Fans of T.S. Eliot and Moonlight will love this highly recommended book. (Screencraft) " Oh my God, this book. This book . . . drop everything you're doing and start flipping pages right now." --Tissie, Bookshelves & Teacups blog The extraordinary career and devastating life of T.S. Eliot. T.S. Eliot is a hollow man trapped in a dreary world. He works at a bank, a slave to the clock, the same routine, day after day. While London's elite enjoy a Great Gatsby lifestyle and poets like Robert Frost are rock stars, attracting thousands of fans to each reading, Mr. Eliot walks past life, peering at it through cracks or around corners. Only in his imagination does the world drip with color. Then one day he comes across Jack, an out and proud gay man being badly beaten, and something compels him to intervene. Life will never be the same. Jack introduces Mr. Eliot to the gay underground of early twentieth-century London and to feelings Mr. Eliot had crammed down and locked away. And with freedom comes poetry. Extraordinary poetry that takes London by storm. But as Mr. Eliot's fame increases, pressure for conformity does as well. Religious intolerance, fascism's increasingly popular message of traditional values, and the allure of untold success present him with a decision that could have devastating consequences. The Wasteland is the untold story of T.S. Eliot, his secret struggle with being gay, the people left in the wake of his meteoric career trajectory, and the madness that helped produce his greatest work. "For poetry lovers and thrill seekers. The ride through the mind of a mad literary genius will leave you dazed and confused and highly entertained." --Mary Wollstonecrafty, Amazon reviewer "Wow! This is an amazing book...wholly original. Briskly paced, page-turning action." -- Screencraft "This is a wild, wild poetic ride. If you're an Eliot fan (especially if you know why he used the middle initial), read this book. If you've always wondered about dear Tom, read this book!" --Julie B., Amazon reviewer "The writing is lyrical and colorful, but clearly still prose (for anyone who shies away from poetry), and the story is engaging and captivating, occasionally fantastical and trippy, and explores the pressure to conform to societal norms." --Amazon reviewer

The Wasteland

Literature & Fiction

Jameson, Harper H.

Parker, W.A.W.

Literary

Level 4 Press, Inc.

<div> Fans of&nbsp;T.S. Eliot&nbsp;and&nbsp;Moonlight&nbsp;will love this highly recommended book. (Screencraft) "Oh my God, this book. This book . . . drop everything you're doing and start flipping pages right now." --Tissie, Bookshelves & Teacups blog &nbsp; The extraordinary career and devastating life of T.S. Eliot. &nbsp; T.S. Eliot is a hollow man trapped in a dreary world. He works at a bank, a slave to&nbsp;the clock, the same routine, day after day. While London's elite enjoy a Great&nbsp;Gatsby lifestyle and poets like Robert Frost are rock stars, attracting thousands of&nbsp;fans to each reading, Mr. Eliot walks past life, peering at it through cracks or&nbsp;around corners. Only in his imagination does the world drip with color. &nbsp; Then one day he comes across Jack, an out and proud gay man being badly beaten,&nbsp;and something compels him to intervene. Life will never be the same.&nbsp; &nbsp; Jack introduces Mr. Eliot to the gay underground of early twentieth-century&nbsp;London and to feelings Mr. Eliot had crammed down and locked away. And with&nbsp;freedom comes poetry. Extraordinary poetry that takes London by storm. But as Mr.&nbsp;Eliot's fame increases, pressure for conformity does as well. Religious intolerance,&nbsp;fascism's increasingly popular message of traditional values, and the allure of untold&nbsp;success present him with a decision that could have devastating consequences. &nbsp; The&nbsp;Wasteland is the untold story of T.S. Eliot, his secret struggle with being gay,&nbsp;the people left in the wake of his meteoric career trajectory, and the madness that&nbsp;helped produce his greatest work. "For poetry lovers and thrill seekers. The ride through the mind of a mad literary genius will leave you dazed and confused and highly entertained." --Mary Wollstonecrafty, Amazon reviewer "Wow! This is an amazing book...wholly original. Briskly paced, page-turning action." --Screencraft "This is a wild, wild poetic ride. If you're an Eliot fan (especially if you know why he used the middle initial), read this book. If you've always wondered about dear Tom, read this book!" --Julie B., Amazon reviewer "The writing is lyrical and colorful, but clearly still prose (for anyone who shies away from poetry), and the story is engaging and captivating, occasionally fantastical and trippy, and explores the pressure to conform to societal norms." --Amazon reviewer </div>

Luca Pacioli stood beside the great Leonardo da Vinci and gazed at The Last Supper. He saw immediately that something was terribly wrong.An orphan from a small town in Italy, Pacioli came of age during the Renaissance seemingly destined for a life of struggle and obscurity. But Pacioli had the good fortune of meeting mentors who recognized his uncanny ability with numbers and introduced him to renowned artists and philosophers, royalty, and popes.At a time when many still used Roman numerals and colleges didn't even teach mathematics, Pacioli was determined to share his passion and make it accessible and understandable. Apprentice to an artist, but a terrible artist himself, he became a master at calculating mathematical perspective in paintings. Tasked with teaching mathematics with no textbook, he wrote his own--followed by books on double-entry bookkeeping, chess, and the divine proportionIn this way, Luca Pacioli, "the father of accounting," still has something to teach us--not just about mathematics--but about how we account for setbacks in our lives and how we determine what our legacy will be.

The Divine Proportions of Luca Pacioli: A Novel Based on the Life of Luca Pacioli

Genre Fiction

Barbera Foundation, Inc.

The story of how a chance encounter with an Italian countess helped one man reach for the sky and bring us closer to the divine.\nLuck, talent, and hard work. Pietro Belluschi was blessed with all three—whether crossing paths with Ernest Hemingway or Ayn Rand, surviving World War I battlefields, or with the Ivy League scholarship that brought him to America.\nBelluschi’s designs at an Oregon architectural firm garnered national attention. Whether in homes, churches, or office buildings, his “judicious use of such intangibles as space, light, texture, and color” distinguishes him as a pioneer of modern architecture. His respect for the environment, carefully selected materials, and eloquent designs endure in the Equitable Building—the first constructed of aluminum and glass—the Pan Am Building (now Met Life), and thousands of others.\nMentored by Frank Lloyd Wright and mentor to thousands as the dean of M.I.T.’s School of Architecture, Belluschi’s influence on the American landscape cannot be overstated.

The Judicious Use of Intangibles: A Novel Based on the Life of Pietro Belluschi

Mentoris Project

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The Wasteland

The Wasteland

The Divine Proportions of Luca Pacioli: A Novel Based on the Life of Luca Pacioli

The Judicious Use of Intangibles: A Novel Based on the Life of Pietro Belluschi