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Download or read book The Resolution written by J. J. Sykora and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2018-06-04 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ron Lee is known for his New Year’s resolutions, but as midnight approaches on New Year’s Eve, 2014, he’s coming up dry. Then, in a burst of alcohol-infused genius, it comes to him: a way to satisfy both his compulsion to keep resolutions and his unquenchable lust for Brandi, his beautiful wife of twenty years. He resolves to make love to her every day of 2015. Brandi has her doubts, but soon adapts to the resolution with relish...and then some. Ron, on the other hand, discovers he’s woefully unprepared for the physical and mental challenges and changes brought on by the resolution. Still, he’s nothing if not stubborn. With help from friends, professionals, and (much to his own astonishment) the purple-haired clerk at the local sex shop and a Tibetan Yogi, Ron perseveres. And as the days pile up, the resolution takes on astonishing new dimensions, taking Ron and Brandi on a transformational spiritual journey. Along the way they discover what it means to be human, the power of mindfulness, and how sex can be a gateway to enlightenment. The resolution provides Ron with uncharacteristically profound personal insights, but its effect on Brandi is truly life-changing, and reveals secrets from her past that will change her life forever...and the world for the better. The Resolution is a raunchy, thought-provoking, engaging, and very funny account of one amazing year in the life of one ordinary married couple, as they discover there’s far more to love, sex, and being human than they ever thought possible.

Download or read book The Shell Collector written by Anthony Doerr and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-01-04 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this astonishingly assured, exquisitely crafted debut collection, Anthony Doerr takes readers from the African coast to the suburbs of Ohio, from sideshow pageantry to harsh wilderness survival, charting a vast and varied emotional landscape. Like the best storytellers, Doerr explores the human condition in all its manifestations: metamorphosis, grief, fractured relationships, and slowly mending hearts. Most dazzling is Doerr's gift for conjuring nature in both its beautiful abundance and crushing power. Some of his characters contend with tremendous hardship; some discover unique gifts; all are united by their ultimate deference to the mysteries of their respective landscapes.

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Download or read book My Best to You written by Kasper "Stranger" Malone and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2011-02 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sidemen-professional musicians hired to perform with groups of which they are not regular members-are essential to bands and orchestras, but most remain anonymous for their entire lives. A few music aficionados might know their names, and sometimes a sideman becomes a star for compositions or for exceptional performances. Even so, few ever achieve fame or an identity separate from the organizations with whom they perform. My Best to You ... captures a glimpse of Kasper "Stranger" Malone, a musician struggling to survive in the early days of recorded music. In his own words, Malone documents, names, places, and personalities of that era. He played in every musical genre, from early recorded country music with Gid Tanner and the Skillet Lickers to silent movie orchestras, from live radio to jazz recordings with Benny Goodman, Pee Wee Hunt, and Jack Teagarden. He played with symphony orchestras in San Francisco, Denver, Tucson, and Rome, Georgia, finally ending his long career full circle playing folk and bluegrass in North Georgia. With a Founder's Award from the Atlanta Country Music Hall of Fame, a Guinness World Records acknowledgement of his unprecedented seventy-seven year recording history, and a recently released documentary of his life, in his old age he found he had achieved an uncomfortable fame. Presented here is his history and biography, edited by his daughter, Patricia Poos and filled with fascinating details of a long and historic career.

Download or read book The Illuminator written by Brenda Rickman Vantrease and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2005-12-27 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A richly detailed, irresistibly compelling, glorious story of love, art, religion, and treachery at an extraordinary turning point in history

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Download or read book Archibald Lampman written by Eric Ball and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2013-05-01 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Treasuring the past, savouring the present, and wanting to do right by the future, Archibald Lampman was a poet keenly focused on the workings of time. He was also a thinker of mystical predisposition. His goal was not to transcend time, but to find redemptive meaning within it. Archibald Lampman: Memory, Nature, Progress explores the ways in which Lampman pursued this goal in relation to the three faces of time. Memory fascinated Lampman. He relished the “alchemy” by which the dross of past experience could be left behind and the gold preserved. Nature compelled his mind and emotions, and his clear-eyed observations of both countryside and wilderness settings gave rise to a self-evolved poetics of inclusiveness. In his celebrations of nature in all its manifestations, mild or bleak, he anticipated the work of iconic Canadian painter Tom Thomson and he forecasted the environmentalism of our own time. Progress for Lampman spelled societal rectification. By forwarding the cause of social betterment, one was part of a movement larger than oneself, and this expansion, too, was redemptive. Archibald Lampman: Memory, Nature, Progress is the first book on this foundational figure in Canadian literature to appear in over twenty-five years and the first thematically focused study. Combining close analysis with biographical context, it shows how Lampman’s oeuvre was shaped by his responses to his physical surroundings and to his social-intellectual milieu, as filtered through his stubbornly independent outlook.

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Download or read book The Songs We Know Best written by Karin Roffman and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2017-06-13 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first biography of an American master The Songs We Know Best, the first comprehensive biography of the early life of John Ashbery—the winner of nearly every major American literary award—reveals the unusual ways he drew on the details of his youth to populate the poems that made him one of the most original and unpredictable forces of the last century in arts and letters. Drawing on unpublished correspondence, juvenilia, and childhood diaries as well as more than one hundred hours of conversation with the poet, Karin Roffman offers an insightful portrayal of Ashbery during the twenty-eight years that led up to his stunning debut, Some Trees, chosen by W. H. Auden for the 1955 Yale Younger Poets Prize. Roffman shows how Ashbery’s poetry arose from his early lessons both on the family farm and in 1950s New York City—a bohemian existence that teemed with artistic fervor and radical innovations inspired by Dada and surrealism as well as lifelong friendships with painters and writers such as Frank O’Hara, Jane Freilicher, Nell Blaine, Kenneth Koch, James Schuyler, and Willem de Kooning. Ashbery has a reputation for being enigmatic and playfully elusive, but Roffman’s biography reveals his deft mining of his early life for the flint and tinder from which his provocative later poems grew, producing a body of work that he calls “the experience of experience,” an intertwining of life and art in extraordinarily intimate ways.

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Download or read book Lyrics of Earth Sonnets and Ballads written by Archibald Lampman and published by Prabhat Prakashan. This book was released on 2023-10-01 with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Experience the lyrical beauty and poetic resonance of nature with "Lyrics of Earth, Sonnets and Ballads" by Archibald Lampman. Journey into the soul-stirring world of Lampman's verse, where the natural landscape becomes a canvas for exploring the depths of human emotion and experience. As Lampman's evocative poetry unfolds, prepare to be swept away by the enchanting imagery and profound insights into the human condition. His sonnets and ballads resonate with the rhythms of the earth, offering readers a glimpse into the timeless beauty and power of the natural world. But here's the question that lingers in the air: What truths and revelations await those who dare to immerse themselves in the lyrical tapestry of Lampman's verse? Explore the pages of this captivating collection and embark on a poetic journey through the seasons, from the vibrant blooms of spring to the hushed stillness of winter. Lampman's keen observation and lyrical prowess capture the essence of each moment, inviting readers to pause, reflect, and savor the beauty of life. Are you ready to lose yourself in the timeless melodies and haunting melodies of "Lyrics of Earth, Sonnets and Ballads"? Engage with the soul-stirring poetry and immerse yourself in the beauty of Lampman's verse. Let his words transport you to distant landscapes and evoke emotions that resonate deep within the heart. Now is the time to embrace the transformative power of poetry. Take the first step towards poetic enlightenment with "Lyrics of Earth, Sonnets and Ballads" by Archibald Lampman. Seize the opportunity to explore the beauty of nature and the human spirit through the timeless art of poetry. Purchase "Lyrics of Earth, Sonnets and Ballads" now and embark on a journey of literary discovery and inspiration.

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