Looking Back Meadow Rise

Author : Ros MacInnes
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2011-09-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781456782177

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Looking Back/Meadow Rise by Ros MacInnes Pdf

Looking Back............... There was a sense of a presence not manifest until a movement came from the old armchair by the window, a bespectacled lady peered round to look directly at her and without moving her lips Carol heard, We have been waiting to meet you! We! The lady said we? Were the experiences of visitations connected? Her mind raced, she had seen that face before looking down from the bay window almost a year ago. It had not been her imagination after all but a reality. Startled, Carol took a pace back out of the room and hurriedly closed the door, her heart felt it would leave her chest as she leaned heavily against the wall. Meadow Rise.................. By the time each bride reached her man beneath the old cedar tree a reverent hush hung over the delighted crowd of onlookers, the whole effect could not have been more entertaining or memorable......... The vows were made succinctly, each declaration honourable and sincere. As the rings were exchanged for one almost magical moment a young squirrel sat on the ground close to the couples as if watching the proceedings. The sound of clicking cameras recorded that, later given front page status in the local rag, the caption- Fairytale Future?

Author : Lafcadio Hearn
Publisher : Library of America
Page : 848 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2018-08-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781598536232

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Lafcadio Hearn: American Writings (LOA #190) by Lafcadio Hearn Pdf

A translator of Flaubert and Gautier, Lafcadio Hearn was the master of a gaudy and sometimes self-consciously decadent literary style, but he was also a tough-minded and keenly observant reporter, with an eye for the offbeat, the sensual, and occasionally the gruesome. The writings of his American years collected in this Library of America volume—on subjects as wide ranging as comparative folklore, the history of musical instruments, French literary avant-gardes, and New Orleans voodoo—reveal an omnivorous curiosity and an always eclectic sensibility. Some Chinese Ghosts (1887), a stylized retelling of ancient legends, foreshadows Hearn's later fascination with Asian themes. The exquisitely crafted novels Chita (1889), about the devastation wrought by a Louisiana hurricane, and Youma (1890), about a slave rebellion in Martinique, epitomize his writing at its most luxuriantly romantic, alert to the interactions of diverse cultures and suffused with imagistic splendor. His extraordinary travel book Two Years in the French West Indies (1890), presented here with the many illustrations from its first edition, provides a richly impressionistic account of his long stay on Martinique and other Caribbean islands. More than two dozen examples of Hearn's journalism from the 1870s and 1880s are also included here, evoking vanished worlds with incomparable vividness: a raucous African-American nightclub on the Cincinnati waterfront; an execution; scenes of Mardi Gras and the New Orleans French Quarter; an uncharted village of Filipino fishermen in a remote Louisiana bayou. The volume is rounded out with a revealing selection of Hearn's impassioned letters, many published here for the first time in unexpurgated form. LIBRARY OF AMERICA is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation’s literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America’s best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.

Author : Lafcadio Hearn
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Page : 580 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2015-02-11
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781473398801

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Two Years in the French West Indies by Lafcadio Hearn Pdf

In 1887 Harper's Magazine sent Lafcadio Hearn to the West Indies to write a series of articles on the area. Following his time there, he wrote 'Two Years in the French West Indies', in 1890, chronicling his observations and experiences in the region. He is probably best known for his writings on Japan, but this is a fascinating work that equally represents his knowledge of, and enthusiasm for, other cultures. We are republishing this work with a brand new introductory biography on the author with an aim to place the book in the context of his other writings.

Author : Alfred A. Knopf
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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One More Sunday by Alfred A. Knopf Pdf

Author : Chris Arnot,Simon Frith
Publisher : Random House
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2012-02-07
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781409071365

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The Archers Archives by Chris Arnot,Simon Frith Pdf

The Archers Archives celebrates 60 years of the nation's favourite radio drama - looking back at the most dramatic events to happen over 16,000 episodes, complete with cast and crew interviews. Relive the defining moments in Archers history, from the devastating 1955 stables fire and the 1957 Tom Forrest manslaughter charge to the shocking imprisonment of Susan Carter in the early 1990s, the revelation of Brian Aldridge's affair with Siobhan Hathaway, and the Grundys' eviction from Grange Farm and exile to Meadow Rise. Script-writer Simon Frith and journalist Chris Arnot take you inside the creative life of the show, sharing how the series' storylines are planned and produced, and how the historical and cultural background of each period is interwoven into the everyday lives of the residents of Ambridge. Complete with original photos, some never-before-seen, The Archers Archives is an indispensable addition to every Archers fan's collection.

Author : Joan H. Garbar
Publisher : St Pauls BYB
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-27
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8171085520

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Mr Pine And His Radiant Meadows Family by Joan H. Garbar Pdf

Author : Jonathan Cott
Publisher : Alfred A. Knopf
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015019669657

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Wandering Ghost by Jonathan Cott Pdf

Best remembered for his writings on Japan, where he settled in 1890, Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904) is too often pigeonholed as a decadent aesthete or a stylist of overripe prose. Interweaving generous selections from Hearn's own letters, articles, essays, confessions and stories in this moving, superlative biography, Cott gives us all sides of the man -- the muckraking Cincinnati, Ohio, journalist of Zola-esque realism; the ethnographer of tropical Martinique, Creole folkways in New Orleans and Japanese Buddhism; the mordant humorist; and the unabashed sensualist. The Greek-born, half-Irish bohemian also exposed America's hypocrisies concerning sex and race, prejudices which he experienced firsthand in his short-lived first marriage to a mulatto woman in Ohio. Paradoxically, in coercive, traditional Japan, where he married a submissive young Japanese woman, freewheeling individualist Hearn found his "land of dreams" and felt the spirit of ancient Greece flickering in sacred shrines and groves.

Author : Robert Wood
Publisher : The Mountaineers Books
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Travel
ISBN : 0898866189

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Olympic Mountains Trail Guide by Robert Wood Pdf

You'll find new information on 177 hikes and extensive material on history, geology, native plants, and wildlife. New features in this updated, expanded edition include: numbered hikes for quick reference; detailed information blocks for each trail; and weather information for each section of the Olympics.

Author : Ursula K. Le Guin
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 43 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2014-10-14
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780544358386

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The Daughter of Odren by Ursula K. Le Guin Pdf

The Daughter of Odren is a short story of betrayal and revenge set in the world of Earthsea, in which Weed, the daughter of Lord Garnet, waits for the day she will have her father back. For fourteen years, Weed, as she is called, the daughter of Lord Garnet, has brought offerings to the standing stone. Alone in a shallow valley, she implores the stone not to forget her. To remember who he is and the life he led. To wait until the day he will be avenged. Now the day has finally arrived. After fourteen long years of waiting, he will have his revenge and she will have her father back. Or will she? Master storyteller Ursula LeGuin takes readers back to Earthsea with this hauntingly beautiful story of betrayal and revenge.

Author : Rita Mae Brown
Publisher : Bantam
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2011-05-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307793973

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High Hearts by Rita Mae Brown Pdf

From the celebrated author of Rubyfruit Jungle and Bingo comes a stirring novel of the Civil War, a tale of true love and mistaken identity. Brimming with colorful characters and vivid settings, High Hearts is Rita Mae Brown at her most ambitious and entertaining. April 12, 1861. Bright, gutsy and young, Geneva Chatfield marries Nash Hart in Albemarle County, Virginia, the same day Fort Sumter's guns fire the start of the Civil War. Five days later she loses him as Nash joins the Confederate Army. Geneva, who is known as the best rider since Light Horse Harry Lee, cuts her hair, dons a uniform, enlists as "Jimmy Chatfield," then rides off to be with her beloved Nash. But sensitive Nash recoils in horror from the violence of war, while Geneva is invigorated by the chase and the fight. Can she be all the man her husband isn't? She'll sure as hell try. But there is a complication, and his name is Major "Mars" Vickers. This macho major, to his own shock and amazement, finds himself inexplicably attracted to the young soldier named "Jimmy." And this is only the beginning of a novel that moves with sureness and grace from the ferocity of battle to the struggle on the homefront, and brings passion and sly humor to a story of dawning love. High Hearts is a penetrating, delightful and sweeping tale that gives fresh life to a fascinating time.

Author : Robyn Thunderchild
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2001-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780595200764

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Misty Meadows by Robyn Thunderchild Pdf

Misty Meadows is an outpouring of pure emotion. In poetic verse, fountains of raw feeling, passion, wonderment and agony are released from the heart and splashed across the pages of this literary saga through the soul. Often painful, sometimes funny, and boldly romantic, each new offering beckons you into a dreamy, starry-eyed world of contemplation, where every nuance of human experience is revealed, and nothing is off-limits. From dark foreboding, to cutting satire, to lovestruck adoration, Misty Meadows affords a mystical view of life, death, and relationship. Some perspectives are rendered with childlike simplicity, others with relentless fury, and still others with such towering heights of passion as to leave you gasping. Misty Meadows draws you in, and makes you want to stay forever.

Author : Jamie K. Reaser
Publisher : Hiraeth Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2010-08-15
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780979924675

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Huntley Meadows by Jamie K. Reaser Pdf

"Jamie K. Reaser's poetic account of a year in Huntley Meadows in the heart of Washington is a treasure. A top-??rank scientist committed to conservation biology, Reaser turns out to be a poet able to project images of the natural world that echo reality--and at the same time move the reader's spirit. Read it and then go there!" --Donald Kennedy, PhD, President Emeritus of Stanford University

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1040 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1882
Category : American literature
ISBN : PRNC:32101076520111

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Peterson's Magazine by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1000 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1882
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UCD:31175000537327

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New Peterson Magazine by Anonim Pdf

Author : Ann Sophia Stephens,Charles Jacobs Peterson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 994 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1882
Category : American literature
ISBN : MINN:31951002807894B

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New Peterson Magazine by Ann Sophia Stephens,Charles Jacobs Peterson Pdf