Download or read book Something Special Something Rare written by Black Inc. and published by Black Inc.. This book was released on 2015-03-31 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Something Special, Something Rare presents outstanding short fiction by Australia’s finest female writers. These are tales of love, secrets, doubt and torment, the everyday and the extraordinary. A sleepy town is gripped by delusory grief after the movie being filmed there wraps and leaves. A lingering heartbreak is replayed on Facebook. An ordinary family walks a shaky line between hopelessness and redemption. Brilliant, shocking and profound, these tales will leave you reeling in ways that only a great short story can. Kate Grenville * Mandy Sayer * Penni Russon * Favel Parrett * Tegan Bennett Daylight * Sonya Hartnett * Isabelle Li * Gillian Essex * Brenda Walker * Gillian Mears * Fiona MacFarlane * Joan London * Karen Hitchcock * Charlotte Wood * Tara June Winch * Cate Kennedy * Alice Pung * Anna Krien * Delia Falconer * Rebekah Clarkson ‘This collection is a fantastic line-up of some of Australia’s best writers who simply happen to be women ... the themes explored are as wide-ranging and eclectic as the writers.’ —Sunday Age ‘All the stories here justify that use of “out-standing” in the collection’s subtitle. If pushed to choose one standout, for me it is Favel Parrett’s ‘Lebanon’, which in its three pages manages to convey more emotion than some stories do in 300 ... This beautiful meditation on loss and belonging evokes the Australian tyranny of distance and is a fine example what the short-story form can achieve.’ —The Australian ‘Perfect fodder for a Sunday arvo on the couch, these charming, funny, touching short stories from well-known Australian female writers are what winter was made for.’ —Cosmopolitan ‘A wonderful selection ... the strength of the collection is that it doesn’t define the Australian woman writer as a particular situation and includes writers from various social and cultural backgrounds.’ —Artshub

Download or read book Something Special Something Rare written by Black Inc. and published by . This book was released on 2019-11-19 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Something Special, Something Rare presents outstanding short fiction by Australia's finest female writers. These are tales of love, secrets, doubt and torment, the everyday and the extraordinary. A sleepy town is gripped by delusory grief after the movie being filmed there wraps and leaves. A lingering heartbreak is replayed on Facebook. An ordinary family walks a shaky line between hopelessness and redemption. Brilliant, shocking and profound, these tales will leave you reeling in ways that only a great short story can. Kate Grenville · Mandy Sayer · Penni Russon · Favel Parrett · Tegan Bennett Daylight · Sonya Hartnett · Isabelle Li · Gillian Essex · Brenda Walker · Gillian Mears · Fiona MacFarlane · Joan London · Karen Hitchcock · Charlotte Wood · Tara June Winch · Cate Kennedy · Alice Pung · Anna Krien · Delia Falconer · Rebekah Clarkson

Download or read book Crypto Decrypted written by Jake Ryan and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2023-05-09 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Break through your “crypto curiosity” and uncover why blockchain innovation will revolutionize our economy, culture, and the future of investing—as well as how to navigate it safely. Between the booms, crashes, jargon, and flashy memes, blockchain technology and digital assets have not been easy for ordinary investors to understand. Hopeful investors in blockchain, digital assets, and crypto everywhere have a lengthy list of questions—and the list keeps getting longer and more nuanced. But who do they turn to for answers? In Crypto Decrypted, Tradecraft Capital’s Jake Ryan and James Diorio decrypt a new world that is hidden in plain view, accessible currently to folks “in the know.” This book is for anyone who finds themselves lost in the blockchain babble, exploring and explaining not only how to participate, but the often overlooked reasons why this new technology is relevant to every human being. Ryan and Diorio dive in deeply, debunking common myths, clarifying major breakthroughs that are often disregarded, and providing easy-to-understand answers for both crypto newbies and blockchain enthusiasts, so they can move beyond the short-term to explore what great opportunities lie ahead for blockchain technologies while providing approaches to investing more safely and soundly so that you too can profit from this technological revolution. You will learn: The basics of blockchain technology, which will allow you to better navigate this new world. The truth that debunks the six most common myths about crypto and blockchain. What the Byzantine Generals’ Problem is, why it is important, and how it will impact your future. Why blockchain technology is so important and how it is relevant to you—yes, you! The ways in which blockchain innovation will transform our financial systems, our economy, and society itself. How to participate in lower risk approaches in investing in digital assets to diversify your retirement portfolio. Why the Information Age is over and that we’ve already begun a new long-wave economic cycle, the Age of Autonomy® , what the Autonomous Economy will look like in the coming years, and how it will impact us. Just as the internet revolutionized our world decades ago, blockchain technology will impact every person and businesses on the planet– for the better – in the decades to come.

Download or read book The Book of Secrets written by Osho and published by Osho Media International. This book was released on 2012-05-15 with total page 1330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Book of Secrets is a step by step guide to find the best meditation suitable for you. 112 methods of meditation are described and introduced here with helpful background information to give contemporary people a door to meditation. Reading this book, not only will your outlook on life change, but so will your life. If you want to know more about life and yourself this is your book. Each chapter that focuses on describing specific meditation techniques is followed by a chapter of questions from those who were present during the talks. In most cases, their questions relate to the techniques given in the previous chapter. So, as you start to experiment with a technique, it will be helpful to look into these chapters for some extra hint, some greater depth of understanding, or response to a question that might have arisen for you in your experiments.

Download or read book Something Special written by Iris Murdoch and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2000 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This story was first published in Winter's Tales No. 3 in 1957. It was also published in 1959 in Japan in an English language textbook with Japanese annotations.

Download or read book A Hundred Small Lessons written by Ashley Hay and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-11-28 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through the richly intertwined narratives of two women from different generations, Ashley Hay, known for her “elegant prose, which draws warm and textured portraits as it celebrates the web of human stories” (New York Times Book Review) weaves an intricate, bighearted tale of the many small decisions—the invisible moments—that come to make a life. “Readers who loved the quiet introspection of Anita Shreve’s The Pilot’s Wife and Elizabeth Strout’s Olive Kitteridge will enjoy the detailed emotional journeys of Hay’s characters. Their stories will linger long after the final page is turned” (Library Journal). When Elsie Gormley falls and is forced to leave her Brisbane home of sixty-two years, Lucy Kiss and her family move in, eager to make the house their own. Still, Lucy can’t help but feel that she’s unwittingly stumbled into an entirely new life—new house, new city, new baby—and she struggles to navigate the journey from adventurous lover to young parent. In her nearby nursing facility, Elsie traces the years she spent in her beloved house, where she too transformed from a naïve newlywed into a wife and mother, and eventually, a widow. Gradually, the boundary between present and past becomes more porous for her, and for Lucy—because the house has secrets of its own, and its rooms seem to share with Lucy memories from Elsie’s life. Luminous and deeply affecting, A Hundred Small Lessons is a “lyrically written portrayal” (BookPage, Top Pick) of what it means to be human, and how a place can transform who we are. It’s about a house that becomes much more than a home, and the shifting identities of mother and daughter; father and son. Above all else, this is a story of the surprising and miraculous ways that our lives intersect with those who have come before us, and those who follow.

Download or read book Dying Wishes written by Anitha Krishnan and published by Dream Pedlar Publications. This book was released on 2023-07-24 with total page 495 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *** 2023 Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prize Finalist *** When I was seven, my mother died. I struck a bargain with the Gods to bring her back to life. For thirteen years now, I have served as a Harbinger of Death, coaxing dying wishes out of mortals so that the God of Death may grant them moksha, liberation from the cycles of birth and death. The man about to die this evening claims he has nothing to offer me. He is dying a content man, a rarity in our world. But when the God of Death arrives to lead his soul away, the man changes his mind about dying and flees, surreptitiously planting on me an enigma. I only know I cannot trust any God with this secret. And that I will pay an unbearable price for this concealment. Yet again, I underestimate how savagely the Gods can wound me. Set in Burlington, Ontario, this contemporary fantasy novel weaves Hindu mythology and South Indian folklore into a quest for belonging across different worlds – the World of Mortals and the World of Gods, India and Canada, the past and the present, the world outside and the one within. It is an offering to lovers of whimsical worlds and heartbreaking prose, and to anyone yearning to simply belong.

Download or read book Hello Horse written by Richard Kelly Kemick and published by Biblioasis. This book was released on 2024-08-06 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taut, stylish stories take on big moral questions from surprising perspectives. A teenager’s job mucking stalls at a dog track takes a strange turn when his co-worker finds a new religion at odds with winning streaks. Two brothers set out in search of fame upon the frozen waters of a subarctic lake. After her mother's death, a high school student tries to make rent by winning the Unitarian Church’s Annual Young Writer’s Short Story Competition. An incarcerated man considers the nature of justice between shifts with his fellow inmates at Nations at War, the ultimate live-action experience for tourists eager to learn about the Canadian Civil War. Spanning states and provinces, and featuring an apocalypse, a coterie of ghosts, nuns on ice, and an above-average number of dogs, the stories in Hello, Horse consider the mirage of authenticity and the impact of decisions we make—for better and for worse.

Download or read book The Story of Love reigns The King I written by Marcus Edward Bond and published by Marcus Edward Bond . This book was released on 2023-05-04 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction: In the opulent kingdom of Siam, where tradition and honor rule, a love story unfolds that transcends boundaries and challenges societal norms. The story of Anna, an English governess, and the King of Siam, is one of passion, intrigue, and ultimately, redemption. From the moment Anna receives the royal invitation to teach the King's children, she is thrust into a world of customs and rituals that are foreign to her. But it is the King himself who captivates her, with his charisma, intelligence, and deep sense of duty to his country. As Anna and the King get to know each other, they discover a forbidden attraction that threatens to upend everything they know. Their love is both powerful and dangerous, as they must navigate the disapproval of society, the Queen's jealousy, and the King's own inner turmoil. Through it all, they remain committed to each other, even as their circumstances become increasingly dire. Love Reigns is a testament to the enduring power of love and the human spirit, even in the face of overwhelming odds.

Download or read book Massive Intense Amounts of Psychotherapy written by Goose Punk and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2015-04-16 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While in Skagit County Jail in 2011, I was writing songs and the cops (having said before they needed me to be done with that) planted a letter within my personal belongings and I saw it when I got my folder back days later. The letter said, You will need to ask the deputy to see your police reports. When I showed it to the deputy, he said, We don't use those. I really think that was their way of making me stop writing songs and making art that depicts the system as failing and society as wrong. After finishing this poem, the deputy came by and went Hmph when he saw me writing! Well, here goes nothing.

Download or read book Hot on the Trail written by Vicki Tharp and published by Lyrical Press. This book was released on 2018-07-24 with total page 429 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The stunning beauty and quiet majesty of the Wyoming wilderness can heal your soul. But one woman will discover that her heart is fair game… The Lazy S Ranch is everything to Jenna Nash. It’s given her family, friends, and a fulfilling career: helping veterans rebuild their lives. She sacrificed a lot to get her equine therapy program off the ground—including love. But suddenly, she’s in danger of losing it all… Joining the Marines was the best decision Quinn Powell ever made, even if he had to go it alone without Jenna. Now his best friend’s death has brought him back to the ranch he once called home—and to the woman who rejected him. Quinn hasn’t lost his touch—with the wildest horses or with Jenna. Though she’s falling for the brash, impulsive cowboy all over again, Jenna has reason to be wary. But when she and the ranch are threatened, Quinn will put everything on the line to save them both… “A talented, observant writer.”—Kirkus Reviews

Download or read book Sit With Yourself written by Khadijah Jumai T. and published by DeepMisti Publication. This book was released on 2024-03-03 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sit with Yourself is a project I wanted to write about after my previous book "What does one do with grief? “ It is a collection of feelings that stays with you and consoles you that you're enough with your being and that you don't need another entity or person to make you feel complete. Sit with yourself means talking to yourself as another. Sitting down with your good characters, insecurities, and bad behaviours and feeling not ashamed by yourself nor disgusted. It's self-love while no one is present. The co-authors have tried their very best to express that feeling and you'll surely love to read it through.

Download or read book Ebony Jr written by and published by . This book was released on 1983-12 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Created by the publishers of EBONY. During its years of publishing it was the largest ever children-focused publication for African Americans.

Download or read book The Legend of Gold and Jade 3 Day and Night written by Mia Jacoba and published by Jacoba Publishing. This book was released on 2024-07-16 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Tournament of Freedom Begins! Twice she lost her life in search of the truth. Now Noa finds herself in a land from which she cannot easily escape, even if she remembers and finds the truth of gold and jade. Nothing escapes from Onzar – not even a memory.

Download or read book Cowboy Undone written by Vicki Tharp and published by JPC Publishing. This book was released on 2021-07-31 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED AS HOT ON THE TRAIL A second chance at first love. All Jenna Nash ever wanted was her equine therapy program… … and Quinn Powell. At least she has her program. One out of two isn’t bad. Except, when tragedy strikes the Lazy S, forcing Quinn back to the ranch, Jenna’s program may get closed down before it gets started. Jenna wants to save the program. Quinn wants answers… … and back into the cockpit after a possible career-ending injury. Now they must work together to find the truth. But the truth is uglier and more dangerous than either one of them imagined. Even if they can put their pasts behind them, they have more to fear than losing their hearts… … they could lose their lives.

Download or read book Never Die Easy written by Walter Payton and published by Random House. This book was released on 2001-01-18 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Never die easy. Why run out of bounds and die easy? Make that linebacker pay. It carries into all facets of your life. It's okay to lose, to die, but don't die without trying, without giving it your best." His legacy is towering. Walter Payton—the man they called Sweetness, for the way he ran—remains the most prolific running back in the history of the National Football League, the star of the Chicago Bears' only Super Bowl Championship, eleven times voted the most popular sports figure in Chicago's history. Off the field, he was a devoted father whose charitable foundation benefited tens of thousands of children each year, and who—faced with terminal liver disease—refused to use his celebrity to gain a preferential position for organ donation. Walter Payton was not just a football hero; he was America's hero. Never Die Easy is Walter Payton's autobiography, told from the heart. Growing up poor in Mississippi, he took up football to get girls' attention, and went on to become a Black College All-American at tiny Jackson State (during which time he was also a finalist in a Soul Train dance contest). Drafted by the Bears in 1975, he predicted that he would last only five years but went on to play thirteen extraordinary seasons, a career earning him regular acknowledgment as one of the greatest players in the history of professional football. And when his playing days were over, he approached business and charity endeavors with the same determination and success he had brought to the football field, always putting first his devotion to friends and family. His ultimate battle with illness truly proved him the champion he always had been and prompted a staggering outpouring of love and support from hundreds of thousands of friends and admirers. Written with veteran journalist and author Don Yaeger in the last weeks of Walter Payton's life, Never Die Easy presents Walter's singular voice—warm, plainspoken, funny, self-aware—along with the voices of the friends, family, teammates, and business associates who knew him best at all stages of his life, including his wife, Connie, and their children, Brittney and Jarrett; his teammate and friend Matt Suhey; former Bears head coach Mike Ditka; and many, many others. Walter made Don Yaeger promise that his book would be "inspirational and leave people with some kind of lesson . . . and make sure you spell all the words right." Never Die Easy keeps all those promises.

Download or read book Nikolai Demidov written by Nikolai Demidov and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-07-01 with total page 830 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the time of his death, Stanislavsky considered Nikolai Demidov to be ‘his only student, who understands the System’. Demidov’s incredibly forward-thinking processes not only continued his teacher’s pioneering work, but also solved the problems of an actor’s creativity that Stanislavsky never conquered. This book brings together Demidov’s five volumes on actor training. Supplementary materials, including transcriptions of Demidov’s classes, and notes and correspondence from the author make this the definitive collection on one of Russian theatre’s most important figures.