Welcome to our book review site go-pdf.online!
You may have to Search all our reviewed books and magazines, click the sign up button below to create a free account.
Footprints in the Snow
In the 1970's Jackie Huck started writing a poem each year to enhance her Christmas card messages. These were sent to family and friends, and have become an annual tradition. They are collected here into one book for the first time, to be shared and enjoyed. Merry Christmas!
Salt and Pepper
When Susan Salt meets vivacious Vale Pepper at Benjamin Hale Hospital in 1964, little does she envisage the many changes to her life. How can shy nursing cadet Susan survive the rigours of the hospital's strict and seemingly unfair regime, and the ensuing wrath from Matron and Sister Mandrake, in equal measure?Excruciatingly embarrassing predicaments arise daily. Clandestine meetings and 'strip tease' soon become a game of 'Cat and Mouse' in the labyrinths of the hospital. Will Salt go or stay?With binding friendship and support from each other will Salt and Pepper fit into the cruet?
The Grace of Guilt
When fifteen-year-old Jessica Jackson's crush on her pastor's son leads to rape, she finds herself pregnant and alone, rejected by both family and church as an unrepentant sinner. And when fellow-church member, Simon Cassell's homosexual relationship with his high school friend is discovered, he is beaten by his father and ostracized. Meanwhile, middle-aged Dwight Cook is struggling with the economic failure of his business, the town hardware store, with estrangement from his wife and oldest son, and with uncontrollable lust for a female employee half his age. The outcasts' struggles with underserved guilt intensify when a lynching brings the FBI to the rural North Carolina town and both church and family members are implicated, and when a tormented loved one commits suicide. The Grace of Guilt follows the destruction of three families and their quests for redemption, and examines the old prejudice of the new South.
Ljuset genom träden
En fängslande berättelse om förlust, förlåtelse och kärlek från bästsäljande författaren Glendy Vanderah. Ellis Abbeys liv förändras i ett ögonblick. För bara en kort stund lämnar hon sin nyfödda dotter Viola utan uppsikt och när hon återvänder är dottern borta. I ett redan krisande äktenskap blir förlusten för stor att hantera och Ellis sjunker ner i sorg, skuld och missbruk. Övertygad om att hon bara är en börda för sin familj lämnar hon sin man och sina två unga söner och ger sig långt in i vildmarken, trots den enorma längtan efter sina barn. I en avlägsen del av Washington möter vi Raven. Hennes mor har strängt förbjudit henne att tala med främlingar...
American Literature on Stage and Screen
The 525 notable works of 19th and 20th century American fiction in this reference book have many stage, movie, television, and video adaptations. Each literary work is described and then every adaptation is examined with a discussion of how accurate the version is and how well it succeeds in conveying the spirit of the original in a different medium. In addition to famous novels and short stories by authors such as Nathaniel Hawthorne, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Willa Cather, many bestsellers, mysteries, children's books, young adult books, horror novels, science fiction, detective stories, and sensational potboilers from the past two centuries are examined.
Magic and Loss
Young Jackie Riddicks journey is haunted by the premature death of his father, the horrific abuse by his stepfather in Baltimore, and a harrowing escape to a small New Jersey town. Jackie is a promising athlete striving for hard-earned recognition. Like so many fatherless boys, his search for identity, knowledge, and acceptance is hindered by the absence of a positive role model. As Jackie develops into an outstanding athlete, his popularity soarsbut he becomes confused as he begins the transition to manhood. He desperately seeks the life skills essential to his quest, finding a mentor in his baseball coach, Osa Martin, a former star in the Negro Leagues. Coach Martin recognizes the great po...
Valoa lehtien lomasta
Huikaisevan kaunis romaani menetyksestä, anteeksiannosta ja rakkaudesta Missä metsä kohtaa tähdet -menestysteoksen kirjoittajalta.Ellis Abbeyn elämä luhistuu silmänräpäyksessä. Hän jättää vastasyntyneen tyttärensä Violan vain muutamaksi minuutiksi yksin. Palatessaan hän huomaa lapsensa kadonneen. Violan sieppaus hajottaa jo valmiiksi rakoilevan avioliiton, ja Ellis uppoaa suruun, syyllisyyteen ja päihteisiin. Hän jättää miehensä ja pienet poikansa ja lähtee vaeltamaan vuorille yrittäen haudata epätoivoisen kaipuunsa joka askeleella yhä syvemmälle.Washingtonin metsäisillä syrjäseuduilla nuori Raven kantaa myös salaisuuksia sisällään. Hänen äitinsä on kieltänyt Ravenia puhumasta vieraille ja paljastamasta perheen salaisuuksia. Yksin jätetty ja eristyneisyydessä elävä Raven kaipaa elämäänsä kuitenkin jotain enemmän.Ellisin ja Ravenin tiet risteävät odottamattomalla tavalla, kun luonto, rakkaus ja perhe kietovat kahden eri-ikäisen naisen kohtalot toisiinsa.Valoa lehtien lomasta on koskettava lukuromaani Delia Owensin ja Kristin Hannahin hengessä.
Radio by the Book
During the first half of the 20th century, radio's hunger for captivating characters and stories could not be sated. Three national networks and dozens of independent stations had to fill a vast expanse of air time with comedy, adventure, mystery, drama and music, night after night. It's no surprise that producers and writers looked to outside sources, drawing some of old-time radio's most beloved characters (Sherlock Holmes, Tarzan, Hopalong Cassidy, Buck Rogers) directly from books. This work examines individual characters that jumped from prose to radio and a number of programs that specialized in dramatizing literature. It covers mystery and detective shows, adventure stories, westerns, and science fiction, and anthology shows that adapted novels by such greats as Twain, Steinbeck and Dickens. The text explores how the writers and producers approached the source material--what they changed, what they kept and what they left out.
Storytelling in the Pulps, Comics, and Radio
The first half of the twentieth century was a golden age of American storytelling. Mailboxes burgeoned with pulp magazines, conveying an endless variety of fiction. Comic strips, with their ongoing dramatic storylines, were a staple of the papers, eagerly followed by millions of readers. Families gathered around the radio, anxious to hear the exploits of their favorite heroes and villains. Before the emergence of television as a dominant--and stifling--cultural force, storytelling blossomed in America as audiences and artists alike embraced new mediums of expression. This examination of storytelling in America during the first half of the twentieth century covers comics, radio, and pulp magazines. Each was bolstered by new or improved technologies and used unique attributes to tell dramatic stories. Sections of the book cover each medium. One appendix gives a timeline for developments relative to the subject, and another highlights particular episodes and story arcs that typify radio drama. Illustrations and a bibliography are included.
