Download or read book All the Living written by C. E. Morgan and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2009-03-31 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One summer, a young woman travels with her lover to the isolated tobacco farm he has inherited after his family dies in a terrible accident. As Orren works to save his family farm from drought, Aloma struggles with the loneliness of farm life and must find her way in a combative, erotically-charged relationship with a grieving, taciturn man. A budding friendship with a handsome and dynamic young preacher further complicates her growing sense of dissatisfaction. As she considers whether to stay with Orren or to leave, she grapples with the finality of loss and death, and the eternal question of whether it is better to fight for freedom or submit to love. All the Living has the timeless quality of a parable, but is also a perfect evocation of a time and place, a portrait of both age-old conflicts and modern life. It is an ode to the starve-acre Southern farm, the mountain landscape, and difficult love. In her lyrical and moving debut novel, C.E. Morgan recalls both the serenity of Marilynne Robinson and the shifting emotional currents and unashamed eroticism of James Salter. It is an unforgettable book from a major new voice.
Download or read book A Scatter of Light written by Malinda Lo and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2022-10-04 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Full of yearning, ponderances about art and what it means to be an artist, and self-revelation, A Scatter of Light has a simmering intensity that makes it hard to put down."—NPR An Instant New York Times Bestseller Last Night at the Telegraph Club author Malinda Lo returns to the Bay Area with another masterful queer coming-of-age story, this time set against the backdrop of the first major Supreme Court decisions legalizing gay marriage. Aria Tang West was looking forward to a summer on Martha’s Vineyard with her best friends—one last round of sand and sun before college. But after a graduation party goes wrong, Aria’s parents exile her to California to stay with her grandmother, artist Joan West. Aria expects boredom, but what she finds is Steph Nichols, her grandmother’s gardener. Soon, Aria is second-guessing who she is and what she wants to be, and a summer that once seemed lost becomes unforgettable—for Aria, her family, and the working-class queer community Steph introduces her to. It’s the kind of summer that changes a life forever. And almost sixty years after the end of Last Night at the Telegraph Club, A Scatter of Light also offers a glimpse into Lily and Kath’s lives since 1955.
Download or read book Hard Damage written by Aria Aber and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2019-09-01 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hard Damage works to relentlessly interrogate the self and its shortcomings. In lyric and documentary poems and essayistic fragments, Aria Aber explores the historical and personal implications of Afghan American relations. Drawing on material dating back to the 1950s, she considers the consequences of these relations--in particular the funding of the Afghan mujahedeen, which led to the Taliban and modern-day Islamic terrorism--for her family and the world at large. Invested in and suspicious of the pain of family and the shame of selfhood, the speakers of these richly evocative and musical poems mourn the magnitude of citizenship as a state of place and a state of mind. While Hard Damage is framed by free-verse poetry, the middle sections comprise a lyric essay in fragments and a long documentary poem. Aber explores Rilke in the original German, the urban melancholia of city life, inherited trauma, and displacement on both linguistic and environmental levels, while employing surrealist and eerily domestic imagery.
Download or read book The Sport of Kings written by C. E. Morgan and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2016-05-03 with total page 561 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize Winner of the Kirkus Prize for Fiction • A Recipient of the Windham-Campbell Prize for Fiction • A Finalist for the James Tait Black Prize for Fiction • A Finalist for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction • A Finalist for the Rathbones Folio Prize • Longlisted for an Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence • One of New York Times Book Review 100 Notable Book Named a Best Book of the Year by Entertainment Weekly • GQ • The New York Times (Selected by Dwight Garner) • NPR • The Wall Street Journal • San Francisco Chronicle • Refinery29 • Booklist • Kirkus Reviews • Commonweal Magazine "In its poetic splendor and moral seriousness, The Sport of Kings bears the traces of Faulkner, Morrison, and McCarthy. . . . It is a contemporary masterpiece."—San Francisco Chronicle Hailed by The New Yorker for its “remarkable achievements,” The Sport of Kings is an American tale centered on a horse and two families: one white, a Southern dynasty whose forefathers were among the founders of Kentucky; the other African-American, the descendants of their slaves. It is a dauntless narrative that stretches from the fields of the Virginia piedmont to the abundant pastures of the Bluegrass, and across the dark waters of the Ohio River; from the final shots of the Revolutionary War to the resounding clang of the starting bell at Churchill Downs. As C. E. Morgan unspools a fabric of shared histories, past and present converge in a Thoroughbred named Hellsmouth, heir to Secretariat and a contender for the Triple Crown. Newly confronted with one another in the quest for victory, the two families must face the consequences of their ambitions, as each is driven---and haunted---by the same, enduring question: How far away from your father can you run? A sweeping narrative of wealth and poverty, racism and rage, The Sport of Kings is an unflinching portrait of lives cast in the shadow of slavery and a moral epic for our time.
Download or read book Pregnant Bitch written by Aria Alpert Adjani and published by . This book was released on 2020-05-15 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I didn't set out to write this cookbook the way it ended up either. That wasn't in my plan. But once I began writing, I started to naturally incorporate my journey through my pregnancy into the narrative of the book as it was a complete reflection of what I was craving, creating, cooking, and experiencing during each particular stage. With each new trimester came different cravings, desires, emotions, and seasons. Thus the chapter titles-Salty, Spicy, Bitter, and Sweet. This is not, however, a "what to eat when you are pregnant" cookbook or is it a precious new agey account of my journey through pregnancy. The recipes you will find in this book are a reflection of how I always cook, whether pregnant or not. They are seasonal, rustic, healthful, whole grain, unrefined-sweetened, and will benefit anyone desiring that kind of nourishment.
Download or read book The Stonecutter s Aria written by Carol Faenzi and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aristede was a man of passion and heart, a stone carver and opera tenor born in Carrara, Italy in 1882. Over one hundred years later, his spirit reaches out to help his troubled great granddaughter. A dramatic three-act tale spanning a century in the life of a vigorous Italian family.
Download or read book Hybrid Aria written by Jessica Hall and published by . This book was released on 2021-02-28 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When werewolf hybrid Aria escapes her abusive stepfather, the alpha of the Blackmoon pack,she has no idea what kind of trouble she's gotten herself in to. With her little sister Lily by herside, she finds herself in the maw of an enemy's territory. An enemy that will surely bring aboutnot only her demise, but that of the girl she's practically raised. But before she can be harmed,the alpha of the Bloodmoon pack, the roguishly handsome Reid comes to her rescue. And whilehe never spares hybrids, there is something special about Aria. While she can't tell, he knowsthat she's his mate -- and he's suddenly determined to have her at any cost, even if she doesn'tunderstand why.But darkness looms on the horizon. A cruel and sadistic hunter is after Aria for her unique blood,and will stop at nothing until he has her. The werewolves of the Bloodmoon and Blackmoonpacks must come together to ensure Aria's safety, no matter what price they may have to pay...A tantalizing werewolf erotica, Jessica Hall's "Hybrid Aria" is the perfect choice for anyonelooking for a novel of intense romance, intriguing adventure, and feral lovemaking. Add it toyour collection today!
Download or read book Beneath a Blanket of Snow written by Arlene Lomazoff-Marron and published by . This book was released on 2020-07-22 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An engaging story of friendship, marriage, betrayal, redemption, and forgiveness. Do your neighbors really have it all? What is under the pristine blanket of snow? Meredith and Jonathan were on top of the world, living in luxury. Jonathan's crime shocked his family and friends, and threatened to destroy everything. With her husband in prison, Meredith looks for help from her friends, but can they support her, while dealing with their own secrets?
Download or read book Aria written by Susan Segal and published by Diversion Books. This book was released on 2013-11-22 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shattered after surviving a boating accident that killed her husband and two children, Eve Miller lies in an Australian hospital, physically recovering yet emotionally dead. But life wants her back and it barges into her room in the form of flamboyant fellow patient, opera singer Isabel Stein. The renowned diva offers to let Eve stay at her country estate outside New York City, where she can recuperate from her injuries and hopefully elude the press who continue to hound her for details of her family tragedy. It is there that Eve meets Noah, Isabel’s protégé (and, perhaps, younger lover?) – a moody composer whose sorrow seems to match Eve’s own. Soon Eve finds herself drawn to the enigmatic Noah as well as the emotionally heightened world of opera. Gradually Eve allows herself to open up to opera’s magnificent drama, and discovers there is more going on behind the scenes than she knows. This remarkable debut explores women’s relationships, the nature of fame, and the forces that keep us going in the face of heartbreak, helping us find a way to heal. PRAISE: “Hypnotic...unpredictable…an engrossing novel that takes on big ideas like the dark side of human nature and the perils of fame.” —The New York Times "Segal's exceptional debut suggests that fame wanted or not takes its toll no matter how it is acquired…. With razor-sharp insight and adroit imagery, Segal masterfully builds layers of tension by methodically exposing her tragically flawed characters' true motives." —Publishers Weekly (STARRED REVIEW) “A sophisticated meditation on music, grief, and the bond of mother and child, as well as ambition, power, and betrayal….Segal’s writing sparkles with originality…Her imagery is precise, a bit satirical…a tender story of one woman’s odyssey of rediscovery.” —Dallas Morning News
Download or read book 26 Italian Songs and Arias written by John Glenn Paton and published by Alfred Music. This book was released on 2005-05-03 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This authoritative, new edition of the world's most loved songs and arias draws on original manuscripts, historical first editions and recent research by prominent musicologists to meet a high standard of accuracy and authenticity. Includes fascinating background information about the arias and their composers as well as a singable rhymed translation, a readable prose translation and a literal translation of each single Italian word.
Download or read book Piece by Piece written by Twila Mason and published by Red Adept Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2024-05-28 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aria Sutton is determined to be nothing like her drug-addict mother. All Aria needs is a few more years to turn her life around, but when her mom messes up again, Aria’s fragile world comes crashing down around her. Suddenly homeless, she carries the weight of not only her survival but also that of her preteen brother. Her only hope is Luke Hardin, her childhood crush who fled their neighborhood six years ago and never looked back. The last thing Luke expects is Aria’s desperate call for help. After the way he left things between them, the least he can do is let her and her brother crash at his place. With her sleeping down the hall, the past comes rushing back, ready or not. But for Luke, going down memory lane brings back demons from his past that he’d rather keep buried, and the steady life he’s built for himself is threatened. The boundaries Aria and Luke set are put to the test when circumstances force them closer than ever. While meticulously planning her future, Aria never considered leaving room for the possibility of love. As they navigate the trials of life, Luke questions whether he’s strong enough to let Aria go again. Maybe they can use the pieces of their broken lives to build a better life. Together.
Download or read book Soulless Ending written by Blaine Blade and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2012-03 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A serpentine Her breath too sweet Succubus in seraphim skin Forbidden yet fateful Death trails along Tugging her tresses A stigma keen Infecting innocent eyes Hearts hear only her lies Forbidden yet fateful Succubus in mystic guise Her words too neat A serpentine O devil's descendent..." Haydn feels whenever he glances at his reflection that he doesn't see himself. He wants more out of his mundane life. When Haydn meets the Gaga Girls, four top-ranking girls in beauty, wealth, and popularity, his life gets inverted, reversed, and then divided by two. Dark secrets for every corner. A dark, haunting past for every actor in this world. No shortcuts, for you shape the image in the mirror.
Download or read book Aria s Enchantment Cymantillis written by Nico I M Reason and published by Austin Macauley Publishers. This book was released on 2024-09-13 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fehotun sent away the humans to fend for themselves in Gipo, ruling over the Fae and keeping them safe in Bubbol, the safest and most prosperous domain in the whole world. The human and fae kingdoms of Aria have been at war since the beginning of civilization. Enter Ethan Owusu and Balthazar, two boys from entirely different worlds. Balthazar is a fae prince and the sole student of Aria’s god, Fehotun, while Ethan is a human commoner with a deeper understanding of magic than anyone else alive. These two opposites would never meet under usual circumstances, but fate has other plans.
Download or read book Timeless written by Lisa S. Silverthorne and published by Elusive Blue Fiction. This book was released on 2024-01-14 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Borrowed time. Lost time. Out of time. A turn of the clock hands. A twist of fate. Will it be enough? To save eight happily ever afters From the mists of time? A missed first date and time out of sync, can these star-crossed lovers find their way back to each other? A secret magical ritual and a leap across time brings these two lovers together. Will time run out or will the tumblers align? Separated by age and death, will two lovers of a lifetime reunite under the same magic that brought them together? Ghosts. A magical Victorian portrait. And a love that transcends a century. Can it transcend a curse and borrowed time? When the mystery of a bestselling writer’s decade-old disappearance haunts his first novel, Stori Easton races against time to save him. When a carpenter renovating a seaside Victorian mansion hears an angelic voice, he falls through time into the life of a former opera star silenced by tragedy. Can his love restore her voice and heal her heart? After inheriting a famed archaeologist’s tools, Ever finds herself in the Valley of Kings, falling in love and trying to solve his murder. Only a rare conjunction of a full moon and the winter solstice will allow Skye Delaney one last chance to travel back in time and save the famous painter she’s loved for a lifetime. Timeless…eight time travel romance stories by award-winning author, Lisa S. Silverthorne.
Download or read book Everyday Angel 3 book bind up written by Victoria Schwab and published by Scholastic UK. This book was released on 2020-02-06 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From #1 New York Times bestselling author Victoria Schwab, three enchanting novels about a quirky and clever guardian angel, and the girls she's sent to help, in one irresistible volume. Aria is a guardian angel. She can use her shadow like a door, to travel from place to place. She can dream things into existence. And she can see when certain people need help. She must find and guide three different girls - Gabby, Caroline and Mikayla - through each of their problems to earn her wings. But helping these girls is no easy feat, even for someone with magic powers. Things like friendship and family are a lot trickier than Aria might have guessed. Still, she's up for the challenge... Meet a magical girl like no other, from an author like no other, in this one-of-a-kind collection.
Download or read book Pure as Snow A Snow White and the Huntsman Fantasy Romance written by Laura Burton and published by Laura Burton. This book was released on 2023-09-23 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Huntsman is hired to win Snow White's heart, but loses his own instead. Snow White is living a quiet life at the Dwarf village, talking to the animals and hiding from the Snow Queen, who wants her captured. When she meets a huntsman in the woods, he sparks a desire in her to stop hiding and fight the Snow Queen once and for all. She gladly accepts the huntsman as her aid, but little does she know he was sent by the Snow Queen to capture her. Pure as Snow is the thrilling fourth installment of the Fairytales Reimagined series. This heart-pounding fantasy romance is full of adventure, sizzling kisses, and suspense. Scroll up and one-click now!
Download or read book Bookwise written by Sharon Parsons and published by Nelson Thornes. This book was released on 2001 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Including both fiction and non-fiction text types and genres, this work is graded and organised into five cross-curricular strands. These full-colour readers are accompanied by teacher's guides and resource sheets. Resource sheets relate to the main Word and Sentence Level teaching points in the corresponding Guided Reading session.
