The Slaves of Solitude

The Slaves of Solitude
Author: Patrick Hamilton
Publisher:
Total Pages: 225
Release: 1999
Genre: England
ISBN: 9780141181646

Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky

Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky
Author: Patrick Hamilton
Publisher: New York Review of Books
Total Pages: 521
Release: 2013-10-30
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 159017772X

NYRB Classics presents 3 darkly humorous, atmospheric novellas of love and disappointment, set in a run-down London pub after WWI—from the author of the Hitchcock classics Gaslight and Rope. “Bleak and brilliant. . . an authentic lost classic.” —The Guardian Featuring a Dickensian cast of pubcrawlers, prostitutes, lowlifes, and just plain losers who are looking for love—or just an ear to bend—Hamilton’s novels are a triumph of deft characterization, offbeat humor, unlikely compassion, and raw suspense. In recent years, Hamilton has undergone a remarkable revival, with his champions including Doris Lessing, David Lodge, Nick Hornby, and Sarah Waters. Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky is a tale of obsession and betrayal that centers on a seedy pub in a run-down part of London. Bob the waiter skimps and saves and fantasizes about writing a novel, until he falls for the pretty prostitute Jenny and blows it all. Kindly Ella, Bob’s co-worker, adores Bob, but is condemned to enjoy nothing more than the attentions of the insufferable Mr. Eccles; Jenny, out on the street, is out of love, hope, and money. We watch with pity and horror as these three vulnerable and yet compellingly ordinary people meet and play out bitter comedies of longing and frustration. Included: The Midnight Bell (1929) The Siege of Pleasure (1932) The Plains of Cement (1934)

A Woman Named Solitude

A Woman Named Solitude
Author: André Schwarz-Bart
Publisher: Harvill Secker
Total Pages: 179
Release: 1973
Genre: Africa, West
ISBN: 9780436444036

Like Last of the Just, which traced the Jewish experience of martyrdom, this book recreates through fact and myth people's enslavement and humiliation, and survival -and produces one of the most extraordinary heroines in black literature.

Plant Dreaming Deep

Plant Dreaming Deep
Author: May Sarton
Publisher: Open Road Media
Total Pages: 134
Release: 2014-07-22
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1497646324

The author’s tribute to the 18th-century New England farmhouse she called home: “[A] tender and often poignant book by a woman of many insights” (The New York Times Book Review). In Plant Dreaming Deep, Sarton shares an intensely personal account of transforming a house into a home. She begins with an introduction to the enchanting village of Nelson, where she first meets her house. Sarton finds she must “dream the house alive” inside herself before taking the major step of signing the deed. She paints the walls white in order to catch the light and searches for the precise shade of yellow for the kitchen floor. She discovers peace and beauty in solitude, whether she is toiling in the garden or writing at her desk. This is a loving, beautifully crafted memoir illuminated by themes of friendship, love, nature, and the struggles of the creative life. This ebook features an extended biography of May Sarton.

Hindoo Holiday

Hindoo Holiday
Author: J. R. Ackerley
Publisher: New York Review of Books
Total Pages: 328
Release: 2012-10-31
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 1590175247

In the 1920s, the young J. R. Ackerley spent several months in India as the personal secretary to the maharajah of a small Indian principality. In his journals, Ackerley recorded the Maharajah’s fantastically eccentric habits and riddling conversations, and the odd shambling day-to-day life of his court. Hindoo Holiday is an intimate and very funny account of an exceedingly strange place, and one of the masterpieces of twentieth-century travel literature.

The House by the Sea

The House by the Sea
Author: May Sarton
Publisher: Open Road Media
Total Pages: 236
Release: 2014-07-22
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1497646359

The author and poet’s graceful elegy about life, love, work, and growing older: “The most moving and the most thoughtful [of her] journal-memoirs” (The Plain Dealer, Cleveland). When May Sarton uprooted her life after fifteen years in the refurbished New Hampshire house with the garden she tended so lovingly, she relied solely on instinct. And something told her it was time to move on. Accompanied by her wild cat, Bramble, and Tamas, a Shetland shepherd puppy—the first dog she ever owned—Sarton embarked on the next chapter of her life. The house she chose by the sea in the Maine village of York is completely isolated except during the summer months. Surrounded by nothing but endless ocean, woods, and vast skies, Sarton experiences a rare sense of peace. She creates a new garden and fears that in this tranquil state, she may never write again. But in her solitude—with its occasional interruptions for trips away and visits from friends—she realizes that creativity is constantly renewing itself. This journal offers fascinating insight into a remarkable woman and the work and friendships that form the twin pillars of her life. This ebook features an extended biography of May Sarton.

Rope

Rope
Author: Patrick Hamilton
Publisher: Hachette UK
Total Pages: 80
Release: 2019-02-07
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0349141584

The brilliantly tense play that became Hitchcock's masterpiece, starring James Stewart. Believing themselves to be intellectually superior to their contemporaries, flatmates Brandon and Philip murder their friend David Kentley purely to see if they can get away with it. They then throw a cocktail party, serving food from the top of the trunk where they have hidden David's body. Their guests include both David's father and fiancée, as well as college lecturer Rupert Cadell, who becomes increasingly suspicious as the evening wears on.

Man: the Slave

Man: the Slave
Author: L. A. Morgan
Publisher:
Total Pages: 131
Release: 2017-01-15
Genre:
ISBN: 9781520388700

In this sequel to Man: The Animal, imagine a world where men exist only as slaves. Their only function is to serve their mistresses however they are instructed. Jamie DeWinter, a kind, open-minded woman adverse to the slavery system, feels compelled to buy the worst category of male in order to save him from government extermination. Then, she faces the worst dilemma of her life.This second book of the futuristic Man series challenges women to examine their own conscience, given the slavery issue at hand. Norms of subjugation have been established, and naturally the power involved is intoxicating. What would you do if you acquired a male slave that is totally uncooperative? Peter is a virile, handsome specimen that has good reason to hate all women. He is sly and manipulative. Jamie is a well-educated woman, who is accustomed to her writer's need for solitude. Under the spell of her closest friend's sadistic attitude toward men, will she find a way to solve her problems with Peter?