A History of Loneliness, Paperback

Reducere. The riveting narrative of an honorable Irish priest who finds the church collapsing around him at a pivotal moment in its historyPropelled into the...

Despite 21st-century fears of a modern 'epidemic' of loneliness, its history has been neglected. This is the first book on the history of lonelines...

What happens when loneliness engulfs us? How do we manage life when the absence of adequate connections becomes an excruciating hunger?During his e...

DescriptionIt is common to think of the Arctic as remote, perched at the farthest reaches of the world--a simple and harmonious, isolated utopia. B...

Reducere. Ethical loneliness is the experience of being abandoned by humanity, compounded by the cruelty of wrongs not being acknowledged. It is the result o...

Reducere. DescriptionDear Glory, Loneliness is built into the fabric of this war, isn't it? I say a little prayer before I stick my hand in the mailbox. The ...

Reducere. First printed in 1873, Life Amongst the Modocs is based on Miller's years among the mining towns and Indian camps of northernmost California during...

Reducere. Larry Brown has Gathered the stories of Wyoming's hog ranches, from Mother Featherlegs' place to the Nine Mile Ranch to the Hog Ranch at Fetterman....

There is no bitter snarl nor self-pity in this classic novel about the air war of 1914-1918, based very largely on the author's experiences. Combat...

Reducere. Jeremiah and Lamentations tell the story of God's judgment during a bleak period in Judah's history. While painting a vivid picture of human loneli...

Contributor(s): Author: Mark Edward LewisEditor: Timothy BrookThe Tang dynasty is often called China's "golden age, " a period of commercial, relig...

Reducere. It's 1923, and Bill Waite is on the run from a cruel Montana parole boss. Arriving in New York City, he needs a hideout and someone to trust. He fi...

Reducere. "Everything is connected, and the web is holy." So wrote Marcus Aurelius, the starting point of Sharman Apt Russell's wise and haunting new memoir ...

Reducere. The shocking new memoir from Death--this long-awaited autobiography finally reveals the inner story of one of the most troubling, and troubled, fig...

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Reducere. Literary Nonfiction. African & African American Studies. "This collection of essays reveals an impressive new voice, both poignant and observant. M...

DescriptionA page-turning story of the Pilgrims, the courageous band of freedom-seekers who set out for a new life for themselves and forever chang...

Reducere. Winner of the Orbis Pictus Award for Nonfiction and Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year. Flight. Loneliness. Fear. Danger. Courage. Charles Lin...

Reducere. In MARIE ANTOINETTE, Evelyn Lever draws on a variety of resources, including diaries, letters, and firsthand accounts, to write this sumptuous, add...

Reducere. Violet Jessop's life is an inspiring story of survival. Born in 1887 in Argentina, the eldest child of Irish immigrants, at the age of 21 she becam...

Reducere. For three years, Penny Ercanbeck has been opening other people's mail. Dead ends are a reality for clerks at the Dead Letter Office. Still she drea...

Reducere. DescriptionViolet Jessop's life is an inspiring story of survival. Born in 1887 in Argentina, the eldest child of Irish immigrants, at the age of 2...

DescriptionCome face-to-face with the raging terror of World War II in this firsthand graphic novel adaptation of a Polish-American machine gunner'...

Reducere. DescriptionIt's 1974 and Susie Burton and Rodney Thibault--a white girl and black boy--leave the prejudice of South Louisiana behind and run off to...

Reducere. In July 1888, in a public garden in Arles, France, Vincent van Gogh meets a young woman who will change his life forever. He came to Arles to escap...

Reducere. In the spring of 1835, at the pier of Buffalo's Canal District, the most dangerous square mile in developing America, 17 year old Ciara Sloane step...

Reducere. Bathsheba is a woman who longs for love. With her devout husband away fighting the king's wars for many months at a time, discontent and loneliness...

Reducere. DescriptionIn this quintessential work of queer theory, Jack Halberstam takes aim at the protected status of male masculinity and shows that female...

A battered box containing an odd assortment of mementoes encourages antiques dealer Reagan Bishop to step back in time. Her quest to learn Karyn Ri...

Glimpses: A Poetic Memoir (Through the MDR Generator) began as a daily meditation practice of reading a poetic line from Eileen Tabios' Murder, Dea...

Reducere. Boarding School Seasons offers a revealing look at the strong emotional history of Indian boarding school experiences in the first half of the twen...

Reducere. ABANDONED ON THE WILD FRONTIER Introducing Peter Cartwright Gilbert Hamilton is left alone on the frontier when his father is killed, and his mothe...

The debut novel from the PEN/Faulkner Award Winning Author of The Buddha in the Attic On a sunny day in Berkeley, California, in 1942, a woman sees...

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Reducere. A coming of age young adult saga readers are comparing to Harry Potter, Wheel of Time, and Eragon. A tale of magic, ambition, betrayal . . . and co...

Thirtyish widower Micah Jones is ready to move past the sorrow and loneliness of losing his wife, when he discovers the waitress at the truck stop ...

Reducere. Harville Hendrix's New York Times bestseller Keeping the Love You Find offered essential relationship strategies to those seeking a mate for life. ...

Reducere. A lively text, rich in pictures, tells the history and lore of the lighthouses along the Carolina shores from Currituck Lighthouse at the top of No...

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A five-generation family history told through what is seen and heard, if not saidLet's Not Talk Anymore weaves together five generations of women f...

Description Mario Conde investigates a murder in the Barrio Chino, the rundown Chinatown of Havana. Not his usual beat, but when Conde was asked to...

Reducere. 'It is criminal that such a significant and brave action by Scottish soldiers is not awarded its rightful place!' The Scottish Association of the T...

The average human being in the developed world battles sadness, anger, stress, depression and worry on a daily basis. While the majority of the wor...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Don SheweyPornography has played a special role in the sex lives of gay men. It has taught us what desire between two men l...

Reducere. Drawn from intimate interviews with 14 modern-day steel rail nomads, One More Train to Ride provides a revealing picture of today's American hobo. ...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Stant Litore"I just don't care enough about your character." Write Characters Your Readers Won't Forget is a toolkit for ad...

Reducere. We all want to impact the world around us, but too many of us struggle to realize visions tucked into our hearts and minds. Feelings of doubt, lone...

Reducere. "Say It With A Ukulele..." "... Grumbles some gramophone; Christ, tell me what to say to her Now that I'm used to my loneliness?" This verse from t...

A mysterious letter alluding to a secret in her parents' past brings Genevieve Woodward back to her Blue Ridge Mountains hometown, but she's also i...

Reducere. After fifty years of progress and the advent of gay marriage, statistics on the well-being of gay men are as grim as ever. Rates of suicide, alcoho...