“When I am the Creator then I am the Destroyer too” This book is a compilation of three fictional stories ranging from imaginative adventures to even possible ones. Bubbling with riddles, bizarre creatures and unexplained mysteries, these stories will introduce you to relatable characters and open your mind to a world you never knew could exist. A trip of two friends to an island so deadly that it is deemed impossible, a girl’s sudden ability to predict the future contributes to life and death situations and lastly the unexpected spawning of an adventure from nothing but a single book.

An exquisite meditation on the geographies we inherit and the metaphors we inhabit, from Pulitzer Prize winner and nineteenth U.S. poet laureate Natasha Trethewey “Searching and intimate, this impresses.”—Publishers Weekly In a shotgun house in Gulfport, Mississippi, at the crossroads of Highway 49, the legendary highway of the Blues, and Jefferson Street, Natasha Trethewey learned to read and write. Before the land was a crossroads, however, it was a pasture: a farming settlement where, after the Civil War, a group of formerly enslaved women, men, and children made a new home. In this intimate and searching meditation, Trethewey revisits the geography of her childhood to trace the origins of her writing life, born of the need to create new metaphors to inhabit “so that my story would not be determined for me.” She recalls the markers of history and culture that dotted the horizons of her youth: the Confederate flags proudly flown throughout Mississippi; her gradual understanding of her own identity as the child of a Black mother and a white father; and her grandmother’s collages lining the hallway, offering glimpses of the world as it could be. With the clarity of a prophet and the grace of a poet, Trethewey offers up a vision of writing as reclamation: of our own lives and the stories of the vanished, forgotten, and erased.

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Phenomenology in America has developed in unique directions with respect to descriptive analysis and in relation to interdisciplinary fields. Descriptions examines current trends in phenomenology. It begins by reflecting on phenomenological description itself, then takes phenomenology into such areas as time, science and the arts, the social, and into the universities. Ranging from the development of theory by such well-known philosophers as Maurice Natanson and Robert Sokolowski, this collection addresses the topics of pregnant subjectivity, nostalgia, the ethical function of architecture, computer science, and academic freedom.

Set in mid-19th century Ayrshire, in the fictitious town of Barbie the novel The House with the Green Shutters (1901) describes the struggles of a proud and taciturn carrier, John Gourlay, against the spiteful comments and petty machinations of the envious and idle villagers of Barbie (the "bodies"). The sudden return after fifteen years' absence of the ambitious merchant, James Wilson, son of a mole-catcher, leads to commercial competition against which Gourlay has trouble responding.

Cess works caring for the chickens at Montacute House but on her thirteenth birthday everything changes. She finds a precious locket hidden in the chicken coop and is convinced someone has placed it there for her to find. But the day is overshadowed by fear as a boy's body is found by the river, and then when William disappears, Cess is accused by the villagers of bewitching her best friend. Cess is determined to find William and prove the villagers wrong, but is soon embroiled in a plot that threatens her world and forces Cess to draw on powers she never knew she possessed, powers that will place her life in danger if they are discovered by the villagers. Witchcraft, politics and religious ambition combine in this gripping and wonderfully realised novel set in the Somerset of the 1500s.

In Charles Willing Beale's novel 'The Ghost of Guir House,' the reader is transported to a gothic setting filled with mystery and intrigue. The atmospheric and suspenseful tale follows the protagonist as he unravels the dark secrets of Guir House, uncovering a haunting presence that threatens his reality. Beale's writing style is reminiscent of classic gothic literature, with rich descriptions and a carefully crafted plot that keeps the reader on the edge of their seat. Set against the backdrop of a decaying mansion, the novel explores themes of fear, loss, and redemption, appealing to fans of the genre and lovers of a good mystery. Beale's attention to detail and ability to create a sense of unease make 'The Ghost of Guir House' a compelling read that will leave readers eager for more. Readers looking for a captivating gothic tale with a haunting twist will find this novel to be a must-read.