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This is a poetry collection that documents my mental health and life journey from 2002 to 2017. These poems were all written during those years.Follow me into the 'nooks and crannies' of my own mind, as I take you on a journey through depression, madness, into a world of anger, fear and despair. Bear witness as I fight and claw my way out of hell. I have dealt with mental health and sexual identity issues for over twenty years. I am hoping these words might give hope to those who f...

This is the story about how I faced the worst bout of mental health I had faced in twenty years. It is the story of reslience, of determination, of self-actualization and of an amazing group of friends who helped me through it. This is the sequel to Nooks and Crannies: A Mental Health Journey. For anyone struggling with mental health, this volume is meant for you. I have suffered from bipolar for twenty years. I know how isolating and dehibilitating it can be. I hope my jo...

Discover a new way to read classics with Quick Read.This Quick Read edition includes both the full text and a summary for each chapter.- Reading time of the complete text: about 11 hours- Reading time of the summarized text: 24 minutes"The Children of the New Forest" is a children's novel set during the English Civil War and the Commonwealth. It follows the four Beverley children who become orphans and seek refuge in the New Forest. The story depicts their surv...

Discover a new way to read classics with Quick Read.This Quick Read edition includes both the full text and a summary for each chapter.- Reading time of the complete text: about 4 hours- Reading time of the summarized text: 10 minutesThe Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is an 1845 memoir and treatise on abolition written by African-American orator and former slave Frederick Douglass. It is considered to be one of the most influential pieces of litera...

Further Collected Poems contains selected lyrics from 2001 to 2017, divided roughly by theme or subject. “You and I” is about relationships, “We” is about society and institutions, “He” is about religion and spirituality, “Visions” is about ideas, and “Beauty’s Mead” is about art. The poems are in and out of form, in many modes and voices, simple and complex, hopeful and tragic. The common thread is a conviction that there is an order and a goodness behind and beyond all absurdity, if we w...

Old Mr. Toad decides to join the Chorus at the Smiling pool - with unexpected results. He encounters Buster Bear as well as the famous Peter Rabbit among many other forest creatures who are just too numerous to list here. If you join in and read a chapter or two you will learn who they are. Don't be shy! These chapters are short and fun to read.

One of the most influential books ever published in America, W. E. B. Du Bois’s The Souls of Black Folk is an eloquent collection of fourteen essays that describe the life, the ambitions, the struggles, and the passions of African Americans at the transition from the nineteenth to the twentieth century.The first African American to receive a Ph.D. from Harvard University, Du Bois was a sociologist, historian, novelist, and activist whose astounding career spanned the nation’s histor...

William Dean Howells' 1885 novel, The Rise of Silas Lapham tells the story of its protagonist's materialistic aspirations; his rise from rags to riches. Despite making a fortune in business, Silas feels he lacks social position; he banks on the marriage of his daughter to an aristocratic family to change this. But Silas faces a moral quandary when his business partner suggests dodgy business dealings.

Concerned that her son Chad may have become involved with a woman of dubious reputation, the formidable Mrs. Newsome sends her 'ambassador' Strether from Massachusetts to Paris to extricate him. Strether's mission, however, is gradually undermined as he falls under the spell of the city and finds Chad refined rather than corrupted by its influence and that of his charming companion, the comtesse de Vionnet. As the summer wears on, Mrs. Newsome comes to the conclusion that she must send ano...

Discover the Passion and Heartache of "The Sorrows of Young Werther" by GoetheImmerse yourself in the intense emotions and tragic romance of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's timeless classic, "The Sorrows of Young Werther." This poignant epistolary novel captures the tumultuous feelings of a young artist, Werther, who falls deeply in love with Charlotte, a woman already engaged to another. As Werther's infatuation deepens, his internal struggles and despair lead to a heartbreaking conclusion, ...

Edith Wharton's "The Custom of the Country" is a masterful exploration of the interplay between ambition, societal norms, and the complexities of personal discontent within early 20th-century American society. Written in a rich, incisive prose style, the novel follows the ambitious Undine Spragg, a new-money social climber who navigates the upper echelons of New York society with ruthless determination. Wharton's acute social commentary illuminates the moral vacuity and materialism of the ...

Two rival reformers compete for the soul and loyalty of a talented young woman in post-Civil War America. The clash between traditional values and the burgeoning feminist movement creates a volatile social landscape. This sprawling narrative offers a biting satire of political zealotry and the complexities of human motivation.