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1) Love Stories
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New work from Tommy Orange, Anne Carson, Louise Erdrich, and others propels this tribute to love from Freeman's, "a powerful force in the literary world" (Los Angeles Times).
In a time of contentiousness and flagrant abuse, it often feels as if our world is run on hate. Invective. Cruelty and sadism. But is it possible the greatest and most powerful force is love? In the newest issue of this acclaimed series, Freeman's: Love asks this question,...
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What does it mean to love and be loved in Singapore? Singapore Love Stories is a vibrant collection of seventeen stories that delves into the diverse love lives of Singapore's eclectic mix of inhabitants. From the HDB heartlander to the Sentosa millionaire, the privileged expatriate to the migrant worker, the accidental tourist to the reluctant citizen, the characters in this anthology reveal an array of perspectives of love found in the island city-state....
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The world-class writers featured in this collection are adept at conjuring the depth of passion that surrounds all stories of love and loss. The short story form is perfect for capturing the uplift and dizzying heights that accompany a new object of affection, as well as the queasy unease and bottomless longing of lost loves.This recording includes: "The Lady with the Dog," by Anton Chekhov; "Rappuccini's Daughter," by Nathaniel Hawthorne; "The Piazza,"...
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Love has fascinated writers since men and women first found words to express their romantic yearnings. Tales of passion, affection, and romance are a cornerstone of world literature and represent some the finest fiction ever written.
Love Stories features work of some of the greatest writers of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries who have pondered the allure and irresistibility of love. This volume's seventeen selections reflect warmly on romantic...
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During the most turbulent decade of our nation's history, four Southern women-their destinies forged by birth and heritage-face nearly impossible choices on their journeys in life . . . and in love. To Mend a Dream by Tamera Alexander Savannah Darby would do almost anything to revisit her family home. So when the new owner Aidan Bedford seeks to redecorate the house for his fiancée, Savannah jumps at the opportunity. But can she find the box her...
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Yellow Means Stay is a collection of enthralling, sad, humorous, and heart-touching love stories from across Africa and the black diaspora. It features new and award-winning writers from across the African continent and beyond. The stories are a dynamic blend of the poetic and narrative, the spousal and familial, the suggestive and explicit, the dramatic and measured, the straight and queer, the sad and humorous, the past and future, life and afterlife....
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Nourish and renew your sense of wonder and hope for the couple's journey!
This unique book is a collection of love stories written by experienced therapists about their own committed relationships.
All the writers have been influenced by Psychosynthesis, an approach to psychological and spiritual development. With candor, warmth, and humor, each writer welcomes us into an intimate landscape where the creative work of building an enlivening and enduring...
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If you listen to NPR, you've had at least one driveway moment. You're sitting in your parked car, hooked by a story, needing to hear it all the way through. NPR celebrates the emotional bonds we share with this audio valentine that will warm hearts all year round. The story of an ex-monk and an ex-nun who form a family, as told by their son. The story of letters that continue to arrive from all over the world, addressed simply to Juliet, Verona, Italy....
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