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Johanna, the oldest of the three Steinmann sisters, has successfully managed the family glassblowing business since her father's death, and her sister Marie's artistic gifts have made their wares unexpectedly famous. But now the livelihood of the town of Lauscha, Germany - known around the world as the "paradise of glass" - is in danger. The local glassworks is about to be sold, and rumor has it the buyer wants to make changes that will challenge glassblowing tradition.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge, in collaboration with his friend, William Wordsworth, revolutionized English poetry. In 1798 they produced their Lyrical Ballads, poems of imagination and reflection using "the language of men" - pointing the way forward for a generation of Romantic poets.

In the village of Lauscha in Germany, things have been done the same way for centuries. The men blow the glass, and the women decorate and pack it. But when Joost Steinmann passes away unexpectedly one September night, his three daughters must learn to fend for themselves. While feisty Johanna takes a practical approach to looking for work, Ruth follows her heart, aiming to catch the eye of a handsome young villager.

Dr. Johnson was the great wit of his age and all ages. He is as widely quoted today as in his time. He had the most pity and appropriate comments of any man of any age. All contained herein.

The subject and argument of the poem are clear from the title. However, unlike Juvenal, Johnson espoused the view that Christian values are an essential aspect of a life well lived. While Johnson passes harsh judgement on the foolishness of greed and social pretensions, his scorn is much tempered by that natural compassion that has made him one of the most lovable figures in English literature.

What's fascinating about Dani Shapiro's story "Supernova" is "its focus on the minor catastrophe that is Shenkman, a relatively prosperous man whose minor shortcomings feel, to him alone, monumental and impossible to overlook," writes Benjamin Samuel, co-editor of Electric Literature, in his introduction to this issue of Recommended Reading. "Despite rowing every day, obsessively racing against an old rival in a computerized simulation, nobody even knows Shenkman is still competing."

The legacy of General Nathan Bedford Forrest is deeply divisive. Best known for being accused of war crimes at the Battle of Fort Pillow and for his role as first grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan - an organization he later denounced - Forrest has often been studied as a military figure, but never before studied as a fascinating individual who wrestled with the complex issues of his violent times. Bust Hell Wide Open is a comprehensive portrait of Nathan Bedford Forrest as a man: his achievements, failings, reflections, and regrets.

Having forfeited his youth to the state prison system, Michael moved back to the only home he'd ever known. An empty shell of a man now lived - if it could be called living - in the still-vacant house of his parents in a town with one stoplight. A town that hated him. Had always hated him. And was ready to pick up where the prison system had left off. Now he's on the run from men who've tried to kill him once; but Michael is more than an ex-con. A powerful, sinister force creeps inside him, threatening and destructive.

"The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" is one of the most beautiful and celebrated of all English poems. It is also the precursor of what would become the artistic movement known as Romanticism. In addition to this masterpiece, this recording includes some of Coleridge's finest poems, including the haunting "Kubla Kahn" and "Christabel."

In this haunting poem, a guest on his way to a wedding reception is stopped by the Ancient Mariner. With his "glittering eye" he transfixes the guest and then relates a compelling tale of a sea voyage fraught with strange happenings. The Mariner tells of journeying through tyrannous storms to ice mast-high, through mist and snow to the deadly inertia of the doldrums. There are unearthly visitations, ill omens, and supernatural happenings - all leading to the revelation of the Mariner's strange fate.

Includes 'Titbottoms Spectacles' by George William Curtis, 'The First Piano in Camp' by Samuel Davis, 'Mr Tolman' by Frank R. Stockton, 'Mrs Bullfrog' by Nathaniel Hawthorne, 'Against His Judgement' by Robert Grant, 'A Desperate Adventure' by Max Adeler, 'Occurence at Owl Creek' by Ambrose Bierce, 'The Stout Gentleman' by Washington Irving, 'Clothes 'by Gustav Kobbé and 'Negative Gravity' by Frank R. Stockton.

Die beiden Freunde Mercier und Camier wollen sich gemeinsam auf eine Reise begeben. Nur mit dem nötigsten Gepäck beladen, wandern sie eines Morgens aus der Stadt. Doch statt sich stetig von ihrem Ausgangspunkt zu entfernen, kehren die beiden wieder und wieder in die Stadt zurück. So sinnlos die Reise der beiden Vagabunden auch erscheinen mag - unaufhörlich plaudernd und in teils absurde Diskussionen vertieft, vergeht die Zeit für Mercier und Camier wie im Flug.

When a day trip out of Las Vegas with his wife takes a turn for the worse, Jack is sure he has the ability to get them home. But he has driven into something far beyond reason.

Given that the suns of Draco stretch almost 16 light-years from end to end, it stands to reason that the cost of transportation is the most important factor driving the 32nd century. And since Illyrion is the element most needed for space travel, Lorq von Ray is plenty willing to fly through the core of a recently imploded sun in order to obtain seven tons of it.

A witness to the coronation of Charles II, the Great Plague of 1665, and the Great Fire of 1666, Pepys chronicled the events of his day. His diary provides an astonishingly frank and diverting account of political intrigues, naval, church, and cultural affairs, as well as a quotidian journal of daily life in London during the Restoration.

Jessica Jackson är polis i Västervik och får ärva ett gammalt nedlagt mejeri på (den fiktiva ön) Mörkö, där hon drömmer om att starta ett mikrobryggeri. Men när en död man flyter i land på ön grusas hennes planer. Efter en fest i bygdegården försvinner en ung kvinna. Allt tyder på att hon blivit utsatt för våld. Jessica var själv med på festen, men har inte någon klar bild över vad som egentligen hände. Allt hon minns är ett bråk mellan några invandrare och den försvunna kvinnan. Eftersom hon känner till platsen dras Jessica snart in i den alltmer komplicerade polisutredningen.

Der Erzählrahmen der Geschichte zeichnet dabei Momentaufnahmen eines Europas im Niedergang, der Stern westlicher Zivilisation verglüht in ökonomischer Dauerkrise und beständiger Terrorgefahr. In diesen Zeiten wird das Menschsein aller Protagonisten auf eine harte Probe gestellt...

"... meine Tochter... außer ihr ist mir nichts geblieben, vom Wohlstandstraum... Um mein kleines Mädchen zu retten, würde ich die ganze, beschissene Welt in Brand setzen... bei Gott, ja, das würde ich..." Der Erzählrahmen der UF_Krimireihe zeichnet Momentaufnahmen eines Europas im Niedergang, der Stern westlicher Zivilisation verglüht in ökonomischer Dauerkrise und beständiger Terrorgefahr. In diesen Zeiten wird das Menschsein aller Protagonisten auf eine harte Probe gestellt.

Die meisten Leute kennen einen Bischof nur aus ihren weihnachtlichen Kindergeschichten, um Nicolaus und St. Martin. Dieser Bischof ist anders. Und seine Lügen werden in Blut bezahlt. Der Erzählrahmen der UF_Krimireihe zeichnet Momentaufnahmen eines Europas im Niedergang, der Stern westlicher Zivilisation verglüht in ökonomischer Dauerkrise und beständiger Terrorgefahr. In diesen Zeiten wird das Menschsein aller Protagonisten auf eine harte Probe gestellt.

In Erfüllung gegangene Träume... nichts könnte trügerischer sein. Im Kampf um die Überreste seines mühsam errungenen Familienglücks trifft der Antiheld der Geschichte eine verhängnisvolle Entscheidung. Der Erzählrahmen der UF_Krimireihe zeichnet Momentaufnahmen eines Europas im Niedergang, der Stern westlicher Zivilisation verglüht in ökonomischer Dauerkrise und beständiger Terrorgefahr. In diesen Zeiten wird das Menschsein aller Protagonisten auf eine harte Probe gestellt.