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Catalog of Everything And Other Stories

Author : Wehrli Peter
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781304960405

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Catalog of Everything And Other Stories by Wehrli Peter Pdf

This anthology presents a selection of texts by Peter K. Wehrli, representing over forty years of writing and traveling. It covers diverse experiences, from the author's early relationships with the avant-garde Swiss Dadaists in Zurich to a conversation in Brazil that is surprisingly revealing of Wehrli's homeland. While meandering through the vignettes that follow, readers will savor the author's new perspective, one that reawakens the child inside us and encourages us to view the world as if it were for the very first time.

The Cup of Trembling, and Other Stories

Author : Mary Hallock Foote
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2021-04-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:4057664609267

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The Cup of Trembling, and Other Stories by Mary Hallock Foote Pdf

This work presents a captivating collection of stories by Mary Hallock Foote, an American author, and illustrator. Her stories are intensely dramatic, and her characters are realistic. The collection features The Cup of Trembling, Maverick, On a Side-Track, and The Trumpeter.

In Bad Company, and other stories

Author : Rolf Boldrewood
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2022-09-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547222651

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In Bad Company, and other stories by Rolf Boldrewood Pdf

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "In Bad Company, and other stories" by Rolf Boldrewood. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

In Bad Coompany and Other Stories

Author : Rolf Boldrewood
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2020-08-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783752401929

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In Bad Coompany and Other Stories by Rolf Boldrewood Pdf

Reproduction of the original: In Bad Coompany and Other Stories by Rolf Boldrewood

The Secret Sharer and Other Stories (Norton Critical Editions)

Author : Joseph Conrad
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2015-08-03
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780393269161

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The Secret Sharer and Other Stories (Norton Critical Editions) by Joseph Conrad Pdf

This Norton Critical Edition includes four stories—two set on stormy seas, two on calm seas, all four based on the same incident—that speak to each other in interesting ways. The stories in this Norton Critical Edition maintain the connection and sequencing that Joseph Conrad saw among them. In his “Author’s Note” to ‘Twixt Land and Sea, Conrad writes of his two “Calm-pieces” (“The Secret Sharer” and The Shadow-Line) and his two “Storm-pieces” (The Nigger of the “Narcissus” and “Typhoon”). This edition is based on the first English book edition for the stories and the first American edition for the “Author’s Note” for The Shadow-Line, “Typhoon,” and “The Secret Sharer.” The stories are accompanied by explanatory annotations, a note on the texts (including a list of textual emendations), and a preface. “Backgrounds and Contexts” brings together relevant correspondence and contemporary reviews from both British and American sources. Also included are documents related to Conrad’s sources for the stories, among them Charles Arthur Sankey’s “Ordeal of the Cutty Sark: A True Story of Mutiny, Murder on the High Seas.” To help readers navigate, the editor includes a glossary of nautical terms as well as diagrams of the kinds of ships that appear in the stories. “Criticism” includes fifteen essays representing both new and established voices. The essays are arranged by story, with the focus on Conrad’s major themes—colonialism, narrative, gender, and race. Albert J. Guerard, Lillian Nayder, Mark D. Larabee, Fredric Jameson, F. R. Leavis, and John G. Peters are among the contributors. A chronology of Conrad’s life and work and a selected bibliography are also included.

The Secret Sharer and Other Stories (International Student Edition) (Norton Critical Editions)

Author : Joseph Conrad
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2016-04-04
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780393614794

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The Secret Sharer and Other Stories (International Student Edition) (Norton Critical Editions) by Joseph Conrad Pdf

This Norton Critical Edition includes four stories—two set on stormy seas, two on calm seas, all four based on the same incident—that speak to each other in interesting ways. The stories in this Norton Critical Edition maintain the connection and sequencing that Joseph Conrad saw among them. In his “Author’s Note” to ‘Twixt Land and Sea, Conrad writes of his two “Calm-pieces” (“The Secret Sharer” and The Shadow-Line) and his two “Storm-pieces” (The Nigger of the “Narcissus” and “Typhoon”). This edition is based on the first English book edition for the stories and the first American edition for the “Author’s Note” for The Shadow-Line, “Typhoon,” and “The Secret Sharer.” The stories are accompanied by explanatory annotations, a note on the texts (including a list of textual emendations), and a preface. “Backgrounds and Contexts” brings together relevant correspondence and contemporary reviews from both British and American sources. Also included are documents related to Conrad’s sources for the stories, among them Charles Arthur Sankey’s “Ordeal of the Cutty Sark: A True Story of Mutiny, Murder on the High Seas.” To help readers navigate, the editor includes a glossary of nautical terms as well as diagrams of the kinds of ships that appear in the stories. “Criticism” includes fifteen essays representing both new and established voices. The essays are arranged by story, with the focus on Conrad’s major themes—colonialism, narrative, gender, and race. Albert J. Guerard, Lillian Nayder, Mark D. Larabee, Fredric Jameson, F. R. Leavis, and John G. Peters are among the contributors. A chronology of Conrad’s life and work and a selected bibliography are also included.

Fatty Legs

Author : Christy Jordan-Fenton,Margaret Pokiak-Fenton
Publisher : Annick Press
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2010-09-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781554515882

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Fatty Legs by Christy Jordan-Fenton,Margaret Pokiak-Fenton Pdf

Eight-year-old Margaret Pokiak has set her sights on learning to read, even though it means leaving her village in the high Arctic. Faced with unceasing pressure, her father finally agrees to let her make the five-day journey to attend school, but he warns Margaret of the terrors of residential schools. At school Margaret soon encounters the Raven, a black-cloaked nun with a hooked nose and bony fingers that resemble claws. She immediately dislikes the strong-willed young Margaret. Intending to humiliate her, the heartless Raven gives gray stockings to all the girls — all except Margaret, who gets red ones. In an instant Margaret is the laughingstock of the entire school. In the face of such cruelty, Margaret refuses to be intimidated and bravely gets rid of the stockings. Although a sympathetic nun stands up for Margaret, in the end it is this brave young girl who gives the Raven a lesson in the power of human dignity. Complemented by archival photos from Margaret Pokiak-Fenton’s collection and striking artworks from Liz Amini-Holmes, this inspiring first-person account of a plucky girl’s determination to confront her tormentor will linger with young readers.

A Soldier's Daughter and Other Stories

Author : George Alfred Henty
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1906
Category : Conduct of life
ISBN : 9781465603166

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A Soldier's Daughter and Other Stories by George Alfred Henty Pdf

On the North-West frontier of India stood the little fort of Darlinger. It had been erected two years previous to the opening of this story, and was occupied by three companies of a Punjaubi regiment under the command of Major Ackworth. It was intended to act as a check to the incursions of the fierce tribes across the frontier. One of these raids had recently been made, and the major was about to start with two and a half companies and two field-guns to punish the invaders. He was a strict officer but not unpopular, being very particular about the comfort and well-being of those under his command; in other respects, however, he was a silent and reserved man. He had lost his wife a year before, and this had completely broken him down; the only being he seemed now to care for was his daughter Nita. Nita's mother hadÊintended to return to England with her daughter just before death put an end to the plan. The major talked often of the necessity of sending Nita home, but so far it had only been talk. "I have quite made up my mind at last, Nita, when I return from this expedition, to pack you off to your uncle in England; you are getting a great deal too old to be knocking about in a barrack-yard, and there are no ladies here who would keep you up to the mark. I know that you are a favourite with all the officers, but that only makes matters worse. You have been a regular tomboy for the last five years, and it is quite time that you were taught to behave as a young lady."

The Magical Publishing Pen and Other Stories

Author : M. Stefan Strozier
Publisher : World Audience Inc
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2017-03-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781494728076

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The Magical Publishing Pen and Other Stories by M. Stefan Strozier Pdf

The Magical Publishing Pen is published by Mary Celeste Press. The collected stories of M. Stefan Strozier vary widely in theme and yet the protagonist is always a male of a certain age. As arranged here, the stories represent a chronological arc of a man's life from boyhood to adulthood. Stylistically, the stories show an arc too, as a story about a young man was written when the author was a young man, and a story about an older man was written when the author was older, for example. Magical Realism, framed stories, humor, satire, action, different points-of-view, and crisp dialog pervade the stories. This collection is a portrait of an artist as a young to mid-aged man.

Parable of the Sower

Author : Octavia E. Butler
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2023-03-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781538765494

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Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler Pdf

This acclaimed post-apocalyptic novel of hope and terror from an award-winning author "pairs well with 1984 or The Handmaid's Tale" and includes a foreword by N. K. Jemisin (John Green, New York Times). When global climate change and economic crises lead to social chaos in the early 2020s, California becomes full of dangers, from pervasive water shortage to masses of vagabonds who will do anything to live to see another day. Fifteen-year-old Lauren Olamina lives inside a gated community with her preacher father, family, and neighbors, sheltered from the surrounding anarchy. In a society where any vulnerability is a risk, she suffers from hyperempathy, a debilitating sensitivity to others' emotions. Precocious and clear-eyed, Lauren must make her voice heard in order to protect her loved ones from the imminent disasters her small community stubbornly ignores. But what begins as a fight for survival soon leads to something much more: the birth of a new faith . . . and a startling vision of human destiny.