American Literature
epub |eng | 2020-07-11 | Author:Francois J. Bonnet

Peril The networked anaesthesia of the postindustrial era is tied initially to the influence of the present, locked in the grip of an ever more condensed, ever more instantaneous experience ...
( Category: American Literature November 15,2020 )
epub |eng | | Author:Dwight Garner

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Thanks to John Stinson, rare book dealer and cheerful misanthrope, for a thousand lessons in the literature of absurdity, parody, dissent, and disturbance. Thanks to Jonathan Miles, John Williams, ...
( Category: American Literature November 12,2020 )
epub |eng | 2020-09-02 | Author:Margaret Atwood [Atwood, Margaret]

I don’t like the floor, though. Too visible, I hunch, I scuttle, a prey to shoes and vacuums, not to mention whisks. If you come across me suddenly you scream: ...
( Category: Regional & Cultural Poetry November 12,2020 )
mobi |eng | 2011-02-01 | Author:Gena Showalter; Shannon K. Butcher; Jessica Andersen; Deidre Knight

Chapter Two When a dark, man-shaped shadow materialized on the jungle pathway up ahead, JT went for his guns. The shadow spread its arms wide. “Chil , dude. It’s Rez.” ...
( Category: American Literature November 11,2020 )
epub |eng | 2020-09-28 | Author:Laurelin Paige [Paige, Laurelin]

Four I woke up to the sound of a jackhammer. I sat up, startled, and immediately regretted it when my stomach lurched from the movement. Thank God the room was ...
( Category: American Literature November 9,2020 )
epub |eng | 2020-09-17 | Author:Christina C. Jones [Jones, Christina C.]

My first table read… And maybe… not the last one? The more I worked on ODS, the more my mind wandered, about shifting my career focus from this more generalized ...
( Category: American Literature November 9,2020 )
epub |eng | 2020-02-21 | Author:Travena Terry [Terry, Travena]

It was late afternoon by the time we finally left the bed. She’d gathered her belongings, and as she slid on her dress, I couldn’t shake the feeling that I ...
( Category: American Literature November 9,2020 )
epub |eng | 1893-01-01 | Author:Stephen Crane [Crane, Stephen]

XIV THE LITTLE OLD WOMAN arose early and bustled in the preparation of breakfast. At times she looked anxiously at the clock. An hour before her son should leave for ...
( Category: American Literature November 9,2020 )
epub |eng | | Author:Clint Smith

Canon Our stars weren’t meant for their sky. We have never known the same horizon. On Observing My Home After the Storm I. The smell so pungent you can see ...
( Category: Politics & Government November 9,2020 )
epub |eng | | Author:Jill Eileen Smith

Lot savored the fermented juice, then replaced the cap on the flask and let it hang from his belt. His tension eased only slightly as he took in the view ...
( Category: Christian Literature & Fiction November 9,2020 )
epub | | 2010-05-01 | Author:The Clockwork Traitor [Traitor, The Clockwork]

When they stopped for lunch in a small clearing, Edna commented to Choyen Liu that he alone of the candidates had not managed to shoot anything. "That," he replied solemnly, ...
( Category: American Literature November 9,2020 )
epub |eng | 2001-10-10 | Author:Lawrence Block & Otto Penzler [Block, Lawrence & Penzler, Otto]

“Dave,” I said, “are you sure you don’t mind seeing me?” “You’re my brother,” he said. There was a pause. I moved the phone from my one ear to the ...
( Category: American Literature November 9,2020 )
epub |eng | 2013-11-13 | Author:Mark Haskell Smith

22 Beverly Hills Harriet sat in the back of a cab with Curtis. She let him lean his leg so that it touched hers. His warmth sent little quivers through ...
( Category: American Literature November 9,2020 )
mobi |eng | 1989-01-02 | Author:Lawrence Block

On the street he lit a cigarette and said, "My father went every morning before work." "So you said." "It was in Latin then. They took the mystery out when ...
( Category: American Literature November 9,2020 )
mobi |eng | 2011-06-03 | Author:Lawrence Block

Chapter 7 Party time. Judy Obershain had money. Her father, a well-to-do Boston businessman, sent her a healthy check once a month to keep Judy out of Boston. He loved ...
( Category: American Literature November 9,2020 )