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Crooked Little Heart by Anne Lamott5/21/2023 ![]() ![]() Written with enormous emotional honesty, inhabited by superbly realized characters, riotously funny and wonderfully suspenseful, Crooked Little Heart is Anne Lamott writing at the height of her considerable powers. And Rosie, aching in the bloom of young womanhood and obsessed with tournament tennis, finds that her athletic gifts, initially a source of triumph, now place her in peril, as a shadowy man who stalks her from the bleachers seems to be developing an obsession of his own. Rosie's stepfather is a struggling writer plagued by doubts and hilarious paranoia. crooked little heart by Anne Lamott RELEASE DATE: ApAfter a very successful nonfiction run (Bird by Bird, 1994, etc), Lamott returns with her fifth novel seemingly refreshed and invigorated with a further exploration of the world of Rosie Ferguson, the awkward adolescent tennis champion first seen in Rosie (1983). Her mother, a recovering alcoholic, is still beset by grief over the early death of her first husband. ![]() The Fergusons make their home in a small California town where life is supposed to resemble paradise, but for thirteen-year-old Rosie (last seen in Lamott's beloved novel Rosie), reality is a bit harsher. Buy a cheap copy of Crooked Little Heart book by Anne Lamott. ![]() ![]() With the same brilliant combination of humor and warmth that marked Operating Instructions and Bird by Bird, her two bestselling works of nonfiction, Anne Lamott now gives us an exuberant richly absorbing portrait of a family for whom the joys and sorrows of everyday life are magnified under the glare of the unexpected. ![]()
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Barracuda by Michael DiMercurio5/21/2023 ![]() ![]() And, he remarks about how he's in his early 40's now.and then the monkey-wrench comes in. He was never in command of even a single squadron of submarines, let alone multiple squadrons.and now he's in charge of all of them - which seems to fly in the face of the author's obvious love of meritocracies. ![]() Personally, my biggest issue with this is that prior to his illustrious elevation, Pacino has only ever commanded a single submarine. Presumably, this occurs just a year or two after "Phoenix Sub Zero" with Admiral Pacino now ComSubLant (Commander Submarine, Atlantic), although, he and the former Admiral Donchez, now Director of the NSA Donchez, have combined that position with ComSubPac into a Combined Submarine Commander - so, I'm guessing he's in charge of all the submarines now. DiMercurio knows what the hell he is doing with this story. So, of the four that I've read, I'd say that this is actually one of the better, if not best ones - although, that's like saying stale bread is the best kind of bread when all you have to compare it to is moldy bread. ![]()
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Bronte jane5/21/2023 ![]() ![]() The cheap school featured bad food, cold rooms, and harsh discipline, all reflected in the image of the boarding school portrayed in Jane Eyre.Ĭharlotte’s two oldest sisters died of illnesses while at school. Her mother died when she was 5, and Charlotte, her two older sisters, and her younger sister Emily, were sent to Clergy Daughter’s School at Cowan Bridge in Lancashire. The book, about the struggles of an orphan girl who grows up to become a governess, was an immediate popular success.īrontë was born in 1816, one of six siblings who grew up in a gloomy parsonage in the remote English village of Haworth, on the Yorkshire moors. ![]() ![]() Charlotte Brontë, the book’s author, used the pseudonym Currer Bell. On October 16, 1847, Jane Eyre is published by Smith, Elder and Co. ![]()
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Stephen king hearts of atlantis5/21/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() The two form a father-son bond, and it slowly becomes evident that Ted has some psychic and telekinetic powers, which are the reason he has come to this sleepy town. Ted takes the lonely Bobby under his wing, while his mother is busy with her job. They experienced many things together, the most mysterious of which was meeting an older gentleman named Ted Brautigan, whom Liz takes in as a boarder. During a summer in the 1960s, an eleven-year-old Bobby lives with his widowed mother, self-centered Liz Garfield, and has two friends, Carol Gerber and Sully. Middle-aged photographer and businessman Robert "Bobby" Garfield returns to his old hometown upon learning that his best friend, decorated soldier John "Sully" Sullivan, has died in a traffic accident and begins recollecting his past when he visits an abandoned house where he used to live. The film is dedicated to cinematographer Piotr Sobociński, who died of a heart attack a few months before the release. It is loosely adapted from Stephen King's Dark Tower tie-in Low Men in Yellow Coats, a novella in the 1999 collection Hearts in Atlantis after which the film was named. ![]() Hearts in Atlantis is a 2001 American mystery drama film directed by Scott Hicks and starring Anthony Hopkins and Anton Yelchin. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Now, for the first time, readers can meet the private Marilyn and understand her in a way we never have before. Her serious gifts as an actor were sometimes eclipsed by her notoriety–and by the way the camera fell helplessly in love with her.Beyond the headlines–and the too-familiar stories of heartbreak and desolation–was a woman far more curious, searching, witty, and hopeful than the one the world got to know. Every word and gesture made headlines and garnered controversy. ![]() You can read this before Fragments: Poems, Intimate Notes, Letters PDF EPUB full Download at the bottom.įragments is an event–an unforgettable book that will redefine one of the greatest icons of the twentieth century and that, nearly fifty years after her death, will definitively reveal Marilyn Monroe’s humanity.Marilyn’s image is so universal that we can’t help but believe we know all there is to know of her. ![]() Here is a quick description and cover image of book Fragments: Poems, Intimate Notes, Letters written by Marilyn Monroe which was published in October 12, 2010. Brief Summary of Book: Fragments: Poems, Intimate Notes, Letters by Marilyn Monroe ![]()
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My bondage5/21/2023 ![]() ![]() Racial Innocence: Performing American Childhood from Slavery to Civil Rights. The Problem of Slavery in the Age of Emancipation. Life and Times of Frederick Douglass (1881), Douglass's last autobiography.The Heroic Slave, a heartwarming Narrative of the Adventures of Madison Washington, in Pursuit of Liberty, (1852), a fiction book by Douglass based on the experiences of Madison Washington.Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (1845), Douglass's first slave narrative memoir.The book included an introduction by James McCune Smith, who Douglass called the "foremost black influence" of his life. Following this liberation, Douglass went on to become a prominent abolitionist, speaker, author, and advocate for women's rights. The book depicts in greater detail his transition from bondage to liberty. It is the second of three autobiographies written by Douglass, and is mainly an expansion of his first, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave. My Bondage and My Freedom is an autobiographical slave narrative written by Frederick Douglass and published in 1855. Frederick Douglass, from the 1855 frontispiece ![]()
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Karl rossmann kafka5/21/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Whereas Joseph K is relentlessly hunted down for a crime that remains nameless, K ceaselessly attempts to enter the castle and so belong somewhere. Both are atomised, estranged and rootless citizens decieved by authoritarian power. ![]() Both Joseph K in The Trial and K in The Castle are victims of anonymous governing forces beyond their control. Kafka, a Czech writing in German, never acutally visited America so, as Max Brod commented, the innocence of his fantasy gives this book if advanture its peculiar colour. Here, ordinary immigrants are also strange, and America is never quite as real as it should be. Kafka, a Czech writing in German, never acutally visited America so, as Max Brod commented, the innocence of his fantasy gives this book if advanture its peculiar In America Karl Rossmann is packed off to America by his parents to experience Oedipal and cultural isolation. In America Karl Rossmann is packed off to America by his parents to experience Oedipal and cultural isolation. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Moving and finely written, Fall On Your Knees is by turns dark and hilariously funny, a story – and a world – that resonate long after the last page is turned. In a 1990 interview, Ann-Marie MacDonald said she is haunted by the mythic place called Cape Breton, and that her imagination projects an aura of magic. Together they weave a tale of inescapable family bonds, of terrible secrets, of miracles, racial strife, attempted murder, birth and death, and forbidden love. The mythically charged Piper family – James, a father of intelligence and immense ambition, Materia, his Lebanese child-bride, and their daughters: Kathleen, a budding opera Diva Frances, the incorrigible liar and hell-bent bad girl Mercedes, obsessive Catholic and protector of the flock and Lily, the adored invalid who takes us on a quest for truth and redemption – is supported by a richly textured cast of characters. ![]() Following the curves of history in the first half of the twentieth century, Fall On Your Knees takes us from haunted Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, through the battle fields of World War One, to the emerging jazz scene of New York City and into the lives of four unforgettable sisters. ![]()
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Beanworld, Vol. 1 by Larry Marder5/20/2023 ![]() ![]() Marder spent almost twenty years in the advertising business as a Vice President/Creative Director in Chicago IL. He was born in Chicago in 1951 and educated at Hartford Art School, where he earned a bachelor of fine arts degree in 1973. Marder's deceptively simple artwork illustrates a self-contained ecological fantasy realm with its own unique rules, truths, and lingo"- Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Larry Marder is the creator of Tales of the Beanworld which was first released in 1985. ![]() Spook, Professor Garbanzo, Beanish, and many others as they experience adventures in their world that prove, whether friends or adversaries, they are all ultimately dependent on each other for survival. Beanworld has delighted readers from grade school to grad school for more than a generation, earning a spot on the New York Times Graphic Books Best Sellers List. Marder's deceptively simple artwork illustrates a self-contained ecological fantasy realm with its own unique rules, truths, and lingo. ![]() ![]()
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Sorted by Jackson Bird5/20/2023 ![]() ![]() Illuminated by journal entries spanning childhood to adolescence to today, he candidly recalls the challenges he faced while trying to sort out his gender and sexuality, and worrying about how to interact with the world. So how did he get here? In this remarkable, educational, and uplifting memoir, Jackson chronicles the ups and downs of growing up gender confused. Today, Jackson is a writer, YouTuber, and LGBTQ+ advocate living openly and happily as a transgender man. He barely remembers meeting anyone who was openly gay, let alone being taught that transgender people existed outside of punchlines. Growing up in Texas in the 1990s, he had no transgender role models. Jackson didn’t share this thought with anyone because he didn’t think he could share it with anyone. Assigned female at birth and having been raised a girl, he often wondered if he should have been born a boy. When Jackson Bird was twenty-five, he came out as transgender to his friends, family, and anyone in the world with an Internet connection. ![]() |