atmosphere press aug 2021 (23 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The winding roads we endure in life are one of our greatest mysteries and unpredictable circumstances; we travel those roads fearlessly, unabashedly, and full-steam ahead in this journey-filled endeavor.This non-traditional book uses an unorthodox form of speculative non-fiction, speaking from numerous personas, with visceral language and intriguing storylines. It delves into the importance of perspective both individually and collectively, ranging from the receptivity of internal sentiments to the adventurous mystique of well-known historical figures.In The Unsolvable Intrigue: An Anthology of Poetry and Short Stories by D.C. Stoy, we experience an introspective dive into historical, fictional, and current-event-related topics, uniquely orchestrated in poetic form. This collection displays Stoy's creative and ideological repertoire, prompting emotional discoveries and philosophical reconfigurations, challenging readers to expand their paradigms and increase their self-awareness.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The speakers in Blake Z. Rong's gorgeous debut, I Am Not Young and Will Die with This Car in My Garage, inhabit a world emptied of people but haunted by distorted memories of human contact. As Rong writes, 'The city becomes human in its unraveling.' This is a poetry of place; the poems span the globe-Singapore, Miami, New York and Dalian-but each place just reminds the reader of what's missing. Can poetry fill the loss Read and find out.-Joanna Fuhrman, author of To A New Era and other booksBlake Z. Rong's debut is a feat-and without a doubt a must-read. Rong's honesty, tenderness, humor, awe and wonder at the world, and attention to detail come through in a way where the speaker is us-or a friend we've known for a long time. For instance, the lines, 'Down on the street all you gorgeous bodies/vibrate against each other like/supercharged miracles' are unforgettable and gorgeous. So much of the book is full of lines that are beautiful but also starkly honest, such as 'There are no off-world colonies.' The book ultimately leaves me having just enough but always wanting more of these words, this insight.-Joanna C. Valente, author of A LOVE STORY and other books'There are particular American cruelties / hard-wired into our veins. Watch me, / just watch me / catch this rubber bullet between my teeth.' Blake Z. Rong's debut collection of poems is a visceral, lyrical, and unflinching look at where we are as a country, who we are when we dare to love, and what happens when we fall short. Rong's collection is a timely, imaginative story of coming of age in the 21st century as young Americans find themselves torn apart by economic strife, imperialism, racism, social isolation, gun violence, and cultural dislocation. And yet, in that dangerous world, the speakers of these poems defy stigma, forge human connections, and love across cultures and histories despite taboos. These speakers are unafraid to embrace their beautiful and contradictory selves, and in doing so, they create a vision for the future that's startling, original, and sublimely human in its intent. A must-read debut.-Rita Banerjee, author of Echo in Four Beats and CREDO: An Anthology of Manifestos and Sourcebook for Creative Writing--In his debut full-length collection, Blake Z. Rong attempts to answer the following questions: What do doomed cosmonauts think about as they plummet to Earth Has a bird ever pooped on your pizza Did Van Gogh ever get laid I Am Not Young And I Will Die With This Car In My Garage is a chronicle of failures. These grandiose failures take place across time and space and distance, from Singapore to Tokyo to Disneyland, and onward to the end of the world. Through these 37 poems Rong alights on our deepest longings, the darkest results of loneliness, and our inability to hold on to the people we love most.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Millicent Paulson is the beloved choir director at St. John's Church-or is she The day following the annual after-Christmas party at her home, Millie is found dead, rocking the small rural community of Farmerton at its core. The last people to see her alive-and the main suspects in the case-are the members of the choir. Was it jealousy, an unrequited love, a grudge from the past, a guilty thief, or just a random act of violence by a stranger In Kathy J. Jacobson's In The Secret Heart, join Sgt. Joe Zimmerman as he embarks on the biggest case of his career, and observes the unraveling of things kept only in the 'secret heart.'.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Hearty backstories and a beguiling Louisiana setting enhance this compelling thriller.' - Kirkus Reviews'[A] strength would be the author's reverence for the regional quirks. H.'s adventures take him through all the recognizable haunts of Cajun country which involve eating etouffee and boudin, drinking Community Coffee, and the drive over the Henderson swamp bridge.'- University of Louisiana Press--Harvey Doucet, a reasonably good Catholic, would never have committed suicide.His son, Harvey Jr. - H - knows this, so after Doucet Drilling causes the collapse of a salt mine and thirteen deaths, H searches for clues to clear his estranged father's name. H and his father's bodyguard, Placide, encounter dangerous cliffhangers, as the pursuers become the pursued. On the way, H exposes greed, fraud, and corruption, leading all the way to the White House.In Pillars of Salt by J.A. Adams, we experience H's journey from his original bitterness, angst, and cynicism toward his life and his father, to a place of appreciation and understanding of his father's integrity. Maybe H will also discover the inherent goodness in people, even when the world seems to be circling the drain.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Thirst of Pisces provides an intimate glimpse into the inner workings of a Piscean imagination and invites readers on a nostalgic journey spanning 30 countries and 12 years. Discover the passionate voice of a blossoming artist as she reveals her most intimate memories of world travel, womanhood, body, creativity, and emotion. Get lost in the rhythms and movement of the poems across space and time and find yourself dancing in a lyrically vivid space that is both comforting and daring. Thirst of Pisces reminds us what it means to truly move and be moved.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A mother who gives away her daughter in a relative's kitchen; a little girl who watches from behind a partly closed door; a father who leaves his daughter beside the trash cans in an alley while stealing her brother-Leah lives these lives and more in this memoir of growing up a girl in post-WWII America.Holding Up the Sky by Lessie Auletti shares parent-child relationships as seen through the eyes of Leah, a little girl born shortly after Pearl Harbor, who views both the wars between nations and those of her parents. She survives divorce, kidnapping, and family betrayal. This story of the struggles of family and childhood will have you turning the pages in excitement.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'I just finished reading and HIGHLY enjoyed Running Away from the Circus! At times while reading I would laugh out loud and my wife would say, 'What is so funny ' so I would explain what had made me laugh so hard.' -Kenzia Drake, St. Pius X Seminary 'I LOVED this book! First of all, the subject matter is so different; from Nove's life in the circus to his study in the seminary to the conflict between these different callings.' - Anne Boone Johnson, Retired Professor of International Education, Univ. of W. Florida 'I'll start by saying how much I enjoyed reading Nove's 'life story.' He writes well and with a real sense of humor, so it's quite hard not to enjoy the book'. - Dr. Joseph Sheley, President Emeritus of California State University, Stanislaus and author of Preordained I've known Nove since he was a little kid when I worked on his uncle's circus. His circus and carnival material captures the times authentically and presents a much-needed, positive perspective on Circus and Carnival folk.' - Chester Cable, 'The Man with the Educated Feet' co-owner, LA Circus and Guinness World Record holder.'If only I could write like this! Hilarious and insightful at every turn, this book exhilarates like a good roller coaster ride and deep dives into life lessons that resonate long afterward. Whatever you'd thought about life (whether 'normal' or unique), think again. This book upends every expectation-and leaves you grinning all the wider for it by the end.' - Dr. Susan V. Meyers, award-winning author and director of Seattle University's Creative Writing Program---From homemade dollar bills to babies falling from the top of circus tents, from religious boot camps to a fight with God Himself, Running Away from the Circus is a coming-of-age memoir as vibrant as its historical backdrop: 1960's San Francisco.When a boy from a circus family thinks he hears God calling, he embarks on a delicate balance-tenuous as any high wire act- a 'carnie kid' set on becoming a Catholic priest. While his summers working on a carnival offer reprieve from the rigid dictums of the Catholic seminary, the years of his adolescence are unrelenting, as society, the Church, and even God Himself change dramatically. Along the way, his unshakable childhood faith gives way to a more skeptical adult eye as he must ultimately face that 'elephant in the room' the Catholic Church's insistence on mandatory celibacy for its clerics.At once the story of one boy's youth amidst the turbulent 1960's and an exotic glimpse into circus life, this striking memoir reminds us always to question how much of life is assumed, and how much is choice-or, at least, a calculated risk. And, in the end, it's also a love story.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Like you, these 20 children experienced an unprecedented time and created a visual story of what it was like to live through a global pandemic. This ABC rhyming memoir marks a time in history where fear, growth, accomplishment, sadness, and learning are seen through the perspective of children. From the first page with the letter A, to the very end with the letter Z, children can share in the familiarity of each other's experiences. Whether it was staying home and navigating virtual school, or having simple joys like getting to see a family member for the first time in a year, children share the many ways they learned and grew.In A to Z and Covid 19 by Barrie Berson Frankel, we experience life in 2020 through the eyes of children. This book demonstrates how much was learned outside the classroom and beyond the books, and the lessons children ages 7-17 will carry with them as we all re-enter life in a post-pandemic world.

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Go on. Take the ride.Riding coattails to a notorious street racer investigating the disappearance of her brother, Zap's humdrum existence is galvanized into a weird and wild ride of high-octane racing that leads him out of his home town, the megatropolis Troubadour, and into the unknown. On this journey Zap will encounter all manner of exotic places and outlandish people, including a vampyre television heartthrob, an A.I. housekeeper with a fetish for romcoms, dangerous assassins, and the ruler of the galaxy. Yet perhaps more intriguing than the rest.the androgynous girl (or boy ) that he so strongly gravitates to, and who jump-starts the chaos that lead to it all in the first place.James Callan's Neon Dreams is a narrative with an adrenaline surge, pedal to the metal from first page to last. Unapologetic and stimulant-riddled, it's a live wire on hot sauce.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'This is the first of what I hope will be a saga about the Van der Peysters, their family illustrating aspects of the Civil War other authors seldom consider. Rosemary has ample experience with the Civil War historical community and knows her history very well indeed.'- Robert E. Mulligan, Associate Curator of Military History New York State MuseumFall of 1860. America lurches toward Civil War. Two students on their way to college are kidnapped into slavery. What is their family to do When Hannah and Carl vanish in Cleveland, it takes months to learn the two young people are prisoners in New Orleans, scheduled to be sold into slavery on January 5, 1861.Lincoln has been elected. Southern states are seceding. For Northerners, the streets of New Orleans and its courts are now unfriendly places.What is a family to do to prevent their cousins from vanishing into the horror of the seceding South Take their courage and baggage in hand, and travel to rescue them.

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A small-town summer on the coast of Oregon - sparkling water, tall trees, lots of festivals . . . and murder.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The silver spoon lodged in George's throat was choking the life out of him. The obsessive need for power and control of a global empire overshadows the Leibnitz family. Favored heir George struggles to reconcile the person he could become with the ruthless leader he is expected to be. A new world emerges when he meets the captivating M. On his journey, we find intrigue, betrayal, and mortal danger lurking behind the most unlikely doors. In Twisted Silver Spoons by Karen Wicks, we experience the inner and outer struggle of a protagonist who defies expectations to find his voice and become his own man.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In a world of strange magic, dangerous creatures, and villainous wyverns, an ousted young queen struggles to regain her throne.Sophia Pendergast's quest is complicated by deep-rooted misogyny embedded in her culture and religion. Her lover, a dashing young knight, offers her a life in obscure comfort, but she refuses to abandon her people to the usurper's whims. To retake her throne and set prophecy on its path, she must embrace a long-denied secret and discover a prophecy's hidden meaning.In S. L. Wilton's Queen of Crows, we discover simple truths may not exactly be simple.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - As a novice scholar, Robert is out to make his name by befriending a talented photographer and publishing a definitive treatise on his work and influences. The trouble is, no one has heard from Arnold Wotton in forty years.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Here's a gritty story of a man's spiritual metamorphosis.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware.