Narrow Passages
Narrow Passages

Author: Brenda Albert

Publisher: Page Publishing Inc

Published: 2020-11-20

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 1662403097

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Steph Adams was a lieutenant in the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, but he had one major flaw: he was a scavenger. His skills at finding things were second to none. This skill got him an uncommon freedom from the company of men that he traveled with. One of his journeys led him to a snow-covered field near Williamsport, Maryland, where he paused to watch a rider on horseback that was trying to accomplish one goal: suicide. That cold and lonely pause at the edge of that field led to a fortuitous rescue, and it changed everything. An identical twin, lame horses, medicine procured in a town behind enemy lines, letters so beautifully written that they secured the love of a woman that should have been the enemy. Narrow Passages only proved to be a journey for a man and woman during the Civil War.

Josie's Passage
Josie's Passage

Author: J. G. Eastwood

Publisher:

Published: 2022-03-21

Total Pages: 40

ISBN-13: 9781643147147

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Josie, a lovely Labrador-Retriever, was wandering the dark woods, abandoned, freezing, and wounded. The poor puppy had nowhere to go since she was scared, helpless, and had a fractured leg. A mysterious light glowed over her head, emanating a calming warmth; it was Passage, her guide to finding her fur-ever home. Josie persevered thanks to the strength and relief she received through Passage.But will it be enough? Can Passage guide Josie to her home?

Fractured Dreams
Fractured Dreams

Author: Jacqueline Noel Wacaster

Publisher: Dorrance Publishing

Published: 2016-10-06

Total Pages: 270

ISBN-13: 1480935816

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Fractured Dreams By Jacqueline Noel Wacaster After years of government agency work, Dave Caster has chosen to live a life of solitude in the mountains of West Virginia with his loyal dog, Slugger. One day, a young woman appears with only a name — Samantha Corbin — and a limited memory. Dave contacts an old friend of his from the agency to assist him with Samantha’s situation. However, Dave soon unravels the plans of a madman, who had kidnapped the woman ten years prior and brainwashed her to create a deadly assassin. This madman is intent on retrieving the woman, who is crucial in his plot to eliminate a potential United States representative. Dave’s life of solitude is thrust back into adventure as he tries to protect Samantha and the potential representative alike.

Finding Josie
Finding Josie

Author: Wendy Bilen

Publisher: Wisconsin Historical Society

Published: 2014-03-07

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 087020484X

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With a focus squarely on the Midwest, Wendy Bilen pieces together the history of her grandmother, Josie Broadhead, born in 1911 and raised on the North Dakota prairie. Josie married a Wisconsin farmer and moved to a large dairy farm outside La Crosse; along the way she began taking in people in need of a home: ". . . beggars and drunks and children of drunks, mentally ill children and children with mentally ill parents. Brothers and cousins and sisters and in-laws and strangers." By taking on these challenges that no one else wanted, Josie left an almost mythical legacy. Years after Josie's death, Bilen embarks on a journey to unearth Josie's story and quickly realizes that the search is about her, too. As she discovers her grandmother's complicated nature ("a woman proud and humble, loving and unaffectionate, strict and visionary, joyful and troubled, a woman held together by contradictions like an arch and its capstone"), she learns much about herself and her own choices. And as she breathes life into Josie and her family, friends, and neighbors, the author evokes a powerful sense of place of small towns and farms, of prairie, of Josie's home, all of which feel both fresh and satisfyingly familiar. Much more than mere memoir or family history, this dual story about Bilen's journey illuminates the surprising ways our lives intersect with our ancestors'. An extraordinary story about a seemingly ordinary woman, Finding Josie will inspire readers to explore their own family history in their own way.

Head Over Heels
Head Over Heels

Author: Elizabeth Harbison

Publisher: MIRA

Published: 2014-12-15

Total Pages: 420

ISBN-13: 1460378180

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One small-town girl and one city girl will find their true loves in two timeless romances from New York Times bestselling author Beth Harbison Drive Me Wild For Grace Bowes, returning home feels like facing disaster. At one time she was the town’s golden girl, but now she’s a single mom just struggling to make ends meet. She knows she has to find a job, and her first interview is with none other than Luke Stewart, the man who once made her heart beat madly—before she married someone else. Luke has always been the one who made her wonder: What if…? But now she has to convince him she’s worth the risk. Midnight Cravings To police chief Dan Duvall, Beldon’s annual "Rocky Top Chili Cook-Off" is nothing but trouble. It’s always the same story—the locals get rowdy and his sleepy little town gets overrun with tourists—and this year is no exception. This time, though, all Dan’s annoyance seems linked to one visiting New Yorker: the gorgeous and whip-smart Josephine Ross. Dan definitely isn’t looking to have his heart broken by another city girl, but something about Josie has him wondering if it’s time to take his chances.

Passages
Passages

Author: Maria Beville

Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Published: 2020-07-13

Total Pages: 201

ISBN-13: 1527556581

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The multiplicity of interpretations available in the word ‘passages’ is engaged with in this collection of essays that perceptively navigate the ideas of literal and metaphorical crossings, sites of liminality and interstitial zones, the traversal of boundaries and the complex notion of rites and rights of passage. This passages topic is elucidated through discussions on writers as diverse as James Joyce and the Palestinian poet Tawfīq Sāyigh and genres that include the novel, short story, poetry and drama. The diversity of texts is matched by a diversity of theoretical readings that stimulate debate around central ideas such as: how are old texts revisited and re-imagined in the context of new theories? How do contemporary texts re-appropriate the past to critically appraise the present? How is identity renegotiated in cross-cultural texts and in translations? The combination of close textual readings with broader philosophical and cultural deliberations allows for a vigorous examination of texts and theories. The authors, in capturing the cultural moment of their work while acknowledging the ongoing movement of the texts and theory, allow the reader to both contextualise the work and recognise the creative evolution of ideas that are simultaneously at play. Academically orientated, this collection is essential reading for anyone interested in changing theoretical ideas and how they are re-invigorating a reading of literature. It will be of interest especially to students and scholars of English literature, philosophy and cultural studies. Its close textual analysis and multiple perspectives will also make it a very useful classroom text in the aforementioned areas.

Out of The Easy
Out of The Easy

Author: Ruta Sepetys

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2013-02-12

Total Pages: 368

ISBN-13: 1101607807

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“A haunting peek at the life of a teenage girl in 1950s New Orleans.”--Entertainment Weekly It’s 1950, and as the French Quarter of New Orleans simmers with secrets, seventeen-year-old Josie Moraine is silently stirring a pot of her own. Known among locals as the daughter of a brothel prostitute, Josie wants more out of life than the Big Easy has to offer. She devises a plan get out, but a mysterious death in the Quarter leaves Josie tangled in an investigation that will challenge her allegiance to her mother, her conscience, and Willie Woodley, the brusque madam on Conti Street. Josie is caught between the dream of an elite college and a clandestine underworld. New Orleans lures her in her quest for truth, dangling temptation at every turn, and escalating to the ultimate test. With characters as captivating as those in her internationally bestselling novel Between Shades of Gray, Ruta Sepetys skillfully creates a rich story of secrets, lies, and the haunting reminder that decisions can shape our destiny.

An Ocean Garden
An Ocean Garden

Author: Josie Iselin

Publisher:

Published: 2023-06-15

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780870712395

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In this captivating book, artist and avid beachcomber Josie Iselin reveals the unexpected beauty of seaweed. Produced on a flatbed scanner, Iselin's vibrant portraits of ocean flora reveal the exquisite color and extraordinary forms of more than two hundred specimens gathered from tidal pools along the California and Maine coasts. Her engaging text, which accompanies the images, blends personal observation and philosophical musings with scientific fact. Now available in paperback for the first time, this edition includes a new foreword and updated nomenclature. An Ocean Garden is a poetic and compelling tribute to the natural world and the wonder it evokes.

The Breaking Point
The Breaking Point

Author: Stephen Koch

Publisher: Catapult

Published: 2012-02-21

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 158243798X

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When American authors John Dos Passos and Ernest Hemingway went to Spain in 1937 to witness the Spanish Civil War firsthand, the devastation they encountered was far from impersonal: As Spain was unraveling thread by thread, so was the relationship between these two literary titans. They had arrived in Spain as comrades, leftist writers–in–arms. But a real–life literary mystery unfolded when Dos Passos' friend José Robles—a Spanish–born Johns Hopkins professor—disappeared. Written from a novelist's eye for detail, The Breaking Point is the story of two lives at the intersection of friendship and murder, of love and death, and of literature and history.

Iron Love
Iron Love

Author: Marguerite Poland

Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa

Published: 2012-10-02

Total Pages: 519

ISBN-13: 0143026992

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Charlie Fraser. For some, just a name, just a boy. For some, not even a remarkable boy. Call it devotion. It was as good a word as any. Why Charlie?Why not Dan or Mac or dear old Sparrow? Herbert only knew it to be so - for Charlie Fraser, despite his odd detachment, had presence. Presence. And whatever presence was, it ensured absolute devotion ... The year is 1913, the place a boys' school in colonial South Africa. For every boy, the heart of the school is his own House, his Housemaster and his particular Hero. And, for every newboy coming through the hallowed doors, there are two commandments. The first: Silence and Denial. The second: Not to fail at Footer. Validation lies in honouring these. At whatever cost.