Download or read book Beloved written by Toni Morrison and published by Everyman's Library. This book was released on 2006-10-17 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Toni Morrison’s Beloved is a spellbinding and dazzlingly innovative portrait of a woman haunted by the past. Sethe was born a slave and escaped to Ohio, but eighteen years later she is still not free. She has borne the unthinkable and not gone mad, yet she is still held captive by memories of Sweet Home, the beautiful farm where so many hideous things happened. Meanwhile Sethe’s house has long been troubled by the angry, destructive ghost of her baby, who died nameless and whose tombstone is engraved with a single word: Beloved. Sethe works at beating back the past, but it makes itself heard and felt incessantly in her memory and in the lives of those around her. When a mysterious teenage girl arrives, calling herself Beloved, Sethe’s terrible secret explodes into the present. Combining the visionary power of legend with the unassailable truth of history, Morrison’s unforgettable novel is one of the great and enduring works of American literature.
Download or read book The Source of Self Regard written by Toni Morrison and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2020-01-14 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Here is the Nobel Prize winner in her own words: a rich gathering of her most important essays and speeches, spanning four decades that "speaks to today’s social and political moment as directly as this morning’s headlines” (NPR). These pages give us her searing prayer for the dead of 9/11, her Nobel lecture on the power of language, her searching meditation on Martin Luther King Jr., her heart-wrenching eulogy for James Baldwin. She looks deeply into the fault lines of culture and freedom: the foreigner, female empowerment, the press, money, “black matter(s),” human rights, the artist in society, the Afro-American presence in American literature. And she turns her incisive critical eye to her own work (The Bluest Eye, Sula, Tar Baby, Jazz, Beloved, Paradise) and that of others. An essential collection from an essential writer, The Source of Self-Regard shines with the literary elegance, intellectual prowess, spiritual depth, and moral compass that have made Toni Morrison our most cherished and enduring voice.
Download or read book The Dearly Beloved written by Cara Wall and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2019-08-13 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “This gentle, gorgeously written book may be one of my favorites ever.” —Jenna Bush Hager (A Today show “Read with Jenna” Book Club Selection!) This “moving portrait of love and friendship set against a backdrop of social change” (The New York Times Book Review, Editor’s Choice) traces two married couples whose lives become entangled when the husbands become copastors at a famed New York city congregation in the 1960s. Charles and Lily, James and Nan. They meet in Greenwich Village in 1963 when Charles and James are jointly hired to steward the historic Third Presbyterian Church through turbulent times. Their personal differences however, threaten to tear them apart. Charles is destined to succeed his father as an esteemed professor of history at Harvard, until an unorthodox lecture about faith leads him to ministry. How then, can he fall in love with Lily—fiercely intellectual, elegantly stern—after she tells him with certainty that she will never believe in God? And yet, how can he not? James, the youngest son in a hardscrabble Chicago family, spent much of his youth angry at his alcoholic father and avoiding his anxious mother. Nan grew up in Mississippi, the devout and beloved daughter of a minister and a debutante. James’s escape from his desperate circumstances leads him to Nan and, despite his skepticism of hope in all its forms, her gentle, constant faith changes the course of his life. In The Dearly Beloved, Cara wall reminds us of “the power of the novel in its simplest, richest form: bearing intimate witness to human beings grappling with their faith and falling in love,” (Entertainment Weekly, A-) as we follow these two couples through decades of love and friendship, jealousy and understanding, forgiveness and commitment. Against the backdrop of turbulent changes facing the city and the church’s congregation, Wall offers a poignant meditation on faith and reason, marriage and children, and the ways we find meaning in our lives. The Dearly Beloved is a gorgeous, wise, and provocative novel that is destined to become a classic.
Download or read book Concerning the Book that is the Body of the Beloved written by Gregory Orr and published by Copper Canyon Press. This book was released on 2012-12-18 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The heart of Orr’s poetry, now as ever, is the enigmatic image . . . mystical, carnal, reflective, wry.”—San Francisco Review This book-length sequence of ecstatic, visionary lyrics recalls Rumi in its search for the beloved and its passionate belief in the healing qualities of art and beauty. Concerning the Book that is the Body of the Beloved is an incantatory celebration of the “Book,” an imaginary and self-gathering anthology of all the lyrics—both poems and songs—ever written. Each poem highlights a distinct aspect of the human condition, and together the poems explore love, loss, restoration, the beauty of the world, the beauty of the beloved, and the mystery of poetry. The purpose and power of the Book is to help us live by reconnecting us to the world and to our emotional lives. I put the beloved In a wooden coffin. The fire ate his body; The flames devoured her. I put the beloved In a poem or song. Tucked it between Two pages of the Book. How bright the flames. All of me burning, All of me on fire And still whole. There is nothing quite like this book—an “active anthology” in the best sense—where individuals find the poems and songs that will sustain them. Or the poems find them. Gregory Orr is the author of eight books of poetry, four volumes of criticism, and a memoir. He has received numerous awards for his work, most recently the Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Orr has taught at the University of Virginia since 1975 and was, for many years, the poetry editor of The Virginia Quarterly Review. He lives with his family in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Download or read book Love in the Time of Cholera Illustrated Edition written by Gabriel García Márquez and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2020-10-27 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A beautifully packaged edition of one of García Márquez's most beloved novels, with never-before-seen color illustrations by the Chilean artist Luisa Rivera and an interior design created by the author's son, Gonzalo García Barcha. In their youth, Florentino Ariza and Fermina Daza fall passionately in love. When Fermina eventually chooses to marry a wealthy, well-born doctor, Florentino is devastated, but he is a romantic. As he rises in his business career he whiles away the years in 622 affairs—yet he reserves his heart for Fermina. Her husband dies at last, and Florentino purposefully attends the funeral. Fifty years, nine months, and four days after he first declared his love for Fermina, he will do so again.
Download or read book Mortal Beloved Historical Fantasy Time Travel Collection written by Pamela DuMond and published by Pamela DuMond. This book was released on with total page 633 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: USA Today Best author featured on “ABC 20/20” brings you epic Mortal Beloved Time Travel Romance. __ MORTAL BELOVED COLLECTION -- "Gritty and gorgeous" Time Travel Historical Fantasy contains: THE MESSENGER #1 A boy from the past. A girl from the future. Their love could be forever, but their time is running out... Madeline falls in love with Samuel when she accidentally time travels hundreds of years into the past to a war between the colonists and Native Americans. But Madeline's traveled to the past not only to fall in love, but also to claim her birth right as a Messenger, a soul who can slip through time's fabric, delivering messages that change one life, or save many. Deadly Hunters, dark-souled time travelers, crave her powers and seek to seduce or kill her. Can Madeline find her way back to the future in time to save herself and Samuel? THE ASSASSIN #2 Time Traveler. Messenger. Assassin. Spy. Madeline discovers Samuel, is alive in present day, but doesn’t remember her from their past. She journeys to a deadly royal conflict in medieval Portugal hoping to rekindle his memory. A mad king turns her into a spy. Mortal assassins as well as dark-souled time travelers seek to kill her. Will Madeline and Samuel be together again in life -- or only in death? THE SEEKER #3 Time Traveler. Seeker. Deceiver. Lies. Madeline's finally dating Samuel, in the present day. But when her mentors send her on increasingly dangerous missions, the un-thinkable happens. Now she must journey into the darkest corners of history seeking answers from the wisest Messengers and Hunters. But tearing time’s fabric reveals hidden secrets and lies, and Madeline discovers she is part of a conspiracy much greater than she ever dreamed possible. PRAISE "All the excitement of OUTLANDER if it was a YA series!" A. Reviewer “… by the end, I was getting a bicep workout from all the fistpumps..." ForeverYoungAdult "This book held me captive… a magical story with lots of twists and turns… " A Diary of a Book Addict Blog “For those who like The Immortals series by Alyson Noel, Timeless by Alexandra Monir, or The Eternal Ones by Kirsten Miller – The Messenger is a must read.” Breathe in Books Blogspot "THE SEEKER is a whirlwind of action and adventure that takes the reader to fascinating points in history...' USA TODAY Bestselling Author Carolyn Haines From Berlin of Cold War to the deserts of Palmyra... The world building is amazing... Milky Way of Books -- Alexandra “Time travel at its best… very different, edgy and yet still has the soft romanticism.” Creating Serenity Reviews “...Mortal Beloved series is ripe for greatness.” Midwest Book Review — Shelley Glodowski Midwest Book Review One-click the Mortal Beloved Time Travel Collection now.
Download or read book Toy Time written by Christopher Byrne and published by Three Rivers Press (CA). This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A nostalgic celebration of the most beloved toys of decades past - like Twister, LEGOs, My Little Ponies, Lite Brite, Viewmaster, Transformers ... and much more. Attractive, gifty, and fully illustrated with photos of vintage toy packaging, advertisements, and of course the toys themselves, Toy Time! is chock full of fun facts, trivia, and memories about the toys you cherished most"--
Download or read book Time Enough for Love written by Robert A. Heinlein and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1987-08-15 with total page 641 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The capstone and crowning achievement of the Future History series, from the New York Times bestselling Grand Master of Science Fiction... Time Enough for Love follows Lazarus Long through a vast and magnificent timescape of centuries and worlds. Heinlein's longest and most ambitious work, it is the story of a man so in love with Life that he refused to stop living it; and so in love with Time that he became his own ancestor.
Download or read book You Are Beloved written by Bobby Schuller and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 2018-05-29 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You're not what you do. You're not what you have. You are not what others say about you. You are God's beloved. Are you ever concerned that you don’t deserve to love and be loved because you are continually having to prove yourself? In You Are Beloved, Bobby Schuller shows you how to let go of these fears and put your trust in the One who sees you for who you really are. Here is an easy to follow, proven path to personal dignity for all those who think they are not good enough no matter how much they achieve. This path is illuminated by the truths that it is not about what you accomplish, but what has already been accomplished for you; not about what you have, but what has already been provided; and not about who others say you are, but who God says you are. Know that you are valued, cared for, and embraced. You Are Beloved will help you rebuild your life as a response to that assurance.
Download or read book The Prophets written by Robert Jones, Jr. and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-01-05 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Best Book of the Year NPR • The Washington Post • Boston Globe • TIME • USA Today • Entertainment Weekly • Real Simple • Parade • Buzzfeed • Electric Literature • LitHub • BookRiot • PopSugar • Goop • Library Journal • BookBub • KCRW • Finalist for the National Book Award • One of the New York Times Notable Books of the Year • One of the New York Times Best Historical Fiction of the Year • Instant New York Times Bestseller A singular and stunning debut novel about the forbidden union between two enslaved young men on a Deep South plantation, the refuge they find in each other, and a betrayal that threatens their existence. Isaiah was Samuel's and Samuel was Isaiah's. That was the way it was since the beginning, and the way it was to be until the end. In the barn they tended to the animals, but also to each other, transforming the hollowed-out shed into a place of human refuge, a source of intimacy and hope in a world ruled by vicious masters. But when an older man—a fellow slave—seeks to gain favor by preaching the master's gospel on the plantation, the enslaved begin to turn on their own. Isaiah and Samuel's love, which was once so simple, is seen as sinful and a clear danger to the plantation's harmony. With a lyricism reminiscent of Toni Morrison, Robert Jones, Jr., fiercely summons the voices of slaver and enslaved alike, from Isaiah and Samuel to the calculating slave master to the long line of women that surround them, women who have carried the soul of the plantation on their shoulders. As tensions build and the weight of centuries—of ancestors and future generations to come—culminates in a climactic reckoning, The Prophets fearlessly reveals the pain and suffering of inheritance, but is also shot through with hope, beauty, and truth, portraying the enormous, heroic power of love.
Download or read book Beloved in Another Time Another Place Book 1 The Prophecy written by Rose Deskin AKA: Annabelle Blythe and published by Rose Deskin AKA: Annabelle Blythe. This book was released on 2015-10-10 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a book of adventure, romance, decision, and time travel to one of history's most talked about times-- the Civil War. The Battle of Mansfield, LA was fought and won-- against all odds. Had the two superior officers for the Confederacy involved agreed to put their disagreements aside for the good of the South, the Battle would have changed the whole Civil War and given the South the victory for States' Rights. This book compares this battle to the battle in the marriage of Sophya Blackwell.
Download or read book Beloved written by Amy Sickels and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arguably Toni Morrison's best novel, Beloved addresses the powerful legacy of slavery and those whose voices have been historically silenced by it. Awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1988, Morrison's novel confronts the past in order to heal the present
Download or read book Come Away My Beloved written by Frances J. Roberts and published by Barbour Publishing. This book was released on 2020-04-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrating 50 Years of Frances Roberts’s Powerful Reminder of God’s All-Encompassing Love Here’s your invitation to deeper intimacy with your loving heavenly Father—with this devotional classic from Frances J. Roberts. This powerful book, featuring original text and scripture from the King James Version of the Bible, shares the ministering spirit of the heavenly Father when you need a little encouragement, hope, comfort, and conviction. Through compelling prose and poetry, author Frances J. Roberts will challenge you to a deeper intimacy with God.
Download or read book Toni Morrison Box Set written by Toni Morrison and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2019-10-29 with total page 905 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A box set of Toni Morrison's principal works, featuring The Bluest Eye (her first novel), Beloved (Pulitzer Prize winner), and Song of Solomon (National Book Critics Award winner). Staring unflinchingly into the abyss of slavery, Beloved transforms history into a story as powerful as Exodus and as intimate as a lullaby. This spellbinding novel tells the story of Sethe, a former slave who escapes to Ohio, but eighteen years later is still not free. In The New York Times bestselling novel, The Bluest Eye, Pecola Breedlove, a young black girl, prays every day for beauty and yearns for normalcy, for the blond hair and blue eyes, that she believes will allow her to finally fit in. Yet as her dream grows more fervent, her life slowly starts to disintegrate in the face of adversity and strife. With Song of Solomon, Morrison transfigures the coming-of-age story as she follows Milkman Dead from his rustbelt city to the place of his family's origins, introducing an entire cast of strivers and seeresses, liars and assassins, the inhabitants of a fully realized black world. This beautifully designed slipcase will make the perfect holiday and perennial gift.
Download or read book Weirdly Beloved written by Cynthia Ceilan and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2008-12-16 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspired by the romantic misadventures she’s witnessed in her own family, Cynthia Ceilán takes us jauntily through real-life stories about love: what demented things we do in the name of love, the wildly unusual choices people have made in their selection of a mate, and the joys and horrors of saying goodbye to a relationship that has long overstayed its welcome. In her fact-finding mission to write this collection, Cynthia Ceilán began in the bowels of her own family history, which always seemed unnecessarily shrouded in mystery. There she discovered a treasure trove of delightfully wicked secrets, which spurred her on to create this collection of true stories from around the world. Here's some of what she found: “Normal” is in the eye (and the bedsprings) of the beholder, especially when it comes to furries, objectophiles, and happily married conjoined twins. Same-sex marriage is illegal in most countries but a few are happy to let you marry your dog. You shouldn't be afraid to invite your crazy relatives to your wedding – unless your brothers are Scott, Erik, Aaron, Ryan, and Randall and they’re currently out on bail. Weirdly Beloved offers comforting proof that there is never only one way to fall in love, or one way to be properly married, or one way to suffer the necessary indignities of love gone wrong.
Download or read book Beloved Believer written by Debbie Ibanez and published by Tate Publishing. This book was released on 2009-11 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you traded in the Christian dream for the American Dream? Does a passion, faith-filled life seem impossible? Are you ready to get real with God and renew your heart in his love? If you, like many believers today, are weary of playing church and long to live a heavenly life, Beloved Believer: Return to the Arms of Jesus will refresh and restore you. Each section is based on scripture and is designed to lift the eye to the Almighty God in Jesus Christ. Not for fluff seekers, this book delves into our humanity and the greatness of God. Debbie Ibanez challenges today's Christian concepts with directness and love. Beloved Believer: Return to the Arms of Jesus is for those who are willing to ask themselves hard questions and who are yearning for lives filled with the joy of Christ. Beloved Believer: Return to the Arms of Jesus taps the brakes and disrupts the humdrum cruise-control Christianity that drives too many of us. Debbie Ibanez does us a good favor by giving this timely exhortation to 'wake up and strengthen that which remains' (Revelation 3:2). a "David Sitton, President of To Every Tribe Ministries"
Download or read book Know You Are Beloved written by Rev. Chris Lee and published by Tyndale House Publishers. This book was released on 2024-09-03 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Know You Are Beloved, popular Instagram influencer and English priest, Rev. Chris Lee, helps you escape the chaos and focus on who you are before God. When was the last time you took a deep breath and pondered how God delights in you? We live in a unique time. Our days are filled with images, text, and noise, continually streaming from a screen that all of us obsessively carry. It weighs us down. Its beeps clamor for our attention, and all of this distraction is wearing us thin. We have been through—and are going through—a great unsettling in our world. What once satisfied simply doesn’t anymore. We are united in a sense of our own fragility. We have been shaken, and this has left us startled and dazed. With a series of short chapters, Rev Chris Lee takes you on an inspiring journey to meditate on essential truths that help you live your life with purpose and serenity, secure in the knowledge that your identity and worth are found in Jesus’ love for you. Know You Are Beloved can help you: sit still, breathe deep, pause the chaos, and, enter God’s loving presence A few years back, Rev. Chris Lee started sharing his thoughts about the time we are living in on Instagram in short sixty-second sermons. People resonated with the spiritual break that he was offering on social media. That’s when he decided to write a book that would help people to fight back, put down their phones, sit before God, and know they were his beloved. Each chapter seeks to refocus you on simple yet profound truths of the faith, borrowing from the great lessons from Christian history. Each succinct chapter ends with a place to breathe deeply and sit in silence—a welcome opportunity to calm your spirit and turn your gaze to God. The book will take you into a deeper place with your faith, more secure and more intimate. You can find peace, security—more fullness in your life. You can find wholeness and healing. You can know beyond a shadow of doubt that you are seen—and that God delights in you. You are his beloved.
