Written by Henry James and published in 1904, this novel has wealthy American widower Adam Verver and his daughter Maggie living in Europe, where they collect art and relish each other's company.... More > Through the efforts of the manipulative Fanny Assingham, Maggie becomes engaged to Amerigo, an Italian prince in reduced circumstances, but remains blind to his rekindled affair with her longtime friend Charlotte Stant. Maggie and Amerigo marry, and later, after Charlotte and Adam have also wed, both spouses learn of the ongoing affair, though neither seeks a confrontation. Not until Maggie buys the gilded crystal bowl of the title as a birthday present for Adam does truth crack the veneer of propriety.
This edition contains extensive overviews of both the author and the novel.< Less
This booklet is written in two parts. In part one, the author recounts his days as a pinsetter back in the 1940s. In part two he shares thirty bowling tips the pros gave him. These tips helped him... More > maintain a 205 average in his early days, and a 195 average when he was in his sixties. Happy bowling!< Less
The Golden Bowl is a 1904 novel by Henry James. Set in England, this complex, intense study of marriage and adultery completes what some critics have called the “major phase” of... More > James’ career. The Golden Bowl explores the tangle of interrelationships between a father and daughter and their respective spouses. The novel focuses deeply and almost exclusively on the consciousness of the central characters, with sometimes obsessive detail but also with powerful insight.< Less
The Acorn Bowl is a story of butterflies and dragonflies, fairies and fantasy. The message is clear, that we should all love one another. But there’s a deeper lesson of understanding and... More > tolerance that is particularly relevant in today’s complex world.Each Bug in the forest represents one of the world’s major religions, and they must work together to avoid the fire-breathing Dragonfly, while searching for the Acorn Bowl.
The supporting web site, www.TheAcornBowl.com, has teaching points for Toddlers with the simple message that we should celebrate our differences, and love our friends and family. A link to the Children’s page introduces the reader to different world religions and the rich symbolism in the story. The Adult link explores the comparative theological philosophies in an attempt
to find common ground… ecumenicalism.
Please visit our web site for a full appreciation of this apparently simple story... read, explore, and participate.< Less
The Golden Bowl is a 1904 novel by Henry James. Set in England, this complex, intense study of marriage and adultery completes what some critics have called the "major phase" of James'... More > career. The Golden Bowl explores the tangle of interrelationships between a father and daughter and their respective spouses.
The novel focuses deeply and almost exclusively on the consciousness of the central characters, with sometimes obsessive detail but also with powerful insight. In the broadest sense of the term, The Golden Bowl is a novel of education. Maggie gradually sheds her childish naivete and grows into a capable woman who saves her marriage with dexterous handling of a potentially explosive situation. She realizes that she can't remain forever dependent on her father but must accept adult responsibilities in her marriage.< Less
This new collection of poems from author Steven Martinez takes the reader through a unique tour of growth and reflection, culled from his New Mexican roots. Earthy, surreal, and above all wedded to a... More > sense of discovery; his poetry represents one individual's journey through imagination and self.< Less
"The Golden Bowl" is a novel by Henry James. Set in England, this complex, intense study of marriage and adultery completes what some critics have called the "major phase" of... More > James' career. "The Golden Bowl" explores the tangle of interrelationships between a father and daughter and their respective spouses.
The novel focuses deeply and almost exclusively on the consciousness of the central characters, with sometimes obsessive detail but also with powerful insight.
Prince Amerigo, an impoverished but charismatic Italian nobleman, is in London for his marriage to Maggie Verver, only child of the fabulously wealthy American financier and art collector, Adam Verver. While there, he re-encounters the American Charlotte Stant, a former mistress of his from his days in Rome.< Less
Every time she visits her grandparents, Carla picks up the mahogany-colored bowl holding weathered photographs from the past. As a young girl growing up in the rural Midwest of the 1970's, she learns... More > family history from her grandmother, who shares the stories behind the old black-and-white portraits. The joys and heartbreak of her ancestors inspire Carla to live with both loss and hope.< Less
