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  Louisa Baldwin - A Short Story...

  Louisa Baldwin

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  Louisa MacDonald was born in 1845, one of eleven children of part Scottish descent.  Together with three of her sisters they were known as the ‘MacDonald sisters’ primarily because of their marriages to well-known men.   
   
  In 1866 she married the wealthy industrialist Alfred Baldwin in a double wedding with her sister Anne.   
   
  After giving birth to Stanley on the 3rd August 1867, who would go on to become Prime Minister, she drifted into an unhappy life in her then residence in Worcestershire.  She had at least one miscarriage and days alone depressed and in darkness. 
   
  During the 1870’s the couple travelled to find a lasting cure and tried a variety of treatments which led to her recovery in 1883.  She now became a leading figure in her local village of Wilden, near Stourbridge. 
   
  Her writing career of novels, short stories and poetry is often overlooked, as was the case with so many women, yet her works reveal many talents and a gift for melding odd and weird circumstances into seemingly everyday life.   
   
  Louisa Baldwin died in 1925. 
   
  1 - Louisa Baldwin - A Short Story Collection - An Introduction 
  2 - The Empty Picture Frame by Louisa Baldwin 
  3 - The Shadow on the Blind by Louisa Baldwin 
  4 - The Weird of the Walfords by Louisa Baldwin 
  5 - Many Waters Cannot Quench Love by Louisa Baldwin 
  6 - My Next Door Neighbour by Louisa Baldwin

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  3 Stories About - Alcoholism - A...

  James Joyce, F. Scott...

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  There is something about the number 3.    
   
  The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two.   
   
  Most religions also have 3 this and 3 that and, of course, in these more modern times, three’s a crowd may be too many, except when it’s a ménage à trois.  It seems good things usually come in threes. 
   
  Whatever history and culture says WE think 3, a hat-trick of stories, is a great number to explore themes and literary avenues that classic authors were so adept at creating. 
   
  From their pens to your your ears.

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  Men Without Women

  Ernest Hemingway

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  Originally published in October 1927, the second short-story collection published by Pulitzer Prize winner and Nobel Laureate Ernest Hemingway contains the following fourteen stories: The Undefeated In Another Country Hills Like White Elephants The Killers Che Ti Dice La Patria? Fifty Grand A Simple Enquiry Ten Indians A Canary for One An Alpine Idyll A Pursuit Race Today is Friday Banal Story Now I Lay Me Themes and subject matter range from bullfighting, boxing, and prizefighting to divorce, infidelity, and death. Critics at the time praised Hemingway's concise language and powerful prose. Content Warning: As a part of the public domain, Men Without Women is a literary work that reflects the time in which it was published—both its good and its ill. The original text of Men Without Women contains slurs and depictions that represent prejudiced and harmful beliefs regarding race, ethnicity, and religion. To erase or bury this representation of inequity and prejudice would be akin to pretending it never existed, a denial that only perpetuates and extends the original harm done. Thus, in the interest of preserving and documenting both the faults and highlights of literary history—an instrumental, crucial function of works entering the public domain—this text is unedited and uncensored in this audiobook recording. Please proceed with discretion.

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  The Adventures of the Dreamy...

  Rosie Sunshine

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  Take a magical cosmic adventure with "The Adventures of the Dreamy Space Crew." These young space enthusiasts, between the ages of 8 and 12, who dream of exploring the stars and galaxies, are the perfect audience for this exciting bedtime story. 
  Join a team of 10 adventurous astronauts as they explore the vast unknown, bringing young readers on a new, exciting mission every night that mixes fantasy, science, and the enchantment of sleep. These 10 interwoven stories, which range from setting forth into the expanse of space to meeting interesting extraterrestrial pals, will pique curiosity and foster aspirations of interplanetary adventure. 
  Your child will learn the following from "The Adventures of the Dreamy Space Crew": 
  Explore the night sky and learn about the stars, planets, and constellations in a fun and easy-to-understand method while you learn about the universe. 
  Join the Adventure: Join the 10 daring astronauts on their thrilling adventures as you climb onboard the state-of-the-art StarGlider spacecraft and experience the wonders of zero gravity and cosmological vistas. 
  Make New Friends: Make lovely alien friends who can teach you important lessons about the value of friendship throughout the universe, collaboration, and variety. 
  "The Adventures of the Dreamy Space Crew" is the ideal bedtime read because to its beautiful pictures that vividly depict the universe's wonders and poetic text. This book builds a cosmic bridge between the coziness of home and the limitless expanse of space, whether read aloud by parents or savored independently by young readers. 
  Encourage your child's interest in space and pique their curiosity about what lies beyond the atmosphere of our planet. Join the Dreamy Space Crew as they launch on an astonishing journey, one bedtime tale at a time, and encourage young people to aim high.

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  The Arousal Package

  Ruan Willow, R.U. Ann

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  Sometimes the best surprises are the ones we almost run from. 
  Carson is infatuated with his mega sexy neighbor, but he's rendered mute and dumb in her presence. He can't seem to muster the guts to ask her out. He needs help. To assist him in the seduction of her, he seeks a session with a seer witch who promises a love connection spell to fix her heartbroken, but failing at love, clients. Carson is desperate for her help, but things jack knife in a whole different direction when he gets more than he expected as the meeting ends. When magic also means pleasure, getting what he came for transforms into something magical! 
  This is a short romance story, a Halloween themed romance fall vibes, a fall themed romance with a strong FMC.

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  What Language is That (A Story...

  Uwem Akpan

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  Uwem Akpan's stunning stories humanize the perils of poverty and violence so piercingly that few readers will feel they've ever encountered Africa so immediately.  The eight-year-old narrator of "An Ex-Mas Feast" needs only enough money to buy books and pay fees in order to attend school. Even when his twelve-year-old sister takes to the streets to raise these meager funds, his dream can't be granted. Food comes first. His family lives in a street shanty in Nairobi, Kenya, but their way of both loving and taking advantage of each other strikes a universal chord. In the second of his stories published in a New Yorker special fiction issue, Akpan takes us far beyond what we thought we knew about the tribal conflict in Rwanda. The story is told by a young girl, who, with her little brother, witnesses the worst possible scenario between parents. They are asked to do the previously unimaginable in order to protect their children. This singular collection will also take the reader inside Nigeria, Benin, and Ethiopia, revealing in beautiful prose the harsh consequences for children of life in Africa.Akpan's voice is a literary miracle, rendering lives of almost unimaginable deprivation and terror into stories that are nothing short of transcendent.

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