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Books with title Letters from the Earth

  • Letters From The Earth

    Mark Twain

    (Greenbook Publications, LLC, June 7, 2010)
    Letters from the Earth is one of Mark Twain's posthumously published works. The essays were written during a difficult time in Twain's life; he was deep in debt and had lost his wife and one of his daughters. The book consists of a series of short stories, many of which deal with God and Christianity. Twain penned a series of letters from the point-of-view of a dejected angel on Earth. This title story consists of letters written by the archangel Satan to archangels, Gabriel and Michael, about his observations on the curious proceedings of earthly life and the nature of man's religions. By analyzing the idea of heaven and God that is widely accepted by those who believe in both, Twain is able to take the silliness that is present and study it with the common sense that is absent. Not so much an attack as much as a cold dissection. Other short stories in the book include a bedtime story about a family of cats Twain wrote for his daughters, and an essay explaining why an anaconda is morally superior to Man. Twain's writings in Letters From the Earth find him at perhaps his most quizzical and questioning state ever.
  • Letters from the Earth

    Mark Twain

    (Fawcett Crest, July 6, 1968)
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  • Letters from the Earth

    Mark Twain

    language (, April 7, 2020)
    Published posthumously, these essays were written during a difficult time in Twain's life. Written after the death of his daughter and his wife, the content concerns morality and religion and strikes a sarcastic tone throughout.
  • LETTERS FROM THE EARTH

    Samuel Langhorne) Twain, Mark (Clemens

    (Perennial Library, July 6, 1984)
    This relatively unknown book by Mark Twain should be considered essential reading, although it can be fairly assumed that this title will never make it onto the bestseller list of the broad public. It remains an insider's book. Twain renders the anachronistic paradigms of conventional Christianity obsolete in this concise and beautifully structured collection of letters, recognising at the same time that the Bible is a potboiler of epic proportions: everything anybody ever wanted to know about sex and crime can be found in its pages.
  • Letters from the Earth

    Bernard A. De Voto

    (HarpPeren, Oct. 11, 1991)
    An American classic, with more than 320,000 copies sold-- some of Twain's most pungent and hilarious writings.
  • Letters from the Heart

    Annie Bryant

    eBook (Aladdin, )
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  • Letters From The Earth

    Mark Twain

    (ReadHowYouWant, Nov. 5, 2008)
    Books for All Kinds of Readers ReadHowYouWant offers the widest selection of on-demand, accessible format editions on the market today. Our 7 different sizes of EasyRead are optimized by increasing the font size and spacing between the words and the letters. We partner with leading publishers around the globe. Our goal is to have accessible editions simultaneously released with publishers' new books so that all readers can have access to the books they want to read. To find more books in your format visit www.readhowyouwant.com
  • Letters From The Earth

    Mark Twain

    (EZreads Publications, LLC, March 31, 2009)
    Letters from the Earth is one of Mark Twain's posthumously published works. The essays were written during a difficult time in Twain's life; he was deep in debt and had lost his wife and one of his daughters. The book consists of a series of short stories, many of which deal with God and Christianity. The title story consists of letters written by the archangel Satan to archangels, Gabriel and Michael,about his observations on the curious proceedings of earthly life and the nature of man's religions. Other short stories in the book include a bedtime story about a family of cats Twain wrote for his daughters, and an essay explaining why an anaconda is morally superior to Man.
  • Letters from the Earth

    Mark Twain

    (Merchant Books, Nov. 24, 2019)
    An unabridged, unaltered edition of Mark Twain's controversial work written in 1909 though not put into print till 1962; to include the original Prologue, and all 11 Letters to archangels Gabriel and Michael, with any footnotes.
  • Letters from the Heart

    Annie Bryant

    Paperback (Aladdin, June 3, 2008)
    Meet the Beacon Street Girls... They're real, they're fun - they're just like you! A family history project for school is giving the Beacon Street Girls a lot to think about -- especially Avery. She's got three families: her mother and brothers at home, her father in Colorado, and the birth mother she never really knew. But family is an uncomfortable subject for Maeve. Her parents have just separated, and she doesn't want to talk about it to anyone, not even her best friends in the world, the BSG. Can a bundle of old letters make Maeve see her family in a new light and give her something to share with the Beacon Street Girls?
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  • Letters From The Ledge

    Lynda Meyers

    eBook (Hallway 11, Dec. 12, 2011)
    Every night he comes to the ledge. So far, he hasn’t jumped. Sarah watches him from her window, unable to look away. Will tonight will be the night that his body hurtles through space and crashes to the ground in a failed attempt to fly?Standing between heaven and hell, life and death, eighteen-year-old Brendan massages the ledge, arms outstretched, contemplating suicide. Cutting isn’t cutting it. Drugs can’t numb the pain. His best friend is dead, and his wealthy parents are nothing like the polished image they show the rest of the world. Between his father's abuse and his mother's alcoholic neglect, their Manhattan penthouse feels more like a prison. Paige and Nate watch from their fire escape, teetering on their own edge after a brutal rape has nearly shattered their relationship. Watching is one thing, but how they can stand by, knowing what they know and doing nothing about it?This hauntingly beautiful coming of age tale will make you laugh, cry, rage and cheer as we realize we are all human, all fallible, and all prone to believe the lies we tell ourselves.
  • Letters From The Earth

    Mark Twain

    (ReadHowYouWant, Nov. 5, 2008)
    Books for All Kinds of Readers ReadHowYouWant offers the widest selection of on-demand, accessible format editions on the market today. Our 7 different sizes of EasyRead are optimized by increasing the font size and spacing between the words and the letters. We partner with leading publishers around the globe. Our goal is to have accessible editions simultaneously released with publishers' new books so that all readers can have access to the books they want to read. To find more books in your format visit www.readhowyouwant.com