The Pen and the Bell

The Pen and the Bell PDF Author: Brenda Miller
Publisher: Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations
ISBN: 1558966544
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 226

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The Pen and the Bell

The Pen and the Bell PDF Author: Brenda Miller
Publisher: Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations
ISBN: 1558966544
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 226

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Pilgrim Bell

Pilgrim Bell PDF Author: Kaveh Akbar
Publisher: Graywolf Press
ISBN: 1644451522
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 98

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Kaveh Akbar’s exquisite, highly anticipated follow-up to Calling a Wolf a Wolf With formal virtuosity and ruthless precision, Kaveh Akbar’s second collection takes its readers on a spiritual journey of disavowal, fiercely attendant to the presence of divinity where artifacts of self and belonging have been shed. How does one recover from addiction without destroying the self-as-addict? And if living justly in a nation that would see them erased is, too, a kind of self-destruction, what does one do with the body’s question, “what now shall I repair?” Here, Akbar responds with prayer as an act of devotion to dissonance—the infinite void of a loved one’s absence, the indulgence of austerity, making a life as a Muslim in an Islamophobic nation—teasing the sacred out of silence and stillness. Richly crafted and generous, Pilgrim Bell’s linguistic rigor is tuned to the register of this moment and any moment. As the swinging soul crashes into its limits, against the atrocities of the American empire, and through a profoundly human capacity for cruelty and grace, these brilliant poems dare to exist in the empty space where song lives—resonant, revelatory, and holy.

Massive

Massive PDF Author: Julia Bell
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 1447294084
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages :

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Weight has always been a big issue in Carmen's life. Not surprising when her mum is obsessed with the idea that thin equals beauty, thin equals success, thin equals the way to get what you want. And somehow her daughter is going to be thin. When her mother sweeps her off to live in the city, Carmen finds her old world disappearing. With everything to gain and absolutely nothing to lose. Carmen starts to ask: if she was thin, very thin, could it all be different? A new cover edition of Julia Bell's critically acclaimed YA novel, Massive, published to coincide with the release of Julia's new book, The Dark Light 'Bell's debut novel is tough, grimy and truthful as it looks at three women in the same family with food problems' Guardian '. . . boldly yet sensitively explores complex interactions between emotional and nutritional needs . . . perceptive and disturbing' Bookseller '. . . told with sympathy and humour . . . manages to be enjoyable as well as thought-provoking' Big Issue

Bell, Book, and Murder

Bell, Book, and Murder PDF Author: Rosemary Edghill
Publisher: Forge Books
ISBN: 1466878134
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 453

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Rosemary Edghill cast a keenly observant, friendly, yet faintly amused eye on an intriguing American micro-culture. The Bast novels offer a very new view of the practitioners of a very old faith. Edghill allows that there's still magic in the air. Rosemary Edghill's Bast novels are a real treat. Bell, Book, and Murder contains all three Bast novels, Speak Daggers to Her, Book of Moons, and The Bowl of Night (excerpted in USA Today). At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Necessary Sins

Necessary Sins PDF Author: Elizabeth Bell
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781733167604
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 490

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In antebellum Charleston, a Catholic priest grapples with doubt, his family's secret African ancestry, and his love for a slave owner's wife. NECESSARY SINS was a Finalist for the James Jones First Novel Fellowship and won Second Place in the Maggie Awards for Excellence in the category Novel with Strong Romantic Elements

I Remember You

I Remember You PDF Author: Cathleen Davitt Bell
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0385754558
Category : Dating (Social customs)
Languages : en
Pages : 321

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Juliet and Lucas are falling in love, but when Lucas "remembers" things about Juliet he couldn't possibly know, Juliet begins to wonder if something's wrong.

Narrative Design: Working with Imagination, Craft, and Form

Narrative Design: Working with Imagination, Craft, and Form PDF Author: Madison Smartt Bell
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393343073
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 396

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With clarity, verve, and the sure instincts of a good teacher, Madison Smartt Bell offers a roll-up-your-sleeves approach to writing in this much-needed book. Focusing on the big picture as well as the crucial details, Bell examines twelve stories by both established writers (including Peter Taylor, Mary Gaitskill, and Carolyn Chute) and his own former students. A story's use of time, plot, character, and other elements of fiction are analyzed, and readers are challenged to see each story's flaws and strengths. Careful endnotes bring attention to the ways in which various writers use language. Bell urges writers to develop the habit of thinking about form and finding the form that best suits their subject matter and style. His direct and practical advice allows writers to find their own voice and imagination.

Doctor Sleep

Doctor Sleep PDF Author: Madison Smartt Bell
Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
ISBN: 0802199755
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 410

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Sophisticated suspense from a National Book Award finalist, about a hypnotist tormented by insomnia and a hunt for a killer: “Excellent...revelatory writing.”—The Washington Post Book World Adrian Strother is a hypnotherapist who, paradoxically, can’t get to sleep. He’s left New York to ply his trade in a depressed section of London, treating phobias and addictions and doing the occasional job for Scotland Yard. That aspect of his work is about to get him involved with the case of a serial killer who targets little girls, as he treads the line between tortured wakefulness and surreal sleep, wrestling with his own demons and fighting to keep his past at a distance. Now the gifts of his cursed insomnia will be called upon to unlock the secrets of a man who believes he has discovered the key to immortality. Part spiritual pilgrimage, part psychological thriller, Doctor Sleep is witty, menacing, and “a rip-roaring good read” (Los Angeles Times). “A wonderfully inventive novel in the genre of the hard-boiled detective story, with metaphysical overtones...a poetic thriller, perfectly orchestrated, beautifully written, reverberant and entertaining.”—The Baltimore Sun

Iceland's Bell

Iceland's Bell PDF Author: Halldor Laxness
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307426319
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 446

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From the acclaimed Nobel Prize winner: At the close of the 17th century, Iceland is an oppressed Danish colony, suffering under extreme poverty, famine, and plague. A farmer and accused cord-thief named Jon Hreggvidsson makes a bawdy joke about the Danish king and soon after finds himself a fugitive charged with the murder of the king’s hangman. In the years that follow, the hapless but resilient rogue Hreggvidsson becomes a pawn entangled in political and personal conflicts playing out on a far grander scale. Chief among these is the star-crossed love affair between Snaefridur, known as “Iceland’s Sun,” a beautiful, headstrong young noblewoman, and Arnas Arnaeus, the king’s antiquarian, an aristocrat whose worldly manner conceals a fierce devotion to his downtrodden countrymen. As their personal struggle plays itself out on an international stage, Laxness creates a Dickensian canvas of heroism and venality, violence and tragedy, charged with narrative enchantment on every page. Sometimes grim, sometimes uproarious, and always captivating, Iceland's Ball is at once an updating of the traditional Icelandic saga and a caustic social satire.

Ashley Bell

Ashley Bell PDF Author: Dean Koontz
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0008160430
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 535

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From #1 New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz comes the must-read thriller of the year, perfect for readers of dark psychological suspense and modern classics of mystery and adventure.