Download or read book Forty seven Roses written by Peter Sheridan and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2016-02-25 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With his trademark wit and honesty, Peter Sheridan has written an enthralling account of his parents' relationship, from their first encounter over a poker game in a Dundalk canteen to their final, happy days together in retirement. But all was not as straightforward as it appeared for when Peter's father died suddenly, it became painfully evident that an awkward situation needed to be resolved. Since the 1940s, Peter's father had maintained a relationship with another woman, Doris. Their correspondence spanned five decades and Doris had long harboured the secret hope that Peter's father would one day be hers. Someone would have to tell her about the death of her old friend . . . At turns humorous and heartbreaking, Forty-Seven Roses is the unforgettable tale of a love that can transcend even overpowering odds. It's the account of a marriage dogged by a shadowy third partner, of fierce family pride and of how sometimes the pain of grief can re-ignite the vital spark of love. 'Sheridan's writing is in a class of its own . . . this is a memoir to make you laugh and cry' - Sunday Express

Download or read book Forty seven Roses written by Peter Sheridan and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Peter Sheridans father died unexpectedly, the loss devastated his close-knit family but, in the midst of their grief, it soon became apparent that an awkward situation would have to be resolved. For many more than forty-seven years, Peters father had maintained a relationshipmainly on paperwith another woman, Doris. She had first met him in the 1940s and determinedly kept up a correspondence that would span five decades, secretly hoping that eventually Peters father would be hers. Doris would need to be told about the death of her old friend.

Download or read book Tokyo Seven Roses written by Hisashi Inoue and published by Thames River Press. This book was released on 2013-05-15 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tokyo Seven Roses' is set in Japan during the waning months of WWII and the beginning of the Occupation. It is written as a diary kept from April 1945 to April 1946 by Shinsuke Yamanaka, a fifty-three-year-old fan-maker living in Nezu, part of Tokyo's shitamachi (old-town) district. After the war, Shinsuke learns by chance that the Occupation forces are plotting a nefarious scheme: in order to cut Japan off from its dreadful past, they intend to see that the language is written henceforth using the alphabet. To fight off this unheard-of threat to the integrity of Japanese culture, seven beautiful women – the Seven Roses – take a stand.

Download or read book The Combined Maze written by May Sinclair and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-09-04 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Combined Maze" by May Sinclair. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Download or read book Delphi Collected Works of May Sinclair Illustrated written by May Sinclair and published by Delphi Classics. This book was released on 2021-08-10 with total page 5366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The forgotten modernist, May Sinclair was close friends with Ezra Pound, Ford Madox Ford, Robert Frost and prominent figures of the London literary scene. She was the first critic to use the term “stream of consciousness” to describe a literary technique. Quick to assimilate new ideas of the Modernist movement, she wrote the stirring and formally experimental Bildungsroman ‘Mary Olivier’ (1919). A critically-respected and popular novelist, Sinclair was also a poet, philosopher, translator and critic, whose works span from the late 1880’s up until the late 1920’s. This comprehensive eBook presents May Sinclair’s collected works, with numerous illustrations, many rare texts, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Sinclair’s life and works * Concise introductions to the novels and other texts * All 19 novels in the US public domain, with individual contents tables * Features many rare novels appearing for the first time in digital publishing * Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * Rare short stories * Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the short stories * Easily locate the short stories you want to read * Sinclair’s chilling ghost stories * Includes Sinclair’s rare and complete poetry – available in no other collection * Sinclair’s important essay on ‘Feminism’ – digitised here for the first time * Her landmark study on the Brontë sisters * Ordering of texts into chronological order and genres Please note: due to US copyright restrictions, three novels and two story collections cannot appear in this edition. When new texts become available, they will be added to the eBook as a free update. CONTENTS: The Novels Audrey Craven (1897) Mr and Mrs Nevill Tyson (1898) The Divine Fire (1904) The Helpmate (1907) The Immortal Moment (1908) The Creators (1910) The Flaw in the Crystal (1912) The Combined Maze (1913) The Three Sisters (1914) The Belfry (1916) The Tree of Heaven (1917) Mary Olivier (1919) The Romantic (1920) Mr. Waddington of Wyck (1921) Life and Death of Harriett Frean (1922) Anne Severn and the Fieldings (1922) A Cure of Souls (1924) Arnold Waterlow (1924) The Rector of Wyck (1925) The Shorter Fiction Two Sides of a Question (1901) The Judgment of Eve (1907) The Return of the Prodigal (1914) Uncanny Stories (1923) The Short Stories List of Short Stories in Chronological Order List of Short Stories in Alphabetical Order The Poetry Collections Nakiketas and Other Poems (1886) Essays in Verse (1892) The Dark Night (1924) The Non-Fiction The Three Brontës (1912) Feminism (1912) A Journal of Impressions in Belgium (1915) Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles or to purchase this eBook as a Parts Edition of individual eBooks

Download or read book Thorns and Roses written by Charity Ferrell and published by Charity Ferrell. This book was released on 2017-10-26 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You’ve seen the headlines about him. Knox Rivers is music’s out of control, all over TMZ, and under the impression that he’s God’s gift to the female population bad boy. He steals hearts with his music and then breaks them with his behavior. And I'm his new assistant stuck traveling across the world with him on tour. I would’ve never taken the job if I weren't desperate. I’m the daughter of a rock legend who grew up around men like him. But with each passing mile, I find myself more drawn to him. I fight to keep our relationship professional while he pushes to prove there's more to him than you see plastered all over the tabloids. Desire starts defeating my rationality. I’m throwing my rules out the window. I’ll deal with the consequences when the tour bus's gas tank runs dry. This story was previously published as Pop Rock.

Download or read book Dust and Roses written by Wes Brummer and published by The Wild Rose Press Inc. This book was released on 2017-12-11 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlike many in Depression-era Kansas, 23-year-old, single, Sara McGurk has a comfortable life, but a trip to the doctor reveals she is with child. The results are banishment from home and a violent argument with her lover that leaves her bleeding and abandoned in front of a forbidding limestone house. A group of social outcasts takes her in. Now, Sara must face the future and protect her child while coping with her strange fellow residents. What will happen to her baby? Can she make peace with her father and escape her shame to find love and hope again?

Download or read book Writing Ireland s Working Class written by Michael Pierse and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-04-30 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploring writing of working-class Dublin after Seán O'Casey, this book breaks new ground in Irish Studies, unearthing submerged narratives of class in Irish life. Examining how working-class identity is depicted by authors like Brendan Behan and Roddy Doyle, it discusses how this hidden, urban Ireland has appeared in the country's literature.

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Download or read book Delphi Complete Works of May Sinclair Illustrated written by May Sinclair and published by Delphi Classics. This book was released on 2021-08-06 with total page 6226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The forgotten modernist, May Sinclair was close friends with Ezra Pound, Ford Madox Ford, Robert Frost and prominent figures of the London literary scene. She was the first critic to use the term “stream of consciousness” to describe a literary technique. Quick to assimilate new ideas of the Modernist movement, she wrote the stirring and formally experimental Bildungsroman ‘Mary Olivier’ (1919). A critically-respected and popular novelist, Sinclair was also a poet, philosopher, translator and critic, whose works span from the late 1880’s up until the late 1920’s. For the first time in publishing history, this eBook presents May Sinclair’s complete fictional works, with numerous illustrations, many rare texts, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Sinclair’s life and works * Concise introductions to the novels and other texts * All 22 novels, with individual contents tables * Features many rare novels appearing for the first time in digital publishing * Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * Rare short stories available in no other collection * Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the short stories * Easily locate the short stories you want to read * Includes Sinclair’s rare and complete poetry – available in no other collection * Sinclair’s important essay on ‘Feminism’ – digitised here for the first time * Her landmark study on the Brontë sisters * Ordering of texts into chronological order and genres CONTENTS: The Novels Audrey Craven (1897) Mr and Mrs Nevill Tyson (1898) The Divine Fire (1904) The Helpmate (1907) The Immortal Moment (1908) The Creators (1910) The Flaw in the Crystal (1912) The Combined Maze (1913) The Three Sisters (1914) The Belfry (1916) The Tree of Heaven (1917) Mary Olivier (1919) The Romantic (1920) Mr. Waddington of Wyck (1921) Life and Death of Harriett Frean (1922) Anne Severn and the Fieldings (1922) A Cure of Souls (1924) Arnold Waterlow (1924) The Rector of Wyck (1925) Far End (1926) The Allinghams (1927) History of Anthony Waring (1927) The Shorter Fiction Two Sides of a Question (1901) The Judgment of Eve (1907) The Return of the Prodigal (1914) Uncanny Stories (1923) Tales Told by Simpson (1930) The Intercessor and Other Stories (1931) The Short Stories List of Short Stories in Chronological Order List of Short Stories in Alphabetical Order The Poetry Collections Nakiketas and Other Poems (1886) Essays in Verse (1892) The Dark Night (1924) The Non-Fiction The Three Brontës (1912) Feminism (1912) A Journal of Impressions in Belgium (1915)

Download or read book Richard Temple A Novel written by Patrick O'Brian and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2007-11-17 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Available for the first time in the United States comes this tale of art and espionage during World War II by the bestselling author of the Aubrey-Maturin series.

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Download or read book The Wild Rose written by Jennifer Donnelly and published by Hachette Books. This book was released on 2011-08-02 with total page 595 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The third book in the sweeping, multi-generational saga that began with The Tea Rose, The Wild Rose is a "lush story of epic proportions" (Romantic Times Book Review). The Wild Rose is a part of the sweeping, multi-generational saga that began with The Tea Rose and continued with The Winter Rose. It is London, 1914. World War I looms on the horizon, women are fighting for the right to vote, and explorers are pushing the limits ofendurance in the most forbidding corners of the earth. Into this volatile time, Jennifer Donnelly places her vivid and memorable characters: Willa Alden, a passionate mountain climber who lost her leg while summiting Kilimanjaro with Seamus Finnegan, and who will never forgive him for saving her life; Seamus Finnegan, a polar explorer who tries to forget Willa as he marries a beautiful young schoolteacher back home in England; Max von Brandt, a handsome German sophisticate who courts high society women, but has a secret agenda in wartime London. Many other beloved characters from The Winter Rose continue their adventures in The Wild Rose as well. With myriad twists and turns, thrilling cliffhangers, and fabulous period detail and atmosphere, The Wild Rose provides a highly satisfying conclusion to an unforgettable trilogy.

Download or read book The Combined Maze written by May Sinclair and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Henry Fielding written by Martin C Battestin and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-05-09 with total page 793 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1989, Henry Fielding is a biography presenting a fresh interpretation of Fielding’s life and thought. Using newly discovered information, including new facts, three hitherto unknown pictures of Fielding drawn from life, documents, manuscripts, and many crucially important and engrossing new letters, Martin C. Battestin – the foremost Fielding scholar – illuminates every aspect of Fielding’s life and work. Fielding and the life he led – in the West Country, at Eton, at the University of Leyden, and in the theatres and brothels, sponging houses and police courts of London – make for fascinating reading. This authoritative and timely biography will appeal to all those interested in the society and literature of eighteenth-century England.

Download or read book Old Money New Money written by Peter Sheridan and published by Gemma. This book was released on 2009-03-02 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The city is Dublin, the year is 1972. Redser and Pancho are two teenagers from the North Wall. Redser is top of the class, especially good at math. Pancho's knack is finding money, not adding or subtracting it. Redser's parents run the local credit union. Pancho's dad runs riot in the city pubs on pay day. The boys' worlds could not be further apart. Yet they are the best of friends. One day, on his regular paper round, Redser stumbles upon the aftermath of a crime. Two elderly sisters, 'the East Wall witches', have been burgled. But the robbers haven't taken all the money. Redser and Pancho are about to face the biggest challenge of their lives.