Twists and Turns: An Eclectic Collection of Stories
Twists and Turns: An Eclectic Collection of Stories

Author: Carmel M. Portillo

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2015-08-06

Total Pages: 152

ISBN-13: 1329358201

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Twists and Turns: An Eclectic Collection of Stories is the final product of requests from my readers. The stories contained within these pages are a compilation of stories and novelettes that have been written over the past ten years by the same author. Most of the stories in this book have been published electronically, but this is the first time they are available in print. ""Captive,"" a novelette, has never been published before. The genres include political satires, conspiracy theories, psychological thrillers, and controversial themes such as same-sex relationships and religious satire. Some of the stories deal with tests of faith and others are pure fantasy. These stores are intended not only to entertain, but to cause the reader to think in ways they may not be used to. To many, some of the stories will seem opened ended. That is the intention, so the reader can ponder different possibile solutions to various social issues.

Short Rounds: An Eclectic Collection of Stories, Poems and a Short Memoir
Short Rounds: An Eclectic Collection of Stories, Poems and a Short Memoir

Author: Richard H. Nilsen

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2018-03-08

Total Pages: 168

ISBN-13: 1387648144

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Since Five Easy Pieces was already taken as a title, I guess Short Rounds will have to do. Also, it seems appropriate that, as of this writing, I have five published books in print. These five short stories can serve as a complementary addendum to those five books. I also include a short ñspiritual memoirî titled Faith Came Easy and two previously unpublished poems. I will try to let the short fiction speak for itself, but I should add that it is as eclectic as I can make it. There is mystery, science fiction, scene portraiture and even an attempt at horror. So here goes. Some quick reads and, I hope, interesting pieces. They pretty much all stand alone, except possibly ñInside Out, î which utilizes the main character from my Adirondack Mystery series, Hallum Johnson. The other stories are all orphans in character and the fact that this is the first time they have seen the light of day in publication.

East or West
East or West

Author: Sudhir Jain

Publisher: FriesenPress

Published: 2017-06-02

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 1525502794

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East or West is a worldly, eclectic collection of linked short fiction. In these pages are stories that explore themes like the clash of cultures of east and west, the small instances that shape great lives, starting over, and more. A new holy site arises in the east: an ashram . . . for atheists, but is it all that it seems? A young British girl struggles against her new boyfriend’s fundamentalist religious culture. A musician in the 1800s strives to gain recognition while under the shadow of one of the greatest composers of all time. A business tycoon has one last chance at happiness after his hubris has cost him his fortune. A debut author seeks success at a local book fair. A young executive tries to close a deal that could save her struggling company. East or West contains more than twenty stories that radiate intelligence, pathos, and humour in a reading experience for all ages.

Moments 'til Midnight
Moments 'til Midnight

Author: Brent Crowe

Publisher: B&H Publishing Group

Published: 2018-09-01

Total Pages: 170

ISBN-13: 1462787789

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"I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith." In the biblical letter of 2 Timothy, the apostle Paul reflected on his passing life. It was but a vapor. He was a pilgrim, passing through this life and into the next. Moments 'til Midnight creatively peels back the curtain of Paul's final hours. Author Brent Crowe imaginatively retells the last twelve hours of Paul's life, from the perspective of the apostle himself. Along the way, readers will be encouraged to live with purpose, to redeem the time, and to embrace the awesome reality that they too are on a sacred journey. With no more letters to write, no more churches to plant, no more sermons to preach, and no more missionary journeys to embark upon, Paul awaited his death sentence. What were his final reflections on life? How did he view the race he had run? How should you view the race set before you?

Writing Early American History
Writing Early American History

Author: Alan Taylor

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

Published: 2006-07-05

Total Pages: 277

ISBN-13: 0812219104

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How is American history written? Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alan Taylor answers this question in this collection of his essays from The New Republic, where he explores the writing of early American history.

Little Pictures of Japan
Little Pictures of Japan

Author: Olive Beaupré Miller

Publisher:

Published: 1925

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13:

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From the Foreword: Friends of Moon and Winds-so were the Japanese poets called who wrote the tiny poems that comprise the greater part of this book. Dewdrops of smallest compass are they, yet mirroring in vivid flashes the whole of Japanese life. In few words of primitive, childlike simplicity these old sages sang, for the little hokku poems are gems of only three lines comprising no more than seventeen syllables, the tiniest poems in the world. These minute gems, however, usher one into that atmosphere of tender sympathy with all that has life, that world of benign serenity where dwelt the ancient poets of Japan. Cricket, butterfly, bee, and frog, stars, flowers, winds-these were the things of which they sang. What could be more simple or within the understanding of the smallest child? Yet here is real poetry, and not mere doggerel, the finest poetry of Japan. -- Provided by publisher.

An Unspoken Art
An Unspoken Art

Author: Lee Gutkind

Publisher: Open Road Media

Published: 2014-03-11

Total Pages: 269

ISBN-13: 1480471356

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DIVDIVIn the tradition of James Herriot’s All Creatures Great and Small, An Unspoken Art is Lee Gutkind’s captivating look at the lives of veterinarians, from the zoos to the farm/divDIV Lee Gutkind, the godfather of creative nonfiction, explores with warmth and sincerity the worlds of modern-day veterinarians—from practitioners operating on Manhattan’s Upper East Side to those working knee deep in mud in the English countryside. Gutkind profiles the men and women who have devoted their lives to the care of animals, almost all treating their patients with more humanity and compassion than physicians in human hospitals do. He writes of the people who do not bat an eye at sharing a bed with their dogs, and of those who spare no expense when it comes to the well-being of their pets./divDIV An Unspoken Art is an insightful look at the individuals who dedicate themselves to the care of creatures, and of the enduring bond between people and animals./divDIV/div/div

Wes Anderson
Wes Anderson

Author: Donna Kornhaber

Publisher: University of Illinois Press

Published: 2017-08-16

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13: 0252099753

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The Grand Budapest Hotel and Moonrise Kingdom have made Wes Anderson a prestige force. Rushmore and The Royal Tenenbaums have become quotable cult classics. Yet every new Anderson release brings out droves of critics eager to charge him with stylistic excess and self-indulgent eclecticism. Donna Kornhaber approaches Anderson's style as the necessary product of the narrative and thematic concerns that define his body of work. Using Anderson's focus on collecting, Kornhaber situates the director as the curator of his filmic worlds, a prime mover who artfully and conscientiously arranges diverse components into cohesive collections and taxonomies. Anderson peoples each mise-en-scéne in his ongoing ""Wesworld"" with characters orphaned, lost, and out of place amidst a riot of handmade clutter and relics. Within, they seek a wholeness and collective identity they manifestly lack, with their pain expressed via an ordered emotional palette that, despite being muted, cries out for attention. As Kornhaber shows, Anderson's films offer nothing less than a fascinating study in the sensation of belonging--told by characters who possess it the least.