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And How Are You, Dr. Sacks? by Lawrence Weschler
epub |eng | | Author:Lawrence Weschler

* * * The clinic over, Oliver telephones Homonoff to tell him we will now be walking over to Ward 22 to visit with Bernie. “We’ll have to figure out ...
( Category: Medical August 13,2019 )
Consent by Donna Freitas
epub, pdf |eng | 2019-08-12 | Author:Donna Freitas

I remember, clear as day, the moment I realized my story was a lie. That my story was a cover-up. I remember the exact spot where I was standing, just ...
( Category: Philosophy & Social Aspects August 13,2019 )
Far Off Things by Arthur Machen
epub |eng | | Author:Arthur Machen

Chapter IV WELL, I saw the first of Augustus Harris's autumn dramas at Drury Lane, heard the newsboys calling out the death of Miss Neilson one misty evening up and ...
( Category: Authors August 7,2019 )
Across The Plains by Robert Louis Stevenson
epub |eng | | Author:Robert Louis Stevenson

CHAPTER V - RANDOM MEMORIES * * * I. - THE COAST OF FIFE MANY writers have vigorously described the pains of the first day or the first night at ...
( Category: Authors August 7,2019 )
The Mighty Franks: A Memoir by Michael Frank
azw |eng | 2017-05-15 | Author:Michael Frank [Frank, Michael]

SEVEN FIVE PLACES, SIX SCENES Christmas at the Maison It was the centerpiece of my aunt’s year, therefore our family’s year. A holiday made for decorating—and for giving, two of ...
( Category: Authors August 6,2019 )
Geography of the Heart by Fenton Johnson
epub |eng | 1996-08-02 | Author:Fenton Johnson

X Paris, July 14, 1989: the bicentenaire de la révolution française—the French bicentennial. Larry and I danced at the various street bals scattered around the city; we finished up at ...
( Category: Authors August 3,2019 )
Letters to Véra by Vladimir Nabokov
epub |eng | 2014-09-24 | Author:Vladimir Nabokov [Nabokov, Vladimir]

( Category: Artists, Architects & Photographers August 3,2019 )
Rose Boys by Peter Rose
epub |eng | 2013-06-25 | Author:Peter Rose [Rose, Peter]

The rest of us muddled along. The pattern of hospital visits and weekend outings was unchanged. We saw more of Salli, who was growing up precociously. I enjoyed my new ...
( Category: Grief & Bereavement August 3,2019 )
The Crack-Up by F Scott Fitzgerald
epub |eng | 1964-06-15 | Author:F Scott Fitzgerald [Fitzgerald, F Scott]

M MOMENTS (WHAT PEOPLE DO) Dogs: We went through a routine, with a lot of false starts, charges, leg and throat holds, rolling over, and escapes. I only barked a ...
( Category: Anthologies August 3,2019 )
So Many Books, So Little Time by Sara Nelson
epub |eng | 2010-04-15 | Author:Sara Nelson [Nelson, Sara]

June 22 A Million Little Pieces Things have not been good here. Last night, Leo and I had a terrible Fight, the kind of Fight we don’t have too often ...
( Category: Women August 3,2019 )
Persona by Hiroaki Sato & Naoki Inose
epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Hiroaki Sato & Naoki Inose [Sato, Hiroaki & Inose, Naoki]

Self-appointed Japanese Expert On September 5, Mishima left, with Yōko, for another world tour, which would last until October 31. The two traveled to New York, Stockholm, Paris, Hamburg, and ...
( Category: Asian August 3,2019 )
Writing at the Kitchen Table by Artemis Cooper
epub |eng | 2011-08-02 | Author:Artemis Cooper [Artemis Cooper]

The delivery of a typescript that represents two or three years of work is always a shaky moment for an author, and to have it received in such a churlishly ...
( Category: Authors August 3,2019 )
Coleridge- Darker Reflections by Richard Holmes
epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Richard Holmes [Holmes, Richard]

…My body bending forward, yea, o’erbalanced Almost beyond recoil, on the dim brink Of a huge chasm I stept. The shadowy moonshine Filling the void so counterfeited substance, That my ...
( Category: Poetry August 3,2019 )
Four Men Shaking by Lawrence Shainberg
epub |eng | 2019-07-15 | Author:Lawrence Shainberg

Stunned with disbelief, I wrote to thank him and, riding the wave of my excitement, asked if I could one day meet him directly. Again I didn’t expect an answer ...
( Category: Authors August 2,2019 )
Words and Worlds by Alison Lurie
epub |eng | 2019-03-05 | Author:Alison Lurie

a middle-aged man— but time, gender, self are laws waived by his gold fan. A pearl-diver, a benevolent ghost, and a dancing dragon; that sounds about right. Bon voyage! I ...
( Category: Essays August 2,2019 )

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