[PDF] A Winters Night eBook

Author : Italo Calvino
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 37,21 MB
Release : 2012-12-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0544133404

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"You are about to begin reading Italo Calvino's new novel...Relax. Concentrate. Dispel every other thought. Let the world around you fade." —from If On A Winter's Night a Traveler Italo Calvino's stunning classic imagines a novel capable of endless possibilities in an intricately crafted, spellbinding story about writing and reading. If on a Winter's Night a Traveler is a feat of striking ingenuity and intelligence, exploring how our reading choices can shape and transform our lives. Originally published in 1979, Italo Calvino's singular novel crafted a postmodern narrative like never seen before—offering not one novel but ten, each with a different plot, style, ambience, and author, and each interrupted at a moment of suspense. Together, the stories form a labyrinth of literature known and unknown, alive and extinct, through which two readers pursue the story lines that intrigue them and try to read each other. Deeply profound and surprisingly romantic, this classic is a beautiful meditation on the transformative power of reading and the ways we make meaning in our lives. "Calvino is a wizard...There is no halting [this book's] metamorphoses." —New York Times Review of Books

Author : Valerio Massimo Manfredi
Publisher : Europa Editions UK
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 32,86 MB
Release : 2012-09-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1609458788

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Set during the first half of the twentieth century, this is the story of the Brunis, a family of farmers from the Italian Padan Plain who have worked the land since time immemorial. And it is a story about the homeless multitudes, travelers, and tinkers, roaming Europe during the hardscrabble nineteen-twenties and thirties. In this expansive novel, these two worlds meet when the Brunis open their great barn and offer it as a refuge for those in need of a warm, dry, and safe place to sleep and eat. The barn becomes font and inspiration for a series of vivid stories involving sundry strangers, the Bruni parents themselves, and their nine children—seven boys and two girls—who will grow into young men and women during World War I and its aftermath. Told in the tradition of country folktales and framed by the devastating years of strife—two world wars and the years of fascism—these stories will delight readers from the first page to the last. Manfredi's A Winter's Night provides a timely reminder that simple values and a sense of solidarity with our fellow human beings remain of vital importance, above all in a world undergoing momentous and rapid change.

Author : Kresley Cole
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 11,49 MB
Release : 2015-09-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1501120638

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Grieving over the loss of his love, werewolf Bowen MacRieve enjoys a passionate encounter with his enemy, the witch Mariketa the Awaited, but when sinister forces threaten her life, Bowen must use all his skills to keep her alive.

Author : Claire Freedman
Publisher :
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 38,77 MB
Release : 2019-10
Category :
ISBN : 9781950416837

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One winter's night, Badger arrives in the forest, cold and hungry. Fox, Mouse, and Hare each help as best they can, and Badger goes on his way. But the storm is getting worse, and the animals start to worry ....

Author : Dennis L. McKiernan
Publisher : Roc
Page : 413 pages
File Size : 38,50 MB
Release : 2002-07-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780451458544

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In a retelling of the classic French fairy tale "East of the Sun, West of the Moon," Camille, the daughter of a poor crofter, is forced to wed a mysterious prince in exchange for wealth for her family.

Author : Al Andrews
Publisher : Worthy Inspired
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 50,90 MB
Release : 2016-10-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1683970128

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What started as a simple, late night stroll for a man who needed to clear his head from the hassles of the season turned into a life-changing moment. This enchanting and endearing Christmas tale invites you to take a closer look at the wise men, Mary and Joseph, and even the Christ child himself. Freshly repackaged with updated art throughout, A Walk One Winter Night will open your eyes to the joy and wonder you can experience this holiday season.

Author : Phil Rickman
Publisher : Atlantic Books
Page : 507 pages
File Size : 29,47 MB
Release : 2017-01-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1782396993

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Merrily Watkins is the most singular of crime fiction protagonists... As ever [Rickman]'s supremely skillful at teasing out the menace that lies behind English folk customs and legends and weaving them into a compelling contemporary narrative. - Mail on Sunday IN THE DARK HEART OF THE COUNTRYSIDE... When Aidan Lloyd's bleak funeral is followed by a nocturnal ritual in the fog, it becomes all too clear that Aidan, son of a wealthy farmer, will not be resting in peace. Aidan's hidden history has reignited an old feud, and a rural tradition begins to display its sinister side. It's already a fraught time for Merrily Watkins, her future threatened by a bishop committed to restricting her role as diocesan exorcist for Hereford. Suddenly there are events she can't talk about as she and her daughter Jane find themselves potentially on the wrong side of the law. In the city of Hereford, DI Frannie Bliss, investigating a shooting, must confront the apparent growth of organised crime, also contaminating the countryside. On the Welsh border, the old ways are at war with the modern world. As the days shorten and the fog gives way to ice and snow, a savage killing draws Merrily Watkins into a conflict centred on one of Britain's most famous medieval churches, its walls laden with ancient symbolism. Midwinter of the Spirit, televised last year to worldwide critical acclaim, was the first novel to reflect the reality of exorcism in modern Britain. All of a Winter's Night is the 15th episode in this electrifying series.

Author : Brenda Jackson
Publisher : Harlequin
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 22,64 MB
Release : 2012-11-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0373732104

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Riley Westmoreland never mixes business with pleasure—until he meets his company's gorgeous new party planner. But when he gets Alpha Blake into bed, he realizes one night will never be enough. That's when her past threatens to end their affair. So Riley does what any Westmoreland male would do…he vows to win her heart—for good.

Author : John Herman
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 37,92 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Birth
ISBN : 9780399234187

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Martha is only a cow, but even a cow needs a safe, warm place on such a cold, snowy night-especially when she is about to give birth. She finds a house, but it is deserted. She finds a barn, but it is locked. Meanwhile, in a parallel story depicted only through art spots, a man and a woman and a donkey make their way across these same wintry fields. At last, Martha follows a star in the east to a shed . . . but she is not alone there. The man and woman are sheltering there too, and in a wonderfully mysterious way, another baby is about to be born this winter's night. Leo and Diane Dillon's art blends warmly with John Herman's lyrical text as parallel journeys of two very special mothers merge in this soft, gentle tale about one miraculous night.

Author : H. A. Rey
Publisher : Clarion Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 32,14 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780547839363

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A collection of wintertime stories follows George the curious monkey as he wraps a Christmas present, has fun playing in the snow, and tries to hibernate through the cold winter like a bear.