Download or read book A Thousand Beauties written by Mark Adam Kaplan and published by Mark Adam Kaplan. This book was released on 2009-05-14 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some love affairs are not the storybook kind...Not even the second time around. Rupert Ruskin's well-crafted isolation is shattered when his ex-wife shows up with devastating news. Ruskin's inability to walk away from her in her need drives him to help her find a thousand beauties in a single day. Yet Ruskin is so blinded by his own need for redemption, that he ignores all of Elaine's warning signs that her need force him into a soul-shattering final decision. A Thousand Beauties contains adult themes that may not be suitable for some readers. The audio book, narrated by David Rollins, is available on audible.com.
Download or read book Secret of a Thousand Beauties written by Mingmei Yip and published by Kensington Books. This book was released on 2014 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ordered to become a ghost bride in 1930s China, seventeen-year-old Spring Swallow flees to Soochow where she joins a community of embroiderers and engages in a dangerous love affair with a young revolutionary.
Download or read book The House of Impossible Beauties written by Joseph Cassara and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2018-02-06 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NAMED A RECOMMENDED BOOK OF 2018 BY Buzzfeed • The Wall Street Journal • The Millions • Southern Living • Bustle • Esquire • Entertainment Weekly • Nylon• Mashable • Libary Journal • Thrillist “Cassaras’s propulsive and profound first novel, finding one’s home in the world—particularly in a subculture plagued by fear and intolerance from society—comes with tragedy as well as extraordinary personal freedom.” -- Esquire A gritty and gorgeous debut that follows a cast of gay and transgender club kids navigating the Harlem ball scene of the 1980s and ’90s, inspired by the real House of Xtravaganza made famous by the seminal documentary Paris Is Burning It’s 1980 in New York City, and nowhere is the city’s glamour and energy better reflected than in the burgeoning Harlem ball scene, where seventeen-year-old Angel first comes into her own. Burned by her traumatic past, Angel is new to the drag world, new to ball culture, and has a yearning inside of her to help create family for those without. When she falls in love with Hector, a beautiful young man who dreams of becoming a professional dancer, the two decide to form the House of Xtravaganza, the first-ever all-Latino house in the Harlem ball circuit. But when Hector dies of AIDS-related complications, Angel must bear the responsibility of tending to their house alone. As mother of the house, Angel recruits Venus, a whip-fast trans girl who dreams of finding a rich man to take care of her; Juanito, a quiet boy who loves fabrics and design; and Daniel, a butch queen who accidentally saves Venus’s life. The Xtravaganzas must learn to navigate sex work, addiction, and persistent abuse, leaning on each other as bulwarks against a world that resists them. All are ambitious, resilient, and determined to control their own fates, even as they hurtle toward devastating consequences. Told in a voice that brims with wit, rage, tenderness, and fierce yearning, The House of Impossible Beauties is a tragic story of love, family, and the dynamism of the human spirit.
Download or read book The Beauties of England and Wales written by and published by . This book was released on 1813 with total page 780 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Chosen and the Beautiful written by Nghi Vo and published by Tordotcom. This book was released on 2021-06-01 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Instant National Bestseller! An Indie Next Pick! A Most Anticipated in 2021 Pick for Oprah Magazine | USA Today | Buzzfeed | Greatist | BookPage | PopSugar | Bustle | The Nerd Daily | Goodreads | Literary Hub | Ms. Magazine | Library Journal | Culturess | Book Riot | Parade Magazine | Kirkus | The Week | Book Bub | OverDrive | The Portalist | Publishers Weekly A Best of Summer Pick for TIME Magazine | CNN | Book Riot | The Daily Beast | Lambda Literary | The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Goodreads | Bustle | Veranda Magazine | The Week | Bookish | St. Louis Post-Dispatch | Den of Geek | LGBTQ Reads | Pittsburgh City Paper | Bookstr | Tatler HK A Best of 2021 Pick for NPR “A vibrant and queer reinvention of F. Scott Fitzgerald's jazz age classic. . . . I was captivated from the first sentence.”—NPR “A sumptuous, decadent read.”—The New York Times “Vo has crafted a retelling that, in many ways, surpasses the original.”—Kirkus Reviews, starred review Immigrant. Socialite. Magician. Jordan Baker grows up in the most rarefied circles of 1920s American society—she has money, education, a killer golf handicap, and invitations to some of the most exclusive parties of the Jazz Age. She’s also queer and Asian, a Vietnamese adoptee treated as an exotic attraction by her peers, while the most important doors remain closed to her. But the world is full of wonders: infernal pacts and dazzling illusions, lost ghosts and elemental mysteries. In all paper is fire, and Jordan can burn the cut paper heart out of a man. She just has to learn how. Nghi Vo’s debut novel, The Chosen and the Beautiful, reinvents this classic of the American canon as a coming-of-age story full of magic, mystery, and glittering excess, and introduces a major new literary voice. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Download or read book The Beauties of England and Wales Or Delineations Topographical Historical and Descriptive of Each County written by John Britton and published by . This book was released on 1813 with total page 826 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Devastating Beauty written by Gu YueQiMo and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2020-05-22 with total page 814 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ever since she was young, she had disguised herself as a man, and at the age of ten, she was repudiated by the heavens and earth. At the age of fourteen, she was bestowed with the name of a king, and was given the name of the king. Accept his fate? Accept your fate! Why not? You all regard yourself as the fiend of a country who lost. You all agreed to the words of heaven's will and were defeated by you all! The people of the world viewed him as a bloodthirsty demon, and thus, he had conformed to the will of the world and slaughtered him for the people of the world to see! So what if he was a monster? In this world of extreme flames, it was called the Burning Fire Cave. She grew up in the Burning Fire Cave, and after going through countless hardships, she created a peerless martial art called the Raging Flames Soul. The coldest place in the world was called the Valley of Ice. He grew up in the Valley of Ice, and after experiencing countless hardships, he created a peerless martial art called the Breaking Ice Soul. Wishing? This King never makes a wish! Only those who are incompetent will have a wish. Everything This King asks for, will be given to you! For example ... It commanded the whole world to be in chaos, to prostrate themselves within the Six Paths. He was the complete opposite of her, yet so similar! Ice and fire mutually restrained each other. Were those two fated to fall in love and kill each other as well? He had come from the nine heavens to descend into the mortal world. He was originally an unintentional person without desire or desire, and that person named Cang Qu had overturned the very essence of his life. Before I met you, I was unreal, but now, you are my unreal self! Bloody saffron, the love of this life, how could she let him? He was a man of martial arts, a man of great stature. He was the world's greatest tyrant ... Join Collection
Download or read book The beauties of England and Wales or Delineations of each county by J Britton and E W Brayley and others 18 vols in 21 extra illustr with a 3rd copy of the section containing Bedfordshire extra illustr 40 vols written by England and published by . This book was released on 1813 with total page 628 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book British Women Poets of the Long Eighteenth Century written by Paula R. Backscheider and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2009-10-30 with total page 957 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This anthology gathers 368 poems by 80 British women poets of the long eighteenth century. Few of these poems have been reprinted since originally published, and all are crucial to understanding fully the literary history of women writers. Paula R. Backscheider and Catherine E. Ingrassia demonstrate the enormous diversity of poetry produced during this time by organizing the poems in three broad and deliberately overlapping categories: by genre, establishing that women wrote in all of the forms that men did with equal mastery and creativity; by theme, offering a revisionary look at the range of topics these writers addressed, including war, ecology, friendship, religion, and the stages of life; and by the poems’ more specific focus on the women’s experiences as writers. Backscheider and Ingrassia have selected poems that represent the best work of skilled poets, creating a wonderful mix of canonical and little-known pieces. They include the complete texts of longer poems that are abridged or omitted in other collections. Their substantial part introductions, textual notes, bibliographical information, and biographical sketches situate the poets and their writings within the cultural and political milieu in which they appeared. To generate further scholarship on this subject, this essential anthology puts primary texts in front of students, scholars, and general readers. It fills the persistent need to document women’s poetic expression during the long eighteenth century and to rewrite the literary history of the period, a history from which women have largely been excluded.
Download or read book Wizard and the Beauties III written by Soul Meeter and published by Soul Meeter. This book was released on 2024-06-19 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a world enshrouded by mysterious magic and resplendent swordplay, an ordinary high school student, Wooly, inadvertently crosses over, setting the stage for his heart-stopping adventure in a fantastical world. This land, where magic and swords reign supreme, is home to formidable wizards, brave warriors, and enigmatic races surrounded by unknown dangers. Wooly, formerly an exceedingly ordinary student, finds himself in a world brimming with miracles after being struck by lightning out of the blue. In this realm, Wooly is preserved by chance by two peculiar old men who are, in truth, magicians of legendary status. Their use of the uncontrollable spell "Otherworld Thunder" accidentally summons Wooly from Earth into their world. Initially confounded and fearful in this entirely new world, Wooly's curiosity and adventurous spirit soon propel him to explore this uncharted land. Guided by the two illustrious magicians, Wooly commences his tutelage in the arcane arts. Through strenuous and disciplined training, he gradually exposes unexpected potential within himself. With his power increasing, Wooly embarks on a series of thrilling quests. He travels through different magical kingdoms, befriends a wide variety of allies, including ferocious beasts, loyal companions, and even ravishing leading ladies. Whether trekking through profound ancient forests or navigating perilous zones where magic is forbidden, Wooly leaves his mark everywhere he goes. His name becomes renowned across the world as he conquers dragons, subdues mighty magical beasts, and solves ancient, mysterious puzzles. Each challenge and trial shapes Wooly into an authentic magician, culminating in him being immortalized in history with the title "Mage King," cementing his legacy as a timeless legendary figure. As Wooly's strength and fame grow, he finds himself embroiled in a grand narrative that was destined from the outseta battle concerning the fate of this entire otherworldly realm. In this enduring battle, Wooly faces not only powerful enemies emerging from the shadows but also the task of unraveling the deepest secrets underlying the world itself. This story is about bravery, growth, friendship, and love, as well as a fantastical journey across time and space. How an ordinary high school student like Wooly commands the expanse of a world rife with magic and swords and forges an undying legend promises to be an exceptionally entrancing adventure for readers.
Download or read book Beauties of the Country or descriptions of rural customs objects scenery and the seasons written by Thomas MILLER (Miscellaneous Writer.) and published by . This book was released on 1837 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Women of Letters Manuscript Circulation and Print Afterlives in the Eighteenth Century written by M. Bigold and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-01-12 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using unpublished manuscript writings, this book reinterprets material, social, literary, philosophical and religious contexts of women's letter-writing in the long 18th century. It shows how letter-writing functions as a form of literary manuscript exchange and argues for manuscript circulation as a method of engaging with the republic of letters.
Download or read book Women in Print written by Alison Adburgham and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2012-05-15 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'This book should be regarded as rescue work. It salvages from pre-Victorian periodicals from the limbo of forgotten publications, and exhumes from long undisturbed sources a curious collection of women who, at a time when it was considered humiliating for a gentlewoman to earn money, contrived to support themselves by writing, editing, or publishing... sometimes even supporting husbands and children as well... The women who emerge make a motley gallery; but over the years that I have been getting to know them, they have won my respectful affection. More, indeed. To me they are all heroines...' Alison Adburgham, from her Foreword Magazines addressed to women have a long history in English, and have been subject to condescension for just as long. Alison Adburgham's groundbreaking volume, first published in 1972, rescues the so-called 'scribbling female' from such scorn, not least by documenting just how hard was the struggle for women writers to live by the pen.
Download or read book The Translator s Mirror for the Romantic written by Fan Shengyu and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-05-29 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Translator’s Mirror for the Romantic: Cao Xueqin’s Dream and David Hawkes’ Stone is a book that uses precious primary sources to decipher a master translator’s art in Stone, a brilliant English translation of the most famous Chinese classic novel Dream. This book demonstrates a bilingual close reading which sheds light on both the original and its translation. By dividing the process of translation into reading, writing, and revising, and involving the various aspects of Sinological research, textual criticism, recreation, and literary allusions, this book ventures to emphasise the idea of translation as a dialogue between the original and the translated text, between the translator and his former self, and a learning process both for the translator and the reader of his translation. Any student of Chinese language and literature, or Chinese–English translation, will benefit from this book; for students and scholars who want to study David Hawkes and his Stone, this book is an indispensable aid. Readers will be interested to see how a non-theoretical analysis could be used to evaluate this translation, for it makes an extremely important and useful contribution to this subject.
Download or read book The Book of Love written by Paolo Mantegazza and published by HOLISTENCE PUBLICATIONS. This book was released on 2024-01-11 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Women Adventurers 1750 1900 written by Mary F. McVicker and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2013-02-12 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The past quarter-century has seen a number of biographies and anthologies on women travelers but to date there has been little comprehensive reference work done on the travelers themselves. Some of the women were eccentric, many were very adventurous, some were in search of a different world... British women make up the largest portion of the book's focus--these particular adventurers being backed in many cases by family money, scientific inquiry, and the ready availability of the British seafaring tradition. Entries include the woman's family background, her educational history, and a summary of her world travels, with in many cases evocative extracts from their writings (many are literary gems).
