Author: Adrian Perez Publisher: Xlibris Corporation ISBN: 1469174200 Category : Poetry Languages : en Pages : 252
Book Description
Stuff Left In The Attic is an arrangement of poetry written in words so simple that anyone can enjoy. Mr. Perez is a vigilant man who writes from the heart. Nothing fancy or complex, his style so direct and bold, his poetry takes on many of his own experiences in life. He sees the radiance and purity of the world around that can be covered with the dirtiness of immorality, but despite of all of this, we can experience the feelings put into every one of his words. His poetry, so pure and true like an exquisite flower, it will leave you wanting to gather more and more.
Author: Darby Penney Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com ISBN: 1458765989 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 374
Book Description
More than four hundred abandoned suitcases filled with patients' belongings were found when Willard Psychiatric Center closed in 1995 after 125 years of operation. In this fully-illustrated social history, they are skillfully examined and compared to the written record to create a moving-and devastating-group portrait of twentieth-century American psychiatric care.
Author: Mark Z. Danielewski Publisher: Pantheon ISBN: 0375714413 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 106
Book Description
Between 1982 and 1989, Pelafina H. Lièvre sent her son, Johnny Truant, a series of letters from The Three Attic Whalestoe Institute, a psychiatric facility in Ohio where she spent the final years of her life. Beautiful, heartfelt, and tragic, this correspondence reveals the powerful and deeply moving relationship between a brilliant though mentally ill mother and the precocious, gifted young son she never ceases to love. Originally contained within the monumental House of Leaves, this collection stands alone as a stunning portrait of mother and child. It is presented here along with a foreword by Walden D. Wyhrta and eleven previously unavailable letters.
Author: Ruth Mason Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd ISBN: 1848760728 Category : Girls Languages : en Pages : 291
Book Description
A fictional account of a rural childhood in South Oxfordshire, set in the period 1939 to 1947. The war years. The challenges of rural life, social customs and curiosities create a rich background as Maggie grows up. She discovers how to adapt to strict codes of behaviour set by adults at home and at the Iron Room, the meetinghouse of a group of non-conformist Christians.
Author: Ian Harper Publisher: Akshay Sonthalia ISBN: 9394020462 Category : Self-Help Languages : en Pages :
Book Description
Mistakes. We all make them. But should there always be regrets? If you like true-life stories in the self-help genre, you are in the right place. It was a mistake is a how-to manual for professionals seeking to harness the power of failure in a quest for self-improvement. Failure can become your launching pad for positive change if you change your perspective. In fact, this book proclaims the more mistakes you make, the better person you will be! This powerful title includes: Engaging stories in essay form of real-life mistakes and failure experiences that ‘worked.' Practical steps that you can apply to change your approach to life’s failures. Ways to eliminate the fear of making mistakes that can hold you back. These insightful stories find the beauty in broken relationships and past mistakes. The book asks you to delve deep and discover the purpose of your previous actions, how strong it is, and to identify the beauty in realizing that mistakes can be good. The good news is you don’t have to remain stuck in past patterns. In It was a mistake, the authors equip you with tools and strategies to be more successful and maximize the strengths in errors. You can’t undo yesterday’s mistakes. But you can change your perspective and do the rest of your life better. Read essays here from authors like the award-winning Ian Harper, Elaina Erola, Casey Hampton, and more.
Author: Raye Morgan Publisher: Harlequin ISBN: 0373178530 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 186
Book Description
"Marc Huntington needs to protect his ancestral estate when he discovers it's being sold out from under him. Luckily, keeping an eye on the main competition is no hardship: Torie Sands is as beautiful as she is secretive... Torie grew up as the butler's daughter on the Huntington estate and she's back to clear her family name-- not to fall for enigmatic Marc all over again! How will she gain the trust of this hard, suspicious man, whose years as a navy SEAL have left him wounded and wary?"--P. [4] of cover.
Author: Samuel Frederick Publisher: Cornell University Press ISBN: 1501761579 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 185
Book Description
Collecting is usually understood as an activity that bestows permanence, unity, and meaning on otherwise scattered and ephemeral objects. In The Redemption of Things, Samuel Frederick emphasizes that to collect things, however, always entails displacing, immobilizing, and potentially disfiguring them, too. He argues that the dispersal of objects, seemingly antithetical to the collector's task, is essential to the logic of gathering and preservation. Through analyses of collecting as a dialectical process of preservation and loss, The Redemption of Things illustrates this paradox by focusing on objects that challenge notions of collectability: ephemera, detritus, and trivialities such as moss, junk, paper scraps, dust, scent, and the transitory moment. In meticulous close readings of works by Gotthelf, Stifter, Keller, Rilke, Glauser, and Frisch, and by examining an experimental film by Oskar Fischinger, Frederick reveals how the difficulties posed by these fleeting, fragile, and forsaken objects help to reconceptualize collecting as a poetic activity that makes the world of scattered things uniquely palpable and knowable.
Author: Nancy Kissiar Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc. ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 240
Book Description
Theodore Lancaster, the man responsible for training the fourteen spy squirrels that caused an international stink after being caught and killed in Iran, moved to Sweet Pine to retrain the rest of the squirrel team to steal jewelry. His largest and smartest squirrel, Goliath, successfully stole a magnificent diamond bracelet, but when Theo saw the hurt caused by the theft, he secretly returned the bracelet and left town without a word. On his way out of town, he placed a beautiful porcelain squirrel on the mantle of the woman he had come to admire. Now a year had passed, and Theodore had returned to Sweet Pine to seek forgiveness from those he had hurt. As he visited those involved, he realized a couple of Sweet Pine's less honorable citizens were racing to find the lost treasures of Col. Rance Bigley, the hero of the War Between the States. They were willing to do whatever it took to steal the gold and jewels. It was up to him to save Sweet Pine from murder and mayhem. Maybe, along the way, he would also find the way to win the heart of his one true love.
Author: Elizabeth Winthrop Publisher: Holiday House ISBN: 082342684X Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 192
Book Description
The classic children's story about a young boy, his toy castle, and a magical adventure that reveals the true meaning of courage When his beloved caretaker Mrs. Phillips tells him she's leaving, William is devastated. Not even her farewell gift of a model medieval castle helps him feel better—though he has to admit it's fascinating. From the working drawbridge and portcullis to the fully-furnished rooms, it's perfect in every detail. It almost seems magical. And when William looks at the silver knight, the tiny figure comes to life in his hand—and tells him a tale of a wicked sorcerer, a vicious dragon, and a kingdom in need of a hero. Hoping the castle's magic will help him find a way to make his friend stay, William embarks on a daring quest with Sir Simon, the Silver Knight—but he will have to face his own doubts and regrets if he's going to succeed. William's story continues in The Battle for the Castle, available as a redesigned companion edition. An IRA-CBC Children's Choice A California Young Reader Medal Winner A Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award Winner Nominated for 23 State Book Awards
Author: Adrian Perez
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Author: Mark Z. Danielewski
Author: Ruth Mason
Author: Ian Harper
Author: Raye Morgan
Author: Samuel Frederick
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Author: Elizabeth Winthrop