Better a Dinner of Herbs

Better a Dinner of Herbs
Author: Byron Herbert Reece
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Total Pages: 226
Release: 1992-12-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0820314897

First published in 1950, Better a Dinner of Herbs is a compellingly dramatic tale of twisted, often violent human relationships. Taking its title from a biblical passage dealing with the power of love and hate within a household, the novel counterbalances its grim narrative with a poetic prose that evokes a reverence for the rhythm of the seasons and the continuity of life. Byron Herbert Reece situates the story in the isolated hills of the agrarian South where he spent most of his life, but it could have occurred in any rural setting at any time. An unmarried girl dies in childbirth. Her brother, swearing revenge on the father of the child, sells the family farm and turns toward the open world with his nephew. In search of a wife and a different livelihood, he chances to encounter his enemy. An intentional act of brutality symbolizes an end to his passion and summons him again away from all that he cherishes. Born at the foot of Blood Mountain in north Georgia and reared in the isolated mountain area near Blairsville, Byron Herbert Reece (1917-1958) was the author of four volumes of poetry and two novels that are tied deeply to the spirit and traditions of Appalachia. Journalist Bill Shipp has called Reece "perhaps the greatest balladeer of the Appalachians." His first volume of poems was published in 1945 to wide critical acclaim, and the publication of his remaining work brought him recognition far beyond north Georgia.

A Dinner of Herbs

A Dinner of Herbs
Author: Catherine Cookson
Publisher: Corgi
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2001-06-28
Genre: Northumbria (England : Region)
ISBN: 9780552147903

Dinner of Herbs

Dinner of Herbs
Author: Carla Grissmann
Publisher: Arcadia Books
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2001
Genre: Travel
ISBN:

A travelogue based on the author's experiences in,remote Anatolia in the '60s. It includes,remarkable descriptions and photographs of the,cave dwellings and monastries of Cappadocia.

The Facts on File Dictionary of Proverbs

The Facts on File Dictionary of Proverbs
Author: Martin H. Manser
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
Total Pages: 513
Release: 2007
Genre: Proverbs, English
ISBN: 0816066736

Lists the meaning and origin of more than 1,700 traditional and contemporary English proverbs.

Get Wisdom

Get Wisdom
Author: Ernest Verity
Publisher: Xulon Press
Total Pages: 602
Release: 2003-06
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1591606691

Awakening, The: SAT Words From Literature

Awakening, The: SAT Words From Literature
Author: Kate Chopin
Publisher: Prestwick House Inc
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2008
Genre:
ISBN: 158049868X

SAT Words from Literature presents a new approach to scoring high on the Scholastic Aptitude Test. Rather than taking words directly from a dictionary and studying them, SAT Words from Literature presents vocabulary words that are found in classic literature in their original context. In this way, you will get a clear understanding of what the word can do in a sentence, what it might mean, and how it is used. Each vocabulary word is highlighted in the text and also reproduced in bold on the facing page, followed by the part of speech as it is used in the book, the pronunciation, an appropriate definition, and a synonym or antonym if applicable. Exercises that test your understanding of the vocabulary words are included at the end of the book. To make the exercises more manageable, words are arranged by chapters, or sections, so that there are not too many words in any one group. With this painless approach to learning vocabulary, you can boost your chances of acing the SAT.

The Awakening

The Awakening
Author: Kate Chopin
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 121
Release: 2017-06-06
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1387021931

The Awakening, originally titled A Solitary Soul, is a novel by Kate Chopin, first published in 1899. Set in New Orleans and on the Louisiana Gulf coast at the end of the 19th century, the plot centers on Edna Pontellier and her struggle between her increasingly unorthodox views on femininity and motherhood with the prevailing social attitudes of the turn-of-the-century American South.

50 Classic Women Writers

50 Classic Women Writers
Author: Golgotha Press
Publisher: BookCaps Study Guides
Total Pages:
Release: 2011
Genre:
ISBN: 161042476X

An anthology of 50 classic women writers with an active table of contents to make it easy to quickly find the book you are looking for. Works include: Adam Bede by George Eliot Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery Anthem by Ayn Rand Awakening and Selected Short Stories by Kate Chopin Black Beauty by Anna Sewell The Circular Staircase by Mary Roberts Rinehart The Clever Woman of the Family by Charlotte Yonge The Colors of Space by Marion Zimmer Bradley The Convert by Elizabeth Robins A Circuit Rider's Wife by Corra Harris Cranford by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Daddy-Long-Legs by Jean Webster A Dog of Flanders by Louisa de la Rame Each Man Kills by Victoria Glad Emma McChesney & Co by Edna Ferber The Fire Bird by Gene Stratton-Porter Frankenstein by Mary Shelley Heidi by Johanna Spyri The House of Mirth By Edith Wharton Hubert's Wife by Minnie Mary Lee In the Mountains by Elizabeth von Arnim Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs The Indiscreet Letter by Eleanor Hallowell Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte Lady Audley's Secret by Mary Elizabeth Braddon The Land of Little Rain by Mary Austin Life in the Iron-Mills by Rebecca Harding Davis Love Affairs of an Old Maid by Lilian Bell Man and Maid by Elinor Glyn Miss Philly Firkin, The China-Woman by Mary Russell Mitford My Antonia by Willa Cather The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe Night and Day by Virginia Woolf Phoebe, Junior by Margaret Oliphant Pollyanna by Eleanor H. Porter Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen The Princess of Cleves by Madame de Lafayette The Railway Children by E. Nesbit Ramona by Helen Hunt Jackson Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm by Kate Douglas Wiggin The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett A Simple Story by Mrs. Inchbald The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter Story of My Life by Helen Keller What Not by Rose Macaulay Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman