The Raconteur's Commonplace Book
Title | The Raconteur's Commonplace Book PDF eBook |
Author | Kate Milford |
Publisher | HarperCollins |
Pages | 405 |
Release | 2021-02-23 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 035841122X |
In this standalone mystery set in the world of the New York Times bestselling Greenglass House by an Edgar Award–winning author, a group of strangers trapped in an otherworldly inn slowly reveal their secrets, proving that nothing is what it seems and there's always more than one side to the story. The rain hasn't stopped for a week, and the twelve guests of the Blue Vein Tavern are trapped by flooded roads and the rising Skidwrack River. Among them are a ship’s captain, tattooed twins, a musician, and a young girl traveling on her own. To pass the time, they begin to tell stories—each a different type of folklore—that eventually reveal more about their own secrets than they intended. As the rain continues to pour down—an uncanny, unnatural amount of rain—the guests begin to realize that the entire city is in danger, and not just from the flood. But they have only their stories, and one another, to save them. Will it be enough? "Will dazzle seasoned Milford fans and kindle new ones." (Publishers Weekly starred review)
A Common-place Story
Title | A Common-place Story PDF eBook |
Author | Story |
Publisher | |
Pages | 288 |
Release | 1873 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
The Common Place of Law
Title | The Common Place of Law PDF eBook |
Author | Patricia Ewick |
Publisher | University of Chicago Press |
Pages | 338 |
Release | 2014-12-10 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 022621270X |
Why do some people not hesitate to call the police to quiet a barking dog in the middle of the night, while others accept the pain and losses associated with defective products, unsuccesful surgery, and discrimination? Patricia Ewick and Susan Silbey collected accounts of the law from more than four hundred people of diverse backgrounds in order to explore the different ways that people use and experience it. Their fascinating and original study identifies three common narratives of law that are captured in the stories people tell. One narrative is based on an idea of the law as magisterial and remote. Another views the law as a game with rules that can be manipulated to one's advantage. A third narrative describes the law as an arbitrary power that is actively resisted. Drawing on these extensive case studies, Ewick and Silbey present individual experiences interwoven with an analysis that charts a coherent and compelling theory of legality. A groundbreaking study of law and narrative, The Common Place of Law depicts the institution as it is lived: strange and familiar, imperfect and ordinary, and at the center of daily life.
The Story of a Commonplace Life
Title | The Story of a Commonplace Life PDF eBook |
Author | M. Hensel Roudebush |
Publisher | |
Pages | 82 |
Release | 1937 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
What Isn't Remembered
Title | What Isn't Remembered PDF eBook |
Author | Kristina Gorcheva-Newberry |
Publisher | U of Nebraska Press |
Pages | 256 |
Release | 2021-09 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1496229223 |
Longlisted for the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Short Story Collection Winner of the Raz/Shumaker Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Fiction, the stories in What Isn't Remembered explore the burden, the power, and the nature of love between people who often feel misplaced and estranged from their deepest selves and the world, where they cannot find a home. The characters yearn not only to redefine themselves and rebuild their relationships but also to recover lost loves--a parent, a child, a friend, a spouse, a partner. A young man longs for his mother's love while grieving the loss of his older brother. A mother's affair sabotages her relationship with her daughter, causing a lifelong feud between the two. A divorced man struggles to come to terms with his failed marriage and his family's genocidal past while trying to persuade his father to start cancer treatments. A high school girl feels responsible for the death of her best friend, and the guilt continues to haunt her decades later. Evocative and lyrical, the tales in What Isn't Remembered uncover complex events and emotions, as well as the unpredictable ways in which people adapt to what happens in their lives, finding solace from the most surprising and unexpected sources.
Rare and Commonplace Flowers
Title | Rare and Commonplace Flowers PDF eBook |
Author | Carmen L. Oliveira |
Publisher | |
Pages | 192 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9780813533599 |
The gripping story of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Elizabeth Bishop and her relationship with the extraordinary Brazilian woman Lota de Macedo Soares.
Greenglass House
Title | Greenglass House PDF eBook |
Author | Kate Milford |
Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Pages | 389 |
Release | 2014 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0544052706 |
A rambling old smuggler's inn, a strange map, an attic packed with treasures, squabbling guests, theft, friendship, and an unusual haunting mark this smart mystery in the tradition of the Mysterious Benedict Society books. Illustrations.