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Following from my earlier book 'Black Sheep and Gold Diggers' this book tells the story of three of Elizabeth Vurlow’s sons George, Joe and Dave, who served in the AIF during World War One. Joe joined first and went to Gallipoli where less than a day after arriving he fought in the battle of Lone...

Novelist Mark Childress ("Crazy in Alabama," "Georgia Bottoms") happened to be born in Monroeville, Alabama – the town Harper Lee called Maycomb when she wrote about it in the classic "To Kill a Mockingbird." For years, as a journalist, Childress was told to pursue...

I used to think it was us.I used to think it was you.But now all I can thinkIs dreams never come true.Was it me, Baby?Was it no use?Is there a reasonDreams never come true?I can't stand wishinOn stars that deceive.I can't be with youWhen you can't believe.I don't know what happenedTo what we thought we knew...But now it makes senseSince dreams never come true.

Poet Tim Kavi celebrated National Poetry Month 2013 with the publication of this essay on Walt Whitman: The Embodied Poet of Existence. Basically, the essay is a brief discussion of Whitman juxtaposed with one of his most famous poems,"I Sing the Body Electric." This ebook essay should be of interest...

"Love, Life and Me" is a wonderful anthology of original pieces by Vizion B. Jones which opens up a youthful and heartwarming innocence in poetic writings that can truly be appreciated for its wisdom and creative flow. The author shares wittingly in this book several of his personal thoughts and intimate...

Ce que propose de montrer ce Cahier de L’Herne, c’est une image d’Isaac Bashevis Singer et de son œuvre qui se situe très loin des stéréotypes habituels – l’aimable fabuliste de l’âme juive, le lutin talmudique échappé d’une toile de Chagall ou encore le conteur nostalgique ressuscitant...

For most of my life I have been an intensely private person. It's hard to share anything about yourself until you have embraced your true heart. While my mother isn't currently on Earth with her family and loved ones she still exists in Heaven. Being that both of my paternal and maternal grandparents...

Stories and poems of unusual lives, strange occurrences and off-beat travel.

Broken into 4 sections (Me, You, Us, Forever), "Screaming White Noise" starts with writer's experiences (Me) then moves to his demented vision of love (You). It concludes with a bleak outlook of the present state of the world (Us) and how he hopes to leave it (Forever).

24 Christian and secular poems, including three haikus, an abecedarian poem, and three traditional rhyming poems, among others.

The proprietor of the “The Bookstore” in Lenox, MA, the author, Matthew Tannenbaum, reflects on getting his start at the legendary Gotham Book Mart on West 47th Street in New York City. He writes, “I am very fortunate to have found Frances Steloff, founder of The Gotham Book Mart, when I was a very young man, and she turned me into the bookman that I have since become.

In this bilingual English/Español edition, Che Forever is a sympathetic and poetic biographical sketch detailing the past, promise, potential, and power of the dynamic ideas and ideology of Che Guevara, the iconic Latin American revolutionary. Read it and surprise yourself!

The poems in this book are probably NOT what they seem. The content is erotic, but NOT about sex. It's the opposite of writings about sex which are disguised as something else. Can you figure out the topic ? They are revealed.

A short collection of poems from a young author. From One So Young is a journey of one's late teenage years, following a young boy's thoughts of life and all of the joys and demons it brings.