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102) Black Atlantic writers of the eighteenth century: living the new exodus in England and the Americas
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
1995
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Mill Pond Swan Pub
Pub. Date
©2013
Language
English
Description
Julie Flygare was on an ambitious path to success, entering law school at age 22, when narcolepsy destroyed the neurological boundaries between dreaming and reality in her brain. She faced terrifying hallucinations, paralysis and excruciating sleepiness aspects of dream sleep taking place while wide awake. Yet, narcolepsy was a wake-up call for Julie. Her illness propelled her onto a journey she never imagined from lying paralyzed on her apartment...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Español
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
Español
Description
Desde una infancia dolorosa con complicados secretos familiares a un amor muy diferente al de las novelas, Charytín Goyco nos lo cuenta todo, con su peculiar tono cargado de drama y comedia a la vez. Sus anécdotas con famosos (Juan Luis Guerra, Camilo Sesto, Jenni Rivera, entre muchos). Los "besos de divorcio" que compartió con los galanes de moda en innumerables películas. La pérdida de un bebé y su angustia más persistente: la de ser madre...
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Publisher
Distributed by Xlibris Corp
Pub. Date
©2007
Language
English
Description
When her mother died in a fire, eight-year-old Jerri thought life couldn't get worse. She was wrong. Sent to live with people who didn't want her, Jerri was powerless to stop her once-happy childhood from becoming a nightmare of cruelty and neglect. Only a stubborn belief in her own worth and a fierce will to live allowed her to reach adulthood physically and emotionally intact. This is a book that will inspire not only those who have been orphans...
Author
Pub. Date
1891
Language
English
Description
Draft, containing revisions, of a lecture given by Mrs. Downs at public library dedication, Lawrence, Mass., Feb., 1892. Consists of her personal recollections of Concord people and events. Refers to the Alcotts, Emersons, Hawthornes, Hazewells, Hoars, Pratts and Thoreaus.
Author
Publisher
Bucknell University Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Suzanne Farrell Smith's father was killed by a drunk driver when she was six, and a devastating fire nearly destroyed her house when she was eight. She remembers those two--and only those two--events from her first nearly twelve years of life. While her three older sisters hold on to rich and rewarding memories of their father, Smith recalls nothing of him. Her entire childhood was, seemingly, erased. In The Memory Sessions, Smith attempts to excavate...
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
"Anthony Trollope was among the most prolific, popular, and richly diverse writers of the mid-Victorian period, with forty-seven novels and a variety of other writings to his name. Both a serial and series writer whose novels traversed Ireland, England, Australia and New Zealand, and genres from realism to science fiction, Trollope also published criticism, short fiction, travel writing and biography. The Cambridge Companion to Anthony Trollope provides...
Author
Publisher
Harper & Brothers
Pub. Date
1938
Language
English
Description
"Here in a book of enchanting intimacy and homely humor is the story of an American country doctor--of countless country doctors all over America. A colorful figure in the medical world today, head of the Hertzler Clinic at Halstead, Kans., "Pop" Hertzler began his career forty years ago under conditions of pioneer hardship--when it was a case of "root hog or die" for children and adults alike. With the most primitive of equipment (including a Colt...
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