A page turning suspense thriller filled with gripping imagery and chilling depictions of fear. A killer is on the prowl and a woman's life hangs in the balance as one man tries to identify the killer before time runs out.
Robert McAfee Brown (d. 2001) was a renowned Presbyterian theologian, teacher, and social activist. This is his memoir, the story of a modest man who lived life according to his conscience and his faith, and who was a model for responsible social activism within and outside the church.
The book is a collection of short stories and poems that were written as I moved through several relationships over a four year period. I wrote blogs that were originally supposed to be a part of this. I charted and chronicled every step of my healing, every growth, every realization. Rehabilitating one's personality is hard. At the beginning, the book was supposed to be a chronicle of my recovery from my divorce, but I made the mistake of going straight from my marriage into a bad relationship with a younger woman. Getting away from that relationship almost killed me. 5 years of marriage plus 5 years of abusive relationship plus ten years of custody battle equals fifteen years of pain and suffering (the first five of the custody battle were served concurrently with the abusive relationship). But really, the pieces collected in this book were the expressions that came out of the healing period, from 2006 to 2011. These were the creative parts, the art therapy. I decided to leave out the blogs, the rants, the emotional gushing, the instant message transcripts. I suppose at some point, if there's ever an interest, those things might be restored. They're all stored somewhere. Now that I've bummed you out, realize the collection is hopeful. I'm still alive, and on the other side of it all... my life is picking up momentum, and I'm doing more with the time afforded me now than I ever have before. There is a novel that I'm very proud of, coming very soon. So a personal thank you to all those who helped create what's inside. I can't list the names, because apparently that's gauche, and besides, there are enough first names dropped to make the curious have something to salivate over. But thank you to all of them nonetheless; thank you for the laughter, and the tears, the anger and the fears, thank you for the pain and the joys that have helped me bring me to this point, to who I am today. I am still alive. The story goes on.
Some of the 20th century's most important artists and writers lived and worked on the east end of Long Island years before it assumed its alternate identity as the Hamptons. The homes they made there, and the effect on their work, is the subject of these searching, lyrical vignettes.
These darkly comic and earnestly intimate stories combine the incisive energy of the essayistic with the willing gaze of the individualistic outsider, bringing a freshness to this collection of short fiction, containing award-winning pieces alongside a brand-new gem, that smacks of real life: surprising, unexpected, and intense. A young man digs a canal through his record collection. An expectant father falls in love with a revolver. A woman learns a tornado has leveled her neighboring town, and she is overjoyed, because she hated that town; and a college professor in the near, twisted future is required to carry a gun into his classroom, where he finds that, with a firearm under his jacket, the students finally pay him the attention he deserves. Told with mordant wit, these nine stories show us what happens when what we need is a friend but instead we get something far, far worse.
Broadway, the Golden Years, is a wonderfully readable group portrait of the great Broadway choreographers from the mid-20th century to our own time: Jerome Robbins, Agnes de Mille, Gower Champion, Bob Fosse, Michael Bennett, Tommy Tune, Graciela Daniele, and Susan Stroman. The hits generated by two generations of choreographer-directors define the Broadway stage: Oklahoma!; On the Town; West Side Story; Hello, Dolly!; Fiddler on the Roof; A Chorus Line; Dancin'; Dream Girls; The Producers; and many more
In the debut Mixtape book, the audience saw two poets: Joshua Robert Long & Justin David Koontz, mesh their two styles together between the covers of one book. Based on the success of the original, the pair have issued a follow-up: Mixtape: Volume II, From Yellow Springs to Flagstaff. This follow-up chronicles the pair of young men's lives since their separation, with Justin traveling across the country to find himself now residing in Flagstaff, Arizona.
The author and his family live in complete isolation, in a hut two days walk south of Haast in South Westland. Robert has lived there for nearly thirty years, Catherine for twenty and the kids, all their teenage lives. Outside contact is limited thus creating a lifestyle of self-sufficiency and working with the environment.
The fascinating life of the most remote family in New Zealand. Robert Long and his family - wife Catherine, and children Christan (17) and Robin (14) - live in complete isolation, in a hut two days' walk south of Haast in South Westland. Robert has lived there for nearly 30 years; Catherine for 20 and the kids all their lives. Their only contact with the outside world is a helicopter or plane once a month, and two trips a year to the 'outside world'. This is the story of how and why Robert - known locally as 'Beansprout' - came to live at Gorge River, and the family's experiences there over the years, living self-sufficiently and forging close bonds with the natural environment. It is an inspiring tale of one man's decision to 'drop out' of capitalist society and successfully establish a lifestyle most New Zealanders can't even imagine, harking back to the days of the earliest pioneers.
Robin Long Bird was born Robert Copeland, but extreme circumstances and devastating threats from several spy agencies throughout the world required a name change for his personal safety. Robert Copeland had been hired to take secret pictures for a cartel of international spy agencies linked by their need to share information without sharing their true identities. Robert Copeland failed to turn over this secret information to any of the agencies demanding it and not even to the covert American agency that authorized his service. He was treated badly by the agency that hired him, which also tried to prevent him from being paid for his summer of spy work. With the help of some special friends, he was able to get his payment and escape into an unknown and untraceable identity. His revenge for his poor treatment was in keeping the secret information. This story is about Robin's ability to hide from those who wanted the information that only he had access to. Robert Long Bird has one unique feature which is extremely rare and not known by many, and that is his ability to move between dimensions and to take objects and people with him. This may seem unlikely, but when the concept of dimensional travel is understood, the events in this book become a possibility.
Leaving Frost Upon the Wallsfinds a man and a woman failing onevery avenue of life. Unstable inapproximately every way, the pairfind comfort in their abilities toescape the harassing phone callsfrom creditors through a variety ofmethods. In this thirtynine pagepoem broken up into twentyfivesections, the reader is invited toexplore this pair of lives and theirattempts at breaking this pattern ofliving
This collection of fables are based on a series of Japanese legends and myths. The fables are based on the following categories: bamboo, fox, bells, flower, lantern, fan, jizo, animals, tea, bird, mirror, doll, sea, pottery, kappa, Mt. Fuji, snow, Bato-Kwannon, tree, and boys. The illustrations include various famous and traditional Japanese artists.
The Japanese word, "giga"-meaning caricature-was chosen because many of the characters in these fables represent common hopes, ideals, goals and shortcomings that shape society today. By learning and discussing the benefits of virtues, and the consequences of vices, people can develop the insight to more effectively shape their own lives and society in a more meaningful way. These 90 fables are based on Aesop's original fables; readers will readily recognize and enjoy how many fables-"The Cat and the Bell," "The Tortoise and the Rabbit," "The Ants and the Cricket,"-and others have now been adapted for the modern reader of today. This is the second edition which now contains illustrations by Yuko Sakai and is edited by Aleda Krause.
These new Aesopian fables expand on the themes that Aesop wrote about and now concern the issues, vices, and virtues of this century. The one hundred fables, which involve animals, insects, people, and objects, touch on a variety of social, moral and even political themes that are particularly relevant to this time.
The first book devoted to the literary relationship between Henry James and his American predecessor, Nathaniel Hwthorne. Robert Emmet Long demonstrates James' transformation of Hawthorne's romantic forms into realism, as one of the significant features of James' early career. Long shows that Hawthorne provided James ith a native tradition having its own conceptions of American psychological experience.
This book is designed for intermediate and advanced students who would like to improve their writing and speaking abilities in English, learn about a variety of grammar forms, and reflect and discuss current social and cultural issues throughout the world. This text has three units addressing cultural issues relating to Asia, Europe, and North America. There are three levels in which to engage students. The first involves a variety of information exchanges: Students discuss their values, background, families, social life and ideas. The second level provides either guided discussions (students are asked to give their own responses to a conversation), or a set of constructed issues / scenarios. In the third level, students can move up to critical discussions focusing on one or more cultural issues. To avoid the usual monotony that comes with a similar format, this book offers three different kinds of learning experiences: pair work, surveys / speeches, and group reactions.
A wrenching, firsthand account of how the longterm care system can defeat even the best prepared of us - with the lessons they learned to help others dealing with it, too.
These new and delightful fables expand on the themes that Aesop wrote about and now concern the issues, vices, and virtues of this century. These new 45 fables, which involve animals, insects, people, and objects, touch on a variety of social, moral and even political themes that are particularly relevant to this time. The fables, which have been written for third and fourth grade levels, will appeal to both young and old.
This is the second volume of 45 new and delightful fables, which involve animals, insects, people, and objects, and touch on a variety of social, moral and even political themes that are particularly relevant to this time. The fables, which have been written for third and fourth grade levels, will appeal to both young and old.
Rick Spears is a man of many skills and interests. An avid outdoorsman who loves camping, hunting, and writing, he has challenged himself to the ultimate adventure: a solo trek into the Alaskan wilderness, the home of countless predators who will have no fear of him. In the past, he had traveled in relative safety on hunting trips. Accompanied by just a few members from his hunt club and a photographer, they had encountered little danger. But now, hes going it alone in regions where he cant rely on help from the outer world. If things turn deadly, no one will even be able to hear his call for help, let alone respond to it. For the first time in his life, he will be truly alone with only his wits to keep him alive. He cant wait. Driven by adrenaline and ambition, Rick has spent months planning his adventure. He wants to write a book about a solitary life in the wilderness, a life without electricity or modern comforts, in the hopes of experiencing something that approximates what the old-timers endured. He knows that the only way to write that story with any credibility is to live through it himselfassuming he survives.
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