Résultats pour "Charles Baker" dans Littérature, romans et fiction

In the winter of 1836, a young journalist named Charles Dickens held an infant in his arms. Only eight months of age, Ruby Spriggs was living under the most deplorable conditions that existed in London. Crushing poverty seemed her only future. Through the intervention of kind patrons, the child blossoms into a young woman instilled with a love of learning and books. But the forces that Dickens fought against for most of his life threaten to destroy her.

Afghanistan vet Dexter Grant is broke, reeling from PTSD, and on the verge of divorce when he's approached by his old Army buddies to help rescue their former interpreter, the man who once saved Dex's life. It means ripping off a vicious queenpin's drug proceeds—but not to worry, they have it all worked out. And if anyone can pull it off, it's Dex's former team lead, Staff Sergeant Saenz.

In the polluted and poverty-ridden Coketown, Louisa and Tom Gradgrind endure a cold and loveless childhood at the hands of their self-satisfied and unimaginative father, Thomas. Starved of affection, Louisa is forced into a miserable marriage with the self-made industrialist Josiah Bounderby, 30 years her senior, whilst Tom descends into a secret life of theft. Into such squalor and misery comes generous and spirited Sissy Jupe, a child of the circus whose ailing father, Sleary, has deserted her.

The battle continues. Sheriff Mike struggles to control. Marcella rebels and plots revenge. This is not a private fight; the whole family is invited! But what happens when someone crashes the party?

Can a mortal escape a prenatal curse? A psychic vampire blunders into the wrong territory. Now she must elude enemies she never imagined! And that curse: Does the Devil really own her soul?

At the end of his life, St. Francis reflects on all that took place during his life. Historically correct, a play that takes St. Francis out of the birdbath. A drama in two acts.

St. Joseph was a middle-aged widower with a large family when he was called to become St. Mary's husband. A conservative Jew of the line of David, he was not prepared for the changes that would be made in his life. He absolutely was not ready to take orders from a supernatural vision who called himself Gabriel!

How many times can a person's spirit be broken before it is irreparable? And if the family is the problem, then what is the solution? Back to Coventry County to see just how Marcella and Mike make out. Pun intended.

A Roman soldier and a young Jewish man watched helplessly as Christ was crucified. From very different backgrounds, they each had one overriding anxiety: Could God ever forgive them?

Telepaths use the souls they pursue; they may seem friendly and helpful, or selfish, and sometimes cruel. For some of us, it's a good thing. For others, well, they bring it on themselves, for better or worse. Some people are born users, and you can guess how telepaths love to use them. There are contests on right now for the souls of the good and bad, the beloved and loveless. All in the heart of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, USA.

Coventry County is as lively as ever, even in the middle of the Covid crisis. There is a lot more danger than just a new pandemic. New lifestyles create new problems. Can the senior civic leaders manage in the middle of it all?

After the death of Joshua, his followers felt alone and scared. But Death just released the divine power of the Son of God. He returned to marshal his troops and ready them for battle. The goal?Nothing less than the conversion of the entire planet.

John, son of Zebadiah, was truly special to Christ, whom he treated as a little brother. See the history that built up to the ultimate sacrifice through the eyes of that worshipful teen.

Marcie and Mike are not the only ones raising hell in Coventry County. With the kids all busy with their families, the grandchildren step forward to stir things up a bit....

A dramatic monologue performed by Charles D. Baker. St. John is reflecting on his life in the company of friends and well-wishers during his last day on Earth. This is a beautiful devotion to a humble, holy man. St. John recalls and recites scriptures from the Old and New Testaments. Mr. Baker tours this production as well as his others on the lives of St. Paul and St. Francis of Assisi.

This is a monologue for one male actor. St. Paul explains his mission while taking the audience on a pilgrimage to the places where he is known best including Damascus, Antioch, Corinth, Galatia, Rome, etc. The play gives the audience a chance to hear St. Paul as himself with all of the passion and urgency, and love he would have expressed so many years ago.

Marcella is sick to death of being victimized by criminals, by Coventry County, and even by her husband Mike Phelan The time has come to put her needs first and take back control of her own life. What is she willing to do to accomplish it?

A woman's night of Carnaval in Quebec City is short-circuited by an abandoned baby.

Four very short stories, all told in the first person, some that cannot, and others that should not, happen in our lifetimes.

For a time, Jimmy spent his expat days in Mexico unearthing pre-Columbian artifacts. Now he makes a living doing small trucking jobs and helping out with the occasional missing-person situation. But Jimmy’s laid-back lifestyle is being seriously imposed upon by a ninety-pound stalker named Louise. Add to this a sudden wave of hippies led by a murderous ex-con guru in search of psychic happenings, archaeologists unearthing (illegally) the Mayan tombs, and Louise and her weirdo husband’s quest for UFO sites, and Jimmy’s south-of-the-border existence is in danger.