Editorial: Spines
A coming of age story about a young boy and his close cousins growing up in the rural south. The story follows these youths from childhood to young adulthood. It's a tale that shows young kids serious about business and fun. A story promoting mentorship.
Three races do not walk together in this world. Not by custom. Not by choice. Not under any moon. And yet — a young mage who has never left her tower, a ranger the kingdom calls an outlaw, and the last surviving orc of a scattered patrol are moving north together through the dark. The Archmage of Aeloria could not send soldiers. So he sent one apprentice, one staff, and a hope. The First Horn has sounded. The Moon Queen has spoken. The eclipse is coming, and two more Sleepers remain in the deep. One has already woken. The First Horn is Book Three of The Mirelands — a fully dramatized literary-fantasy audio drama, featuring the voices of Panos Gkilis, Sarrah, Jasmine, Fotis, Elena, Parastu, Maria, Sofia, and Zynovia, produced by BedVibe Studios. Please note: this is a dramatized audio adaptation, approximately 1 hour 44 minutes in length — not a full unabridged audiobook narration. The complete novel is available as a Kindle ebook on Amazon. The Mirelands began in Red Moon Rises, Book One, and The Ancient Observatory, Book Two.Ver libro
The doorbell went at dawn. The police were there to arrest Edward. When the case is dropped due to insufficient evidence, policewoman Kelly is outraged. She decides Edward will not get away with it. Janet has decided to leave this household and comes up with a surprising solution.Ver libro
A Clergyman's Daughter is a 1935 novel by English author George Orwell. It tells the story of Dorothy Hare, the clergyman's daughter of the title, whose life is turned upside down when she suffers an attack of amnesia. It is Orwell's most formally experimental novel, featuring a chapter written entirely in dramatic form, but he was never satisfied with it and he left instructions that after his death it was not to be reprinted. Despite these instructions, Orwell did consent to the printing of cheap editions "of any book which may bring in a few pounds for my heirs" following his death. George Orwell, was an English novelist, essayist, journalist and critic. His work is characterized by lucid prose, biting social criticism, total opposition to totalitarianism, and outspoken support of democratic socialism. Orwell produced literary criticism and poetry, fiction and polemical journalism. He is known for the allegorical novella Animal Farm (1945) and the dystopian novel Nineteen EightyFour (1949). His nonfiction works, including The Road to Wigan Pier (1937), documenting his experience of workingclass life in the north of England, and Homage to Catalonia (1938), an account of his experiences soldiering for the Republican faction of the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939), are as critically respected as his essays on politics and literature, language and culture. In 2008, The Times ranked George Orwell second among "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945".Ver libro
Trev Harding is a truck driver in his forties who loves having sex with a different twink every night. The only exception to this is one-time trick Grant Hess, a mid-thirties forklift operator on his daily route who could pass for twenty-three. Trev's life takes a startling turn when he's told by his latest conquest that the guys at his usual pickup spot see him as a shallow, dirty old man, and pathetic. Tail tucked between his legs, Trev is forced to do some soul-searching and asks the one man who might be willing to give him some advice -- Grant. Their frank conversation leads to an unexpected development, and Trev might be willing to try something new, if he can get over his insecurities.Ver libro
The name L T Meade, a pseudonym for Elizabeth Thomasina Meade Smith, rarely brings a sign of recognition. Although she wrote mainly for young girls she also wrote across many genres including sensational, religious, historical, adventure and romances. In all, her credits add up to over 300 titles. Born in Brandon, County Cork in Ireland in 1844 she began her prolific career as a writer when she was a mere 17 years of age and was first published in 1872. In 1879 she married Alfred Toulmin Smith and moved to London with him. Meade also wrote many works with several male co-authors, edited a popular girl’s magazine ‘Atlanta’ and was a socially active feminist in the struggle for equal rights. She died in 1914 at the age of 70.Ver libro
In her powerful, genre-bending debut story collection, Nana Nkweti's virtuosity is on full display as she mixes deft realism with clever inversions of genre. In the Caine Prize finalist story "It Takes a Village, Some Say," Nkweti skewers racial prejudice and the practice of international adoption, delivering a sly tale about a teenage girl who leverages her adoptive parents to fast-track her fortunes. In "The Devil Is a Liar," a pregnant pastor's wife struggles with the collision of western Christianity and her mother's traditional Cameroonian belief system as she worries about her unborn child. In other stories, Nkweti vaults past realism, upending genre expectations in a satirical romp about a jaded PR professional trying to spin a zombie outbreak in West Africa, and in a mermaid tale about a Mami Wata who forgoes her power by remaining faithful to a fisherman she loves. In between these two ends of the spectrum there's everything from an aspiring graphic novelist at a comic con to a murder investigation driven by statistics to a story organized by the changing hairstyles of the main character. A dazzling, inventive debut, Walking on Cowrie Shells announces the arrival of a superlative new voice.Ver libro
