Frank Carlson Library

A heart felt collection of verses, sharing the Journey of an A.L.S patient through the eyes of her nurse. She was a teacher, yet her biggest lesson was to be humble and trust the Journey home.

"Paper thin skin easily bruised but she remains gentle with everything for God loves those who are gentle." Blossoming Heart is a compilation of poems about conquering your fear and forgiving yourself. Learn about yourself and love yourself in your journey. Find stillness in your life. Let your brokenness find hope and peace. Through faith, you will heal.

Embittered twenty-three year old Army veteran Blanca Hernandez houses her emotions at the center of a steel trap, and for good reason. Nothing in her life has been easy, starting with a rough childhood in foster care. Now, though, things are looking up. Her deployment is over, and she has just returned from Afghanistan to Texas, where she plans to send her younger brother Mateo to college. His orientation goes awry, though, when a secret university...

Poésie à boire est une collection de poèsie qui rendent hommage à certaines des boissons les plus raffinées et essentielles au monde.

Readers familiar with Lia Purpura's highly praised essay collections-Becoming, On Looking, and Rough Likeness-will know she's a master of observation, a writer obsessed with the interplay between humans and the things they see. The subject matter of All the Fierce Tethers is wonderfully varied, both low (muskrats, slugs, a stained quilt in a motel room) and lofty (shadows, prayer, the idea of beauty). The essay in itself could be a small anthology....

Imagine a world in which nature has lost patience with humanity. The wild is done waiting for humans to change their ways. Nature is ready to take matters into her own hands... And she is angry. In this new anthology, twenty two diverse authors explore what nature's vengeance might be like, and how humanity could adapt and change, giving these stories of climate change and disasters a center of hope. Within these pages, you will meet A...

Three dramatic novels about the power of love, from Number 1 best-selling author Josephine Cox. The Loner Young Davie Adams is all alone. Devastated, he flees his hometown of Blackburn to escape the memories of the worst night of his life. With little more than the shirt on his back he sets off on a lonely, friendless road, determined to find his father. Two people are stricken by his departure - Judy, his childhood friend who is desperate to reveal...

For years Dena Anderson had all but ignored her twin brother Dalton, but that was before the aliens arrived. The extra-terrestrial spacecraft neutralized satellite communications, power plants and even the military throughout the United States within hours, leaving Dena and the other residents of Hugo Drive helpless. Now, with her husband at her side, Dena Anderson must struggle to exist in a world without order while contending with local racism,...

In this thought-provoking study of nineteenth-century America, J. Samaine Lockwood offers an important new interpretation of the literary movement known as American regionalism. Lockwood argues that regionalism in New England was part of a widespread woman-dominated effort to rewrite history. Lockwood demonstrates that New England regionalism was an intellectual endeavor that overlapped with colonial revivalism and included fiction and history writing,...

So much to read, so little time? This brief overview of Americanah tells you what you need to know before or after you read Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's book. Crafted and edited with care, Worth Books set the standard for quality and give you the tools you need to be a well-informed reader. This short summary of Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie includes: • Chapter-by-chapter overview • Profiles of the main characters • Themes and symbols...