Where Have You Gone Without Me

Author : Peter Bonventre
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2021-03-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781684426218

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Where Have You Gone Without Me? by Peter Bonventre Pdf

"Where Have You Gone Without Me? is a wildly entertaining romp across the gritty sidewalks of New York with a streetwise newspaperman. Bonventre is a compelling storyteller. Once I started reading, I couldn't stop. It's one hell of a yarn!" -Howard Blum, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Goodnight and Dark Invasion "Let’s see: There’s a religious miracle (maybe) and a headline-grabbing murder (definitely), a psycho gangster with a bizarre dream and a long-lost love who suddenly makes the scene. And that’s not all. Where Have You Gone Without Me? is a Must Read—so what’re you waiting for?" -Maxine Paetro, co-author with James Patterson of No. 1 New York Times Best Sellers In the heart of New York City, newspaper columnist Eddie Sabella stumbles into the biggest story of his life when a statue is stolen from a church. Not just any statue, but one that was reported to have miraculously wept real tears only the day before—an event that made headlines. As Eddie pursues the story behind the theft, he begins unravelling a mystery that leads him to cross paths with a cast of unusual suspects: a respected restauranteur with a secret past, a cantankerous priest with expensive tastes, a legendary hitman, and a still-volatile Mafia soldier hungry for revenge. As Eddie rushes to track down the mastermind behind the statue’s theft, his investigation takes him deeper than he could have ever imagined into murders, mobsters, and head-spinning crimes. But nothing could have prepared him for Phyllis—Eddie’s first love who disappeared without a trace fifteen years before—an enigma in her own right who makes a startling return and upends his personal life. A mystery with non-stop twists and suspense, Where Have You Gone Without Me? is a story of lovers and losers, revenge, and second chances.

Author : Hank Moore
Publisher : Morgan James Publishing
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2022-09-06
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781631959660

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Pop Music Legends by Hank Moore Pdf

“Music affects every person. It is the soundtrack of our happiness, zest for achievement and relationships to others. Music brings great ideas and feelings. It soothes the soul. It creates and sustains memories.” – Hank Moore Pop Music Legends covers change and growth of the music recording industry. It is based on the Hank Moore’s involvement in music over the years, interviews with hundreds of music stars and his knowledge of pop culture. It is the only book that encompasses a full-scope music perspective and is designed to have high appeal mass appeal, historical, entertainment and is applicable to a broad audience.

Author : Agnieszka Soltysik Monnet
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2020-12-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781793634962

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Combat Death in Contemporary American Culture by Agnieszka Soltysik Monnet Pdf

Combat Death in Contemporary American Culture: Popular Cultural Conceptions of War since World War II explores how war has been portrayed in the United States since World War II, with a particular focus on an emotionally charged but rarely scrutinized topic: combat death. Agnieszka Soltysik Monnet argues that most stories about war use three main building blocks: melodrama, adventure, and horror. Monnet examines how melodrama and adventure have helped make war seem acceptable to the American public by portraying combat death as a meaningful sacrifice and by making military killing look necessary and often even pleasurable. Horror no longer serves its traditional purpose of making the bloody realities of war repulsive, but has instead been repurposed in recent years to intensify the positivity of melodrama and adventure. Thus this book offers a fascinating diagnosis of how war stories perform ideological and emotional work and why they have such a powerful grip on the American imagination.

Author : Curtis Parris
Publisher : Page Publishing Inc
Page : 657 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2021-12-02
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781662440656

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As The Wayward Wind Blows by Curtis Parris Pdf

This book marks the first time that the poetry of Curtis Wayne Parris appears in print. The poems were selected to showcase Parris’ mastery of verse and provide readers with a broad range of poetic styles from Parris’ diverse catalog. Readers should be advised—and forewarned—that they are about to enter into a world of hauntingly beautiful prose and verse that spans the spectrum of human emotion, from zeniths of bliss to nadirs of sorrow. In his cosmic meanderings, Parris wanders through psychedelic dreamscapes of sublime beauty but also descends into the deepest gorges of despair. Through linguistic alchemy, Parris skillfully blends subject, sound, syntax, and syncopation to create naturally rhythmic poems charged with pure emotion. Blessed with a gift for alliteration and cadence, Parris uses simple, everyday words to convey the most intimate and horrifying details of his life. Parris does not seek exposure nor notoriety, for he lives in a world of night, of moonscapes and shadows. Instead, Parris writes because he has a tempest inside. Parris injects metaphysical concepts into his poems, frequently traveling through time, space, and other dimensions as he explores the mysterious universe within his mind. In these respects, his poems can touch upon ancient nerves; for we are all, to some degree or another, just fellow travelers in time, journeying through life, seeking solace, and awaiting final destinations. Into this abstract poetic tapestry, Parris weaves his observations on life, death, religion, and politics. Come along and take a journey through the land of dreams.

Author : Al Ameel
Publisher : Notion Press
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2017-12-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781948147767

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Lost Wings by Al Ameel Pdf

When Aisha’s son, Muhammad, decides to move to Dubai to pursue his dreams, she has nothing left in Saudi Arabia, hence makes the choice to move with him so that they can continue to live together as a family. But a business trip to India, which should have seen him being away from home for ten days, suddenly turns into an additional two weeks, with no communication from her beloved son and no clue as to his whereabouts. Then, after two weeks, a letter from her son arrives for Aisha. The news isn’t good, but a follow-up letter, weeks later, reveals another side to the story. Now, Aisha is set to undertake a journey that she had never expected to make, to a land that was as strange as any she encountered, to find a person she had never met. But the promised reward at the end is a touch that is worth the journey and will go some way to healing the broken heart of a loving mother.

Author : Basavaraj Naikar
Publisher : Sarup & Sons
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : American literature
ISBN : 8176255661

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Literary Vision by Basavaraj Naikar Pdf

Author : Bran Nicol,Eugene McNulty,Patricia Pulham
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2010-11-03
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781441140128

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Crime Culture by Bran Nicol,Eugene McNulty,Patricia Pulham Pdf

By broadening the focus beyond classic English detective fiction, the American 'hard-boiled' crime novel and the gangster movie, Crime Culture breathes new life into staple themes of crime fiction and cinema. Leading international scholars from the fields of literary and cultural studies analyze a range of literature and film, from neglected examples of film noir and 'true crime', crime fiction by female African American writers, to reality TV, recent films such as Elephant, Collateral and The Departed, and contemporary fiction by J. G. Ballard, Kazuo Ishiguro, and Margaret Atwood. They offer groundbreaking interpretations of new elements such as the mythology of the hitman, technology and the image, and the cultural impact of 'senseless' murders and reveal why crime is a powerful way of making sense of the broader concerns shaping modern culture and society.

Author : Kavita Chakravarty,Pareena Lawrence
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2017-06-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781443873833

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Life Histories of Women Panchayat Sarpanches from Haryana, India by Kavita Chakravarty,Pareena Lawrence Pdf

This volume represents a collection of life histories of women who live in rural Haryana. It looks at the impact of the 73rd Amendment to India’s constitution, which introduced reservations in the political arena for women. The Panchayati Raj Act of 1992 reserved one third of all Sarpanch positions for women, and granted constitutional status to the Panchayat system, outlining its specific functions and jurisdiction. This book enhances existing scholarship on the impact of these changes in that it provides the opportunity for women Sarpanches from Haryana to speak for themselves and reflect upon their journey. Ten elected women Sarpanches share their stories about their lives, from childhood to adolescence to adulthood. Their life histories address the following questions: Who are these women who agreed to run for a reserved seat in the elections? What motivated them? Why were they asked to run? What barriers do they face? Do they feel they are making a difference? Indeed, these stories reflect the lived realities of the women impacted by the changes in legislation.

Author : Rama Kundu
Publisher : Atlantic Publishers & Dist
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Indic literature (English)
ISBN : 812690206X

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Indian Writing in English by Rama Kundu Pdf

Indian English Writing Is A Vast Arena Today. With New Trends Emerging, New Talents Making Their Mark, New Creative And Critical Branches Sprouting In Various Directions, As Well As With The Thematic Varieties, Technical Experiments, And Linguistic Innovations, It Is Now God S Plenty. The Extraordinary Richness And Variety Of Indian Writing Today, Indeed, Pose A Challenging Task For Any Critic Or Anthologist In The Area, Since It Has Become Next To Impossible To Give Any Comprehensive View Or Idea Of This Fast-Growing Literature In Its Totality Within The Compass Of A Single Volume.Still It Remains The Critic S Responsibility As Well As Pleasure To Find The New Authors And Texts Side By Side With The Older And Already Canonized Ones. As Robert Kroetsch, The Canadian Author, Says, We Want The Critic To Find Us Out Our Indian Authors Today Also Should Legitimately Expect The Perceptive-Responsive Critic To Find Them Out. It Is Especially Needed In The Present Case Since The Indian Writers In English Are Still Engaged In The Process Of Writing From Outside The Mainstream, And, Therefore, Are In Serious Need Of The Right Critical Attention And Understanding.It Is Precisely This Situation That Has Been Kept In View In Compiling The Present Anthology Of A Bunch Of Critical Essays On A Cross-Section Of Indian Fiction, Poetry And Drama In English. Quite A Number Of The Texts Discussed In This Volume Have Been Written In Recent Years, Whereas A Few Earlier Texts M.R. Anand S, For Example Have Also Been Included In Order To Help The Reader To View The Spectrum In A Total Perspective. The Critical Range Of This Volume Includes Mulk Raj Anand, Khushwant Singh, Ruth Jhabvala, Anita Desai, Manju Kapur, Amitav Ghosh In Fiction, A.K. Ramanujan, Nissim Ezekiel, Kamala Das In Poetry, Girish Karnad S Tuglaq And Hayavadana In Drama.The Articles Included In The Present Volume Will Allow Us A Glimpse Into Some Of The Representative Authors, Texts, And Trends.Students, Teachers, Scholars, As Well As The Common Reader Will Find The Book Useful And Interesting.

Author : Phillip Lopate
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 395 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2024-07-02
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780231561266

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My Affair with Art House Cinema by Phillip Lopate Pdf

Phillip Lopate fell hard for the movies as an adolescent. As he matured into an acclaimed critic and essayist, his infatuation deepened into a lifelong passion. My Affair with Art House Cinema presents Lopate’s selected essays and reviews from the last quarter century, inviting readers to experience films he found exhilarating, tantalizing, and beguiling—and sometimes disappointing or frustrating—through his keen eyes. In an essayist’s sinuous prose style, Lopate captures the formal mastery, artistic imagination, and emotional intensity of art house essentials like Yasujirō Ozu’s Late Spring, David Lynch’s Mulholland Drive, and Andrei Tarkovsky’s Solaris, as well as works by contemporary filmmakers such as Maren Ade, Hong Sang-soo, Hou Hsiao-hsien, Christian Petzold, Paolo Sorrentino, and Jafar Panahi. Essays explore Chantal Akerman’s rigorous honesty, Ingmar Bergman’s intimacy, Abbas Kiarostami’s playfulness, Kenji Mizoguchi’s visual style, and Frederick Wiseman’s vision of the human condition. Lopate also reflects on the work of fellow critics, including Roger Ebert, Pauline Kael, and Jonathan Rosenbaum. His considered, at times contrarian critiques and celebrations will inspire readers to watch or rewatch these films. Above all, this book showcases Lopate’s passionate advocacy for not only particular films and directors but also the joys and value of a filmgoing culture.

Author : Lysette Maison
Publisher : Austin Macauley Publishers
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2022-04-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781398430716

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Devil's Bin by Lysette Maison Pdf

This book is about a young woman who was looking for an adventure after ending a relationship. She decided on a Canadian trekking trip in the Northern Territories in mid-winter. Her friend was going to go with her but backed out at the last minute, leaving her to go on her own. On the plane, she met up with two guys who were also going trekking and offered her a lift from the hotel to the trail. They set off together but separated half way up, leaving Valeria on her own to continue after taking a rest. As she continued up the trail, she came to a fork, but it wasn’t on the map; there weren’t any signs so she decided to go right, but the snow kept getting deeper, and she couldn’t see where she was walking. She carried on a bit further but then lost her footing and fell into a small ravine. She couldn’t pull herself out and feared the worst. In desperation, as the light was fading, she screamed as loud as she could until finally she heard the crunch of the snow above in the hope it was human. What transpires is nothing like she imagined her trip to be. Devil’s Bin takes you on a journey of love, sex, loss and other complexities of life.

Author : Liz Kessler
Publisher : Orion Children's Books
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2011-04-07
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781444003222

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A Year without Autumn by Liz Kessler Pdf

If you could see into the future - would you look? Jenni Green doesn't have a choice. On her way to visit her best friend, Autumn, Jenni suddenly finds she's been transported exactly one year forward in time. Now she discovers that in the year that's gone by, tragedy has struck and her friendship with Autumn will never be the same again. But what caused the tragedy? How did Jenni skip a year? And can she find her way back to the past to try to change what lies ahead? With humour - and her customary light touch - the author of the EMILY WINDSNAP books plays a fascinating game with time, and explores the changes that take place in friendships and families in the aftermath of a disaster.

Author : Harry Scrudato
Publisher : Austin Macauley Publishers
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2023-04-28
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781638297123

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Love Poems from the Heart by Harry Scrudato Pdf

The story of my love was written in the form of poetry. My wife passed away on June 8, 2019. The many love poems were written for people who lost their loved ones, young lovers, and most of all it's a journey for dreamers. When you read my poems of love, you will be looking into the essence of my life.

Author : Daniel Kuhnley
Publisher : Drezhn Publishing LLC
Page : 697 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2019-10-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781947328204

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Rended Souls by Daniel Kuhnley Pdf

The dark heart beats again. Nardus is terrified he may have doomed Centauria. A malevolent, winged monster advances on his people with a mind-controlled army. The wizard Pravus deceived him. He never should have trusted the man. Was this Pravus’s plan from the beginning—a war against the world? His last hope of redemption lies in discovering an age-old magical secret… Twins Aria and Alderan, once inseparable, now stand on opposite sides of the brewing war. Aria lusts for power, determined to be queen. With Pravus and the dragon at her side, who could defeat them? Alderan struggles to master his magic while torn between loyalties. How will he outsmart a manipulative wizard and a centuries-old dragon? As the battle lines are drawn, can Nardus and Alderan claim their rightful place to rescue their world and save Aria? Rended Souls is the third book in the riveting The Dark Heart Chronicles epic fantasy series. If you like dangerous magic, page-turning adventures, and headstrong characters, then you’ll love Daniel Kuhnley’s spellbinding tale. Buy Rended Souls to join the battle today!

Author : Colin Martin
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2013-07-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781481797795

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Dream Master by Colin Martin Pdf

This is a tense, psychological novel of demonic horror based upon Carl; a journalist who connects recent deaths to that of his horrific nightmares. Disturbed that he cannot control his dreams, he researches his family history, only to find the past torn between good and evil. Will friends help him eradicate the evil, or must he alone learn the practice of the Black Art?