Once you have given up the ghost, everything follows with dead certainty, even in the midst of chaos. Miller's sequel to Tropic of Capricorn gives us more of his life, and in particular his days at the Cosmodemonic Telegraph Company (Western Union.) It was only with publication of this work that Miller ... more »

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In großer Erregung umstehen Bauersleute, Knechte und Mägde das Gehöft des Servaz Amareller, Bauers im Hemmernmoos, und besprechen den unerhörten Fall eines großen Gelddiebstahles. Nach den im Jammerton immer wieder vorgebrachten Beteuerungen des dürren, kleinen Amarellers ist eine Brieftasche mit über ... more »

L'ombre à peine voile les cieux : Des temps évanouis la splendeur éclipsée se retrace dans ma pensée, et m'inspire des chants dignes de mes aïeux. Tout repose ou se tait... les harpes suspendues languissent détendues. Dernier fils d'un héros que la gloire enflamma, mes pas silencieux se traînent dans ... more »

Quel zèle est donc le vôtre, mon cher compatriote! Je vous demande quelques livres philosophiques, et vous m'en envoyez de quoi former une bibliothèque; je vous les demande pour moi, et vous en envoyez à notre libraire plus que la province n'en lira jamais. Il est temps, dites-vous, que la philosophie ... more »

Alexander Trocchi? first novel is an existential thriller set on a barge travelling along the canalways between Glasgow and Edinburgh. The plot revolves around the discovery of the corpse of a young woman found floating in the canal. As tensions develop between the narrator of the story and the couple ... more »

In this enlightening look at J.K. Rowling's phenomenal bestsellers, a Christian minister illuminates the powerful, positive message Harry Potter and his magical world bring to readers of all ages. Potter fever has swept the world and shows no signs of abating. the books and the recent movie have attracted ... more »

When the lustful but impotent professor-novelist Lee Youngdahl encounters the beautiful Mariolena Sunwall, a student in his writing class, he learns of a novel she's eager to have published and decides he can help her land a book contract with one of New York's most prestigious publishing house. But ... more »

From Arizona, where a Native American is on a quest to connect with her culture, to Belfast, where a mother fights to bring her children to America, the world is united by the sight of the Agincourt comet, which blazes through the sky. Even IN THE COUNTRY OF THE GREAT KING, there is loneliness, lost ... more »

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Bestselling author Elizabeth George has spent years teaching writing, and in Write Away she shares her knowledge of the creative process. George combines clear, intelligent, and functional advice on fiction writing with anecdotes from her own life, the story of her journey to publication, and inside ... more »