A revealing collection of letters from Pulitzer Prize–winning poet Anne Sexton While confessional poet Anne Sexton included details of her life and battle with mental illness in her published work, her letters to family, friends, and fellow poets provide an even more intimate glimpse into her private world. Selected from thousands of letters and edited by Linda Gray Sexton, the poet's daughter, and Lois Ames, one of her closest friends, this collection exposes Sexton's inner life from her boarding school days through her years of growing fame and ultimately to the months leading up to her suicide. Correspondence with writers like W. D. Snodgrass, Robert Lowell, and May Swenson reveals Sexton's growing confidence in her identity as a poet as she discusses her craft, publications, and teaching appointments. Her private letters chart her marriage to Alfred "Kayo" Sexton, from the giddy excitement following their elopement to their eventual divorce;... Views: 55
Christian Bradley was at his wits end. Even with a net worth in the billions he couldn’t buy a peace of mind. What he needed was a filler—someone to pretend to be his other half and put a halt to all the gold diggers vying for his time. One look at the exotic features on the brown beauty of Egypt James and Christian knew she held the answers to all his problems. Views: 55
Eve’s daughter-in-law needed a hand. Pregnant with twins and horny—just like Eve—she couldn’t even touch herself. Eve’s husband took take care of her needs, but Lynn had no one. When Eve offered to help the sexy young woman, she didn’t know how far she’d go. She certainly never expected her husband to show up in the middle of it. Could Eve help them express their mutual desire? Views: 55
A twelve-year-old aspiring performer follows her dream in a novel that culminates at the 1904 St. Louis World's FairOrphelia Bruce lives in rural Missouri, the corner where Illinois, Iowa, and her home state come together. She can sing and play the piano better than anyone in Lewis County. So when Orphelia's mother forbids her from taking part in a traveling minstrel show looking for new talent and starring her idol, Madame Meritta, she runs away to join their troupe. But life on the road isn't what she expected. She misses her family, even her annoying older sister, Pearl—Momma's favorite. And it's not nearly as glamorous as Orphelia imagined. The group performs in a different town every night, which means long hours of travel. Despite her fame, Madame Meritta still has to work hard to keep her band fed and clothed. But performing at the St. Louis World's Fair could be Orphelia's big chance. When a long-buried secret changes everything she... Views: 55
When your Monday morning begins with a dead dog and ends with a dead boss, you know it's going to be one of those days. And breakfast TV reporter Cora Baxter has already had the weekend from hell, after the man she'd planned a fabulous future with unceremoniously dumped her. Now Cora's much-hated boss has been murdered – the list of suspects isn't exactly short, but as the enquiry continues the trail leads frighteningly close to home. Why is Cora's rival, glamorous, bitchy newsreader Alice Lomas, so devastated by their boss's death? What dark secrets are Cora's camera crew hiding? And why has her now ex-boyfriend vanished? The race to stop the killer striking again is on... Views: 55
It is the world's longest railway line. But it is so much more than that, too. The Trans-Siberian stretches nearly 6,000 miles between Moscow and Vladivostok on the Pacific Coast and was the most ambitious railway project in the nineteenth century. A journey on the railway evokes a romantic roam through the Russian steppes, but also reminds travellers of the vastness of our world and hints at the hardships that were endured in its construction.Christian Wolmar expertly tells the story of the Trans-Siberian railway from its conception and construction under Tsar Alexander III, to the northern extension ordered by Brezhnev and its current success as a vital artery. He also explores the crucial role the line played in both the Russian Civil War -Trotsky famously used an armoured carriage as his command post - and the Second World War, during which the railway saved the country from certain defeat. Like the author's previous railway histories, it focuses on the... Views: 55
The Times Book of the Month. Tenth-century Iceland. In the darkness of midwinter, two friends set out on an adventure but end up killing a man. Kjaran, a travelling poet who trades songs for food and shelter, and Gunnar, a feared warrior, must make a choice: conceal the deed or confess to the crime and pay the blood price to the family. For the right reasons, they make the wrong choice. Their fateful decision leads to a brutal feud: one man is outlawed, free to be killed by anyone without consequence; the other remorselessly hunted by the dead man's kin. Set in a world of ice and snow, Smile of the Wolf is an epic story of exile and revenge, of duels and betrayals, and two friends struggling to survive in a desolate landscape, where honour is the only code that men abide by. 'Smile of the Wolf bares its fangs from the first page. Like a medieval tapestry, the storytelling is rich with imagery. Readers will be lured... Views: 55
The Bodger's back! The cry that strikes dread into the heart of every midshipman at the Britannia Naval College, Dartmouth, will delight John Winton's many admirers. It means that at last Captain Robert Bollinger Badger, D.S.C., R.N., known throughout the Navy as the Artful Bodger, has returned to the scene of his earlier triumphs - as described in John Winton's best-selling novels We Joined the Navy, Down the Hatch. and We Saw the Sea. But now the Bodger is in command of the College. Empires may crumble. Hell's foundations quiver, but Dartmouth remains the same - at least on the surface. But the Bodger soon discovers that the Royal Navy's role has changed in many ways in the 1970s - and not all the changes are to the Bodger's liking .. . John Winton's knowledge of the modern Navy is unrivalled, and Good Enough For Nelson shows him back at the top of his form - with a delightful and satisfying blend of humour and insight. 'If anyone is the true descendant of Wodehouse, it is John Winton.' Books and Bookmen Views: 55
