Frances: 2004 books

Gordon e James Carey sono fratelli. Non potrebbero essere più diversi: come il giorno e la notte. Gordon, il maggiore, è il ribelle, pronto a mettersi contro tutto e contro tutti, bellissimo e maledetto. James, il secondogenito, è solido, inquadrato, serio. Tra loro, la dolce Cindy Abbott: da sempre...

Our world is a dynamic and fascinating place. Differing societies, economies and climates shape narratives and experiences wherever one can explore or visit. Past or present, the world is always evolving and creating new stories. But how would these tales change if, instead of humans, the world was...

The mother of the renowned novelist Anthony Trollope, Frances Trollope began her literary career in the realm of non-fiction, publishing an excoriating takedown of American manners and mores in 1832. She then turned to fiction, channeling her staunch opinions into a series of social novels that tackled...

The mother of renowned novelist Anthony Trollope, Frances Trollope was an important literary figure in her own right. She made significant contributions to the then-nascent genre of travel writing, as well as publishing a number of well-researched novels that grapple with complex social issues. The sprawling epic The Vicar of Wrexhall casts a critical eye on the misdeeds of clergymen.

This eclectic selection of poems straddles decades, generations and continents and constitutes the stories collected by the author over a lifetime. The works reflect on the human condition, what the oral historian Studs Terkel called life and its uncertainties, loves exuberance and sad needs, births...

Frances Leviston's first collection, Public Dream, was one of the most acclaimed debuts of recent years, and praised for combining 'technical mastery with a lucidity that verges on the hypnotic' (Independent). Leviston's keenly-anticipated second book sees both an intellectual and dramatic intensification...

Amer-European settlement of the Great Plains transformed bountiful Native soil into pasture and cropland, distorting the prairie ecosystem as it was understood and used by the peoples who originally populated the land. Settlers justified this transformation with the unexamined premise of deficiency,...

Elleanor Eldridge, born of African and US indigenous descent in 1794, operated a lucrative domestic services business in nineteenth century Providence, Rhode Island. In defiance of her gender and racial background, she purchased land and built rental property from the wealth she gained as a business...

Deliverance from Evil brings to life the Salem witch trials, one of the most uncanny times in our nation's history. Young girls in trances pointed out neighbors, leaders, relatives--over 150 people were arrested, with many hanged for their supposed sins. Frances Hill, author of A Delusion of Satan,...

Conversations on sustainability, renewable energy, and other pressing issues: “A level of intellectual discussion all too absent in our national discourse.” —Booklist A co-founder of Physicians for Social Responsibility, named one of the most influential women of the twentieth century...

According to Wikipedia: "Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (September 24, 1825 February 22, 1911) was an African American abolitionist and poet. Born free in Baltimore, Maryland, she had a long and prolific career, publishing her first book of poetry at twenty and her first novel, the widely praised Iola Leroy, at age 67."

Public Dream, Frances Leviston’s first collection of poetry, is one of the most eagerly-awaited debuts in years. Although still in her early twenties, Leviston has already received considerable acclaim for her superbly-crafted and pitch-perfect verse. However, in the apparently effortless balancing...

Ein anrührendes Weihnachtsmärchen - ein unvergesslicher Klassiker: Zur Zeit der Jahrhundertwende lebt der 7-jährige Cedric Errol mit seiner aus den USA stammenden Mutter in ärmlichen Verhältnissen in New York. Eines Tages taucht Mr. Havisham auf und unterbreitet Cedrics Mutter das Angebot,...

To And Through Nebraska by Frances I. Sims Fulton.