Download or read book Secondhand Sunsets written by Gail Kittleson and published by WordCrafts Press. This book was released on 2021-03-01 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: West. Heading west. Put the past behind you. Start over. In nose-biting pre-dawn cold, Ray's rap sounded. Out front waited a new wagon. Abby buttoned her wool coat and bonnet, doubled Papa's traveling blanket over her arm with her parasol, and crossed the threshold for the last time. Ray hoisted her trunk as she clambered into the buckboard. He was no gentleman-no surprise to that. Through hushed streets, past Annabelle's house, the silent empty clapboard church, and beyond the new train depot, memories flitted one by one. With each, her heaviness lifted, and out in the countryside west of town, each squeaky turn of the wheels breathed hope.In rhythm with the creaking wheels, words circled through her mind like poetry - Now we are wed... no longer alone... heading west. A fog immersed her. Not an endearing word from him, nor even a kindly touch of his hand. Her husband. *** A sudden light spangled the heavens as if to show that sunshine still reigned.Abby sank to a fallen log-the glow rimmed the clouds in an ethereal aura. Crimson became rose, yellows transformed to gold, and periwinkle caressed deep purple. "Could I have been befuddled all this time?" The scripture Fred read at supper filtered back. The Lord hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with loving kindness have I drawn thee. The day's warmth still hovered, and with it, a sense that all was well. The sky flamed for several more minutes. This beauty and my love for you are one. She hugged the message close. "Perhaps, after all, I am loved."
Download or read book Secondhand Sunsets written by Kittleson Gail (author) and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Three Types of Solitude written by Brian Aldiss and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2019-03-07 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Faber Stories, a landmark series of individual volumes, presents masters of the short story form at work in a range of genres and styles. Brian Aldiss, who died in 2017, was best known for his science fiction - and in particular for a short story optioned by Stanley Kubrick, which would, under the direction of Steven Spielberg, become the film A.I. Artificial Intelligence. Aldiss's first book was published by Faber in 1955. This brief, late trilogy contains much of his lively humour, one improbable invention, and a pervasive sense of loneliness and longing. 'Sadness is just happiness in reverse,' says someone in a story within the story, 'We humans have to put up with it.'
Download or read book Sunset written by and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 638 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mallarme s Sunset written by Barnaby Norman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The writings of the great Symbolist poet Stephane Mallarme (1842-1898) were to become uniquely influential in twentieth century literary criticism. For critics and philosophers such as Maurice Blanchot and Jacques Derrida, Mallarme's name came to represent a rupture in literary history, and an opening of literature onto a radically new kind of writing. Through close readings of key works, Norman retraces Mallarme's trajectory as a poet, showing in particular how he positioned his work in relation to Hegel's Aesthetics. Analysing the motif of the sunset Norman argues that Mallarme situated his work at the conclusion of the history of art, in Hegelian terms, and it is this that made him so interesting for Blanchot and Derrida. Their readings, born of their wish to subvert Hegel's totalizing impulse, give rise to an entirely new view of works now almost universally seen as masterpieces.
Download or read book West of Sunset written by Valerie Anand and published by Speaking Volumes. This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WEST of SUNSET is the compelling saga of three families who come to England to start a new life and their struggle to accept—and be accepted by—an alien culture. Mohan Lal Bhatia and his wife Leela arrive first, Hindus who mean to bring Indian fabrics to the English but soon find themselves enclosed in the growing Indian community in west London. Thev see no need for integration with the English around them, and will not be compelled to face that challenge until the next generation. Kartar Singh Virk and his wife Nita want to participate more fully in English life, while upholding the proud values of their Sikh community back in India. Neither Nita nor Kartar realize what impossible ideals they have created for their daughters—until it is too late. It is Kartar's brother Perry and Mohan Lal's sister Shanti who find the challenges the hardest. To the problems of a mixed Sikh-Hindu marriage, they must add the conflicts between a husband who wishes he were more English and a wife who wants to cling to the old ways—even when these mean submission to her unreasonable mother-in-law. Yet in the end, their family in some ways adapts to England best. As we follow all three families from the drab 1950s through three decades of hope, heartache and passion, we see their successes, their failures, their fears and dreams, their conflicts and compromises. Above all, we see how three generations of women face the challenges of a world where the old ways are no longer enough, and a new way has not yet been found.
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Download or read book Supertoys Last All Summer Long written by Brian W. Aldiss and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2001-06-27 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of science fiction tales, including the story of a robot boy who wants nothing more than to be loved by his parents.
Download or read book Sunset Cluster written by H. Roger Grant and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2023-06-20 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the Sunset Cluster—railroads that were doomed to fail? The first two decades of the 20th century were the twilight of the Railroad Age. Major routes had long been established, and local service became the focus of new construction. Beginning in 1907, a cluster of five shortline railroads were established in otherwise unconnected parts of Iowa. They, however, would short lived. The five Iowa 'sunset cluster' railroads might appear to deserve eternal obscurity, being at best minor footnotes to American railroad history. After all, their total mileage barely exceeded 100 miles. Their average life span, moreover, covered about five years, and the Des Moines & Red Oak Railway (DM&RO) never turned a wheel. Yet, these Iowa shortlines had an immediate positive impact to their service area, but disappointingly they became victims of modal competition and the Good Roads Movement. Using contemporary newspapers, government reports, and other little-known sources, renowned railway historian H. Roger Grant offers a fascinating look at these shortline railroads. Sunset Cluster explores the almost desperate desire by communities to benefit from steel rails before the regional railroad map finally imploded and the challenges faced by latter-day shortline builders.
Download or read book Thrust From the Hand of God written by Jason S. Litz and published by Jason S. Litz. This book was released on 2015-02-28 with total page 590 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One selfless act, one naïve decision, so innocent in the making, so condemning in effect, how foolish John had been not to expect trouble to follow. Murder or self-defense, what did it matter? One man was dead and another wanted revenge. Having grown up with a silver spoon in his mouth, John is a young man who sets out on an adventure of self-discovery. His confidence is on the rise until a single failure in judgment sends him fleeing for his life. Wanted for murder, John’s flight carries him throughout a nation broken by war and stitched together by the transcontinental railroad. Along the way he encounters an array of colorful characters. Friend or enemy, mentor or tormentor, each will have a profound impact on John and his fate. Hounded by a mercenary posse, John must remain a step ahead to survive while waiting for a resolution he fears will never come.
Download or read book Skylarks At Sunset written by Rita Bradshaw and published by Headline. This book was released on 2010-03-04 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Does she dare to dream of a brighter future? Rita Bradshaw's Skylarks at Sunset is a heartrending story of one woman's struggle to keep her family safe during the dark days of the Depression and war. Perfect for fans of Pam Evans and Dilly Court. Hope's just a child when she's orphaned, and as she grows up her dream is always to have a family of her own. And so when she meets and falls in love with Daniel Fallow, son of a successful businessman, she's quick to accept his proposal of marriage. His family, though, are against the match, and so the young couple marry in secret. Grudging acceptance follows, and as the Depression worsens Daniel is persuaded to join the family business, unaware of his father's dodgy dealings. Tragedy is just around the corner, and worse is to come when war is declared in 1939: as Daniel leaves to fight and her children are evacuated, Hope wonders if she will ever have all her family around her again... What readers are saying about Skylarks at Sunset: 'Another wonderful story from Rita Bradshaw, a story that holds your attention from start to finish' 'Excellent from beginning to end. Couldn't put it down' 'Five stars'
Download or read book The Lavender Ladies Detective Agency Death in Sunset Grove written by Minna Lindgren and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2016-06-16 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A rip-roaring, cosy crime novel, perfect for fans of Richard Osman’s The Thursday Murder Club and M. C. Beaton’s Agatha Raisin series. Good detectives come in all manner of guises . . . Meet Siiri and Irma, best friends and the queen bees of Sunset Grove, a retirement community for those still young at heart. With a combined age of nearly 180, Siiri and Irma are still just as inquisitive and witty as when they first met decades ago. But when their comfortable world is upturned by a suspicious death at Sunset Grove, Siiri and Irma are shocked into doing something about it. Determined to find out exactly what happened and why, they begin their own private investigations and form The Lavender Ladies Detective Agency. The trouble is, beneath Sunset Grove's calm facade, there is more going on than meets the eye, and Siiri and Irma soon discover far more than they bargained for . . . Death in Sunset Grove by Minna Lindgren is full of wit and warmth, continue the mystery series with Escape from Sunset Grove.
Download or read book Sinister Secrets on Sunset Hill written by Carol Dold and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2015-03-31 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sunset Hill was a tiny, quiet town with an aerial view of all the surrounding cities. It was peaceful. Bad things just didn’t happen there. On those summer evenings when the sky was lit up in striking colors of gold, pink, and orange, folks were sure that God must live there, too. And when the lilac trees were in full bloom and that heavenly scent was carried by a breeze, you knew you had found paradise. “Was it a homicide or a suicide?” Jennifer asked her friend, Alice, whose neighborhood had just been rocked by the news of a dreadful death. A woman in her early thirties, Katie Percival, had been found lifeless lying in a pool of blood in her basement. It was Alice, herself, that had discovered the grizzly scene. This book is so much more than just another murder mystery. It’s so much more than just entering a world of fantasy where you become the detective. Instead, it is the story of some ordinary people who found some extraordinary grace in the midst of some very tragic mistakes. Isaiah 55:7: Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
Download or read book Blue Book written by and published by Legislative Reference Bureau. This book was released on 1985 with total page 1008 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Sunset written by Jessie Cave and published by Mountain Leopard Press. This book was released on 2021-06-24 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Heartbreaking, funny and bittersweet. A phenomenal debut' DOLLY ALDERTON 'Let this bittersweet ode to siblings fill the Fleabag-shaped hole in your life' ELLE 'Fierce and unsparing, everything you'd expect from the brilliant Jessie Cave' EVANNA LYNCH 'Jessie Cave's reflective debut will make you laugh before breaking your heart' COSMOPOLITAN ___________ One summer can change everything . . . Ruth and Hannah are sisters. Bonded by love and friendship, they are perplexingly different characters. Hannah is radiant, organised and hard working. Ruth is forever single and totally aimless. Together they are invincible. Every summer they go on a budget holiday together where they bicker, laugh, fight and make up. But this time is different. Something bad happens. And now everything is changed forever. This bittersweet love story is about needing someone else as much as they need you. It is an ode to our most powerful bonds, how they build us and break us, and how, when all seems lost, we can find joy in the most unexpected places. ___________ 'Heart-achingly beautiful . . . A stunning debut about the raw and destructive power of grief' INDEPENDENT 'The most beautiful, furious, real book about siblinghood and grief . . . Astounding' PANDORA SYKES 'Exquisite and raw' SARA PASCOE 'It made me want to hug my sister' MEGAN BAYNES, PRESS ASSOCIATION 'Funny, heartbreaking, and with that delicious edge Jessie brings to her heart' CARIAD LLOYD 'Full of beautiful and well-observed details . . . Its true skill is in how brave and raw and honest it is' JOSIE LONG
