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The Life of Mark Twain by Gary Scharnhorst
epub |eng | | Author:Gary Scharnhorst

As U.S. minister to China, Sam noted, Burlingame had even ruled that “a Chinaman’s oath” was “as good as a foreigner’s.” As late as 1906 he recalled that Burlingame “was ...
( Category: Arts & Literature March 30,2018 )
Ingmar Bergman: his life and films by Jerry Vermilye
epub |eng | 2017-01-19 | Author:Jerry Vermilye

Smiles of a Summer Night (1955). Harriet Andersson and Ulla Jacobsson. Svensk Filmindustri. Critics’ Circle Turning from the contemporary scene to a period comedy of manners, Ingmar Bergman has evoked ...
( Category: Movies March 30,2018 )
Angry Conversations with God by Susan E. Isaacs
mobi, epub |eng | 2009-03-11 | Author:Susan E. Isaacs

One Sunday morning Pastor Craig started his sermon as he often did—with an illustration from a movie. He’d just seen a black comedy with spiritual overtones that he felt we ...
( Category: Worship & Devotion March 30,2018 )
The Child Who Never Grew - A Memoir by Pearl S. Buck
epub |eng | 1950-01-01 | Author:Pearl S. Buck [Buck, Pearl S.]

III I CAME TO MY own country as a stranger. There was disadvantage in this, for I had no friends to guide me, nor any who knew in any way ...
( Category: Specific Groups March 30,2018 )
L'Innommable by Beckett Samuel
epub |fra | 1953-07-30 | Author:Beckett, Samuel [Beckett, Samuel]

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( Category: Arts & Literature March 29,2018 )
Aftermath: On Marriage and Separation by Rachel Cusk
epub |eng | 2012-08-07 | Author:Rachel Cusk [Cusk, Rachel]

Later, at the train station before she leaves, my sister says to me: you have to learn to hide what you feel from the children. They will feel what they ...
( Category: Specific Groups March 29,2018 )
Savage Art: A Biography of Jim Thompson by Robert Polito
mobi |eng | 1995-01-01 | Author:Robert Polito

"I believe I can do it," I insisted. "I've held some pretty important jobs. I got down on my luck through drinking, but I'm all right now." He hesitated. "Know ...
( Category: Arts & Literature March 29,2018 )
The Secret Life of Salvador Dali by Salvador Dali
epub |eng | 2013-06-09 | Author:Salvador Dali [Dali, Salvador]

My father settled down to enjoy the sleep of the just. As for me—who knows what I was thinking?... But, as in the case of my “Parsifal,” it is better ...
( Category: History & Criticism March 29,2018 )
Georgie and Elsa: Jorge Luis Borges and His Wife: The Untold Story by Norman Thomas di Giovanni
mobi |eng | 2014-05-08 | Author:Norman Thomas di Giovanni [Giovanni, Norman Thomas di]

18. New York and the Fur Coat We were in New York for the rest of that week. At the end of it, Heather and I went up to New ...
( Category: Arts & Literature March 29,2018 )
Red by B.G. Thomas
mobi, epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:B.G. Thomas

SIX IT WAS weird having sex with Matthew again. But it was a lot of money. The client was paying to watch. Matthew knew what he was doing. Of course ...
( Category: Music March 29,2018 )
The Black House by Unknown Author
mobi |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Unknown Author

13 It was a high windy spot, on the crest of a hill, with room for a dozen cars, and it was empty. Though Caroline had left the party before ...
( Category: Architecture March 29,2018 )
Kirby by Mark Evanier
epub |eng | 2017-03-29 | Author:Mark Evanier

TALES OF SUSPENSE no. 39 March 1963 Art: Jack Kirby and Don Heck Marvel Comics SGT. FURY AND HIS HOWLING COMMANDOS no. 1 May 1963 Art: Jack Kirby and Dick ...
( Category: Graphic Novels March 29,2018 )
Wisdom in Nonsense by Heather O'Neill
epub |eng | | Author:Heather O'Neill [Heather O’Neill]

LESSON 8 Crime Does Pay WHEN HE WAS YOUNG, my dad had been a great criminal. He was very proud of these years. Not having pursued a life of crime ...
( Category: Essays & Correspondence March 29,2018 )
Unsuccessful Thug by Mike Epps
epub |eng | 2018-03-09 | Author:Mike Epps

9 A Comedy Club and a Sewer in Atlanta The day my daughter Bria was born was one of the happiest days of my life. The second I saw her, ...
( Category: Performing Arts March 28,2018 )
My Days by Marion Ross
epub |eng | 2018-01-30 | Author:Marion Ross [Ross, Marion]

Chapter 13 My “Lovely” Big Break The role Millie was looking to fill was that of an all-American-type 1950s mother and housewife for a pilot that had been written and ...
( Category: Specific Groups March 27,2018 )

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