Author: Thomas H. Cook
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 145322811X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 391
Book Description
DIVDIVA brother recalls the magnificent life of his sister, the greatest writer of her age/divDIV /divDIVA launch party is underway for a hotly anticipated biography, the life story of Elena Franklin. As a young woman, Elena was one of the most promising literary talents of the 1920s, and over the years her legend grew. Her biographer, Martha Farrell, has combed through all the evidence of Elena’s genius and passion, from her early years in New York to her expatriate life in Paris. The result is a monumental work – but among the party’s crowd is the man who knows the book is an empty shell./divDIV /divDIVOnly William, Elena’s brother, knew the truth about the famed author. Martha’s flawed biography spurs his memory, and he recalls how the temperamental baby grew into a legend. He knew Elena’s hidden pain, shared their family secrets, and draws his own portrait of the troubled soul that lay behind her artistic gifts./div/div
Elena
Author: Thomas H. Cook
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 145322811X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 391
Book Description
DIVDIVA brother recalls the magnificent life of his sister, the greatest writer of her age/divDIV /divDIVA launch party is underway for a hotly anticipated biography, the life story of Elena Franklin. As a young woman, Elena was one of the most promising literary talents of the 1920s, and over the years her legend grew. Her biographer, Martha Farrell, has combed through all the evidence of Elena’s genius and passion, from her early years in New York to her expatriate life in Paris. The result is a monumental work – but among the party’s crowd is the man who knows the book is an empty shell./divDIV /divDIVOnly William, Elena’s brother, knew the truth about the famed author. Martha’s flawed biography spurs his memory, and he recalls how the temperamental baby grew into a legend. He knew Elena’s hidden pain, shared their family secrets, and draws his own portrait of the troubled soul that lay behind her artistic gifts./div/div
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 145322811X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 391
Book Description
DIVDIVA brother recalls the magnificent life of his sister, the greatest writer of her age/divDIV /divDIVA launch party is underway for a hotly anticipated biography, the life story of Elena Franklin. As a young woman, Elena was one of the most promising literary talents of the 1920s, and over the years her legend grew. Her biographer, Martha Farrell, has combed through all the evidence of Elena’s genius and passion, from her early years in New York to her expatriate life in Paris. The result is a monumental work – but among the party’s crowd is the man who knows the book is an empty shell./divDIV /divDIVOnly William, Elena’s brother, knew the truth about the famed author. Martha’s flawed biography spurs his memory, and he recalls how the temperamental baby grew into a legend. He knew Elena’s hidden pain, shared their family secrets, and draws his own portrait of the troubled soul that lay behind her artistic gifts./div/div
The American Roommate Experiment
Author: Elena Armas
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1668002787
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A Most Anticipated Book of 2022 by Cosmopolitan, Goodreads, PopSugar, and more! From the author of the Goodreads Choice Award winner The Spanish Love Deception, the eagerly anticipated follow-up featuring Rosie Graham and Lucas Martín, who are forced to share a New York apartment. Rosie Graham has a problem. A few, actually. She just quit her well paid job to focus on her secret career as a romance writer. She hasn’t told her family and now has terrible writer’s block. Then, the ceiling of her New York apartment literally crumbles on her. Luckily she has her best friend Lina’s spare key while she’s out of town. But Rosie doesn’t know that Lina has already lent her apartment to her cousin Lucas, who Rosie has been stalking—for lack of a better word—on Instagram for the last few months. Lucas seems intent on coming to her rescue like a Spanish knight in shining armor. Only this one strolls around the place in a towel, has a distracting grin, and an irresistible accent. Oh, and he cooks. Lucas offers to let Rosie stay with him, at least until she can find some affordable temporary housing. And then he proposes an outrageous experiment to bring back her literary muse and meet her deadline: He’ll take her on a series of experimental dates meant to jump-start her romantic inspiration. Rosie has nothing to lose. Her silly, online crush is totally under control—but Lucas’s time in New York has an expiration date, and six weeks may not be enough, for either her or her deadline.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1668002787
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A Most Anticipated Book of 2022 by Cosmopolitan, Goodreads, PopSugar, and more! From the author of the Goodreads Choice Award winner The Spanish Love Deception, the eagerly anticipated follow-up featuring Rosie Graham and Lucas Martín, who are forced to share a New York apartment. Rosie Graham has a problem. A few, actually. She just quit her well paid job to focus on her secret career as a romance writer. She hasn’t told her family and now has terrible writer’s block. Then, the ceiling of her New York apartment literally crumbles on her. Luckily she has her best friend Lina’s spare key while she’s out of town. But Rosie doesn’t know that Lina has already lent her apartment to her cousin Lucas, who Rosie has been stalking—for lack of a better word—on Instagram for the last few months. Lucas seems intent on coming to her rescue like a Spanish knight in shining armor. Only this one strolls around the place in a towel, has a distracting grin, and an irresistible accent. Oh, and he cooks. Lucas offers to let Rosie stay with him, at least until she can find some affordable temporary housing. And then he proposes an outrageous experiment to bring back her literary muse and meet her deadline: He’ll take her on a series of experimental dates meant to jump-start her romantic inspiration. Rosie has nothing to lose. Her silly, online crush is totally under control—but Lucas’s time in New York has an expiration date, and six weeks may not be enough, for either her or her deadline.
Let Me Clear My Throat
Author: Elena Passarello
Publisher: Sarabande Books
ISBN: 1936747502
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
“A remarkably entertaining and thought-provoking look at the human voice and all of its myriad functions and sounds . . . Wonderful” (Library Journal, starred review). From Farinelli, the eighteenth-century castrato who brought down opera houses with his high C, to the recording of Johnny B. Goode affixed to the Voyager spacecraft, Let Me Clear My Throat dissects the whys and hows of popular voices, making them hum with significance and emotion. There are murders of punk rock crows, impressionists, and rebel yells; Howard Dean’s “BYAH!” and Marlon Brando’s “Stellaaaaa!” and a stock film yawp that has made cameos in movies from A Star is Born to Spaceballs. The voice is thought’s incarnating instrument and Elena Passarello’s essays are a riotous deconstruction of the ways the sounds we make both express and shape who we are—the annotated soundtrack of us giving voice to ourselves. “Standout pieces include a biography of the most famous scream in Hollywood history; a breakdown of the relationship between song and birdsong; and an analysis of the sounds of disgust. Akin to: A dinner party at which David Sedaris, Mary Roach and Marlon Brando are trying to out-monologue one another.” —Philadelphia Weekly “The beauty of Ellen Passarello’s voice is that it’s so confidently its own . . . I began randomly with her essay wondering what the space aliens will make of ‘Johnny B. Goode’ on the Voyager gold record and couldn’t stop after that.” —John Jeremiah Sullivan, author of Pulphead
Publisher: Sarabande Books
ISBN: 1936747502
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
“A remarkably entertaining and thought-provoking look at the human voice and all of its myriad functions and sounds . . . Wonderful” (Library Journal, starred review). From Farinelli, the eighteenth-century castrato who brought down opera houses with his high C, to the recording of Johnny B. Goode affixed to the Voyager spacecraft, Let Me Clear My Throat dissects the whys and hows of popular voices, making them hum with significance and emotion. There are murders of punk rock crows, impressionists, and rebel yells; Howard Dean’s “BYAH!” and Marlon Brando’s “Stellaaaaa!” and a stock film yawp that has made cameos in movies from A Star is Born to Spaceballs. The voice is thought’s incarnating instrument and Elena Passarello’s essays are a riotous deconstruction of the ways the sounds we make both express and shape who we are—the annotated soundtrack of us giving voice to ourselves. “Standout pieces include a biography of the most famous scream in Hollywood history; a breakdown of the relationship between song and birdsong; and an analysis of the sounds of disgust. Akin to: A dinner party at which David Sedaris, Mary Roach and Marlon Brando are trying to out-monologue one another.” —Philadelphia Weekly “The beauty of Ellen Passarello’s voice is that it’s so confidently its own . . . I began randomly with her essay wondering what the space aliens will make of ‘Johnny B. Goode’ on the Voyager gold record and couldn’t stop after that.” —John Jeremiah Sullivan, author of Pulphead
The Curse Revealed
Author: Vedanshi Pahwa
Publisher: Blue Rose Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Elena was desperate to know the truth about Andrew. Was he alive? Was he dead? Her recurring nightmares caused her more pain than ever before. Through the nightmares keres constantly haunted elena and showed her the realities which she never knew about her own family. Elena started questioning everything that she once put her faith in. Was Mrs Williams her real mother? Did her father really die in a car accident? Was Andrew really the one she loved? After sorting the troubles with Andrew and facing the reality how will they put an end to keres? Or will keres end them? Along with all of this will Andrew and elena get their happy ending or will the curse of keres take them down with her.
Publisher: Blue Rose Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Elena was desperate to know the truth about Andrew. Was he alive? Was he dead? Her recurring nightmares caused her more pain than ever before. Through the nightmares keres constantly haunted elena and showed her the realities which she never knew about her own family. Elena started questioning everything that she once put her faith in. Was Mrs Williams her real mother? Did her father really die in a car accident? Was Andrew really the one she loved? After sorting the troubles with Andrew and facing the reality how will they put an end to keres? Or will keres end them? Along with all of this will Andrew and elena get their happy ending or will the curse of keres take them down with her.
The Wisdom and Power of the Cross
Author: Richard Viladesau
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 019751653X
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
The Wisdom and Power of the Cross is the fifth and final entry in Richard Viladesau's well-regarded series on the theology of the cross, from the historical crucifixion of Jesus to the present day. Continuing his analysis of theological history through cultural contexts, this volume correlates theoretical approaches with artistic representations, showing the relation of theoretical to imaginative approaches. The Wisdom and Power of the Cross examines modern and contemporary thought and images, which look at the cross in the light of modern historical and scriptural studies, science, and the novelties of modern and post-modern art and music. Viladesau here considers how the passion of Christ has been thought about by theologians and portrayed by artists in the modern world. Contemporary art and music reveal the lasting power of traditional images of the passion, as well as new possibilities for expression. The Wisdom and Power of the Cross surveys both traditional approaches to soteriology and revisionist theologies that take up the challenge of the meaning of the cross today, in light of critical historical studies and modern science, providing new understandings of traditional concepts like "original sin" and "redemption". Through his in-depth exploration of the interweaving of aesthetic and conceptual theology, Viladesau once more deepens our understanding of the foremost symbol of Christianity and its role in salvation history.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 019751653X
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
The Wisdom and Power of the Cross is the fifth and final entry in Richard Viladesau's well-regarded series on the theology of the cross, from the historical crucifixion of Jesus to the present day. Continuing his analysis of theological history through cultural contexts, this volume correlates theoretical approaches with artistic representations, showing the relation of theoretical to imaginative approaches. The Wisdom and Power of the Cross examines modern and contemporary thought and images, which look at the cross in the light of modern historical and scriptural studies, science, and the novelties of modern and post-modern art and music. Viladesau here considers how the passion of Christ has been thought about by theologians and portrayed by artists in the modern world. Contemporary art and music reveal the lasting power of traditional images of the passion, as well as new possibilities for expression. The Wisdom and Power of the Cross surveys both traditional approaches to soteriology and revisionist theologies that take up the challenge of the meaning of the cross today, in light of critical historical studies and modern science, providing new understandings of traditional concepts like "original sin" and "redemption". Through his in-depth exploration of the interweaving of aesthetic and conceptual theology, Viladesau once more deepens our understanding of the foremost symbol of Christianity and its role in salvation history.
The Art of Coaching Workbook
Author: Elena Aguilar
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1119759021
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 566
Book Description
A practical guide for getting the most out of The Art of Coaching The Art of Coaching Workbook is the resource you’ve been waiting for to accompany Elena Aguilar’s The Art of Coaching. Ideal for new and novice coaches, as well as for those who have years of coaching under their belt, this workbook will help you improve your coaching skills. This vital companion text includes: Dozens of activities to help you internalize the concepts described in The Art of Coaching Exercises to guide you in identifying your own coaching beliefs, style, and practices Short and lengthy transcripts of coaching conversations Additional examples of key concepts in The Art of Coaching, including the Ladder of Inference and the Coaching Lenses New ideas and information that build on those in The Art of Coaching This workbook is also for those who lead and manage coaches. An entire chapter is dedicated to structures, routines, and practices that are easy to implement in professional development sessions. In addition, a new Transformational Coaching Rubric and other tools for assessment and reflection are included. If you aspire to provide meaningful learning for coaches, and you already have The Art of Coaching, this workbook is all you’ll need.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1119759021
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 566
Book Description
A practical guide for getting the most out of The Art of Coaching The Art of Coaching Workbook is the resource you’ve been waiting for to accompany Elena Aguilar’s The Art of Coaching. Ideal for new and novice coaches, as well as for those who have years of coaching under their belt, this workbook will help you improve your coaching skills. This vital companion text includes: Dozens of activities to help you internalize the concepts described in The Art of Coaching Exercises to guide you in identifying your own coaching beliefs, style, and practices Short and lengthy transcripts of coaching conversations Additional examples of key concepts in The Art of Coaching, including the Ladder of Inference and the Coaching Lenses New ideas and information that build on those in The Art of Coaching This workbook is also for those who lead and manage coaches. An entire chapter is dedicated to structures, routines, and practices that are easy to implement in professional development sessions. In addition, a new Transformational Coaching Rubric and other tools for assessment and reflection are included. If you aspire to provide meaningful learning for coaches, and you already have The Art of Coaching, this workbook is all you’ll need.
Baby Seals
Author: J. W. Bloomfield
Publisher: WestBow Press
ISBN: 1512765686
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Baby SEALs Part 1 is the first in a series of seven books that follows the lives of two children, Jeff and Danielle, who meet when they are six years old and decide they are brother and sister. Part 1 describes their lives from the time they meet until they are twelve. Danielle lives with her mother and stepfather, while Jeff lives with his mother. To say the least, none of these parents are great role models. When Jeff and Danielle are seven, they are terribly injured; and when they are released from the hospital, they are taken under the wing of an ex-Navy SEAL and members of his team who spend the next several years teaching them everything a SEAL knows, from scuba diving to weapons, unarmed combat, parachuting, combat medic, and even explosives. At their core, Jeff writes music, while Danielle is an artist and plays the guitar. All the new training is laid on top of this. Although they become Christians together early on, their faith takes a major blow when they are injured, and they spend a long time regaining their faith. Through it all, their friends, new ones and old ones, Christian and non-Christian, give them support and encouragement. Also through it all is how Gods hand in their lives is obvious to anyone who can see what is taking place and how all the pieces fit together.
Publisher: WestBow Press
ISBN: 1512765686
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Baby SEALs Part 1 is the first in a series of seven books that follows the lives of two children, Jeff and Danielle, who meet when they are six years old and decide they are brother and sister. Part 1 describes their lives from the time they meet until they are twelve. Danielle lives with her mother and stepfather, while Jeff lives with his mother. To say the least, none of these parents are great role models. When Jeff and Danielle are seven, they are terribly injured; and when they are released from the hospital, they are taken under the wing of an ex-Navy SEAL and members of his team who spend the next several years teaching them everything a SEAL knows, from scuba diving to weapons, unarmed combat, parachuting, combat medic, and even explosives. At their core, Jeff writes music, while Danielle is an artist and plays the guitar. All the new training is laid on top of this. Although they become Christians together early on, their faith takes a major blow when they are injured, and they spend a long time regaining their faith. Through it all, their friends, new ones and old ones, Christian and non-Christian, give them support and encouragement. Also through it all is how Gods hand in their lives is obvious to anyone who can see what is taking place and how all the pieces fit together.
The Pages
Author: Paula Lane
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1435700392
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
Audrie Hollingsworth-Goodwin awakens one morning to find that she has inherited the family's most coveted and mysterious heirloom. She will soon find, that The Pages carry with them both a blessing and a curse-the power to give life and the power to take it away. But will she decide to give her life away to be with her beloved husband Jonathan who died one year earlier? Or will The Pages change her life in such a way that no one, not even Audrie could have imagined? The Pages promise to take you to a place where reality is twisted by an unseen power-where lives hang in the balance, and sacrifice may be the only way of escape. Paula Lane, "Christian Fiction" Christian Theme.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1435700392
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
Audrie Hollingsworth-Goodwin awakens one morning to find that she has inherited the family's most coveted and mysterious heirloom. She will soon find, that The Pages carry with them both a blessing and a curse-the power to give life and the power to take it away. But will she decide to give her life away to be with her beloved husband Jonathan who died one year earlier? Or will The Pages change her life in such a way that no one, not even Audrie could have imagined? The Pages promise to take you to a place where reality is twisted by an unseen power-where lives hang in the balance, and sacrifice may be the only way of escape. Paula Lane, "Christian Fiction" Christian Theme.
Room
Author: Laurence Fearnley
Publisher: Victoria University Press
ISBN: 9780864733900
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
One morning a young patient fails to keep an appointment. Room is the story of what happens to Amelia in the days that follow. A compelling novel from a remarkable new writer of New Zealand.
Publisher: Victoria University Press
ISBN: 9780864733900
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
One morning a young patient fails to keep an appointment. Room is the story of what happens to Amelia in the days that follow. A compelling novel from a remarkable new writer of New Zealand.
Reversal
Author: Gene Ligotti
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1462827667
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 419
Book Description
Reversal is the unique tale of an undying love set upon the tapestry of the science of genetic bio-technical advancements. In the world of pharmaceutical cosmetics, every company strives to find the fountain of youth for women. They never dreamt their endeavors would achieve a complete reversal to the woman’s own youth. In Reversal, Contessa Industries, finds this product and sends the reader on an emotional roller coaster of mystery where he/she will question the value of immortal life against a normal life filled with love and happiness. The company’s CEO, Elena Hedwington, working in complete secrecy with her top bio-technician, Dr. Devin O’Rourke, experiment with a new formula given to her by her father on his deathbed. You will meet Elena’s estranged husband, the egotistical Gar, driven by his lustful greed plotting to steal the formula. Gar is an unsavory character who is sought by the police and uses murder to achieve his ends. Devin is against the use of the formula until it is tested fully, but Elena for her own personal reasons wants to use the formula with herself as the guinea pig. He fears that Elena might lose memory, intellect, or even her life. Against Devin’s pleas, his advice, and her promise not to use the formula, Elena goes ahead. The phenomenal formula causes an amazing transformation. The sixty-four year old woman truly reverses into the beautiful thirty-two year old she once was. Using all her abilities as a cosmetician, Elena disguises her new youth and appears as her older self. Keeping all this from Devin, Elena creates an identity for her younger being; a younger half sister to take over her position in the company and in her life. This ‘half sister, Electra’ becomes a major character as the suspenseful story builds. But the formula changes more than Elena’s age. Elena’s personality is also changing creating the ‘Hyde’ version of the ‘Jekyll’ she once was. Devin, a character study of loyalty, devotion, and commitment, has loved Elena since they met in college. Upon discovering the truth, in a fit of anger at her deception and betrayal, he leaves her and disappears to an upstate hideaway. Elena takes this opportunity to allow her ‘half sister Electra’ to take over completely and Elena is seen no more. There is a massive search for Elena, which of course turns up nothing. After well over a month Devin returns to his only love to try to convince her to stop using the formula before it destroys her completely. He returns at the precise moment that Gar attempts to steal the formula. Devin is severely wounded and in an intriguing twist of fate the police arrive to save Devin, but they are really there only to arrest him for the murder of Elena Hedwington. A long suspenseful trial ensues. A dilemma develops for Devin; will he save himself by revealing Elena’s hidden secret or will his love for her send him to prison for life? The dramatic suspenseful conclusion will surprise even the most astute reader. Although intrigue, lust, deception, and murder are all evident in this novel, it is basically a love story with several major twists which will keep the reader enthralled and guessing.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1462827667
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 419
Book Description
Reversal is the unique tale of an undying love set upon the tapestry of the science of genetic bio-technical advancements. In the world of pharmaceutical cosmetics, every company strives to find the fountain of youth for women. They never dreamt their endeavors would achieve a complete reversal to the woman’s own youth. In Reversal, Contessa Industries, finds this product and sends the reader on an emotional roller coaster of mystery where he/she will question the value of immortal life against a normal life filled with love and happiness. The company’s CEO, Elena Hedwington, working in complete secrecy with her top bio-technician, Dr. Devin O’Rourke, experiment with a new formula given to her by her father on his deathbed. You will meet Elena’s estranged husband, the egotistical Gar, driven by his lustful greed plotting to steal the formula. Gar is an unsavory character who is sought by the police and uses murder to achieve his ends. Devin is against the use of the formula until it is tested fully, but Elena for her own personal reasons wants to use the formula with herself as the guinea pig. He fears that Elena might lose memory, intellect, or even her life. Against Devin’s pleas, his advice, and her promise not to use the formula, Elena goes ahead. The phenomenal formula causes an amazing transformation. The sixty-four year old woman truly reverses into the beautiful thirty-two year old she once was. Using all her abilities as a cosmetician, Elena disguises her new youth and appears as her older self. Keeping all this from Devin, Elena creates an identity for her younger being; a younger half sister to take over her position in the company and in her life. This ‘half sister, Electra’ becomes a major character as the suspenseful story builds. But the formula changes more than Elena’s age. Elena’s personality is also changing creating the ‘Hyde’ version of the ‘Jekyll’ she once was. Devin, a character study of loyalty, devotion, and commitment, has loved Elena since they met in college. Upon discovering the truth, in a fit of anger at her deception and betrayal, he leaves her and disappears to an upstate hideaway. Elena takes this opportunity to allow her ‘half sister Electra’ to take over completely and Elena is seen no more. There is a massive search for Elena, which of course turns up nothing. After well over a month Devin returns to his only love to try to convince her to stop using the formula before it destroys her completely. He returns at the precise moment that Gar attempts to steal the formula. Devin is severely wounded and in an intriguing twist of fate the police arrive to save Devin, but they are really there only to arrest him for the murder of Elena Hedwington. A long suspenseful trial ensues. A dilemma develops for Devin; will he save himself by revealing Elena’s hidden secret or will his love for her send him to prison for life? The dramatic suspenseful conclusion will surprise even the most astute reader. Although intrigue, lust, deception, and murder are all evident in this novel, it is basically a love story with several major twists which will keep the reader enthralled and guessing.