Author: Thornton Wilder
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781900621557
Category : Glasheen
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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These unpublished letters between the esteemed teacher and literary critic, Adaline Glasheen, and the great American writer, Thornton Wilder, were written over a twenty-five year period, from 1950 to 1975. They reveal the probing energy and encyclope
Author: Philip Reeve
Publisher: Scholastic UK
ISBN: 1407129155
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 615
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The shattering final instalment of Philip Reeve's Predator Cities quartet flings you back into his blasted world of predator cities, ruinous wars and terrifying Stalkers. Abandoned by Hester, Tom and Wren stumble across the wreckage of a vast traction city: London. As the Green Storm take arms and the truce with the Traction Cities splinters, the world is on a collision course - beginning and ending in London's ruined shell. As everything Tom and Hester know and love hurtles towards apocalypse, who will be left to tell the tale? Winner of the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize 2007, this epic finale is fast-moving, thrilling, heartbreaking - and as exciting as hell!
Author: Ben Bova
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780417058702
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 189
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Science fiction-roman.
Author: Wallace Stegner
Publisher: New York : Harcourt
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 246
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The story of a young man grown old in war, and of his quest for peace with himself and the world.
Author: Kristen Renwick Monroe
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1316148009
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 325
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How do people maintain their humanity during wars? Despite its importance, this question receives scant scholarly attention, perhaps because war is overwhelming. The generally accepted belief is that wars bring out the worst in us, pitting one against another. 'War is hell', William Tecumseh Sherman famously noted, and even 'just' wars are massively destructive and inhumane. Since ethics is concerned with discovering what takes us to a morally superior place, one conducive to betterment and happiness - studying what helps people survive wartime trauma thus becomes an extremely valuable enterprise. A Darkling Plain fills an important scholarly void, analyzing wartime stories that reveal much about our capacity to process trauma, heal wounds, reclaim lost spirits, and derive meaning and purpose from the most horrific of personal events.
Author: Philip Reeve
Publisher: Scholastic UK
ISBN: 1407195077
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 191
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It was a dark, blustery afternoon in spring, and the city of London was chasing a small mining town across the dried-out bed of the old North Sea. So begins Philip Reeve's Mortal Engines, the first book in his epic post-apocalyptic series of giant motorized cities on wheels. But how did the world end up like this? What led to the downfall of our civilization, and to the rise of the Traction Cities that roam the Great Hunting Ground to attack and devour each other? Now, for the first time, discover the untold future history of Traction. This lavishly illustrated book contains incredible tales of fearsome Zagwan warriors riding war-zebras into battle, daring air-traders flying the Bird-Roads in search of adventure, and the mysterious plague-ridden wasteland of the Dead Continent that was formerly known as 'North America'. This definitive companion guide includes detailed maps, fascinating character profiles, and stunning colour illustrations from incredible artists, including Ian McQue, David Wyatt, Aedel Fakhrie, Maxime Plasse, Rob Turpin, Philip Varbano and Amir Zand. MORTAL ENGINES is soon to be a major motion picture.
Author: Ken Saro-Wiwa
Publisher: Saros International Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 284
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Author: Philip Reeve
Publisher: Scholastic
ISBN: 1407186752
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 128
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Return to the world of Mortal Engines in this new book of three short stories about the rebellious young aviatrix, Anna Fang, illustrated by Ian McQue. A key character in the Mortal Engines book and film, this is your chance to learn more of her past. Night Flights includes Traction City, the 2011 World Book Day Book by Philip Reeve.
Author: Richard Lee Byers
Publisher: White Wolf Games Studio
ISBN:
Category : Children's stories
Languages : en
Pages : 404
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Author: Philip Reeve
Publisher: Scholastic UK
ISBN: 140719495X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1224
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MORTAL ENGINES launched Philip Reeve's brilliantly-imagined creation, the world of the Traction Era, where mobile cities fight for survival in a post-apocalyptic future. Now, in time for the film debut, the critically acclaimed MORTAL ENGINES quartet is repackaged in a boxset with fantastic and eye-catching covers featuring new artwork.
