Author : Lewis Shiner
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 45,7 MB
Release : 2001-03-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780312267438
Living in the ruins of the idealistic 1960s, Ray Shackleford, a veteran of failed garage bands, works as a repairman and tends to his dying marriage. When he finds the music of his dreams has been mysteriously recorded, Ray is drawn to the past to revisit the histories of Hendrix, Morrison, the Beatles--along with his own history.
Author : Declan Henry
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 14,4 MB
Release : 2023-01-10
Category :
ISBN : 9781957913285
Glimpses is a collection of 26 fictional stories about disaffected teenagers. Meet Chenai who self-harms as a result of being sexually abused; Scott whose father forces him to beg; Malena, the teenage mother; Yuan, who is motorbike mad; Todd who questions his sexuality, plus many more characters who have to cope with the dilemma of growing up in an imperfect world. Glimpses contains stories about children who live their lives through disappointment, abuse and terror. It covers a wide range of social issues ranging from poor parenting, racism, bullying, mental health, illiteracy, truancy, poverty and the underclass, drug and alcohol issues - as well as criminal behavior including gang culture and use of weapons. Humans are shaped by experience - what happens when these experiences go bad? Henry uses these stories to show the reader that there are reasons for disaffection while reminding us that there is so much untapped potential in troubled young people. FROM THE PUBLISHER We are thrilled to republish this book, it is a collection of 26 fabulous stories about young offenders that will be beneficial to anyone working with children in a capacity of a social worker or anyone interesting in humanities.
Author : Edith Wharton
Publisher : Pushkin Press
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 33,49 MB
Release : 1922
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
"First published by Pushkin Press in 2004"--Title page verso.
Author : Trudy RN Harris
Publisher : Revell
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 43,33 MB
Release : 2017-03-14
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 1493406299
Drawn from her decades of experience as a hospice nurse, Trudy Harris shares stories that offer an incredible glimpse at what lies beyond this world--ethereal music, colors that did not exist on earth, angels, and loved ones who have gone on before. She has been with hundreds of patients as they took their last breaths and knows the kinds of questions that both the dying and their loved ones ask: What happens when we die? What should I say to a loved one who is dying? How can I make a dying friend feel safe? The stories she shares will bring the reader comfort and peace even amidst pain. Tender, heartbreaking, and eye-opening, this expanded edition of the New York Times bestseller offers more incredible windows into the world beyond and life after death.
Author : Jawaharlal Nehru
Publisher :
Page : 1016 pages
File Size : 40,79 MB
Release : 1949
Category : Civilization
ISBN :
Author : Carol Lynch Williams
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 44,10 MB
Release : 2012-05
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1416997318
Living with their mother who earns money as a prostitute, two sisters take care of each other and when the older one attempts suicide, the younger one tries to uncover the reason.
Author : Steven Vogel
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 24,71 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Biology
ISBN : 0691138060
This book investigates facets of the physical world, including the drag on small projectiles; the importance of diffusion and convection; the size-dependence of acceleration; the storage, conduction, and dissipation of heat; the relationship among pressure, flow, and choice in biological pumps; and how elongate structures tune their relative twistiness and bendiness. It considers design-determining factors and builds a bridge between the world described by physics books and the reality experienced by all creatures.
Author : Ann Thwaite
Publisher :
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 50,69 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Naturalists
ISBN : 9780571193288
Today, Philip Henry Gosse is remembered, if at all, as the patriarch and tyrannical religious maniac in his son Edmund's memoir, Father and Son. This is a vivid reassessment of the life of Philip Henry Gosse, the renowned Victorian naturalist, author, illustrator and Christian fundamentalist, who as both friend and antagonist of Charles Darwin, was at the very heart of the Victorian conflict between science and religion. Thwaite shows that Gosse believed that "the gratification of scientific curiosity is worse than useless if we ignore God."--Publisher.
Author : Craig Brown
Publisher : Fourth Estate
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 26,12 MB
Release : 2018-06-18
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780008203634
A GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR * A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR * A SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR * A DAILY MAIL BOOK OF THE YEAR 'An original, memorable and substantial achievement' TLS'A masterpiece' Mail on Sunday'I honked so loudly the man sitting next to me dropped his sandwich' ObserverShe made John Lennon blush and Marlon Brando clam up. She cold-shouldered Princess Diana and humiliated Elizabeth Taylor. Andy Warhol photographed her. Jack Nicholson offered her cocaine. Gore Vidal revered her. John Fowles hoped to keep her as his sex-slave. Dudley Moore propositioned her. Francis Bacon heckled her. Peter Sellers was in love with her. For Pablo Picasso, she was the object of sexual fantasy. "If they knew what I had done in my dreams with your royal ladies" he confided to a friend, "they would take me to the Tower of London and chop off my head!" Princess Margaret aroused passion and indignation in equal measures. To her friends, she was witty and regal. To her enemies, she was rude and demanding. In her 1950's heyday, she was seen as one of the most glamorous and desirable women in the world. By the time of her death, she had come to personify disappointment. One friend said he had never known an unhappier woman. The tale of Princess Margaret is pantomime as tragedy, and tragedy as pantomime. It is Cinderella in reverse: hope dashed, happiness mislaid, life mishandled. Combining interviews, parodies, dreams, parallel lives, diaries, announcements, lists, catalogues and essays, Ma'am Darling is a kaleidoscopic experiment in biography, and a witty meditation on fame and art, snobbery and deference, bohemia and high society. 'Brown has been our best parodist and satirist for decades now ... Ma'am Darling is, as you would expect, very funny; also, full of quirky facts and genial footnotes. Brown has managed to ingest huge numbers of royal books and documents without losing either his judgment or his sanity. He adores the spectacle of human vanity' Julian Barnes, Guardian
Author : Raymond a Moody MD
Publisher :
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 21,84 MB
Release : 2016-02-22
Category :
ISBN : 9780692655573
In this ground-breaking book, Raymond Moody, Jr., M.D. PhD, named the "father of near-death experiences" by The New York Times, explores the provocative subject of "shared death experiences," the compelling evidence that many people share their loved ones journey from this life to the next. Dr Moody's seminal work, Life After Life, completely changed the way in which we view death and dying. This new work continues his research into the afterlife by exploring in detail a wide-range of case studies, including his own personal experience during the passing of his mother. Glimpses of Eternity offers comfort and hope, and sheds new light on the mysterious adventure we take at the end of life.
