A Life in the Balance

A Life in the Balance

Author: Billy Wayne Sinclair

Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Inc.

Published: 2012-03

Total Pages: 443

ISBN-13: 1611451027

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Billy Wayne Sinclair's powerful tale about his time at one of the worst prison systems in...


Rosslyn

Rosslyn

Author: Andrew Sinclair

Publisher: Birlinn

Published: 2012-09-28

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 0857904884

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Rosslyn Chapel near Edinburgh has long exerted a powerful magnetism and mystery for people all over the world. The flamboyant Gothic church became a third Temple of Solomon for the Knights Templar, under the patronage of the St Clairs of Rosslyn. In the eighteenth century the Templars supported the Jacobite cause, and after the final defeat at Culloden, moved their radical Scots Lodges to America and France, where they played a powerful part in the revolutions in both countries. This book offers an enthralling trail through the rich tapestry of events witnessed by Rosslyn over the centuries. Andrew Sinclair, himself descended from Prince Henry St Clair, who could have taken the Templar treasure from the original vaults beneath Rosslyn Chapel to the medieval Newport Tower, Rhode Island, explores - and sometimes explodes - the many myths and misinterpretations that have grown up around Rosslyn, as the fortunes of the Sinclair family declined and the Church and Castle fell into ruin.


The Minnesota Stories of Sinclair Lewis

The Minnesota Stories of Sinclair Lewis

Author: Sinclair Lewis

Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 316

ISBN-13: 9780873515153

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Sinclair Lewis, the first American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, applied subversive satire and razor wit in his portrayals of American life. Born and raised in Sauk Centre, Minnesota, he was one of the earliest writers to attack the myth of the noble, happy, American small town. Main Street, which he described as his "first novel to rouse the embattled peasantry," was praised and reviled--and immensely popular. This initial success was followed by such accomplished books as Babbitt, Arrowsmith, Elmer Gantry, and Dodsworth, classics that today hold a prominent place in the American canon. Among the best of Lewis's works were short stories that he wrote for the popular magazines of the day. The Minnesota Stories of Sinclair Lewis collects the finest of these stories, acerbic tales set in Minnesota that reflect his favorite themes: local boosterism, the plight of strong women, native fascism, the grip of materialism. Lewis inserts himself as a character in two tales: he travels to Main Street's Gopher Prairie, where he talks to Dr. Will Kennicott, and to Babbitt's Zenith, where George Babbitt gives him a piece of his mind. Two of these stories have never been published, and six have not been reprinted since they first appeared.


Main Street

Main Street

Author: Sinclair Lewis

Publisher: First Avenue Editions TM

Published: 2022-08-01

Total Pages: 466

ISBN-13: 1728468884

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Carol Milford dreams of living in a small, rural town. But Gopher Prairie, Minnesota, isn't the paradise she'd imagined. First published in 1920, this unabridged edition of the Sinclair Lewis novel is an American classic, considered by many to be his most noteworthy and lasting work. As a work of social satire, this complex and compelling look at small-town America in the early 20th century has earned its place among the classics.


Oil!

Oil!

Author: Upton Sinclair

Publisher: DigiCat

Published: 2023-11-13

Total Pages: 560

ISBN-13:

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"Oil!" by Upton Sinclair. Published by DigiCat. DigiCat publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each DigiCat edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.


Mad Love

Mad Love

Author: Colet Abedi

Publisher: Alibi Publishing

Published: 2014-03-11

Total Pages: 262

ISBN-13: 0996708820

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On a tropical island vacation, virgin Sophie Walker turns up the heat with British ​Tycoon Clayton Sinclair. But is his possessive side too much for her to handle? Twenty-three years is long enough to spend under my parent’s thumbs, bored out of my mind by law school​ and my boyfriend, ​I decide to take a much needed break. So with my two besties in tow—Maldives Islands, here we come! I was ready for adventure. I was ready for anything. I wasn’t ready for him. My old life might have been boring, but Clayton’s doesn’t even seem real. And when I discover what he’s hiding, I wish none of it was.