Why does loneliness always inhibit our ability to see through people who are toxic? Even clear eyes can be deceived by a forsaken heart.Marcello Dante is trying to settle into his new life as a single father after the sudden death of his wife. By his side is his loyal and sacrificing nanny who looks after his child in his absence. Apart from these basic tasks, she has also started to provide him with services that are off the books. Though the services are not solicited, they are not rebuffed either. And inadvertently-as in any such arrangement-someone starts to expect more, and strife finds its way into the home.In the midst of his confusion as to what to do with his ravishing but demanding nanny, he meets and falls in love with another woman and soon finds himself in a love triangle with no exit. The struggle to keep his child and new love safe from the serpent that's still wrapped around their lives will push him to the point of no return. He knows that in order to save those closest to him, he will have to become the person who he once was and revisit the life he had left behind; he knows all too well that in life, you sometime have to burn the village to save the people. This thrilling love story will make you reevaluate those who you let into your home.
"Blood Sweat and Oil" Is based on true events portrayed by Cameron Presley. A man who thought that all you needed in life was your faith, the love of a good women and your family. Little did he know that the oil industry was exempt to that rule. After relocating his family to the heart of the oil country, he would immediately find out, that with success came brutal betrayal. Leaving him to question the very person that he was, and the people closest to him. Cameron would find himself in a battle to preserve his company, himself and his family. But maintaining who you are is a difficult task when being pushed to your breaking point
An intriguing story of a beloved grandfather and his granddaughter Alexis. Alexis and her Papa have a close, meaningful relationship and he is the only constant loving connection in her life. After what felt like forever to Alexis she was finally old enough for the story she had been waiting her whole life to hear. Papa s tale of the exploits of his closest childhood friend was both exciting and suspenseful. However, Alexis never expected Papa s friend to be from a foreign planet. She couldn't wait to get to Papa s house every day after school to hear the next thrilling installment of the story. Like every tale, Papa s stirring tone drew towards the end with the conclusion brought some devastating news for Papa to break to Alexis. Papa s news made Alexis feel like her whole world was crashing down. She didn't know what she was going to do. Suddenly Alexis remembered something from Papa s story. This realization was the answer to her problems. Although young, too young to be out on her own, Alexis knew that a journey was one that she would have to make. While on her expedition she discovered just how small the world really was while making a new friend who helped her along the way, guiding her safely through every pitfall, and around each unknown turn. This is a suspenseful story of love, friendship, and sacrifice. You will see how important one friendship is when the bond is tested, and the ultimate sacrifice is freely given.
A Set of Six. (collection of story): Gaspar Ruiz, The Informer, The Brute, An Anarchist, The Duel, Il Conde . Joseph Conrad (Polish pronunciation: born J zef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski; 3 December 1857 - 3 August 1924) was a Polish-British writer regarded as one of the greatest novelists to write in the English language. He joined the British merchant marine in 1878, and was granted British nationality in 1886. Though he did not speak English fluently until his twenties, he was a master prose stylist who brought a non-English sensibility into English literature. He wrote stories and novels, many with a nautical setting, that depict trials of the human spirit in the midst of an impassive, inscrutable universe. Conrad is considered an early modernist, though his works still contain elements of 19th-century realism. His narrative style and anti-heroic characters have influenced many authors, including F. Scott Fitzgerald, William Faulkner, Ernest Hemingway, Andr Malraux, George Orwell, Graham Greene, Gabriel Garc a M rquez, John le Carr , V. S. Naipaul, Philip Roth, J. M. Coetzee, and Salman Rushdie. Many films have been adapted from, or inspired by, Conrad's works. Writing in the heyday of the British Empire, Conrad drew on, among other things, his native Poland's national experiences and his own experiences in the French and British merchant navies, to create short stories and novels that reflect aspects of a European-dominated world-including imperialism and colonialism-and that profoundly explore the human psyche. Joseph Conrad was born on 3 December 1857 in Berdychiv, in what is now Ukraine and at the time of his birth the Russian Empire, a region that was once part of the Kingdom of Poland. He was the only child of Apollo Korzeniowski and his wife Ewa Bobrowska. His father was a writer, translator, political activist, and would-be revolutionary. Conrad was christened J zef Teodor Konrad after his maternal grandfather Jozef, his paternal grandfather Teodor, and the heroes (both named "Konrad") of two poems by Adam Mickiewicz, Dziady and Konrad Wallenrod. He was subsequently known to his family as "Konrad", rather than "Jozef". Though the vast majority of the surrounding area's inhabitants were Ukrainians, and the great majority of Berdychiv's residents were Jewish, almost all the countryside was owned by the Polish szlachta (nobility), to which Conrad's family belonged as bearers of the coat-of-arms. Polish literature, particularly patriotic literature, was held in high esteem by the area's Polish population. The Korzeniowski family played a significant role in Polish attempts to regain independence. Conrad's paternal grandfather served under Prince Jozef Poniatowski during Napoleon's Russian campaign and formed his own cavalry squadron during the November 1830 Uprising.
Chance is a novel by Joseph Conrad, published in 1913 following serial publication the previous year. Although the novel was not one upon which Conrad's later critical reputation was to depend, it was his greatest commercial success upon initial publication. Chance is narrated by Conrad's regular narrator, Marlow, but is characterised by a complex, nested narrative in which different narrators take up the story at different points. The novel is also unusual among its author's works for its focus on a female character: the heroine, Flora de Barra
Michael Georg Conrad (1846-1927), en qui les historiens de la litt rature voient l'un des propagateurs les plus actifs de la modernit munichoise travers la fondation de la revue Die Gesellschaft, v cut de 1878 1882 dans la capitale fran aise avant son installation d finitive en Bavi re. Il subvenait ses besoins en travaillant comme ma tre de langue et comme correspondant de plusieurs journaux allemands. Outre un recueil de nouvelles, les quatre ann es de son s jour parisien, qu'il pr sente express ment comme le terme de ses ann es de voyage et d'apprentissage , sont l'origine d'une s rie d'oeuvres journalistiques, r dig es dans le but de donner ses compatriotes un aper u de la vie culturelle, politique et sociale des d buts de la IIIe R publique. Cet ouvrage tente de recenser ces contributions, la fois pour restituer une vision trang re de la capitale fran aise, de son art et de sa litt rature un moment cl de son histoire, et pour rendre compte des partis pris intellectuels du plus connu des propagandistes de Zola en Allemagne.
This book tells the true story of my family's challenging experience of caring for a stricken loved one. My wife was diagnosed with Dementia Alzheimer's disease at age 75 and suffered for seven years. I was her caregiver and shortly after she passed, I decided to tell our story with the hope that my experience will provide other caregivers with a passion to endure. No matter how difficult it may become, you must prevail.
Plight of the Rhino is the first wildlife anthology by Springbok Publications. The stories and poems, written by international writers, depict wildlife in all its glory. The book will take you on a journey across continents and introduce you to some iconic as well as lesser known wildlife species. These heartfelt stories recognise the joys of the animal kingdom and the heartache of poaching and extinction, facing our wildlife today. We will donate a minimum of 1 from the sale of each book to Save the Rhino International. To find out more about its rhino conservation work please visit www.savetherhino.org
This book is the most comprehensive and flexible theory of chloride ingress in concrete to date. Based on test results and field observations, the book demonstrates the easy application of this theory to practice. The information is presented in a clear style with each chapter containing an introduction, technical applications and examples, and a final section covering the mathematics behind the theory, to enable the reader to obtain a deeper insight into the subject. Primarily aimed at practising engineers engaged in analysis and design of concrete structures exposed to a chloride laden environment, this book is also a useful reference for mathematicians and engineering students.
This title, first published in 1990, is a census of the manuscripts of William Butler Yeats. The census includes not only his books, plays and poetry but also the whereabouts of many of Yeats’s letters and speeches, and will be of particular interest to students of literature. For further reading please refer to Conrad A. Balliet’s chapter ‘A Supplement to W. B. Yeats: A Census of the Manuscripts’ in Richard J. Finnerman’s (Editor) Yeats: An Annual of Critical and Textual Studies (Volume XIII, 1995, The University of Chicago Press).
This title, first published in 1990, is a census of the manuscripts of William Butler Yeats. The census includes not only his books, plays and poetry but also the whereabouts of many of Yeats’s letters and speeches, and will be of particular interest to students of literature. For further reading please refer to Conrad A. Balliet’s chapter ‘A Supplement to W. B. Yeats: A Census of the Manuscripts’ in Richard J. Finnerman’s (Editor) Yeats: An Annual of Critical and Textual Studies (Volume XIII, 1995, The University of Chicago Press).
The Ellsworth community is growing on Earth. But have they really solved the problem that wiped out Earth's population? Twenty years have passed since they returned from space. Nothing has been heard from Ararat. Will the colony finally respond when they know the problems found on Earth? And what happened to Nels and his little group? The distances involved between the planets make communications difficult. Messages are out-of-date by the time they arrive ten years later. Where does the future of mankind lie?
The Ellsworth community is growing on Earth. But have they really solved the problem that wiped out Earth's population? Twenty years have passed since they returned from space. Nothing has been heard from Ararat. Will the colony finally respond when they know the problems found on Earth? And what happened to Nels and his little group? The distances involved between the planets make communications difficult. Messages are out-of-date by the time they arrive ten years later. Where does the future of mankind lie?
