Lovelyhood

Lovelyhood
Author: Mike Hemmingsen
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 211
Release: 2011-11
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1300200499

Jay worked in Corporate America - briefly. It didn't feel right. Now he works at a restaurant and is satisfied, maybe. He has two roommates - a law student and a PhD student. What stage of life are they in? childhood, adulthood... or Lovelyhood.

Hindoo Holiday

Hindoo Holiday
Author: J. R. Ackerley
Publisher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 313
Release: 2009-03-26
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 0141900032

In the 1920s, the young J. R. Ackerley spent several months in India as the personal secretary to the maharajah of a small Indian principality. In his journals, Ackerley recorded the Maharajah's fantastically eccentric habits and riddling conversations, and the odd shambling day-to-day life of his court. Hindoo Holiday is an intimate and very funny account of an exceedingly strange place, and one of the masterpieces of twentieth-century travel literature.

Angels' Shoes and other stories

Angels' Shoes and other stories
Author: Marjorie Lowry Christie Pickthall
Publisher: Good Press
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2021-08-31
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

"Buck Brennan was a bit taken in the wind, as he would have said. And that night he woke to a low moaning like the wind, a voice of grief so faint, so uncomprehending, it was not human. He took a light and went to the schoolroom. The girl was there, a bare thing of the night, her eyes luminous as its stars. She was squatting at the foot of the blackboard, making this sound of uncomplaining loss. Brennan knew what she wanted. She wanted her little lucky-bag, and was afraid to touch it. He took it down, looked into it; his clue was not there: unless a little bone collar stud with two or three hairs wrapped around the shank was a clue? The hairs gleamed in the light, reddish—fair. . . . He closed the little smelly thing, and gave it to the girl. Felt, the next instant, her hands, her tears, on his great bare feet! So she was a human being, not unattractive, and wildly grateful. He laid a hand like a lion's paw on her: but she melted from him, and he did not follow. She was not his; like the house, she belonged. . . To what, to whom? To a ghost, a shadow, bringing bright hair and a halo of lilac print, that looked at Buck with the eyes of a fate he might never learn. He went back to the bedroom, looked long at Franca, asleep and smiling. And began to feel that here, perhaps, was all the clue he needed..." 'Angels' Shoes and other stories' is a collection of short stories by Marjorie Pickthall.

The Master of All Desires

The Master of All Desires
Author: Judith Merkle Riley
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
Total Pages: 401
Release: 2013-07-02
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1402270623

"A delightful blend of history, romance, and the supernatural, served with a generous helping of wit and humor."—Booklist Nostradamus, a ruthless queen, and a young poet find themselves in the fight of their lives... Lady Sibille never goes looking for trouble, but trouble always seems to find her. When she inadvertently becomes the master of an ancient cursed head of Menander the Magus—the Master of All Desires—she suddenly has the power to grant any wish, at a steep price. Queen Catherine de Medici is trying to obtain the power of the Master in order to get rid of her husband's mistress. But she does not understand that the Master is malic itself, twisting the wishes that he grants to bring destruction. But only Nostradamus knows that evil befalls all who wish upon this accursed object. Can he stop these determined women before they unwittingly destroy the entire kingdom of France? Praise for The Master of All Desires: "Mixing history and fantasy with élan, Judith Merkle Riley offers a tightly woven, suspenseful, and fiendishly funny novel...Lush period detail and sprightly dialogue laced with humor and courtly pomp anchor Riley's romantic adventure with stylized whimsy and historical plausibility."—Publishers Weekly "Another darling mix of history, romance and the occult from Riley, a writer who excels at getting the background right and creating strong, intelligent heroines."—Kirkus Reviews

Order and Disorder After the Cold War

Order and Disorder After the Cold War
Author: Brad Roberts
Publisher: MIT Press
Total Pages: 466
Release: 1995
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780262680882

This volume collates 24 articles from "The Washington Quarterly". The articles all centre around the order and disorder in the post-Cold War era, evaluating the changing roles of the major powers and the new political and military challenges to internation

Better Homes and Gardens New Baby Book

Better Homes and Gardens New Baby Book
Author: BH&G Editors
Publisher: Bantam
Total Pages: 529
Release: 1999-03-02
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 0553580655

The "Better Homes and Gardens New Baby Book" combines old-fashioned wisdom with the latest information on caring for and nurturing one's child from birth to age three. With advice from the nation's leading obstetricians, pediatricians, and child-care experts, this indispensable guide also includes practical tips from mothers nationwide.

Fenwick's Career

Fenwick's Career
Author: Mrs. Humphry Ward
Publisher: IndyPublish.com
Total Pages: 284
Release: 1906
Genre: Art
ISBN:

On Top of the Old Tak

On Top of the Old Tak
Author: Dr. N. Dilip Kumar
Publisher: Dorrance Publishing
Total Pages: 558
Release: 2014-03-20
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1480906514

Raghu, a poor dalit boy, grew up a product of deprived and impoverished village life in the small town of Rajanagaram in Southern India. Perhaps because he spent his formative years showered with the love and virtuous nature of his parents, he beat all odds, becoming a police officer. Raghu becomes an illustrious officer, despite the crime and corruption-ridden society and policing structure. By the time he lands in Arunachal in the Eastern Himalayas, he finds Arunachal a cauldron of change. The ethnicity and age-old traditions of the tribes are at stake as insurgents work in tandem with Christian missionaries. The social equilibrium is disturbed in this new age. On Top of the Old Tak offers several captivating travelogues, conveying the woes of the common man. On Top of the Old Tak also captures the turmoil of the times as cultures and ideals clash. Raghu’s is a struggle to maintain—and in some cases bring about the return of—virtue in a changing society. This is a story of the fight for emancipation from the forces of corruption. It is a tribute to the honest policemen who sacrifice.