Author: Edith Wharton
Publisher: New York : C. Scribner
ISBN:
Category : Accident victims
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Set in New England, a farmer struggles to survive a bare existence, tethered to his farm, first by his helpless parents and then by a hypochondriac wife. Yet, when his wife's alluring cousin comes to stay, his dreams are rekindled
Ethan Frome
Author: Edith Wharton
Publisher: New York : C. Scribner
ISBN:
Category : Accident victims
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Set in New England, a farmer struggles to survive a bare existence, tethered to his farm, first by his helpless parents and then by a hypochondriac wife. Yet, when his wife's alluring cousin comes to stay, his dreams are rekindled
Publisher: New York : C. Scribner
ISBN:
Category : Accident victims
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Set in New England, a farmer struggles to survive a bare existence, tethered to his farm, first by his helpless parents and then by a hypochondriac wife. Yet, when his wife's alluring cousin comes to stay, his dreams are rekindled
The Stroudwater Navigation Through Time
Author: Michael Handford
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445635267
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which the Stroudwater Navigation has changed and developed over the last century.
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445635267
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which the Stroudwater Navigation has changed and developed over the last century.
Somerset Through Time
Author: Steve Wallis
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445630958
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 191
Book Description
This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Somerset has changed and developed over the last century.
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445630958
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 191
Book Description
This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Somerset has changed and developed over the last century.
Ethan Frome and Other Short Fiction
Author: Edith Wharton
Publisher: Bantam Classics
ISBN: 0553904205
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
On a bleak New England farm, a taciturn young man has resigned himself to a life of grim endurance. Bound by circumstance to a woman he cannot love, Ethan Frome is haunted by a past of lost possibilities until his wife’s orphaned cousin, Mattie Silver, arrives and he is tempted to make one final, desperate effort to escape his fate. In language that is spare, passionate, and enduring, Edith Wharton tells this unforgettable story of two tragic lovers overwhelmed by the unrelenting forces of conscience and necessity. Included with Ethan Frome are the novella The Touchstone and three short stories, “The Last Asset,” “The Other Two,” and “Xingu.” Together, this collection offers a survey of the extraordinary range and power of one of America’s finest writers.
Publisher: Bantam Classics
ISBN: 0553904205
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
On a bleak New England farm, a taciturn young man has resigned himself to a life of grim endurance. Bound by circumstance to a woman he cannot love, Ethan Frome is haunted by a past of lost possibilities until his wife’s orphaned cousin, Mattie Silver, arrives and he is tempted to make one final, desperate effort to escape his fate. In language that is spare, passionate, and enduring, Edith Wharton tells this unforgettable story of two tragic lovers overwhelmed by the unrelenting forces of conscience and necessity. Included with Ethan Frome are the novella The Touchstone and three short stories, “The Last Asset,” “The Other Two,” and “Xingu.” Together, this collection offers a survey of the extraordinary range and power of one of America’s finest writers.
Travellers through Time
Author: Jeremy Harte
Publisher: Reaktion Books
ISBN: 1789147476
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
An accessible history of the Roma people in England told from the inside. The Romany people have been variously portrayed as exotic strangers or as crude, violent, delinquent “gypsies.” For the first time, this book describes the real history of the Romany in England from the inside. Drawing on new archival and first-hand research, Jeremy Harte vividly describes the itinerant life of the Romany as well as their artistic traditions, unique language, and flamboyant ceremonies. Travelers through Time tells the dramatic story of Romany life on the British margins from Tudor times through today, filled with vivid insights into the world of England’s large Romany population.
Publisher: Reaktion Books
ISBN: 1789147476
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
An accessible history of the Roma people in England told from the inside. The Romany people have been variously portrayed as exotic strangers or as crude, violent, delinquent “gypsies.” For the first time, this book describes the real history of the Romany in England from the inside. Drawing on new archival and first-hand research, Jeremy Harte vividly describes the itinerant life of the Romany as well as their artistic traditions, unique language, and flamboyant ceremonies. Travelers through Time tells the dramatic story of Romany life on the British margins from Tudor times through today, filled with vivid insights into the world of England’s large Romany population.
The Somerset & Dorset Railway Through Time
Author: Steph Gillett
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 144565038X
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
A wonderful collection of photographs showing the Somerset & Dorset Railway in operation, after abandonment and during the present day.
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 144565038X
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
A wonderful collection of photographs showing the Somerset & Dorset Railway in operation, after abandonment and during the present day.
The Smash-Up
Author: Ali Benjamin
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0593229665
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Smart, sublime, and wickedly clever, The Smash-Up captures—then transcends—our current polarized moment “An exhilarating ride . . . hilarious . . . a modern and energetic story about a marriage on the skids.”—The New York Times Ethan has always been one of the good guys, and for years, nobody has appreciated this fact more than his wife, Zo. Until now. Jolted into activism by the 2016 election, Zo’s transformed their home into the headquarters for the local resistance, turning their comfortable decades-long marriage inside-out. Meanwhile, their boisterous daughter, Alex, grows wilder by the day. Ethan’s former business partner needs help saving the media company they’d co-founded. Financial disaster looms. Enter a breezy, blue-haired millennial making her way through the gig economy. Suddenly Ethan faces a choice unlike any he’s ever had to make. Unfolding over fivet urbulent days in 2018, The Smash-Up wrestles shrewdly with some of the biggest questions of our time: What, exactly, does it mean to be a good guy? What will it take for men to break the “bro code”? How does the world respond when a woman demands more? Can we ever understand another's experiences… and what are the consequences of failing to try? Moving, funny, and cathartic, this portrait of a marriage—and a nation—under strain is, ultimately, a magic trick of empathy, one that will make you laugh and squirm until its final, breathless pages.
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0593229665
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Smart, sublime, and wickedly clever, The Smash-Up captures—then transcends—our current polarized moment “An exhilarating ride . . . hilarious . . . a modern and energetic story about a marriage on the skids.”—The New York Times Ethan has always been one of the good guys, and for years, nobody has appreciated this fact more than his wife, Zo. Until now. Jolted into activism by the 2016 election, Zo’s transformed their home into the headquarters for the local resistance, turning their comfortable decades-long marriage inside-out. Meanwhile, their boisterous daughter, Alex, grows wilder by the day. Ethan’s former business partner needs help saving the media company they’d co-founded. Financial disaster looms. Enter a breezy, blue-haired millennial making her way through the gig economy. Suddenly Ethan faces a choice unlike any he’s ever had to make. Unfolding over fivet urbulent days in 2018, The Smash-Up wrestles shrewdly with some of the biggest questions of our time: What, exactly, does it mean to be a good guy? What will it take for men to break the “bro code”? How does the world respond when a woman demands more? Can we ever understand another's experiences… and what are the consequences of failing to try? Moving, funny, and cathartic, this portrait of a marriage—and a nation—under strain is, ultimately, a magic trick of empathy, one that will make you laugh and squirm until its final, breathless pages.
The Self-Preservation Society
Author: Kate Harrison
Publisher: Orion
ISBN: 1409133532
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 279
Book Description
From the bestselling author of THE STARTER MARRIAGE and BROWN OWL'S GUIDE TO LIFE - a brilliantly entertaining novel about one woman's mission to go from cowardly to courageous... Staying alive in the 21st century is a full-time job - one which self-confessed scaredycat Jo Morgan takes very seriously indeed. As a little girl growing up near Greenham Common Air Base, she stockpiled baked beans in case of nuclear holocaust; now she works in accident prevention, trying to protect the rest of us from conker injuries, killer tea-cosies and death by chocolate. But she's happy - well, as happy as anyone can be in these dangerous times. Fortunately her boyfriend shares her outlook on life, so everything they do together involves the minimum possible risk. From their social lives to their sex lives, spontaneity is not in their vocabulary. Yet when Jo survives a hit and run accident, she realises she's beaten the odds. Maybe a bit of living dangerously is just what Jo needs. But un-learning a lifetime of fears and phobias won't be easy. Jo has a choice: she can carry on living half a life, or leave behind the people she loves. It's the scariest decision she'll ever have to make...
Publisher: Orion
ISBN: 1409133532
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 279
Book Description
From the bestselling author of THE STARTER MARRIAGE and BROWN OWL'S GUIDE TO LIFE - a brilliantly entertaining novel about one woman's mission to go from cowardly to courageous... Staying alive in the 21st century is a full-time job - one which self-confessed scaredycat Jo Morgan takes very seriously indeed. As a little girl growing up near Greenham Common Air Base, she stockpiled baked beans in case of nuclear holocaust; now she works in accident prevention, trying to protect the rest of us from conker injuries, killer tea-cosies and death by chocolate. But she's happy - well, as happy as anyone can be in these dangerous times. Fortunately her boyfriend shares her outlook on life, so everything they do together involves the minimum possible risk. From their social lives to their sex lives, spontaneity is not in their vocabulary. Yet when Jo survives a hit and run accident, she realises she's beaten the odds. Maybe a bit of living dangerously is just what Jo needs. But un-learning a lifetime of fears and phobias won't be easy. Jo has a choice: she can carry on living half a life, or leave behind the people she loves. It's the scariest decision she'll ever have to make...
Wareham and The Isle of Purbeck Through Time
Author: Anthony Beeson
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 144564553X
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 195
Book Description
This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which the Isle of Purbeck has changed and developed over the last century.
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 144564553X
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 195
Book Description
This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which the Isle of Purbeck has changed and developed over the last century.
Me - Te
Author: Sergey Volikov
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1496988655
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 183
Book Description
ME - TE is the first book in a series of novels about the artistic life and extraordinary adventures of a young scientist, Blagoveschensky Frome Alexandrovich, who has been researching paleocontact and ancient civilizations in the Far East of Russia. In this book, the author describes the early research of Primorsky Krai of Russia. The story involves paleocontacts with representatives of extraterrestrial civilizations. Development of the plot takes place against the backdrop of the looming threat of a religious world war. The author uses empirical research and outlines the basics of his theories of art in the form of the novel. ME - TE is the book for you if at least once in your life you asked yourself the question, Are we alone in the universe? You will find here a description of the concept of the development of relations between humanity and much more advanced civilizations from outer space. If you are looking for nonfiction literature but an intriguing novel with elements of real research, then ME - TE is written just for you!
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1496988655
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 183
Book Description
ME - TE is the first book in a series of novels about the artistic life and extraordinary adventures of a young scientist, Blagoveschensky Frome Alexandrovich, who has been researching paleocontact and ancient civilizations in the Far East of Russia. In this book, the author describes the early research of Primorsky Krai of Russia. The story involves paleocontacts with representatives of extraterrestrial civilizations. Development of the plot takes place against the backdrop of the looming threat of a religious world war. The author uses empirical research and outlines the basics of his theories of art in the form of the novel. ME - TE is the book for you if at least once in your life you asked yourself the question, Are we alone in the universe? You will find here a description of the concept of the development of relations between humanity and much more advanced civilizations from outer space. If you are looking for nonfiction literature but an intriguing novel with elements of real research, then ME - TE is written just for you!