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The windfall
Author: Charles Egbert Craddock
language: en
Publisher: Good Press
Release Date: 2025-04-24
In "The Windfall," Charles Egbert Craddock weaves a captivating narrative set in the rural landscapes of the American South, illustrating the intricate interplay of nature, community, and personal aspiration. Through a blend of vivid regional detail and emotionally resonant character development, Craddock paints a nuanced portrait of life in a small town facing both prosperity and adversity. The novel combines rich vernacular language with a lyrical prose style, harkening back to the tradition of Southern literature that delights in the idiosyncrasies of human experience against the backdrop of the natural world. Born in 1850 in Tennessee, Craddock was deeply influenced by the Appalachian culture and environment surrounding him. His own upbringing in a modest household instilled in him a profound appreciation for the struggles and triumphs of rural communities. Having adopted the literary persona of a Southern woman, he skillfully navigates themes of gender and societal expectations while drawing on personal and regional histories that shaped his worldview. Readers seeking a poignant exploration of Southern life and an evocative reflection on human relationships will find "The Windfall" a rewarding read. Craddock's empathetic character portrayals and rich thematic concerns offer profound insights into the complexities of fortune and the pursuit of dreams, making this book a significant contribution to American literature.
Revenge
The revenge motif appears in a number of arenas and in different cultures. We need to be mindful of its existence in order to discover how common it is. We can then learn to recognize when destructive revenge spirals are developing. By extension, we thus gain a basis for stopping these spirals successfully before they have gone too far. We can also learn what function revenge plays and has played in various contexts. A short overview of revenge as a motif in literature, film, culture, religion, and at work is therefore given as an introduction to our study of revenge.
Adrenalin
Den första boken med CIA-agenten Sam Capra. Sam har ett perfekt liv tills hans fru Lucy en morgon ringer till honom på arbetet och ber honom lämna byggnaden. Omedelbart därefter exploderar en bomb och dödar alla därinne. Sam fängslas, misstänkt för förräderi. Varför ringde Lucy? Är hon någon annan än han trodde?