Bertram: 314 books

The book explores the written representation of African-American oral storytelling from Charles Chesnutt, Zora Neale Hurston and Ralph Ellison to James Alan McPherson, Toni Cade Bambara and John Edgar Wideman. At its core, the book compares the relationship of the "frame tale"-an inside-the-text...

Amanda Ray thought she’d grow old with her pastor husband David, but death had other plans. During David’s long illness and his withdrawal from her, Amanda found solace in the virtual arms of Sam Priestly, a college professor she met at an online support group for cancer patient caregivers. Amanda...

The Door in the Corner. John Seward Mervyn lay back in his accustomed armchair, and—looked. The room was of medium size, partly panelled, and partly hung with dark red papering. It was low ceiled, and the bending beams between the strips of whitewash were almost black. This added to the gloominess...

A much-overlooked, thrilling Western and action/adventure romance novel. Told in the present tense, the tale is of a man who kills a man in self-defense, in a way, and then, enters a woman. She falls in love with the man, and then, the intrigue begins....

Thrilling adventure tale set in the deserts and forts, jungles and villages of South Africa over a century ago. A much-overlooked tale by its name, this story has been made into a major film under a different name and the location moved to the West of the US. A truly thrilling novel, not to be missed.

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Harley Greenoak, an experienced, resourceful up-country hunter, undertakes the guidance of a high-spirited, adventure-seeking young Englishman visiting South Africa -- a young man with an irresistible tendency towards getting into scrapes. It is Greenoak's especial business to get him out of them....

One round, black speck high up yonder on the stony hillside. There he sits—the large old baboon; wary sentinel that he is, keeping jealous watch over the safety of the nimble troop under his charge, which, scattered about amid the bush, is feasting upon succulent roots and other vegetable provender...

Tale of a man who goes on a quest to find something in the African Veldt.

Since its earliest days, the Christian Church sought to draw up rules by which its members could live together in religious communities. Whilst those of Augustine (c.400 AD) and Benedict (c.530 AD) provided detailed guidance for monastic life, it took another two centuries for equivalent rules for...

I am sure you must have wondered what has become of me in all these years (three, isn't it?) since we met at Lord E-'s place. Perhaps you won't care to hear from me again, and will fancy I have forgotten our old friendship; indeed, my dear, it is not so, but I've been knocking about a bit, and seen the...

A tale of romance and intrigue in a family saga that takes the reader from one generation to another.

The devotions in this book are from the heart of a mother learning to live in the joy of the Lord in spite of her circumstances. Quiet time with the Father and creating comfort food in her kitchen have brought harmony to her life, while blessing others in the process. Time spent within the pages of...

Boone è un ragazzo che vive nel Kentucky con la famiglia in un momento in cui tutti si stanno dirigendo a ovest per trovare fortuna. Vittima, con la madre e il fratello, delle violenze del padre, una sera reagisce e colpisce il padre alla testa. Consapevole di averlo ferito e forse ucciso, decide...