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Alive Alive Oh
Author | : Diana Athill |
Publsiher | : Granta Publications |
Total Pages | : 122 |
Release | : 2015-11-19 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9781783782550 |
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“Enchanting . . . Diana Athill, 98, still has a few things to teach us about growing old with dignity and humor and grace . . . Astute and sparkling.”—Associated Press Several years ago, Diana Athill accepted that she could no longer live entirely independently, and moved to a retirement home in Highgate. Released from the daily anxieties of caring for her own property and free to settle into her remaining years, she reflects on what it feels like to be very old, and on the moments in her long life that have risen to the surface and which sustain her in these last years. What really matters in the end? Which memories stand out? As she approaches her 100th year, Athill recalls in sparkling, precise detail the exact layout of the garden of her childhood, a vast and beautiful park attached to a large house; relates with humor, clarity and honesty her experiences of the First and Second World Wars and her trips to Europe as a young woman; and in the remarkable title chapter, describes her pregnancy at the age of forty-three, losing the baby and almost losing her life—and her gratitude and joy on discovering that she had survived. Alive, Alive Oh! is “so beautifully written and exquisitely detailed . . . [Athill] mines her memories of a life well-lived and generously lays them out on the page for the rest of the world to enjoy” (Star Tribune). “Witty, candid . . . If you haven’t read Athill, and open her latest book expecting serene reflections from a nonagenarian sipping tea in her garden, you’re in for a surprise.”—San Francisco Chronicle
Sweep of Stars
Author | : Maurice Broaddus |
Publsiher | : Tor Books |
Total Pages | : 399 |
Release | : 2022-03-29 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781250264923 |
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Maurice Broaddus's Sweep of Stars is the first in a trilogy that explores the struggles of an empire. Epic in scope and intimate in voice, it follows members of the Muungano empire – a far-reaching coalition of city-states that stretches from O.E. (original earth) to Titan – as it faces an escalating series of threats. "The beauty in blackness is its ability to transform. Like energy we are neither created nor destroyed, though many try." - West African Proverb The Muungano empire strived and struggled to form a utopia when they split away from old earth. Freeing themselves from the endless wars and oppression of their home planet in order to shape their own futures and create a far-reaching coalition of city-states that stretched from Earth and Mars to Titan. With the wisdom of their ancestors, the leadership of their elders, the power and vision of their scientists and warriors they charted a course to a better future. But the old powers could not allow them to thrive and have now set in motion new plots to destroy all that they've built. In the fire to come they will face down their greatest struggle yet. Amachi Adisa and other young leaders will contend with each other for the power to galvanize their people and chart the next course for the empire. Fela Buhari and her elite unit will take the fight to regions not seen by human eyes, but no training will be enough to bring them all home. Stacia Chikeke, captain of the starship Cypher, will face down enemies across the stars, and within her own vessel, as she searches for the answers that could save them all. The only way is forward. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Jacques Brel is Alive and Well Living in Paris
Author | : Eric Blau,Mort Shuman |
Publsiher | : Dramatists Play Service, Inc. |
Total Pages | : 52 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Musicals |
ISBN | : 0822219050 |
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THE STORY: The poignant, passionate and profound songs of Belgian songwriter Jacques Brel are brought to vivid theatrical life in this intense musical experience. Brel's legendary romance, humor and moral conviction are evoked simply and directly, with fo
Somewhere Towards The End
Author | : Diana Athill |
Publsiher | : Granta Books |
Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : 2009-07-02 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9781847081582 |
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What is it like to be old? Diana Athill made her reputation as a writer with the candour of her memoirs - her commitment, in her words, 'to understand, to be aware, to touch the truth'. Now in her nineties, and freed from any inhibitions that even she may once have had, she reflects frankly on the losses and occasionally the gains that old age brings, and on the wisdom and fortitude required to face death. This is a lively narrative of events, lovers and friendships: the people and experiences that have taught her to regret very little, to resist despondency and to question the beliefs and customs of her own generation.
Sound on the Goose
Author | : Louis A. Coppola I.E. |
Publsiher | : AuthorHouse |
Total Pages | : 310 |
Release | : 2015-11-30 |
Genre | : Literary Collections |
ISBN | : 9781504956345 |
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Sound on the Goose is the story of abolitionist John Brown. It is an essay-fiction docu-drama about slavery in America and the judicial murder of an American Spartacus who stood up for negro slaves and planted the first seeds of civil rights.
Only Ever Yours
Author | : Louise O'Neill |
Publsiher | : Quercus |
Total Pages | : 340 |
Release | : 2015-05-12 |
Genre | : Young Adult Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781623654559 |
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Where women are created for the pleasure of men, beauty is the first duty of every girl. In Louise O'Neill's world of Only Every Yours women are no longer born naturally, girls (called "eves") are raised in Schools and trained in the arts of pleasing men until they come of age. Freida and Isabel are best friends. Now, aged sixteen and in their final year, they expect to be selected as companions--wives to powerful men. All they have to do is ensure they stay in the top ten beautiful girls in their year. The alternatives--life as a concubine, or a chastity (teaching endless generations of girls)--are too horrible to contemplate. But as the intensity of final year takes hold, the pressure to be perfect mounts. Isabel starts to self-destruct, putting her beauty--her only asset--in peril. And then into this sealed female environment, the boys arrive, eager to choose a bride. Freida must fight for her future--even if it means betraying the only friend, the only love, she has ever known.
Irish Whiskey
Author | : Andrew M. Greeley |
Publsiher | : Tor Books |
Total Pages | : 382 |
Release | : 2011-04-01 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781429912129 |
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Nuala Anne McGrail is almost more than any poor mortal man can handle without losing his sanity: her beauty causes shortness of breath in men of all ages, she's strong, she's smart, she's witty, she sings like an angel, and--to top it all off--she's psychic, or fey as they say in the Old Country. But our man Dermot Michael Coyne, "accidental millionaire," part-time writer, and full-time worshiper of Nuala, seems to be bearing up pretty well in as much as Herself has consented to marry him. Before that blissful day arrives, another one of Nuala's "spells" sends the pair on a hunt to find out what really happened to Al Capone's famous rival, Jimmy "Sweet Rolls" Sullivan. And as they've found in previous adventures, historic mysteries can often be too current for safety, and the dead should be left buried--wherever they are. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Last Lecture
Author | : Perfection Learning Corporation |
Publsiher | : Turtleback |
Total Pages | : 135 |
Release | : 2019 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : 1663608199 |
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