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Prufrock and Other Observations is the title of a pamphlet of 12 poems by T.S. Eliot published in 1917 by The Egoist, a small publishing firm run by Dora Marsden, an English suffragette and philosopher of language. Most of the poems had been published earlier in literary magazines, most notably "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock", which was Eliot's first published poem and appeared in the June 1915 issue of Poetry: A Magazine of Modern Verse at the urging of Ezra Pound, overseas editor for the magazine.

To someone on the outside, Nicolette Winters seems just like your average girl that has everything under control but that couldn’t be the furthest thing from the truth. Little does she know that her world is about to crumble out of control and there’s nothing she can do about it, or is it? She is completely fed up with her man, Kilo and all of his shenanigans and nothing that he attempts to do or say seems to make any difference to her anymore...she has become sick and tired of having Enough of No Love!

This motivational metaphorical memoir reflects on the “fairly unequal” treatment of individuals in poverty. Not everyone knows the right person, have wealth or financial stability. It’s easier for some and harder for others. College is not guaranteed to save you. Continue striving to pursue your dreams along the way.

In this third installment, Geena: A Bronx Chick’s Story 3, Geena finds herself in jail with an unlikely buddy. The brutal prosecutor and her ex-lover Malachi try and snatch Geena’s freedom away for a very long time. As events unfold in this climactic third and final installment, we meet new characters as Geena battles with old ones which include taking their lives.

Kamali Danladi has sworn never to get married again. But his meddling mother is bent on hitching him to any eligible female that comes along to the next family gathering. There's only one thing for it. Get fake-hitched to his executive assistant. If anyone is more averse to marriage than he is, it's her. So they'll be perfect together. Or at least, they'll fake perfect together. Ebun Forson doesn't do families. She certainly doesn't do festivities.

Der zwölfjährige Felix ist verzweifelt. Seine Mutter, die wunderbare Fatou, die im Pariser Stadtteil Belleville ein gemütliches kleines Café betreibt, ist in eine Depression verfallen. Sie, die das Glück verkörperte und der Dreh- und Angelpunkt einer bunten, liebenswerten, schrulligen Gemeinschaft war, ist nicht mehr als ein Schatten ihrer selbst. Was ist mit ihrer Seele passiert? Um sie zu retten, unternimmt Felix mit seiner Mutter eine abenteuerliche Reise, die sie zu ihren afrikansichen Wurzeln und den geheimen Quellen des Lebens führt.

This is Virginia Woolf’s first collection of essays, published in 1925. In them, she attempts to see literature from the point of view of the ‘common reader’ - someone whom she, with Dr Johnson, distinguished from the critic and the scholar. She read, and wrote, as an outsider: a woman set...

"La notte ci vestiva. In un altro mondo, si sarebbe detto che era piena di attenzioni per noi. Nessunissima luce. Mai il benché minimo filo di luce. Ma i nostri occhi, pur avendo perso lo sguardo, si erano adattati. Vedevamo nelle tenebre, o credevamo di vedere." Il 10 luglio 1971 un commando militare irrompe nella residenza estiva del re a Skhirate, in Marocco. Ma il colpo di Stato fallisce. I soldati che hanno preso parte alla missione vengono rinchiusi in una prigione sotterranea, sepolti nelle tenebre per diciott'anni.

Reflections is an anthology by Lewis Wamwanda that aims to voice the voice of the weak people in the society, it contains poems from every genre all the way from love poems to family, and hope. "...Nights will not be time to sleep for fear will be roaming at the darkest hours waiting to pounce on our beaten souls and take control of the long nights we will be enslaved by our memories tortured by the past bitter pains..." The Sacrifices We Make.

Francis Bacon (1561-1626), 1st Viscount St Albans, Attorney General and then Lord Chancellor of England, was an immensely learned, clever and ambitious man, with considerable political influence during the later years of Queen Elizabeth I and through almost two decades of the reign of her...

Ezzel a művével tört be annak idején az irodalmi életbe Arany János és nyerte el Petőfi barátságát. Toldi története, melyet korábban csak a néphagyomány őrzött, végérvényesen a szépirodalom része lett.

Named after the first man at the creation of the world in Malagasy mythology, Ietsy Razak was raised to perpetuate the glory of his namesake and expected to be as illuminated as his Great Ancestor. But in the chaos of modernity, his young life is marked only by restlessness, maddening insomnia, and an adolescent apathy.

Needing His Love: Burning Embers is an urban novel with an exciting twist of events. This stand-alone chronicles Ember Montgomery, recently released from incarceration and out on parole. She must work hard to rebuild her life. Ember is also newly engaged to a wonderful man named Jacob Clay. He is understanding, compassionate, and most of all, willing to help her cope on a daily basis living with mental illness.

A new century, and a time of celebration, for family, marriages and children, and a necessity to expand the business. It is also a time for sadness, suffering and loss; Mother Africa does not change her rules for anyone. When all is against the Langbourne brothers, a higher loyalty must prevail.

With her marriage off to a rocky start, Kayla is trying to find a way to filter out the negativity and put her life back in order. Now that Bryan has recovered, they both can began to rebuild their romance as well as focus on the newly expected edition to their family. Unfinished Business is an understatement at the least. Everyone that's no one thinks they are owed something, and the people that have it all want more. Kayla knows that if she doesn't resolve these issues soon, she could lose everything thing, including her baby.

One of the finest German medieval epic poems, The Lay of the Nibelungs is perhaps best known now as one of the principal sources for Wagner’s four-part music drama The Ring of the Nibelung. It is easy to see how Wagner was enthralled by the story and the poetry for the power of the tale drives...

Miguel is a man with a troubled past and transforms into a man who is self-centered with destructive social patterns. He meets Amelia, a beautiful divorcee with two children, and uses a charade of love, protectiveness, and kindness to lure in her children to love and trust him. Amelia is swept off her feet with his charming personality, handsomeness without knowing that the unhappy man feels no one deserves to be happy. Amelia would not listen to the warning from Miguel’s mother, that her son is not good for her.

Twenty-five-year-old Alissa Myers, AKA Sweetie, is a top real estate agent with Century 21 Realtors. She's attractive, intelligent, outgoing, and everything that a man could ever want in a woman. That is until she ends up selling a property to Mr. Odom Sparks. Meeting him and starting a whirlwind affair behind closed doors begins a whole new change in Alissa...One that no one ever saw coming.

The moment you’ve been waiting on has finally arrived. Welcome back to the infamous Twinkle Town suburbs where lies, deception, and drama all continue to reign. What ever happened to Deb and that conniving husband of hers, Drako? Will Deb and King finally get to live their happily ever after? Or will RaDrako finally get Deb to come back after all the havoc he’s caused her? Will Mel and Ray-Ray stay together? Or has he bitten off way more than he can chew when it comes to the likes of Michelle? Will true love prevail now that the explosive truth has been revealed?

On a mission to follow her soul’s journey, she risks it all! "Why are you here," they wonder. "How is it there?" They ask. Lioness trod from the islands of her birth to the mainland of her soul. “Will they save me,” Lioness wonders. Did she ever find her path? Her divine purpose? Who knows. What does Lioness think?