I Can Hear The Cuckoo

Author : Kiran Sidhu
Publisher : Gaia
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2023-05-11
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781856754989

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I Can Hear the Cuckoo by Kiran Sidhu Pdf

"A beautiful and poetic meditation on loss, nature, and what matters in life." - Nigel Warburton From the award-winning writer of The New Yorker short film, Heart Valley Kiran Sidhu never thought she could leave London, but when her mother passes away, she knows she has to walk out of her old life and leave her toxic family behind. She chooses fresh air, an auditorium of silence and the purity of the natural world - and soon arrives in Cellan, a small, remote village nestled in the Welsh valleys. At first, the barrenness and isolation is strange. But as the months wear on, Kiran starts to connect with the close-knit community she finds there; her neighbour Sarah, who shows her how to sledge when the winter snow arrives; Jane, a 70-year-old woman who lives at the top of a mountain with three dogs and four alpacas; and Wilf, the farmer who eats the same supper every day, and teaches Kiran that the cuckoo arrives in April and leaves in July. Tender, philosophical and moving, I Can Hear the Cuckoo is a story about redefining family, about rebirth and renewal, and respecting the rhythm and timing of the earth. It's a book about moving through grief and the people we find in the midst of our sadness - and what this small community in the Welsh countryside can teach us about life.

Author : James Allan Mackereth
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1897
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UCD:31175035228389

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Lays of Love and Liberty by James Allan Mackereth Pdf

Author : Ken Kesey
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2007-11-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781101209042

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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey Pdf

An international bestseller and the basis for the hugely successful film, Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is one of the defining works of the 1960s. In this classic novel, Ken Kesey’s hero is Randle Patrick McMurphy, a boisterous, brawling, fun-loving rebel who swaggers into the world of a mental hospital and takes over. A lusty, life-affirming fighter, McMurphy rallies the other patients around him by challenging the dictatorship of Nurse Ratched. He promotes gambling in the ward, smuggles in wine and women, and openly defies the rules at every turn. But this defiance, which starts as a sport, soon develops into a grim struggle, an all-out war between two relentless opponents: Nurse Ratched, backed by the full power of authority, and McMurphy, who has only his own indomitable will. What happens when Nurse Ratched uses her ultimate weapon against McMurphy provides the story’s shocking climax. “BRILLIANT!”—Time “A SMASHING ACHIEVEMENT...A TRULY ORIGINAL NOVEL!”—Mark Schorer “Mr. Kesey has created a world that is convincing, alive and glowing within its own boundaries...His is a large, robust talent, and he has written a large, robust book.”—Saturday Review

Author : Christine Ellis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1991-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0709040946

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To Hear the Cuckoo by Christine Ellis Pdf

Author : John Dufresne
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2008-01-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780393285796

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Love Warps the Mind a Little: A Novel by John Dufresne Pdf

Reissue of a favorite novel by “a generous and lyric storyteller” (San Francisco Chronicle) known for his tragicomic voice and unforgettable characters. Ever since Lafayette Proulx quit his day job, left his wife, hauled his dog and his Royal portable across town to Judi Dubey’s house, and set out at last to be a fiction writer, his life has been a sordid mess. Judi’s exotically dysfunctional family isn’t all to blame. Sure, the murders are disconcerting. And, yes, Judi’s father’s gone off the deep end. Worse are the vicious rejection letters Laf gets from editors. To top it off, Laf’s falling for Judi at the same time he’s nettled with guilt, is in marriage counseling with his wife, and is writing his long-hoped-for novel. When Judi is diagnosed with stage IV cancer, they both struggle to find the memory that will comfort, the truth that will redeem in a world where everyone suffers some kind of love disorder. John Dufresne, called “a highly readable Faulkner,” will once again take the literary world by storm with this new tragicomic tale.

Author : Nat Luurtsema
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2012-04-12
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781444737172

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Cuckoo in the Nest by Nat Luurtsema Pdf

Keep your enemies close, your family less so... Last year Nat found herself with nowhere to live. She considered sleeping on the bus and washing in the rain but inevitably ended up on her parents' doorstep. It was only for a month, she assured them, if that.. She repeated this phrase a lot over the next six months, while the housing market stagnated like a spoilt kid's fish tank, and her life followed suit. While her friends pursued normal adult lives, Nat was taking packed lunches to gigs and being treated to lectures on 'Why It's Nice When All The Tins Face Forwards In The Cupboard.' ('So we can see what they all are at a glance!') Nat wouldn't say she and those like her were the real victims of the recession, but it would be nice if you did. Then she would do a tiny, brave smile. A book for anyone who's been forced back to the family nest, parents who can't shake off their adult kids, or anyone who's ever excused themselves from a family gathering for a quick scream into a pile of towels.

Author : Anthony Doerr
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 1152 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2021-09-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781982189679

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Cloud Cuckoo Land (Large Print Edition) by Anthony Doerr Pdf

Follows four young dreamers and outcasts through time and space, from 1453 Constantinople to the future, as they discover resourcefulness and hope amidst peril.

Author : Philippa Gregory
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2014-09-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781451626117

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The King's Curse by Philippa Gregory Pdf

Married to loyal Lancaster supporter Sir Richard Pole to minimize her claim to the throne of Henry VII, Margaret becomes an advisor to newlyweds Prince Arthur and Katherine of Aragon before witnessing the rapid ascent of Henry VIII.

Author : Shemer Kuznits
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 403 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2019-04-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1096361183

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Earth Force by Shemer Kuznits Pdf

On the first day, a mist descended from the heavens blanketing Earth.On the second day, a cryptic message, 'Infusion commencing', appeared in the corner of everyone's eyes. On the third day, the sick were healed and the crippled walked again. On the fourth day, celebration and joy spread across the globe. And on the fifth day, the warping began...There was no warning. A mist descended from the sky, disabling all technology and causing a weird message to appear at the corner of everyone's eye. The situation grew even worse as animals and people started to warp, transforming into terrible monsters that prey on the livings. Within months, human civilization had crumbled. Unable to fight the seemingly-indestructible beasts, the survivors are reduced to cowering in reinforced shelters. Waiting for the end to come. Helpless. All seemed lost until a few brave souls discovered the secret of their new reality: the Tec and how to use it to level up. Together they represent humanity's last best hope for salvation. But they first must find the answers to the mystery of their new existence. Their journey will require them to quickly adapt to alien technology, operate strange spaceships, and even befriend an extra-terrestrial merchant with an Inferiority Complex.

Author : Ken Kesey
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2012-01-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781101575277

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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey Pdf

A Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition of a counterculture classic, and the inspiration for the new Netflix original series Ratched, with a foreword by Chuck Palahniuk One of The Atlantic’s Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years Boisterous, ribald, and ultimately shattering, Ken Kesey’s 1962 novel has left an indelible mark on the literature of our time. Now in a new deluxe edition with a foreword by Chuck Palahniuk and cover by Joe Sacco, here is the unforgettable story of a mental ward and its inhabitants, especially the tyrannical Big Nurse Ratched and Randle Patrick McMurphy, the brawling, fun-loving new inmate who resolves to oppose her. We see the struggle through the eyes of Chief Bromden, the seemingly mute half-Indian patient who witnesses and understands McMurphy’s heroic attempt to do battle with the powers that keep them all imprisoned. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Author : Margaret Thompson
Publisher : Brindle and Glass
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2014-04-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781927366301

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The Cuckoo's Child by Margaret Thompson Pdf

In her forties, Livvy Alvarsson hopes to be a bone marrow donor for her much-loved younger brother, Stephen. Instead, she discovers she has no idea who she is. This is the second great loss she has suffered, for eleven years earlier her four-year-old son, Daniel, disappeared. Armed with a few clues from wartime England, she embarks on a search for her birth family. The narrative takes the reader from small-town British Columbia to London, the English countryside, and back. It is a story about loss and grief, and secrets and guilt, but it is also about restoration and balance. As Livvy confides her story to her dying brother, she reveals not only an identity enriched by experience, but also the transcendent importance of family and love. The Cuckoo’s Child is a compelling and remarkable evocation of a woman’s search for her family history.

Author : Sophie Draper
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2018-11-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780008322120

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The Stranger in Our Home by Sophie Draper Pdf

Have you been bad enough?

Author : Robert Galbraith
Publisher : Mulholland Books
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2013-04-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780316206860

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The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith Pdf

Published under a pseudonym, J. K. Rowling's brilliant debut mystery introduces Detective Cormoran Strike as he investigates a supermodel's suicide in "one of the best books of the year" (USA Today), the first novel in the brilliant series that inspired the acclaimed HBO Max series C.B. Strike. After losing his leg to a land mine in Afghanistan, Cormoran Strike is barely scraping by as a private investigator. Strike is down to one client, creditors are calling, and after a breakup with his longtime girlfriend, he's living in his office. Then John Bristow walks through his door with a shocking story: His sister, the legendary supermodel Lula Landry -- known to her friends as the Cuckoo -- famously fell to her death a few months earlier. The police ruled it a suicide, but John refuses to believe that. The case plunges Strike into the world of multimillionaire beauties, rock-star boyfriends, and desperate designers, and it introduces him to every variety of pleasure, enticement, seduction, and delusion known to man. You may think you know detectives, but you've never met one quite like Strike. You may think you know about the wealthy and famous, but you've never seen them under an investigation like this.

Author : Chris Chorlton
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2012-03-26
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 146201626X

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Cuckoo's Nest by Chris Chorlton Pdf

Telling stories of growing up in postwar Britain, starting a new life in Canada, raising a family, working in a major corporation, experiencing an active retirement, and enjoying the pleasure of grandchildren, Cuckoos Nest tells the life story of author Chris Chorlton. With a dash of humour, a touch of sadness, a pinch of whimsy, and a little dose of reality, Chorlton describes his escapades with doctors, his attempts to outfox squirrels, his experiment with hypnotism, and how he met his wife. His memoir also recalls his last day at the office, the challenges of carrying a piano down stairs, the memories of an emotional Remembrance Day ceremony, the illness of his newborn grandson, the loss of some schoolboy heroes and older friends, and his commitment to Rotary. Chorlton shares real stories of a real life. Praise for Cuckoos Nest Chris Chorlton puts a fresh face on old truths. He has a knack for placing the reader at the heart of his very charming personal storieswhich gently unfold to reveal the common bonds we all share. John Stewart, Mississauga News Please read these tales told by my friend and former colleague Chris Chorlton. Like me, I believe you may recognize a little of yourself, you will have a good laugh and, yes, perhaps shed a tear. Sir Graham Day Stories I can relate to. Cuckoos nest brings people in everyday situations to life, with some surprises. Read ityoull enjoy it. Buy ityoull help The Rotary Foundation. Wilf Wilkinson C.M., President, Rotary International 2007-08 Chair, The Rotary Foundation 2012-13 All royalties from the sale of the book will be donated to The Rotary Foundation

Author : Emidio Galea
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2015-05-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781329108127

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A Cuckoo's Masterpiece by Emidio Galea Pdf

'A Cuckoo's Masterpiece' is an intriguing story about a religious old man spending his last days in an asylum. He starts to go crazy and imagines writing letters to his atheistic nephew, Thomas, a psychiatrist of international repute. He wants an approval for his forthcoming masterpiece. He 'writes' about panaceas for some of the world's ills. However, he cannot fathom a Utopia without religion which is extremely important to him. Although muddled for the most part, his 'letters' at times offer insightful observations about life in general and a purposeful life in particular, but they always fall short of his inner feelings. In the end he becomes delirious and dies of a massive heart attack. Review by Prof. Susannah Robbins, Ph.D. (Eng. Lit.), former Vassar professor