Narrative theme: Sense of place Books

Ein freudiges Sommerfest ... bei dem allerdings alte Rivalitäten aufbrechen.Das nächste Kapitel in der USA Today-Bestseller-Serie.Als Marina und ihre Schwester Kai sich freiwillig melden, um Summer Beachs Hundertjahrfeier zu organisieren, stellten sie...

Relationships are tiny flowers on the fabric of time. Arunabh in the novella "A palm with vanishing lines", stays sandwiched between infinite probabilities life would ever be studded with & life's cruel monotony. What's his takeaway from the chaos? ...

Do, please, check out the final stanza of "Flutter" for a nutshell demonstration of sound gorgeously orchestrated in language, or look at the sly echo of "things" and "rings" (with its diminuendo in "tightening" a few lines later) in this collection's...

Go Here, See Elsewhere is a collection of poems inspired by The Dictionary of Imaginary Places, a compendium of imaginary places found in literature. The poems in this collection re-imagine these places and inhabit imaginary characters in order to...

Srimayi visits her village with her daughter, Khusi, taking a break from her hectic and tedious city life. Nature's healing power soothed her soul while she strolled with her niece Rupa on Naib's homestead. The majestic and untouched beauty of the...

ନରାଜ ଡେଇଁଲେ ମହାନଦୀ ଯେମିତି ଖିଆଲୀ, ତା'ର ନେଟ୍‌ୱାର୍କ ବି ସେମିତି ବିଚିତ୍ର । କେନ୍ଦ୍ରାପଡ଼ା ଜିଲ୍ଲାର ଦାନପୁର ପାଖରୁ ମହାନଦୀର ଏକ ପ୍ରଶାଖା ଲୁଣାନଈରୁ କରାଣ୍ଡିଆ ବାହାରି କଳପଡ଼ା ପାଖରେ ପୁଣି ମିଶିଯାଇଛି । ମଝିରେ ତେରଖଣ୍ଡ ଧୋଇୟା ଗାଁର ସବୁଜ ମାନଚିତ୍ର । ତାଆରି ଭିତରୁ ସବା ତଳମୁଣ୍ଡ ଗାଁରେ ହେତୁ...

It has been thirty-eight years since the tragedy that altered their lives. On the surface, life appears good. Both father and daughter are successful professionals and by all accounts are happy. But just below the surface, the tectonic plates of their...

Jack Llewellyn and Michael Carlisle are adversaries whose worlds collide because of the betrayal of one woman and the deception of another. As the summer of 2018 unfolds, a suicide and a jarring revelation intensify their conflict.Each has their own...

Welcome to Depot, Mississippi. You will see a town peppered with white picket fences, a church on almost every corner, and the most friendly, down-to-earth people around. If you stay long enough, you will feel right at home, but if you break the law, you...

From his chapbook, Spiked Libido, to his unpublished manuscript, Unholy Melodies collects the entire body of work of Ted Jonathan. Images of the original chapbook, Spiked Libido, are followed by complete, unchanged presentations of both Bones & Jokes...

Conflicted hearts search for human connections upon waters and vivid landscapes.Randolf, a Susquehanna ferryman, is piloting an Amish wedding party in the title story of this collection, "Nunc Stans-A Ferry Tale." But mid-river, the ferry snags on a low...

Hester Pennix, the legendary schoolmarm; Devon Finley, the improvident med student; Ludmilla Dandridge, the doubting professor; Jasmine French, the outspoken organizer; Henry Fleming, the Civil War soldier; Jim-Ray Cass, the soft-hearted tough; Megan...

New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Ryan's page-turning Dark Horse Dive Bar series continues with this story of love shadowed by secrets and lies as a bar owner falls for an old friend, now a computer programmer mogul, she once...

In the ladies roomwe almost collidesorry sorryin that half-second glance we recognize ourselvesTravel shows us ourselves-sometimes in the faces and affects of others. In this globe-spanning meditation, Marte Carlock-Clifford continues her practice of...

The folks of Argus, Illinois, from the small-time dealer to the returning Vietnam vet, the townie grocery clerk and the new sheriff, all know what they want out of life, but the paths to their desires are conflicted and unclear. In a narrative with all...

One night turns into two weeks when their worlds unexpectedly collide.Cecily Devereaux knows better than anyone that being the daughter of a billionaire can make it hard to trust people. Every relationship she's ever been in turned out to be nothing more...

In Charleston and The Carolina Coast, Donato C. Rinaldi, Jr. crafts a poetic homage to the South's enchanting charm. Traverse cobbled streets, hear age-old tales, and feel the Carolina coast's heartbeat. Dive into verses that capture the soul, spirit,...

"Strife is what happens while you are busy making other plans."We are never so certain as to what we want out of life as when we are young - too young to realize that fate has other ideas.Trevor Middleton, an ambulance driver serving in France with the...

"What happens when you meet your soul mate at the wrong time?What happens when you meet your soul mate, but you aren't theirs?" la douleur exquise:the exquisite pain of loving some unattainable Goodreads Choice Nominated poet J.R. Rogue's debut poetry...

Dust stirs under hooves. A blacksmith with a gunfighter's soul. In Shadow Gulch, Eli's search for peace kindles the flames of justice. Eli Stone lives with the shadows of deeds that can't be undone. As his horse carries him through the treacherous paths...

LettieMy great aunt left me these vacation cottages when she passed. I was going to sell them, but now I think they might be my saving grace. They're all the way across the country in a small town called Tyler Creek and I haven't laid eyes on them since...

Riuscirà lo scontroso e solitario uomo di montagna a trovare l'amore con il formosa ed esuberante pilota?Melodia Del Monte è un appagante romance insta-love che si svolge tra l'imprevedibile bellezza del rifugio montano di Gable. La pilota Amelia,...

Tom Reynold's rustic, solitary life is shattered when he is wrongfully accused of murder. This accusation drags him back into a world he had left behind, a world now compounded by charges that could threaten his very freedom.Torn from his life of...

Experience Politics, part of the Rebirth of Free Verse series, where literary boundaries are transcended by the melding of poetry and journalism, emotion and investigation, chaos and structure. This collection of poems captures the culture of...

If opposites do actually attract, then Gunnar Erickson and Frankie Reeves take the cake.Frankie Reeves is complicated, even though she won’t admit it. She fills her days working as an ER nurse, taking care of her mom, and searching for the father...

Their age difference doesn't matter...until one of them wants to put down roots.A year after his 31-year marriage imploded, Dr. Kevin McCarthy is enjoying life on Gansett Island. He's opened a small practice, goes fishing with his older brothers any time...

Story Cities explore ways in which stories respond to, reflect and re-imagine the city.Explore new short fictions in multiple genres that address the city. A guide book to the fictional city, all cities, any city: its markets, squares, cafés, hotels,...

Learning How to Sing extends James Aitchison’s celebration of the natural world, and in his poems on islands and seaways the celebration is a form of pilgrimage. His compositions encompass other topics: for example James Aitchison on time ranges...

In this celebration of life in death, Mona Lisa Saloy captures the solemn grief, ongoing struggle, and joyous processions of New Orleans after the devastation left by Hurricane Katrina. She knows the music of the neighborhood spoken and sung in...

These narrative poems tell the day-to-day lives of Black New Orleans and the rare magic in the culture. Vibrant with local history and color, these poems have a Black sensibility that reaches beyond boundaries, with folk sayings turned into polished...

The next installment in the wonderfully warm and uplifting series set on Puddleduck Farm.Life would be idyllic if everyone else was on the same page...Puddleduck Vets Practice is busier than ever.Phoebe Dashwood is juggling the usual crazy animal antics...

Bazı zamanlar öyle düşsel anlar vardır ki, sizi büyülü bir hayal gücünün koluna girmiş bir şekilde karış karış gezdirir şehrin sokaklarında. Kimi düşler hayal gücünün çengeline takılır, kalır orada asırlarca. Bazısı bekleşir şehrin en kasvetli, en sisli...

As soon as we sat on the ride I knew something was wrong. I couldn't relax. I couldn't hear the theme park music, the giggles of my two other children. I'd left my baby in someone else's care. And I knew I'd made a mistake... With her two beautiful...

Three years after An Irish Winter, some of that novel's minor characters, along with a few new ones, take centre stage in Cornwall. There, a series of mysterious events on the moor changes their lives forever. Karen is having dreams for the first...

Melt My HeartFulton River Falls Series: Book One Sassy Ice Cream Emporium owner, Jamaica Jones, has a debt to repay with the deadline fast approaching. Tight business finances mean she just might be able to make that payment. Until the vacant storefront...

2020 Maxy Awards Runner-Up - Women's Fiction"Cole's writing is sharp, clear, and engaging." -Sara B. Fraser, author of Long DivisionRayna thought she knew what she was doing when she spontaneously married Ethan and left the city to live on a...

Welcome to Lost Creek Texas, a small town deep in the heart of the Texas Hill Country, where people come seeking new opportunities and a chance to reinvent themselves-and maybe even find love. An army veteran returning to his hometown. A teacher...

"Vita brevis, ars longa-Life is short, art is long." These are the haunting last words Sarah Cunningham remembers her sister Ada saying. Now, Ada's mysterious death sends a grieving Sarah on a death-defying journey to discover the truth, redeem Ada's...

Braun uses the mountainous area and cabins to her advantage in telling the stories of her characters. An exceptional plot. Her character development is outstanding." -Readers' FavoriteAfter her father's death in 1923, when Ruth Ann Landry is just ten,...

Poetry. South Asian Studies. The meeting of times, a secret basement press, the beauty of Urdu, a broken god, the Buddhas of Bamiyan, a woman's riotous tresses are some of the lush images that weave the rich and complex tapestry of poems in Stones Hold...

In the original Dutch, moordener is murder and kill is creek. In this powerful collection of poetry, we follow these dark waters through a remarkable series of landscapes – real and imaginary, past and present, personal and political – joined...

Out of the frying pan, into the fire...Matthew Tredway's international reputation as a horse trainer lands him a short-term gig at the Last Chance Ranch. Because his stay is brief, the wranglers nominate him to inform cook Aurelia Smith that she's...

Crying, loving and leaving / true short stories.