Download or read book A Womb of Violet written by fayemi shakur and published by . This book was released on 2019-03-23 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Vera Violet written by Melissa Anne Peterson and published by Catapult. This book was released on 2020-02-04 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set against the backdrop of a decaying Pacific Northwest lumber town, Vera Violet is a debut that explores themes of poverty, violence, and environmental degradation as played out in the young lives of a group of close–knit friends. Melissa Anne Peterson’s voice is powerful and poetic, her vision unflinching. Vera Violet recounts the dark story of a rough group of teenagers growing up in a twisted rural logging town. There are no jobs. There is no sense of safety. But there is a small group of loyal friends, a truck waiting with the engine running, a pair of boots covered in blood, and a hot 1911 pistol with a pearl grip. Vera Violet O’Neel’s home is in the Pacific Northwest—not the glamorous scene of coffee bars and craft beers, but the hardscrabble region of busted pickups and broken dreams. Vera’s mother has left, her father is unstable, and her brother is deeply troubled. Against this gritty background, Vera struggles to establish a life of her own, a life fortified by her friends and her hard–won love. But the relentless poverty coupled with the twin lures of crystal meth and easy money soon shatter fragile alliances. Her world violently torn apart, Vera flees to St. Louis, Missouri. There, alone in a small apartment, she grieves for her broken family, her buried friends, and her beloved, Jimmy James Blood. In this brilliant, explosive debut, Melissa Anne Peterson establishes herself as a fresh, raw voice, a writer to be reckoned with. ""Vera Violet is the most authentic and exciting debut I've read in a long time. At once gritty and jaw–droppingly lyrical, Peterson's voice is a clarion call for the downtrodden and disenchanted. Reading Vera Violet is nothing less than a visceral and stirring experience."" —Jonathan Evison, author of Lawn Boy
Download or read book Purple Eyed Empress written by Xin Yue and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2020-01-16 with total page 746 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Why should I?" Why was he in this Jin Long Dynasty that did not know of that time and space?Maybe, maybe this was the best way, Master only had Miss Xue Er in his eyes.In the eyes of my master, I am nothing, I am not even qualified to love him. Why did you do this to me?"Lord God, tell me, should I stay in this palace or not ..."
Download or read book Black and Blue written by Carol Mavor and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2012-09-25 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Audacious and genre-defying, Black and Blue is steeped in melancholy, in the feeling of being blue, or, rather, black and blue, with all the literality of bruised flesh. Roland Barthes and Marcel Proust are inspirations for and subjects of Carol Mavor's exquisite, image-filled rumination on efforts to capture fleeting moments and to comprehend the incomprehensible. At the book's heart are one book and three films—Roland Barthes's Camera Lucida, Chris Marker's La Jetée and Sans soleil, and Marguerite Duras's and Alain Resnais's Hiroshima mon amour—postwar French works that register disturbing truths about loss and regret, and violence and history, through aesthetic refinement. Personal recollections punctuate Mavor's dazzling interpretations of these and many other works of art and criticism. Childhood memories become Proust's "small-scale contrivances," tiny sensations that open onto panoramas. Mavor's mother lost her memory to Alzheimer's, and Black and Blue is framed by the author's memories of her mother and effort to understand what it means to not be recognized by one to whom you were once so known.
Download or read book Benjamin s Ground written by Rainer Nägele and published by Wayne State University Press. This book was released on 1988 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book One Thousand American Fungi written by Charles McIlvaine and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 932 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Toadstools Mushrooms Fungi Edible and Poisonous written by Charles McIlvaine and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 926 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In some respects superseded because of nomenclatural changes. Beautifully illustrated with color drawings. Information given includes description, distribution, season and edibility. Index to genera, species and illustrations plus a general index at the front.
Download or read book After the Duke s Wedding written by Lauren Royal and published by Novelty Publishing. This book was released on 2022-08-17 with total page 911 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ♥ A highwayman who is also a duke ♥ A close-knit, meddling family ♥ A matchmaking mama ♥ Twin siblings—two love stories! ♥ More than 800 pages of steamy historical romance Two captivating historical romance novels featuring New York Times bestselling author Lauren Royal’s “outrageously funny, loyal, compassionate, and unconventional” Chase family! More detailed descriptions of each title can be found on the individual book pages. Book One: A DUKE’S GUIDE TO SEDUCING HIS BRIDE Lady Kendra Chase’s brothers insist it’s high time she wed. But although they’ve presented her with many wealthy, titled suitors, no man has caught her fancy—until her coach is held up by a dashing, mysterious rogue. When she and the scoundrel are caught in a compromising embrace and her overprotective brothers demand they marry, Kendra cannot believe it. Are they really desperate enough to match her with a highwayman? Book Two: NEVER DOUBT A VISCOUNT Kendra’s twin brother, Ford Chase, the Viscount Lakefield, has never spent much time around children…until he finds his young niece dropped in his lap. Although five-year-old Jewel is adorable, she’s also an annoying, unwelcome distraction from his scientific pursuits. Lucky for Ford, the matchmaking matriarch next door comes to his rescue—by sending her uncommonly intelligent daughter Violet to help… Please Note: These books were formerly titled “Amber” and “Violet.” BOOK DETAILS 2 full-length, standalone romance novels—no cliffhangers! Series: Chase Family Series Style: Humorous historical romance Length: 223,000 words (nearly 900 standard pages) Bonus Material: Author’s Note, preview of next book, link to giveaway R-rated Content: Steamy love scenes!* * If you’d prefer to read Sweet & Clean (kisses only) versions of these books, look for “The Duke’s Reluctant Bride” and “The Viscount’s Wallflower Bride” by Lauren Royal & Devon Royal. AWARDS • Both books have been Top 10 Bestsellers on Google Play, Amazon, Apple Books, Barnes & Noble, and Kobo • A Booklist Top Ten Romance of the Year • Winner of the Romantic Times K.I.S.S. Award for Best Romantic Hero • Rose Award Nominee REVIEWS "A captivating historical romance. Fans of Julia Quinn’s Bridgerton series on Netflix will love Lauren Royal!" —Glynnis Campbell, USA Today Bestselling Author "This delectable romp is sure to be just the confection readers need for a sweet night's read…guaranteed to charm." —Romantic Times "An impressive talent!" —Publishers Weekly (Forecasted review) "A passionate tale that brings late seventeenth-century England vividly alive...fast-paced and filled with action from the very first page to the climax." —Midwest Book Review CONNECTING BOOKS While A Duke’s Guide to Seducing His Bride and Never Doubt a Viscount can both be read as stand-alone novels, many readers enjoy reading them as part of a series. All of Lauren's books feature Chase family members. Should you wish to read them in chronological order, this is the sequence: Chase Family Series When an Earl Meets a Girl How to Undress a Marquess If You Dared to Love a Laird A Duke’s Guide to Seducing His Bride Never Doubt a Viscount The Scandal of Lord Randal A Gentleman’s Plot to Tie the Knot A Secret Christmas A Chase Family Christmas Chase Family Series: The Regency Tempt Me at Midnight Tempting Juliana The Art of Temptation New in 2022 Alice Betrothed More Specially Priced Boxed Sets Chase Family Series: Collection One Chase Family Series: Collection Two Chase Family Series: The Regency Collection ABOUT THE AUTHOR LAUREN ROYAL is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of humorous historical romance. Her “truly enchanting” novels have won many awards including Booklist's “Top 10 Romance of the Year,” and they’ve earned raves from reviewers including Publishers Weekly, who calls her “an impressive talent.” All of Lauren’s books are complete, stand-alone stories, and yet they are also all connected—because they all feature her beloved “outrageously funny, loyal, compassionate, and unconventional” Chase family! Lauren writes steamy historical romance on her own and sweet/clean historical romance with her daughter, Devon Royal. She lives in Southern California with her family, two constantly shedding cats, and a stupendous collection of fuzzy socks. When she's not busy writing, she enjoys singing along (off-key) to Hamilton, dancing (badly), and (wasting time) watching HGTV. CONNECT WITH LAUREN • Want great free and 99¢ books sent to your inbox on select Fridays? Sign up for Lauren's newsletter at: http://royall.ink/Newsletter • Become an honorary Chase cousin (and get a FREE historical cookbook)! Join Lauren's Chase Family Readers Group on Facebook at: facebook.com/groups/ChaseFamilyReaders • To learn about the real people and places in Lauren's books, enter a contest to win jewelry, and see the ever-growing branches of the Chase Family Tree, visit her website at: LaurenRoyal.com
Download or read book Quiet As It s Kept written by J. Brooks Bouson and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focuses on the role of shame and trauma as it looks at issues of race, class, color, and caste in the novels of Toni Morrison.
Download or read book Colours of the Soul written by June McLeod and published by John Hunt Publishing. This book was released on 2012-09-21 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Colors are all around us, but also within us. We not only have our favorite colous, our auras have their own color. Our chakras have their different colors. Tuning in to our colors rebalances our selves with nature and each other. Finding our right color has implications for the way we dress, how we decorate our homes, even the food we eat. Use the color inset and the exercises in this book to find the right colors for you in different situations. Become color intelligent, and live a glorious life of kaleidoscopic color rather than a monochrome existence.
Download or read book The Drama and Theatre of Sarah Ruhl written by Amy Muse and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-07-26 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sarah Ruhl is one of the most highly-acclaimed and frequently-produced American playwrights of the 21st century. Author of eighteen plays and the essay collection 100 Essays I Don't Have Time to Write, she has won a MacArthur “Genius” Grant and the Steinberg Distinguished Playwright Award, been nominated for a Tony Award for In the Next Room or the vibrator play and twice been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for The Clean House and In the Next Room. Ruhl is a writer unafraid of the soul. She writes not about “this or that issue,” but “about being,” creating plays that ask “big questions about death, love, and how we should treat each other in this lifetime.” In this volume, Amy Muse situates Ruhl as an artist-thinker and organizes her work around its artistic and ethical concerns. Through a finely-grained account of each play, readers are guided through Ruhl's early influences, the themes of intimacy, transcendence, and communion, and her inventive stagecraft to dramatize “moments of being” onstage. Enriched by essays from scholars Jill Stevenson, Thomas Butler, and Christina Dokou, an interview with directors Sarah Rasmussen and Hayley Finn, and a chronology of Ruhl's life and work, this is a companionable guide for students of American drama and theatre studies. Amy Muse specializes in dramatic literature and performance studies at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota, where she is Associate Professor and Chair of the English Department. She is the author of “Sarah Ruhl's Sex Ed for Grownups” (Text & Presentation 2013) and essays on Romantic drama, intimate theatre, female Hamlets, and travel in Romantic Circles, Romanticism: The Journal of Romantic Culture & Criticism, Frontiers, and other journals. METHUEN DRAMA CRITICAL COMPANIONS Series Editors: Patrick Lonergan (National University of Ireland, Galway) and Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr. (Loyola Marymount University, USA)
Download or read book Toni Morrison written by Harold Bloom and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a biography of Toni Morrison along with critical views of her work.
Download or read book Gender Sexuality and Queerness in American Horror Story written by Harriet E.H. Earle and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2019-08-02 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The horror anthology TV show American Horror Story first aired on FX Horror in 2011 and has thus far spanned eight seasons. Addressing many areas of cultural concern, the show has tapped in to conversations about celebrity culture, family dynamics, and more. This volume with nine new essays and one reprinted one considers how this series engages with representations of gender, sexuality, queer identities and other LGBTQ issues. The contributors address myriad elements of American Horror Story, from the relationship between gender and nature to contemporary masculinities, offering a sustained analysis of a show that has proven to be central to contemporary genre television.
Download or read book Dead of Winter written by Kresley Cole and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-01-06 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite leaving a part of her heart behind with Death, Evie sets out into a frozen and perilous post-apocalyptic wasteland to meet up with her allies and launch an attack on The Lovers and the vast army they command.
Download or read book Grace through Fire written by Jessica Berg and published by Red Adept Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2023-03-21 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During a buffalo photo shoot, wildlife photographer Nikki Lancaster snaps a picture of an odd man who later follows her to her car. She races away, only to have a vehicle run her off the road and leave the scene of the accident. When the first officer on the scene is DCI Agent Xavier Palinski, her ex-fiancé, Nikki figures things can’t get any worse. She’s wrong. Days later, Nikki discovers a dead body in that same area. After search teams find the bodies of three other women, Nikki suspects she hasn’t just photographed a crazy tourist. Instead, she’s captured a serial killer on film. Chafing at the ridiculous safety measures forced on her by Xavier and her family, Nikki can’t escape the feeling that safety is an illusion. Eventually, the evil she encountered will not only haunt her dreams but will destroy her, her family, and any glimmers of a second chance at love.
Download or read book Shanghai Sparrow written by Gaie Sebold and published by Solaris. This book was released on 2014-04-30 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ONE GIRL AGAINST AN EMPIRE Eveline Duchen is a thief and con-artist, surviving day by day on the streets of London, where the glittering spires of progress rise on the straining backs of the poor and disenfranchised. Where the Folk, the otherworldly children of fairy tales and legends, have all but withdrawn from the smoke of the furnaces and the clamour of iron. Caught in an act of deception by the implacable Mr Holmforth, Evvie is offered a stark choice: transportation to the colonies, or an education – and utter commitment to Her Majesty’s Service – at Miss Cairngrim’s harsh school for female spies. But on the decadent streets of Shanghai, where the corruption of the Empire is laid bare, Holmforth is about to make a devil’s bargain, and Eveline’s choices could change the future of two worlds...
Download or read book The New Sydenham Society s Lexicon of Medicine and the Allied Sciences written by Henry Power and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 856 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
