Nin's years of struggle and final triumph as an author in America. "Transcending mere self-revelation... the diary examines human personality with a depth and understanding seldom surpassed since Proust...dream and fact are balanced and...in their joining lie the elements of masterpiece" (Washington Post). Edited and with a Preface by Gunther Stuhlmann; Index. Views: 26
When she inherits her uncle’s vintage Harley-Davidson, rape survivor Hailey Barrow in determined to regain control of her fragile emotions and salvage some semblance of a normal life. Realizing she must face the vicious men responsible for her attack, she takes to the road, pursuing the men who stole her humanity to a series of deadly confrontations. Views: 26
OVERVIEWThis collection brings together all the Father Brown mysteries of G.K. Chesterton in a single, convenient, high quality, volume.Gilbert Keith Chesterton (29 May 1874 – 14 June 1936) was an English writer whose prolific and diverse output included philosophy, ontology, poetry, play writing, journalism, public lecturing and debating, literary and art criticism, biography, Christian apologetics, and fiction, including fantasy and detective fiction, namely with his exceedingly popular Father Brown short stories.Father Brown, a short, stumpy Catholic priest with shapeless clothes and a large umbrella, has uncanny insight into human evil.Father Brown solves his crimes through a strict reasoning process more concerned with spiritual and philosophic truths rather than scientific details, making him an almost equal counterbalance with Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes, whose stories Chesterton read and admired. Father Brown was the perfect vehicle for conveying Chesterton's view of the world and, of all of his characters, is perhaps closest to Chesterton's own point of view, or at least the effect of his point of view. TABLE OF CONTENTSThe Innocence of Father BrownThe Blue CrossThe Secret GardenThe Queer FeetThe Flying StarsThe Invisible ManThe Honour of Israel GowThe Wrong ShapeThe Sins of Prince SaradineThe Hammer of GodThe Eye of ApolloThe Sign of the Broken SwordThe Three Tools of DeathThe Wisdom of Father BrownThe Absence of Mr GlassThe Paradise of ThievesThe Duel of Dr HirschThe Man in the PassageThe Mistake of the MachineThe Head of CaesarThe Purple WigThe Perishing of the PendragonsThe God of the GongsThe Salad of Colonel CrayThe Strange Crime of John BoulnoisThe Fairy Tale of Father BrownThe Donnington Affair Pemberton's Challenge Father Brown's SolutionThe Incredulity of Father BrownThe Resurrection of Father BrownThe Arrow of HeavenThe Oracle of the DogThe Miracle of Moon CrescentThe Curse of the Golden CrossThe Dagger with WingsThe Doom of the DarnawaysThe Ghost of Gideon WiseThe Secret of Father BrownThe Secret of Father BrownThe Mirror of the MagistrateThe Man With Two BeardsThe Song of the Flying FishThe Actor and the AlibiThe Vanishing of VaudreyThe Worst Crime in the WorldThe Red Moon of MeruThe Chief Mourner of MarneThe Secret of FlambeauThe Scandal of Father BrownThe Scandal of Father BrownThe Quick OneThe Blast of the BookThe Green ManThe Pursuit of Mr BlueThe Crime of the CommunistThe Point of a PinThe Insoluble ProblemThe Vampire of the VillageThe Mask of MidasAnnotations: G.K. Chesterton’s Literary Legacy Views: 26
Isherwood's final work of fiction—an epistolary novel that explores sexual identity and Eastern mysticismAfter a long separation, two English brothers meet in India. Oliver, the idealistic younger brother, prepares to take his final vows as a Hindu monk. Patrick, a successful publisher with a wife and children in London and a male lover in California, has publicly admired his brother's convictions while privately criticizing his choices. First published in 1967, A Meeting by the River delicately depicts the complexity of sibling relationships—the resentment and competitiveness as well as the love and respect. Ultimately, the brothers' exposure to each other's differences deepens their awareness of themselves. In A Meeting by the River, Christopher Isherwood dramatizes the conflict between sexuality and spirituality that inspired his late writings. Views: 25
"Makes MAD MEN look like SAD MEN"Welcome to the age of Anti-Social Media.Exchanging alcoholism for sex-addiction the controversial writer of underground cult classic DIARY OF AN OXYGEN THIEF retools his advertising skills to seduce women online. It's a pursuit that quickly turns into an obsession requiring even more creativity than his award-winning ad campaigns, but don't worry there are plenty of breaks. For commercials. Dazzling, daunting and darkly hilarious CHAMELEON ON A KALEIDOSCOPE is a spectacular indictment of modern media and our increasing reliance on it."SO FEROCIOUS IT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO PUT DOWN."Patrick Trotti, JMWW Literary Magazine"A CINEMATIC DREAM-CAPSULE, SOMEONE WILLSNAP THIS UP AND MAKE A MOVIE OUT OF IT"Barry Alexander Brown, Oscar-nominated filmmaker and editor Views: 25
Although Anaïs Nin found in her diaries a profound mode of self-creation and confession, she could not reveal this intimate record of her own experiences during her lifetime. Instead, she turned to fiction, where her stories and novels became artistic “distillations” of her secret diaries. A Spy in the House of Love, whose heroine Sabina is deeply divided between her drive for artistic and sexual expression, on the one hand, and social restrictions and self-created inhibitions, on the other, echoed Nin’s personal struggle with sex, love, and emotional fragmentation. Written when Nin’s own life was taut with conflicting loyalties, her protagonist Sabina repeatedly asks herself, can one indulge in one's sensual restlessness, the fantasies, the relentless need for adventure without devastating consequences? Views: 25
A repackaged edition of the revered author's collection of four poems: "Dymer," "Launcelot," "The Nameless Isle," and "The Queen of Drum."C. S. Lewis—the great British writer, scholar, lay theologian, broadcaster, Christian apologist, and author of Mere Christianity, The Screwtape Letters, The Great Divorce, The Chronicles of Narnia, and many other beloved classics—was also a talented poet. In this collection of four longer works of verse, Lewis displays his deep love for medieval and Renaissance poetry and themes, influences that shaped—and resonate through—his fiction. Views: 25
When delicious baked goods become lethal, a trail of poetry leads to a sweet-toothed killer.Don't taste it / Don't share it /Just throw it away / If you try my bakery pie / You won't live to see another day.The Amish Artisan Village of Middlebury, Indiana, might be the last place you would ever expect to find a murderer. But Amber has been managing the Village for decades and there's nothing she hasn't seen. Or so she thought.When poetic notes begin appearing around the bakery, warning that some of the pies have been poisoned, Amber is as confused as she is concerned. Who poisons pies? And more to the point, who leaves poems of warning after they've done it? When Amber decides to help the police track down the sweet-toothed saboteur, she enlists Hannah Troyer for another round of Amish-style detective work.Can Amber and Hannah help the police before the Poison Poet strikes? Both women will need to draw on their... Views: 24
TAPAT IS IN GREAT DANGER Unexpectedly caught in a battle between Roman forces and Jewish zealots, Tapat seeks refuge in a cave. When soldiers discover her hiding place outside Jerusalem, she’s terrified. Then she realizes that their leader is Andronicus, the man whose life she saved six years ago. Seeing Tapat again reminds Andronicus of all he has sacrificed for Rome. As a soldier, he is forbidden to marry, but he’s never forgotten the lovely Jewess he yearns to make his own. Now she’s in danger, and he’ll risk everything to protect her. But can he truly give up the soldier’s life for the love of a woman? Views: 24
A riveting first-person tale of addiction, in the tradition of Go Ask Alice and Jay's Journal.The author of this diary began journaling on her sixteenth birthday. She lived in an upper middle class neighborhood in Santa Monica with her mom, dad, and Berkeley-bound older brother. She was a good girl, living a good life...but one party changed everything. One party, where she took one taste--and liked it. Really liked it.Social drinking and drugging lead to more, faster, harder... She convinced herself that she was no different from anyone else who liked to party. But the evidence indicates otherwise: Soon she was she hanging out with an edgy crowd, blowing off school and everything she used to care about, all to find her next high.But what goes up must come down, and everything--from her first swig, to her last breath--is chronicled in the diary she left behind. Views: 24
