The Incomparable Cassandra

The Incomparable Cassandra
Author: Laura Paquet
Publisher: Zebra Books
Total Pages: 238
Release: 2004
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780821776605

Forced together by a season-long round of matchmaking, a bookish biologist and a boisterous belle of the "ton" find there's no arguing with a basic principle of biology: opposites attract. Original.

Song of the Universe

Song of the Universe
Author: Robert Veres
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 428
Release: 2007
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0595402275

A thriller about a securities broker who becomes involved in a real estate transaction, where he is introduced to the property's occupants who possess strange powers. This community of spiritual beings sets the stage for his spiritual awakening, and for events that pit good against evil. Told from the viewpoint of a father writing to his estranged daughter.

My Exaggerated Life

My Exaggerated Life
Author:
Publisher: Univ of South Carolina Press
Total Pages: 299
Release: 2018-03-13
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1611179084

An oral biography that reveals the Southern author's true voice Pat Conroy's memoirs and autobiographical novels contain a great deal about his life, but there is much he hasn't revealed to readers—until now. My Exaggerated Life is the product of a special collaboration between this great American author and oral biographer Katherine Clark, who recorded two hundred hours of conversations with Conroy before he passed away in 2016. In the spring and summer of 2014, the two spoke for an hour or more on the phone every day. No subject was off limits, including aspects of his tumultuous life he had never before revealed. This oral biography presents Conroy the man, as if speaking in person, in the colloquial voice familiar to family and friends. This voice is quite different from the authorial style found in his books, which are famous for their lyricism and poetic descriptions. Here Conroy is blunt, plainspoken, and uncommonly candid. While his novels are known for their tragic elements, this volume is suffused with Conroy's sense of humor, which he credits with saving his life on several occasions. The story Conroy offers here is about surviving and overcoming the childhood abuse and trauma that marked his life. He is frank about his emotional damage—the depression, the alcoholism, the divorces, and, above all, the crippling lack of self-esteem and self-confidence. He also sheds light on the forces that saved his life from ruin. The act of writing compelled Conroy to confront the painful truths about his past, while years of therapy with a clinical psychologist helped him achieve a greater sense of self-awareness and understanding. As Conroy recounts his time in Atlanta, Rome, and San Francisco, along with his many years in Beaufort, South Carolina, he portrays a journey full of struggles and suffering that culminated ultimately in redemption and triumph. Although he gained worldwide recognition for his writing, Conroy believed his greatest achievement was in successfully carving out a life filled with family and friends, as well as love and happiness. In the end he arrived at himself and found it was a good place to be.

Cassandra's Tale: Invitation to the Circle

Cassandra's Tale: Invitation to the Circle
Author: Sioux Rose
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 202
Release: 2010-02-17
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 1440195110

Cassandra’s Tale is intended for children of all ages. The oldest story never told, it depicts our world as a humorous reflection of the Cosmos. And who inhabits such a world? Why, the twelve rays! Forced to spend summer vacation with her eccentric grandfather, Professor Erroneous Macaronius, who is tied up by lab research, Cassandra bonds with his pet parrot Ezekiel. This clever creature extends his bird’s eye view by introducing her to the twelve rays who happen to be insects! Each one imparts spiritual lessons with wit and wisdom. Cassandra learns about the wonders of the whole circle, and so, too, will readers lucky enough to be invited into her enchanted world.

Benjamin's Gift

Benjamin's Gift
Author: Michael Golding
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Total Pages: 187
Release: 2009-09-26
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0446930172

A richly crafted novel, here is a tale that is at once the adventure-filled story of an unusual father and son and a front-row view of the momentous events that shaped the 20th century.

Cassandra's Daughter

Cassandra's Daughter
Author: Joseph Schwartz
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 350
Release: 2018-05-08
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 0429897499

This work presents a complete history of psychoanalysis from its origins in 19th-century medical science to the end of the 20th century. The origins of psychoanalysis as well as the more immediate influences on Freud are explored, as is the way the discipline he founded has developed and changed.Joseph Schwartz first lays out the late Victorian approaches to mental illness and health and explains the context in which Freud's revolution took place. He traces the evolution of Freud's own thought, then shows how and why the rifts and shifts in the analytic community occurred. He then focuses on Freud's colleagues, rivals, successors and detractors - Jung, Adler, Sullivan, Melanie Klein, Erich Fromm to name a few. For once we see how the different schools and interpretations fit together - how they grew in response to each other, and what separate contributions each pioneer made over the last hundred years to create an effective understanding of the world of human subjective experience.

Another Spring

Another Spring
Author: Amii Lorin
Publisher: Belgrave House
Total Pages: 354
Release: 2014-05-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1610848357

Though Elizabeth Leninger was a society wife and mother, she’d always dreamed of having a writing career. When she’s widowed, there’s an opportunity to pursue this. At a writers’ conference she meets DeDe, who becomes her friend and introduces her to her uncle Jake Ruttenberg, bestselling author of thrillers. Their attraction is immediate, but can Jake discover his deepest feelings, and can Elizabeth trust this sexy man? Contemporary Romance/Women’s Fiction by Amii Lorin; originally published by Zebra

The Merry Men Box Set#1

The Merry Men Box Set#1
Author: Meredith Bond
Publisher: Meredith Bond
Total Pages: 551
Release:
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ISBN:

An Exotic Heir Weaving a web of revenge can be satisfying, but dangerous to your heart. London society is shallow and cruel, sending Cassandra Renwick running to Calcutta, the exotic seat of the British Raj. It’s a fascinating place filled with interesting sights – including the dark and mysterious Julian Ritchie. But she never thought that an even greater heartbreak could be here in this alien and enchanting land. Julian has always been discriminated against for being only half English. Embittered, he plots an intricate plan for vengeance with the innocent and lovely Cassandra as his pawn. But he soon finds that payback can be painful for the avenger as well when the threads of revenge unwittingly turn into the silken bonds of love. A Rake's Reward A treasure lost… American Sara Whately came to England with a single goal: recover a long-lost family treasure. Her father had long ago renounced his title and abandoned his country, but desperate financial straits call for desperate measures. Gaining access won’t be easy. The jewels are hidden on an estate Sara’s grandfather lost long ago in an unlucky turn of the cards. And then there’s the vexing, villainous, valiant Viscount Reath… A jewel of a woman… Sinclair Stratton, Lord Reath has always gotten everything he wants—money, privilege, and women. But after ten years in India, he’s returned to England, ready to make amends for his youthful follies. He plans to return his ill-gotten estate to its rightful owner but the man is impossible to find. And despite still being one of the most sought after rake’s in town, the bold American beauty he keeps encountering seems to be immune to his charms and dashing good looks. While Sara has promised to not just search for her grandfather's jewels, but make an attempt at fitting into society, it might just be that Viscount Reath is the treasure she actually needs. And a BONUS NOVELLA: Under the Mango Tree In 18th century Calcutta, Lakshmi Rai has grown up under and in the mango tree in her mother's garden. Escaping there from her chores every chance she gets, she hides amongst the branches to read and study, even though reading is unheard of—even forbidden—for a good Bengali girl. Only her brother knows and aids her in her passion for learning—until the day the Englishman comes into the garden and stood under her mango tree. Now all sorts of forbidden thoughts are entering her head—many of them having to do with the handsome Englishman, Lord Huntley, the man with blue-green eyes. But can a girl from a good Bengali family even dare to dream of such things? If she does, what else might be possible under the mango tree?

Adventures Among Books

Adventures Among Books
Author: Andrew Lang
Publisher: Jazzybee Verlag
Total Pages: 259
Release: 2012
Genre:
ISBN: 3849606724

Here we have Mr. Lang at his best. . . . The recollections, perhaps, are the best things in the book — of Stevenson, Dr. John Brown, and Oliver Wendell Holmes, all sympathetic, delicate, and perceptive in criticism, reticent to the point of shyness. But the lighter literary essays have that elusive humour of which we have spoken, even in a greater degree than the recollections, and in the " The Boy " Mr. Lang is almost rollicking — for Mr. Lang. This book is annotated with a rare extensive biographical sketch of the author, Andrew Lang, written by Sir Edmund Gosse, CB, a contemporary poet and writer. Contents: Preface Chapter I: Adventures Among Books Chapter Ii: Recollections Of Robert Louis Stevenson Chapter Iii: Rab’s Friend Chapter Iv: Oliver Wendell Holmes Chapter V: Mr. Morris’s Poems Chapter Vi: Mrs. Radcliffe’s Novels Chapter Vii: A Scottish Romanticist Of 1830 Chapter Viii: The Confessions Of Saint Augustine Chapter Ix: Smollett Chapter X: Nathaniel Hawthorne Chapter Xi: The Paradise Of Poets Chapter Xii: Paris And Helen Chapter Xiii: Enchanted Cigarettes Chapter Xiv: Stories And Story-Telling (From Strath Naver) Chapter Xv: The Supernatural In Fiction Chapter Xvi: An Old Scottish Psychical Researcher Chapter Xvii: The Boy Footnotes