wedded Husband and Other Stories
Author: Madhulika Liddle
Publisher: Madhulika Liddle
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
A bored wife begins a torrid affair with another man—only to discover, in the process, that her husband isn’t quite as dull as she’d imagined. A woman is approached by an old classmate to help cover up a crime. An old and eerie legend connected to the seaside town of Tharangambadi, ‘Tranquebar’, is invoked in the present day. A quiet civil servant who is a closet James Bond fan comes to the rescue of a colleague being harassed. Revenge is sought, wrongs are righted, comeuppances dealt out in this collection of black humour short stories. These stories are a mix of the macabre and the humorous; some stories more dark than funny, some more quirkily and quietly humorous than unsettling. All have a twist in the tale that adds a final, memorable touch to each story. Originally published by Westland in 2012, My Lawfully Wedded Husband and Other Stories is now re-released in an e-book only format, with two brand new stories added to the initial collection.
Publisher: Madhulika Liddle
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
A bored wife begins a torrid affair with another man—only to discover, in the process, that her husband isn’t quite as dull as she’d imagined. A woman is approached by an old classmate to help cover up a crime. An old and eerie legend connected to the seaside town of Tharangambadi, ‘Tranquebar’, is invoked in the present day. A quiet civil servant who is a closet James Bond fan comes to the rescue of a colleague being harassed. Revenge is sought, wrongs are righted, comeuppances dealt out in this collection of black humour short stories. These stories are a mix of the macabre and the humorous; some stories more dark than funny, some more quirkily and quietly humorous than unsettling. All have a twist in the tale that adds a final, memorable touch to each story. Originally published by Westland in 2012, My Lawfully Wedded Husband and Other Stories is now re-released in an e-book only format, with two brand new stories added to the initial collection.
Bad Eminence (Paperback Edition)
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781913505714
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781913505714
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The Other Story
Author: Tatiana de Rosnay
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 1466843535
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
A New York Times best seller! From the New York Times and international best-selling author Tatiana de Rosnay comes The Other Story, "[a] brilliant pager-turner"(BookPage), layered and beautifully written, that is a reflection on identity, the process of being a writer and the repercussions of generations-old decisions as they echo into the present and shape the future. Vacationing at a luxurious Tuscan island resort, Nicolas Duhamel is hopeful that the ghosts of his past have finally been put to rest... Now a bestselling author, when he was twenty-four years old, he stumbled upon a troubling secret about his family-a secret that was carefully concealed. In shock, Nicolas embarked on a journey to uncover the truth that took him from the Basque coast to St. Petersburg-but the answers wouldn't come easily. In the process of digging into his past, something else happened. Nicolas began writing a novel that was met with phenomenal success, skyrocketing him to literary fame whether he was ready for it or not - and convincing him that he had put his family's history firmly behind him. But now, years later, Nicolas must reexamine everything he thought he knew, as he learns that, however deeply buried, the secrets of the past always find a way out. "The tension of Nicholas's unsustainable half-truths and the gradual parceling out of his father's secrets will keep readers in de Rosnay's thrall, hoping redemption will come. Readers in real life should anticipate de Rosnay's latest with all the fervor Nicholas's fans show in awaiting his."-Shelf Awareness "de Rosnay's fans...will not be disappointed."-Library Journal
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 1466843535
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
A New York Times best seller! From the New York Times and international best-selling author Tatiana de Rosnay comes The Other Story, "[a] brilliant pager-turner"(BookPage), layered and beautifully written, that is a reflection on identity, the process of being a writer and the repercussions of generations-old decisions as they echo into the present and shape the future. Vacationing at a luxurious Tuscan island resort, Nicolas Duhamel is hopeful that the ghosts of his past have finally been put to rest... Now a bestselling author, when he was twenty-four years old, he stumbled upon a troubling secret about his family-a secret that was carefully concealed. In shock, Nicolas embarked on a journey to uncover the truth that took him from the Basque coast to St. Petersburg-but the answers wouldn't come easily. In the process of digging into his past, something else happened. Nicolas began writing a novel that was met with phenomenal success, skyrocketing him to literary fame whether he was ready for it or not - and convincing him that he had put his family's history firmly behind him. But now, years later, Nicolas must reexamine everything he thought he knew, as he learns that, however deeply buried, the secrets of the past always find a way out. "The tension of Nicholas's unsustainable half-truths and the gradual parceling out of his father's secrets will keep readers in de Rosnay's thrall, hoping redemption will come. Readers in real life should anticipate de Rosnay's latest with all the fervor Nicholas's fans show in awaiting his."-Shelf Awareness "de Rosnay's fans...will not be disappointed."-Library Journal
Nightmare Envy and Other Stories
Author: George Blaustein
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190209224
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
What has it meant to be an Americanist? What did it mean to be an Americanist through fascism, war, and occupation? Nightmare Envy and Other Stories is a study of Americanist writing and institutions in the 20th century. Four chapters trace four routes through the mid-twentieth century. The first chapter is the hidden history of American Studies in the United States, Europe and Japan. The second is the strange career of "national character" in anthropology. The third is a contest between military occupation and cultural diplomacy in Europe. The fourth is the emergence and fate of the "American Renaissance," as the scholar and literary critic F.O. Matthiessen carried a canon of radical literature across the Iron Curtain. Each chapter culminates in the postwar period, when the ruin of postwar Europe led writers and intellectuals on both sides of the Atlantic to understand America in new ways. Many of our modern myths of the United States and Europe were formed in this moment. Some saw the United States assume the mantle of cultural redeemer. Others saw a stereotypical America, rich in civilization but poor in culture, overtake a stereotypical Europe, rich in culture and equally rich in disaster. Drawing on American and European archives, the book weaves cultural, intellectual, and diplomatic history, with portraits of Matthiessen, Margaret Mead, Ruth Benedict, David Riesman, Alfred Kazin, and Ralph Ellison. It excavates the history of the Salzburg Seminar in American Civilization, where displaced persons, former Nazis, budding Communists, and glad-handing Americans met on the common ground of American culture. Others found keys to their own contexts in American books, reading Moby-Dick in the ruins. Nightmare Envy and Other Stories chronicles American encounters with European disaster, European encounters with American fiction, and the chasms over which culture had to reach.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190209224
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
What has it meant to be an Americanist? What did it mean to be an Americanist through fascism, war, and occupation? Nightmare Envy and Other Stories is a study of Americanist writing and institutions in the 20th century. Four chapters trace four routes through the mid-twentieth century. The first chapter is the hidden history of American Studies in the United States, Europe and Japan. The second is the strange career of "national character" in anthropology. The third is a contest between military occupation and cultural diplomacy in Europe. The fourth is the emergence and fate of the "American Renaissance," as the scholar and literary critic F.O. Matthiessen carried a canon of radical literature across the Iron Curtain. Each chapter culminates in the postwar period, when the ruin of postwar Europe led writers and intellectuals on both sides of the Atlantic to understand America in new ways. Many of our modern myths of the United States and Europe were formed in this moment. Some saw the United States assume the mantle of cultural redeemer. Others saw a stereotypical America, rich in civilization but poor in culture, overtake a stereotypical Europe, rich in culture and equally rich in disaster. Drawing on American and European archives, the book weaves cultural, intellectual, and diplomatic history, with portraits of Matthiessen, Margaret Mead, Ruth Benedict, David Riesman, Alfred Kazin, and Ralph Ellison. It excavates the history of the Salzburg Seminar in American Civilization, where displaced persons, former Nazis, budding Communists, and glad-handing Americans met on the common ground of American culture. Others found keys to their own contexts in American books, reading Moby-Dick in the ruins. Nightmare Envy and Other Stories chronicles American encounters with European disaster, European encounters with American fiction, and the chasms over which culture had to reach.
The Devil’s Laugh and Other Stories
Author: H. Alan Tansson
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1440160678
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 127
Book Description
The Devil’s Laugh and Other Stories is a book of folktales to help you check out your philosophy of life. We all know you don’t believe in “ol Scratch,” and you thought you knew what a sphincter was. You’ve never heard of the Quarry of Suffering, and can’t imagine what it’s like to have the evil eye yourself. Therefore, save this book for emergencies—like the day you need to remember what it was like to discover the joy of reading. H. Alan Tansson has also written Captions to the Cartoons We Live: Vol. I—We Think We Think (2010), and Vol. 2—Antidisestablishmentarianistically Speaking (2010). He earns his keep with a variety of jobs in corporate America and is occasionally retired.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1440160678
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 127
Book Description
The Devil’s Laugh and Other Stories is a book of folktales to help you check out your philosophy of life. We all know you don’t believe in “ol Scratch,” and you thought you knew what a sphincter was. You’ve never heard of the Quarry of Suffering, and can’t imagine what it’s like to have the evil eye yourself. Therefore, save this book for emergencies—like the day you need to remember what it was like to discover the joy of reading. H. Alan Tansson has also written Captions to the Cartoons We Live: Vol. I—We Think We Think (2010), and Vol. 2—Antidisestablishmentarianistically Speaking (2010). He earns his keep with a variety of jobs in corporate America and is occasionally retired.
Thomas and the Treasure and Other Stories
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781435233676
Category : Locomotives
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Three adventures featuring Thomas the tank engine and his friends on the magical island of Sodor.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781435233676
Category : Locomotives
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Three adventures featuring Thomas the tank engine and his friends on the magical island of Sodor.
The Wheel of Fortune & Other Stories
Author: Roger Leslie Paige
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0244479402
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 494
Book Description
This is my tenth collection of short stories. An elderly man becomes 'news' after he writes about his encounter with Ernest Hemingway in Pamplona years ago. A writer holidaying in West Texas meets James Dean in Marfa years after the latter's supposed death. A postal clerk remembers selling a stamp to John Wayne who was filming in London. A reporter traces the ex-chauffeur of a gangster to learn his story. A British Lord worries about his accident prone wife who has gone skiing in the Scottish Borders. A mystery writer becomes a witness in a local murder. A strange ship loads an odd cargo in a port. A mute, nameless man becomes a patient in a psychiatric hospital. A sunken treasure is found off the coast of Florida during a Presidential political campaign. They are a mixed bag of old and new, some semi-autobiographical or humourous, all intended to entertain.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0244479402
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 494
Book Description
This is my tenth collection of short stories. An elderly man becomes 'news' after he writes about his encounter with Ernest Hemingway in Pamplona years ago. A writer holidaying in West Texas meets James Dean in Marfa years after the latter's supposed death. A postal clerk remembers selling a stamp to John Wayne who was filming in London. A reporter traces the ex-chauffeur of a gangster to learn his story. A British Lord worries about his accident prone wife who has gone skiing in the Scottish Borders. A mystery writer becomes a witness in a local murder. A strange ship loads an odd cargo in a port. A mute, nameless man becomes a patient in a psychiatric hospital. A sunken treasure is found off the coast of Florida during a Presidential political campaign. They are a mixed bag of old and new, some semi-autobiographical or humourous, all intended to entertain.
The Hunter and Other Stories
Author: Dashiell Hammett
Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
ISBN: 0802121586
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
An anthology of eighteen short stories includes a number of previously unpublished pieces as well as early screen treatments for "On the Make" and "The Kiss-Off."
Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
ISBN: 0802121586
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
An anthology of eighteen short stories includes a number of previously unpublished pieces as well as early screen treatments for "On the Make" and "The Kiss-Off."
Doll's Wedding and Other Stories
Author: Chaso
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 8184755996
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
The stories in Dolls’ Wedding, by the finest short-story writer in modern Telugu, are nuanced, hard-hitting and marked by the total absence of sentimentality. A tightly constructed plot relies on a minimalist portrayal of characters—among them beggars, peasants, widows, children and the upwardly mobile middle class—whose pragmatism drives them to break convention and fight for their survival. The aged auditor’s young wife in ‘Got to Go to Eluru’ seduces an adolescent boy in order to produce a son who will protect her status when she is widowed; in ‘Firewood’, a peasant girl overcomes fear and speaks out when she is falsely accused of theft. A realist devoid of ideologies, Chaso was deeply interested in the actual life and the inner world of people around him. These luminous translations bring Chaso to a new audience.
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 8184755996
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
The stories in Dolls’ Wedding, by the finest short-story writer in modern Telugu, are nuanced, hard-hitting and marked by the total absence of sentimentality. A tightly constructed plot relies on a minimalist portrayal of characters—among them beggars, peasants, widows, children and the upwardly mobile middle class—whose pragmatism drives them to break convention and fight for their survival. The aged auditor’s young wife in ‘Got to Go to Eluru’ seduces an adolescent boy in order to produce a son who will protect her status when she is widowed; in ‘Firewood’, a peasant girl overcomes fear and speaks out when she is falsely accused of theft. A realist devoid of ideologies, Chaso was deeply interested in the actual life and the inner world of people around him. These luminous translations bring Chaso to a new audience.
My Friend Pasquale, and Other Stories
Author: James Selwin Tait
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "My Friend Pasquale, and Other Stories" by James Selwin Tait. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "My Friend Pasquale, and Other Stories" by James Selwin Tait. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.