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Quicklet on Charles Dickens' Great Expectations (CliffsNotes-like Summary, Analysis, and Commentary)
Quicklet on Charles Dickens' Great Expectations (CliffsNotes-like Summary, Analysis, and Commentary)
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2012
ABOUT THE BOOK I first read Great Expectations for a middle school English course. Often, I was one of the only kids in my class that would actually read the assigned title, and this book was no different. However, while I normally read the books compulsively and didn’t necessarily enjoy...
by Jean Asta
Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2012
ABOUT THE BOOK I was never a fan of the original Doctor Who series—maybe because I was too young to really appreciate it. But when the BBC revived the series in 2005, I became hooked, and fell in love with both Christopher Eccleston and David Tennant. In Season 3 of the series, the TARDIS...
Wolf
The Journey Home
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2013
When Marta, a wolf mother, and her pups are displaced by a group of well-meaning naturalists, it sets into motion a heroic journey marked by excitement, peril, and sometimes tragedy. From high in the Canadian Rockies, the wolves travel from one adventure to the next, struggling to make their way back...
Jeder Mensch ist ein Kunstwerk
Begegnungen
Language: German
Release Date: September 1, 2010
Erinnerungen an Menschen und Orte, Geschichten von Erfolg, Freiheit und Unabhängigkeit - von Thomas Bernhard bis Anna Wimschneider. Erinnerungen an Menschen und Orte, Geschichten von Erfolg, Freiheit und Unabhängigkeit - von Thomas Bernhard bis Anna Wimschneider. 20 sehr persönliche und faszinierende...
by Jean Asta
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2012
ABOUT THE BOOK When I first read Persuasion, I fell in love with the characters and found myself drawn into the depths of Austen's depictions. But the history of Austen’s own life is what truly infuses her work with meaning. I find it incredibly inspiring and admirable that, after losing...
by Jean Asta
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2012
Quicklets: Your Reading Sidekick! ABOUT THE BOOK At the heart of The Iliad, Homers fantastical epic of gods and larger-than-life heroes, there beats the essence of the human drama in all of its complexity. In its epic scope, the story caters to nearly every kind of literary taste by...
by Jean Asta
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2012
ABOUT THE BOOK In my elementary school, the library had a small section dedicated to children’s versions of classic novel adaptations. Even now, I can remember that my favorite adaptation was “The Phantom of the Opera.” The translation was a watered-down version with plenty of pictures,...
Teacher's Pet
Lessons Outside the Classroom
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2018
Nine Stories of Lessons Outside the Classroom
By Virtue Fall by Kashmira Majumdar – The rules have changed…and so have the consequences for breaking them.
Striking Gold by S.A. James – Sometimes when we think we have no choice, life brings something brighter.
Full Marks...
Eine Zierde in ihrem Hause
Die Geschichte der Ottilie von Faber-Castell
Language: German
Release Date: July 1, 2011
Ottilie von Faber ist sechzehn Jahre alt, als sie 1893 zur Alleinerbin der Bleistiftfabrik A. W. Faber wird. Sie ist sehr jung, sehr schön, sehr reich. Unter den Bewerbern um ihre Hand ist Graf Alexander zu Castell-Rüdenhausen, ein ebenso liebenswürdiger wie ehrgeiziger Mann. Das attraktive Paar...
by L.A. Merrill, Jay Starre, George Loveland
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2016
Lights, camera, action!
To the average person, celebrities seem to have it all—money, fame, and droves of adoring fans lining up to fawn over them. But a life in the public eye can make romance challenging, and deep down, these guys are looking for the same thing as any other man: someone...
A Likely Story
A Wayward Ink Publishing Anthology
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2014
Suspend rational thought.Leave logic at the door.Be ready to roll your eyes and pick your jaw up from your lap.The tales in A Likely Story don’t let truth get in the way of telling a good yarn.They might push your buttons or make you laugh. They may make you scoff or spit out your coffee.You might...
by Caitlin Ricci, CL Mustafic, Elizabeth Coldwell
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2017
Eight stories of men who like a little satin and lace.
A Linebacker in Lace by Caitlin Ricci
This ex-linebacker is impossible for his friend to resist.
Satin Secrets by CL Mustafic
Sometimes secrets are better when they’re shared.
Backwards and in High Heels by Elizabeth Coldwell
Tonight...
Kinder des Ungehorsams
Die Liebesgeschichte des Martin Luther und der Katharina von Bora Roman
Language: German
Release Date: December 1, 2011
Die Macht der Liebe und des Glaubens
Als der ehemalige Mönch Martin Luther 1525 die ehemalige Nonne Katharina von Bora heiratet, ist das nicht nur für die Kirche eine ungeheure Provokation, sondern löst selbst bei den Anhängern des Reformators Befremden aus. Doch Martin und Katharina lassen...
Armer Nanosh
Kriminalroman
Language: German
Release Date: December 15, 2016
Warum mußte sie sterben, die Malerin Ragna Juhl, die in ihrem Atelier aufgefunden wurde, erstochen mit einem ihrer Schnitzmesser? Wegen der leidenschaftlichen Liebe Valentin Sanders? Wegen seines unglücklichen Sohnes Georg? Alle sichtbaren Motive liefern keine Antwort. Bis Kommissar Stoever einem...