This early work by Henry James was originally published in 1884 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. Henry James was born in New York City in 1843. One of thirteen children, James had an unorthodox early education, switching between schools, private tutors and private reading.. James published his first story, 'A Tragedy of Error', in the Continental Monthly in 1864, when he was twenty years old. In 1876, he emigrated...

This story describes a short period of my life when I left behind my husband and family to take up an assignment with the New Zealand Volunteer Service Abroad. This organisation employed me to work in Zimbabwe from 2002 to 2004, a difficult time in that countrys history. For me, it was a life-changing experience that a decade later I feel compelled to share. I have used the diaries I kept during my time there and also drawings to convey the lasting...

Der Autor Adax Dörsam ist Profigitarrist und seit Jahren auf den Weltmeeren unterwegs. Auf der MS Artania erlebte er vom Fr, 13. März bis zur Evakuierung am So, 29. März eine ungeahnte Odyssee ... "Mann o Mann – Du hast ein Stück Zeitgeschichte nicht nur überlebt, Du hast es unbeschadet überstanden. Keiner von uns hätte das vor 3 Wochen geahnt. Für Künstler, Musiker, Schauspieler und Autoren eine knallharte Zeit! Liebe Grüße und bleib...

Journaling is basically the act of recording your thoughts and feelings by jotting them down on a daily basis. This art has been around for hundreds of years now, and has been used by most people as a means to relieve stress and express themselves. One of the most popular journals is that one by Samuel Pepys, a naval administrator in the 1600's who made it a point to write down what happened in his lifetime-from his personal feelings, to important...

"Dancing on the Ceiling of My Existential Kitchen" is Nathan's 2nd collection of poetry & random writings, mostly encompassing the period between 2005-2009 when Nathan left Los Angeles for Boston & New York City, eventually settling in Austin, Texas.In addition to poetry inspired by Nathan's first weeks & months in Austin, Dancing on the Ceiling of My Existential Kitchen includes anecdotes about busking in Brooklyn (Cop Utopia), visions of an oversexed,...

The Men Within is a collection of intimate thoughts, prayers, and letters that represent the struggles of the man, the good man, and the godly man that dwell within me and a sharing of insight into how they transition from one to another. I believe that we all have had situations when we have struggled between doing what is right or wrong, being generous or selfish, demonstrating initiative or procrastination, being caring or obtuse, and being...

Antología de crónicas de Gaziel acerca de la ciudad de Barcelona, publicadas en La Vanguardia entre 1919 y 1933, las cuales el propio autor escogió para una futura publicación que permaneció inédita durante su vida. Una joya literaria, un viaje en el tiempo y una crónica de los cambios que situaron Barcelona en el mapa de las grandes metrópolis europeas.

A woman reluctantly takes on the responsibility of putting her eccentric rebellious mother into a retirement home, and managing her care. She has her own daughter to raise and nurture, a marriage and a business to hold together, and her own psychological troubles due in good part to how she was mothered. my mother, my madness is Colleen Higgs’s diary of her mother’s last ten years. It is at once funny, harrowing, mundane, chaotic, and full of...

Y, de pronto, el mundo frenó y nuestra vida se acotó a las paredes de nuestra casa. Las conversaciones giraban solo en torno a un virus del que no sabíamos nada. Los días comenzaron a tener un peso distinto y el encierro fue una puerta inevitable para mirarnos de nuevo. Este diario reúne, en orden cronológico y sin interrupción, las sensaciones, los pensamientos y la pequeña locura por los que atravesé durante los 136 días de cuarentena...

Una mirada a la intimidad de su oficio como escritor: eso es lo que permiten los textos acá publicados, las respuestas que Gabo diera a sus lectores sobre diversos aspectos de su obra narrativa y periodística, que nos permiten asomarnos, como por el ojo de una cerradura, al estudio del premio nobel, al escritorio sobre el que reposa la máquina de escribir en la que "con dos dedos" dio vida no solo a sus entrañables personajes, tanto de las novelas...