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More Letters of Note is another rich and inspiring collection, which reminds us that much of what matters in our lives finds its way into our letters. These letters deliver the same mix of the heartfelt, the historically significant, the tragic, the comic and the unexpected. Discover Richard Burton's farewell note to Elizabeth Taylor, Helen Keller's letter to The New York Symphony Orchestra about 'hearing' their concert through her fingers, the final missives from a doomed...
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'A cat is only ITSELF, representative of the strong forces of life that won't let go' For Charles Bukowski there was something majestic and elemental about cats. He considered them to be sentient beings, whose searing gaze could penetrate deep into our being. Cats see into us; they are on to something. An illuminating portrait of one very special writer and a lifelong relationship with the animals he considered his most profound teachers, On Cats brings together...
| Автор | Charles Bukowski |
(Let's Talk Arabic) is the faster and easier way to learn this language as it is:<br><br>– A comprehensive book that will have you speaking Arabic with confidence in no time as it includes:<br><br>– 15 step-by-step lessons<br>– Practical vocabulary and authentic everyday usage<br>– Simple explanations and plenty of examples<br>– Supplemental sections, including e-mail and internet resources<br>– A comprehensive grammar reference...
| Автор | Dr. Psy.D. / Adam |
Heather Jane was born in Northern Ireland on July 5th, 1974, and from that day she brought happiness into the lives of all who knew her; but she would face great pain throughout her life, culminating in her passing at the early age of 43 years old. Pain – It's Just Another Word follows Heather, her parents, John and Elizabeth, and her elder brother, Daniel, over the course of those 43 years, to tell their story of love, happiness, pain and injustice.
| Автор | Neven Samas |
"ÜBER DEN WELTEN DER HIMMELSSTADT RUHEN" ist ein kleiner Gedicht-Band zur Weihnachtszeit. Gerade in diesen bewegten Wochen und Monaten möchte es uns doch gelingen, ein wenig zu innerer Ruhe und Einkehr zu finden. Dafür sind sie geschrieben, die Gedichte. Und nicht nur zur Weihnachtszeit mögen sie dem geneigten Leser immer ein Gefühl von Liebe und und Geborgenheit vermitteln. <br /> Bernd Kaczmarek
| Автор | Bernd Kaczmarek |
Eichendorffs erster Roman, der zeitlich vor den Befreiungskriegen im frühen 19. Jahrhundert angesiedelt ist: Graf Friedrich hat gerade die Universität abgeschlossen und begibt sich auf eine große Reise, auf der er nicht nur Abenteuer erlebt, sich dem Kampf stellt, faszinierende Frauen kennenlernt und insgesamt reifer wird, sondern auch seinen Besitz verliert. Doch schließlich sind es die Religion und der Glaube, die ihm Halt und Kraft geben.-
| Автор | Joseph von Eichendorff |
When read at the right moment, a novel can change your life. Bibliotherapists Ella Berthoud and Susan Elderkin know the power of a good book, and have been prescribing each other literary remedies for all life's aches and pains for decades. Together, they've compiled a medical handbook with a difference: a dictionary of literary cures for any malaise you can imagine. Whether it's struggling to find a good cup of tea (Douglas Adams, two sugars) or being in need of a good cry...
| Автор | Ella Berthoud |
Previous commentaries on the Gospel of Thomas have tended mainly to make this intriguing text less understandable to the general reader, not less. Choking on their authors' methodology, these commentaries are more about them than the text. Robert M. Price brings striking clarity to a fascinating text, bridging the dusty centuries. Price draws on the learning of his predecessors while providing many new interpretations. Does Thomas use the canonical gospels? Or was it written earlier? Why...
| Автор | Robert M. Price |
Lemn Sissay's poems are laid into the streets of downtown Manchester, feature on the side of a public house in the same city and have been emblazoned on a central London bus route. He has been published in press as diverse as the the Times Literary Supplement and the Independent to The Face and Dazed & Confused. He has been commissioned to write poetry, documentaries and plays for Radio 1 and Radio 4. He has been involved in television in the roles of writing, performing and...
| Автор | Lemn Sissay |
Due to his extensive publication credits, Barry Gifford has a built in audience and could be considered a household nameA native to Chicago, Barry Gifford's first publication with a Chicago press will act as a sort of «coming home» after his decades-long writing & publishing careerFans of writer/director David Lynch will recognize Gifford's name, plus his signature style and tone The book cover, a photo by renowned photographer Garry Winogrand, will be recognizable to fans of...
| Автор | Barry Gifford |
The New Black is a collection of twenty neo-noir stories exemplifying the best authors currently writing in this dark sub-genre. A mixture of horror, crime, fantasy, science fiction, magical realism, and the grotesque—all with a literary bent—these stories are the future of genre-bending fiction.Table of Contents:Foreword by Laird BarronStephen Graham Jones, «Father Son, Holy Rabbit»Paul Tremblay, «It's Against the Law to Feed the Ducks»Lindsay Hunter, «That Baby»Roxane...
| Автор | Стивен Джонс |
Als Gabriel sich nach fünf Jahren von ihm trennt, beschließt Samuel von Schweden aus ganz allein nach Mexiko zu reisen, um dort wieder zu sich selbst zu finden. Auf einer Bustour durch den mexikanischen Dschungel lernt er den Touristen-Guide Raymond kennen. Raymond ist muskulös, braungebrannt, selbstbewusst und witzig… und hat er nicht gerade Samuels suchenden Blick erwidert?-
| Автор | Vanessa Salt |
"Hay tal cosa como un equilibrio estético que logra sus compensaciones por plomo contra nubes en igualdad de pesos. Y tal cosa como una unidad que nace de la diversidad conjugada. Se dan en este primer libro de quien en 1966 se asoma a una carrera llena de promesas". Salvador Novo
| Автор | Gustavo Sainz |
Vier Freunde und eine Skitour in die norwegischen Berge – doch so gemütlich bleibt es nicht! Die Reise beginnt aus den Fugen zu geraten, als ein zwielichtiger Typ der Gruppe ein verbotenes Powergetränk verkauft und es einem der vier am nächsten Tag sehr schlecht geht. Trotzdem brechen sie auf in die Berge, doch dann überrascht sie nicht nur ein starker Schneesturm, sondern auch noch der Fund einer Leiche… -
| Автор | Widar Aspeli |
This interdisciplinary study tackles the controversy of translating nephesh ( נפֶֶשׁ ) by using an intergenerational translation team to deepen our understanding of this term and providing a more valuable translation in Chinese, especially for use in specialist Children’s Bibles. Traditionally nephesh is often translated in the Bible as ‘soul’, but despite the limitations of this popular rendering, it has led Christians in Chinese contexts to falsely understand views regarding the nature of...
| Автор | Hui Er Yu |
This reference collection presents academic reviews of more than twelve-hundred contemporary Africa-related publications relevant for informed Christian reflection in and about Africa. The collection is based on the review journal BookNotes for Africa, a specialist resource dedicated to bringing to notice such publications, and furnishing them with a one-paragraph description and evaluation. Now assembled here for the first time is the entire collection of reviews through the first thirty...
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From accomplished writer Ken Sparling comes a spare verse novel about a girl and a boy and the life they're writing together. But the girl wants a story and the boy wants a poem, and the furniture in the house is stuck in the middle. Meditative and magical, a book as complicated as the ways we love, [i]This Poem Is a House is, in the end, about a girl's story sheltering a boy's poem, the way a house shelters the lives of the people who live in it.[b]Ken Sparling has written six...
| Автор | Ken Sparling |
'Birrell has a grand eye for the small detail that is the hallmark of a well-made story.' – The Toronto StarKleptomaniacs, convicts, roof-walkers and homicidal hippies: populated as they are with lives both ordinary and extraordinary, Heather Birrell's stories pull at the sinews of the strange until the strangeness shapes itself into something familiar. At the same time, they mould the day-to-day into something new and wholly unexpected. Oldrick must come to terms with his...
| Автор | Heather Birrell |
Die Schulden häufen sich. Brigitte weigert sich mittlerweile die Post zu öffnen. Und der Kaufmann sieht sie auch schon so sonderbar an, wenn sie sagt, er solle aufschreiben. Lange kann das nicht mehr gutgehen. Frits Remar erzählt in diesem spannenden, psychologischen Krimi von zwei rechtschaffenen Menschen, die ein Verbrechen begehen, aus dem es so schnell kein Entkommen gibt…-
| Автор | Frits Remar |
Marian lächelt sich im Spiegel über dem Waschbecken an. Liebe macht sie noch schöner. Tommy war ein behutsamer Lehrer, der ihr eine ganz neue Welt eröffnet hatte. Er war ein leidenschaftlicher Liebhaber, der es verstand, jedes ihrer Bedürfnisse zu befriedigen. Er war breitschultrig und muskulös, eine Folge des aktiven Lebens und er war unglaublich begehrenswert. Marian beugte sich etwas vor und küsste seinen Bauch und der Geruch nach Schweiß und Leidenschaft wirkte wie berauschendes Parfüm…-
| Автор | Anonym |
Teenagers philosophize on the nature of ontology, while fearing there's a ghost in the old mill they're stuck in; anxieties over finitude and terrorism are scrutinized; a man encounters an old friend in the unlikeliest of places; nineteenth-century inventor Sigismund Mohr is vividly brought back from obscurity; and two journalists travel to Kenya for a conference, where one of them has a paranoid breakdown. [i]It Is an Honest Ghost is a funny and often eerie collection that explores...
| Автор | John Goldbach |
"A great novel that captures the loneliness and absurdity of the 1990s suburban experience. Dense and imaginative writing that often borders on the uncomfortable, but the edge of your seat is the best place to be."—Joel Plaskett It is the summer of 1999, and the Sweltham family is leading an ordinary suburban existence. Former childhood volleyball champ Parker crisscrosses the continent as a sales rep for DynaFlex Sporting Goods, while his wife, Trixie, serves as the managing...
| Автор | Rob Benvie |
What is the best way to tell a story? In this anthology, the first-ever collection of essays by innovative, cutting-edge writers on the theme of narration, forty of the continent's top experimental writers describe their engagement with language, storytelling and the world. The anthology includes renowned writers like Kathy Acker, Dennis Cooper, Nicole Brossard, Daphne Marlatt, Lydia Davis and Kevin Killian, writers who have spent years pondering the meaning of storytelling and how...
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Harare, Zimbabwe, 20. März 2020. Auf dem internationalen Flughafen kreuzen sich die Wege von Roman Assberger, Universitätsdozent, und Tungamirai Zvagarisa, Schriftsteller. Sie kennen sich, tauschen Adressen aus, vielleicht noch etwas anderes. Dann reist der eine zurück nach Deutschland, der andere weiter nach Mazowe zu seiner 90jährigen Mutter. Verbunden bleiben sie durch die Gleichzeitigkeit einer Pandemie unter ungleichen Bedingungen.
| Автор | Bruno Gwelo |