Isaacs: 128 books

This critical study of a momentous development of narrative art in literature and film of the late twentieth century climaxes in detailed analyses of works by Nabokov, Pynchon, Barth, Bellow, and Lessing. Starting from thorough explications of Faulkner's Absalom, Absalom!, Durrell's Alexandria...

The marriage of obsessive Max and compulsive Agnes inevitably fails, as the flame and fire burn the life from it over two toxic decades. When their only child is contemplating marriage herself, she asks her father to tell her what went wrong. Max, who has never been able to deny any request of Molly's,...

Ever since he moved out of the house, Wednesday has become Simons favorite day of the week. It is the day he picks up his fourteen-year-old daughter, Leni, from school, drives her to her piano lessons, and enjoys a post-lesson weekly dinner ritual with her. But one Wednesday after he drops Leni at...

The acclaimed approach to helping children with autism, profiled in the award-winning documentary Autism: The Musical This groundbreaking book outlines seven integrated keys for educators and parents to make meaningful connections with children on the autism spectrum. The book is based on the...

The world of fashion seems web obsessed and it’s easy to see why: the Internet provides immediate gratification and dissemination of information. However, it’s the bloggers – not the Anna Wintours – who seem to be making the biggest splash on the web.This 2,000-word article explains...

"The Queen Must Live" is a study of the eternal struggle between male strengths and female powers. Stories from every corner of the globe and throughout millennia reconstruct the mythic and ritual scenarios of this struggle. The object, rather than unilateral dominance, is the achievement a workable...

***He was my salvation. *** Interviewing the notorious owner of 'Ignition' should have been simple. When asked to go home with him, I should've said 'no.' But Noah Hamilton's tattooed, hard body and rugged features were impossible to resist. I wanted him to touch me. And I longed to be loved...

Romántica, triste y clásica novela colombiana, en cuya trama se unen el amor y el dolor de los amantes: Efraín y María, siendo una de las obras más celebradas de Jorge Isaacs. Dos jóvenes que se aman desde niños, pero cada uno cultiva ese sentimiento clandestinamente en sus corazones, dejándolo...

From its creation, it fell short of what was expected. The machine, PDM-512-0753, would exist inside a display cubicle, observing, unable to interact with the outside world. Able to hear what is being said outside through a one-way microphone, it attempts to learn what humanity truly is, what life...

Lawyers show up at the home of a college professor and tell him that a Mexican ex-convict has died and left him property worth a fortune. He recognizes the name, but he had only known him for a short time in 1983. The complex solution to the mystery, the why of the bequest, involves hopes and dreams, conflicts of all kinds, bloody brutality, and, most importantly, enduring love.

The magical difference between food prepared in a restaurant and that in a home kitchen for family and friends, is a little ingredient called love. And love is most evident in what is essentially Cariema Isaacs’s tribute to her late father as she shares their mutual passion for food and cooking,...

Corinne Greene's safe, secure world is spiraling out of control. Her brother Daniel is apparently responsible for causing some kind of disaster, her mother's terminally ill ex-husband just made a miraculous recovery overnight, and exotic animals keep showing up in her suburban backyard. Since her...

Beyond the horizon when the light has fallen behind is when love – beyond words, beyond this beyond; beyond imagination – takes a step away.This collection of micro poetry will leave you beyond imagination as hope travels across the streets to you, and what is the end is just the beginning....

Do you want all the answers to health, happiness and eternal bliss? When did our obsession with wellness start making us sick? Daniella Isaacs peels back the Instagram filter to reveal the dirty truth behind clean living. Hear Me Raw is an autobiographical account of one woman’s journey through...