Author: Andre Dubus
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
We Don't Live Here Anymore
Author: Andre Dubus
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
We Don't Live Here Anymore
Author: Matt Nable
Publisher: Penguin Group Australia
ISBN: 1742286364
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 203
Book Description
I used to think I didn't fit in, but now I realise I do. We all have our place; some just never find it. When awkward teenager Charlie Hudson is beaten up during a family holiday at the beach, beautiful Tess Bailey rescues him – and sets the unusual course for his life. In this startling debut novel, Matt Nable follows the fortunes of Charlie, Tess and their families and neighbours. Their lives intertwine, unravel, straighten, and become tangles again. A father tries to relive his football career through his son; a mother deserts her children in an attempt to find herself; a daughter purges to take control of her life. This is a portrait of plans gone wrong, a lament for what could have been, a salute to the power of redemptive love, and a brave examination of contemporary society.
Publisher: Penguin Group Australia
ISBN: 1742286364
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 203
Book Description
I used to think I didn't fit in, but now I realise I do. We all have our place; some just never find it. When awkward teenager Charlie Hudson is beaten up during a family holiday at the beach, beautiful Tess Bailey rescues him – and sets the unusual course for his life. In this startling debut novel, Matt Nable follows the fortunes of Charlie, Tess and their families and neighbours. Their lives intertwine, unravel, straighten, and become tangles again. A father tries to relive his football career through his son; a mother deserts her children in an attempt to find herself; a daughter purges to take control of her life. This is a portrait of plans gone wrong, a lament for what could have been, a salute to the power of redemptive love, and a brave examination of contemporary society.
Debbie Doesn't Do It Anymore
Author: Walter Mosley
Publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
ISBN: 0767929640
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Millions of men and (no doubt many) women have watched famed black porn queen Debbie Dare—she of the blond wig and blue contacts—“do it” on television and computer screens in every combination of partners and positions imaginable. But after an unexpected and thunderous on-set orgasm catches her unawares, Debbie returns home to find her porn-producer husband dead, electrocuted in their hot tub in the midst of “auditioning” an aspiring young starlet. Burdened with massive debt—incurred by her husband, and which various L.A. heavies want to collect on—Debbie must find a way to extricate herself from the peculiar subculture of the porn industry and reconcile herself to sacrifices she’s made along the way. In Debbie Doesn’t Do it Anymore, the creator of the Easy Rawlins series has painted a moving portrait of a resilient soul in search of salvation and a cure for grief.
Publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
ISBN: 0767929640
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Millions of men and (no doubt many) women have watched famed black porn queen Debbie Dare—she of the blond wig and blue contacts—“do it” on television and computer screens in every combination of partners and positions imaginable. But after an unexpected and thunderous on-set orgasm catches her unawares, Debbie returns home to find her porn-producer husband dead, electrocuted in their hot tub in the midst of “auditioning” an aspiring young starlet. Burdened with massive debt—incurred by her husband, and which various L.A. heavies want to collect on—Debbie must find a way to extricate herself from the peculiar subculture of the porn industry and reconcile herself to sacrifices she’s made along the way. In Debbie Doesn’t Do it Anymore, the creator of the Easy Rawlins series has painted a moving portrait of a resilient soul in search of salvation and a cure for grief.
Collected Short Stories and Novellas
Author: Andre Dubus
Publisher: Collected Short Stories and Novellas
ISBN: 9781567926170
Category : Interpersonal relations
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Andre Dubus's short stories and novellas illuminate the lives of women and men cast against harrowing and heartrending circumstances. The gripping themes of Dubus's uvre-faith and family, violence and loyalty, guilt and morality-have earned him comparisons to master storytellers such as Raymond Carver, Flannery O'Connor, and Anton Chekhov. With a deft touch, Dubus tackles nearly unspeakable subjects. Yet, without succumbing to sentimentality he imbues his characters with a quiet dignity in stories infused with an unerring belief that even the most complicated moments of our lives contain the possibility of grace. Dubus is a shrewd student of people who come to accept pain as a fair price for pleasure, and to view right and wrong as a matter of degree... Dubus ... continues to introduce us to ourselves, to see into the private worlds of everyday people as they live, dream and act, taking soundings that are deep and true. Book jacket.
Publisher: Collected Short Stories and Novellas
ISBN: 9781567926170
Category : Interpersonal relations
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Andre Dubus's short stories and novellas illuminate the lives of women and men cast against harrowing and heartrending circumstances. The gripping themes of Dubus's uvre-faith and family, violence and loyalty, guilt and morality-have earned him comparisons to master storytellers such as Raymond Carver, Flannery O'Connor, and Anton Chekhov. With a deft touch, Dubus tackles nearly unspeakable subjects. Yet, without succumbing to sentimentality he imbues his characters with a quiet dignity in stories infused with an unerring belief that even the most complicated moments of our lives contain the possibility of grace. Dubus is a shrewd student of people who come to accept pain as a fair price for pleasure, and to view right and wrong as a matter of degree... Dubus ... continues to introduce us to ourselves, to see into the private worlds of everyday people as they live, dream and act, taking soundings that are deep and true. Book jacket.
Dragon Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Author: Alan Cohen
Publisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN: 9780449908402
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
"Very positive and in tune with our needs today." LEO BUSCAGLIA Alan Cohen's story is an inspiration. From his roots as an Orthodox Jew, he took a mind-expanding tour of the teachings of Jesus, Ram Dass, Zen, Jung, the Esalen Institute, and Einstein, to name a few. In this extraordinary collection of lyrical, challenging essays, Cohen synthesizes what he has learned from these masters, and shares his journey with all of us. He discusses overcoming limitations, creating fulfilling relationships, tuning into the flow of life, transformation, finding a personal path, and the greatest gift of all, love. Read it straight through, or essay by essay, for daily meditations on the mysteries of God, love, and the spiritual path.
Publisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN: 9780449908402
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
"Very positive and in tune with our needs today." LEO BUSCAGLIA Alan Cohen's story is an inspiration. From his roots as an Orthodox Jew, he took a mind-expanding tour of the teachings of Jesus, Ram Dass, Zen, Jung, the Esalen Institute, and Einstein, to name a few. In this extraordinary collection of lyrical, challenging essays, Cohen synthesizes what he has learned from these masters, and shares his journey with all of us. He discusses overcoming limitations, creating fulfilling relationships, tuning into the flow of life, transformation, finding a personal path, and the greatest gift of all, love. Read it straight through, or essay by essay, for daily meditations on the mysteries of God, love, and the spiritual path.
Jesus Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Author: Skipp Porteous
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
A nationally prominent first-amendment advocate and authority on the religious right tells of his break with fundamentalism and the growth of intellectual and moral freedom. Skipp Porteous was "saved" at the age of eleven by people who thought they were doing him - and God - a favor. Their actions sent him on a long, arduous inner journey. Porteous embraced fundamentalism because it provides simplistic solutions - the Bible purportedly contains answers for everything - and, like millions of others, he needed to believe that he had found the one true religion. A leave of absence became his first step in walking away. Removed from the extreme fundamentalist viewpoint, with its narrow world view, his mind cleared. Reason and logic emerged, and for the first time in his life he was free and happy. In Jesus Doesn't Live Here Anymore, Porteous explains how he was deceived into becoming a born-again Christian; what he endured for so many years; how he got out; and finally, why he fights so hard against the movement today. Using the knowledge he has obtained in monitoring the religious right, he also outlines in detail what we can expect from the movement in the next decade.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
A nationally prominent first-amendment advocate and authority on the religious right tells of his break with fundamentalism and the growth of intellectual and moral freedom. Skipp Porteous was "saved" at the age of eleven by people who thought they were doing him - and God - a favor. Their actions sent him on a long, arduous inner journey. Porteous embraced fundamentalism because it provides simplistic solutions - the Bible purportedly contains answers for everything - and, like millions of others, he needed to believe that he had found the one true religion. A leave of absence became his first step in walking away. Removed from the extreme fundamentalist viewpoint, with its narrow world view, his mind cleared. Reason and logic emerged, and for the first time in his life he was free and happy. In Jesus Doesn't Live Here Anymore, Porteous explains how he was deceived into becoming a born-again Christian; what he endured for so many years; how he got out; and finally, why he fights so hard against the movement today. Using the knowledge he has obtained in monitoring the religious right, he also outlines in detail what we can expect from the movement in the next decade.
Scarlett Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Author: Laura F. Edwards
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 9780252072185
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Establishing the household as the central institution of southern society, Edwards delineates the inseparable links between domestic relations and civil and political rights in ways that highlight women's active political role throughout the nineteenth century. She draws on diaries, letters, newspaper accounts, government records, legal documents, court proceedings, and other primary sources to explore the experiences and actions of individual women in the changing South, demonstrating how family, kin, personal reputation, and social context all merged with gender, race, and class to shape what particular women could do in particular circumstances.
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 9780252072185
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Establishing the household as the central institution of southern society, Edwards delineates the inseparable links between domestic relations and civil and political rights in ways that highlight women's active political role throughout the nineteenth century. She draws on diaries, letters, newspaper accounts, government records, legal documents, court proceedings, and other primary sources to explore the experiences and actions of individual women in the changing South, demonstrating how family, kin, personal reputation, and social context all merged with gender, race, and class to shape what particular women could do in particular circumstances.
Love Don't Live Here Anymore
Author: Denene Millner
Publisher: NAL
ISBN: 9780451207784
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
From the bestselling authors of "What Brothers Think, What Sistahs Know" comes the powerful fiction debut ("Booklist") about a young couple struggling to balance career and love.
Publisher: NAL
ISBN: 9780451207784
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
From the bestselling authors of "What Brothers Think, What Sistahs Know" comes the powerful fiction debut ("Booklist") about a young couple struggling to balance career and love.
Dave Hill Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Author: Dave Hill
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0399166750
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
"A painfully funny series of autobiographical essays, centered around the relationship between comedian Dave Hill and his dad, in the wake of his mother's death, as father and son redefine their relationship--and Dave, finally, becomes a man"--
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0399166750
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
"A painfully funny series of autobiographical essays, centered around the relationship between comedian Dave Hill and his dad, in the wake of his mother's death, as father and son redefine their relationship--and Dave, finally, becomes a man"--
Love Don't Live Here No More
Author: Snoop Dogg
Publisher: Beyond Words/Atria Books
ISBN: 9780743273633
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
An international hip-hop star presents a first installment in a new series about a talented young musical performer who struggles for survival in some of southern California's most disadvantaged neighborhoods, an effort that is complicated by his drug entanglements.
Publisher: Beyond Words/Atria Books
ISBN: 9780743273633
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
An international hip-hop star presents a first installment in a new series about a talented young musical performer who struggles for survival in some of southern California's most disadvantaged neighborhoods, an effort that is complicated by his drug entanglements.