Art Genre

Domingo Zárate Vega comenzó a advertir formas apocalípticas en las nubes y a acertar en la predicción de pequeños desastres. Tras la muerte de su madre, se hace ermitaño en el Valle de Elqui, donde descubre, a través de una visión, que él es nada menos que la reencarnación de Jesucristo.

En las siguientes líneas encontrarás historias verídicas, mucho dolor y un trauma generacional trabajado. Lo que leerás aquí obedece a una realidad histórica y geográfica, una realidad matizada por la imaginación, porque nací al otro lado del río Arauca, en el corazón del Amazonas venezolano, muy cerca del punto geográfico donde la realidad se recrea en la fantasía.

What is the purpose of life? There is none. I exist so I find purpose. We exist so we find purpose. Kanon is forced to reevaluate his purpose when he suffers a loss. He decides to leave everything he has ever known behind and becomes homeless. Should he continue northbound, away from the life he left behind, or go back? Kanon will have to face reality either way.

Photojournalist Carli Tanner thrives anywhere. On assignment deep in the jungles of South America, she’s shocked to receive a telegram that her father has died. And when the free-spirit globetrotter immediately jets home to the sprawling hunting preserve, she finds a handsome FBI investigator hungry to track down his killer. As Carli digs through frustrating clues to search for suspects, she fears the threat looming over her family could strike at any time. Can they serve justice and capture love, or will their feelings fall prey to another tragic death?

After her mother is sent to prison for art forgery, Edie Brown returns to Northern Vermont to rebuild her family’s fine art and antiques business. She’s certain she can do it now that her mother is gone. After all, butting heads with her mom over bad business practices was what drove Edie away three years ago, including a screw-up that landed Edie on probation for selling stolen property. When Edie scores a job appraising a waterfowl decoy collection at a hoarder’s farmhouse, she’s determined to take advantage of the situation to rebuild the business’s tarnished reputation.

En esta obra de madurez, Jorge Portocarrero propone adentrarnos en una fantasía -y un debate- que puede tener visos de convertirse en realidad muy próximamente... Se ocupa del siempre oscilante vínculo entre el Imperio y los pueblos en su día sojuzgados. El eje de esta nueva obra narrativa lo constituye una serie de asesinatos que parecen seguir una cadencia predeterminada desde un punto de vista docente.

This wasn’t the first time a soggy box with a disgruntled cat inside was left on the doorstep of our shelter. However, this was the first time the cat talked to me. What did the barista put in my coffee? Persephone insists she’s been catnapped, and she’s witnessed an art heist. There’s a huge reward for the safe return of the painting, and the money could go a long way to helping our animals find their forever homes. Now, I have to convince the gallery owner and her associates - including the suspicious, adorable Henry the Hottie - that I can find a priceless painting.

The Art of Being Messy is the latest installment from Charjde Hunter for the Pen to Publish 2021 contest. It is a mix of pop culture, personal revelations, and real-life adult situations wrapped up into a fictional short story that you can enjoy in under an hour. The story follows Mrs. Selah Benafine, a secretary who can't seem to remember that she is a married woman. There seems to be a little conflict amongst her and a few of her coworkers over whether or not their boss, Mr. Degrassi can have a wife along with the other women in his life.

Libby and Jack are the happiest they’ve ever been. Thanks to their dear friend, 80-year-old Sid, they’ve just bought their first house together, and it's the beginning of the life they've always dreamed of. But the universe has other plans for Libby and Jack, and a devastating twist of fate shatters their world. All of a sudden life is looking very different, and unlikely though it seems, might Sid be the one person who can help Libby and Jack move forward when what they loved the most has been lost?

With The Opposite of Art, three-time Christy Award winner Athol Dickson delivers a compelling tale of reconciliation and redemption. The discovery of a painting signed by a renowned artist - dead for 25 years - causes quite a stir when it seems to be recently completed. After the world’s foremost expert pronounces it authentic, three lives are destined to collide: a circus sketch artist longing to paint God’s face, the daughter he never knew, and the man plotting to kill them both.

Tre storie. Tre peregrinazioni. Tre immersioni in un passato illustre, reinventato, emozionato, elettrizzato dalla fantasia letteraria di uno scrittore in stato di grazia. Nella prima il poeta-mercante trecentesco Lapo Pegolotti lascia Firenze con le sue carovane di mercanzia; trasformando i suoi viaggi in occasioni letterarie, riesce a farsi ricevere da Dante a Ravenna, prende quasi abusivamente parte alla scalata del Mont Ventoux con Petrarca, ritrova Boccaccio a Firenze dopo la peste e salva il Decamerone, quindi scrive di suo un poema in terza rima.

Charles Marlow is a Seattle English teacher who instructs his students to expand their worlds through language. Lately, however, with one child off to college and the pressure from his ex-wife to make plans for their severely autistic son who's about to age out of the system, he prefers the company of the ghosts he turns up in the storage boxes in his crawl space.

Explore five decades of hey genre that came from the streets. With the invention of sampling and the emergence of DJs in the 1970s, it was time to grab your grandmother's photograph and start making some money. Journey through 50 years of an emergent genre and the artists and albums that made this music what it is today.

Emmis Tod bringt die vier Schulfreunde wieder zusammen. Viel ist inzwischen geschehen, und noch mehr wird sich ereignen, wenn sie herausfinden...

“Ascolta il canto della vita. Non è un caos, è un cosmo. La felicità è uno stile di vita, non la conseguenza di un desiderio: è un’attitudine. Puoi essere felice qui ora: se riesci a essere in silenzio, consapevole della vita che ti circonda e che è anche dentro di te, sarai felice. Ogni cosa nell’esistenza è felice, ad eccezione di te. L’esistenza è felicità, è un’eterna celebrazione, è una festa.”

Schulmeisterlein Maria Wuz (andere Schreibweise: Wutz) führt ein beschauliches Leben in Auenthal. Er ist bettelarm und besitzt nicht einmal ein Buch. Aber er ist immer vergnügt und freut sich auf den nächsten Tag. Wird seine Freude durch ein unvorhergesehenes Ereignis getrübt, so freut er sich auf den Abend und auf sein wohliges Bett. Auch ein Schlaganfall kann ihm nichts anhaben.

When their son Arthur mysteriously vanishes in the idyllic village of Kenwood, Emily and Derek are plunged into a heart-pounding race against time to uncover the truth behind his disappearance. As the facade of their once-perfect community crumbles, the couple must navigate a treacherous web of deceit and betrayal, testing the very meaning of family and trust. Discover the chilling secret that will leave you questioning everything you thought you knew about this seemingly peaceful village.

Vom St. Petersburg der Zarenzeit über das Deutschland des Zweiten Weltkriegs bis in ein Norwegen der nahen Zukunft erzählt Maja Lunde von drei Familien, dem Schicksal einer seltenen Pferderasse und vom Kampf gegen das Aussterben der Arten. Wie verändert sich das Ganze, wenn ein Teil verschwindet? Ein bewegender, großer Roman über Freiheit und Verantwortung, die große Gemeinschaft der Lebewesen und die alles entscheidende Frage: Reicht ein Menschenleben, um die Welt für alle zu verändern?

Vom St. Petersburg der Zarenzeit über das Deutschland des Zweiten Weltkriegs bis in ein Norwegen der nahen Zukunft erzählt Maja Lunde von drei Familien, dem Schicksal einer seltenen Pferderasse und vom Kampf gegen das Aussterben der Arten. Wie verändert sich das Ganze, wenn ein Teil verschwindet? Ein bewegender, großer Roman über Freiheit und Verantwortung, die große Gemeinschaft der Lebewesen und die alles entscheidende Frage: Reicht ein Menschenleben, um die Welt für alle zu verändern?

Januar 1948. Der Absturz eines erfahrenen Piloten sorgt für ein reges Aufsehen am Militärflughafen von Fort Knox in Kentucky. Eine Maschine des Typ Mustang P-51 ist aus unerklärlichen Gründen abgestürzt, obwohl ihr Pilot eine beträchtliche Anzahl Flugstunden aufzuweisen hatte und sogar für seine herausragenden Leistungen im Kampf um die Normandie hoch ausgezeichnet war. Niemand glaubt an einen Fehler des Piloten. Seit einiger Zeit häufen sich die Gerüchte, das Jagdflugzeug sei durch Fremdeinwirkung zum Absturz gebracht worden. Doch wie viel Wahrheit steckt hinter dem Gerede der Leute?