In this complete, unabridged edition of H.D.'s visionary memoir, The Gift, Jane Augustine makes available for the first time the text as H.D. wrote it and intended it to be read, including H.D.’s coda to the book, her "Notes," never before published in its entirety.Written in London during the blitz of World War II, The Gift re-creates the peaceful childhood of Hilda Doolittle in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, where she was born in 1886. As an antidote to war’s destruc...

Buddhisms and Deconstructions considers the connection between Buddhism and Derridean deconstruction, focusing on the work of Robert Magliola. Fourteen distinguished contributors discuss deconstruction and various Buddhisms-Indian, Tibetan, and Chinese (Chan)-followed by an afterword in which Magliola responds directly to his critics.

Throughout history, countless women have boldly stepped out in faith and courage, leaving their indelible mark on those around them and on the kingdom of God. In lively prose Michelle DeRusha tells their stories, bringing into focus fifty incredible heroines of the faith. From Catherine of Siena, Teresa of Avila, and Anne Hutchison to Susanna Wesley, Harriet Tubman, and Corrie ten Boom, women both famous and admirable live again under DeRusha's expert pen. These engaging narratives are a p...

George Bernard Shaw: The Collected Plays (Illustrated) gathers the dramatic works of one of modern theatre's most incisive voices, presenting comedies, problem plays, and social satires that transformed the stage from mere entertainment into a forum for argument. Shaw's prose is brilliant, paradoxical, and combative; his dialogue fuses wit with moral inquiry. Set against the late Victorian and Edwardian theatrical world, these plays challenge conventions surrounding class, marriage, capita...

Merry Stories And Funny Pictures Shock-headed Peter Cruel Frederick The Dreadful Story of Harriet and the Matches The Story of the Inky Boys The Story of the Man that went out Shooting The Story of Little Suck-a-Thumb The Story of Augustus, who would not have any Soup The Story of Fidgety Philip The Story of Johnny Head-in-Air The Story of Flying Robert

Hermione Lee’s provocative and influential biography provides a sensitive reappraisal of a marvelous and often underrated writer.The Willa Cather she reveals here was a Nebraskan who spent much of her life in self-imposed exile from the prairies she celebrated in O Pioneers! and My Antonia, a woman whose life was riddled with the tension between masculine and feminine, and a writer whose naturalness of style disguised exquisite artistry. By exposi...

This is a collection of ten Christmas Stories, some of which have been published before. I have added a little essay, written on the occasion of the first Christmas celebrated by the King of Italy in Rome. The first story has never before been published. It is but fair to say that I have not drawn on imagination for Laura's night duty, alone upon her island. This is simply the account of what a brave New-England woman did, under like circumstances, because it was the duty next her hand. If...

This eBook features the unabridged text of ‘The Mysterious Stranger’ from the bestselling edition of ‘The Complete Works of Mark Twain’.Having established their name as the leading publisher of classic literature and art, Delphi Classics produce publications that are individually crafted with superior formatting, while introducing many rare texts for the first time in digital print. The Delphi Classics edition of Twain includes original annotations and illustration...

In Frame Structures, Susan Howe brings together those of her earliest poems she wishes to remain in print, and in the forms in which she cares to have them last.Gathered here are versions of Hinge Picture (1974), Chanting at the Crystal Sea (1975), Cabbage Gardens (1979), and Secret History of the Dividing Line (1978) that differ in some respects from their original small-press editions. In a long preface, "Frame Structu...

In "How to Do It," Edward Everett Hale demonstrates his profound understanding of human nature and social responsibility through a collection of essays and narratives that blend moral philosophy with practical advice. Written in a conversational yet eloquent style characteristic of 19th-century American literature, Hale's work serves as both a reflection on societal norms and a guide for personal conduct. Each chapter tackles different facets of life, emphasizing the importance of initiati...

The connections and interconnections of past and present––the realization that life is a whole continuously echoing back to the past and unfolding toward the future––were sources of the strength, renewal, and joy celebrated in H.D.'s Trilogy and, in a differing, but no less real way, in The Gift––her novelistic memoir of childhood.In recapturing her memories of being a very little girl in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and later on a country place outside Philadelphia, H...

Selfless is the story of Sister Theophane, a passionate, driven nun dedicated to serving the poor around the world. Discover the inspiring story of how a precocious young girl from upstate New York became a servant and apostle to the poor in the jungle missions of Papua New Guinea, and, eventually, a prisoner of the Japanese in World War II.Selfless: The Story of Sr. Theophane's Missionary Life in the Jungles of Papua New Guinea was written in 1946 by a fellow sister of the Holy Spirit Mis...