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WHAT IS SUCCESS? The force of that mysterious, but irresistible power—Humanity's common and concentrated Thought.— Senator Beveridge. In what does success consist? Many persons desire to know how to be successful. How to win success. Before this question can be answered there must be an understanding as to what they mean by success, and what success stands for in this Book.
On New Year's Day 1959, with Castro on the brink of overthrowing the Batista regime, the soon-to-be-deposed dictator looted the Cuban treasury and loaded it into four B26 Marauder bombers headed for Tampa. Only three planes landed. The fourth has never been found, and was rumored to contain three billion dollars in gold. For diver, fisherman, and salvor Mac Travis, things are never as easy as they seem. While attempting to salvage his wrecked boat in the Bahamas, he stumbles onto the lost sixty-year-old plane, now encrusted in coral. But when the wrong person overhears that it may be the missing Marauder, containing billions in gold, history becomes Mac’s enemy. With a fortune at stake, the CIA and the Mob—the big losers in the Cuban Revolution—are tipped off the wreck has been found. With a chance to recover their losses, the fight begins, leaving Mac as a pawn in a larger game—one that could cost him the life of a dear friend. Filled with boating, diving, and intrigue, the treasure hunt begins. Check out Wood’s Hope to come along on Mac’s new adventure.Show book
The initiator of the literary fairy tale genre, Charles Perrault, published in 1695 under the name of his son a collection of fairy tales Histoires ou contes du temps passes, avec des moralites, which grew better known under its subtitle, Contes de ma mere l'Oye or Tales of My Mother Goose. Perrault's publication marks the first authenticated starting-point for Mother Goose stories.Show book
From a unique and path-breaking online Fiction contest comes this very exciting and wonderful anthology of Short Stories - 2 tales to tell. The Notion Press Social Short Story Contest 2014 brought together authors and readers in a wonderful amalgam of Creativity and appreciation, of talent and technology. 500 plus Authors had more than four lakh readers rate their stories on Social media. Offering a new twist to the ever-evolving tale of the printed word… So, just breathe in, and let the words run through your veins Amok; let them peel your eyes a bit wider, as you sit back, relax, And enjoy a rollicking ride to places close and distant, in a way you May have never perceived them before. Expect the unexpected as you flip through these pages – and enjoy the ride.Show book
Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere. In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted ‘Top Tens’ across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will immediately throw up the questions – Why that story? Why that author? The theme itself will form the boundaries for our stories which range from well-known classics, newly told, to stories that modern times have overlooked but perfectly exemplify the theme. Throughout the volume our authors whether of instant recognition or new to you are all leviathans of literature. Some you may disagree with but they will get you thinking; about our choices and about those you would have made. If this volume takes you on a path to discover more of these miniature masterpieces then we have all gained something. In the heartlands of England, in its gritty and grimy industrial landscape, literary talent abounds. Experiences learnt and observed here have found their way into many of the finest literary works this country has produced. Genius has many names. 1 - The Top 10 - English Authors of the West Midlands - An Introduction 2 - The Lifted Veil - Part 1 by George Eliot 3 - The Lifted Veil - Part 2 by George Eliot 4 - The Absent Minded Man by Jerome K Jerome 5 - The Matador of the Five Towns by Arnold Bennett 6 - The Last House in C Street by Mrs Craik 7 - Reality or Delusion by Mrs Ellen Wood 8 - The Ghost in the Clock Room by Hesba Stretton 9 - Blessed Are the Meek by Mary Webb 10 - The Dust of Death by Fred M White 11 - Alexander the Ratcatcher by Richard Garnett 12 - Her Murderer by Mary CholmondeleyShow book
When Christine's boyfriend goes missing in Amsterdam, she tries to find out what happened to him, eventually resorting to the Endor Centre in Belfast city centre. Before long, however, Christine finds that she has unleashed a new, powerful, uncontrollable lover. Jamie is a member of a country gospel act, the Devine Family, led by his pastor father. But he harbours a secret passion for a black metal group, Bryght Gehenna, and becomes ready to embrace destruction and darkness.Show book
Barry Eric Odell Pain was born at 3 Sydney Street in Cambridge on 28th September 1864. He was one of 4 children. He was educated at Sedbergh School and then Corpus Christi College, Cambridge where he read classics and contributed to and edited Granta. Four years of service as an Army coach followed before he moved to London. In 1889, Cornhill Magazine published his short story ‘The Hundred Gates’. This opened the way for Pain to advance his literary career on several fronts. He became a contributor to Punch and The Speaker, as well as joining the staff of both the Daily Chronicle and Black and White. In 1897 he succeeded Jerome K Jerome as editor of To-Day but still contributed regularly, until 1928, to the Windsor Magazine. It is often said that Pain was discovered by Robert Louis Stevenson, who compared his work to that of Guy de Maupassant. It’s an apt comparison. Pain was also a master of disturbing prose but able to inject parody and light comedy into many of his works. A simple premise could in his hands suddenly expand into a world very real but somehow emotionally fraught and on the very edge of darkness as many of these short stories demonstrate. Despite applying his talents to several genres and forms today Pain is more readily thought of, especially during the first decade of the 20th Century, as perhaps the leading British humorist of his day. These stories reveal a darker side and beg to differ. Barry Pain died on 5th May 1928 in Bushey, Hertfordshire. 1 - Barry Pain - A Short Story Collection - An Introduction 2 - The Diary of a God by Barry Pain 3 - The Act of Heroism by Barry Pain 4 - The Green Light by Barry Pain 5 - A Complete Recovery by Barry Pain 6 - The Magnet by Barry Pain 7 - The End of a Show by Barry Pain 8 - The Case of Vincent Pyrwhit by Barry Pain 9 - Murder, from The Memoirs of Constantine Dix by Barry Pain 10 - Post Mortem by Barry PainShow book
