Author: Bernard L. Satterwhite Jr.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1477288104
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
Alonzo Alston is a successful award winning best-selling author in the science-fiction and fantasy genres. Unfortunately, Alonzo has run head-on into that dreaded "wall" most writers eventually hit. It isn't long before Alonzo decides he needs a well deserved vacation in order to prime that creative pump and get those creative juices flowing anew. He embarks on an Asian getaway. While in Japan, Alonzo's Asian adventure starts out better than he could ever imagine, when he meets the "Japanese equivalent" of the American erotica fiction writer Zane. But when he finally lands in the south Asian country of the Philippines, his overseas adventure really heats up to fiery proportions, when Alonzo finds himself succumbing to the spellbinding charms of a somewhat mysterious woman who goes by the name, Imelda... But then their fiery entanglement simmers and cools to an unexpected end, even turning ice cold. Half black, half Filipina, Imelda is beautiful and seductive...but she is not altogether what she claims to be Alonzo soon finds outonly when it is too late. Money and power fuels Imelda's desire for the unsuspecting writer of science-fiction and fantasy.
Imelda
Author: Katherine Ellison
Publisher: Backinprint.com
ISBN: 9780595349227
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A biography of Imelda Marcas, first lady of the Philippines.
Publisher: Backinprint.com
ISBN: 9780595349227
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A biography of Imelda Marcas, first lady of the Philippines.
Imelda and the Goblin King
Author: Briony May Smith
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781838741655
Category : Fairies
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Far away behind the hills, a girl called Imelda lives beside a fairy forest. Every day she ventures into the forest to play with her fairy friends. But one day a nasty and greedy bully arrives -- the goblin king! When he kidnaps the Fairy Queen, the fairies call upon Imelda to help. Soon she and her fairy friends have come up with a cunning plan to outwit the greedy goblin king and rescue their queen!
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781838741655
Category : Fairies
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Far away behind the hills, a girl called Imelda lives beside a fairy forest. Every day she ventures into the forest to play with her fairy friends. But one day a nasty and greedy bully arrives -- the goblin king! When he kidnaps the Fairy Queen, the fairies call upon Imelda to help. Soon she and her fairy friends have come up with a cunning plan to outwit the greedy goblin king and rescue their queen!
The Imbeciliad
Author: Wilyem Clark
Publisher: Wilyem Clark
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 153
Book Description
Novel: The unlikely story of Harry Duck—slacker, seasoned hypocrite, oafish opportunist... and future President of the United States.
Publisher: Wilyem Clark
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 153
Book Description
Novel: The unlikely story of Harry Duck—slacker, seasoned hypocrite, oafish opportunist... and future President of the United States.
Educated Smoker
Author: Michael Oliver
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1490722319
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 79
Book Description
Never before has there ever been any other program that helped me more as this one, and it gave me a nonsmoking life to live for my future. Michael Oliver, author of Educated Smoker.
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1490722319
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 79
Book Description
Never before has there ever been any other program that helped me more as this one, and it gave me a nonsmoking life to live for my future. Michael Oliver, author of Educated Smoker.
The Liberation of Brigid Dunne
Author: Patricia Scanlan
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1501181068
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
From the internationally bestselling “queen of contemporary Irish popular fiction” (The Sunday Times, London), a heartwarming novel following three generations of women as they each learn that it’s never too late to live your life to the fullest. Marie-Claire has just made the shocking discovery that her boyfriend (and business partner) is cheating on her. Reeling, she leaves her apartment in Toronto to travel home to Ireland, hoping the comfort of her family and a few familiar faces will ground her. She arrives just in time to celebrate her beloved great-aunt Reverend Mother Brigid’s retirement and eightieth birthday. It will be a long-awaited and touching reunion for three generations of her family, bringing her mother Keelin and grandmother Imelda—who have never quite gotten along—together as well. But then all hell breaks loose. Bitter, jealous Imelda makes a startling revelation at the party that forces them all to confront their pasts and face the truths that have shaped their lives. With four fierce, opinionated women in one family, will they ever be able to find common ground and move forward? Perfect for fans of Maeve Binchy and Elin Hilderbrand, The Liberation of Brigid Dunne is a moving and inspirational family saga that you will want to share with all the women in your life.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1501181068
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
From the internationally bestselling “queen of contemporary Irish popular fiction” (The Sunday Times, London), a heartwarming novel following three generations of women as they each learn that it’s never too late to live your life to the fullest. Marie-Claire has just made the shocking discovery that her boyfriend (and business partner) is cheating on her. Reeling, she leaves her apartment in Toronto to travel home to Ireland, hoping the comfort of her family and a few familiar faces will ground her. She arrives just in time to celebrate her beloved great-aunt Reverend Mother Brigid’s retirement and eightieth birthday. It will be a long-awaited and touching reunion for three generations of her family, bringing her mother Keelin and grandmother Imelda—who have never quite gotten along—together as well. But then all hell breaks loose. Bitter, jealous Imelda makes a startling revelation at the party that forces them all to confront their pasts and face the truths that have shaped their lives. With four fierce, opinionated women in one family, will they ever be able to find common ground and move forward? Perfect for fans of Maeve Binchy and Elin Hilderbrand, The Liberation of Brigid Dunne is a moving and inspirational family saga that you will want to share with all the women in your life.
Dining with the Rich and Royal
Author: Fiona Ross
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1442252286
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 357
Book Description
Dining with the Rich and Royal is a marvelous journey into the gastronomic peccadilloes of the great, the good, and the not-so-good. When the world is at your feet, what is on your table? Dining with the Rich and Royal serves up the glamour of the jet set on a plate, from the silver spoon to the last Kleenex wipe. We follow the food adventures of Hilton, Hefner, and Howard Hughes; the great transatlantic dynasties: Onassis, the Vanderbilts, the Astors and the Rothschilds.Royals watchers and history twitchers will find out the effect of too many fairy feasts on Ludwig of Bavaria; how Hirohito and Ibn Saud tasted East-Meets-West diplomacy. Would you try the cake that killed Rasputin or suck on a suicide sweet with Antony and Cleo? Was it sex or raspberry soufflé that won Mrs. Simpson a king’s heart? It’s all here: a succession of abdications, executions, revolutions, coronations, tales of toothache and posh picnics spiced with the odd military coup or two. Mind your manners now.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1442252286
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 357
Book Description
Dining with the Rich and Royal is a marvelous journey into the gastronomic peccadilloes of the great, the good, and the not-so-good. When the world is at your feet, what is on your table? Dining with the Rich and Royal serves up the glamour of the jet set on a plate, from the silver spoon to the last Kleenex wipe. We follow the food adventures of Hilton, Hefner, and Howard Hughes; the great transatlantic dynasties: Onassis, the Vanderbilts, the Astors and the Rothschilds.Royals watchers and history twitchers will find out the effect of too many fairy feasts on Ludwig of Bavaria; how Hirohito and Ibn Saud tasted East-Meets-West diplomacy. Would you try the cake that killed Rasputin or suck on a suicide sweet with Antony and Cleo? Was it sex or raspberry soufflé that won Mrs. Simpson a king’s heart? It’s all here: a succession of abdications, executions, revolutions, coronations, tales of toothache and posh picnics spiced with the odd military coup or two. Mind your manners now.
The Collected Stories
Author: Laurie Colwin
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 150404827X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
The definitive collection of short fiction from a writer “who has single-handedly revitalized the short story” (Los Angeles Times). “If anyone wrote eloquently and magnificently about affairs of the heart, it was Laurie Colwin” (San Francisco Chronicle). In this stunning volume, which gathers together her three brilliant story collections, the beloved author of Home Cooking explores the mysteries of life and love with her signature blend of empathy, wisdom, and wit. Passion and Affect: From two ornithologists who find their own mating habits to be just as inscrutable as those of their avian subjects to a lonely husband whose search for exotic hobbies leads him to television, junk food, and a young woman with Technicolor green hair, the heroes and heroines of Colwin’s debut story collection are clever, naïve, brave, delicate, and fickle. In other words, they are profoundly human, and their precisely observed, warmly intelligent stories capture nothing less than what it means to be alive in the modern world. The Lone Pilgrim: In the title story of this elegant and insightful collection, a book illustrator meets the man of her dreams and struggles to say goodbye to her old self. “A Mythological Subject” is the tale of an adulterous affair that arrives unexpected and unwanted, like a natural disaster, but is no mistake. “A Girl Skating” is a delicate and haunting portrait of the unbridgeable divide between life and art, poetry and nature. “One reads with fascination the steps by which lovers in one story after another stumble upon their forthright declarations” (The New York Times Book Review). Another Marvelous Thing: These “witty, literate, and intelligent” linked stories are told from the alternating perspectives of two adulterous lovers (The New York Times Book Review). Josephine “Billy” Delielle and Francis Clemens are economists married to other people, but the similarities end there. He is fastidious; she is a slob. He delights in good food and fine wine; her refrigerator is always empty. He is old and sentimental; she is young and tough minded. Charting their electrifying affair from beginning to end, this exquisite story collection tackles the thorniest of subjects with honesty, grace, and humor.
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 150404827X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
The definitive collection of short fiction from a writer “who has single-handedly revitalized the short story” (Los Angeles Times). “If anyone wrote eloquently and magnificently about affairs of the heart, it was Laurie Colwin” (San Francisco Chronicle). In this stunning volume, which gathers together her three brilliant story collections, the beloved author of Home Cooking explores the mysteries of life and love with her signature blend of empathy, wisdom, and wit. Passion and Affect: From two ornithologists who find their own mating habits to be just as inscrutable as those of their avian subjects to a lonely husband whose search for exotic hobbies leads him to television, junk food, and a young woman with Technicolor green hair, the heroes and heroines of Colwin’s debut story collection are clever, naïve, brave, delicate, and fickle. In other words, they are profoundly human, and their precisely observed, warmly intelligent stories capture nothing less than what it means to be alive in the modern world. The Lone Pilgrim: In the title story of this elegant and insightful collection, a book illustrator meets the man of her dreams and struggles to say goodbye to her old self. “A Mythological Subject” is the tale of an adulterous affair that arrives unexpected and unwanted, like a natural disaster, but is no mistake. “A Girl Skating” is a delicate and haunting portrait of the unbridgeable divide between life and art, poetry and nature. “One reads with fascination the steps by which lovers in one story after another stumble upon their forthright declarations” (The New York Times Book Review). Another Marvelous Thing: These “witty, literate, and intelligent” linked stories are told from the alternating perspectives of two adulterous lovers (The New York Times Book Review). Josephine “Billy” Delielle and Francis Clemens are economists married to other people, but the similarities end there. He is fastidious; she is a slob. He delights in good food and fine wine; her refrigerator is always empty. He is old and sentimental; she is young and tough minded. Charting their electrifying affair from beginning to end, this exquisite story collection tackles the thorniest of subjects with honesty, grace, and humor.
The Sweet Blue Distance
Author: Sara Donati
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 198480507X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 801
Book Description
A young midwife travels west to the New Mexico Territory to care for women in need and faces dangers more harrowing than the ones she’s fleeing in this epic tale of survival, redemption, and love from Sara Donati, the international bestselling author of the Wilderness series. 1857: In a bid to outrun her past, Carrie Ballentyne accepts a nursing position with a doctor in the New Mexico Territory. She knows the journey from New York to Santa Fe will not be easy, but nothing could have prepared her for the wilderness she encounters, stunning in both beauty and brutality. To endure, she must learn to rely on her fellow travelers—and one enigmatic man in particular. As she and Eli Ibarra tackle challenge after challenge together, she feels her heart opening to this rugged land—and the man willing to risk so much for her. The trip west is only the beginning of Carrie’s challenges, though. In Santa Fe, Carrie is beloved by new mothers for her talent and compassion. But when she realizes that her employer and his wife are keeping secrets from her, she must uncover the truth to protect their young daughter. To save the little girl she’s come to cherish, Carrie will have to confront the demons in her own past—a feat that will take all of her bravery and the help of the man she’s come to love and depend on above all others. The Sweet Blue Distance is the unforgettable story of one woman’s courage to heal herself, her family, and the women and children entrusted to her care.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 198480507X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 801
Book Description
A young midwife travels west to the New Mexico Territory to care for women in need and faces dangers more harrowing than the ones she’s fleeing in this epic tale of survival, redemption, and love from Sara Donati, the international bestselling author of the Wilderness series. 1857: In a bid to outrun her past, Carrie Ballentyne accepts a nursing position with a doctor in the New Mexico Territory. She knows the journey from New York to Santa Fe will not be easy, but nothing could have prepared her for the wilderness she encounters, stunning in both beauty and brutality. To endure, she must learn to rely on her fellow travelers—and one enigmatic man in particular. As she and Eli Ibarra tackle challenge after challenge together, she feels her heart opening to this rugged land—and the man willing to risk so much for her. The trip west is only the beginning of Carrie’s challenges, though. In Santa Fe, Carrie is beloved by new mothers for her talent and compassion. But when she realizes that her employer and his wife are keeping secrets from her, she must uncover the truth to protect their young daughter. To save the little girl she’s come to cherish, Carrie will have to confront the demons in her own past—a feat that will take all of her bravery and the help of the man she’s come to love and depend on above all others. The Sweet Blue Distance is the unforgettable story of one woman’s courage to heal herself, her family, and the women and children entrusted to her care.
Extravagant Camp
Author: Chris A. Eng
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 147983467X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Winner of the 2023-2024 CLAGS Fellowship Award Illuminates an irreverent queer cultural strategy for grappling with and remaking abject histories of violence Extravagant Camp takes as its point of critical departure the multiple valences of the word “camp”: the camp, as a geopolitical space and process of concentrating racialized populations, and the campy as a mode of queer expressiveness. Engaging its double meaning, Chris A. Eng explores how camp and encampment have contoured the figure of the Asian American. The book follows campy performances that imaginatively restage the camps that have been central to dominant narratives of Asian American history: Chinese railroad labor, Japanese American incarceration, Vietnam War refugee resettlement, and counterinsurgency camps across US imperial entanglements in the Philippines. Illuminating an eclectic ensemble of performances that grapple with Asian American history—from classical works in the Asian American literary tradition to emerging works of theater and film—Extravagant Camp uncovers Asian American camp as a prevalent yet underappreciated cultural strategy for contesting accounts of Asian American racialization that overly rely on terms of abjection. Theorizing Asian American camp as both a performance strategy and reading practice, Eng examines how artists drag up the maligned racial roles of the coolie, the internee, the refugee, and the diva to make different sense of these histories. Extravagant Camp shows how Asian American camp takes on queerness as a resource to enliven modes of joy, beauty, and pleasure within structures of constraint, revealing the types of power camp retrieves for racialized communities in the face of abjection. Geared toward the extravagant, Asian American camp demands a recognition of queer abjection not as the basis for our undoing, but rather the grounds for a more radical social remaking.
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 147983467X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Winner of the 2023-2024 CLAGS Fellowship Award Illuminates an irreverent queer cultural strategy for grappling with and remaking abject histories of violence Extravagant Camp takes as its point of critical departure the multiple valences of the word “camp”: the camp, as a geopolitical space and process of concentrating racialized populations, and the campy as a mode of queer expressiveness. Engaging its double meaning, Chris A. Eng explores how camp and encampment have contoured the figure of the Asian American. The book follows campy performances that imaginatively restage the camps that have been central to dominant narratives of Asian American history: Chinese railroad labor, Japanese American incarceration, Vietnam War refugee resettlement, and counterinsurgency camps across US imperial entanglements in the Philippines. Illuminating an eclectic ensemble of performances that grapple with Asian American history—from classical works in the Asian American literary tradition to emerging works of theater and film—Extravagant Camp uncovers Asian American camp as a prevalent yet underappreciated cultural strategy for contesting accounts of Asian American racialization that overly rely on terms of abjection. Theorizing Asian American camp as both a performance strategy and reading practice, Eng examines how artists drag up the maligned racial roles of the coolie, the internee, the refugee, and the diva to make different sense of these histories. Extravagant Camp shows how Asian American camp takes on queerness as a resource to enliven modes of joy, beauty, and pleasure within structures of constraint, revealing the types of power camp retrieves for racialized communities in the face of abjection. Geared toward the extravagant, Asian American camp demands a recognition of queer abjection not as the basis for our undoing, but rather the grounds for a more radical social remaking.
Annals of Saint Joseph
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 740
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 740
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