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April Twilights (1903)
by Willa CatherBefore she wrote her prose masterpieces, Willa Cather produced striking poems, which were collected in 1903 in April Twilights. It was her literary debut, preceding the publication of O Pioneers! by nine years. In her introduction, distinguished Cather scholar Bernice Slote notes that this early edition of April Twilights restores what had been "an almost lost, certainly blurred, portion of the creative life of a great novelist." Among the thirty-seven selections are the much-anthologized "Grandmither, Think Not I Forget" and the highly evocative "Prairie Dawn." This new edition includes a new introduction by Robert Thacker, which provides new insights into Cather and her poetry.
April Witch
by Majgull AxelssonIn 1947 Ella Johansson gives birth to a child with severe cerebral palsy, and, on the doctor's advice, confines her to an institution and keeping her existence a secret. Later she becomes foster mother to three girls, each of whom was abandoned or abused. In their fifties these four "sisters," all related through their connection to Ella, try to make sense of their histories and to sort out their relationships with one another. Desiree, the "April witch" of the title, has the power to leave her body and enter the mind of another. Apart from these supernatural flights, her life in a series of institutions is depicted with painful realism. This is a thought-provoking novel, full of richly realized characters, which explores the profound need for unconditional love in childhood.
April and Esme, Tooth Fairies
by Bob GrahamApril Underhill, seven-year-old tooth fairy, gets a call on her cell phone. This is it! Her first tooth collection. Convincing Mom and Dad to let April and her little sister, Esme, take on the task all by themselves takes a little doing. But soon, two tiny fairies fly off into the night, eager to prove how grown-up they can be. Once again, Bob Graham has rafted a tale of heartwarming adventure that is magical yet very real.
April and Oliver: A Novel
by Tess CallahanBest friends since childhood, the sexual tension between April and Oliver has always been palpable. Years after being completely inseparable, they become strangers, but the wildly different paths of their lives cross once again with the sudden death of April's brother. Oliver, the responsible, newly engaged law student finds himself drawn more than ever to the reckless, mystifying April - and cracks begin to appear in his carefully constructed life. Even as Oliver attempts to "save" his childhood friend from her grief, her menacing boyfriend and herself, it soon becomes apparent that Oliver has some secrets of his own--secrets he hasn't shared with anyone, even his fiancee. But April knows, and her reappearance in his life derails him. Is it really April's life that is unraveling, or is it his own? The answer awaits at the end of a downward spiral...towards salvation.
April in Bloom
by Annie JonesSheriff Kurt Mulldoon had moved to a home out of town to getaway from meddling townspeople and attractive women, but one of each was standing on his front porch. It seemed ninety-year-old Miss Cora, his house's previous owner, had convinced the one woman who piqued Kurt's fancy, April Shelnutt, to take her for a visit. And not long after they arrived, Cora suffered an injury-to her backside. Kurt's neighborly duty meant he'd offer his help, and let them into his home. But he wasn't letting April into his heart, no matter how pretty-and right-she looked standing in his doorway.
April in Paris
by Michael WallnerA suspenseful and dramatic story of impossible love between a German soldier and a French Resistance fighter in World War Two Paris. In 1943, Michel Roth is a young soldier working in the German army’s back offices in occupied Paris. But his fluency in French gets Roth a new task when the Gestapo find themselves in need of a translator for the confessions of interrogated French resisters. After work Roth chooses another path – he slips out of his hotel carrying a bag of civilian clothes and steals into an alley where he changes personas, becoming Monsieur Antoine, a young Frenchman. He strolls the streets of Paris, where one day he meets Chantal, daughter of an antiquarian bookseller. They fall in love, and when Chantal warns him away from the notorious café Turachevsky, favoured nightspot for German officers and the French women who entertain them, Michel believes it is out of jealousy. Too late he discovers that she is a member of the Resistance, and his naiveté leaves Michel on the other side of the SS interrogation machine. What follows is a tale of desperate cat and mouse through Paris, and into the devastated French countryside at the end of the war, when neighbours are quick to betray neighbours, and even to take revenge into their own hands. From the Hardcover edition.
April in Paris
by Michael WallnerWhen people on Paris's bustling streets look at Michael Roth, they see little more than a Parisian student, a quietly spoken young man with a book under his arm, handsome but guarded. What they do not realize is that he is carrying a painful secret, one that he cannot even reveal to the woman he loves. For Michael is no ordinary Frenchman but a German. He has been sent to Paris to assist the Nazis in dealing with Resistance fighters. Desperate to escape his daily life, he steals into the world of the oppressed Parisians, and into the path of Chantal. But as Michael falls for the bookseller's beautiful daughter, he discovers that a person's past always catches up with them. Soon he will be forced to make the ultimate sacrifice and choose between his country, his life and his destiny. Daring, romantic and of exceptional quality, April in Paris is an extraordinary love story which will stay with you long after its final pages.
April in Paris, 1921: A Kiki Button Mystery (Kiki Button Ser. #01)
by Tessa LunneyKiki Button—war veteran, party girl, detective, and spy—finds that she can’t outrun her past exploits, even in the glittering world of Jazz Age Paris. Paris in 1921 is the city of freedom, where hatless and footloose Kiki Button can drink champagne and dance until dawn. She works as a gossip columnist, partying with the rich and famous, the bohemian and strange, using every moment to create a new woman from the ashes of her war-worn self. While on the modelling dais, Picasso gives her a job: to find his wife’s portrait, which has gone mysteriously missing. That same night, her spymaster from the war contacts her—she has to find a double agent or face jail. Through parties, whisky, and seductive informants, Kiki uses her knowledge of Paris from the Great War to connect the clues. Set over the course of one springtime week, April in Paris, 1921 is a mystery that combines artistic gossip with interwar political history through witty banter, steamy scenes, and fast action.
April in Paris: A Novel
by John J. HealeyA transatlantic novel for fans of A.S. Byatt and Don DeLillo. Shaun is an American professor enjoying his sabbatical—and his substantial inheritance—in Paris, until one night when he is startled awake by a nightmare. His attempts to decipher the dream lead him to a New York murder trial that occurred in 1916 in the Bronx. Upon discovering that the murder took place in the basement of his father's childhood apartment building and having no recollection of being told about it in his boyhood, Shaun explores the possibility of a repressed memory. His amateur, but psychologically astute, investigation coincides with the beginning of his first serious romance since the death of his wife five years earlier. By the time he uncovers the shocking truth behind the case, he has traveled to Spain, New York, Sweden, and back to France. While deciphering a murder that hits close to home, John J. Healey offers an intimate tale of love, family, and the complexities of the human heart.
April in Paris: A Story
by Ursula K. Le GuinThe recipient of numerous literary prizes, including the National Book Award, the Kafka Award, and the Pushcart Prize, Ursula K. Le Guin is renowned for her spare, elegant prose, rich characterization, and diverse worlds. "April in Paris" is a short story originally published in the collection The Wind's Twelve Quarters.
April in Paris: Theatricality, Modernism, and Politics at the 1925 Art Deco Expo
by Irena MakarykAttracting over fifteen million visitors, the 1925 Paris Expo had an ambitious goal to create a new modernist style which would reflect the great scientific, industrial, and technological advances that produced a new spirit known as "modern." In April in Paris, author Irena R. Makaryk explores the theatre arts’ vital cultural and political impact at this celebrated international exhibition. Drawing extensively from unexplored archival documents from France, Austria, and North America, April in Paris is the first major study to focus on theatre arts at the 1925 Paris Expo and the audacious Soviet contributions to this fair. Turning a spotlight on the uses and representations of theatricalized spaces, Makaryk analyses their political challenge at a time when relations between the West and the USSR were rife with tension. Copiously illustrated with beautiful colour and black and white illustrations, this book elucidates the complex role of the international fair as a catalyst for spirited cultural debate and for aesthetic change.
April in Spain: A Detective Mystery
by John Banville*NATIONAL BESTSELLER*Booker Prize winner John Banville returns with a dark and evocative new mystery set on the Spanish coastDon't disturb the dead…On the idyllic coast of San Sebastian, Spain, Dublin pathologist Quirke is struggling to relax, despite the beaches, cafés and the company of his disarmingly lovely wife. When he glimpses a familiar face in the twilight at Las Acadas bar, it's hard at first to tell whether his imagination is just running away with him.Because this young woman can't be April Latimer. She was murdered by her brother, years ago—the conclusion to an unspeakable scandal that shook one of Ireland's foremost political dynasties.Unable to ignore his instincts, Quirke makes a call back home to Ireland and soon Detective St. John Strafford is dispatched to Spain. But he's not the only one en route. A relentless hit man is on the hunt for his latest prey, and the next victim might be Quirke himself.Sumptous, propulsive and utterly transporting, April in Spain is the work of a master writer at the top of his game.Don't miss John Banville's next novel, The Lock-up!Other riveting mysteries from John Banville: Snow
April's Glow: An emotional and feel good women's fiction novel (Tarrin’s Bay)
by Juliet MadisonIn the seaside town of Tarrin&’s Bay, two neighbors form a bond—but can they truly open the doors and let each other in? Distracting herself from a streak of bad luck and a disastrous love life, bubbly April Vedora throws herself into her new business—April&’s Glow, a candle store in Tarrin&’s Bay. The enchanting scents and colorful atmosphere provide a safe haven—but outside of business hours, she&’s still clueless about what the next step in her life should be. When a mysterious loner moves in next door, she can&’t help feeling intrigued, and ex-soldier Zac Masterson is equally fascinated by April. But both have sworn off relationships, and while April avoids her emotions by keeping busy and sociable, Zac hides away from the world—and his past . . . As the pair chip away at each other&’s facades and secrets are revealed, April fears that the man she&’s unwillingly falling for is everything she&’s worked so hard to avoid. Or could they each be just what the other needs?
April's Kittens
by Clare Turlay Newberry(Book has picture descriptions) Many children understand April's dilemma when her cat, Sheba, has three kittens. April is thrilled until her father insists that theirs is strictly a one-cat household. April must give up three cats, but which ones? The aptly named Charcoal? Tiger-striped Butch? Sweet-faced Brenda? -- or even Sheba? How April eventually comes up with the perfect solutions makes for a heartwarming story that has appealed to many young cat lovers and will continue to delight generations of children everywhere.
Aprisionada pelo Capitão
by Éli Assunção Amanda MarielA senhorita Prudence Drake não quer nada mais que voltar para a América e juntar o que sobrou da sua vida. Depois de ter sido refém no Black Dawn e testemunhar o assassinato do pai, a última coisa que desejava é se encontrar nas mãos de outro pirata – não importa que ele seja lindo e honrado. O Capitão Jasper Blackmore tinha deixado o passado pra trás, saindo dos portos da Inglaterra em busca de novas aventuras depois de a guerra tê-lo deixado fisicamente marcado e ter sido rejeitado pela única dama que se atreveu a amar. Uma diabinha americana nunca se encaixaria no seu mundo, não importa o quanto estivesse atraído por ela. Poderiam duas pessoas com caminhos tão distintos encontrarem algo em comum?
Aprisionado: Uma história curta sobre zumbis
by Terry M. WestAprisionado é uma história feroz e original sobre zumbis de um autor de histórias de terror, Terry M. West. Bem-vindo a clínica de continuidade Millbur & Stein. Uma recente comunidade de elite para os mortos-vivos.
Aprons on a Clothesline (Lake Emily #3)
by Traci DepreeFilled with the enchantment that makes Lake Emily everyone's hometown, ""Aprons on a Clothesline" is a lovely reminder that hope can be found even in the tragedies of life and that joy waits in the most unexpected places.
Apropiación indebida: Una novela sobre el amor
by Lena Andersson¿Somos nosotros mismos cuando nos enamoramos? «Se han escrito miles de novelas sobre el amor, y esta es una de las mejores que he leído. Tienes que leerla si estás enamorado, si alguna vez lo has estado, o si tienes previsto enamorarte en el futuro.»Tara Moshizi, Go'kväll Ester Nilsson es una poeta y ensayista de treinta y un años que vive resguardada en el mundo de las ideas y de una relación sin sorpresas. Un día de junio recibe una llamada telefónica: es invitada a dar una conferencia sobre el célebre artista Hugo Rask, quien, cuando llega el momento, la escuchará hechizado entre el público. Al final del acto Ester y Hugo se presentan y conversan. Ese encuentro aparentemente inocente da origen a una singular historia de amor... o de obsesión. ¿Dónde están los límites entre una y otra? Apropiación indebida se convirtió en un fenómeno de ventas en Suecia y encendió la polémica sobre un tema insólito: el amor. Cáustica y deslumbrante como las historias de Ingmar Bergman. * Ganadora de los prestigiosos premios Svenska Dagbladet y August.* Más de 200.000 ejemplares vendidos en Suecia. La crítica ha dicho...«Una novela de amor brillante y afilada como la hoja de una cuchilla. Muestra una perspicacia implacable, describe cómo nos mentimos a nosotros mismos en nuestro deseo de ser amados.»Ingalill Mosander, Aftonbladet «Una deconstrucción del sentimientos y la relación amorosa que adopta la forma de una espléndida novela. La cuarta novela de Lena Andersson ha constituido un polémico superventas nórdico. Su objetivo: indagar sobre el sentimiento amoroso y sus mecanismos ocultos.»Eva Muñoz, Cultura/s de La Vanguardia «Es esa mezcla entre tristeza amorosa y clara ironía la que hace este libro tan interesante. Lo leí del tirón. Es cruel pero cruelmente divertido. Una declaración contundente acerca de la esperanza, el deseo y la soledad incurable del alma. Andersson lo ha bordado.»Svenska Dagbladet «Hablando de inteligencia, que me aspen si ese no es el segundo nombre de Lena Andersson. Su novela analiza magistralmente la complicada psicología de las relaciones afectivas.»M Magazine «No recuerdo haber hecho tantas anotaciones al margen de un libro desde que leí Del amor de Stendhal.»Nils Schwartz, Dagens Nyheter «Una danza diabólica de la que muchos reconocemos al menos unos cuantos pasos: es eso lo que Lena Andersson analiza con una precisión quirúrgica y una ironía ligeramente melancólica.»Merete Mazzarella, Sydsvenska Dagbladet «Apropiación indebida se va convirtiendo en una comedia acerada. En ella te reconoces a ti mismo y a todas las personas que conoces.»Jenny Teleman, Kulturnytt «Me río en alto del personaje de Hugo Rask. También me río, y a veces hasta lloro, de esas situaciones con las que tanto te puedes identificar en las que alguien te tiene agarrado el corazón.»Kristian Ekenberg, Arbetarbladet
Apropos of Something: A History of Irrelevance and Relevance
by Elisa TamarkinA history of the idea of “relevance” since the nineteenth century in art, criticism, philosophy, logic, and social thought. Before 1800 nothing was irrelevant. So argues Elisa Tamarkin’s sweeping meditation on a key shift in consciousness: the arrival of relevance as the means to grasp how something that was once disregarded, unvalued, or lost to us becomes interesting and important. When so much makes claims to our attention every day, how do we decide what is most valuable right now? Relevance, Tamarkin shows, was an Anglo-American concept, derived from a word meaning “to raise or to lift up again,” and also “to give relief.” It engaged major intellectual figures, including Ralph Waldo Emerson and pragmatists and philosophers—William James, Alain Locke, John Dewey, and Alfred North Whitehead—as well as a range of critics, phenomenologists, linguists, and sociologists. Relevance is a struggle for recognition, especially in the worlds of literature, art, and criticism. Poems and paintings in the nineteenth century could now be seen as pragmatic works that make relevance and make interest—that reveal versions of events that feel apropos of our lives the moment we turn to them. Vividly illustrated with paintings by Winslow Homer, Henry Ossawa Tanner, and others, Apropos of Something is a searching philosophical and poetic study of relevance—a concept calling for shifts in both attention and perceptions of importance with enormous social stakes. It remains an invitation for the humanities and for all of us who feel tasked every day with finding the point.
Aproximaciones al Estudio de la Literatura Hispánica (quinta edición)
by Carmelo Virgillo Teresa Valdivieso Edward FriedmanAproximaciones al estudio de la literatura hispánica, Fifth Edition, offers the undergraduate Spanish student---major or nonmajor---an elementary yet comprehensive introduction to literary analysis. Such a text is essential if one is to develop an adequate appreciation of Spanish and Spanish-American literature. Aimed primarily, but not exclusively, at the third-year level of the college curriculum, Aproximaciones provides those possessing a relatively limited knowledge of Spanish, as well as native speakers, with the opportunity not only to grasp the various levels of meaning of the literary texts contained herein, but also to acquire the technical vocabulary needed to describe and debate literary issues appropriately.
Après Dawn
by Jonathan FinchLe personnage central ne parvient pas à trouver l'amour à Londres. Après une rupture, il se rend en Écosse pour récupérer et là, il rencontre Pauline et tombe amoureux d'elle. Elle ne ressemble pas à Dawn mais finit par trahir son nouveau petit ami et le personnage central retourne à Londres sans être guéri.
Après Satie: For Two and Four Hands
by Dean SteadmanA man who might be Erik Satie floats, a la Magritte, above Paris rooftops, thinking of a newly-extinct species of songbirds, "contemplating grief in the absence of song." By turns tender, wry, playful and fierce, the poems in Dean Steadman’s second collection, Apres Satie -- For Two and Four Hands, use surreal imagery, recurring characters and cyclical themes to evoke the repetitive nature of much of Satie’s music, as well as the artistic and intellectual temperament of Paris during Satie's most creative years. The prose poems in the collection borrow titles from Satie's piano compositions, and all of the poems are annotated in a manner similar to Satie's published scores, using a selection of his performance instructions (for example, "like a nightingale with a toothache"). From the affair of Satie and painter Suzanne Valadon to the glimpsed lives of a contortionist, a French cowboy, a Falling Man, and a Floating Woman in the Dada-inflected prose poems, to the musings in other poetic forms that draw us forward in time, to a present-day hospice, or back, to the gallop of a mounted huntress, Apres Satie involves us in the ongoing muddle of pain, sorrow, compassion, passion, joy and curiousness that is our human condition.
Après l'Armageddon
by Brian L. PorterUne catastrophe nucléaire. Un serial killer insaisissable dans les rues de Paris. Un mystère au Mexique. Ce recueil de nouvelles de l'écrivain et scénariste multirécompensé Brian L. Porter comprend quelques-unes de ses meilleures histoires. La nouvelle qui donne son titre à cette collection, « Après l'Armageddon », décrit les conséquences d'une destruction nucléaire avec un rebondissement final. La Voix d'Anton Bouchard, bientôt adaptée par Thunderball Films, raconte les méfaits du « Boucher », un tueur sanguinaire qui rôde dans les rues de Paris lors d’un été caniculaire. Suivez les pas de ce dangereux criminel depuis les profondeurs de son esprit. « Un diable familier » nous emmène dans une petite ville mexicaine où le capitaine Juan Morales travaille sur une bien étrange affaire. Dans « Ciel rouge sur l’océan », un sous-marin émerge de mission pour découvrir un monde différent où l’équipage semble seul. « É.R.I.C. » et « Folie collective » sont des récits de pure science-fiction tandis que « Le festival » plonge le lecteur dans le paranormal. Ces quelques récits et d’autres forment ce recueil excitant auquel a également participé l’autrice de récits d’horreur, Carole Gill, avec sa nouvelle « Attraction morbide ».
Après toi.
by Diana ScottAprè toi. by Diana Scott Nouvelle romantique, première d’une série de sept livres. Elle décrit la seconde opportunité que la vie offre à Susy. Une nouvelle romantique, à te couper le soufflé ¡ Plus de 100.000 lecteurs ont déjà lu cette saga Parce que nous méritons tous une nouvelle opportunité. Susy vit une vie normale dans son couple, une vie que la majorité des gens appèlerait normale. Cependant, les choses ne sont pas toujours celles qu'elles paraissent. L’ennui et le froid peuvent s’installer dans le cœur d’une femme au point de sentir que l’amour est un rêve du passé. Nicolas Bellpuig, bel homme, millionnaire catalan trop attractif pour être ignoré est tout ce qu’une femme peut désirer. Toutes à part elle. Il peut les avoir toutes mais il ne veut qu’elle. Il la désire et il n’aura de cesse de faire tout ce qui est nécessaire pour la conquérir. Susy sera-t-elle capable de laisser de côté ses principes pour vivre une histoire d’amour unique et désespérée ? Les histoires contenues dans cette série de nouvelles romantiques, sont des perles romantiques que tu peux lire et découvrir de manière indépendante.
Apsara: अप्सरा
by Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala'अप्सरा 'निराला' की कथा-यात्रा का प्रथम सोपान हैं। अप्सरा-सी सुन्दर और कला-प्रेम में डूबी एक वीरांगना की यह कथा हमारे हृदय पर अमिट प्रभाव छोड़ती है। अपने व्यवसाय से उदासीन होकर वह अपना हृदय एक कलाकार को दे डालती है और नाना दुष्चक्रों का सामना करती हुई अंततः अपनी पावनता को बनाए रख पाने में समर्थ होती है। इस प्रक्रिया में उसकी नारी सुलभ कोमलताएँ तो उजागर होती ही हैं, उसकी चारित्रिक दृढ़ता भी प्रेरणाप्रद हो उठती है। इस उपन्यास में तत्कालीन भारतीय परिवेश और स्वाधीनता-प्रेमी युवा वर्ग की दृढ़ संकल्पित मानसिकता का चित्रण हुआ है, जो कि महाप्राण निराला की सामाजिक प्रतिवद्धता का एक ज्वलंत उदाहरण है।