"The Bear, " "The Old People, " "A Bear Hunt, " "Race at Morning"--some of Nobel Prize-winning author William Faulkner's most famous stories are collected in this volume--in which he observed, celebrated, and mourned the fragile otherness that is nature, as well as the cruelty and humanity of men. "Contains some of Faulkner's best work."From the Trade Paperback edition. Views: 13
Longlisted for the 2013 National Book Award in Poetry—a new collection that examines the myth and history of the prizefighter Jack Johnson The legendary Jack Johnson (1878–1946) was a true American creation. The child of emancipated slaves, he overcame the violent segregationism of Jim Crow, challenging white boxers—and white America—to become the first African-American heavyweight world champion. The Big Smoke, Adrian Matejka's third work of poetry, follows the fighter's journey from poverty to the most coveted title in sports through the multi-layered voices of Johnson and the white women he brazenly loved. Matejka's book is part historic reclamation and part interrogation of Johnson's complicated legacy, one that often misremembers the magnetic man behind the myth. Views: 13
The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, or more simply Hamlet, is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1599 and 1601. The play, set in Denmark, recounts how Prince Hamlet exacts revenge on his uncle Claudius, who has murdered Hamlet's father, the King, and then taken the throne and married Gertrude, Hamlet's mother. The play vividly charts the course of real and feigned madness—from overwhelming grief to seething rage—and explores themes of treachery, revenge, incest, and moral corruption. Views: 13
Eleonora -- To Helen -- Eldorado -- Shadow: a parable -- To one in paradise -- Hop-frog -- The masque of the red death -- The city in the sea -- The power of words -- Silence: a fable -- Alone -- Letter to Mr. B-----, 1831 -- Sonnet: to science -- The domain of Arnheim -- The oval portrait -- The colloquy of Monos and Una -- The conqueror worm -- The conversation of Eiros and Charmion -- Israfel -- To ----- -- Lines from the critical prose -- The raven -- Regarding C. Auguste Dupin -- The purloined letter -- The haunted palace -- The imp of the perverse -- The bells -- Annabel Lee -- The premature burial. Views: 13
“It began as a mistake.” By middle age, Henry Chinaski has lost more than twelve years of his life to the U.S. Postal Service. In a world where his three true, bitter pleasures are women, booze, and racetrack betting, he somehow drags his hangover out of bed every dawn to lug waterlogged mailbags up mud-soaked mountains, outsmart vicious guard dogs, and pray to survive the day-to-day trials of sadistic bosses and certifiable coworkers. This classic 1971 novel—the one that catapulted its author to national fame—is the perfect introduction to the grimly hysterical world of legendary writer, poet, and Dirty Old Man Charles Bukowski and his fictional alter ego, Chinaski. About the Author Charles Bukowski is one of America’s best-known contemporary writers of poetry and prose, and, many would claim, its most influential and imitated poet. He was born in Andernach, Germany, and raised in Los Angeles, where he lived for fifty years. He published his first story in 1944, when he was twenty-four, and began writing poetry at the age of thirty-five. He died in San Pedro, California, on March 9, 1994, at the age of seventy-three, shortly after completing his last novel, Pulp . Views: 13
After her father’s unexpected death, shy, full-figured
Parmia Leeosa is left with one asset—his sentient sidearm, Markes. Following months
of struggles, she reluctantly decides to utilize her one talent—the latent
sexual empathy she inherited from her mother. Five years later, after
countless unpleasant sexual encounters, she accepts a last,
distasteful job that will allow her to return to the sheltered life she’d
enjoyed before her father’s death. With the remaining credits, she’ll finally be
financially secure enough to grant Markes his freedom.
Weary of hunting and longing to find a bond mate he can
settle down with, Delsin Adarinas, an unwilling but successful bounty hunter,
reluctantly accepts a final, lucrative job. Unfortunately, the job is on Denhari,
the home planet he fled years earlier. When he and Parmia meet, the attraction
is immediate and powerful. Too bad collecting his bounty depends on capturing
her and damning her to a life of sexual servitude.
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Eleven chilling tales, including the author's introductions and afterword comments, provoke the dreaded dark side of the reader's imagination. Views: 13
