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Dreams of Departure: The Last Dreams Published in the Nobel Laureate's Lifetime
by Naguib Mahfouz Raymond StockIn this second collection of his writing based on his own dreams serialized in a Cairo magazine before his death in 2006 at the age of 94, Egyptian Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz again displays his matchless ability to tell epic stories in uncannily terse form. As in the first volume (The Dreams), we meet more of the real (and unreal) figures that filled the author's life with glory and worry, ecstasy and ennui, in tales dreamed by a mind too fertile to ever truly rest. In them, a man sent by a victorious invader to open a storehouse holding the statue of Egypt's reawakening finds his access denied by a menacing reptile. An obscure writer dies, and a despairing inscription on his coffin turns his funeral into a massive demonstration, assuring the deceased of a deathless reputation. A man opens a stubborn gate at the end of a lengthy chore, staring at a lake over which loom the illuminated faces of those he has loved, but who are no more--in search of the soul who made him long to live forever. The ever more condensed and poetic episodes in Dreams of Departure movingly carry on Mahfouz's only major work after a knife attack in 1994 ironically inspired him to dream in print for his readers.
Dreams of Desire
by Cheryl HoltThe third Novel of Sensual Destiny tells the intoxicating story of an innocent lady's companion, who drinks a magical potion-and is swept into a dangerous relationship of decadent desire.
Dreams of Difference: The Japan Romantic School and the Crisis of Modernity
by Kevin Michael DoakFrom 1935 to 1945, the Japan Romantic School (Nihon Romanha), a group of major intellectuals and literary figures, explored issues concerning politics, literature, and nationalism in ways that still influence cultural discourse in Japan today. Kevin Doak's timely study is a broad critique of modernity in early twentieth-century Japan. He uses close readings and translations of texts and poems to suggest that the school's interest in romanticism stemmed from its attempt to surmount the "cultural crisis" of lost traditions. This attempt to overcome modernity eventually reduced the movement's earlier critical impulses to expressions of nationalist longing.
Dreams of Eagles (Eagles #2)
by William W. JohnstoneFrom the greatest western writers of the 21st century, the classic second adventure in The Eagles, one of the most iconic and beloved sagas of the American frontier, is back in print as legendary Scottish frontiersman Jamie MacCallister blazes through the Wild West.In peace and war, he was the soul of a nation—and the flesh and blood of the American Frontier . . . It was a virgin land of vast horizons. . .a land of dreams and dust and blood, where men sought glory and hope died hard. But for Jamie Ian MacCallister, who'd grown to manhood among Indians and fought at the Alamo, war and wilderness were home . . . and survival was a way of life. From the battlegrounds of Texas to the Colorado Rockies and the goldfields of California, Jamie MacCallister was one of a handful of daring pioneers blazing trails in the American West. Joining famed frontiersman Kit Carson on the first U.S. Army expedition from Missouri to the wide Pacific, he forged a future in a dawning era of greatness and greed that would stain the pages of history with blood—and make men like MacCallister into legends.
Dreams of Exile: Robert Louis Stevenson: A Biography
by Ian Bell"Fiction is to grown men what play is to the child," Robert Louis Stevenson once said in a statement that perfectly captures the magic of his own fiction. Immensely popular during is brief life--he died in 1894 at the age of forty-four--he has never lacked for readers since. In the century that followed his death, many biographies have been written, each with its own R.L.S.: the sickly, dreaming child; the Bohemian dandy outraging Victorian Edinburgh; the romantic wanderer leading his donkey through the wilds of the Cevennes; the frail genius doomed to die young. For some, he is the man of action avid for experience, filled with wanderlust; for others, the writer of stories beloved by children and familiar from innumerable film ad television dramas. Still others know him as the essayist whose skills matched William Hazlitt's and the novelist to whom even Henry James deffered. All of these are R.L.S., but none is the full Stevenson.Now, in this new and acclaimed biography, Ian Bell attempts to see Stevenson whole, to trace the line of descent form the son of Calvinist engineers to the man who ended his days as Tusitala among the Samoan islanders. Understanding that for Stevenson geography mattered, Bell sets out to discover the complete man through the places he lived and the people he lived among as well as through the books that poured from him during his all-too-short literary life. As such, Dreams of Exile is both literary biogrpahy and travel narrative. It follows Stevenson's development as an artist and as a man by following his often chaotic progress from continent to continent, in good health and in bad, in poverty and in wealth. Along the way, it reveals his often tortured relations with his family, his robust sexuality, and the mystery of his stormy marriage to a woman many years his senior. But perhaps Bell's most important contribution is to rescue R.L.S. from the many conflicting and often romanticized images that have continued to surround him, and in the process to make a telling case for Stevenson's genius as a writer.
Dreams of Falling
by Karen WhiteOne of PureWow's "Best Beach Reads of Summer 2018"New York Times bestselling author Karen White crafts evocative relationships in this contemporary women's fiction novel, set in the Lowcountry of South Carolina, about lifelong friends who share a devastating secret.On the banks of the North Santee River stands a moss-draped oak that was once entrusted with the dreams of three young girls. Into the tree's trunk, they placed their greatest hopes, written on ribbons, for safekeeping--including the most important one: Friends forever, come what may.But life can waylay the best of intentions....Nine years ago, a humiliated Larkin Lanier fled Georgetown, South Carolina, knowing she could never go back. But when she finds out that her mother has disappeared, she realizes she has no choice but to return to the place she both loves and dreads--and to the family and friends who never stopped wishing for her to come home.Ivy, Larkin's mother, is discovered badly injured and unconscious in the burned-out wreckage of her ancestral plantation home. No one knows why Ivy was there, but as Larkin digs for answers, she uncovers secrets kept for nearly fifty years--whispers of love, sacrifice, and betrayal--that lead back to three girls on the brink of womanhood who found their friendship tested in the most heartbreaking ways.
Dreams of Fire and Gods: Fire (Dreams of Fire and Gods #1)
by James ErichDreams of Fire and Gods: Book OneA thousand years ago, two factions of gods, the Stronni and the Taaweh, nearly destroyed the Kingdom of Dasak by warring for the land and the frightened humans who lived there. Then suddenly the Taaweh vanished and the Stronni declared victory. Now, as tensions escalate between the emperor and his regent, Vek Worlen, the vek's son, apprentice mage Sael dönz Menaük, finds himself allied with a homeless vagabond named Koreh. Together they flee the capital city and make their way across a hostile wilderness to the vek's keep, mere steps ahead of the emperor's assassins. But Koreh has dreams--dreams of the ancient Taaweh--and he knows the looming war between the emperor and the vek will be nothing compared to the war that is about to begin. The Taaweh are returning, and the war between the gods may destroy the kingdom once and for all. Winner in the 2013 Rainbow Awards.First: Best LGBT Young AdultNinth: Best Gay Novel
Dreams of Fire and Gods: Fire (Dreams of Fire and Gods #2)
by James ErichDreams of Fire and Gods: Book TwoA thousand years ago, two rival factions of gods, the Stronni and Taaweh, nearly destroyed the Kingdom of Dasak in their war for power. Then the Taaweh vanished and the Stronni declared victory. Now, tensions between the human emperor and his regent are at an all-time high. The regent's son, apprentice mage Sael dönz Menaük, has fled the capital with his master and united with a vagabond named Koreh, but assassins dog their footsteps. The future is more uncertain than ever. Since the Taaweh city of Gyishya reappeared, the mages of Harleh have weakened, cut off from the source of their power. Sael and his father struggle to keep their respective cities from crumbling under the strain or being destroyed by the gods. Then Koreh learns of a dangerous Taaweh plan to rescue their queen from the Stronni--a plan only Koreh and Sael can execute. But they may not get a chance. In Harleh Valley, a young man named Donegh pieces together what happened. Intent, he makes his way through an increasingly alien landscape to carry out his mission: assassinate the Dekan of Harleh, Sael dönz Menaük.
Dreams of Fire and Gods: Fire (Dreams of Fire and Gods #3)
by James ErichDreams of Fire and Gods: Book ThreeLong ago, two factions of gods, the Stronni and the Taaweh, nearly destroyed the Kingdom of Dasak in a great war. The Taaweh vanished when their queen was imprisoned, and the Stronni declared victory. A thousand years later, a young nobleman named Sael and his lover Koreh have rescued the Taaweh queen. In the process Koreh was killed, and now an injured Sael struggles to heal from both injuries and grief. Unknown to him, Koreh embarks on a journey across the land of the dead, trying to make his way back to Sael--and to life. But time moves differently in the underworld, and decades pass while Koreh travels. In the living world, tensions between the emperor and Sael's father, Vek Worlen, who is regent of the eastern kingdom, have soured beyond repair. Worlen conspires with the assassin Donegh to break into the imperial palace and challenge the emperor to a duel to the death. But the goddess Imen has chosen a young priest named Gonim as her champion. Through him she discovers the Taaweh have returned, and her enraged king threatens to destroy Dasak and all its human inhabitants. Sael must save his world, must confront the gods and persuade them not to destroy humankind. But it seems hopeless. If only Koreh were at his side...
Dreams of Fire and Gods: Fire (Dreams of Fire and Gods #4)
by James ErichA thousand years ago, two factions of gods, the Stronni and the Taaweh, nearly destroyed the Kingdom of Dasak by warring for the land and the frightened humans who lived there. Then suddenly the Taaweh vanished and the Stronni declared victory. In the present day, tensions escalate between the emperor and his regent to the point of war, which will be nothing compared to the war that comes with the Taaweh's return. Join the regent's son and apprentice mage Sael and his vagabond lover Koreh as they dodge assassins, rescue the Taaweh queen, and be separated by death ;in their quest to save their world from being destroyed in another confrontation between the gods.See excerpt for individual blurbs.
Dreams of Fire: A Descent: Legends of the Dark Novel (Descent: Legends of the Dark)
by Davide ManaA wandering outcast must reconcile their brutal past and their need for vengeance in this action-packed fantasy novel from Descent: Legends of the DarkSoldier. Dreamer. Exile. Dragon hybrid Vaerix has already lived an age in Terrinoth and seen more than their fair share of horror and hatred. Cast out for their strange ability to dream, Vaerix wanders the world in search of connection. When an expedition to the volcanic Molten Heath offers Vaerix the chance to confront those who wronged them, they cannot resist the temptation. But there is more at stake than treasure and truth. There are powers here beyond comprehension, and everyone has their own game to play. The future of Terrinoth will be written in blood and flame.
Dreams of Forever
by Brenda JacksonMontana horse breeder McKinnon Quinn is adamant about his "no women on my ranch" rule. So when Casey Westmoreland asks for a job training horses, he turns her down flat. Despite her innocent looks, she tempts him beyond reason. Casey vows to get McKinnon to hire her, and to make him her first and only lover. But after every steamy encounter, he avoids her, infuriating her even more. It's as if he has a secret he is desperate to hide...making Casey just as desperate to uncover it.Millionaire deal-maker Spencer Westmoreland agrees to bail out Chardonnay Russell's failing Napa Valley vineyard. In return, she agrees to bear his children. She doesn't dare hope Spencer will fall in love with her, so her only choice is to accept the arrogant businessman's proposal. But becoming Spencer's wife-in every way-sets her body and heart on fire. And soon, Chardonnay wants what is strictly forbidden....
Dreams of Forever: Seduction, Westmoreland Style / Spencer's Forbidden Passion (Mills And Boon Kimani Arabesque Ser. #10)
by Brenda JacksonTwo classic, must-read novels from New York Times bestselling author Brenda Jackson The Westmorelands series, collected here in one volume!Seduction, Westmoreland StyleMontana horse breeder McKinnon Quinn savored his “no women on my ranch” rule. So when Casey Westmoreland asked for a job training horses, he turned her down flat. For despite her innocent looks, she tempted him beyond reason.Casey had vowed to get McKinnon to hire her and make him her first—her only—lover. Yet after everysteamy encounter, the infuriating man dodged her.It was as if he had a secret he was desperate to keep…making Casey just as desperate to uncover it.Originally published in 2007Spencer’s Forbidden PassionMillionaire deal-maker Spencer Westmoreland would bail out Chardonnay Russell’s failing Napa Valley vineyard. And in return she’d bear his children. But she shouldn’t dare hope Spencer would ever fall in love with her.Her only choice was to accept the arrogant businessman’s proposal. But becoming Spencer’s wife—in every way—set her body, her heart, on fire. And soon Chardonnay wanted what was strictly forbidden….Originally published in 2007
Dreams of Freedom
by Laurie WallmarkHere is the story of eight-year-old Laurie's experience attending the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
Dreams of Ghosts: Volume 1 (Volume 1 #1)
by Lian XiaoQiEveryone wished to have a characteristic that was different from ordinary people, but Gu Xiaoyu was very dissatisfied with the ability that the heavens had bestowed upon him.Other people's dreams were like fresh meat, except she only dreamed of dead people every day. This wasn't all, she still had to listen to everything these ghosts said!This really pissed her off!However, she didn't have the ability to reject them. Those ghosts were really despicable. If she didn't listen to them, then nothing good would happen the next day.What? What?Fuck, you want me to dig an ancestral grave again?No! He refused to go no matter what!What? High pay?No! I have a room and a car, so it's not a big deal!Was there a jade hairpin in the grave? Alright, let's go!You damned bastard, you actually lied to me!
Dreams of Ghosts: Volume 2 (Volume 2 #2)
by Lian XiaoQiEveryone wished to have a characteristic that was different from ordinary people, but Gu Xiaoyu was very dissatisfied with the ability that the heavens had bestowed upon him.Other people's dreams were like fresh meat, except she only dreamed of dead people every day. This wasn't all, she still had to listen to everything these ghosts said!This really pissed her off!However, she didn't have the ability to reject them. Those ghosts were really despicable. If she didn't listen to them, then nothing good would happen the next day.What? What?Fuck, you want me to dig an ancestral grave again?No! He refused to go no matter what!What? High pay?No! I have a room and a car, so it's not a big deal!Was there a jade hairpin in the grave? Alright, let's go!You damned bastard, you actually lied to me!
Dreams of Ghosts: Volume 3 (Volume 3 #3)
by Lian XiaoQiEveryone wished to have a characteristic that was different from ordinary people, but Gu Xiaoyu was very dissatisfied with the ability that the heavens had bestowed upon him.Other people's dreams were like fresh meat, except she only dreamed of dead people every day. This wasn't all, she still had to listen to everything these ghosts said!This really pissed her off!However, she didn't have the ability to reject them. Those ghosts were really despicable. If she didn't listen to them, then nothing good would happen the next day.What? What?Fuck, you want me to dig an ancestral grave again?No! He refused to go no matter what!What? High pay?No! I have a room and a car, so it's not a big deal!Was there a jade hairpin in the grave? Alright, let's go!You damned bastard, you actually lied to me!
Dreams of Ghosts: Volume 4 (Volume 4 #4)
by Lian XiaoQiEveryone wished to have a characteristic that was different from ordinary people, but Gu Xiaoyu was very dissatisfied with the ability that the heavens had bestowed upon him.Other people's dreams were like fresh meat, except she only dreamed of dead people every day. This wasn't all, she still had to listen to everything these ghosts said!This really pissed her off!However, she didn't have the ability to reject them. Those ghosts were really despicable. If she didn't listen to them, then nothing good would happen the next day.What? What?Fuck, you want me to dig an ancestral grave again?No! He refused to go no matter what!What? High pay?No! I have a room and a car, so it's not a big deal!Was there a jade hairpin in the grave? Alright, let's go!You damned bastard, you actually lied to me!
Dreams of Ghosts: Volume 5 (Volume 5 #5)
by Lian XiaoQiEveryone wished to have a characteristic that was different from ordinary people, but Gu Xiaoyu was very dissatisfied with the ability that the heavens had bestowed upon him.Other people's dreams were like fresh meat, except she only dreamed of dead people every day. This wasn't all, she still had to listen to everything these ghosts said!This really pissed her off!However, she didn't have the ability to reject them. Those ghosts were really despicable. If she didn't listen to them, then nothing good would happen the next day.What? What?Fuck, you want me to dig an ancestral grave again?No! He refused to go no matter what!What? High pay?No! I have a room and a car, so it's not a big deal!Was there a jade hairpin in the grave? Alright, let's go!You damned bastard, you actually lied to me!
Dreams of Gods & Monsters (Daughter of Smoke & Bone #3)
by Laini TaylorWhat power can bruise the sky?Two worlds are poised on the brink of a vicious war. By way of a staggering deception, Karou has taken control of the chimaera's rebellion and is intent on steering its course away from dead-end vengeance. The future rests on her.When the brutal angel emperor brings his army to the human world, Karou and Akiva are finally reunited--not in love, but in tentative alliance against their common enemy. It is a twisted version of their long-ago dream, and they begin to hope that it might forge a way forward for their people. And, perhaps, for themselves.But with even bigger threats on the horizon, are Karou and Akiva strong enough to stand among the gods and monsters?The New York Times bestselling Daughter of Smoke & Bone trilogy comes to a stunning conclusion as--from the streets of Rome to the caves of the Kirin and beyond--humans, chimaera, and seraphim strive, love, and die in an epic theater that transcends good and evil, right and wrong, friend and enemy.
Dreams of Gods and Monsters: The Sunday Times Bestseller. Daughter of Smoke and Bone Trilogy Book 3 (Daughter of Smoke and Bone Trilogy #3)
by Laini Taylor*An Amazon Best Book of the Year*The final book in the gripping Sunday Times bestselling series. By way of a staggering deception, Karou has taken control of the chimaera rebellion and is intent on steering its course away from dead-end vengeance. The future rests on her, if there can even be a future for the chimaera in war-ravaged Eretz.Common enemy, common cause.When Jael's brutal seraph army trespasses into the human world, the unthinkable becomes essential, and Karou and Akiva must ally their enemy armies against the threat. It is a twisted version of their long-ago dream, and they begin to hope that it might forge a way forward for their people.And, perhaps, for themselves. Toward a new way of living, and maybe even love.But there are bigger threats than Jael in the offing. A vicious queen is hunting Akiva, and, in the skies of Eretz ... something is happening. Massive stains are spreading like bruises from horizon to horizon; the great winged stormhunters are gathering as if summoned, ceaselessly circling, and a deep sense of wrong pervades the world.What power can bruise the sky From the streets of Rome to the caves of the Kirin and beyond, humans, chimaera and seraphim will fight, strive, love, and die in an epic theater that transcends good and evil, right and wrong, friend and enemy. At the very barriers of space and time, what do gods and monsters dream of ? And does anything else matter
Dreams of Gods and Monsters: The Sunday Times Bestseller. Daughter of Smoke and Bone Trilogy Book 3 (Daughter of Smoke and Bone Trilogy #3)
by Laini TaylorBy way of a staggering deception, Karou has taken control of the chimaera rebellion and is intent on steering its course away from dead-end vengeance. The future rests on her, if there can even be a future for the chimaera in war-ravaged Eretz.Common enemy, common cause.When Jael's brutal seraph army trespasses into the human world, the unthinkable becomes essential, and Karou and Akiva must ally their enemy armies against the threat. It is a twisted version of their long-ago dream, and they begin to hope that it might forge a way forward for their people.And, perhaps, for themselves. Toward a new way of living, and maybe even love.But there are bigger threats than Jael in the offing. A vicious queen is hunting Akiva, and, in the skies of Eretz ... something is happening. Massive stains are spreading like bruises from horizon to horizon; the great winged stormhunters are gathering as if summoned, ceaselessly circling, and a deep sense of wrong pervades the world.What power can bruise the sky From the streets of Rome to the caves of the Kirin and beyond, humans, chimaera and seraphim will fight, strive, love, and die in an epic theater that transcends good and evil, right and wrong, friend and enemy. At the very barriers of space and time, what do gods and monsters dream of? And does anything else matter?(P)2014 Hachette Audio
Dreams of Gold
by Maynard F. ThomsonThe world of international championship ice skating is brought to vivid life in this rich and absorbing page-turner of love, courage, and betrayal. The Olympic dreams of America's star ice-skating couple are dashed when a car accident ends Clay's career. His partner, Maggie, ends up training in Japan as a singles skater and puts her lessons to work in a dramatic finale on the Olympic rink.
Dreams of Green: A Three Kings' Day Story
by Mariel JungkunzIn this story about Día de los Reyes, or Three Kings&’ Day, a girl and her family discover new ways to celebrate their Puerto Rican heritage in Ohio.It&’s eleven days after Christmas and Lucía yearns to be in lush Puerto Rico celebrating Día de los Reyes with family and friends. But this year, instead of dancing and singing in the parrandas of her Puerto Rican neighborhood, she is surrounded by cold and silence in snow-blanketed Ohio. How will she ever be able to guide the Three Kings to her new home in the frosty Midwest? This picture book is a celebration of Puerto Rican culture, heartwarming family tradition, and a reminder that we all carry a piece of home with us wherever life may take us.
Dreams of Ivory and Gold
by Kirk DougalGregor Novara hunts evil, despite being loathed by those who see him as an abomination for the incubus blood flowing through his veins. In Dreams of Ivory and Gold, Gregor Novara hunts another of his kind, seeking to stop an incubus before it can put a cataclysmic prophecy into motion-a prophecy the Catholic Church has hidden for centuries. Novara's hopes gradually turn to despair as he descends into darkness and risks giving in to the very evil he is hunting. Meanwhile, New York City homicide detective Morgan Kelly is plagued with a growing list of murdered women. The mutilated victims are interlinked by the manners of their deaths and an ancient bloodline. Fresh off a psych evaluation (and a suspension), Detective Kelly desperately seeks the killer, while also dealing with the ongoing nightmares disrupting her life. Father Roger Greene has been ordered by the Vatican to watch over the emotionally unstable emissary called Gregor Novara, while also counseling his childhood friend, the aforementioned Detective Kelly. Startled to discover the Church's dark secrets and the serial killer plaguing NYC are one and the same, Father Greene must put aside his fears and help Novara destroy the incubus before it captures his friend Det. Kelly and initiates the Biblical apocalypse.