Born and raised in the repressive conservatism of nineteenth-century Switzerland, Conrad Buff spent a restless youth seeking an outlet for his artistic spirit. His talent would flourish in the majestic landscape and creative individualism of the American West. In the opening decade of the new century, his arrival in California coincided with the flowering of a dynamic movement in American art. Sketching and painting en plein air, Buff was inspired by the grandeur of the High Sierras and the drama of the wind-sculpted desert. In a long and prodigious career, he bridged the coloration and brushwork of impressionism with abstraction and structure of modern art. -- Jacket.
With a nation culturally divided, many are soul searching and seeking a more logical roadmap to universal spiritual harmony. Thought-provoking answers are provided in this lavishly illustrated non-religious Adam and Eve alternative. After gaining knowledge and reason, Mada and Ava rescue a child, Lilah from The River. During their journey "The Voice" teaches them how to use these new powers as they eternally travel "The River of Life". They also learn the value of "The Rule" and how they are a part of everything, as everything is a part of them, as is the Higher Power they seek. Inspirational for all ages and a teaching guide for children. A trilogy.
How far will the Hollywood elite go to impose their political agenda on the people? And how much will the country take before it fights back? In this satirical but believable political intrigue, Hollywood elitists groom actor Matt Morrison for president and hack into the nation’s voting machines. Morrison fraudulently defeats conservative Candy Wright. Congress and the Supreme Court are coopted by murder. A computer guru exposes the fraud on TV’s Hannibal and Holmes and on Will O’Really’s Squawking Points. After Washington refuses to investigate, Texas and New Mexico secede from the union as the Republic of Texico. Morrison threatens invasion. Mexico supports Texico and threatens oil cutoff and a flood of illegal immigrants. Morrison declares war and promises a bloody invasion as the world prepares for a global meltdown of epic proportions.
Welcome to the Essential Novelists book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors. For this book, the literary critic August Nemo has chosen the two most important and meaningful novels of Joseph Conrad which are Heart of Darkness and Lord Jim. After a sea-faring career in the French and British merchant marines, Joseph Conrad wrote short stories and novels which combined his experiences in remote places with an interest in moral conflict and the dark side of human nature. Novels selected for this book: - Heart of Darkness - Lord Jim This is one of many books in the series Essential Novelists. If you liked this book, look for the other titles in the series, we are sure you will like some of the authors.
Of the three long novels of mine which suffered an interruption, "The Rescue" was the one that had to wait the longest for the good pleasure of the Fates. I am betraying no secret when I state here that it had to wait precisely for twenty years. I laid it aside at the end of the summer of 1898 and it was about the end of the summer of 1918 that I took it up again with the firm determination to see the end of it and helped by the sudden feeling that I might be equal to the task. This does not mean that I turned to it with elation. I was well aware and perhaps even too much aware of the dangers of such an adventure. The amazingly sympathetic kindness which men of various temperaments, diverse views and different literary tastes have been for years displaying towards my work has done much for me, has done all—except giving me that over-weening self-confidence which may assist an adventurer sometimes but in the long run ends by leading him to the gallows.
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