Author: Bettye H. Givens
Publisher: Turnkey Press
ISBN: 9780970819406
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
The Diaries of Emily Saidouili is an honest, intriguing and heartfelt look into marriage, love, children, and life from the eyes of an American woman in a foreign country. Author Bettye Givens personal experience in Morocco during the 1980's prompted her to write this novel about a romance that extends across two countries and two cultures.
The Diaries of Emily Saidouili
Author: Bettye H. Givens
Publisher: Turnkey Press
ISBN: 9780970819406
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
The Diaries of Emily Saidouili is an honest, intriguing and heartfelt look into marriage, love, children, and life from the eyes of an American woman in a foreign country. Author Bettye Givens personal experience in Morocco during the 1980's prompted her to write this novel about a romance that extends across two countries and two cultures.
Publisher: Turnkey Press
ISBN: 9780970819406
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
The Diaries of Emily Saidouili is an honest, intriguing and heartfelt look into marriage, love, children, and life from the eyes of an American woman in a foreign country. Author Bettye Givens personal experience in Morocco during the 1980's prompted her to write this novel about a romance that extends across two countries and two cultures.
Green Eyes
Author: Andrew O'Hare
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781902852249
Category : Gay men
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Shaun McKenna and Harry Hannah are teenage boys in Northern Ireland who fall passionately in love after theior paths cross unexpectedly. The problem is that Shaun, the narrator of their story is Catholic, while his beloved Harry, whom he nicknames Greeneyes, is Protestant. This novel splendidly captures the sexual and emotional nuances of young lovers as well as the horrors of senseless sectarian violence. A gay Romeo and Juliet' for the 21st Century.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781902852249
Category : Gay men
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Shaun McKenna and Harry Hannah are teenage boys in Northern Ireland who fall passionately in love after theior paths cross unexpectedly. The problem is that Shaun, the narrator of their story is Catholic, while his beloved Harry, whom he nicknames Greeneyes, is Protestant. This novel splendidly captures the sexual and emotional nuances of young lovers as well as the horrors of senseless sectarian violence. A gay Romeo and Juliet' for the 21st Century.
The Fat Artist and Other Stories
Author: Benjamin Hale
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1476776229
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
“Oddly beautiful and impossible to look away from” (Los Angeles Times), the stories in The Fat Artist are suffused with fear and desire, introducing us to a company of indelible characters reeling with love, jealousy, megalomania, and despair. In prose alternately stark, lush and hallucinatory, occasionally nightmarish and often absurd, the voices in Benjamin Hale’s The Fat Artist and Other Stories speak from the margins: a dominatrix whose longtime client, a US congressman, drops dead during a tryst in a hotel room; an addict in precarious recovery who lands a job driving a truck full of live squid; a heartbroken performance artist who attempts to eat himself to death as a work of art. From underground radicals hiding in Morocco to an aging hippy in Colorado in the summer before 9/11 to a young drag queen in New York at the cusp of the AIDS crisis, these stories rove freely across time and place, carried by haunting, peculiar narratives that form the vast tapestry of American life. “A steadily growing…talent” (Kirkus Reviews), Hale’s prize-winning fiction abounds with a love of language and a wild joy for storytelling, earning accolades from writers such as novelist Jonathan Ames, who compared discovering his work to watching Mickey Mantle play ball for the first time; Washington Post critic Ron Charles, who declared him “fully evolved as a writer,” and bestselling author Jodi Picoult, who simply called him “brilliant.” Pairing absurdity with philosophical musings on the unnerving intersections between life and death, art and ridicule, consumption and creation, “the audacious imagination evident in Hale’s acclaimed debut, The Evolution of Bruno Littlemore, shines again in this…provocative collection that takes a unique view of the human condition” (Booklist).
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1476776229
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
“Oddly beautiful and impossible to look away from” (Los Angeles Times), the stories in The Fat Artist are suffused with fear and desire, introducing us to a company of indelible characters reeling with love, jealousy, megalomania, and despair. In prose alternately stark, lush and hallucinatory, occasionally nightmarish and often absurd, the voices in Benjamin Hale’s The Fat Artist and Other Stories speak from the margins: a dominatrix whose longtime client, a US congressman, drops dead during a tryst in a hotel room; an addict in precarious recovery who lands a job driving a truck full of live squid; a heartbroken performance artist who attempts to eat himself to death as a work of art. From underground radicals hiding in Morocco to an aging hippy in Colorado in the summer before 9/11 to a young drag queen in New York at the cusp of the AIDS crisis, these stories rove freely across time and place, carried by haunting, peculiar narratives that form the vast tapestry of American life. “A steadily growing…talent” (Kirkus Reviews), Hale’s prize-winning fiction abounds with a love of language and a wild joy for storytelling, earning accolades from writers such as novelist Jonathan Ames, who compared discovering his work to watching Mickey Mantle play ball for the first time; Washington Post critic Ron Charles, who declared him “fully evolved as a writer,” and bestselling author Jodi Picoult, who simply called him “brilliant.” Pairing absurdity with philosophical musings on the unnerving intersections between life and death, art and ridicule, consumption and creation, “the audacious imagination evident in Hale’s acclaimed debut, The Evolution of Bruno Littlemore, shines again in this…provocative collection that takes a unique view of the human condition” (Booklist).
Danny Gospel
Author: David Athey
Publisher: Baker Books
ISBN: 1441205004
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
A riveting quest for true love, capturing the journey of a wounded soul toward hope restored. Perfect for readers of Charles Martin or Dale Cramer.
Publisher: Baker Books
ISBN: 1441205004
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
A riveting quest for true love, capturing the journey of a wounded soul toward hope restored. Perfect for readers of Charles Martin or Dale Cramer.
Babayaga
Author: Toby Barlow
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 0374709599
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
By the author of Sharp Teeth, a novel of love, spies, and witches in 1950s Paris—and a cop turned into a flea Will is a young American ad executive in Paris. Except his agency is a front for the CIA. It's 1959 and the cold war is going strong. But Will doesn't think he's a warrior—he's just a good-hearted Detroit ad guy who can't seem to figure out Parisian girls. Zoya is a beautiful young woman wandering les boulevards, sad-eyed, coming off a bad breakup. In fact, she impaled her ex on a spike. Zoya, it turns out, has been a beautiful young woman for hundreds of years; she and her far more traditionally witchy-looking companion, Elga, have been thriving unnoticed in the bloody froth of Europe's wars. Inspector Vidot is a hardworking Paris police detective who cherishes quiet nights at home. But when he follows a lead from a grisly murder to the abode of an ugly old woman, he finds himself turned into a flea. Oliver is a patrician, fun-loving American who has come to France to start a literary journal with the help of friends in D.C. who ask a few favors in return. He's in well over his head, but it's nothing that a cocktail can't fix. Right? Add a few chance encounters, a chorus of some more angry witches, a strung-out jazzman or two, a weaponized LSD program, and a cache of rifles buried in the Bois de Bologne—and that's a novel! But while Toby Barlow's Babayaga may start as just a joyful romp though the City of Light, it quickly grows into a daring, moving exploration of love, mortality, and responsibility.
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 0374709599
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
By the author of Sharp Teeth, a novel of love, spies, and witches in 1950s Paris—and a cop turned into a flea Will is a young American ad executive in Paris. Except his agency is a front for the CIA. It's 1959 and the cold war is going strong. But Will doesn't think he's a warrior—he's just a good-hearted Detroit ad guy who can't seem to figure out Parisian girls. Zoya is a beautiful young woman wandering les boulevards, sad-eyed, coming off a bad breakup. In fact, she impaled her ex on a spike. Zoya, it turns out, has been a beautiful young woman for hundreds of years; she and her far more traditionally witchy-looking companion, Elga, have been thriving unnoticed in the bloody froth of Europe's wars. Inspector Vidot is a hardworking Paris police detective who cherishes quiet nights at home. But when he follows a lead from a grisly murder to the abode of an ugly old woman, he finds himself turned into a flea. Oliver is a patrician, fun-loving American who has come to France to start a literary journal with the help of friends in D.C. who ask a few favors in return. He's in well over his head, but it's nothing that a cocktail can't fix. Right? Add a few chance encounters, a chorus of some more angry witches, a strung-out jazzman or two, a weaponized LSD program, and a cache of rifles buried in the Bois de Bologne—and that's a novel! But while Toby Barlow's Babayaga may start as just a joyful romp though the City of Light, it quickly grows into a daring, moving exploration of love, mortality, and responsibility.
Amarillo
Author: Paul Howard Carlson
Publisher: Texas Tech University Press
ISBN: 9780896725874
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
The first comprehensive history of the Queen City of the Texas Panhandle.
Publisher: Texas Tech University Press
ISBN: 9780896725874
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
The first comprehensive history of the Queen City of the Texas Panhandle.
Savage Lane
Author: Jason Starr
Publisher: Polis Books
ISBN: 1940610656
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
EVERY TOWN HAS ITS SECRETS In Savage Lane, Jason Starr has crafted a searing tale of suspense that proves the adage: Love thy neighbor, but don’t pull down your hedge. Karen Daily, recently divorced, lives with her two kids in a quaint suburb of New York City. She’s teaching at a nearby elementary school, starting to date again, and for the first time in years has found joy in her life. Mark Berman, Karen’s friend and neighbor, wants out of his unhappy marriage, and so does his wife, Deb, but they have stayed together for the sake of their children. Unbeknownst to Karen, while Mark’s marriage has deteriorated his obsession with her has grown. And as Mark’s rich fantasy life takes on a more sinister edge, rumors begin to spread about Karen and a bigger secret is uncovered. And soon Karen finds that Mark is not the only one who has taken an undesired interest in her… Jason Starr is one of our most accomplished writers of the darkness that lies within the human heart, and Savage Lane is his most riveting and intimate novel yet—a dark, domestic thriller and an honest, searing satire of a declining marriage, suburban life, and obsessive love.
Publisher: Polis Books
ISBN: 1940610656
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
EVERY TOWN HAS ITS SECRETS In Savage Lane, Jason Starr has crafted a searing tale of suspense that proves the adage: Love thy neighbor, but don’t pull down your hedge. Karen Daily, recently divorced, lives with her two kids in a quaint suburb of New York City. She’s teaching at a nearby elementary school, starting to date again, and for the first time in years has found joy in her life. Mark Berman, Karen’s friend and neighbor, wants out of his unhappy marriage, and so does his wife, Deb, but they have stayed together for the sake of their children. Unbeknownst to Karen, while Mark’s marriage has deteriorated his obsession with her has grown. And as Mark’s rich fantasy life takes on a more sinister edge, rumors begin to spread about Karen and a bigger secret is uncovered. And soon Karen finds that Mark is not the only one who has taken an undesired interest in her… Jason Starr is one of our most accomplished writers of the darkness that lies within the human heart, and Savage Lane is his most riveting and intimate novel yet—a dark, domestic thriller and an honest, searing satire of a declining marriage, suburban life, and obsessive love.
The Space Between Time
Author: Charlie Laidlaw
Publisher: Accent Press Ltd
ISBN: 1786156954
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 331
Book Description
Emma Maria Rossini appears to be the luckiest girl in the world. She's the daughter of a beautiful and loving mother, and her father is one of the most famous film actors of his generation. She's also the granddaughter of a rather eccentric and obscure Italian astrophysicist. But as her seemingly charmed life begins to unravel, and Emma experiences love and tragedy, she ultimately finds solace in her once-derided grandfather's Theorem on the universe. The Space Between Time is humorous and poignant and offers the metaphor that we are all connected, even to those we have loved and not quite lost.
Publisher: Accent Press Ltd
ISBN: 1786156954
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 331
Book Description
Emma Maria Rossini appears to be the luckiest girl in the world. She's the daughter of a beautiful and loving mother, and her father is one of the most famous film actors of his generation. She's also the granddaughter of a rather eccentric and obscure Italian astrophysicist. But as her seemingly charmed life begins to unravel, and Emma experiences love and tragedy, she ultimately finds solace in her once-derided grandfather's Theorem on the universe. The Space Between Time is humorous and poignant and offers the metaphor that we are all connected, even to those we have loved and not quite lost.
Devices and Desires
Author: K.J. Parker
Publisher: Hachette+ORM
ISBN: 031607747X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 508
Book Description
When an engineer is sentenced to death for a petty transgression of guild law, he flees the city, leaving behind his wife and daughter. Forced into exile, he seeks a terrible vengeance -- one that will leave a trail of death and destruction in its wake. But he will not be able to achieve this by himself. He must draw up his plans using the blood of others. . . In a compelling tale of intrigue and injustice, K. J. Parker's embittered hero takes up arms against his enemies, using the only weapons he has left to him: his ingenuity and his passion -- his devices and desires.
Publisher: Hachette+ORM
ISBN: 031607747X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 508
Book Description
When an engineer is sentenced to death for a petty transgression of guild law, he flees the city, leaving behind his wife and daughter. Forced into exile, he seeks a terrible vengeance -- one that will leave a trail of death and destruction in its wake. But he will not be able to achieve this by himself. He must draw up his plans using the blood of others. . . In a compelling tale of intrigue and injustice, K. J. Parker's embittered hero takes up arms against his enemies, using the only weapons he has left to him: his ingenuity and his passion -- his devices and desires.
When She Was Bad...
Author: Louise Bagshawe
Publisher: Review
ISBN: 0755352254
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
Lita Morales knows she’s destined for great things. But with her pretty face and humble Bronx upbringing, she fast learns that if people are to take her seriously, she’s going to have to be ruthless. Trust fund princess Rebecca Lancaster already has great things. But it turns out running a country estate and the family company is a full-time job. Being rich just isn’t as easy as it looks. Two girls from two very different worlds, but Lita and Rebecca do have one thing in common: a man. So when their paths finally cross, it’s no surprise it’s hate at first sight. But when they’re both betrayed - in the most mortifying of ways - they realise their best hope for revenge might just lie with each other...
Publisher: Review
ISBN: 0755352254
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
Lita Morales knows she’s destined for great things. But with her pretty face and humble Bronx upbringing, she fast learns that if people are to take her seriously, she’s going to have to be ruthless. Trust fund princess Rebecca Lancaster already has great things. But it turns out running a country estate and the family company is a full-time job. Being rich just isn’t as easy as it looks. Two girls from two very different worlds, but Lita and Rebecca do have one thing in common: a man. So when their paths finally cross, it’s no surprise it’s hate at first sight. But when they’re both betrayed - in the most mortifying of ways - they realise their best hope for revenge might just lie with each other...