A Private Affair

Author: Beppe Fenoglio
Publisher: New York Review of Books
ISBN: 1681376741
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 177

Book Description
A powerful World War II novel about a young soldier joining the anti-German resistance in occupied Italy, this classic—which touches on everything from wartime dangers and adventures to desperate love—is regarded as one of the greatest works of twentieth-century Italian literature. Milton—the name is a nom de guerre—is a member of a partisan band battling Italian Fascists and German forces in the chaotic last years of World War II. Before the war Milton was a student of English literature and a lover of poetry. He was in love with a girl, too, Fulvia, and from time to time she’d invite him over to her rich family’s fine house and have him read to her. Now, in the thick of war, he discovers that handsome Giorgio, his friend and fellow partisan, was sleeping with Fulvia at the time. Furious with jealousy, Milton hastens to have it out with Giorgio, but Giorgio has been captured by the Germans. A Private Affair tells the story of Milton’s mad quest—through mud and fog, rain and terror, while barely evading enemy patrols—to rescue his friend, the better to settle a grudge from a lost world of peace. Beppe Fenoglio’s masterpiece is a peerless story of the violent heart and world.

A Private Affair

Author: Mike Warren
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781934230954
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 252

Book Description
31,000 miles. 22,840 feet high. 34 countries. 15 months. 2 amazing journeys. In 2008, Mark Beaumont smashed the world record for cycling around the world, by an astonishing 81 days. His race against the clock took him through the toughest terrain and the most demanding of conditions. In 2009, Mark set out on his second ultra-endurance challenge. And this one would involve some very big mountains. The Man Who Cycled the Americas tells the story of a 15,000 mile expedition that once again broke the barriers of human achievement. To pedal the longest mountain range on the planet, solo and unsupported, presented its own unique difficulties. But no man had ever previously summited the continents' two highest peaks, Mt McKinley in Alaska and Aconcagua in Argentina, in the same climbing season, let alone cycling between them. Oh, and Mark had never even been up Ben Nevis before. Full of his trademark charm, warmth and fascination with seeing the world at the pace of a bicycle, Mark Beaumont's second book is a testament to his love of adventure, his joy of taking on tough mental and physical feats, and offers a thrilling trip through the diverse cultures of the Americas.

A Private Affair

Author: Donna Hill
Publisher: HarperCollins Australia
ISBN: 1488735042
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 496

Book Description
She wants a little comfort... At thirty–eight, Brooklyn Douglas has her hands full raising a teenage son and running her own business. What she doesn't need is everybody and their mother trying to hook her up with a "good man." The last "good man" Brooklyn was with turned into a no–good husband, who left her for another woman. Can't she just have a mind–blowing love affair with no strings attached? Somebody like the handsome, broad–shouldered brother at the bar.... He's looking for a lot more As a successful businessman, Isaiah Washington is used to going after what he wants, and what he wants is Brooklyn. Too bad the lady isn't extending any invitations. But when fate lands Isaiah in Atlanta for the summer, he's ready to do whatever it takes–from slow kisses to showing up when it counts–in order to melt her heart. Because when it comes to real love, there's no such thing as a perfect man. But there is such a thing as the right one...

Private Affairs

Author: Phillip Brian Harper
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 0814735932
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 208

Book Description
In Private Affairs, Phillip Brian Harper explores the social and cultural significance of the private, proposing that, far from a universal right, privacy is limited by one's racial-and sexual-minority status. Ranging across cinema, literature, sculpture, and lived encounters-from Rodin's The Kiss to Jenny Livingston's Paris is Burning-Private Affairs demonstrates how the very concept of privacy creates personal and sociopolitical hierarchies in contemporary America.

A Private Matter

Author: Beppe Fenoglio
Publisher: Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 184

Book Description
Fenoglio's last work, the short «partisan novel» entitled A Private Matter, was published in April of 1963, two months after the author's death. Had he been alive, Fenoglio would have been happy to witness the enthusiasm which greeted the publication of his book. Among those who read the novel and praised it most highly we find Italo Calvino: «And it was the most solitary of us who succeeded in writing the novel we all wanted to write about the war (...) Only now thanks to Fenoglio, we can say that a season was completed, and only now we are certain that it really existed: the season that goes from Il sentiero dei nidi di ragno (1947) to Una questione privata (1963).»

Private Affairs

Author: Judith Michael
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1476745285
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 634

Book Description
After sixteen years of marriage and family, Matt and Elizabeth Lovell risked everything to build an empire of their own. Soon they were an American success, caught up in the breathless glamour and power of celebrity. For Matt, it was a world of Senators’ parties and sumptuous Houston mansions…for Elizabeth, national acclaim as a writer and television personality. For both, it was the lure of forbidden passions and their new, separate affairs. From Los Angeles to Aspen, New York to Rome, they rode the crest of fame and fortune, growing more and more estranged from the love they had once shared. Now they would face the most difficult challenge of all—to regain the private dream of happiness they’d won...and lost!

War is a Private Affair

Author: Edmund G. Love
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 202

Book Description
Author of "Subways are for Sleeping" records the humorous, ironic, and sober incidents that came into his ken during World War 2.

A Private Affair

Author: A.C. Arthur
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 148806198X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 178

Book Description
Rivals for the runways. Enemies in the industry. And for a single sinfully hot night, they’re about to indulge in the one thing they’re not allowed…each other. Fashion executive Riley Gold knows that appearances are everything. And New Year’s Eve in Milan is no exception. If Riley’s going to have a reputation for being an “ice princess,” then she’s going to be flawless, glacier-cold perfection. Especially when Chaz Warren is here, looking too damn good, too damn sexy…and every inch the enemy. Not only are their families fashion archrivals, but social media mogul Chaz Warren is a player—and the world knows it. But for one X-rated night, Riley will give in to the electric lust that’s always been crackling between them. All it takes is a searing kiss to turn the heat from simmering to full-on passion… Riley thought one night with Chaz would be enough. But it’s not enough, not nearly. Now Riley and Chaz are having a private—and completely naughty—affair, and hiding the scandalizing truth from both the tabloids and their feuding families. But keeping her deliciously hot enemy close won’t just melt the ice around Riley’s heart…he could incinerate it completely. Harlequin DARE publishes sexy romances featuring powerful alpha heroes and bold, fearless heroines exploring their deepest fantasies. Four new Harlequin DARE titles are available each month, wherever ebooks are sold!

A Private Affair

Author: A.C. Arthur
Publisher: HarperCollins Australia
ISBN: 1867200120
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 177

Book Description
Getting sexy with the enemy isn’t her first mistake. But it might be her best one... Chaz Warren may be completely gorgeous, but for fashion executive Riley Gold, he’s the enemy. Especially now that he’s working for his family’s business, King Designs. Then a New Year’s Eve kiss in Milan turns into full-on red-hot passion, and Riley wants more – if their affair is secret. But can Riley keep her deliciously-hot enemy close....without losing her heart? Mills & Boon Dare – Sensual love stories with smart, sassy heroines and the sexiest men alive!

A Private Affair

Author: Charles Emery
Publisher: Samuel French, Inc.
ISBN: 9780573624162
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 40

Book Description