Author: Renee Ahdieh
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780983353706
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
All Cris Pereira wants after being dumped at the altar is a do-over, but her life is not the average fairy tale and wishes don't come true in the real world. After she meets movie star Tom Abramson, she's determined not to fall for his intelligence, charm and impetuousness because dreams are for the foolhardy, and a modern girl can rescue herself. 250 pp.
Fanfare
Author: Renee Ahdieh
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780983353706
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
All Cris Pereira wants after being dumped at the altar is a do-over, but her life is not the average fairy tale and wishes don't come true in the real world. After she meets movie star Tom Abramson, she's determined not to fall for his intelligence, charm and impetuousness because dreams are for the foolhardy, and a modern girl can rescue herself. 250 pp.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780983353706
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
All Cris Pereira wants after being dumped at the altar is a do-over, but her life is not the average fairy tale and wishes don't come true in the real world. After she meets movie star Tom Abramson, she's determined not to fall for his intelligence, charm and impetuousness because dreams are for the foolhardy, and a modern girl can rescue herself. 250 pp.
Marvel Fanfare
Author:
Publisher: Marvel
ISBN: 9780785127024
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Includes a classic Spider-Man/X-Men team-up saga in the Savage Land, presented in its entirety, with more than a half-dozen additional tales featuring Mr. Fantastic, Captain America, the Hulk, and others.
Publisher: Marvel
ISBN: 9780785127024
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Includes a classic Spider-Man/X-Men team-up saga in the Savage Land, presented in its entirety, with more than a half-dozen additional tales featuring Mr. Fantastic, Captain America, the Hulk, and others.
Udon Noodle Soup
Author: Yani Hu
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781912097333
Category : First loves
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Two children are close neighbours and love playing together. Then one day they are separated when one of the families moves to the other side of the world. But the boy leaves her a special present and a promise. Twenty years later a particular flavour awakens her memories... As she grows older and raises a family of her own, she holds on to her memories of a first love. Yani Hu whips up a recipe of adolescent love in its many forms in these five not-so-little stories.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781912097333
Category : First loves
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Two children are close neighbours and love playing together. Then one day they are separated when one of the families moves to the other side of the world. But the boy leaves her a special present and a promise. Twenty years later a particular flavour awakens her memories... As she grows older and raises a family of her own, she holds on to her memories of a first love. Yani Hu whips up a recipe of adolescent love in its many forms in these five not-so-little stories.
The Piano Tuner
Author: Daniel Mason
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 1400077710
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
A New York Times Notable Book A San Francisco Chronicle, San Jose Mercury News, and Los Angeles Times Best Book of the Year “A gripping and resonant novel. . . . It immerses the reader in a distant world with startling immediacy and ardor. . . . Riveting.” —Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times In 1886 a shy, middle-aged piano tuner named Edgar Drake receives an unusual commission from the British War Office: to travel to the remote jungles of northeast Burma and there repair a rare piano belonging to an eccentric army surgeon who has proven mysteriously indispensable to the imperial design. From this irresistible beginning, The Piano Tuner launches readers into a world of seductive, vibrantly rendered characters, and enmeshes them in an unbreakable spell of storytelling.
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 1400077710
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
A New York Times Notable Book A San Francisco Chronicle, San Jose Mercury News, and Los Angeles Times Best Book of the Year “A gripping and resonant novel. . . . It immerses the reader in a distant world with startling immediacy and ardor. . . . Riveting.” —Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times In 1886 a shy, middle-aged piano tuner named Edgar Drake receives an unusual commission from the British War Office: to travel to the remote jungles of northeast Burma and there repair a rare piano belonging to an eccentric army surgeon who has proven mysteriously indispensable to the imperial design. From this irresistible beginning, The Piano Tuner launches readers into a world of seductive, vibrantly rendered characters, and enmeshes them in an unbreakable spell of storytelling.
Last Tales
Author: Isak Dinesen
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307790746
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 373
Book Description
Last Tales is a collection of twelve of the last tales that Isak Dinesen wrote before her death in 1962. They include seven tales from Albondocani, a projected novel that was never completed; "The Caryatids," an unfinished Gothic tale of a couple bedeviled by an old letter and a gypsy's spell; and three tales of winter, including "Converse at Night in Copenhagen," a drunken, all-night conversation between a boy-king, a prostitute, and a poor young poet.
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307790746
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 373
Book Description
Last Tales is a collection of twelve of the last tales that Isak Dinesen wrote before her death in 1962. They include seven tales from Albondocani, a projected novel that was never completed; "The Caryatids," an unfinished Gothic tale of a couple bedeviled by an old letter and a gypsy's spell; and three tales of winter, including "Converse at Night in Copenhagen," a drunken, all-night conversation between a boy-king, a prostitute, and a poor young poet.
Mummy Movies
Author: Bryan Senn
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476650527
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
In 1932, The Mummy, starring Boris Karloff, introduced another icon to the classic monster pantheon, beginning a journey down the cinematic Nile that has yet to reach its end. Over the past century, movie mummies have met everyone from Abbott and Costello to Tom Cruise, not to mention a myriad of fellow monsters. Horrifying and mysterious, the mummy comes from a different time with uncommon knowledge and unique motivation, offering the lure of the exotic as well as the terrors of the dark. From obscure no-budgeters to Hollywood blockbusters, the mummy has featured in films from all over the globe, including Brazil, China, France, Hong Kong, India, Mexico, and even its fictional home country of Egypt--with each film bringing its own cultural sensibilities. Movie mummies have taken the form of teenagers, superheroes, dwarves, kung fu fighters, Satanists, cannibals and even mummies from outer space. Some can fly, some are sexy, some are scary and some are hilarious, and mummies quickly moved beyond horror cinema and into science fiction, comedy, romance, sexploitation and cartoons. From the Universal classics to the Aztec Mummy series, from Hammer's versions to Mexico's Guanajuato variations, this first-ever comprehensive guide to mummy movies offers in-depth production histories and critical analyses for every feature-length iteration of bandaged horror.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476650527
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
In 1932, The Mummy, starring Boris Karloff, introduced another icon to the classic monster pantheon, beginning a journey down the cinematic Nile that has yet to reach its end. Over the past century, movie mummies have met everyone from Abbott and Costello to Tom Cruise, not to mention a myriad of fellow monsters. Horrifying and mysterious, the mummy comes from a different time with uncommon knowledge and unique motivation, offering the lure of the exotic as well as the terrors of the dark. From obscure no-budgeters to Hollywood blockbusters, the mummy has featured in films from all over the globe, including Brazil, China, France, Hong Kong, India, Mexico, and even its fictional home country of Egypt--with each film bringing its own cultural sensibilities. Movie mummies have taken the form of teenagers, superheroes, dwarves, kung fu fighters, Satanists, cannibals and even mummies from outer space. Some can fly, some are sexy, some are scary and some are hilarious, and mummies quickly moved beyond horror cinema and into science fiction, comedy, romance, sexploitation and cartoons. From the Universal classics to the Aztec Mummy series, from Hammer's versions to Mexico's Guanajuato variations, this first-ever comprehensive guide to mummy movies offers in-depth production histories and critical analyses for every feature-length iteration of bandaged horror.
The Great & Calamitous Tale of Johan Thoms
Author: Ian Thornton
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451678487
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
A wild, rollicking novel on chance, friendship, love, regret, and the entire history of the twentieth century. Johan Thoms is poised for greatness. A promising student at the University of Sarajevo, he is young, brilliant, and in love with the beautiful Lorelei Ribeiro. He can outwit chess masters, quote the Kama Sutra, and converse with dukes and drunkards alike. But he cannot drive a car in reverse. And as with so much in the life of Johan Thoms, this seemingly insignificant detail will prove to be much more than it appears. On the morning of June 28, 1914, Johan takes his place as the chauffeur to Franz Ferdinand and the royal entourage and, with one wrong turn, he forever alters the course of history. Blaming himself for the deaths of the archduke and his wife, Johan hastens from the scene, and for once his inspired mind cannot process what to do next. Guilt-ridden, he flees Sarajevo, abandoning his friends, family, and beloved in the fear that he has caused them irreparable grievance. He watches in horror as the Great War unfolds, every death settling squarely on his conscience. Turning his back on his old life, Johan does his best to fade out of memory. But the world has other plans for Johan Thoms. As each passing year burdens Johan with further guilt for his inaction, he seeks solace in his writing and in the makeshift family he has assembled around himself. With everyone from emperors to hooligans at his side, and pursued by Lorelei, Johan winds his way through Europe and the twentieth century, leaving his indelible mark on both.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451678487
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
A wild, rollicking novel on chance, friendship, love, regret, and the entire history of the twentieth century. Johan Thoms is poised for greatness. A promising student at the University of Sarajevo, he is young, brilliant, and in love with the beautiful Lorelei Ribeiro. He can outwit chess masters, quote the Kama Sutra, and converse with dukes and drunkards alike. But he cannot drive a car in reverse. And as with so much in the life of Johan Thoms, this seemingly insignificant detail will prove to be much more than it appears. On the morning of June 28, 1914, Johan takes his place as the chauffeur to Franz Ferdinand and the royal entourage and, with one wrong turn, he forever alters the course of history. Blaming himself for the deaths of the archduke and his wife, Johan hastens from the scene, and for once his inspired mind cannot process what to do next. Guilt-ridden, he flees Sarajevo, abandoning his friends, family, and beloved in the fear that he has caused them irreparable grievance. He watches in horror as the Great War unfolds, every death settling squarely on his conscience. Turning his back on his old life, Johan does his best to fade out of memory. But the world has other plans for Johan Thoms. As each passing year burdens Johan with further guilt for his inaction, he seeks solace in his writing and in the makeshift family he has assembled around himself. With everyone from emperors to hooligans at his side, and pursued by Lorelei, Johan winds his way through Europe and the twentieth century, leaving his indelible mark on both.
Told by the Death's Head: A Romantic Tale
Author: Mór Jókai
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
This is a fascinating book which allows us to enter a world where accepted Christian values do not pertain; where a morality exists that is utterly different. A man confesses to crimes that are so heinous that the judge cannot find a sentence big enough to give. But the perpetrator explains himself using logic and morality that is undeniable but frightening.
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
This is a fascinating book which allows us to enter a world where accepted Christian values do not pertain; where a morality exists that is utterly different. A man confesses to crimes that are so heinous that the judge cannot find a sentence big enough to give. But the perpetrator explains himself using logic and morality that is undeniable but frightening.
Pink Sari Revolution: A Tale of Women and Power in India
Author: Amana Fontanella-Khan
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 039306297X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
Illuminates the thrilling possibilities of female grassroots activism in India through the story of Sampat Pal and her Pink Gang.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 039306297X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
Illuminates the thrilling possibilities of female grassroots activism in India through the story of Sampat Pal and her Pink Gang.
The Somewhat True Tale of Robin Hood
Author: Mary Lynn Dobson
Publisher: Dramatic Publishing
ISBN: 9781583420133
Category : Children's plays, American
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
A comedy play. Robin, with the help of a Merry Man wannabe simply known as the Town's Guy, turns this once-simple legend into a hysterical trip through Sherwood Forest with surprises at every turn. Our charming-but-egotistical hero leads his band of familiar wood-dwellers as they battle the delectably evil Prince John and his haughty henchman, the Sheriff of Nottingham. Roboin's one and only love, the Lady Marian, remains true to her champion as she assists his crusade by wishing the prince and sheriff a rash of various skin afflictions. Incredibly, our model good guy Robin discovers that even heroes have a few important life lessons to learn.
Publisher: Dramatic Publishing
ISBN: 9781583420133
Category : Children's plays, American
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
A comedy play. Robin, with the help of a Merry Man wannabe simply known as the Town's Guy, turns this once-simple legend into a hysterical trip through Sherwood Forest with surprises at every turn. Our charming-but-egotistical hero leads his band of familiar wood-dwellers as they battle the delectably evil Prince John and his haughty henchman, the Sheriff of Nottingham. Roboin's one and only love, the Lady Marian, remains true to her champion as she assists his crusade by wishing the prince and sheriff a rash of various skin afflictions. Incredibly, our model good guy Robin discovers that even heroes have a few important life lessons to learn.