Marvin: 663 books

The idea for this anthology originated on an online social network called LinkedIn, which is designed to allow professionals to form groups so they can share like interests. One of these networking groups is Aspiring Writers, created to encourage and inspire both new and experienced authors.Members...

A witty and elegiac new collection from the author of "exhilarating, fierce [and] powerful” verse (Robert Pinsky, Washington Post). The speakers of Oracle occupy the outer-borough cityscape of New York's Staten Island, where they move through worlds glittering with refuse and peopled...

A chance meeting on a dark deserted stretch of highway leads to a strange but familiar love affair.

**“The many facets of Middle Eastern history and politics are admirably represented in this far-ranging anthology.” —**Publishers Weekly In this insightful anthology, historians Marvin E. Gettleman and Stuart Schaar have assembled a broad selection of documents and contemporary scholarship...

Speaking in Tongues presents a unique account of how language has been employed in the theatre, not simply as a means of communication but also as a stylistic and formal device, and for a number of cultural and political operations. The use of multiple languages in the contemporary theatre is in part...

Love on Colonial America’s Frontier Travel into Colonial America where eight women seek love, but they each know a future husband requires the necessary skills to survive in the backcountry. Living in areas exposed to nature’s ferocity, prone to Indian attack, and cut off from regular supplies,...

A Family Heirloom Inspires Romance In 1851, a special cameo is gifted by Queen Victoria to Letitia Newton, who though considered an old maid, meets the perfect gentleman minutes after donning. Told by the Queen the cameo is to be shared, Letitia gifts the "Victoria Cameo" to a woman in her...

From commie brides to a sleeping beauty, I have tried to have fun with my poetry writing. This is a short collection of older poetry. I had put down poetry for years before compiling this, so this runs from fanciful thoughts to more serious attempts at poetry. Unlike my other collection of poetry,...

Poems and rhythmic prose, each of these reflections tell a story about love, life, joy, happiness, fact. fiction, depression, and inspiration. Some are serious, some are just for fun, some rhyme, some don't, but they are from my creative heart.

In his stunning tour-de-force sequel to Mary Shelley's novel FRANKENSTEIN, horror master Marvin Kaye (author of A Cold Blue Light and The Masters of Solitude) breathes new life into the Creature, offering a glimpse into the soul behind the monster -- and redemption to not only Victor Frankenstein, but...

Again I have found poetic gems on the sands of my life, strewn on the beach, brought in by the tide. They seem to find me as if by magic. More poems of love, joy, fact, fiction, and inspiration. Stories of romance and tragedy, war and peace, and father and motherhood. All born from my overactive imagination,...

This is my collection of poetry dedicated to one person, the most important woman in my life. I started writing poetry again for the first time in years because of her inspiration and this is for her. It is a very personal look at the separation we have faced due to circumstances and the feelings...

This is a collection of love and religious poetry from parts of my life that has taken place from my wife and my dating years. Also lets you know that having God and true love in your life you can overcome all problems and strife. You will always have comfort when you need it the most you know the...

The time was 1969, the place Vietnam. 2nd Lt. Frank Desio and his men were involved in a massacre in a small village near Bon Son and a subsequent cover up. Twenty five years later the remaining members of the platoon, known by their secret club name “The Magnificent Seven,” are being mysteriously...