Symbiography

Symbiography
Author: William Hjortsberg
Publisher: Open Road Media
Total Pages: 68
Release: 2012-03-13
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1453246614

DIVIn postapocalyptic America, a solitary man crafts the world’s latest form of escapism: dreams/div DIVFor eighty-five years, Par Sondak has crafted dreams. Each night he retires, probes attached to his sleeping body, and builds magnificent worlds for the people of the City to enjoy. His dreams have been bestsellers for decades, and he has more than three hundred still in circulation. Sondak’s niche is escapist fun; his current project is a ten-hour swords-and-sandals epic. More than a month’s sleep has gone into the dream, and when he completes it, his public will clamor for more./divDIV /divDIVBut when he isn’t asleep, this rotund, 105-year-old man sits on his terrace and enjoys a view of the American wasteland. Beyond Sondak’s laser-guarded walls, herds of Nomads lurk, scavenging for food and making sacrifices to pagan gods. Lately these savage men have stirred Sondak’s curiosity. But attempting to understand them might just destroy the kingdom his dreams have built./divDIV /divDIVThis ebook features an illustrated biography of William Hjortsberg including rare photos from the author’s personal collection./div

The Library of Leonard and Virginia Woolf

The Library of Leonard and Virginia Woolf
Author: Julia King
Publisher:
Total Pages: 280
Release: 2003
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN:

Originally part of the Woolfs' personal library, the Leonard and Virginia Woolf Collection at Washington State University reveals valuable biographical information about the Woolfs themselves, as well as writers and artists associated with the Bloomsbury Group. The catalog consists of brief citations that describe all of the circa 6,000 volumes in the repository.

Wanderings of a Pilgrim in Search of the Picturesque

Wanderings of a Pilgrim in Search of the Picturesque
Author: Fanny Parkes Parlby
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Total Pages: 456
Release: 2001
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 9780719053504

This edition of Fanny Parkes' account of her travels in India provides valuable insight into middle-class British women's views on Indian life. It includes descriptions of the Zenana and Indian domestic life--subjects that are often omitted from male-authored travel texts.

In the Far East

In the Far East
Author: W. H. Davenport Adams
Publisher: Applewood Books
Total Pages: 222
Release: 2009-07
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 1429019867