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In today's society, we run on blind faith that someone else will fix the problem for us. So we ignore our children whims and quirks looking towards a future day when they will outgrow their little problems or that is every parent's hope. This poem is an example of children's reality and our nightmare. Please enjoy!

**"Recreates the experience of living in Thailand's aqueous climate so viscerally that you can feel the water rising around your ankles."--Ron Charles, Washington Post "Important, ambitious, and accomplished." --Mohsin Hamid, New York Times bestselling author of Exit West** A...

Here is a collection of short stories and articles, to entertain and inspire the reader. Our Lives in Colored brushes is a fictional narrative, where the characters tend to favor mostly the female gender -- even though this does not completely makes it so. There are also male characters who also tell...

Sometime, somewhere, someone is searching for answers . . . . . . in a thirteenth-century castle . . . on a train to a concentration camp . . . in a New York city apartment Hidden within the binding of an ancient text that has been passed down through the ages lies the answer to one of the...

Arnold Bennett (1867-1931) was a prolific British writer and journalist.  Bennett is popular for fiction such as The Old Wives’ Tale and also for non-fiction works such as How to Live on 24 Hours a Day and Mental Efficiency.  This edition of The Honeymoon includes a table of contents.

Edith Wharton was one of the most famous American authors of the early 20th century.  Wharton’s writings were known for their witty presentation on upper class society in America.  This edition of The Fruit of the Tree includes a table of contents.

Nouvelle édition 2019 sans DRM de Les lettres écrites a monseigneur l’evêque de Maillezais de Rabelais augmentée d'annexes (Rabelais par Anatole France; Rabelais par Clouzot). ERGONOMIE AMÉLIORÉE : L'ouvrage a été spécifiquement mis en forme pour votre liseuse. - Naviguez par simple...

Grounded in the rich, Central African tradition and oral history of Mvett Ekang, Claire Ekang: Fight or Disappear cleverly blurs the line between fiction and non-fiction. Its heroine Claire and her lifelong friend Iris are raised in the secret society of the powerful women of Mikouss. Their elders in...

Thank You for the Shoes the story of an extraordinary ordin**ary man        This story is based on the life of a man named Michelangelo Rizzo, known as Michele to his family and later Mike to everyone else. It reads like a novel and spans eighty years, two continents and several...

Extrait : "Avant qu'aucun chant joyeux ou triste eût retenti dans les montagnes de la Norwége, avant qu'aucun nuage de fumée se fût élevé de ses tranquilles vallées, avant qu'aucun arbre de ses sombres forêts eût été abattu par la main des hommes et que le roi Nor eût donné son nom à cette...

Following an unprecedented explosion of literary talent in Newfoundland over the past twenty years, The Breakwater Book of Contemporary Newfoundland Short Fiction assembles the very best work by the island’s most accomplished fiction writers. Featuring selections by Michael Crummey, Jessica Grant,...

A l'orée du XXème siècle, Noël Cavignac évolue au sein de la bourgeoisie orléanaise. Alors que son avenir est tout tracé à la tête de la manufacture familiale de son père, lui aspire pourtant à un tout autre dessein, plus artistique... Si l'usine est confrontée au choix du progrès industriel,...

Louisa May Alcott (1832 1888) needs little introduction, as she is one of the most famous American female authors, whose most famous work is Little Women. She also served as a nurse for six weeks during the Civil War at Union Hospital in Georgetown. Her letters were compiled to create Hospital Sketches....

Kis életek - kis csodák Rakovszky Zsuzsa költő 2002-ben 'A kígyó árnyéka' című regényével mutatkozott be prózaíróként, és a közönségsikeren túl elnyerte a Magyar Irodalmi Díjat. Ezt követte 2005-ben második regénye, A hullócsillag éve. Prózaírói indulásától különleges...