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1) Nostalgia
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Timeon has been arrested but Big Tom and Adrian are nowhere to be found. Will is nostalgic and wishes to return to the ranch. He proposes that he and Evelyn's family should return to the ranch and stick together. Bill does not think he is worthy of their love and acceptance. So, he leaves the group when they get to the ranch. Evelyn and Will then go to live on the ranch with Lisa and little Jamie. The sheriff has sent some men to guard them should...
2) Nostalgia
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Poetry that reflects my mood at the time, poems about life and love and relationships ending. Poems and stories that everyone can relate to. Situations that can happen to any of us in every day life and also the "not so common" variety of stories like murder mysteries and scandals of every nature. Characters that "come alive" as you read.
My autobiography begins when my father, age 12 and his sister age 11 and their parents, (my grandparents)...
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When Francesca Rossi finds an old photo album with pictures of her parents from the 1980s, she learns of how her mother got stranded in Italy and how their family got started.
A Tate of Nostalgia is a sweet romance about love and family, the fun of getting lost on a back road leading into Florence, and the joy of a motorcycle ride with a handsome stranger.
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"Flashback: 50 Stories of Nostalgia" is a captivating anthology that invites readers on a journey through time, delving into the rich tapestry of human experience and emotion. Through a collection of poignant and evocative tales, this anthology explores the delicate threads of nostalgia woven into the fabric of our lives. From heartwarming stories of childhood memories that transport readers to the innocence of youth to the tender embrace of grandparents'...
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For more than three centuries, St. Petersburg, founded in 1703 by Peter the Great as Russia's westward-oriented capital and as a visually stunning showcase of Russia's imperial ambitions, has been the country's most mythologized city. Like a museum piece, it has functioned as a site for preservation, a literal and imaginative place where Russians can commune with idealized pasts. Preserving Petersburg represents a significant departure from traditional...
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New Critical Nostalgia weighs the future of literary study by reassessing its past. It tracks today's impassioned debates about method back to the discipline's early professional era, when an unprecedented makeover of American higher education with far-reaching social consequences resulted in what we might call our first crisis of academic life. Rovee probes literary study's nostalgic attachments to this past, by recasting an essential episode in...
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Nostalgia today is seen as essentially benign, a wistful longing for the past. This wasn't always the case, however: from the late seventeenth century through the end of the nineteenth, nostalgia denoted a form of homesickness so extreme that it could sometimes be deadly.
“What Nostalgia Was” unearths that history. Thomas Dodman begins his story in Basel, where a nineteen-year-old medical student invented the new diagnosis, modeled on prevailing...
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"Each paragraph, each line, each sentence, and even each word has its own poetic character. The poems by Bui Kim Anh is neither flashy nor ostentatious, all as natural as the breath of life. The poet talks to herself, talks to life, with nostalgia, sadness and pain, sometimes describes a shadow of happiness in her childhood, her love and her sudden discovery of the beauty of life.
Via these 55 poems, the reader feels that the author cherishes, pampers...
11) Humanista
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La autora vuelve a poner su mirada sobre Medellín en este nuevo libro de cuentos.
Esta vez, las diez historias aquí reunidas exploran las sombras de la cotidianidad en la que se mueven unos personajes que tienden a la ambivalencia y al desequilibrio. Entre la tragedia y la comedia, se compone así un mosaico de precariedad, nostalgia y violencia.
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This isn't the kind of Valentine's Day Greg Parks was hoping for - stood up by his date, then showered in chocolate milk. But the adorable four-year-old is too cute to be mad at. Plus, her hot dad makes Greg a whole lot less disappointed in having no date on Valentine's Day. Hopefully, Greg can find more than nostalgia at Princess Petunia's Play Palace.
13) En el ocaso
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Pagina tras página, esta da a luz un sueño.
Es una colección de atardeceres, mate y nostalgia. Y es que un ocaso nunca representa un final, no para el espíritu bohemio.
Alcanzar a edad avanzada una meta no supone otra respuesta más que esperanza; un legado, dirán en el tiempo.
Yo solo pienso que los enamorados de la vida son eternos.
Mauro Carrizo
Hijo menor
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Sunlight spilling through a second story window, a quick dash through hail, and a flower stolen from a vase in the women's wash. In this series of fragments, J. Andrew Schrecker documents minor moments and fleeting emotion. Originally appearing in Nostalgia & Other Forms of Boredom: Collected Poems (2005-2020), they are presented here for the first time as a stand alone collection. Also includes "A Still Life."
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Molly, a young girl from India, finds herself in a foreign land, grappling with the discovery that her beloved is desired by many.
Distanced from her closest friends and family, she's enveloped by nostalgia and cherished memories of her childhood.
As challenges mount, Molly confronts pivotal questions: How will she navigate this new life? Where can she turn for guidance? Dive into her journey of love, longing, and self-discovery.
16) Horse Show
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From the tale of Lady, the mare who read a Duke University psychologist' s mind, to television palomino Mr. Ed' s hypnotic hold over Wilbur Post, the thirteen tales in Horse Show explore how humans have used, abused, and spectacularized their equine companions throughout American history. Wrestling with themes of obsolescence, grief, and nostalgia, Bowers guides us through her museum of equine esoterica with arresting imagery,...
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The end is nearer than you think. The world to come is full of bleak humor, sketchy survivors, and bittersweet nostalgia for what was lost. This collection of short stories from award-winning author Sandra McDonald includes zombies, robots, nuclear submarines, galactic dangers, Hollywood snark, transgender heroines, and gay cowboy robots. Indulge your sweet tooth for poignant disaster. For fans of Stephen King's The Stand or movies such The Day After...
18) Ghost Hometowns
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Steeped in nostalgia and memorable imagery, Ghost Hometowns will take you from sunny but decadent Italian landscapes to the cold streets of London, full of unseizable possibilities. This poetry book explores the disorienting feeling of not knowing where you belong. Written from a migrant's perspective, it's a doomed quest for a home in your birth country, abroad, and even with family sharing opposite views. Let it guide you through your own, unescapable...
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Featuring Field of Dreams, The Bad News Bears, A League of Their Own, and more: a probing and entertaining work at the intersection of pop culture and sports Baseball has always been a symbol as much as a sport. With a blend of individual confrontation and team play, a luxurious pace, and an immaculate urban parkland setting, it offers a sunny rendering of the American Dream, both the hard work that underpins it and the...
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Because of readers, ADVENTURES BookZine continues to deliver a potpourri of reading entertainment every quarter. In the first 2 years we delivered: 8 Quarterly Issues, 14 New Stories, 20 Never-Forget Stories, Author Interviews, Poetry, Nostalgia and More. In this Anniversary Issue, catch up on each new original story from the first two years, Pulp Avengers comic humor, the story behind famous women we showcased, and a new original BONUS Story by Author...